广东汕头市潮阳一中明光学校2026-2027学年高一上学期第一次阶段检测英语试题(无答案)

2026-2027学年高一第一次阶段考英语试卷

（考试时间：120分钟 试卷满分：150分）

第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分50分）

第一节（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5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，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

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1. How long will it take to complete the writing course?

A. 2 hours. B. 4 hours. C. 4.5 hours. D. 6 hours.

2. If you attend “How to be a time manager”, you will produce ______.

A. a study plan B. written works C. text summaries D. a questionnaire

3. Which course can help you understand yourself better?

A. Writing for your course. B. How to be a time manager.

C. A better reader.  D. Which position for me.

B

My first day in high school will never be forgotten. When I got to the classroom in the morning, I saw that Mr. Brown had already put our names on our tables. After walking a few steps, I saw my name on the table right in the middle of the classroom. As I walked up to my table, my heart sang. “It would be great to sit there. I could see everything easily,” I thought to myself.

A while later, the other students entered one by one and took their own seats. And then Mr. Brown started talking. He showed us his classroom rules and tried to explain them. All of a sudden, a student called Tony started singing loudly. All the while he moved his body to the music. His desk mate Josh couldn’t understand why he was doing these things. Then he stood up and talked to Mr. Brown, “I don’t want to sit with this strange guy. Can I swap seats with someone else in this room, please?”

Mr. Brown didn’t answer his question directly. He stopped what he was doing and turned on his computer. Then he showed us some pictures about autistic（患自闭症的）kids. He explained that autistic kids have little self-control. They seem to do things that are beyond everyone else’s understanding. However, they can do many other great things, in the field of art or music for example. Then he told us that Tony was not good at maths, but loved songs. “He can sing thousands of songs. What’s more surprising is that he can remember all the words without any mistakes.” In the end, Mr. Brown added that although autistic kids were different, they should be loved.

Since that first day in high school, I became Mr. Brown’s admirer（崇拜者）. I was pretty sure Mr. Brown would get all of us on the right track.

4. How did the author feel when seeing his table?

A. Annoyed. B. Upset. C. Excited. D. Unhappy.

5. What did Mr. Brown do in the class first?

A. He introduced Tony.  B. He showed some pictures.

C. He got his computer ready. D. He explained the classroom rules.

6. In what way was Tony special?

A. He acted politely.  B. He was understanding.

C. He knew music very well. D. He had a mathematical mind.

7. What does the author think of Mr. Brown?

A. He is off the right track. B. He has too many admirers.

C. He is a great teacher.  D. He is too different to be loved.

C

If you want to become a fluent English speaker, you should take some advice: there are four skills in learning English. They are listening, speaking, reading and writing. The most important thing you must remember is that if you want to improve your speaking and writing skills, you should first gain the skills of reading and listening.

Read as much as you can. But your reading must be active. It means that you must think about the meaning of the sentences, the meaning of the unfamiliar words, etc.

There is no need for you to pay much attention to grammar or try to understand all the unfamiliar words you come across, but the fact you see them for the first time and recognize them whenever you see them, for example in other passages or books, is enough. It would be better to prepare yourself a notebook so you can write down the important words or sentences in it.

As for listening, there are two choices: besides reading, you can listen every day for about 30 minutes. You can only pay attention to your reading and become skillful at your reading, then you can catch up on your listening. Since you have lots of inputs（输入）in your mind, you can easily guess what the speaker is going to say. This never means that you should not practice listening.

For listening, you can listen to cartoons or some movies that are specially made for children. Their languages are easy. Or if you are good at listening, you can listen to VOA or BBC programs every day. Again the thing to remember is being active in listening and preferably taking some notes. If you follow these pieces of advice, your speaking and writing will improve automatically, and you can be sure that with a little effort they will become perfect.

8. According to the author, which should you improve first among the four skills?

A. Reading and listening. B. Reading and writing.

C. Writing and speaking.  D. Speaking and listening.

9. To improve your reading, when you read, you should ______.

A. look up all the new words in the dictionary. B. think about what you are reading actively.

C. spend more time studying grammar. D. copy as many words and sentences as possible.

10. What does the underlined words “come across” in Paragraph 3 mean?

A. Meet by accident. B. Wind up. C. Lose on purpose. D. Look for.

11. Which of the following may the author agree with?

A. Everyone should listen to VOA or BBC programs every day.

B. You needn’t practice listening if you keep in reading every day.

C. Being good at reading is helpful in improving your listening.

D. You should take notes of whatever you are hearing.

D

The human brain remembers negative experiences more easily than positive ones. Our brains have developed in this way because threats, like dangerous animals, have a more immediate effect on people’s survival compared to positive things like food or shelter. As a result, you clearly know what makes you unhappy, but do you know what makes you happy?

Research suggests that our level of happiness is partly shaped by the choices we make. If you’ve been chasing wealth, fame, power and some material things, you may be looking for happiness in the wrong places. Psychologists suggest that the following habits can make people happier.

People who own close relationships tend to be happier than those who do not. The number of our friends is not important. What matters is the quality of our relationships. Relationships that bring happiness usually consist of the sharing of feelings, acceptance, mutual（互相的）respect and trust.