甘肃省静宁县第一中学2020┄2021学年高一英语下学期第一次月考试题

甘肃省静宁县第一中学2020┄2021学年高一英语下学期第一次月考

试题

（试卷满分120分考试时间100分钟）

第一部分阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A

Europe has a rich history and it is a good place to journey.

Paris

Paris, the heaven of fashion, culture and entertainment, is the most visited city in the world. It is also held as a numerous tourist destination due to the presence of the Eiffel Tower and several other historic buildings, museums and churches.

Rome

A talk about Europe is incomplete without a mention of Rome. Held as a place where one of the oldest civilizations of the world prospered（繁荣）, Rome is where you’d get to see many castles, palaces, ancient buildings, fountains, squares and beautiful parks. Several tourists come here especially to have a look at the Renaissance architecture that the buildings of this city boast.

Barcelona

Barcelona, a major city in Spain, is regarded among the 10 best beach cities in the world. The city’s coastline has clear waters and a mild climate which makes it a favorite destination among sunbathers. Besides that, Barcelona has a glorious past to show off. You must wander through its busy streets and take a look at the historic buildings, castles, churches, parks and museums.

Vienna

If you are a music lover and a steady devotee of Beethoven or Mozart, then a visit to Vienna is like going on a pilgrimage（朝圣）. This is because Vienna is the birthplace of these artists. You’d find their houses there and also find their memorial graves. Besides that, Vienna is known for castles, palaces, museums and historic monuments. If you are a devoted art lover, Vienna is the place for you. It has nearly a hundred museums devoted to art!

1. Which place has the most tourists in the world according to the passage？

A. Vienna.

B. Barcelona.

C. Rome.

D. Paris.

2. In Rome and Barcelona you can enjoy________.

A. the birthplace of artists

B. castles

C. fountains

D. the Eiffel Tower

3. What is the passage mainly about？

A. Some ancient architecture in Europe.

B. Some best places people can visit in Europe.

C. Some best attractions people can enjoy in Paris.

D. Some famous musicians and their famous works.

B

Hidden from the noise of Washington, D. C., Hillwood Museum is a special treasure. It contains（包含）one of the finest personal collections（收藏）of Russian and French art in the world.

Hillwood Museum was once the home of Marjorie Merriweather Post. She was a

rich businesswoman. She owned one of the largest food companies in the United States. She was also very interested in collecting beautiful French art and furniture.

She moved to Russia in the 1930s as her third husband, Joseph Davies, became the American ambassador（大使）in Moscow. Marjorie Merriweather Post had a love for Russian art as well. She bought the house in Washington in 1955 and she wanted to make it into a museum after her death. Many art experts helped Mrs. Post create its fine collection.

Hillwood has many rooms which are filled with her treasures. Visitors can see beautiful music boxes from the eighteenth century and colorful paintings of European princesses（公主）. Experts say the ancient wood and gold furniture from France is some of the finest ever made. Visitors can even look at Mrs. Post’s jewels and clothes.

The museum also has several beautiful gardens. One is designed like the gardens in Japan. It has a bridge and visitors can watch flowers floating in the water. Flowers are also grown all the year in a special glass building or greenhouse. These flowers are placed in the house throughout the year.

After a walk, visitors can rest at a nearby eating place. They can also buy objects to remember this special museum.

4. From the second paragraph, we can learn that Marjorie Merriweather Post .

A. lived near Hillwood Museum

B. owned a food company in France

C. was a successful businesswoman

D. was good at painting and designing

5. Marjorie Merriweather Post moved to Russia because .

A. she liked the environment there

B. her husband had a job there

C. she wanted to collect art works

D. she hoped to meet some art experts

6. Which of the following treasures is NOT mentioned in the text？

A. Paintings of Japanese princesses.

B. Mrs. Post’s jewels and clothes.

C. Ancient wood and gold furniture.

D. Eighteenth century’s music boxes.

7. What is special about the museum’s gar dens？

A. There are some rock hills.

B. They are all built in Japanese style.

C. Flowers are grown all the year.

D. There are some restaurants.

C

As Internet users become more dependent on the Internet to store information, are people remembering less？If you know your computer will save information, why store it in your own personal memory, your brain？ Experts are wondering if the Internet is changing what we remember and how.

In a recent study, Professor Betsy Sparrow conducted some experiments. She and her research team wanted to know if the Internet is changing memory. In the first experiment, they gave people 40 unimportant facts to type into a computer. The first group of people understood that the computer would save the information. The second group understood that the computer would not save it. Later, the second group remembered the information better. People in the first group knew they could find the information again, so they did not try to remember it.

In another experiment, the researchers gave people facts to remember, and told them where to find the information on the Internet. The information was in a

specific computer folder（文件夹）. Surprisingly, people later remember the folder location（位置）better than the facts. When people use the Internet, they do not remember the information. Rather, they remember how to find it. This is called “transactive memory”.

According to Sparrow, we are not becoming people with poor memories as a result of the Internet. Instead, computer users are developing stronger transactive memories; that is, people are learning how to organize large amounts of information so that they are able to find it at a later date. This doesn’t mean we are becoming either more or less intelligent, but there is no doubt that the way we use memory is changing.

8. The passage begins with two questions to ___________________.

A. describe how to use the Internet.

B. introduce the main topic.

C. show the author’s attitude.

D. explain how to store information.

9. What can we learn about the first experiment？

A. Sparrow’s team typed the information into a computer.

B. The two groups remembered the information equally well.

C. The second group did not understand the information.

D. The first group did not try to remember the information.

10. In transactive memory, people ___________________.

A. remember how to find the information

B. keep the information in mind.

C. change the quantity of information.

D. organize information like a computer.

11. What is the effect of the Internet according to Sparrow’s research？