定兴三中高一第一次月考英语试题 （考试时间：120分钟 分值：120分 ）第I卷（共70分）第一部分：阅读理解（共2节，满分40分）第一节（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、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。ARachel Carson was born in the USA on May 27, 1907. Her mother, Maria Carson, had been a schoolteacher. She loved books. She also loved nature. She showed Rachel the beauty of nature. She also taught Rachel a deep love for books. As a quiet child, Rachel liked to read and write stories. At a very early age, she decided she wanted to be a writer some day. Her story first appeared in a childrens magazine when she was ten years old. Her first book, Under the Sea Wind came out in 1941. In 1948, Miss Carson began working on another book, The Sea Around Us. She always researched carefully when she wrote. She collected information from more than one thousand places to write The Sea Around Us. When the book came out in 1951, it won the National Book Award. It was No. 1 on the best seller list for more than a year. The Sea Around Us made Rachel Carson famous. Rachel Carsons most famous book, Silent Spring came out in 1962. In this book, she pointed out that the use of some kinds of pesticides (杀虫剂) like DDT would cause the number of birds to decline because it would kill them as well. Finally, in November 1969, the United States government decided that the use of DDT must stop in two years. Rachel Carson has been regarded as a great environmentalist (环保主义者) and writer. She will be remembered by the world.1. Rachel Carson had a deep love for nature and books because of _. A. her father B. her mother C. her schoolteacher D. her brother2. Rachel decided that she wanted to be a writer when _. A. she was very young B. she was in college C. she became a teacher D. she became famous3. The Chinese meaning of the word “decline” in this passage is probably “ _”. A. become larger B. become smaller C. be unchanged D. become twice4. Which if the following is NOT true according to the passage? A. Rachel Carson was a careful and serious writer. B. The Sea Around Us won the National Book Award. C. In Silent Spring Rachel said some pesticides were bad for the environment. D. The use of DDT was stopped as soon as the book Silent Spring came out.BWelcome to the Electronic Village to explore new ways of language teaching and learning.Electronic Village Program (Thursday, June 18, 2015)Nearpod 9:00 am to 10:00 am Room 501Nearpod is a software program that creates a rich context (语境) for students to learn vocabulary. The presenter will show how to use it.TEO 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm Room 502Our students come from different backgrounds but have the same desire to learn on-line. The presenter will use examples from his first on-line class to explain how any teacher can begin teaching on-line with TEO.Kahoot 10:30 am to 11:30 am Room 601Kahoot software can be used to create grammar tests which can be graded on a network. It can provide students with instant feedback (反馈), including reports about their strengths and weaknesses.Prezi 3:30 pm to 4:20 pm Room 602Uses of Prezi in listening and speaking courses draw students attention to speaking more fluently. The presenter will show how students can use Prezi to confidently present on a variety of topics, including introducing family, friends, and hobbies.5. Nearpod can be used to _.A. offer grammar testsB. teach listening on-lineC. help vocabulary learningD. gain fluency in speaking6. If you want to improve your speaking skills, you can go to_.A. Room 501B. Room 502C. Room 601D. Room 6027. Which of the following can assess your grammar learning?A. Nearpod.B. Kahoot.C. TEO.D. Prezi.8. A teacher who wants to learn on-line teaching is expected to arrive by _.A. 9:00 amB. 10:30 amC. 2:00 pmD. 3:30 pm CWhen her five daughters were young, Helene An always told them that there was strength in unity (团结). To show this, she held up one chopstick, representing(代表) one person. Then she easily broke it into two pieces. Next, she tied several chopsticks together, representing a family. She showed the girls it was hard to break the tied chopsticks. This lesson about family unity stayed with the daughters as they grew up. Helene An and her family own a large restaurant business in California. However, when Helene and her husband Danny left their home in Vietnam in 1975, they didnt have much money. They moved their family to San Francisco. There they joined Dannys mother, Diana, who owned a small Italian sandwich shop. Soon afterwards, Helene and Diana changed the sandwich shop into a small Vietnamese restaurant. The five daughters helped in the restaurant when they were young. However, Helene did not want her daughters to always work in the family busine