新蔡县第一高级中学 2024-2025学年高二下学期 4月份月考英语 第一部分 阅读（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。 A Interested in animated short films Here’s a collection of mini-reviews for some ．Choose one to watch! A Pet（ 8 mins ） A pet is about a lonely young girl in need of company and attention ．She dreams of having a pet and spares no effort to make that dream come true ．The animation has a wonderful childlike simplicity to it ， looking like the pages of a children’s picture book that have come to life ．The jokes in it are sweet and well thought out ，evoking a childlike sense of imagination . Place to Place（ 2mins ） A text from a lonely traveler encourages a group of friends from faraway places to reunite ．Place to Place is an excellent and encouraging little animation ．It is enjoyable ，eye-catching and to the point ．The great sound design and background music add to the urgency and fun ，making it an all-round short . Be Free（ 2 mins ） Be Free is about Merry ，a sad young girl who makes her heart’s desires known to the water spirit Mami Wata ．Despite the clear theme of recycling and learning to keep our environment clean ，the aim of the film is more personal ．It’s a message from the director’s younger self to “be free” from fear ， challenges and anxiety ．He points out that change and facing challenges come from taking action ，not just thinking . Early Birds（ 3 mins ） Early Birds is about a small ，lonely penguin who does all he can to wake an older ，sleeping penguin so he’ll have someone to play with ．The animation style is quaint（古雅的），and the story is very funny . One of the outstanding aspects is the music and sound design ．They work together and blend with the action at times ，while at other times helping this film move forward ．It is a crowd-pleasing short for all ages . 21 ．What is special about A Pet A ．It focuses on friendship ． B ．It stimulates creativity . C ．It is the longest in length ． D ．It is based on a children’s book . 22 ．What do Place to Place and Early Birds have in common A ．Both feature a quaint style ． B ．Both center around an animal . C ．Both have excellent sound design ． D ．Both are suitable for people of all ages . 23 ．Who is the passage intended for A ．Innovative teenagers ． B ．Animation lovers . C ．Caring environmentalists ． D ．Curious children . B On a full-moon night in 1988 ，a young park ranger（园林管理员）named Bruce Barnes paddled a canoe into the wetlands of Louisiana’s Barataria Preserve ．It was 2 a ．m ．when he pulled out his harmonica and played the instrument from his childhood ．First ，Barnes recalls ，the frogs joined in ．Then the alligators approached ．Several gators stayed at the boat’s edge as he serenaded （唱小夜曲） them for the next two hours . Barnes ，now 61 ，is known today as a musician ．He is also a naturalist who spent ... ...
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