2020-2021学年某校高一（上）期中英语试卷第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分30分）第一节 （共4小题；每小题6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，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。1. For ChildrenMuseum: Childrens Museum, Sundays, 89 North Street, 67641235Story time: Childrens Library, 106 Green Street,Wednesdays during 9:30 am5:00pm 66599624Sports: Soccer Club, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 16 Yangtze Road, 96725643Basketball Club, Wednesdays and Fridays, 79071632Cinema: New films for children, 99 Brick Road, 69001354Useful Phone NumbersFastFood Restaurant: 66387901Hospital:68787451Visitor Information Center: 8001209847Taxi: 79210583Visitor Hotel Information: 8007397302 （1）Its Friday afternoon， you can go to_A. read childrens storiesB. play basketballC. play soccerD. visit the museum （2）If you dial 66387901， you can_A. order fast food in a restaurantB. do some shoppingC. have a good story timeD. ask for some hotel information （3）You can not get any information about_ from the two noticesA. looking for a hotelB. taking a taxiC. eating fast foodD. doing eye exercises2. Sometimes life can seem challenging and we usually get the feeling ofthe grass on the other side is always greener!We usually feel upset with the troubles that life throws at us.The best thing to do at that point of time is to close our eyes and start counting of all the blessings in life that God has given us. If we think deeply,our life is full of blessings that we hardly recognize.Listening to the singing of birds early in the morning,we realize that there are many people who spend their life in a world that is silent while many others spend their lives in a world that is dark and may have never seen a rainbow or the setting sun. When you go out for a drive,pull down the window and look at the poor beggar standing under the hot sun,begging for filling his hungry stomach.We get three meals a day without realizing its importance.Isnt that a blessing? Whenever you are sad,look at the eyes of your parents and family filled with love and concern for you.There are many people who have never experienced the love of a family.Isnt that a blessing? As Mother Teresa once said,We dont need to do great things.We need to do small things with great love. The key to a happy life is when we consider othersproblems to be our own and try to help them.When we love people without any expectations and help them,our heart is filled with a sense of happiness and peace seeing the smile on their face. So next time whenever life knocks you down,close your eyes andstart counting! （1）What does the author intend to tell us？_A.True happiness lies in achieving wealth.B.Blessings should be treasured in our life.C.The singing of birds can make us happy.D.Love from our family gives us courage to face life. （2）The underlined partthe grass on the other side is always greenerin Paragraph1probably means that_.A.however happy we are,we never seem to be satisfiedB.though we are rich,we are poor in mindC.we can have a better life if we work harderD.there exists a greener grass on the other side （3）What can be learned from the text？_A.We have already known that life is filled with blessings.B.It is a blessing to have three meals a day.C.Its natural to see a rainbow or the setting sun in life.D.Mother Teresa calls on us to do great things in life. （4）What would be the best title for the text？_A.Troubles in LifeB.Secrets of LifeC.A Sense of HappinessD.Count Your Blessings3. All work and no play make Jack a dull boy.But now scientists have given us an other warning:too much play with smart phones or computers makes you dull too. Many focus on the benefits of digital devices（设备）in education but ignore the costs,said Patricia Greenfield from the University of California,losing the ability to understand the emotions of other people is one of the costs.Greenfield and her research team did an experiment.They worked with105children who spend about4.5hours in front of screens on a school day.The students were asked to describe the emotions towards the pictures of people who were happy,sad,angry or scared.Then,half of them attended a five-day nature and science camp.There they had no smart phones,TV,or computers.The other half stayed in school and spent the five days as usual.Five days later,all the children took the test again. Students who had been to the camp got about5percent more answers correct than they had done before the camp.But the other group of students didnt show much improvement.The study is not perfect in some ways,said the researchers.But scientists say that the study is still a warning for us. Emotional skills develop in practice and the br