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1、高一上学期期中考试（一）英语考试时间：100分钟；总分：120分注意事项：1答题前填写好自己的姓名、班级、考号等信息2请将参考答案正确填写在答题卡上第I卷（选择题）第一部分：阅读理解（共两节,满分30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A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。AOur tolerating ability is indeed way beyond our imagination. But not until the very critical moment will we realize our potential tolerating
2、ability.There was a woman in the countryside who got married at the age of 18 and had to escape with her two daughters and a son wherever she could at the age of 26 due to the Japanese armys invasion. Many people could not bear the suffering of being a fugitive(逃亡者)and wanted to commit suicide. Know
3、ing that,she would come to those people and soothed them by saying,“Dont do that silly thing. There are no such setbacks that we could not overcome. The Japanese armies are bound to be driven away one day！”Finally,she insisted until the day when all the Japanese armies were kicked out of China. Howe
4、ver,her son died of disease without sufficient medicine and nutrition in those days of hardships. Her husband,after knowing the death of his son,lay in bed for two days without eating and drinking anything. She said to her husband in tears,“We have a tough destiny,but however tough our lives will be
5、,we should persist in our efforts.”After she gave birth to the second son,her husband died of edema(水肿),which almost blew her away. But eventually,she recovered and embraced the three young children,saying,“My sweethearts,dont feel scared. You still have me,your dear mum！”It took her painstaking eff
6、orts to raise her children up,and the life of her family was getting better and better. Two daughters were married and so was her son finally. She said to everyone she met,“Look! What I said is absolutely right. There are no such setbacks that we could not overcome! My life is so happy now！”She live
7、d until 86.Before she went to Heaven,she said to her children,“You all should live to your best. There are no such setbacks that we could not overcome！”1What does the underlined word “soothed” in Paragraph 2 mean?ACriticized.BEvaluated.CThrilled.DComforted.2What caused the womans sons death?AJapanes
8、e invasion.BHer husbands death.CLack of nutrition and medicine.DA disease called edema.3The passage mainly wants to tell us that .Athe woman led a tough lifeBthe woman showed great love to her kidsChardships can be overcome with an iron will and strong tolerating abilityDinvading other countries wou
9、ld make people there suffer a lotBIt was dinner time for the Rangers, a group of mostly Indigenous (本地的) Australians who had spent a long day cleaning up the polluted beaches of the continents northern coast. Soon they would be eating freshly caught fish and seafood cooked under the stars on an open
10、 fire, as their ancestors did.The Rangers are of more than 100 Indigenous groups spread across Australia who have taken on the job of protecting the land of their forefathers. In Arnhem Land, they are the protectors of 3,300 square miles of land and sea. They comb the beaches by hand, picking up as
11、much rubbish as possible. The task is very difficult as each day it delivers waves of new rubbish.For the Rangers, cleaning the beaches is more than a vacation. For a people whose culture is strongly tied to the land, protecting the environment is equal to preserving their history.However, colonizat
12、ion forcefully broke their connection to the land generations ago. Indigenous people were displaced and their cultural practices outlawed. Tens of thousands of years of traditional land management ended, and as a result many parts of the country now face serious disasters from invasive plant and ani
13、mal species, bush fires and land mismanagement.In recent years, the government has restored more than 20 percent of Australias land to Indigenous owners. Since 2007,the Indigenous Rangers Organizations have been at work protecting this land.Luck, one of the few non-Indigenous employees working with
14、the Rangers, said the combination of old and new techniques and an appreciation for the culture of Indigenous workers has been critical to the programs success.“You are working with staff who see the world different to you, so there is a much higher focus on the cultural aspects of work and life,” h
15、e said.“Being a ranger is a source of confidence. You feel strong,” said Terence, a senior ranger. “Here we still live on the land. The culture is still alive.”4What did Indigenous Australians live on in the past?ARubbish picked up by hand.BProtecting the land.CCatching the fish and seafood.DInvasiv
16、e plants and animals.5What do the Rangers think of cleaning the beaches?AIts a job of their ancestors.BIts just a vacation.CIts a difficult task.DIts their culture.6Why has the government restored the land to Indigenous owners?AThe polluted land needs better management.BTheir cultural practices were outlawed.CThe people were too strong.DT
