广东省惠州市龙门县高级中学2023-2024学年高一上学期期中考试英语试题

龙门县高级中学2023-2024学年第一学期高一期中考试 英语试卷 命题人：黄冬玲审题人：李莹 (试卷共8页，卷面满分130分，考试用时120分钟。) 第一部分阅读理解（共两节，满分45分） 第一节（共10小题，每小题3分，满分30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 High School Summer Reading List We studied reading lists from around the country and found the following books.There's a good chance you will open one of them this summer. The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan It focuses on four Chinese-American immigrant families who start a club known as"the Joy Luck Club",playing the Chinese game of mahjong (for money while feasting on a variety of foods.The four Chinese women have to solve a lot of problems caused by different cultures. Life of Pi,by Yann Martel After a ship full of zoo animals sinks at sea,an Indian boy is trapped on a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger(孟加拉虎).During the hard period,.he suffers a lot.But at last,.he arrives at land. The book was the winner of 2002 Booker Prize. The Secret Life of Bees,by Sue Kidd During the civil rights (movement of the mid-1960s,a young white Southern girl goes on the lam(逃走)with her family's African-American housekeeper(管家)，hoping to solve the mystery of her mother who gave her up. The Book Thief,by Markus Zusak It's about a young girl who lives in Nazi Germany during World War II.She steals books and shares them with neighbors as well as with a Jew who hides in her family's basement. 1.If you want to know the difference between cultures,which book should you choose? A.The Joy Luck Club. B.Life of Pi. C.The Secret Life of Bees. D.The Book Thief. 1 2.What is The Secret Life of Bees mainly about? A.A mother who gave up her daughter. B.A young girl who tried to learn about her mother. C.A runaway African-American housekeeper. D.The cause of the civil rights movement. 3.What is the author's purpose in writing the text? A.To explain why these books are popular. B.To show the importance of reading books. C.To encourage high school students to read. D.To introduce some books for high school students. B In my town,people like to give smile cards