高二下英语第一次月考试题及答案

第一部分：听力（略）

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，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑

A

You may know the English letters A, B and C. But do you know there are people called ABC? You may like eating bananas. But do you know there is such a thing a "banana person"? How strange! Are these people from “another earth”? No, they are just Chinese people like you and me.

ABC means American–born Chinese. An ABC is a Chinese, but was born in the United States. Sometimes, people call an ABC a “banana person”. A banana is yellow outside and white inside — looking like a Westerner and yellow outside — looking like a Chinese.

Do you know why? Usually, ABCs know little about China or the Chinese language. Some of them don’t speak Chinese. Also, they are not interested in Chinese politics.

But if ABCs can not speak Chinese, can we still call them Chinese people? Yes, of course. They are Chinese. They are overseas Chinese. These people

may be citizens (公民)of another country like the US, Canada or Singapore. But they have Chinese blood. Their parents, grandparents or even great-grandparents were from China. They all have black eyes and black hair. But they are not Chinese citizens. They are not people of the People’s Republic of China. For example, we all know the famous scientist C .N.Yang (杨振宁). H e got the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1957. Chinese people love him. But he is an American citizen.

21．“ABC” in this passage means “____________”.

A. three English letters

B. Americans born in China

C. Chinese born in America

D. a kind of banana

22．Chinese in Western countries are called “banana persons” because _______.

A. their bodies are white inside but yellow outside

B. they like to eat bananas

C. they think like Westerners but look like Chinese

D. they were born in China but got to study in America

23．N.Yang is mentioned (提到) here to show that ____________

A . American Chinese are great.

B. We love American Chinese.

C. American-Chinese are not Chinese citizens

D. Chinese people can win Nobel Prizes.

24．This passage mainly talks about _____.

A. different kinds of bananas

B. the life story of

C.N. Yang

C. the Nobel Prize

D. overseas Chinese

B

Teahouses in Chengdu

There is a saying, “China has the best teahouses in the world and Chengdu has the best teahouses in China.”Chengdu has not only many teahouses but also the special ways of serving and drinking tea.

As soon as the visitors enter the teahouses, the waiters o r waitresses will greet them with teapots and cups in their hands. The cups often have special covers and saucers(茶碟). The covers can keep the water warm.

People who go to the teahouses are not all thirsty. Retired(退休)people pay a little money to the teahouses and then sit there all day long to chat with others. Sometimes, people have parties in the teahouses. They eat fruit and sunflower seeds(瓜子)while they chat and return home when they are tired. Teahouses are also good places for people to talk about businesses. Some of the teahouses even have stages for performances, such as storytelling, cross talk and Sichuan Opera. Sometimes when people have a quarrel, a mediator(调解员)will bring them to the teahouse. After their problem is solved, the person who is wrong will pay for the tea. It is interesting that as soon as the quarrelers enter the teahouse and sit down to drink tea, they have almost calmed down. With the help of the mediator, their problems can be easily solved then. Maybe we can say the teahouses have some special social functions.

25．Chengdu has the best teahouses in China because _____.

A．there are many old men in Chengdu teahouses

B．the serving of the teahouses in Chengdu is very special

C．there are many people in Chengdu teahouses

D．the cups in Chengdu teahouses are old

26．Who will pay for the tea after the mediator solve some problems? A．The person who caused the problem B．The mediator himself