河南省郑州市20172018学年高二英语第一次月考试题

A

Chinese are very generous when it comes to educating their children. Not caring

about

the

money,

parents

often

send

their

children

to

the

best

schools

or

even

abroad

to England, the United States or Australia. They also want their children to take

extra- course

activities

where

they

will

either

learn

a

musical

instrument

or

ballet,

or other classes that will give them a head start in life. The Chinese believe that

the more expensive an education is, the better it is. So parents will spend an

unreasonable

amount of money

on education. Even

poor

couples

will buy a

computer

for

their son or daughter.

However, what most parents fail to see is that the best early education they can

give their children i

s usually very cheap. Parents can see that their children’s

skills vary, skilled in some areas while poor in others. What most parents fail to

realize

though,

is

that

today’s

children

lack

self

-respect

and

self-confidence.

The

problem

is

that

parents

are

only

educating

their

children

on

how

to

take

multiple- choice tests and how to study well, but parents are not teaching them the

most important skills they need to be confident, happy and clever.

Parents can achieve this by teaching practical skills like cooking, sewing and

doing other housework.

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Teaching a child to cook will improve many of the skills that he will need later

in

life.

Cooking

demands

patience

and

time.

It

is

an

enjoyable

but

difficult

experience.

A good cook always tries to improve his cooking, so he will learn to work hard and

gradually finish his job successfully. His result, a well-cooked dinner, will give

him much satisfaction and a lot of self-confidence.

Some old machines, such as a broken radio or TV set that you give your child to

play with will make him curious and arouse his interest. He will spend hours looking

at them, trying to fix them; your child might become an engineer when he grows up.

These activities are not only teaching a child to read a book, but rather to think,

to use his mind. And that is more important.

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Parents in China, according to this passage, _______.

A. are too strict with their children

B. are too rich to educate their children

C. have some problems in educating their children correctly

D. are too poor to educate their children

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The writer of the passage does not seem to be satisfied with ______.

A. the parents’ ideas of educating their children B. the education system

C. children’s skills D. children’s hobbies

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Doing some cooking at home helps children ______.

A. learn how to serve their parents

B. learn how to become strong and fat

C. benefit from it and prepare themselves for the future

D. make their parents believe that they are clever

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According to the last paragraph we can conclude that ______.

A. broken radios and television sets are useful

B. one’s curiosity may be useful for his later life

C. an engineer must fix many broken radios

D. a good student should spend much time repairing radios

B

Tickets for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil have gone on sale, with fans able to

apply

on

FIFA’s

website.

FIFA

is

expecting

a

similar

demand

to

that

in

Germany

2006,

when there were about seven applicants for every ticket of the 64 matches. And now

around 3.3 million tickets will be available for the matches in 2014.

Tickets

will

range

in

price

from

￡

58

for

first-round

matches

to

￡

632

for

the

final

at Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro. Brazilian citizens over 60, local students

and members of some social programs can purchase tickets for

￡

15

．

The Price of Football - World Cup 2014

Items

Ticket

Sun cream

Prices

￡

58-

￡

112

￡

9.50

Items

Final ticket

T-shirt

Water

Domestic

beer

Prices

￡

281-

632

￡

13

￡

1.28

￡

1.91

McDonald’s meal

￡

11

Imported beer

￡

3.83

Coffee

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2.55

Average dinner

￡

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“It’s

always

difficult

to

predict,”

said

FIFA

marketing

director

Thierry

Weil.

“But I truly believe that it will be more similar to what happened in Germany than

in

South

Africa

in

2010.”

According

to

FIFA,

the

2006

World

Cup

was

attended

by

more

than 3.3 million fans. Almost two million tickets were sold to the general public

in South Africa, although the number of applications during the first ticketing

phase(

阶段

) was significantly lower

．

All

applications

made

before

10th

October

2013

will

enter

a

random

selection

draw

if there are not enough tickets available to fulfill all requests. The sales of the

leftover tickets will begin on 5th November on a first- come, first-served basis.

Another

phase

will

begin

on

8th

December

after

the

draw

is

made.

The

tournament

begins

on 12th June, with Brazil playing the opener in Sao Paulo

．

A study on the price of World Cup 2014 looked at the ticket prices and the cost

of travelling to Brazil and found that our English fans face hotel costs of between

￡

46 and

￡

797 a night, while packages range from

￡

2,999 to

￡

14,999

．

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．

How much should a Brazilian student pay for the opening match?

A

．￡

15 B

．￡

58 C

．￡

112 D

．￡

632

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From the passage we know that Thierry Weil_______.

A

．

feels proud of what they achieved in South Africa 2010

B

．

feels worried about the sales of the tickets for Brazil 2014

C

．

holds the belief that Brazil 2014 will be the greatest world cup

D

．

believes that more fans will attend Brazil 2014 than South Africa 2010

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What will FIFA do if there are not enough tickets available for requests before

Oct.10, 2013?

A

．

They will sell the spare tickets to the applicants

．

B

．

They will sell on a first-come, first-served basis

．

C

．

They will choose the applicants based on a random selection draw

．

D

．

They will sell them the tickets to be sold on Dec.8

．

C

If you are a fruit grower

—

or would like to become one

—

take advantage of Apple

Day to see what’s around. It’s called Apple Day but in practice it’s more like

Apple Month. The day itself is on October 21,but since it has caught on, events now

spread out over most of October around Britain.

Visiting an apple event is a good chance to see, and often taste, a wide variety

of apples. To people who are used to the limited choice of apples such as Golden

Delicious and Royal Gala in supermarkets, it can be quite an eye opener to see the

range of classical apples still in existence, such as Decio which was grown by the

Romans, Although it doesn't taste of anything special, it's still worth a try, just

like the knobbly

（多疙瘩的）

Cat's Head which is more of a curiosity than anything

else.

There

are

also

varieties

developed

to

suit

specific

local

conditions.

One

of

the

very best varieties for eating quality is Orleans Reinette, but you'll need a warm,

sheltered place with perfect soil

to grow it, so it’s a pipe dream for most apple

lovers who fall for it.

At the events, you can meet expert growers and discuss which ones will best suit

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your

conditions,

and

because

these

are

family

affairs,

children

are

well

catered

for

with apple-themed fun and games.

Apple Days are being held at all sorts of places with an interest in fruit,

including

stately

gardens

and

commercial

orchards

（果园）

.If

you

want

to

have

a

real

orchard experience, try visiting the National Fruit Collection at Brogdale , near

Faversham in Kent.

can people do at the apple events?

A. Attend experts' lectures. B. Visit fruit- loving families.

C. Plant fruit trees in an orchard. D. Taste many kinds of apples.

can we learn about Decio?

A. It is a new variety. B. It has a strange look.

C. It is rarely seen now. D. It has a special taste.

does the underlined phrase

A.A practical idea. B.A vain hope.

C.A brilliant plan.

D.A selfish desire.

is the author's purpose in writing the text?

A. To show how to grow apples. B. To introduce an apple festival.

C. To help people select apples. D. To promote apple research.

D

Green is an important color in nature. It is the color of grass and the leaves

on trees. It is also the color of most growing plants.

Sometimes, the word “green” means young, fresh and growing. For example, a

greenhorn is someone who has no experience. In the 15th century, a greenhorn was a

young

cow

or

an

ox

whose

horns(

角

)had

not

yet

developed.

A

century

later,

a

greenhorn

was a soldier who had no experience in war. By the 18th century, a greenhorn had the

meaning it has today

—

a person who is new in a job.

Someone who is good at growing plants is said to have a green thumb(

大拇指

). The

expression comes from the early 20th century. A person with a green thumb can make

plants grow quickly and well.

Green is also the color used to describe the powerful feeling , jealousy(

嫉妒

).

The green-eyed monster

（怪物）

is not a dangerous animal from outer space. It is an

expression used about 400 years ago

by the

British writer William Shakespeare in

his

play “Othello”. It describes the unpleasant feeling when someone has something he

wants. For example, a young man may suffer from the green-eyed monster if you get

a pay rise and he does not.

In

most

places

in

the

world,

a

green

light

means

to

move

ahead.

In

everyday

speech,

a green light means agree to continue with a project.

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A greenhorn now refers to ____________.

A. a person who is new in a job B. a new soldier.

C. a young horse D. a cow without horns

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．

A person with a green thumb is a person _______.

A. who is good at growing plants B. whose thumbs are of green color

C.

whose garden is greener than others’ D. who is younger than his neighbors

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．

A man may meet the green-eyed monster if __________.

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