2022-2020学年高一英语下学期第三次月考试题 (III)第一部分 阅读理解 （共两节，满分60分）第一节(共15小题；每小题3分，满分45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。As a boy I was always small for my age.I was also five years younger than one of my brothers and seven years younger than the other.As a result,I often felt left out when their friends came over to play.I was either too small or too young for whatever they were doing and they didnt want their younger brother listening to their conversations either.More often than not I found myself outside playing alone and feeling forgotten. I remember one spring afternoon feeling especially lonely as I sat in the yard behind our house.We lived miles from town and I hardly saw my own friends outside of school.I heard my brothers laughing from inside the house and felt a single tear ing down my cheek.At that moment I saw a large brown dog walking over to me.He looked happy and his tail was wagging as well.Even though he didnt know me he greeted me like a long lost friend,licking（舔）my chin and sitting beside me on the spring grass.It must have been at least an hour that I patted and talked to this four-legged angel.He let me pour out all my troubles and shared my deepest thoughts before he kissed my cheek goodbye and ambled off either to Heaven or his home.I went back inside feeling happy,knowing that no matter what life may hold I was loved.Now over 40 years later I still remember that angel with a smile.I believe that God sent him at that moment of sadness to remind me just how much he loved me.There is nothing more important than knowing we are loved.When we are loved,we will learn to love others.Learning to love helps us to understand ourselves and other people better. 21.How did the writer feel when his brothers friends came?A.Lonely. B.Worried. C.Proud. D.Happy.22.The writer shared his troubles and thoughts with the dog because .A.it was his friend B.it was friendly to himC.it looked like an angel D.it could understand him23.From Paragraph 2,we can learn that .A.the boy met a long lost friend B.the boy had no friends at schoolC.the dog helped the boy realize that he was loved D.the dog spent the afternoon with the boy and his brothers24.The author wrote the story to .A.encourage people to talk about their troubles B.share his unforgettable experience with usC.tell people they should treat animals in a friendly way D.show knowing you are loved is the most important BTraffic jam and cities，it seems，go hand in hand. Everyone plains about being stuck in traffic, but，like the weather，no one seems to do anything about it. In particular，traffic engineers，transportation planners，and public officials responsible for transportation systems in large cities are frequently criticized for failing to solve traffic jam. But is traffic jam a sign of failure? Long queues at restaurants or theaters box offices are seen as signs of success. Should transportation systems be viewed any differently? I think we should recognize that traffic jam is an unpreventable by-product of successful cities，and view the “traffic problem” in a different light.Cities exist because they promote social interactions and economic transactions.Traffic jam occurs where there are lots of people but limited spaces. Culturally and economically successful cities have the worst traffic problems，while decaying cities dont have much traffic. New York and Los Angeles are Americas most crowded cities. But if you want access to major brokerage houses (经纪行)，you will find them easier to reach in crowded New York than in any other large cities. And if your firm needs access to post-production film editors or satellite-guidance engineers，you will reach them more quickly through the crowded freeways of LA than through less crowded roads elsewhere. Despite traffic jam，a larger number and wider variety of social interactions and economic transactions can be made perfect in large，crowded cities than elsewhere. Seen in this light，traffic jam is an unfortunate consequence of prosperity，not a cause of economic decline and urban decay. So while we can consider traffic jam as increasing costs on the areas of big cities，the costs of inaccessibility (交通不便) in uncrowded places are almost certainly greater. There is no doubt that traffic jam brings the terrible economic and environmental damage in places like Bangkok，Jakarta，and Lagos. But mobility is far higher and traffic jam levels are far lower here in the US，even in our most crowded cities.Thats why，for now，we dont see people and capital streaming out of San Francisco and Chicago，heading for cities like California，and Illinois.25.We can conclude from the first paragraph that_.A.traffic jam and weather are the two factors preventing the development of the big cityB