甘肃省高台县第一中学2016年秋学期10月月考
高一英语试卷
第 I卷（选择题 满分80分）
第一部分：阅读理解 （共2节，25小题；每小题2分,满分50分） 第一节 （共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
A
Dou Kou, a Chinese boy, is called “the youngest writer in the world”. He has
written three books till now. Dou Kou was born in Jiangsu in 1994. When he was 7 months old, his partents started working in over 30 different cities, such as Xi’an and Shenzhen. This kind of life gave him things to think and write about. When he was 9 months old, he could speak and at the age of one, he could say five to six hundred words. At three, he could look up words in the dictionary. At four, his father taught him how to learn by himself. His parents like reading very much. So does he. At the age of 5, he began writing fairy tales. At the age of 6, he wrote a novel about his life in different cities with his parents. His fairy tales are all from his life. One day, he found many mice in the house. They only ate their food but also hurt his mother’s hand. So he thought, “If we give mice the stomach of cows, they will eat grass and they will be helpful to people.” This was his first fairy tales Change Stomach for Mice. Now he studies well in a middle school. He has written his third book, the novel called Eyes of Children. He says, “I am not different from other children. I just wrote several books.
( )1. How many books has Dou Kou written?
A. Five B. Four. C. Three. D. Six ( )2. Thanks to his ________, Dou Kou could write his books.
A. life in different cities B. father C. school life D. mother ( )3. Dou Kou began to use a dictionary __________.
A. when he wrote fairy tale
B. after his mother taught him how to learn something C. after he went to school
D.before his father taught him how to learn something
( )4. The underlined(划线的) sentence shows us that Dou Kou _________. A. is different from other children C.doesn’t tell the truth ( )5. Which is the best title?
A. Dou Kou, the Youngest Writer B. How to Write a Fairy Tales C. How Clever the Boy is D. Three Books by a child
B. is the same as other children
D. likes his books
B
Thailand has several unique holidays. One of them is King’s Birthday, which is a national holiday. On this day, each city is decorated with bright colored lights, and in the evenings the Thai walk around together looking at the decorations. Traditional dishes and family favorites are eaten, and meals always include steamed whole chicken with hot pepper dipping sauce and sliced roast pig’s head.
New Year’s Day is also important in Thailand. Brown eggs are boiled and then cooked in soy sauce, sugar, fish sauce and five spices. These eggs represent good life in the coming year. The Thai will also eat special egg rolls, dipped in nam pla prig, a sweet and sour sauce. Decorations for the New Year include fruit like bananas, coconuts, pineapples and papayas.
Songkran is a three-day water festival that comes in April. For this holiday, people douse each other and everything they have with water in thanks for rain and in the hope of good luck. April is the hottest month in Thailand, so this festival is refreshing and fun. The celebrations also include a big dinner, at which curries, usually yellow ones, and long noodles are eaten. These noodles symbolize long life.
Loy Krathong is a November holiday that involves making bamboo boats and putting lighted candles into them. As these little boats float down the river, they are supposed to carry away sin and pay honor to the spirits of the water. After watching the boats, people eat a large meal that includes grilled chicken, fish, coconut and egg yolks. No matter what they are celebrating, Thai holidays always include family and good food .
( )6. What would be the best title for this passage?
A. Festivals in Thailand B. How the King Celebrates His Birthday C. Special Activities on Holidays
D.Songkran and Loy Krathong in the coming Year. ( )7. What can be seen on King’s Birthday? A. Roasted pig’s head and grilled chicken B.Towns decorated with colored lights. C. Long noodles served with dipping sauce D. Dinner tables filled with traditional eggs. ( )8. What do brown eggs stand for? A. Long life.
B.Decorated tables with kinds of fruit. D. A good life in the coming year.
C. Bad deeds carried away.
( )9. People douse(泼水) each other with water during_______. A. King’s Birthday B. Loy Krathong C. Songkran
D. New Year’s Day
( )10. When do people make small bamboo boats with lighted candles inside them?