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1、高中英语真题：中学2016-2017学年高一下学期英语周练试题（ 5-21 ） Word版.doc 一、阅读理解(共 3 题) 1.Parents are a child s first teachers. But some parents never learned from good examples. In New York City, a nonprofit agency called Covenant House tries to help homeless young mothers become good parents. The twelve or so teenagers w
2、ho live at the shelter attend parenting classes four days a week. The class is called Mommy and Me. Teacher Delores Clemens is a mother of five and a grandmother. She teaches basic skills, like how to give a baby a bath and how to dress a baby depending on the season. She remembers one student who l
3、earned from her mother not to pick up a crying baby. The mother said that would only make the child needy and overly demanding. Delores Clemens says, “ thats not true. You have to hold your baby! He is crying for a reason. If you never pick him up, hes going to keep crying. Pick your baby up. Cuddle
4、 your baby. Hug him! And she started to do that. They just want a little cuddling and a little love. And it works!”Delores Clemens says her students also learn how to be good mothers by letting themselves be mothered. Around three hundred fifty teenage mothers graduate from Covenant Houses Mommy and
5、 Me class every year. In class, with her baby son is Natasha. She lived on the streets. She is glad not only for the warmth and shelter of Covenant House. As she told reporter Adam Phillips, she is also glad for the help they offer in seeking a more secure life. The World Health Organization says th
6、e United States has forty-one births for every one thousand girls age fifteen to nineteen. That is higher than other developed countries, as well as some developing ones. By comparison, northern neighbor Canada has fourteen births and southern neighbor Mexico has eighty-two. 1What is the text mainly
7、 about? A. Parents who are a child s first teachers.B. A class where teens learn mothering and are mothered. C. A nonprofit agency that offers a more secure life. D. A kind teacher who help homeless young mothers. 2 Covenant Houses Mommy and Me class is intended to _.A. help homeless young mothers b
8、ecome good parents B. provide homeless young mothers with a warm shelter C. help mothers in New York be good parents D. teach some parents how to love their children 3What can we know about Delores Clemens from the text? A. She has a mother of five and a grandmother. B. She thinks a crying baby shou
9、ld be picked up and hugged. C. She teaches advanced skills on how to be good mothers. D. She is very glad for the warmth and shelter of Covenant House. 4According to the World Health Organization, which country has the highest births for girls age fifteen to nineteen? A. Canada B. the United States
10、of America C. Mexico D. Britain 2.If you are afraid of the dark ， it s not a big deal It s perfectly normal to feel afraid After all ， animals do too. “ Fear matters ，” says Karen Warkentin ，an ecologist “ It s a good thing，” she adds, “ because fear makes you do things that keep you alive.”Like kid
11、s ，many animals experience fear and they respond to the feeling in variety of waysA frightened turtle pulls its head and legs inside its shell A small fish will swim away when a big，hungry fish approachesSome animals respond to fear in ways you might not expect The first example is that the fear of
12、being eaten can scare some frogs right out of their eggs. Warkentin made the surprising discovery while studying redeyed tree frogs in Costa Rica. In this species ，female frogs attach jellylike clumps（果冻一样的块状物）of their eggs to the undersides of leavesThe leaves hang on branches that dangle （悬挂） over
13、 pondsAfter they hatch from the eggs，the tadpoles（蝌蚪）then fall into the water，where they eventually grow into adult frogs. Tree frog eggs usually grow for 6 days before hatching If they sense that a hungry snake is about to attack，however ，they can hatch up to 2 days ahead of schedule. As the snakes
14、 are unable to swim， by falling into the water early ，the tadpoles can escape. If hatching early helps protect redeyed tree frogs from snakes，you might wonder why their eggs don t always hatch soonerIt turns out that hatching early brings its own danger Once tadpoles land in the water ，hungry fish a
15、nd other animals like to eat them tooStaying in their eggs for a full 6 days ，then ，allows frog embryos（胚胎） to grow big and strong This extra growth improves their chances of surviving in the water5It can be inferred from the passage that fears . Ahelp animals grow bigger and stronger Bare less comm
16、on among young animals Chelp animals move a lot to fit the environment Dare more or less important in order for animals to survive 6We are told in the passage that tree frogs . Aface danger both inside their eggs and in the water Bwill grow fast if they fall into the water later Care surprisingly clever when inside their eggs Dstay in their eggs longer if they are frightened 7Why do the tadpoles hatch up to 2 days ahead of the schedule ？Because AThey like falling into the water early B. They wan
