吉林省吉林市第二中学2021-2022学年高三上学期9月月考英语试卷
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说明：1、本试卷分第I试卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分；
2、满分120分，考试时间 80钟。
一、阅读题（共两节20题，每题2分，共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、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
“The pen is more powerful than the sword（剑）.” There have been many writers who used their pens to fight things that were wrong. Mrs Harriet Beecher Stowe was one of them.
She was born in the U.S.A. in 1811.One of her books not only made her famous but has been described as one that excited the world, and was helpful in causing a civil war and freeing the enslaved race. The civil war was the American Civil War of 1861, in which the Northern States fought the Southern States and finally won.
This book that shook the world was called Uncle Tom's Cabin. There was time when almost every English-speaking man, woman, and child has read this novel that did so much to stop slavery. Not many people read it today, but it is still very interesting. The book has shown us how a warm-hearted writer can arouse people's sympathies. The author herself had neither been to the Southern States nor been a slave. The Southern Americans were very angry at the book, which they said did not at all represent true state of affairs, but the Northern Americans were wildly excited over it and were so inspired by it that they were ready to go to war to set the slaves free.
1.According to the passage______.
A. Uncle Tom's Cabin was not very interesting
B. every English-speaking person has read Uncle Tom's Cabin
C. those who don't speak English cannot have read Uncle Tom's Cabin
D. the book Uncle Tom's Cabin did a great deal in the American Civil War
2.What do you learn about Mrs Harriet Beecher Stowe from the passage?
A. She had been living in the north of America before the Civil War broke out.
B. She encouraged the Northern Americans to go to war to set the slaves free.
C. She was better as writing as swinging (挥舞) a sword.
D. She had once been a slave.
3.Why could Mrs Harriet Beecher Stowe's book cause a civil war in America?
A. She wrote so well that Americans loved her very much.
B. She uncovered the terrible wrongs done to the slaves in the Southern States.
C. The Southern Americans hated the book while the Northern Americans like it.
D. The book had been read by many Americans.
4.What can we learn from the passage?
A. We needn't use weapons (武器) to fight things that are wrong.
B. A writer is more helpful in a war than a soldier.
C. We must understand the importance of literature and art.
D. No war can be won without such a book as Uncle Tom's Cabin.
5.What is the best title of this passage?
A. American civil war B. Uncle Tom’s Cabin
- A war-arousing writer D. Pen, a fighting weapon
B
At the beginning of my 8:00 a.m. class one Monday at UNLV（拉斯维加斯内华达大学）, I cheerfully asked my students how their weekend had been. One young man said that his weekend had not been very good. The young man then proceeded to ask me why I always seemed to be so cheerful.
His question reminded me of something I’d read somewhere before: “Every morning when you get up, you have a choice about how you want to approach life that day,” I said to the young man. “I choose to be cheerful.”
“Let me give you an example,” I continued. “In addition to teaching here at UNLV, I also teach out at the community college in Henderson. One day a few weeks ago I drove to Henderson. I exited the freeway and turned onto College Drive. But just then my car died. I tried to start it again, but the engine wouldn’t turn over. So I put my flashers on, grabbed my books, and marched down the road to the college.”
“As soon as I got there, the secretary in the Provost’s office asked me what had happened. ‘This is my lucky day’, I replied, smiling.”
“Your car breaks down and today is your lucky day?” She was puzzled, “What
do you mean?”
“I live seventeen miles from here. I replied. My car could have broken down anywhere along the freeway. It didn’t. Instead, it broke down in the perfect place: off the freeway, within walking distance of here. I’m still able to teach myclass, and I’ve been able to arrange for the tow truck to meet me after class. If my car was meant to break down today, it couldn’t have been arranged in a more convenient fashion.”
- What happened when the teacher asked his students how their weekends were?
- All the students give positive answers.
- Only a young man said his weekend had not been good.
- A student was curious about his teacher’s cheerfulness.
- Nobody really cared about it.
7.If you want to be cheerful you should ___________.
A.try to succeed in doing everything B.choose to be cheerful every day
C.earn a lot of money by working D.try to please your boss every day
8.The underlined phrase “turn over” in the third paragraph means “________”
A. roll over B. . stopped suddenly C work normally D. move around
9.According to this passage we can infer that the teacher’s car broke down ____.
A. near UNLV B. along the highway
C. near Henderson D. at the community college
10.What do you think would happen after the story?
- The story touched the student and they would try to be cheerful.
- The student asked the teacher to tell another story.
- The student wondered how to be cheerful.
- The student doubted whether the story was true.
C
In 1997, a group of twenty British women made history. Working in five teams with four women in each team, they walked to the North Pole. Apart from one experienced female guide, the other women were all ordinary people who had never done anything like this in their lives before. They managed to survive in an environment which had defeated several very experienced men during the same time period.
The women set off as soon as they were ready. Once on the ice, each woman had to