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1、河北省张家口市宣化区宣化第一中学2020-2021学年高二英语10月月考试题一、阅读理解（本大题共15小题，共30.0分）AIn the animal kingdom， weakness can bring about aggression（侵略） in other animals This sometimes happens with humans also But I have found that my weakness brings out the kindness in people I see it every day when people hold doors for me，
2、pour cream into my coffee， or help me to put on my coat And I have discovered that it makes them happy From my wheelchair experience， I see the best in people， but sometimes I feel sad because those who appear independent（独立的） miss the kindness I see daily They dont get to see this soft side of othe
3、rs Often， we try every way possible to avoid showing our weakness， which includes a lot of pretending（伪装） But only when we stop pretending were brave or strong do we allow people to show the kindness thats in them Last month， when I was driving home on a busy highway， I began to feel unwell and drov
4、e more slowly than usual People behind me began to get impatient and angry， with some speeding up alongside me， horning （按喇叭） or even shouting at me At that moment I decided to do something I had never done in twenty-four years of driving I put on the car flashlights and drove on at a really low spe
5、ed No more angry shouts and no more horns! When I put on my flashlights， I was saying to other drivers， I have a problem here I am weak and doing the best I can And everyone understood Several times， I saw drivers who wanted to pass They couldnt get around me because of the stream of passing traffic
6、 But instead of getting impatient and angry， they waited， knowing the driver in front of them was in some way weak Sometimes situations call for us to act strong and brave even when we dont feel that way But those are few and far between More often， it would be better if we dont pretend we feel stro
7、ng when we feel weak or pretend that we are brave when we are scared1. The author feels sad sometimes because _ A. he has a soft heartB. some people fail to see the kindness in othersC. some people pretend to be kindD. he relies much on others2. What did the other drivers do when they saw the flashl
8、ights？ _ A. They waited with patienceB. They speeded up to passC. They tried their best to helpD. They put on their flashlights too3. Which of the following is the best title of this passage？ _ A. A Wheelchair ExperienceB. A Driving ExperienceC. Weakness and StrengthD. Weakness and KindnessBI left u
9、niversity with a good degree in English Literature， but no sense of what I wanted to do Over the next six years， I was treading water，just trying to earn an income I tried journalism， but I didnt think I was any good， then finance， which I hated Finally， I got a job as a rights assistant at a famous
10、 publisher I loved working with books， although the job that I did was dull I had enough savings to take a year off work， and I decided to try to satisfy a deep-down wish to write a novel Attending a Novel Writing MA course gave me the structure I needed to write my first 55，000 words It takes confi
11、dence to make a new start - theres a dark period in-between where youre neither one thing nor the other Youre out for dinner and people ask what you do， and youre too ashamed to say， Well， Im writing a novel， but Im not quite sure if Im going to get there My confidence dived Believing my novel could
12、 not be published， I put it aside Then I met an agent（代理商）who said I should send my novel out to agents So， I did and， to my surprise， got some wonderful feedback I felt a little hope that I might actually become a published writer and， after signing with an agent， I finished the second half of the
13、novel The next problem was finding a publisher After two-and-a-half years of no income， just waiting and wondering， a publisher offered me a book deal - that publisher turned out to be the one I once worked for It feels like an unbelievable stroke of luck -of fate， really When you set out to do some
14、thing different， theres no end in sight， so to find myself in a position where I now have my own name on a contract（合同）of the publisher -to be a published writer - is unbelievably rewarding（有回报的）4. What does the underlined part in Paragraph 1 mean？ _ A. I was waiting for good fortuneB. I was trying
15、to find an admirable jobC. I was being aimless about a suitable jobD. I was doing several jobs for more pay at a time5. The author decided to write a novel _ A. to finish the writing courseB. to realize her own dreamC. to satisfy readers wishD. to earn more money6. How did the writer feel halfway with the novel？ _ A. DisturbedB. AshamedC. ConfidentD. Uncertain7. What does the author mainly want to tell readers in the last paragraph？ _ A. It pays to stick to ones goalB. Hard work can lead to successC. She feels like being unexpectedly luckyD. There is no end in sight when starting to do
