肇庆鼎湖中学2026届高一级4月月考试题 英语 考试时间：120分钟 满分：120分 注意事项： 1．答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考生号等填写在答题卡和试卷指定位置上。 2．回答选择题时，选出每 题答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。回答 选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效。 第二部分 阅读理解(共两节，满分37.5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、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 (麻将) 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 (公民权) movement of the mid-1960s, a young white Southern girl goes on the lam (逃走) with her family’s African-American housekeeper, 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. 2. What is The Secret Life of Bees mainly about A. A mother who gave up her daughter. B. The cause of the civil rights movement. C. A runaway African-American housekeeper. D. A young girl who tried to learn about her mother. 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 As a child, there was nothing I liked better than Sunday afternoons at my grandfather’s farm in western Pennsylvania. Surrounded by miles of stone walls, the house and field provided endless hours of fun for a city kid like me. Since my first visit to the farm, I had wanted more than anything to be allowed to climb the stone walls surrounding the houses. My parents would never agree because the walls were so old that some stones were loose and falling. However, my idea to climb across those walls grew so strong that finally I had all my courage to enter the living room, where the adults had gathered after Sunday dinner. “I want to climb the stone walls.” I said. “He ... ...
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