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11 （河南省郑州市智林学校高一第一次月考） Everyone would like to be a millionaire , a person with a lot of money, but can you imagine having over $30 million and only being 20 years old? Britney Spears from Kentwood, a small town in Louisiana, is only 20 years old. She is a world famous film star with not only $30 million but also a $2 million house in LA. At her young age, she can look after her family financially (经济上) all her life. This year is a big year for Britney. She is now on a 31-day tour of the US and every concert is a sell-out. That means she plays in front of a crowd of around 18,000 people every time. It’s a tiring schedule but brings her a lot. When touring, she goes to bed around 1 a.m. and then has a lie-in until 1 p.m. the next day. Her philosophy (人生观) is to take care of the body and relax but always make sure you work hard and have fun.
Spears is not pleased with only touring and selling nearly 40 million records so she decided to step into the movie business and try a bit of acting. She made an appearance in “Austin Power 3” this year and she is filming a teenage light play that will come out in March 2003. In this movie, she has a starring role.
For Britney, acting is another way to express herself and she is enthusiastic (热心的) about it all. If her movies are successful, her money in the bank is sure to grow by another few million dollars but she does it for the love, not the money, as she herself tells the reporters .
56. We can infer (推断) from the text that most millionaires are __________.
   A. older than 20     B. around 20     C. in their 30s     D. in their 40s
57. The underlined word “you” in the first paragraph refers to __________.
   A. a person in general                  B. a special person
   C. Britney Spears                     D. a person interested in money
58. Which of the following is not true according to the text?
   A. Though young, Britney can support her family now.
   B. While touring, Britney sleeps about 12 hours a day.
   C. The teenage comedy movie was based on Britney’s own story.
   D. Britney will be even richer with her movies successful.
59. According to Britney Spears, she works __________.
   A. to be a great actress   B. for the enjoyment   C. for money    D. to be more famous
AACB
12 （湖北省监利中学高一第一次月考） A HALF - EMPTY BASKET
     Once there was a poor farmer and his farm belonged to(属于) a rich man. One day he brought a basket of apples to the rich man’s house. On the doorsteps, he met two monkeys dressed like children. They jumped onto the basket to eat the apples and threw some on the ground. The farmer politely took off his hat and asked the monkeys to get off. They obeyed(服从) and the farmer went into the house. He asked to see the rich man. A servant took him to the room where the rich man was sitting.
     "I have brought you the basket of apples you asked for," he said.
     "But why have you brought a half-empty basket?" the rich man asked.
     "I met your children outside and they stole(偷) some of the apples."
65. Why did the farmer bring apples to the rich man? Because        
     A. he was poor                         B. he liked the rich man
     C. his farm belonged to the rich man      D. the rich man’s children liked apples
66. What did the monkeys do when the farmer was on the doorsteps?
     A. They jumped and jumped.               B. They played.
     C. They ran away.                        D. They ate some of the apples.
67. The monkeys left the basket because        
     A. they had thrown apples on the ground
     B. the farmer had politely asked them to get off
     C. they were afraid of the hat
     D. the farmer wa s angry wit h them
68. How did the rich man feel when he saw the basket?  He felt        
     A. pleased            B. unhappy          C. excited         D. moved
CDBB
13 （江苏省姜堰市溱潼中学高一10月月考） “BANG!” the door caused a reverberation (回声). It was just standing there, with father standing on one side, and I on the other side.
       We were both in great anger. “Never set foot in this house again!” stormed father. With tears welling up in my eyes, I rushed out of the flat and ran along the street.
       The street lights were shining, causing rather sad-feeling. I wandered aimlessly.
       A young father who held a child in his arms walked past me. I felt as if I saw my childhood from another space: happy and carefree.
       But now … I don’t know whether it is because I have grown up or because dad is getting old. We differ in our ways of thinking. He always put his opinions and codes of behavior on me. Whenever I do something wrong, he never admits it. We are just like two people coming from two different worlds. It feels like there is an iron door between us that can never be opened.
       I wandered the streets, without a destination in mind. My heart was frozen on this hot summer night. As I walked on there were fewer and fewer people on th e streets, until I had only the street lights to keep me company. When I finally reached the high-rise apartment block in which I lived ,I saw that the light was still on.
       I thought to myself: “Is father waiting for me, or is he still angry with me?”
       In fac t, it was nothing. Perhaps, dad was throwing away some of his old stamps. Perhaps he thought they were useless. I never had the courage to tell him that I liked collecting stamps. I can’t stand his outrageous(蛮横的)words: “I can’t throw you away, let alone these old papers?”
       All the lights were off except father’s.
       Dad was always like this. Maybe he didn’t know how to express himself. After shouting at me, he never showed any mercy or any moments of regret. After an argument he has the habit of creeping up in my sleep and then tucking me underneath the covers.
       This was how he always was．He has been a leader for so long that telling everyone else what to do has become his second nature.
       The light was still on. “Am I wrong? I whispered, maybe… With the key in hand, I was as nervous as I had ever been. At last, I decided to open the door. As soon as I opened the door tears ran down my cheeks. I suddenly realized that the iron door that I had imagined between us did not exist at all. Love—it second to none. 
62. Decide which is the best order of the following according to what happened in the passage.
       a. I opened the door and entered the house.
       b. Sadly I ran out into the street.
       c. I reached the place where I lived and saw my house still brightly lit.
       d. I thought of my father’s kindness towards me.
       e. I walked about in the street without any aim.
       A. b, e, d, c, a        B. b, e, c, d, a             C. b, e, a, c, d        D. b, e, c, a, d
63. What made the writer think of his childhood ?
       A. The sight of the street lights.
       B. The sight of the empty street.
       C. The sight of a father with a child in his arms. 
       D. The sight of light in his own house.
64. Why do you think the father often shouts at his son?
       A. perhaps the father is getting older and older. 
B. perhaps the son has already grown up.
       C. perhaps they never agree with each other. 
D. perhaps the father has got used to doing that.
 65. What conclusion can you come to after reading the passage?
       A. The father treats his son in an unfair way. 
B. The father is actually kind to his son.
       C. The father is neither kind nor cruel to his son. 
D. The father is always finding fault with his son.
 62. 【解析】B  细读全文，把握时间顺序，就可以确定本题答案为B。该题易误选A。
63. 【解析】C 从第四段中可找出答案。
64. 【解析】D 从倒数第二段可推出答案。该题易误选C。
65. 【解析】B  倒数第三段，每次争吵后，父亲总会趁“我”入睡后给我盖被子；最后一句说“Love—it’s second to none．”等是该题依据。
14 （江苏省启东中学高一第一次月考） Theodor Seuss Geisel was born in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1904. He was famous because of the books he wrote for children. They combine funny words, pictures, and social opinion.
Dr Seuss wrote his first book for children in 1937. It is called And to Think I Saw It on Mulberry Street. A number of publishers refused to publish it. They said it was too different. A friend finally published it. Soon other successful books followed. Over the years, he wrote more than forty children’s books. They were fun to read. Yet his books sometimes dealt with serious subjects.
By the middle 1940s, Dr Seuss had become one of the best-loved and most successful writers of children’s books. He had a strong desire to help children. In 1954, Life magazine published a report about school children who could not read. The report said many children’s books weren’t interesting. Dr Seuss decided to write books that were interesting and easy to read.
In 1957, Dr Seuss wrote The Cat in the Hat. He used less than 225 words to write the book. This was about the number of words a six-year-old should be able to read.
The story is about a cat who tries to entertain two children on a rainy day while their mother is away from home. The cat is not like normal cats. It talks. The book was an immediate success. It was an interesting story and was easy to read. Children loved it. Their parents loved it, too. Today many adults say it is still one of the stories they like best.
61. What’s the best title for this passage?
A. Some of Dr Seuss’ books for children.
B. What are Dr Seuss’s books mainly about?
C. Dr Seuss — a famous writer of children’s books.
D. Why are Dr Seuss’ books different?
62. What do we know about Dr Seuss’s first book for children?
A. It was Dr Seuss’ worst book.  B. It dealt with a very serious subject.
C. Neither children nor adults like it. D. Many publishers didn’t take it seriously at first.
63. How did Dr Seuss help children according to Paragraph 3?
A. By asking others to help them in magazines.
B. By writing interesting and simple books.
C. By changing his old books into simpler ones.
D. By giving them books for free.
64. Adults most probably think that Dr Seuss’ The Cat in the Hat is _________
A. interesting     B. serious     C. difficult     D. boring
CDBA
15（江苏省启东中学高一第一次月考） I have a neighbor we call “Happy”. I have never seen her angry at anything and never heard her say a harsh (苛刻) word to anyone or about anyone.
Happy and her husband Ben, 70, have a huge garden. They spent many happy hours together working on it. Most of the neighbors watched interestingly as Ben doubled the size of their garden. As the cost of food climbed faster than Ben’s beans, we all wished we also had such a large garden. As the rest of us spent our dollars at the market, Happy could be seen picking beans in her back yard.
Last month, Happy and Ben invited most of the neighborhood over for an “all-day food fest”. We were told to bring gloves and arrive very early in the morning. We didn’t know what was about to take place. 
By 9:00 am, there were nine of us in the garden picking tomatoes, beans, okra, and squash. By 10:00 am, there was lots of laughter. We shared a lot of stories. By five o’clock, everyone was a little drunk from the wine and beer. After dinner, we played games. As we were leaving, Happy and Ben handed each of us a shopping bag filled with the bounty（收成）of the day, already packaged and frozen. What a delightful gift!
Well, the point wasn’t so much about the food. The true gift was a day of friends enjoying one another’s company. None of it would have happened if it had been for Happy and Ben’s garden. Now they have a blog about gardening in case we decided to plant a garden. And I am so proud of my tomato plants!
69. We can infer that Happy and her husband Ben_______.
A. don’t like spending time with others   
B. sometimes quarrel with each other

C. live on the food they grow in their garden  
D. are a generous and warm-hearted couple
70. According to paragraph 2, people wish they also had a garden so that_______.
A. they didn’t have to spend so much money on food
B. they could grow vegetables and sell at the market
C. they could invite their neighbors and hold parties in it
D. they could spend happy times together with their family in it
71. For what purpose did Happy and Ben invite the neighbors to their garden?
A. To ask them to attend a birthday party
B. To help them get to know each other.
C. To let them enjoy what they grew in the garden.
D. To ask them to share some interesting stories.
72. What did the writer most probably think of the time he sp ent in the garden?
A. It was too long       B. It was wonderful.
C. It was not as good as he thought.   D. It was too terrible.
DA  CB
16 （江苏省王集中学高一第一次月考） How to Become Cleverer
   Once a boy came to ask a fisherman how to become cleverer, because his mother always called him “foolish boy”.
   “That’s easy,” answered the fisherman. “I know one way to make you become cleverer.”
   “Really?”
   “Of course. It is said a fish head is good for brain. If you eat one, you’ll become cleverer indeed. Pay only three pounds for one fish head.” The boy paid him three pounds and the fisherman cut off a fish head and handed it to him.
   A raw fish head is not good—not even for a hungry boy to eat but the boy ate it up in  two gulps.
   “Do you feel anything? asked the fisherman.
   “Not in my head,” said the boy.
   The boy lay on the ground and thought. “One whole fish costs only two pounds. I had paid him three pounds for the fish head. Why couldn’t I have the whole fish for soup, a head for brain and one pound left over?” He jumped up and shouted at the fisherman. “You thief! You are fooling me!” The fisherman laughed, saying, “The fish head works now, you see.”
60. The boy ate up the raw fish head only in two gulps, because he __________.
A. enjoy it                       B. wanted to taste it
C. took it as a good medicine      D. was a foolish boy
61. The boy came to the fisherman in order to __________.
A. buy a fish head                B. ask the fisherman a question
C. buy a whole fish               D. A and C
62. The boy paid three pounds. He should have had __________.
A. a whole fish                 B. a fish head and one pound back
C. a whole fish and one po und back  
D. a whole fish, a fish head and one pound back
63. __________ helped the boy become cleverer.
A. A good meal                 B. The raw fish head
C. Nothing                     D. What had happened
  CBCC
17（江苏省王集中学高一第一次月考） The Taj Mahal (泰姬陵) is a love story, a sad and beautiful one. If it didn’t exist, we would easily imagine that the story of its construction was simply a fairy tale. Three hundred years ago, there lived an Indian emperor called Shah Jahan. His wife was a beautiful and bright woman whom he loved greatly. Her title was Mumtazl Mahan: its shortened form Taj Mahan, means “pride of the palace”. In the year 1630 this beloved wife of the emperor died. He was so brokenhearted that he thought of giving up his throne. He decided out of his love for his wife, to build her the most beautiful tomb that had ever been seen