1 洛阳一高洛阳一高 2018 20192018 2019 学年第一学期高一学年第一学期高一 9 9 月月考英语试卷月月考英语试卷 第一部分 阅读理解 共 20 小题 每小题 2 分 满分 40 分 A Letter One Dear Editor After I finish my homework I often go online and chat with my friends Sometimes I play computer games But my parents hate to see me playing games on the computer Maybe they have heard too much news about how QQ and computer games harm children Once I went to a net bar 网吧 to play games after school But after that I told my parents that I was playing basketball at school I said so because I didn t want to make them unhappy I feel bad about it However I need to rest for a while by playing computer games after studying for a long time I really want my parents to understand that Do foreign parents do the same to their children Please help me Li Ping Beijing Letter Two Dear Li Ping I don t think it s strange for parents to keep their children away from anything bad Foreign parents will do the same as your parents They may not let their children watch TV for too long a time or like your parents they don t want their children to play computer games Talk to your parents and be honest to them I think Tell them what you are doing and why you are doing so to make them understand you It s never good to do things behind your parents They aren t fools as you think sometimes Our parents seem to know what is the best for us Remember to be honest is the best way Good luck Rebecca 1 From the passage we can learn that Li Ping often A talks with his friends on the Internet 2 B plays basketball after school C plays computer games at home D chats online before homework 2 The boy goes online A to get news on QQ B just to have a rest C to show he hates study D to make new friends 3 The editor thinks A children should play computer games in the net bar secretly B playing computer game can be very helpful to children s studies C children should be honest and try to make their parents understand them D foreign parents don t care for their children as much as Chinese parents B The British are known for their sense of humor However it is often difficult for foreigners to understand their jokes The main point to remember is that the British often use understatement Understatement means saying less than you think or feel For example if someone gets very wet in a shower of rain he might say Its a little damp 潮湿的 outside Or if someone is very impolite and shouts at another person someone else might say She isn t exactly friendly Understatement is often used in unpleasant situation or to make another person look silly Understatement plays an important part in British humor Another key to understanding British humor is that the British like to make fun of themselves as well as others They often laugh about the silly and unpleasant things that happen to our everyday life when someone accidently falls over in the street They also like to make jokes about people from different classes of society They like to make jokes about their accents the way they dress and the way they behave What s more the British love to watch comedies 喜剧 about people who do not know how to behave in society The comedies series Mr Bean is a good example of this kind 3 of humor Mr Bean is the character created by British actor Rowan Atkinson in 1990 Mr Bean doesn t talk often and instead he uses his body movement and facial expressions to make people laugh Perhaps what makes Mr Bean so funny is that he does things that adults in the real world cannot do Mr Bean is popular in many countries around the world because you do not have to speak English to understand the humor Because of this many people have become familiar with the British sense of humor 4 Why is it difficult for foreigners to understand British jokes A The British often enlarge the fact B British jokes are connected with many different cultures C British jokes are not as funny as jokes in other countries D The British try to make out that something is less important than it is 5 The author explains understatement by A describing a process B making comparisons C following time order D using examples 6 Mr Bean makes laugh by A using his body movement and facial expressions B making jokes about others accent C copying how others behave D telling funny stories 7 What can be the best title for the text A British Humor in Comedy B Humor in Different Cultures C Understanding British Humor D Developing Your Sense of Humor C A black hole is created when a large star burns out Like our sun stars are unbelievably hot furnaces 熔炉 that burn their own matter as fuel When most of the fuel is used up the star begins to die 4 The death of a star is not a quiet event First there is a huge explosion As its outer layer is blasted off into space the dying star shines as brightly as a billion suns After the explosion gravity pulls in what s left of the star As the outside of the star sinks toward the center the star gets smaller and smaller The material the star is made of becomes tightly packed together A