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1、2022-2023学年四川省广元市重点学校高一（下）期中英语试卷一、阅读理解（本大题共15小题，共37.5分）A阅读下列短文，从短文后每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 Have you ever had such an experience that a day starting out bad just continues to get worse.But why？ Sometimes theres a domino effect with bad events.For example，you sleep through the alarm，so youre stresse
2、d.And you will sit in the bad traffic，which will also make you late to work，etc. How can we turn a bad day to a good day？Here are some ideas that have worked for me： Smile a lot Smiling a lot will help you feel relaxed.Research has shown that smiling produces three useful chemicals which make us fee
3、l good. Talk to a good friend Talk to someone who cares and listens really does help us feel better，too. Focus on your good things Its hard to focus on how bad things are when youre focusing on how good things are! Think of 10 or more things youre thankful for，and youll achieve a whole new outlook （
4、人生观） on your day. Get some exercise If you can，exercise.Exercising will help you feel better and it can get your day back to be normal again. Make the day a challenge If you make yourself think of the day as a challenge，youll start to do all the things you can to make your day better.1. What does th
5、e underlined phrase the domino effect mean according to the passage？ _ A. Its an effect that gets one event to cause（引起）other similar events to happen.B. Its an effect that turns a good day to a bad day.C. Its an effect that makes one person affect（影响）another.D. Its an effect that turns bad things i
6、nto good things.2. How can the three useful chemicals that smiling produces make us feel ？ _ A. Angry.B. Relaxed.C. Stressed.D. Worried.3. What will we do if we consider a bad day as a challenge？ _ A. We will try our best to do things.B. We will give up doing things.C. We will lose all our confidenc
7、e.D. We will go to exercise at once.BHes a comedian，hes an actor，hes British and the whole world knows him as the silent，black-haired character Mr.Bean.Thats right，Rowan Atkinson. Atkinson was born in Newcastle，England and was educated at Newcastle University and Oxford.While at Oxford，he met the wr
8、iter Richard Curtis，who was studying there too，and they became friends.Curtis was quite different from Atkinson.He had great love for words while Atkinson enjoyed nonverbal （不用语言的） comedy.Together they began writing comedy reviews for the Oxford Playhouse.Shortly afterwards，Atkinson began appearing
9、in smaller theatres in Edinburgh.After a show at the Hampstead Theatre in 1978，he was offered a part in the BBC series Not the Nine o clock News.This series got off to a slow start，but soon became a huge success，with Atkinson winning a BAFTA award for his work.However，being a very wise man，Atkinson
10、saw the whole acting job as a hobby，along with his growing interest in car racing. Atkinson made his big-screen appearance in 1983s unofficial James Bond film Never Say Never Again.That same year Atkinson appeared in the BBC series called Black Adder.The main hero named Edmund，tries unsuccessfully t
11、o become King of England after accidentally killing his uncle Richard I during a fight.This was followed by three hugely successful sequels （续集） each set in a different era of Englands history.The Black Adder series won the Best Comedy Show of the Year in 1990.He then went on to create Mr.Bean.A wal
12、king disaster，Bean was purely physical comedy，different from Edmund.This character was a huge success and became another national treasure.In 1997 Bean came to the big screen.A few years later，Scooby Doo became a box office hit in the US in 2002.This was followed by Johnny English in 2003，a funny wo
13、rk of James Bond films. In his spare time，Atkinson collects classic cars and takes part in races.He also writes for the British magazine CAR.He is a very shy man，and has managed to keep his private life，private.4. How did Richard Curtis and Rowan Atkinson get to know each other？ _ A. They worked tog
14、ether for BBC.B. They starred in the same series.C. They went to the same university.D. They met in the Oxford Playhouse.5. What can we know about the BBC series Not the Nine Oclock News？ _ A. It made Atkinson famous.B. It became successful immediately.C. It got Atkinson to give up physical comedy.D
15、. It showed some of Atkinsons weaknesses as an actor.6. What do we know about Atkinson at the beginning of his care？ _ A. He kept writing comedies.B. He did not view acting as a job.C. He did not like physical comedy.D. He had an argument with Curtis about comedy.7. What would you recommend to someo
16、ne who likes humor mixed with history？ _ A. Mr.Bean.B. Black Adder.C. Johnny English.D. Not the Nine oclock News.CFor some people，music is no fun at all.About 4% of the population is what scientists call amusic.People who are amusic are born without the ability to enjoy musical notes.Amusic people often cannot
