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1、甘肃省镇原县镇原中学2018-2019学年高二英语下学期第一次月考试题第一部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第1节 （共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳答案。A Whats On? Electric Underground7.30pm1.00amFree at the Cyclops TheatreDo you know whos playing in your area? Were bringing you an evening of live rock and pop music from the best local bands. Are
2、 you interested in becoming a musician and getting a recording contract(合同)? If so, come early to the talk at 7.30pm by Jules Skye, a successful record producer. Hes going to talk about how you can find the right person to produce your music.Gee Whizz8.30pm-10.30pmComedy at KaleidoscopeCome and see
3、Gee Whizz perform. Hes the funniest stand-up comedian on the comedy scene. This joyful show will please everyone, from the youngest to the oldest. Gee Whizz really knows how to make you laugh! Our bar is open from 7.00pm for drinks and snacks(快餐).Simons Workshop5.00pm-7.30pmWednesdays at Victoria St
4、ageThis is a good chance for anyone who wants to learn how to do comedy. The workshop looks at every kind of comedy, and practices many different ways of making people laugh. Simon is a comedian and actor who has 10 years experience of teaching comedy. His workshops are exciting and fun. An evening
5、with Simon will give you the confidence to be funny.Charlotte Stone 8.00pm-11.00pmPizza WorldFine food with beautiful jazz music; this is a great evening out. Charlotte Stone will perform songs from her new best-selling CD, with James Pickering on the piano. The menu is Italian, with excellent meat
6、and fresh fish, pizzas and pasta(面食). Book early to get a table. Our bar is open all day, and serves cocktails, coffee, beer, and white wine.1. Who can help you if you want to have your music produced?A. Gee Whizz. B. Jules Skye.C. Charlotte Stone. D. James Pickering.2. At which place can people of
7、different ages enjoy a good laugh?A. Kaleidoscope B. The Cyclops TheatreC. Victoria Stage D. Pizza World3. What do we know about Simons Workshop?A. It requires membership status.B. It lasts three hours each time.C. It is run by a comedy club.D. It is held every Wednesday.B Thomas Edison was one of t
8、en said to be the greatest genius of his age. There are only a few men in all of the history, who have changed the lives of other men as much as the inventor of the first useful electric light. But Edison could never be happy only because someone said he was a genius. “There is no such thing as geni
9、us,” Edison said. He said that what people called genius was mostly hard work. But Edison was a dreamer as well as a worker. From his earliest days as a child he wondered about the secrets of nature. Nature, he often said, is full of secrets. He tried to understand them; then, he tried to learn what
10、 could usefully be done with them. Edison enjoyed thinking. He knew that most people will do almost anything instead of the difficult work of thinking, especially if they do not think very often. But he knew, too, that thinking can give men enjoyment and pleasure. Edison could not understand how any
11、one could be uninterested in life. As he loved to think, he also loved to work. On the day he became 75 years old, someone asked him what ideas he had about life. “Work,” he answered. “Discovering the secrets of nature and using them to make men happier.” He said he had enough inventions in his mind
12、 to give him another 100 years of work. 4. Edison thought_. A. he could be happy if he was a geniusB. genius plays the most important part in ones success C. genius could do better than hard work D. hard work could do better than genius 5. Edison was _.A. interested in discovering the secrets of nat
13、ureB. very much interested in natureC. interested in changing peoples ideasD. uninterested in making people happier by discovering the secrets of nature6. In Edisons opinion,_. A. thinking can supply people with enjoyment and pleasure as well as help B. peoples success lies mostly in geniusC. hard w
14、ork is the second important thing in making people successful D. there are few secrets for him to discover later7. The last sentence in the passage most probably implies _ . A. Edison made 100 inventions in his lifeB. life is too short for Edison to invent more for human beingsC. Edison was able to
15、live and work for 100 yearsD. People of his time were ready to give Edison another 100 years workCThe home computer industry has been growing rapidly in the United States for the last ten years . Computers used to be large, expensive machines that were very difficult to use . But scientists and technicians have been making them smaller and cheaper while at the same time they have been made easier to use. As
