河南省周口中英文学校2017-2018学年高一英语下学期第一次月考试题第二部分：阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分）第一节 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中选出最佳答案。 A Mr Jackson is having a meeting. He looks at the clock on the wall. It is 7.45. The last bus left fifteen minutes ago,he thinks.Ill have to stay in a hotel tonight.Mr Jackson always drives home after work.He lives outside the city.There is something wrong with his car, so today he has to take a bus to his office.The meeting is over. When goes out of the warm office, it begins to snow.He wants to have some warm food and soup first. Most restaurants are full of people and he has to go into a small one. The waiter shows him the menu. Some hot soup,please,says Mr Jackson. Later, the waiter brings the soup to him.When Mr Jackson is drinking.he finds something in Come here, boy,he says.Look,there is hair in my soup! The waiter says, Its usually a fly in the soup, I remember.21. Mr Jackson usually goes home _. A. by bus B. by car C. by bike D. on foot22. Mr Jackson wants to have some hot soup first because _.A. the restaurant is very warm B. he is hungryC. there are few people in the restaurant D. he feels cold after he 1eaves his office23. The waiters words mean that _. A. the soup in the restaurant is nice B. the hair is Mr JacksonsC. there are usually flies in the soup D. he has to say sorry to Mr JacksonBMost children like watching TV. Its very interesting. By watching TV, they can see and learn a lot and know many things about their country and the world. Of course, they can also learn over the radio. But they can learn better and more easily on TV. Why? Its because they can hear and watch at the same time. But they cant see anything over the radio. TV helps to open childrens eyes. TV helps to open their minds (智力), too. They can learn newer and better ways of doing things. They may find the world is now smaller than before. Many children watch TV on Saturday or Sunday evening. They are always busy with their lessons. But a few children watch TV every night. They go to bed very late. They cant have a good rest. How about you, my young friend? 24. Children cant see anything- .A. in the radio B. over the radio C. on TV D. by watching TV25. TV helps to open childrens- .A. eyes and minds B. minds C. eyes or minds D. eyes 26.-children watch TV only on Saturday evening.A. A lot B. Much C. A lot of D. A few 27. Children can study better and more easily with TV becausethey- .A. like to watch TV B. can hear at the same time C. can watch at the same timeD. they can hear and see something at the same time28. According to the passage, a few children go to bed late because they - . A. are busy with their lessons B. do their homeworkC. watch TV D. listen to the radioCA very new, young officer was at a station. He was on his way to visit his mother in another town, and he wanted to telephone her to tell her the time of this train , so that she could meet him at the station in her car. He looked in all his pockets, but found that he did not have the right money for the telephone, so he went outside and looked around for someone to help him. At last an old soldier came by, and the young officer stopped him and said, Have you got change (零钱) for ten pence?Wait a moment, the old soldier answered. He began to put his hand in his pocket, ，I”ll see whether（是否）I can help you. Dont you know how to speak to an officer? The young man said angrily. Now lets start again. Have you got change for ten pence? No, sir, the old soldier answered quickly.29. The young officer and his mother lived _. A. in the same town . B. in different places C. in another town D. in the other town30.The young officer Wanted to telephone his mother to tell her_. Athat he was going to visit her Bwhere his train would leave forCwhat time his train would arrive at the stationDthat he was then at the station 31. The young officer was angry because he thought the old soldier _. A. was polite to him B. was not polite to him C. didnt know how to speak to him D. didnt like to help him at all32. Which of the following is not true?A. Both the young officer and the old soldier were angry.B. The young officer wanted his mother to meet him at the station.C. He wanted the old soldier to speak to him in a polite way.D. He knew the soldier before. D Man has always wanted to fly Some of the greatest men in history have thought about the problemOne of these，for example，was the great Italian artist，Leonardo da VinciIn the sixteenth century he made designs for machines that would flyBut they were never built Throughout history， other less famous men have wanted to fly example was a man in An England 800 years ago made a pair