四川省棠湖中学2021-2022高二英语上学期第一次月考试题

和

D

四个选项中，选出 最佳选项。

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In the animal kingdom, weakness can bring about aggression in other animals.

This sometimes happens with humans also. But I have found that my weakness brings

out the kindness in people. I see it every day when people hold doors for me, pour

cream into my coffee, or help me to put on my coat. And I have discovered that it

makes them happy.

From my wheelchair experience, I see the best in people, but sometimes I feel

sad because those who appear independent miss the kin

dness I see daily. They don’t

get to see this soft side of others. Often, we try every way possible to avoid

showing our weakness, which includes a lot of pretending. But only when we stop

pretending we’re brave or strong do we allow people to show the kindness that’s in

them.

Last month, when I was driving home on a busy highway, I began to feel unwell

and drove more slowly than usual. People behind me began to get impatient and angry,

with some speeding up alongside me, horning (

按喇叭

) or even shouting at me. At that

moment I decided to do something I had never done in twenty-four years of driving. I

put on the car flashlights and drove on at a really low speed.

No more angry shouts and no more horns!

When I put on my flashlights, I was saying to other drive

rs, “I have a problem

here. I am weak and doing the best I can.” And everyone understood. Several times,

I saw drivers who wanted to pass. They couldn’t get around me because of the stream

of passing traffic. But instead of getting impatient and angry, they waited, knowing

the driver in front of them was in some way weak.

Sometimes situations call for us to act strong and brave even when we don’t

feel that way. But those are few and far between. More often, it would be better if

we don’t pretend we feel str

ong when we feel weak or pretend that we are brave when

we are scared.

author feels sad sometimes because .

A. he has a soft heart B. some people fail to see the kindness in others

C. some people pretend to be kind D. he relies much on others

did the other drivers do when they saw the flashlights?

A. They waited with patience. B. They speeded up to pass.

C. They tried their best to help. D. They put on their flashlights too.

of the following is the best title of this passage?

A. A Wheelchair Experience. B. A Driving Experience

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C. Weakness and Strength D. Weakness and Kindness.

B

I left university with a good degree in English Literature, but no sense of what I

wanted to do. Over the next six years, I was treading water, just trying to earn an

income. I tried journalism, but I didn’t think I was any good, then finance, which I

hated. Finally, I got a job as a rights assistant at a famous publisher. I loved

working with books, although the job that I did was dull.

I had enough savings to take a year off work, and I decided to try to satisfy a

deep-down wish to write a novel. Attending a Novel Writing MA course gave me the

structure I needed to write my first 55,000 words.

It takes confidence to make a new start

—

t

here’s a dark period in

-between where

you’re neither one thing nor the other. You’re out for dinner and people ask what

you do, and you’re too ashamed to say, “Well, I’m writing a novel, but I’m not

quite sure if I’m going to get there.” My confidence dive

d. Believing my novel could

not be published, I put it aside.

Then I met an agent

（代理商）

who said I should send my novel out to agents. So, I

did and, to my surprise, got some wonderful feedback. I felt a little hope that I

might actually become a published writer and, after signing with an agent, I finished

the second half of the novel.

The next problem was finding a publisher. After two-and-a- half years of no income,

just waiting and wondering, a publisher offered me a book deal - that publisher turned

out to be the one I once worked for.

It feels like an unbelievable stroke of luck -of fate, really. When you set out to

do something different, there’s no end in sight, so to find myself in a position

where I now have my own name on a contract

（合同）

of the publisher -to be a published

writer - is unbelievably rewarding

（有回报的）

.

does the underlined part in Paragraph 1 mean?

A. I was waiting for good fortune.

job.

C. I was being aimless about a suitable job.

pay at a time.

author decided to write a novel ______ .

A. to finish the writing course

C. to satisfy readers’ wish

B. I was trying to find an admirable

D. I was doing several jobs for more

B. to realize her own dream

D. to earn more money

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did the writer feel halfway with the novel?

A. Disturbed.

Uncertain.

does the author mainly want to tell readers in the last paragraph?

A. It pays to stick to one’s goal.

success.

C. She feels like being unexpectedly lucky.

starting to do something.

C

Doctors in hospital emergency rooms often see accidental poisonings. A frightened

parent arrives

with

a child

who

swallowed

a cleaning

liquid.

Or

perhaps

the

harmful

substance

is

a

medicine.

Or

it

might

be

a

chemical

product

meant

to

kill

insects.

These are common causes of accidental poisoning.

In

cases

like

this,

seek

medical

help

as

soon

as

possible.

Save

the

container

of

whatever

caused

the

poisoning.

And

look

on

the

container

for

information

about

anything that stops the effects of the poison. Save anything expelled from the mouth

of the victim. That way, doctors can examine it.

Millions of people know a way to save a person who is choking on something trapped in

the

throat.

The

method

is

commonly

known

as

the

Heimlich

Maneuver

or

abdominal

thrusts(

腹部按压

), which you can do by getting directly behind a sitting or standing

person. Put your arms around the victim’s waist. Close one hand to form a ball. Place

it over the upper part of the stomach, below the ribs. Place the other hand on top.

Then push forcefully inward and upward. Repeat the abdominal thrusts until the object

is expelled from the mouth. For someone who is pregnant or very fat, place your hands

a little higher than with normal abdominal thrusts.

Red Cross experts say taking these steps can save many lives. But they also warn that

abdominal

thrusts

are

not

for

people

who

have

almost

drowned.

They

say

use

of

the

method could delay other ways to re-start breathing in the victim. Abdominal thrusts

should be used only in cases where a near-drowning victim is choking on an object.

To learn more about first aid, ask a hospital or organization like a Red Cross or Red

Crescent Society for information. There may be training classes offered in your area.

ing to the first paragraph, which of the following is NOT the common cause of

accidental poisonings?

A. A harmful medicine

B. A cleaning liquid

D. There is no end in sight when

B. Hard work can lead to

B. Ashamed.

C. Confident.

D.

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C. Poisonous insects

D. Dangerous pesticide(

杀虫剂

)

underlined word “expelled” can be replaced by “

”.

A. coming out

getting down

abdominal thrusts are not for people who have almost drowned?

A. Because people are unwilling to attempt rescue efforts

hard to perform

C. Because it is no need to do so

D. Because it could hold up other ways to re-start breathing in the victim

is the author’s purpose in writing this text?

A. To promote medical research

about first aid

C. To show how to perform abdominal thrusts

accidental poisoning

D

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B. taking up

C. going away

D.

B.

Because

it

is

B.

To

share

some

knowledge

D.

To

help

people

deal

with