河北省正定县第三中学2020学年高一英语4月月考试题

2020年高一第二学期4月考试英语试卷

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第一部分阅读理解

第一节（共10小题；每题2分，满分20分）

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A crow (乌鸦) lived in the woods and was satisfied with his life. But his life changed when he saw a swan (天鹅). “He is so white,” he thought, “but I am so black. He must be the happiest bird in the world.”

He expressed his thoughts to the swan. “Actually,” the swan replied, “I thought that I was the happiest bird until I saw a parrot (鹦鹉), who has two colors.”

The crow then went to the parrot. The parrot said, “I lived a very happy life until I saw a peacock (孔雀), who has many colors. I now think the peacock is the happiest bird.”

The crow then visited a peacock in the zoo. “Dear peacock,” the crow said, “you are so beautiful. Every day lots of people come to see you. You must be the happiest bird on the planet.”

The peacock replied, “I always thought that I was the most beautiful and happiest bird on the planet. But because of my beauty, I am kept here.

I examined the zoo very carefully and found that the crow is the only bird not kept in a cage. I hope that I could become a crow, so I could fly around freely.”

That’s our problem, too. We make unnecessary comparison (对比) with others and become sad. We don’t value what we have. This leads to unhappiness. Learn to be happy with what you have instead of looking at what you don’

t have. There will always be someone who has more or less than you have. Those people who are satisfied with what they have are the happiest in the world. 1．After seeing the swan, the crow ______.

A.wanted to become beautiful

B.decided to leave the woods

C.became less satisfied with his own life

D.considered black as the ugliest color

2．The swan thinks the parrot is the happiest bird because the parrot ________.

A.has many colors

B.can fly around freely

C.attracts lots of people

D.has one more color than him 3．What does the underlined part “our problem” in the passage refer to?

paring ourselves with others.

B.Feeling unhappy all the time.

C.Having less than others.

D.Having no freedom.

4．By writing the passage, the author wants to tell us that _____.

A.there are more unhappy people around us

B.we should be happy with what we have

C.nothing is better than having freedom

D.beauty doesn’t mean happiness

B

5．What are the four people in the text trying to do?

A. Introduce themselves to each other.

B. Look for language partners.

C. Collect information online.

D. Search for travel partners.