内容正文:
乌苏市第一中学:2023—2024 学年第一学期9月月考
高一英语(试卷)
(卷面分值:100分 考试时间 90分钟)
注意事项:
1.本试卷共3页。答题前请考生务必将自己的学校、姓名、座位号、准考证号等信息填写在答题卡上。
2.作答非选择题时须用黑色字迹,0.5毫米签字笔书写在答题卡的指定位置上,作答选择题须用2B铅笔将答题卡上对应题目的选项涂黑。如需改动,请用橡皮擦干净后,再选涂其它答案,请保持答题卡卡面清洁,不折叠、不破损。
第Ⅰ卷(阅读理解共35分)
第一部分:阅读理解(共两节,满分35分)
第一节(共10小题;每小题2. 5分,满分25分)
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
It is hard to say the first day of school in the United States because when the first day of school is and what happens on the first day of school usually are different by districts (地区).
The first day of school for many school districts in different states is on the day after the first Monday in September. In some other school districts, school begins in mid-to-late August. For example, the Denver, Colorado schools go back in mid-August and schools in Cleveland, Ohio start back usually one week before the first Monday in September. The Boston, Chicago, New York City and San Diego schools start back on the Tuesday or Wednesday after the first Monday in September.
Schools in Cleveland, Ohio used to start the school year on the day after the first Monday in September, but in the 1976—1977 and 1977—1978 academic years, the school year was affected by several bad snowstorms, extremely cold. In the 1978—1979 school year, the Ohio Department of Education moved the start of the year to late August, one week before the first Monday in September. This went into effect in the 1980—1981 school year.
In most school districts in Utah, the school year starts between August 25 and August 30, and goes until the last week of May or the first week in June next year.
In American high schools, the freshmen class usually goes back one or two days before the rest of the school body for an orientation (迎新) period. An orientation period helps the freshmen get familiar with their new school, its rules, and surroundings.
In some schools, the freshmen classes have their photographs taken for identification purposes. Some high schools have tried to make the first week of sch