2019-2020学年浙江省杭州市西湖高中高一(上)月考英语试卷(10月份)

2019-2020学年浙江省杭州市西湖高中高一（上）月考英语试卷（10月份）

第二部分：阅读理解（每小题2.5分，满分25.0)

11．Sunday ，31 August

We've been in China for a month now．Dad，Mom，Harry and I moved to Tianjin on 25 August．We're not very far from Beijing．Two days ago，we celebrated my 16th birthday．It was great celebrating in China；the only thing that was strange was the cake一here they're not as sweet as the ones in New York．On Monday school starts-I wonder what it will be like．Monday，1 September

On my first day I was looking around for a locker to put my books in．However，here all the students keep all of their books at their desks．We stay in the same classroom because apparently we don't have to go from class to class-teachers come to us!

Today we selected teacher assistants for each subject．Their duties are to collect homework，make announcements，and do other stuff for the teachers and the students．It's kind of a big deal here! Since I am from the US，I was asked to be the English assistant．I felt so proud but quite nervous at the same time because I wasn't sure what I had to do，but I accepted the job anyway．

Friday ，3 October

Boy，what a week! Now we have nine classes every day，including the morning class，a combination of our American schools " Homeroom " and " Study Hall "．I think Chinese students work too much! I have to do my homework when I get back home．I don't even have time to watch TV or surf the Internet like before．I sometimes miss New York and my school because we didn't have to study so much．We had more time to hang out with our classmates and neighbors；here，besides their usual classes，students are involved in weekend classes in subjects such as English，Chinese and math．

I get a lot of attention，being from another country．Everyone wants to practice English with me! A really cute girl even asked me for my phone number on my second day and sent me a text message! I'm making a lot more friends now．I just need a lot of help to improve my Chinese．Some students want to do a language exchange program with me．Nice!

（1）The passage mentions all the following points EXCEPT ．

A．physics study

B．food flavour

C．free time activities

D．language exchange programs

（2）According to the passage，which of the following is NOT the teacher assistant's duty？A．Collecting homework．

B．Making announcements．

C．Helping teachers with small errands （差事）．

D．Teaching classmates．

（3）Where is this passage most probably from？

A．A storybook．

B．A guide book．

C．A diary．

D．A magazine．

12．Fifteen years ago，I took a summer vacation in Lecce in southern Italy．After climbing up a hill for a panoramic（全景的）view of the blue sea，white buildings and green olive trees，I paused to catch my breath and then positioned myself to take the best photo of this panorama．Unfortunately，just as I took out my camera，a woman approached from behind，and planted herself right in front of my view．Like me，this woman was here to stop，sigh and appreciate the view．

Patient as I was，after about 15 minutes，my camera scanning the sun and reviewing the shot I would eventually take，I grew frustrated．Was it too much to ask her to move so I could take just one picture of the landscape？Sure，I could have asked her，but something prevented me from doing so．She seemed so content in her observation．I didn't want to mess with that．

Another 15 minutes passed and I grew bored．The woman was still there．I decided to take the photo anyway．And now when I look at it，I think her presence in the photo is what makes the image interesting．The landscape，beautiful on its own，somehow comes to life and breathes because this woman is engaging with it．

This photo，with the unique beauty that unfolded before me and that woman who "ruined" it，now hangs on a wall in my bedroom．What would she think if she knew that her figure is captured（捕捉）and frozen on some stranger's bedroom wall？A bedroom，after all，is a very private space，in which some woman I don't even know has been immortalized（使……永存）．In some ways，she lives in my house．

Perhaps we all live in each others' spaces．Perhaps this is what photos are for：to remind us that we all appreciate beauty，that we all share a common desire for pleasure，for connection，for something that is greater than us．

That photo is a reminder，a captured moment，an unspoken conversation between two women，separated only by a thin square of glass．

（1）What happened when the author was about to take a photo？

A．Her camera stopped working．

B．A woman blocked her view．

C．Someone asked her to leave．

D．A friend approached from behind．

（2）According to the author，the woman was probably ．

A．enjoying herself

B．losing her patience

C．waiting for the sunset

D．thinking about her past

（3）In the author's opinion，what makes the photo so alive？

A．The rich color of the landscape．

B．The perfect positioning of the camera．

C．The woman's existence in the photo．

D．The soft sunlight that summer day

（4）The passage can be seen as the author's reflections upon ．

A．a particular life experience B．the pleasure of traveling

C．the art of photography D．a lost friendship