福建省厦门双十中学2020-2021学年高一上学期第一次月考英语试卷Word含解析

2020-2021 上学期第一次月考厦门双十中学高一

一、阅读理解

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Don't ignore the difference teenagers can make.

Jonny Thomas, 14, Florida

When Jonny Michael Thomas decided to honor his friend and classmate Elizabeth Buckley, who died from cancer, he remembered how much she loved peacocks (孔雀).

He wanted to build a life-sized peacock fountain in Elizabeth's favorite park in the city. He thought it could be a place for people to relax and be inspired.

Jonny raised $52,000 to build the fountain.

Barrett England, 13, Utah

The wheels began to turn for Barrett England when he heard about Karma Bike shop, a place where young people can earn a free bike by reading and performing community service.

Barrett visited Karma's owner with his idea: He would collect and repair used bikes and donate them to the shop.

He expected to get about 10 donated bikes. In the end, Barrett received 39.

Zachary Blohm, 15, Wisconsin

The 25-year-old playground at an elementary school near Milwaukee, Wis., was so small that only 70 of its 575 students could play on it at a time.

That's when Zachary Blohm saved the day. He and some volunteers build a huge playground. To raise money, Zac planned T-shirt and bake sales (烤饼义卖), sold tickets and more. He held monthly money-raising events for more than a year. Overall, he collected $130,000--- enough to finish his project.

Jack Zimmerman, 16, New Jersey

For some people, finding a meal is as simple as opening the refrigerator. For more than 366,000 hungry kids in New Jersey, it's not that easy.

That fact didn't sit well with Jack Zimmerman, who organized a drive to reduce childhood hunger in his state. His goal: create 40,000 packaged meals that could be donated to those in need.

On game day, Jack and his volunteers started their work. After the final count, the team had packaged 47,124 meals- -- well above Jack's goal.

21. The peacock fountain was built in a park _.

A. to encourage people

B. for the love of animals

C.

in memory of a teenager D.

to cure a cancer sufferer

22. What did Barrett do for Karma Bike shop?

A. He helped it win customers.

C. He donated bikes to it.

B. He repaired bikes there.

D. He offered a reading service there.

24. What do the four people have in common?

A. They care about others.

B. They're top students.

C. They like various public activities.

D. They're money raisers for the poor.

When I was six or seven, I could not understand the units. My parents got me a teacher, Jacky Ralfs, to give me private lessons.

He started off trying the classic way of two plus two, but instead of shaking his head when I did not understand, he would try a different method. I remember him drawing little bags containing apples with three in one and four in another to explain. I understood when the sum was shown in practical terms.

The other thing that impressed me was that Jacky was exciting and fun. I don't think teachers realize what an influence they have on children by their own personality. He dressed as he thought a teacher should look if he had been playing the part on stage. He was good company. As well as me in maths. I remembered him reading me books. The most important thing Jacky taught me was dogged determination. We had a swing ball in the garden and I was not very good at hitting the thing, but he encouraged me to keep on trying over and over again until I got the hang of it.

In my last year at school, I decided I had better do some work. I had long since been banned（禁止）from the Afrikaans (one of the official languages of South Africa) class, but found I could not get my matric(大学入学考试) without passing Afrikaans and the other subjects I studied. Without Afrikaans, all the effort I put into everything else would have been nothing. I remember Jackie saying you will be surprised at what happens if you just keep going. So I told myself in the school library. The school was run by nuns, so we are not allowed any books for girls to read, but there were magazines about farming in the library and they had good stories in them. I learned Afrikaans from reading stories about the farmer's boy.

We lost touch, but all through my career I have kept a photograph of him to remind me of his wise advice.

24. How did Jacky behave when he taught the author math?

A. He played games with the author.

B. He bought the author some books.

C. He did magic to help the author understand.

D. He taught the author with the help of drawings.

25. What was the most important thing Jacky taught the author?

A. Always being friendly.

B. How to attract others.

C.

How to dress up.

D. Never giving up.

26. Why did the author work hard on her Afrikaans?

A. She needed to pass the entrance examination of university.

B. She felt Afrikaans difficult than other subjects.

C. She did well in her subjects except Afrikaans.

D. She was interested in Afrikaans.

27. Which of the following best describes Jacky Ralfs?

A. Encouraging and determine.

B. Dependent and friendly.

C. Carry and strong.

D. Unusual and fearless.