吉林省白城市洮南第一高级中学校2021-2022学年高一上学期第三次月考英语试卷

Six months ago, Jack came to China to study. He has heard that Yangzhou is famous for its gardens. And he plans to visit some gardens in July, so he has collected information about them online as follows:

After an earthquake most survivors can be expected to recover over time, particularly with the support of family and friends. Some families will be able to return to their normal life quickly, while others will have to contend with the destruction of their homes, medical problems, and injury to family members. Children especially will need time to recover from the loss of a loved one or a pet or from the closing down of their school.

Children often turn to adults for information, comfort and help. Parents should try to remain calm, answer children's questions honestly and remain understanding when they see changes in their children's behavior.

Children react differently to an earthquake depending on their ages, developmental levels and former experiences. Some will respond by withdrawing (不与人交往), while others will have angry outbursts (爆发). Parents should remain sensitive to each child's reactions. Parents should spend time talking to their children，letting them know that it's OK to ask questions and to share their worries. Although it may be hard to find time to have these talks, parents can use regular family mealtimes or bedtimes for them. They should answer questions briefly and honestly and be sure to ask their children for their opinions and ideas. Issues may come up more than once and parents should remain patient when you answer the questions again. For young children, parents, after talking about the earthquake, might read a favorite story or have a relaxing family activity to help them calm down. Parents should also tell children they are safe and spend extra time with them. They could play games outside or read together indoors. Most importantly, be sure to tell them you love them.

Every week in China, millions of people will sit in front of their TVs watching teenagers compete for the title Character Hero, which is a Chinese-style spelling bee. In this challenge, young competitors must write Chinese characters by hand. To prepare for the competition, the competitors usually spend months studying dictionaries.

Perhaps the show's popularity should not be a surprise. Along with gunpowder and paper, many Chinese people consider the creation of Chinese calligraphy to be one of their primary contributions to civilization. Unfortunately, all over the country, Chinese people are forgetting how to write their own language without computerized help. Software on smart phones and computers allows users to type in the basic sound of the word using the Latin alphabet. The correct character is chosen from a list. The result? It's possible to recognize characters without remembering how to write them.

But there's still hope for the paint brush. China's Education Ministry wants children to spend more time learning how to write.

In one Beijing primary school we visited, students practice calligraphy every day inside a specially decorated classroom with traditional Chinese paintings hanging on the walls. Soft music plays as a group of six-year-olds dip brush pens into black ink. They look up at the blackboard often to study their teacher's examples before carefully attempting to reproduce those characters on thin rice paper. "If adults can survive without using handwriting, why bother to teach it now?" we ask the calligraphy teacher, Shen Bin. "The ability to write characters is part of Chinese tradition and culture," she reasons. "Students must learn now so they don't forget when they grow up." says the teacher.

Language is born of culture and in turn reflects (反映) the history of a culture. This is clear when we compare English in Britain, the United States and Australia.

Of the three dialects, British English has the most confusing (令人困惑的) grammar and spelling rules. This is probably because the development of English has been under the control of the upper class. The modern English language came into being in the 18th century. The upper class who spoke French wanted to show their influence and make themselves different from the uneducated working people. In other words, British English reflects the British character with class.

The US dialect is generally recognized as the easiest to understand. Compared with British English, its spelling is more connected with its pronunciation. And its grammatical rules are much easier to follow. What's more, its words are simpler to pronounce. For foreigners, it's much easier to learn. That's why American English is more popular in the world.

The reason why American English is simpler than British English is connected with its special history. British English was mainly influenced by the upper class. But American upper class didn't exist when American English was born. American English was based on the dialects spoken by working people from different countries. So the formation of American English was based on a rule to help all the working people with different cultural backgrounds communicate more easily.

Australian English is different from British and American English. It is the most vulgar (粗俗的) of the three. Actually it has a tendency to show its invention, disrespect and humor. At times, this can make it almost impossible to understand and quite impolite to some educated speakers. That is partly connected with special identity of the early settlers.

Life is filled with regrets. Anyone around you will have no difficulty in telling his regrets. As we get older, we look back and wish that we have made better choices.

Make better plans.

If you start to do something, you need to make a plan before doing it. The earlier, the better.

You will know what comes first and what comes last. __ If changes happen, you can have more time to deal with them.

Live a more active life.

You can go around more often. More outdoor activities can keep you relaxed and active. "Thank you" can bring a smile to someone's face. Learn to say "sorry" and don't be angry with others.

A friend may make your life and he or she can break your life as well. So you have to think twice when you choose a friend. Good friends will always give you better ideas. When you get into trouble, ask others for help. That little help may get you good results.

Never fear failure.

Everybody fails. Even the greatest person fails before he or she achieves success. We should not fear failure, because failure is not the end of the road.

Life is good. We don't have to live in our past, but we do hope that we can plan better, live better and work better when we have the chance to do so.

A. You also need to be kind.

B .We must take failure as a chance to learn and improve ourselves.

C. What can we do to avoid future regrets?

D. Regrets play an important part in our daily life.

E. You'll also know what you should do and what you shouldn't do.

F. Ask others for help.

G. Find the right friend.

A professor entered the classroom and told the students about a surprise test. All students were 1 and waited for the test to begin. The professor gave the test papers to all students with text facing down at the desk. Once he was done with 2 the test to all students, he asked them to 3 the test paper and begin.

Students were 4to see that there was just a black dot in the center of the page. The professor told them, "I want you to 5 about what you see there." The students were 6 confused but got started with the test. At the end of the class, the professor collected all answer sheets and started reading each answer from each sheet in front of all students. All of them 7 about the black dot and tried to explain its position.

Now, professor began to explain, "Here everyone 8 the black dot and wrote about it 9 no one wrote about the white paper. The same is with our lives. The white paper stands for our whole life and the black dot 10 problems in our life.

Our life is a 11 given to us by God, with love and care, and we always have reasons to celebrate —- our friends around us, the job that provides us with everything we need. However, we just focus on day to day12 like health issues, lack of money, poor relationships, but we seldom see that these problems are very small 13to everything we have in our lives."

We should try to take eyes 14our problems and enjoy each moment that life gives us. Be happy and live your life 15.

The factory  I worked caught fire last winter. All of us were (shock) to find we   (trap) in a workshop. The walls cracked and bricks(fall) down frequently. The (electrical) was also cut off. The thick smoke was hard (breathe). It seemed as if everything were  (destroy). We were about to give up  a good idea suddenly (strike) me. I told others to wet their coats and covered their heads to protect themselves from heavy smoke and fire. We ran out of the workshop before it lay in (ruin). It was my wisdom that saved our lives.

注意：

1）词数80左右；

2）开头已给出，但不计入总词数；

3）可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

As we all know, an earthquake is a kind of terrible disaster. So what should we do when an earth-quake happens?

A Mother's Love

My mom only had one eye. I hated her. She was such an embarrassment. She cooked for students and teachers to support the family.

There was one day during elementary school (小学) when my mom came over to say hello to me. I was so embarrassed.

How could she do this to me? I ignored her, threw her a hateful look and ran out. The next day at school one of my classmates said, "Your mom only has one eye!"

I wanted to bury myself. I also wanted my mom to just disappear. I confronted (面对) her that day and said, "If you're only going to make me a laughing stock, why don't you just die?"

My mom did not respond. I didn't even stop to think for a second about what I had said, because I was full of anger. I took no notice of her feelings at all.

I wanted to be out of that house, and have nothing to do with her. So I studied really hard, and got a chance to go abroad for further education.

Then, I got married. I bought a house of my own. I had kids of my own. I was happy with my life, my kids and the comforts. Then one day, my mother came to visit me. She hadn't seen me in years and she didn't even meet her grandchildren.

When she stood by the door, my children laughed at her, and I shouted at her for coming over uninvited. I screamed at her, "How dare you come to my house and scare my children! GET OUT OF HERE! NOW!!!"

And to this, my mother quietly answered, "Oh, I'm so sorry. I may have gotten the wrong address." and she was soon out of sight.

One day, a letter regarding a school reunion (同学聚会) came to my house. So I lied to my wife that I was going on a business trip. After the reunion, I went to the old house just out of curiosity.

My neighbors said that she died. I did not shed a single tear. They handed me a letter that she had wanted me to have.

注意:

1）所续写短文的词数应为150左右；

2）续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；

Paragraph 1:

My dearest son,

I think of you all the time and I'm sorry that

Paragraph 2:

You see, when you were very little,

With all my love to you.

Your mother