高二上学期英语第一次月考试卷
一、阅读理解（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）
1. 阅读理解
Most people know that listening tomusic when they are feeling down or depressed can encourage their spirits. Howeverstudies have also shown that music, especially certain tones can reduce stress.Music can change brainwave patterns, deepen breathing, and bring on a totallystress-free and more open mindset .Using music to relax when considering a particular problem may not only raiseyour mood, but also could help you reach that “a-ha” moment and finda solution.
Music has also been shown not only tomake you feel good, but also, to be a great motivator. For example, duringexercise, listening to music can keep you going, or get you to exercise more byhelping you to ignore negative feelings of tiredness and focus on thepleasurable feelings you get from being absorbed in the music.
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Music is mainly used to record emotion.When we listen to a piece of music we share the artist’s feelings on a visceral level. That can be sad, and who amongus hasn’t put on a painful love song to share in the misery after a badbreak-up? On the contrary, we can share in the delight of songs of joy andhappiness, or any song or piece of music that reminds us of a particular happytime in our past.
So next time you are feeling down, puton Beethoven’s Ode to Joy, I bet you will feel a lot better about whatever itwas that was bothering you!
（1）We can infer from the first paragraph that music can .
A . benefit you in many waysB . promote you to find more questionsC . change the patterns of your lifestyleD . influence your attention to a problem
（2）When we enjoy a piece of sad music, .
A . we’ll share the artist’s feelings deeplyB . we may recall our miserable pastC . we may be reminded of particular joyD . we’ll show mercy on the artist’s life
（3）What’s the best title of the text?
A . What music means to a music loverB . Why people love happy musicC . What kind of music is popularD . How music changes your life
2. 阅读理解
Everybody, at some point intheir lives, has experienced failure. It could be something as simple as not gettingthe job you wanted, or getting fewer marks even after hard work. But what makesyou is not your failure, but how you get back up after being hit.
Once, a young school boywas caught in a fire accident in his school and was assumed that he would notlive. His mother was told that he was sure to die, for the terrible fire haddestroyed the lower half of his body. Even if he were to survive, he would belame throughout his life.
But the brave boy did notwant to die nor did he want to be lame. Much to the amazement of the doctor, hedid survive. But unfortunately from his waist down, he had no motor abilit
y.His thin legs just hung there, lifeless. Eventually he left the hospital. Buthis determination to walk was unshakable. At home, when he was not in bed, hehad to stay in a wheelchair. One day, he threw himself from the chair andpulled himself across the grass, dragging his legs behind him. He reached thefence, raised himself up and then began dragging himself along the fence,firmly determined. He did this every day, with faith in himself that he wouldbe able to walk unaided. With his iron determination, he did develop theability to stand up, then to walk on and off, then to walk by himself and thento run.
He began to walk to school,and then run to school, to run for the joy of running. Later in college he wason the track team.
In February 1934, in NewYork City’s Madison Square Garden, this young man who was not expected tosurvive, who would surely never walk, who could never hope to run - thisdetermined young man, Dr. Glenn Cunningham, ran the world’s fastest mile.
A good example of the powerof positive thinking and faith in oneself, Glenn Cunningham
continues to be aninspiration for many, and his story, a brilliant evidence to how one can bounceback even when all difficulties are piled against one, to the degree that deathseemed the preferable option.
（1）The first paragraph is intended to
A . present an argumentB . make preparations for statementC . arouse readers’ interestD . function as a brief introduction
（2）What was the doctor’s opinion about Glenn?
A . Glenn was able to walk with his own great effort.B . Great determination could make a difference to Glenn.C . There was a slim chance that Glenn could survive.D . Glenn could live a normal life with the upper halt” of his body.
（3）What do we know about Glenn?
A . Glenn took recovery exercise in hospital.B . Glenn inspired people with his moving sto
ry.C . Glenn won the first place in Marathon.D . Glenn organized a track team in college.
（4）What can be a suitable title for the text?
A . Strengthen determinationB . Stand up after failureC . Go after dreamsD . Face difficulty bravely
3. 阅读理解
Manyof us love July because it’s the month when nature’s berries and stone fruits arein abundance. These colourful and sweet jewels form British Columbia’s fields arelittle powerhouses of nutritional protection.

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