www.ks5u.com集宁一中2018-2019学年第二学期第一次阶段性考试高一年级英语试题本试卷满分为120分，考试时间为100分钟。第卷 （选择题 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）阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项A、B、C和D 中，选出最佳选项，并在该答案上将该项涂黑。ASaturday, March 24th We have arrived in the hot, wet city of Bangkok (曼谷). This is our first trip to Thailand. All the different smells make us want to try the food. We are going to eat something special for dinner tonight. The hotel we are staying in is cheap, and very clean. We plan to stay here for a few days, visit some places in the city, and then travel to Chiang Mai(清迈) in the North.Tuesday, March 27th Bangkok is wonderful and surprising! The places are interesting. We visited the famous market which was on water, and saw a lot of fruits and vegetables. Everything is so colorful, and we have taken hundreds of photos already! Later today we will leave for Chiang Mai. We will take the train north, stay in Chiang Mai for two days, and then catch a bus to Chiang Rai. Friday, March 30th Our trip to Chiang Rai was long and boring. We visited a small village in the mountains. The village people here love the quiet life no computers or phones. They are the kindest people I have ever met. They always smile and say hello. Kathy and I can only speak a few words of Thai, so smiling is the best way to show our kindness. I feel good here and hope to be able to come back next year.1. The diary above show the writers _ days in Thailand.A. 3 B.30 C. 15 D. 72. Which of the following is TRUE?A. Chiang Mai is a beautiful city in the south of Thailand.B. The writer went to Chiang Rai by bus.C. Chiang Rai is a boring city in the mountains.D. The writer is traveling alone in Thailand.3. The people in the village of Chiang Rai _.A. are friendly to others B. like to speak EnglishC. are very weak D. hope to live in the citiesBIn my long years of teaching, I often ask my students to read the texts until they can recite them, and I tell them that recitation is an important part of their homework. However, some of my students are tired of doing so, thinking that it is both hard and useless. They argue that it takes a long time to recite a text from memory and text itself never appears in a test paper.In my opinion, it naturally takes time to recite a text, but it is worth doing so. When you are able to recite a text, you are sure to be familiar with the words and expressions. When you need them in reading or writing or doing exercises, they will come to your mind quickly, and so you will give quick response to all kinds of language situation. How can we say that it is useless?Besides, many students complain that they soon forget what they were once able to recite. This is true, but you dont need to worry. While you are reading and forgetting the texts, your language level is being raised. Sure you dont remember your Chinese texts that you once read in the primary school, but now you are able to read novels and newspaper. So, recitation of the texts will help you improve your language ability.4. The writer often asks his students to recite the texts. _A. But they dont like to do so.B. And they are eager to do soC. But they wrote a letter to the Department of Education reporting the thing.D. But they do more exercises instead of reciting the texts.5. What do the students think about the teachers advice?A. The English teacher tries his best to help them with English.B. The English teacher is very kind to them.C. The English teacher asks them to do something useless.D. The English teacher should let them study on their own.6. According to the text, which of the following is correct?A. The teacher thinks the students are too naughty to learn English well.B. The students think they spend a lot of time in reciting the texts and get nothing.C. The students say that they often forget the words.D. The students take no interest in English.7. When the students are against his suggestion, the writer_.A. often criticizes themB. patiently explains to them why they should recite the textsC. wants to give up his ideaD. is afraid that he is criticized by the headmaster.CWith the development of the economy, loose change (零钱) is often ignored by most of us. We have forgotten how those little, round metal pieces can add up. However, if you were a kid that had to clean the house for extra money, youll understand how important it is.When I was a kid, I knew my parents could afford whatever I wanted, but Dad made me work for things that were “wants”. I knew Dad always carried a lot of change in his pockets. He had taught me that enough pennies would still get me what I wanted in the end.Dad had his favorite reclining chair (躺椅) in his room where he would go after a long day at work. When he reclined in the chair, the change would fall from his pockets onto the floor under the chair, which was really a g