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1、一年来,虽然作了一些工作,但与上级要求和职工期望还有较大差距,现根据民主生活会的要求,结合本次民主生活批评与自我批评这一主题河北省正定县2017-2018学年高二英语上学期第一次月考试题第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（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（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AFlorence Nightingale was born in a rich family. When she was young she took lessons in music and drawing, and read gr
2、eat books. She also traveled a great deal with her mother and father. As a child she felt that visiting sick people was both a duty and a pleasure. She enjoyed helping them. At last mind was made up. “Im going to be a nurse,” she decided. “Nursing isnt the right work for a lady,” her father told her
3、. “Then I will make it so”, she smiled. And she went to learn nursing in Germany and France. When she returned to England, Florence started a nursing home. During the Crimean War in 1854 she went with a group of thirty eight nurses to the front hospitals. What they saw there was terrible. Dirt and d
4、eath were everywhere to be seen and smelled. The officer there did not want any woman to tell him how to run a hospital, either. But the brave nurse went to work. Florence used her own money and some from friends to buy clothes, beds, medicine and food for the men. Her only pay was in smiles from th
5、e lips of dying soldiers. But they were more than enough for this kind woman. After she returned to England, she was honored for her services by Queen Victoria. But Florence said that her work had just begun. She raised money to build the Nightingale Home for Nurses in London. She also wrote a book
6、on public health, which was printed in several countries. Florence Nightingale died at the age of ninety, still trying to serve others through her work as a nurse. Indeed, it is because of her that we honor nurses today. 1. When she was a child, Florence _. A. loved to travel very much B. knew what
7、her duty in life was C. loved to help the sick people D. want to learn music and drawing in the future2. During the Crimean War in 1854, Florence served in the front hospital where _. A. she earned a little moneyB. work was very difficult C. few soldiers died because of her workD. she didnt have eno
8、ugh food or clothes 3. Why was Florence honored by Queen Victoria? A. She built the Nightingale Home for Nurses. B. She wrote a book on public health. C. She worked as a nurse all her life. D. She did a great deal of work during the Crimean War. 4. The passage can best be described as _. A. the life
9、 story of a famous woman B. a description of the nursing work C. an example of successful education D. the history of nursing in EnglandBA new study says electronic toys are not helping babies learn.Even if companies are marketing them as educational, theyre not teaching the babies anything at this
10、time, said Anna Sosa the studys author.Researchers listened to audio(声音的)recordings of parents playing with their babies aged 10 months to 16 months. The researchers compared the experiences when the children played with electronic toys, traditional toys such as blocks,or when the children looked at
11、 books. What they found is that parents talked less with their babies when the babies played with electronic toys. Why is this important? Research shows that how quickly children develop language is often based on what they hear from parents. When the infants played with electronic toys, parents sai
12、d little to their children. But with traditional toys, such as blocks, parents shared the names anddescriptionsof the animals, colors and shapes as their children played. There was even more information given by parents as their babies looked at the pictures in books.Of course, there is no need for
13、parents to throw out electronic toys, but they should look at their infants play with such toys as entertainment, not a learning experience.Toy Industry Association spokeswoman Adrienne Appell responded to the study. She said it is important that parents make time to play with their children. Playin
14、g is a way that kids can learn so much, not onlycognitive(认知的)skills, but social and developmental skills, she said. She added that play should be balanced, including time for just make believeactivities, as well as traditional and electronic toys.5. Whats Anna Sosas attitude towards companies claim
15、ing that their toys are educational?A. supportive B. indifferent C. uninterested D. doubtful6. We can learn from the text that babies in the research _.A. liked traditional toys better than electronic toysB. interact less with their parents when playing with electronic toysC. talked little with their parents when playing with electronic toys D. listened to audio recordings of their parents 7. Children develop language more quickly when their parents _. A. read them picture books oftenB. teach them how to speak C. buy them a lot of toys D. throw aw
