安徽省安庆市某中学2019-2020学年高一英语月考试题一、阅读理解（本大题共20小题，共40.0分）AWorking with a stressed mind is like swimming with a jacket on， while a mind free from work stress is light like the wind and it can help you accomplish your daily tasks easily To relieve （缓解） stress and lighten your mind， you must first understand the nature of stress and the reasons why it builds up Then you can easily beat stress Talk it out Talking to others helps relieve work stress especially when you and the person you talk to are in the same boat and under the same work stress Your worries will be divided! If you are your own boss， you need some good advisers around you， who know your trouble and talk sense If there is no such persons at your workplace， let there be one at home， who is a friend， a family member or a guide that you can talk to Let music calm your mind Music has the power to take you into a new world， away from your worries Taking a break to listen to some favorite music is also a great way to relieve stress Take a walk If there is a park around， go and have a walk there You can eat some snacks sitting on the grass Move around， look at the world around you and forget your work for a while Let your body get some exercise A walk works as it also clears your thoughts You can listen to music while going on a walk Have a life beyond the workplace If you keep thinking about nothing other than work all the time， there is bound to be stress So， throw away your thoughts about work after you leave your office and get a life beyond it Have a life beyond the workplace， and you can relax after work1. We can learn from the first paragraph that to relieve stress， we should _ A. know what causes stress firstB. swim a lot when we are freeC. find a good adviser to talk toD. pay more attention to work2. To relieve work stress， youd better talk to those who _ A. are free of job stressB. have enough time to talk to youC. have the same sufferingsD. can change your job3. listening to some music can _ A. help you improve your taste of musicB. improve your relationship with othersC. make you feel more tired of your jobD. let you relax and forget work stress4. When taking a walk to relieve work stress， you should _ A. consider problems at work at the same timeB. let your mind at peace and do some exerciseC. make new friends with strangers as you walkD. walk to a quiet place as faraway as possible5. The author of this passage may be _ A. a researcher who studies musicB. tired of working under pressureC. a person who is trying to find a jobD. expert in dealing with work stressBDear editor （编辑）， Cant your newspaper do something about the custom （习惯） of hitchhiking？ A short time ago， on a car travel I counted at least 50 people standing beside the road， asking for rides Many of them were young women Dont they understand how dangerous it is to get into the car driven by a stranger？ How much do they know about the driver？ Is he a good driver or not？ They know nothing! Many of these young hitchhikers may come from good families Dont their parents teach them anything about the world？ I always taught my children not to talk to strangers I never let them take rides from people they didnt know Isnt there enough crime （犯罪） today without asking for trouble by hitchhiking？ On the other hand， hitchhiking may bring some traffic trouble Dont you think what I said is true？ A Worried Grandfather6. The word hitchhiking means _ A. waiting for a bus at the bus stopB. driving to somewhere in a dangerous wayC. going somewhere by getting free rides in others carD. asking a stranger the way who is in a car7. The Worried Grandfather _ A. doesnt like young women to drive carsB. thinks it is dangerous for a young woman to get into a strangers carC. likes drivers to be careful and strict in their workD. never lets his children get into other peoples car8. The Worried Grandfather _ A. was hit by a car when he was standing by the roadB. is a good driver and often gives free rides to strangersC. is in trouble now and he wants to get some help from the newspaperD. has seen much of the world and he is very careful9. The Worried Grandfather wrote the letter to tell _ A. the newspaper to let its readers know the danger of hitchhikingB. young women never to go on a long travel aloneC. young people to listen to their parents at homeD. his children not to talk to strangers on the road10. What do you think a good editor is going to do after he gets the letter？ _ A. He will either return the letter to the old man or give it to the police stationB. He will write back to the Worried Grandfather and tell him not to hitchhikeC. He will write something about the danger of hitchhiking in the newspaperD. He will hold a meeting to tell the drivers to make less the traffic troubleC