高二上学期英语10月月考试卷第1套真题

高二上学期英语10月月考试卷

一、阅读理解

1. 阅读理解

Wearing a red nose for a day may seem like a strange way to raise money for charity. However, it seems to work in Britain

Red Nose Day is well-known in the UK. The aim of the day is to raise money for a charity called Comic Relief which helps people in need in Africa and in the UK.

Red nose?

Comic Relief was started in 1985 by the scriptwriter Richard Curtis. It’s called Red Nose Day, as on this day many people buy a plastic red nose to wear! The money made from selling red noses goes to the charity.

When is RND?

Red Nose Day takes place every two years in the spring and is now so famous that many people consider it to be an unofficial national holiday. For example, many schools have non-uniform days. This year Red Nose Day was on 13th March 2015.

Money

Across Britain, people are encouraged to “Do Something Funny for Money”. The money that is collected helps children to go to school, and educates the adults with HIV and AIDS. Comic Relief also works closely with

disabled and elderly people to make sure they have equal rights and a better life.

So, if you are ever in the UK on Red Nose Day, now you know why you may find normal people wearing red noses and doing silly things! It’s all for a good cause! If you want to find out more about the day, have a look at the official Read Nose Day website.

（1）Why do people celebrate Red Nose Day?

A . To raise money for Comic Relief

B . To encourage people to make money happily

C . To raise money to help the poor all over the world

D . To encourage more American people to join the charity

（2）What can we know about Comic Relief from the passage?

A . It was started in 1895

B . It helps people from all over the world

C . It offers help to both children and adults

D . It mainly aims to make disabled people have a better life

（3）What is probably encouraged to do on Red Nose Day?

A . Making red noses

B . Working for money

C . Painting your body red

D . Making your face funny

2. 阅读理解

When Steve Jobs was born on February 24, 1955, in San Francisco, California, his unmarried mother decided to put him for adoption because she wanted a girl. So in the middle of the night, his mother called a lawyer named Paul Jobs and said, “We have an unexpected baby boy; do you want him?” But his mother told his future parents to promise that they would send Jobs to

college. After Steve Jobs graduated from high school, he went to college but decided to drop out because it was so expensive that he had to sleep on the floor in his friends’ rooms.

At 20, he and a friend started a company in a garage on April 1, 1976. Jobs named their company ----Apple in memory of a happy summer he had spent as an orchard in Oregon.

After 10 years of hard time and failures, starting from two kids working in a garage, Apple computer eventually grew into a big company with over 4,000 employees.

At 30, Jobs , however, was fired from the company he co-founded. But after he had to leave the company, Apple was under heavy pressure from rival Microsoft and in 1996 posted billions of dollars in losses. Apple needed Steve Jobs and he was appointed as Apple’ CEO in1997. Under his leadership, Apple returned to profitability and introduced new products such as the iPhone and the iPad.

Steve Jobs once said, “Sometimes life hits you in the head with a br ick, Don’t lose faith. I’m convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. You’ve got to find what you love. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking.

（1）Why did Steve Jobs stop his college education?

A . He had financial problems

B . He took no interest in his major

C . He wanted to start a company

D . He hated to share rooms with his friends （2）What can be inferred about Apple from the passage?