- 1 -河北省辛集中学河北省辛集中学 2017-20182017-2018 学年高一英语下学期第三次月考试题学年高一英语下学期第三次月考试题1、阅读理解（共阅读理解（共 1616 分）分）AThere is an old saying about volunteer work that goes like this: “ No one can do everything, but everyone can do something.”Today, many people volunteer their time and energy to help others. There are a lot of ways to meet other peoples needs. For example, some volunteers provide help after a disaster. Others are happy to get dirty while repairing homes or planting trees or flowers in poor neighborhoods. Young people see suffering and loneliness around them and find ways to help. And history lovers help archeologists(考古学家) search for ancient objects to help deepen our knowledge of the past.Volunteers work in many areas around the world, including Haiti. More than four years have passed since a 7.0 earthquake shook the nation. The exact number of people who died may never be known. Thousands of survivors of the Haitian earthquakes still live in temporary shelters. Last year, former American President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn joined five hundred volunteers in the town of Leogane to build houses.Organizations do not have to be large to get volunteers. An activist group in Dharamsala, India is a good example, Jodie Underhill from England arrived in northern India several years ago. She planned to volunteer for an environmental project. She could almost not believe how much rubbish was ruining some of the areas most beautiful sights. Jodie Underhill learned about how to deal with the rubbish while taking part in other volunteer projects. But soon enough she formed her own group, Mountain Cleaners. Jodie Underhill says the work is very hard. But she praises the groups efforts as a wonderful experience. The young Englishwoman says the Indian media started calling her “Garbage Girl”. And she says she was pleased with the name.American teenagers also volunteer in many ways . （1）The first paragraph serves as a(n) _. A. explanation B. introduction C. comment D. background（2）What do we know about Jodie Underhill according to the text? A. She was born in Dharamsala B. She formed her own group to make money.C. She mainly works on dealing with rubbish.D. She was called “ Garbage Girl” by Americans.- 2 -（3）What can we learn from the text? A. It is difficult for small organizations to get volunteers.B. The number of people died in Haitis earthquake is unclear.C. Most of the volunteers are good at collecting money.D. History lovers mainly learn about history from ancient objects.（4）What is most likely to be discussed in the paragraph that follows? A. How to join in a volunteer group B. Why people offer their services to othersC. The benefits that volunteers can gain D. The volunteer work that American teenagers do.二、完形填空（共二、完形填空（共 2020 分）分）Hannah Taylor is a schoolgirl from Manitoba,Canada.One day, when she was five years old,she was walking with her mother in downtown Winnipeg.They saw a man 1 out of a garbage can.She asked her mother why he did that and her mother said that the man was homeless and hungry.Hannah was very 2 .She couldnt understand why some people had to live their lives without shelter or enough food.Hannah started to think about how she could 3 , but,of course,there is not a lot one five-year-old can do to solve(解决)the problem of homelessness. Later ,when Hannah attended school, she saw another homeless person. It was a woman, 4 an old shopping trolley（购物车）which was piled with 5 . It seemed that everything the woman owned was in them. This made Hannah very sad, and even more 6 to do something. She had been talking to her mother about the lives of homeless people 7 they first saw the homeless man. Her mother told her that if she did something to change the problem that made her sad, she wouldnt 8 as bad.Hannah began to speak out about the homelessness in Manitoba and then in other provinces. She hoped to 9 her message of hope and awareness. She started the Ladybug Foundation, an organization aiming at getting rid of homelessness. She began to 10 “Big Bosses” lunches, where she would try to persuade local business Leaders to 11 to the cause. She also organized a fundraising(募捐)drive in “Ladybug Jars” to collect everyones spare change during “Make Change” month. More recently, the foundation began another 12 called National Red Scarf Daya day when people donate $20 and wear red scarves in support of Canadas 13 and homeless.- 3 -There is an emergency shelter in Winnipeg called “Hannahs Place”, something that Hannah is very 14 of. Hannahs Place is divided into several areas, providing shelter for people when it is so cold that 15 outdoors can mean death. In the more than five years since Hannah began