2017-2018学年第二学期高一英语第一次月考试卷第一部分阅读理解,（共两节）（每小题3分，共60分）第一节，阅读下面的短文，从每题所给的A,B,C,D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

AOn Christmas Eve─the night before Christmas Day─children all over Britain put a stocking at the end of their beds before they go to sleep. Their parents usually tell them that Father Christmas will come during the night.Father Christmas is very kind and hearted. He gets to the top of each house and climbs down the chimney into the fireplace. He fills each of the stockings with Christmas presents. Of course, Father Christmas isn't real. In Jim and Kate's house, "Father Christmas" is really Mr Green. Mr Green doesn't climb down the chimney. He waits until the children are asleep. Then he quietly goes into their bedrooms and fills their stockings with small presents. When they were very young, Mr Green sometimes wore a red coat. But he doesn't do that now. The children are no longer young, and they know who "Father Christmas" really is. But they still put their stockings at the end of their beds.1. Christmas Eve is _______A. the night of Christmas DayB. the evening of Christmas DayC. the night before Christmas DayD. Christmas Day2. Father Christmas often puts presents _______A. into children's hatsB. into children's clothesC. under children's bedsD. into children's stockings3 .When the children are older, they _______A. they knew that Father Christmas wasn't realB. ask their mother to fill their stockings with presentsC. know that Father Christmas is really their friendD. know that who Father Christmas really isBMost students have biology classes in the classrooms or the labs in China．But several days ago，I had a biology class outside in my American schoo1．My biology teacher，Mr.Kwak，divided us into three groups and asked us to play a game about natural selection(自然选择)and how birds find food．He gave the first group one spoon per person，the second group forks and my group" knives．I thought we were going hunting，so knives might work better．Surprisingly，he told us to pick up the beans on the grass with our tools．When the game started all of us ran to the grass area．We squatted(蹲)down and looked for beans．It was hard to pick up something that small，especially from the grass .When I almost fired a bean，it dropped back to the ground．When I finally picked up several beans．one of my friends ran into me．I couldn’t keep my balance and fell over．All my beans dropped to the ground! Just at that moment，Mr.Kwak called us back．I had to leave the game and of course I got a bad result．I couldn’t help thinking that if I were a bird living on Galapagos Island，I would be dead soon．The fun game made me realize that natural selection is really competitive(竞争的)．Everyone is trying his or her best to—survive．4. What did the writer’s group use to pick up the beans?A．Spoons．B．Knives．C．Forks．D．Hands．5. How many beans did the writer get at last?A．Several．B．One．C. None．D．Many．6 Which of the following is TRUE?A．The writer did a good job in the biology class．B．The writer had a biology class outside their schoo1．C．The writer found that picking up the beans from the grass was hard．D．The writer didn’t find enough food for the birds on Galapagos Island．7. What was the aim（目标）of Mr．Kwak’s class?A．To learn natural selection．B．To pick up the beans．C．To know different kinds of birds．D．To play an interesting game．CCountry music is one of the most popular kinds of music in the United States today because it is about simple but strong human feelings and events-love, sadness, good times, and bad times. It tells real-life, stories and sounds the way people really talk. As life becomes more complicated(复杂), it is good to hear music about ordinary people.Country music, sometimes called country-western, comes from two kinds of music. One is the traditional music of the people in the Appalachian Mountains in the eastern Unite States. The other is traditional cowboy music from the west. Thesingers usually play guitars, and in the 1920s they started using electric guitars. At first city people said country music was low class. It was popular mostly in the South. But during World War II, thousands of Southerners went to the Northeast and Midwest to work in the factories. They took their music with them. Soldiers from the rest of the country went to army camps（军营）in the South. They learned country music. Slowly it became popular all over the country.Today country music is also popular everywhere in the United States and Canada—in small towns and in New York City, among black and white, and among educated and uneducated people. About 1, 200 radio stations broadcast country music twenty-four hours a day. English stars sing it in British English, and people in other countries sing it in their own languages. The music that started with cowboys and poor southerners is now popular all over the world.8. It can be learned from the passage that country music comes from .A. the Appalachian Mountains and the WestB. the Northeast and MidwestC. factories and army camps in the SouthD. real-life stories in small towns9. Before World War II country music was popular mainly in .A. the NortheastB. the northC. the MidwestD. the south10. During World War II many Southerners went to the Northeast and theMid-west because .A. they wanted to work in the factories thereB. they wanted to make other people like country musicC. they wanted to take music with themD. they wanted to make country music popular11. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?A. Country music is about human feelings and events.B. Country music is popular among city people today.C. Country music is sung by stars all in EnglishD. City people didn’t like country music at firstDMany people go to school for a good education. They learn languages, history, maths and other lessons. School education is very important and useful. Yet no one can learn everything from school. No matter how much a teacher knows, he cannotteach his students everything they want to know. His work is to show his students how to learn. He teaches them how to read and how to think. So, much more is to be learned outside school by the students themselves.It is always more important to know how to study by oneself. It is quite easy to learn something in a language or a formula in maths, but it is difficult to use a formula in finding the answer to a maths problem. Great inventors do not get everything from school but they can invent many things and change the world a lot. Though Thomas Edison invented many things he di dn’t have much school education. How do they do all these? Because they know how to study. A lot of things are not taught in the classroom. They get knowledge from books outside school. They work hard all their lives, and the most important thing is that they know how to use their head.12. What do many people go to school for?A. To make friendsB. To get everythingC. To get a good educationD. To study by themselves13. How can an inventor invent things? The most important thing is howto .A. use his head wellB. be a great inventorC. study by himselfD. remember what he’s been taught14. The word formula in this passage means . .A. 数学用表B. 公式C. 数学题D.几何图形15. Which of the following shows the most important idea of thispassage?A. School education is important for a person.B. Inventors can invent things and change the world a lot.C. A student should learn how to remember a formula.D. A student can not learn everything from school.第二节（每小题3分，共15分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，注意其中两项为多余选项。