2024-2024学年浙江省兰溪市第三中学高一年级
第二学期英语月考试卷
一、阅读（共30分，每题2分）
阅读理解：阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项涂黑。
A
Life can bring us down from time to time. At some point, you may find yourself in what you will consider as your darkest hour. As you try to find your way out of that bad situation, you should try to remind yourself that there will always be a reason to be grateful.
If you look at your situation now and compare it with someone else who is in much deeper trouble than you, I am sure that you'll find something to be thankful for. We all have our share of problems, but complaining about them so much only makes us blind to the fact that there are the miracles (奇迹) which happen around us each day.
When all your needs are provided, then you should be content and happy. If you have a roof over your head, some proper clothes to wear, enough food on the table, a comfortable place to sleep, clean water to drink and you are free to make your own choices, then you should be happy and grateful. Many people all around the world, especially those who are at war or those in very poor countries, would_give_anything_to_be_in_your_shoes. Even if you lose all your money or possessions and your heart is broken for some reason, as long as you are still alive, then everything you have lost can be regained. If you have a few good friends who will be there to support or help you, then be glad because true friends are hard to find. As long as you have someone to love and someone to love you back, then you are a very fortunate person. Remember to be patient and trust that things will get better.
1．That we complain about the bad situation only results in ________. A．losing others' support B．ignoring something good C．having a far worse situation D．taking everything for granted
2．By “would give anything to be in your shoes”， the author means many people ________. A．really admire your shoes B．are in a better situation than you C．would like to be in your situation D．never know the value of your shoes
3．According to the author, as long as you are still alive, ________. A．you should be content and happy B．what you've lost will be back soon C．you will certainly lead a life you like
D．you will have a chance to get what you've lost back
B
Some people love eating food right after it is cooked. I prefer food just taken out from the freezer. Fruit, candies, nuts, chocolate, cake with buttercream frosting (糖霜), even peas, all of them taste delicious when frozen. In fact, I often eat them that way.
I was a kid when I picked up the habit. In my family, lots of things were thrown into the freezer — finally, two freezers — to prevent them from going bad. Among them were some of the candies my sisters and I had collected on Halloween.
If we eat when they are still warm, we'll find ourselves taking the cookies more than we should. It's better if we can put them into the freezer and wait. That way we'll eat less and enjoy them more because they are hard and chewing becomes a slower, more patient effort. That's the point about frozen buttercream frosting. Put it in your mouth at room temperature, and it's gone very quickly. But when it's frozen, you can enjoy the taste much longer as it melts (融化) in your mouth.
The freezer treats a lot of fruit kindly. Take frozen grapes for example. I keep a bowl of grapes in my freezer. They become a little icy, and somehow their sweetness is improved. They are perfect and healthy dessert (点心). This is the same with oranges, apples, bananas ...You might think bananas would get super-hard when frozen. Wrong! They become cool, creamy and sweet. If you have wisely covered some or all of the bananas with melted chocolate before putting them into the freezer, they will have a double taste.
As long as you aren't eating anything that truly has to be hot go ahead and experiment. 4.What is the passage intended to tell us? A．Fruit should be frozen before one eats it. B．Frozen food is better than hot food. C．The author prefers frozen food. D．Hot food is not healthy.
5．The author began to enjoy frozen food when he ________. A．was young C．got married
B．learned cooking D．got a fever
6．Why does the author NOT advise us to take hot cookies? A．Because they need more time to prepare. B．Because the taste is not good when they are hot. C．Because they are too delicious to avoid our overeating. D．Because we may eat them quickly and enjoy them less.
7．What does the underlined word “it” in the third paragraph refer to? A．The taste. B．Buttercream. C．The cookie.
D．Frozen buttercream frosting.
C
Mark Twain, the famous American writer, liked to play jokes on others. But once a joke was played on him.
One day Mark Twain was asked to give a talk in a small town. At lunch he met a young man he knew who told him that he had an uncle who never laughed or smiled. The young man told Mark Twain that nobody and nothing could possibly make his uncle smile or laugh.
“You bring your uncle to my talk tonight，” said Mark Twain. “I'm sure I can make him laugh.”
That evening the young man and his uncle sat in the first row. Mark Twain spoke directly at the old man. He told some rather interesting stories, which made everyone in the hall laugh. But the old man never even smiled. Mark Twain told the most interesting stories he knew. But the old man's face was still a blank. At last Mark Twain stopped. He felt tired and discouraged.
Some days later, Mark Twain told a friend of his about what had happened. “Oh，” said his friend, “I know that old man. He has been deaf for years.”
8．Which of the following sentences is NOT true?
A．Mark Twain could make everyone in the hall laugh except the old man. B．Mark Twain liked to play jokes on others. C．Nobody ever played a joke on Mark Twain. D．Once a young man played a joke on Mark Twain. 9．Mark Twain told the young man ________. A．to bring his uncle to lunch
B．to ask his uncle to talk there that night C．he could make his uncle laugh D．to sit in the first row with his uncle
10．Mark Twain's stories made everyone in the hall laugh except ________. A．the old man B．the young man C．Mark Twain himself D．a friend of Mark Twain's
任务型阅读：根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
D
Birth order plays a vital role in deciding the characteristics of a child. And when it comes to the middle child, it certainly plays a huge role. The middle children go through some things only they can understand. __11__ Mostly, middle children have to share a room. __12__ They need to share a room with an elder one because they're too young to sleep alone. And just when they think they'll finally have a room of their own, a voice is heard saying，“Dear, please share the room with your younger one, as he's too small to sleep alone.”
Middle children tend to share clothes with their siblings (兄弟姐妹). Their cupboard is full of hand-me-downs from their older sibling, and they need to wear his clothes. __13__ They can always show off their elder sibling's clothes and things at school. Also, they get to pass their own clothes to their younger sibling.
__14__ They're liked by both, because they can relate well to both generations. On one hand they can recall how much fun it was watching Garfield and Friends, and on the other hand they can talk about the latest video game released in the market.
Siblings' talking is one interesting thing about a middle child. They are not as boring as they appear.___15__ Also, thanks to the divided attention at home, middle children are independent and need not rely on anyone.
A．Instead, they are very artistic and creative. B．But this comes with its own advantage too. C．Here are some things a middle child can relate to.
D．They rarely enjoy the experience of having their own room. E．And the dream of having their own room is completely destroyed. F．They're the problem solvers between their older and younger siblings. G．As a middle kid, they are the bridge between their younger and older siblings.
二、完形填空（共30分，每题1.5分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中。选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。
Walter felt trapped. He saw himself as a __1__ boy who really wanted to learn，play and
2024-2024学年浙江省兰溪市第三中学高一年级第二学期英语月考试卷 Word版
