2020学年度第二学期高一月测试题英 语第卷第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）AOn Christmas Evethe night before Christmas Daychildren all over Britain put a stocking at the end of their beds before they go to sleep. Their parents usually tell them that Father Christmas will come during the night.Father Christmas is very kind and hearted . He gets to the top of each house and climbs down the chimney into the fireplace. He fills each of the stockings with Christmas presents.Of course, Father Christmas isnt real. In Jim and Kates house, Father Christmas is really Mr Green. Mr Green doesnt climb down the chimney. He waites until the children are asleep. Then he quietly goes into their bedrooms and fills their stockings with small presents. When they were very young, Mr Green sometimes wore a red coat. But he doesnt do that now. The children are no longer young, and they know who Father Christmas really is. But they still put their stockings at the end of their beds.1. Christmas Eve is _.A. the night of Christmas Day B. the evening of Christmas DayC. Christmas Day D. the night before Christmas Day2. Father Christmas often puts presents _.A. into childrens hats B. into childrens stockingsC. under childrens beds D. into childrens shoes3. When the children were very young, _.A. they didnt know who Father Christmas wasB. they knew that Father Christmas wasnt realC. they thought their father was Father ChristmasD. they knew who put the presents into their stockings4. Father Christmas comes into the house through the _.A. chimney B. back door C. front door D. window.BAn old lady in a plane had a blanket over her head and she did not want to take it off . The air hostess spoke to her, but the old lady said, “I have never been in a plane before , and I am frightened. I am going to keep this blanket over my head until we are back on the ground again !”Then the captain came. He said, “Madam, I am the captain of this plane. The weather is fine, there are no clouds in the sky, and everything is going very well. ”But she continued to hide.So the captain turned and started to go back. Then the old lady looked out from under the blanket with one eye and said, “I am sorry, young man, but I dont like planes and I am never going to fly again. But Ill say one thing, ”She continued kindly, “You and your wife keep your plane very clean!”5. An old lady had _ .A. glasses B. a blanket over her head C. a coat D. a basket6. A. She didnt want to _ .A. take it off B. turn it off C. get on D. talk about it7. The old lady had never been _ before .A. abroad B. home C. in a plane D. in hospital8. The woman didnt like planes and she was never going _ .A. to fly again B. to travel C. to go abroad D. to go homeCDick lived in England. One day in January he said to his wife, Im going to fly to New York next week because Ive got some work there. Where are you going to stay there? his wife asked. I dont know yet. Dick answered. Please send me your address from there in a telegram (电报), his wife said. All right, Dick answered.He flew to New York on January 31st and found a nice hotel in the center of the city. He put his things in his room and then he sent his wife a telegram. He put the address of his hotel in it.In the evening he didnt have any work, so he went to a cinema. He came out at nine oclock and said, Now Im going back to my hotel and have a nice dinner.He found a taxi and the driver said, Where do you want to go? But Dick didnt remember the name and address of his hotel.Which hotel are my things in? he said, And what am I going to do tonight? But the driver of the taxi did not know. So Dick got out and went into a post office. There he sent his wife another telegram, and in it he wrote, Please send me my address at this post office.9. Dick flew to New York because _.A. he went there for a holidayB. he had work thereC. he went there for sightseeingD. his home was there10. Why did his wife want a telegram from him?A. Because she didnt know his address yetB. Because she wanted to go to New York, tooC. Because she might send him another telegramD. Because she couldnt leave her husband by himself in New York11. Where did Dick stay in New York?A. In the center of the city. B. In a hotel.C. In a restaurant. D. At his friends house.12. Which of the following is not true?A. Dick stayed at a nice hotel in the center of the city.B. Dick didnt work on the first night of his arrival.C. Dick forgot to send his wife a telegram.D. Dick wanted to go back to his hotel in a taxi.DHello! My name is Lisa, and I am a lioness. I live on the open grasslands of Africa with my family. Lions living in a group are called a pride.My father is strong and powerful. He and his cousin are the leade