广东省湛江市第二十一中学2024-2025学年高一下学期4月月考英语试题（含答案）

湛江市第二十一中学2024-2025学年第二学期4月考·高一 英语 考试时间：120分钟，满分：120分 第二部分 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，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项 A Some buildings can leave you wondering how on earth they were built. Read on for examples of creative buildings in the world. Wonder Works, Tennessee INSPIRATION: What if a laboratory was thrown into the air in an experiment and landed upside down Looking at the cracks, you might think “Is it about to collapse ” But it’s all an illusion (错觉). This indoor amusement park is actually pretty normal. The upside-down features are just for show. Inside are more than 100 hands-on activities. Cube Houses, Netherlands INSPIRATION: Trees in a forest, with each block being a tree. The Cube Houses are a popular attraction, but they are also real houses so that tourists can accommodate here! The blocks have concrete foundations and floors with a wood living space on top. Shiny metal panels add visual appeal. The furniture is tailor-made to fit the odd angles where the walls meet. Bubble Palace, France INSPIRATION: “Habitology”, an idea that habitats could use nature’ s flexible lines instead of straight lines and sharp angles. This house may look like a space settlement, but it’s a 10-bedroom palace where travelers can stay shortly. Made of cave-like bubbles, it also has ponds, waterfalls, swimming pools, an outdoor theater that seats 500 people, and views of the Mediterranean Sea. 1．What is special about Wonder Works A．It is designed to look like a real laboratory. B．It is an amusement park built in a laboratory. C．It gives people an illusion of its appearance. D．It has over 100 different types of buildings inside. 2．What do Cube House and Bubble Palace have in common A．Visitors are provided accommodation. B．Visitors can enjoy picturesque sea views. C．Visitors can experience hands-on activities. D．Visitors can use customized furniture. 3．In which column can you read this article A．Architecture. B．Travel. C．History. D．Entertainment B On a Monday morning in Ngwenyameni, a village in Eswatini, eight daughters of local cattle herders at Techno Friends wait eagerly at their desks. Outside, cattle graze(吃草)across the rolling hills and the voices of herdsmen are a distant soundtrack. But inside, the learners are far removed from their rural surroundings. Standing in front of a big screen displaying a live feed, teacher Bongekile Shiba addresses her students, some of whom nervously press the keyboards on their donated laptops. “Today, we’re going to learn about computer coding. Have any of you heard of it before Computer coding is a way of giving instructions to a computer, so it can perform specific tasks. It’s like giving a recipe to a chef, so they know how to make a dish,” Ms Shiba explains. So begins a typical session as Ms Shiba brings critical modern skills to a community where poverty and cultural ... ...