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1、 吉林省延边第二中学2021-2021学年高一上学期英语12月月考试卷一、阅读理解(共15小题;每小题2分,满分30分)1. (2019高一上延边月考)阅读理解 A Canadian woman who lost her diamond ring 13 years ago while cleaning her garden on the family farm is wearing it proudly again after her daughter-in-law pulled it from the ground or a carrot. Mary Grams, 84, said she
2、cant believe the lucky carrot actually grew through and around the diamond ring she had long given up hope of finding. She said she never told her husband, Norman, that she lost the ring, but only told her son. Her husband died five years ago. I feel glad and happy, Grams said this week. I grew into
3、 the carrot. I feel it amazing. Her daughter-in-law, Calleen Daley, found the ring while getting carrots in for supper with her dog Billy at the farm near Armena, Alberta, where Grams used to live. The farm has been in the family for 105 years. Daley said while she was pulling the carrots and notice
4、d one of them looked strange. She almost fed it to her dog bu decided to keep it when she was washing; the carrots she noticed the ring and spoke to her husband, Gramsson, about what she had found. They quickly called Grams. I told her we found her ring in the garden. She couldnt believe it, Daley s
5、aid. It was so strange that the carrot grew perfectly through that ring. Grams said she wanted to try the ring on again after so many years. With her family looking on, she washed the ring with a little soap to get the dirt off. It moved on her finger as easily as I did when her husband gave it to h
6、er. We were laughing, she said. It fits. After so many years it still fits perfectly.(1)How old was Grams when she lost her diamond ring?A . 13.B . 71.C . 84.D . 105.(2)Who found the womans long-lost diamond ring?A . Mary Grams,B . Norman.C . Colleen Daley.D . Billy.(3)This passage mainly tells us t
7、hat .A . a Canadian woman lost her ringB . a long-lost ring was foundC . the family farm has a long historyD . a strange carrot was pulled2. (2019高一上延边月考)阅读理解 Dearborn Heights, Michigan2.7 millionchildren under 18 have a parent in prison, and women put in local prisons arethe fastest growing populat
8、ion. Shawna Reynolds has seen some of those women upclose while working in the corrections system(劳教所) for 17 years, and she was encouragedto try something different. Afterseven years of education and collecting as much money as she could, Shawnacreated About Face Course Correctiona one-year rehabil
9、itation program(康复项目) that offers a more personal way tohelp non-violent women prisoners. The program includes classes for women tofinish their education, find a job and So on. You cant expect people whohave been in prison to stay in prison, Shawna says. YOU want themto be helpful people but if you
10、are not going to help them, its not going tohappen. Thewomen live free for a year in a house in Dearborn Heights, Michigan. Women like20-year-old Jennifer Douglas, who dropped out of school, took drugs(吸毒), and has spent years in and out ofprison. She says, I was doing things I would never have thou
11、ght I would doin my whole life. Because of About Face, Jennifers life is changing. Everyone is starting to trust me again and proud of me and what Imdoing, she says. Its helped me a lot. It has kept me on the righttrack. Thereare many other women like Jennifer. Every womans story is different, but e
12、achwoman is important. And Shawna is determined to break the cycle and help themturn their lives around. She is using her own money and donations to pay forthe house and this program. If you would like to donate, please visit their GoFund Me account here.(1)Shawna set up About Face to help women who
13、 have been in prison _.A . live more happilyB . become non-violentC . escape from prisonD . go on the right track(2)Shawna Reynolds can be described as _.A . differentB . educatedC . proudD . warm-hearted(3)This passage most probably comes from _.A . the InternetB . a magazineC . a newspaperD . a po
14、ster(4)Whats the writing purpose of the passage?A . To collect suggestions for the program.B . To tell a story about Jennifer Douglas.C . To introduce Shawna and her program.D . To show Shawna has been in trouble.3. (2019高一上延边月考)阅读理解 Americans wear black for mourning (哀悼) while Chinese wear white. W
15、esternersthink of dragons as monsters. Chinese honor them as symbols of God. Chinesecivilization has often shown such polarities (对立)with the West, as though each standsat extreme ends of a global string. Now in the University of California,Berkeley, a psychologist, has discovered deeper polarities between Chinese andAmerican culturespolarities that go to the heart of how we reason and discovertruth. His findings go far toward explaining whyAmerican cultures seem to be aggressive and Chinese cultures so passive, whencompared to each other. More importantly, the research ope