安徽省淮北市第一中学2022-2023学年高一上学期
第三次月考英语试题
一、阅读理解
Becau of the spread of COVID-19, many students are forced to study at home. But parents are worried about how their children can learn more efficiently. The following websites might give you a clue.
Scratch
With Scratch, you can program your own interactive stories, games, and animations — and share your creations with others in the online community. Scratch can be downloaded free of charge. Scratch is designed especially for ages 8 to 16, but is ud by people of all ages. Scratch is ud in more than 150 different countries and available in more than 40 languages.
Mr. Bob
Mr. Bob is a science teacher, author, maker, and prenter that knows how to share the world of scienc
e. Bob encourages parents and teachers to practice Random Acts of Science by providing instructions and videos for interactive science experiments on his website. Bob
has also coauthored a very popular ries of science adventure books for kids.
Oxford Owl for School
Oxford Owl for School is home to online teaching, learning and asssment resources and expert support for primary schools. Free teaching, learning and asssment resources are provided, including book recommendations, storytelling videos, activity sheets and teaching notes. With a library of free, tablet-friendly eBooks,
you’ll find the perfect eBook for every pupil.
The National Geographic Society
The National Geographic Society is a global nonprofit
organization to explore and protect our planet. We fund hundreds of rearch and conrvation projects around the world each year and
inspire new generations. Our yellow border rves to explore the farthest reaches of the Earth and beyond. We reach millions of people around the world, with our television networks in 172 countries and our publications available in 41 languages.
1. Which website is most suitable for science lovers?
A．Scratch. B．Mr. Bob.
C．Oxford Owl for School. D．The National Geographic Society.
2. What is special about Oxford Owl for School?
A．It owns a library in America. B．It offers materials for students only.
C．It provides online books for free. D．It is suitable for students of all ages.
3. What do Scratch and the National Geographic Society have in common?
A．They have urs worldwide. B．They choo books for kids to read.
C．They are designed especially for kids. D．They are both nonprofit organizations.
"HEY, HOW YOU DONG? I'm Courtney. What grade are you in? Third? What's your favorite book? Elephant and Piggy? Yeah, I got it.
If you thought you'd walked into a library with a greeting like that, you wouldn't be too far off. In fact, you've entered the workplace of Courtney Holmes, also known as the Storybook Barber.
Two years ago, Dubuque, Iowa, held its first annual Back to School Bash, offering needy families an opportunity to learn about free resources in the community. Holmes agreed to participate. He was holding down two jobs at the time and Saturday was his busiest day, but he cho to give free haircuts to poor kids. Several times later he had a light-bulb moment: The kids should earn their free haircut by having to read a book to him.
The idea was so popular that he continued it the first Tuesday of every month for the next two years. Kids would grab a favorite book, ttle into the barber chair, and read aloud while Holmes was hair-cutting, offering help when kids had trouble reading.
Holmes, who is married and has two sons, aged three and four, recognizes not every parent has the time to read with their kids. "I get it. You have four kids, and you're working two jobs. Sitting down
and listening to them read is the last thing you have time to do. So bring your kids in and let them read to me."
Holmes admits he benefits from the free activity. "There was a ven-year-old who struggled through his book," said Holmes, "I had the boy take the book home and practice. When the child came back a few days later, he read it with no problems. That inspires me."
4. Which of the following best describes Holmes?
A．Active. B．Confident. C．Kind. D．Outgoing.
5. Why did Holmes t up the Storybook Barber?
A．To earn more money.
B．To contribute to the community.
C．To promote public library.
D．To call on people to love reading.
6. What's unique about the Storybook Barber?
A．The boss is very positive.
B．The customers are homeless.
C．The workers are all volunteers.
D．The poor kids could read for haircut.
7. What did Holmes mean in the last paragraph?
A．Reading makes a full man.
B．Ros given, fragrance in hand.
C．A friend in need is a friend indeed.
D．More hands produce a stronger flame.
On an icy day in February 2012, two hunters in eastern Russia discovered a tiger cub (幼崽) lying in
the snow. It was about 3 months old. “It hadn’t eaten for days and her tail was frozen. She was too weak,” recalls Dr. Dale Mique lle, director of the Wildlife Conrvation Society’s Russia Program. The cub was nt to a local wildlife inspector Andrey Oryol, who nurd it back to health.
The cub was an Amur tiger. “Only about 400 Amur tigers remain in the world. In the past, we alwa ys shipped cubs off to zoos,” Says Dr. Miquelle. “Now we have a way to give them a cond chance at life in the wild.” He and his co-worker took the cub to a new wildlife
center which was designed for raising wild animals without exposing them to people. It us hidden cameras and covered fences (围栏) to keep workers out of sight. That way, the animal doesn’t lo its natural instincts (本能) or become dependent of humans. In the center,
the cub, now named Zolushka, learned to hunt and grew up into a big healthy tiger.
By the spring of 2013, experts agreed she was ready to return to the wild. They t Zolushka free in the Bastak Nature Rerve in the region, where there ud to be tigers 50 years ago but they have died out. “Their survival rests only in the hands of humans,” says Dr. Miquelle.
During the next two years, rearchers watched Zolushka’s progress. They t up cameras to take p
hotos of Zolushka. Zolushka not only survived, but also thrived. Then, in December 2015, the cameras showed exciting news: Zolushka had become a mother! For the first time ever, a tiger that humans had raid and returned to the wild had given birth to two cubs of her own.
Thanks to the work of people like Dr. Miquelle, there is new hope for the magnificent cats.
8. Why were covered fences ud in the wildlife center?
A．To rai animals more easily. B．To keep animals’ wild nature.
C．To make animals depend on humans. D．To stop animals returning to the wild.
9. What does the underlined word “thrived” in Paragraph 4 mean? A．Left. B．Suffered. C．Developed. D．Recovered.
10. What is the text mainly about?
A．How a tiger was saved and protected.
B．What environment is needed for a tiger.
C．What people should do to save wildlife.
D．How an injured animal should be treated.
11. What is the author’s attitude towards Dr. Miquelle’s work? A．Unconcerned. B．Doubtful. C．Unknown. D．Positive.
The majority of people are unable to commit to a healthy long-term lifestyle — although they are somehow willing to! There ems to be a paradox here.
We become more aware of the importance of leading a healthy lifestyle on a regular basis. Yet, we just don’t manage to. We may engage in a variety of short-term projects: 1-week detox retreats or 1-month vere diets. But the benefits the short-term activities produce are quickly lost as we are dragged back to our “bad” habits
in the longer-term. The inability to stick to a healthy lifestyle makes us feel frustrated and unhealthy. What is the way out then?
The first step is to understand the problem more deeply: What are the main obstacles of pursuing a healthy lifestyle? Which are the fundamental aspects to a healthy lifestyle? How are they interconne
cted? If we understand the problem and its components more deeply, we are one step clor to coming up with a solution.
Surveys show how in 85% of cas in the US and Europe, the main obstacles to pursuing a healthy lifestyle are to be found among lack of awareness, time, lf-control and guidelines.
“Humans tend to heavily discount the future, meaning t hings that we have now are more valuable to us than things we’ll have in a few years.” said A. Braun in 2019. For this reason, we cannot correctly weigh the costs and conquences of choosing unhealthy habits today, and we tend to give in to short-term pleasures, although this means reducing longer-term benefits.
We deliberately choo to experience and enjoy short-term pleasure, mainly becau of a stress condition we may have, or becau of personality. The underlying reason for the behaviors is primari ly stress, as neuroscience discoveries in fact suggest, “In general, stress results in habit behavior in humans, so dealing first and foremost with stress is probably advisable when you are looking to make lasting changes. Luckily, your brain can change throughout life. Decreasing stress could finally help your brain become less easily influenced by habit.”
12. Why do people engage in various short-term projects?
A．To delete a bad habit. B．To keep healthy in lifestyle. C．To go on a vere diet. D．To solve the paradox.
13. What is the obstacle of pursuing a healthy lifestyle?
A．Lacking enough lf-discipline. B．Gaining no reward from working out.
C．Having no motive when making schedules. D．Relying on too much guidance from others.
14. By quoting A. Braun’s words in paragraph 5, the author wants to .
A．highlight the association between habits and lifestyle B．stress the long-term value of adopting healthy habits
C．show a trend of pursuing long-term pleasures
