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1、开来中学2020学年度第一学期期中考试高一年级英语试卷第一部分：第一节:阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分） AOne of the most successful singers of the twentieth century, Ella Fitzgerald, has made several different styles of her own. She was born in Virginia but was brought up in Yonkers, New York. Chick Webb noticed her in a competition when she
2、was sixteen. He asked her to sing with his band(乐队) , and when he died in 1939, she took over. Unlike Besie Smith, Ella Fitzgerald taught herself the sentimental music so popular in the 1930ssongs like “My Heart Belongs to Daddy”- and her recordings became best sellers. During the 1940s she develope
3、d her own “scat singing”, for songs like “Flying Home” and “Lady Be good”. Ella Fitzgerald was the perfect musical partner for her friend, the trumpets(号手) Louis Armstrong, matching him in warmth and artistry. “ I just like music,” she has said“To me, its a story. There is only one thing better than
4、 singing its singing.”( )1Where did Fitzgerald spend most of her childhood? AVirginia BYonkers CNew York City DLouisian.( )2Who was the first to discover Ella Fitzgeralds talent? AFitzgeralds father. BLouis Armstrong. CBessie Smith. DChick Webb.( )3The “friend” in the last paragraph referred to _. A
5、Ella Fitzgerald BLouis Armstrong CBessie Webb DChick WebbBDick lived in England. One day in January he said to his wife, Im going to fly to New York next week because Ive got some work there. Where are you going to stay there? his wife asked. I dont know yet. Dick answered. Please send me your addre
6、ss from there in a telegram (电报), his wife said. All right, Dick answered.He flew to New York on January 31st and found a nice hotel in the center of the city. He put his things in his room and then he sent his wife a telegram. He put the address of his hotel in it.In the evening he didnt have any w
7、ork, so he went to a cinema. He came out at nine oclock and said, Now Im going back to my hotel and have a nice dinner.He found a taxi (出租车) and the driver said, Where do you want to go? But Dick didnt remember the name and address of his hotel.Which hotel are my things in? he said, And what am I go
8、ing to do tonight? But the driver of the taxi did not know. So Dick got out and went into a post office. There he sent his wife another telegram, and in it he wrote, Please send me my address at this post office.Choose the right answer( )4. Dick flew to New York because _.A. he went there for a holi
9、dayB. he had work thereC. he went there for sightseeing (观光)D. his home was there( )5. Why did his wife want a telegram from him?A. Because she didnt know his address yetB. Because she wanted to go to New York, tooC. Because she might send him another telegramD. Because she couldnt leave her husband
10、 by himself in New York( )6. Where did Dick stay in New York?A. In the center of the city. B. In a hotel.C. In a restaurant. D. At his friends house.( )7. Who would send him the name and address of his hotel?A. The manager (经理) of his hotel. B. The police office.C. The taxi driver. D. His wife.CIt w
11、as 1504, and Columbus was making another trip to the New World. Columbus and his men needed fresh water and food after three months at sea. They saw an island and went to the shore. On the island there were unfriendly Indians who refused to give food and water to them. Columbus men were afraid of th
12、e Indians, but he had a clever plan. He used gesture ( 手势 ) language to tell the Indians about his mysterious ( 神秘 ) power to turn off the light in the sky. He knew about a lunar eclipse ( 月食 ) the next night because the information was in his almanac ( 天文历书 ). Columbus told the Indians,” Tomorrow n
13、ight Ill turn off the light in the sky.” But they didnt believe him. When the eclipse began the next night, the Indians became very frightened. They begged Columbus to turn on the light again, and they quickly gave him all the food and water he wanted. Immediately Columbus and his men hurried back t
14、o the ship and sailed away in the moonless night.( ) 8. Columbus and his men stopped at the island becauseA. they wanted to meet the Indians thereB. they hoped to get supplies of food and waterC. they had never been on the island beforeD. they had planned to visit it( ) 9. The Indians Columbus and h
15、is men.A. were glad to see B. were kind toC. welcomed D. were not kind to( ) 10. “The light in the sky” here means .A. the sun B. the moon C. the stars D. the daylight( ) 11. The Indians gave Columbus food and water because they .A. believe Columbus was a man with mysterious powerB. were interested in Columbus tripC. wanted to help Columbus
