高一必修四英语试卷

英语月考

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罪人：沙振

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阅读理解（共两节，满分

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第一节

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小题；每小题

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阅读下列短 文，从每题所给的

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Suppose you’re in a rush, feeling tired, not paying attention to your

screen, and you send an email that could get you in trouble.

Realization will probably set

in seconds after you’ve clicked

“send”. You freeze in horror（惊骇）

and burn with shame.

What to do? Here are four common email accidents, and how to

recover.

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Clicking “send” too soon

Don’t

waste your time trying to find out if the receiver has read it

yet. Write another email as swiftly as you can and send it with a brief title

explaining that this is the correct version

（版本）

and the previous version

should be ignored.

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Writing the wrong name

The sooner you notice, the better. Respond quickly and briefly,

apologizing for your mistake. Keep the tone measured

（慎重的）: don’

t

handle it too lightly, as people can be offended

（冒犯）

, especially if your

error suggests a misunderstanding of their culture (i.e. incorrect ordering

of Chinese names).

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Clicking “reply all” unintentionally（非故意地）

You accidentally reveal(

透露

) to the entire company what menu

choices you would prefer at the staff Christmas dinner, or what holiday

you’ d like to take. In this case, the b

est solution is to send a quick,

light-hearted apology to explain your awkwardness. But it can quickly

rise to something worse, when everyone starts hitting “reply all” to

join in a long and unpleasant conversation. In this case, step away from

your keyboard to allow everyone to calm down.

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Sending an offensive message to its subject

The most awkward email mistake is usually made in anger. You write

an unkind message about someone, intending to send it to a friend, but

accidentally send it to the person you’

re discussing. In that case, ask to

speak personally as soon as possible and say sorry. Explain your mistakes

calmly and sensibly--see it as an opportunity to clear up any difficulties

you may have with this person.

21. After realizing an email accident, you are likely to feel _______.

A. tired

B. cautious

C. funny

D. awful

22. If you have written the wrong name in an email, it is best to ________.

A. tell the receiver to ignore the error

B. apologize in a serious manner

C. send a short notice to everyone

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D. learn to write the name correctly

23. What should you do when an unpleasant conversation is started by

your “reply all” email?

A. Avoid further involvement.

B. Try offering other choices.

C. Make a light-hearted apology.

D. Meet other staff members.

24. How should you deal with the problem caused by an offensive email?

A. By asking the receiver to control his anger.

B. By promising not to offend the receiver again.

C. By talking to the receiver face to face.

D. By seeking s

upport from the receiver’s friends.

B

Money with no strings attached. It’s not something you see every

day. But at Union Station in Los Angeles last month, a board went up with

dollar bills attached to it with pins and a sign that read,

Can, Take What You Need.

People quickly caught on. And while many took dollars, many others

pinned their own cash to the board. “People of all ages, races, and

socio- economic

（社会经济的）backgrounds gave and took, ”said Tyler

Bridges of The Toolbox, which created the project.

in her wedding dress come up to the board and take a few dollars.

of the bills on the board were singles, but a few people left fives, tens and

even twenties. The video clip

（片段）

shows one man who had found a $$ 20

bill pinning it to the board.

“

What I can say for the folks that gave the most, is that they were

full of smiles,” Bridges said. “There’s a certain feeling that giving can

do for you and that was apparent in those that gave the most.

people who took dollars took only a few, but Bridges said a very small

number took as much as they could.

While the clip might look like part of a new ad campaign, Bridges said

the only goal was to show generosity and sympathy. He added that he

hopes people in other cities might try similar projects and post their own

videos on the Internet.

“After all, everyone has bad days and good days,

days you need a helping hand and some days you can be the one giving

the helping hand.”

25. What does the expression

paragraph

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mean?

A. Money spent without hesitation.

B. Money not legally made.

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C. Money offered without conditions.

D. Money not tied together.

26. What did Bridges want to show by mentioning the bride?

A. Women tended to be more sociable.

B. The activity attracted various people.

C. Economic problems were getting worse.

D. Young couples needed financial assistance.

27. Why did Bridges carry out the project?

A. To do a test on people’s morals.

B. To raise money for his company.

C. To earn himself a good reputation.

D. To promote kindness and sympathy.

C

A family in Florida had a happy Christmas this year thanks to two

local police officers, who answered a 911 call only to discover there was

no emergency at all.

When they arrived at the house of a single mother with two children,

the officers discovered the younger child, about two years old, was

playing with the phone. There were no signs of Christmas or holiday

cheer in the house.

“They weren’t smiling. It seemed like they

weren’t happy at all. They were missing something,” Officer Paramore

said. “The mother mentioned that they weren’t going to have a

Christmas that year. It was pretty obvious that the family was struggling,

”

he sai

d. “So we told each other that something had to be done.”

Paramore and his partner, Barry Ward, left the house with a plan. The

next day, they went to a supermarket and bought a tree, lights and some

ornaments(

装饰物

) with their own money. Then they returned to the

apartment to deliver some holiday cheer. “They hugged the tree,”

Paramore said. “I was glad to see that this family was going to have

so

mething to sit around and use.”

The police department posted the

video on YouTube, hoping to share the happy news and inspire others.

The department has received tons of donations and phone calls from

people around the country asking how they can help the family. “We

are covered,” said Stephanie Slater, public information officer for the

Boynton Beach Police Departme

nt. “We’re asking people to do good

in their communities on behalf of our officers. We appreciate it very

much that people are talking about this after watching the news on TV

because they need to see and need to be reminded that police officers

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are good g

uys,” she said. “They are human beings who have a kind

heart and they do things that go un

noticed like this every day.”

28. Who most probably made the 911 call?

A. The mother.

B. The 2-year-old child.

C. A neighbor.

D. Stephanie Slater.

29. What can we learn from what Paramore said in Paragraph 2?

A. The family was living quite a hard life.

B. The officers were angry about the wrong call.

C. The family never expected they would be helped.

D. The officers never expected there was such a poor family.

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. What was the two officers’ plan?

A. To give the family some money.

B. To spend Christmas with the family.

C. To post a video of the family on YouTube.

D. To help the family spend a cheerful Christmas.

31. We can infer from the passage that __________.

A. the family seldom had a Christmas before

B. the video was posted to show the officers’

good act

C. some people used to misunderstand police officers

D. police officers didn’t want to be considered as good guys

D

For many parents, raising a teenager is like fighting a long war, but

years go by without any clear winner. Like a border conflict(

冲突

)

between neighbouring countries, the parent?teen war is about

boundaries(

边界

): Where is the line between what I control and what you

do?

Both sides want peace, but neither feels it has any power to stop the

conflict. In part, this is because neither is willing to admit any

responsibility for starting it. From the parents' point of view, the only

cause of their fight is their adolescents' complete unreasonableness. And

of course, the teens see it in exactly the same way, except oppositely.

Both feel trapped.

In this article, I'll describe three no?win situations that commonly

arise between teens and parents and then suggest some ways out of the

trap. The first no?win situation is quarrel about unimportant things.

Examples include the color of the teen's hair, the cleanness of the

bedroom, the preferred style of clothing, the child's failure to eat a good

breakfast before school, or his tendency to sleep until noon on the

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