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1、北大附中河南分校2016-2017学年高二英语上学期第一次月考试题（时间： 120 分钟 总分： 120 分）一、选择题（70分）第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共20小题：每小题2分，满分40分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。ADo you want a job in the holidays? Just go for it. First, you need to know what kind of job is suitable for your age and interest.If youre 13 to 1
2、5It seems that you cant work almost anywhere, but youre probably allowed to clean your neighbors cars or walk their dogs.There is no lowest wage for children under16.By law, you cant work more than 35 hours each week during school holidays. And you cant work before 7 am or after 7 pm.If youre 16 or
3、17The lowest wage for 16-17 years old teenagers should not be less than 7 dollars per hour.You cant work in a pub or bar, but you can work in many other places.By law, you cant work more than 40 hours each week.What jobs are out there?Obviously your choices are limited by the fact that you can work
4、during school holidays, but the following situations are fine.At Christmas, most shops are short of hands, so you may find something to do there. In the summer, theres always fruit picking. It can be pretty hard work, but it pays really well.If youre mad about football, you could work in a sports sh
5、op or help out at a local football club. No matter how much you are paid, you are doing what you like.1. In the school holidays, 14-year-old kids _. A. cant go to work at nightB. can work anywhere they want C. are not allowed to work aloneD. can work as long as 14 hours a day2. How much can a 17-yea
6、r-old kid earn at least in two hours? A. 7 dollarsB. 14 dollarsC. 21 dollarsD. 17 dollars3. According to the text, fruit picking is _. A. better than other jobsB. more attractive to girls C. not right for childrenD. tiring but pays well4. The text is probably taken from a _. A. news report B. travel
7、 diary C. job guideD. storybook BHave you ever considered the question: why different animals or pests (昆虫) have their special colors? The answer is that their colors in them seem to be used mainly to protect themselves.Some birds like eating locusts (蝗虫), but birds cannot easily catch them. Why? It
8、 is because locusts change their colors together with the change of the colors of crops(庄稼). When crops are green, locusts look green. But as the harvest time comes, locusts change to the same brown color as crops have. Some other pests with different colors from plants are easily found and eaten by
9、 others. So they have to hide themselves for lives and appear only at night.If you study the animal life, youll find the main use of coloring is to protect the animals themselves. Bears, lions and other animals move quietly through forests. They cannot be easily seen by hunters . This is because the
10、y have the colors much like the trees.Have you ever noticed an even stranger act? A kind of fish in the sea can send out a kind of very black liquid when it faces danger. While the liquid spreads over, its enemies cannot find it. And it immediately swims away. So it has lived up to now though it is
11、not strong at all.5. From the passage we can learn that locusts_.A. are small animals B. are dangerous to their enemiesC. change their colors to protect themselves D. are easily found by birds6. How can pests with different colors from plants keep themselves out of danger? A. They hide themselves by
12、 the day and appear at night B. They have the colors much like their enemies. C. They run away quickly. . D. They have to move quietly.7. Bears and lions can keep safe because _. A. they have the colors much like the trees B. they move quietly C. they like brown and gray colors D. they live in fores
13、ts8. Which is the best title for this passage? A. The Change of Colors for Animals and Pests B. Colors of Different Animals and Pests C. Some Animals and Pests D. The Main Use of Colors for Animals and Pests CIn 1997, Mary gave a present of $ 500, 000 to the University of Southern Mississippi. She w
14、anted to help poor students. It was a very generous thing to do. But her friends and neighbors were surprised. Mary was a good woman. She went to church. She was always friendly and helpful. But everyone in her town knew that Mary was not rich. In fact, she was poor.How did a poor 89-year-old woman
15、have so much money? Mary was born in 1908 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. She had to leave school when she was eight years old to help her family. She took a job washing clothes. She earned only a few dollars a day. She washed the clothes by hand. Then she hung the clothes to dry. She did this for nearly 80 years. In the 1960s, she bought an automatic washer and dryer. But she gave them away. She did not think they got the clothes clean enough！At that time, many people started to buy their o
