宁夏银川一中2020学年高一英语下学期暑假作业挑战赛考试试题第 卷 (必做题)第一部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分 ）第1节 （共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AWe all love chocolate, and most of us probably eat it everyday, or at least several times a week. It is one of the most favourite kinds of food in the world, and many would say that they cannot live without it. However, there are many facts about the world of chocolate that most people do not know.Have you ever wondered where your chocolate comes from? Most of it comes from the labor of children. It is said that in Africa alone, there are about 70 million children working on chocolate farms. They lead a very hard life, and many live only on bananas and corn paste(糨糊). One child who was interviewed said that he was tricked into believing he would be earning money to help his family. But the truth is that he is treated like an animal. The child has never even had the chance to taste the chocolate he spends his life producing.The history of chocolate pretty much begins with the Mayans(玛雅人). Cacao (可可)beans were so valuable to Mayans that they were used as money. It is said that ten beans could buy a rabbit, and one hundred beans were enough to buy a slave (奴隶). People would buy everything from food to tools with the beans. Generally，only the richer people drank chocolate regularly, because drinking your money is expensive.1. What do the African children who work on chocolate farms eat every day?A. Bananas and chocolate. B. Cacao beans and corn paste.C. Bananas and corn paste. D. Chocolate and cacao beans.2. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the second paragraph?A. Most of the chocolate comes from the labor of slaves.B. In Africa, children working on chocolate farms lead a comfortable life.C. The child who was interviewed has ever tasted the chocolate he produced.D. The child who was interviewed was treated badly.3. What did Mayans use to buy something that they needed?A. Chocolate. B. Cacao beans. C. Animals. D. Coins.4. What is this text mainly about?A. Chocolate plays an important role in peoples lives.B. African children are producing chocolate in bad conditions.C. Two unknown facts about chocolate.D. Why only the rich can drink chocolate regularly.BI had the meanest mother in the world. While other kids ate candy for breakfast, I had to have eggs and toast. Others had cokes and candy for lunch while I had to eat a sandwich. As you can guess, my supper was different from the other kids. But at least I was not alone in my suffering. My sister and two brothers had the same mean mother as I did.My mother insisted on knowing where we were at all times. She had to know who our friends were and what we were doing. We had to wear clean clothes every day. Other kids always wore their clothes for days. We reached the height of disgrace (丢脸) because she made our clothes herself, just to save money.The worst is yet to come. We had to be in bed by 9: 00 each night and up at 7: 45 the next morning. So while my friends slept, my mother actually had the courage to break Child Labor Law. She made us work. I believed she lay awake all night thinking up mean things to do to us. Through the years, our friends report cards had beautiful colors on them, black for passing, red for failing. My mother, however, would merely be content with black marks. None of us was allowed the pleasure of being a dropout.She forced us to grow up into educated and honest adults. Using this as a background, Im now trying to bring up my three children. Im filled with pride when my children think I am mean because now I thank God every day for giving me the meanest mother in the world.5. Which of the following did the author hate to do most?A. Eating differently from other kids.B. Wearing clean clothes made by mother.C. Letting mother know where she was.D. Going to bed early and getting up early.6. It can be inferred from the text that_.A. mother was punished for breaking Child Labor Law.B. all the other kids studied better than the author.C. the author worked hard and usually got good grades in studies.D. the authors family lived a bitter life.7. The text was written in a(n) _ way.A. hateful B. humorous C. Unfriendly D. AngryCMy daughter graduated from college this year. I couldnt be more proud of her. Through countless hours of study, books read, papers written, and tests taken, her hard work has paid off. She is no longer a little girl. She has become a wise, giving, caring, and loving adult. She has learned so much and is ready to start the rest of her life.I think the things I take most pride in her learning, though, arent the ones she learned in the classroom. They are the ones she learned through living her life. My daughter already knows things that it took me much longer to learn. She knows that money cant b