高一下学期英语期末测试卷(人教版)(原卷版)

高一下学期英语期末试卷二

第二部分阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)

第一节(共15小题;每小题2分，满分30分)

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。

A

Improve your reading, writing and math skills

Through the Literacy and Basic Skills program, you will learn reading, writing, math and other basic skills (e. g. computer) to help you prepare for:

● employment

● college studies

● independence

● school credit

These courses are free and available in English or French. There are courses designed for local people and Deaf people as well.

Requirements

To take these courses you have to:

● be an Ontario resident

● be 16 years old or older

● have reading, writing and math skills below the grade 12 level

Learn in a classroom

You can take these free classroom courses at more than 300 locations across the province.

Find out more by contacting Employment Ontario.

Learn online

You can learn online as one way of the Literacy and Basic Skills program.

Four different organizations in Ontario offer free online courses tailored to you. Find out more about learning online:

● in Fren ch

● in English

● as a local person

● as a Deaf person

1. What will the program fail to help you prepare for?

A. Employment.

B. College studies.

C. Entrance exam.

D. Independence.

2. How many ways to take the courses are mentioned in the passage?

A. Two.

B. Three.

C. Four.

D. Five.

3. In which part of a newspaper may this text appear?

A. Entertainment.

B. Education.

C. Health.

D. Science.

B

On a sunny spring day, a group of children, four to seven-year- old, sit on their bicycles.

They wear helmets to protect their heads and gloves to protect their hands. Their mothers, watch them closely for fear that the children will fall off their bikes. The children are ready to learn how to ride.

Rachel Varn still remembers how she felt riding a bicycle for the first time. Now her job is helping children experience that moment. Rachel Varn left her job of selling bicycles to become a trainer for bicycle riding last year. She founded Pedal Power Kids to teach bicycle education.

Before starting a ride, she teaches the children how to make sure the bicycles are in good condition for safe use. She calls it “the ABC quick check.” A is for air, she explains. “We have to check our tires before we ride.” B is for brakes. We want to make sure our brakes work before we find ourselves on the top of a hill about to go down. And C is for chain. She says the chain must be clean.

The rest of the training is more fun. The children learn riding skills, from balance and pedaling to turning, starting and stopping. And they learn to keep their eyes up and look ahead while riding. Varn says many children struggle to do this. They look down at the pedals (踏板) instead. She adds, “Obviously that doesn’t allow them to see what’s going on around them, and it also doesn’t allow them to turn properly.”

Varn says watching where you are going helps you turn easier.

Learning to ride a bicycle can open a whole new world to children. It gives them a sense of