【全国名校】2014-2015学年山东枣庄第八中学高一4月
月考英语试卷 学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________
I、阅读理解(本大题共15小题，共30.0分)
A
Christmas has never looked as beautiful as it is now, when this one-foot-tall mini tree grew from a pothole(坑洼)in the streets of London.
London pothole gardener Steve Wheen , 34 , has created over 150 little gardens so far the smallest one of which is just one-inch-square.
“I really enjoy the reactions of people who come across my work and love
them .”said Steve. \thinking about how to brighten it up, gardening came to my mind.\
Steve has been pothole gardening for four years, mainly around the streets of
London His pothole gardens are made with some plants he chooses from his local garden centre. Each of them usually costs between five and ten pounds. Although they are often temporary to the streets, Steve is sure that they can be in people's mind for a long time, if they are lucky enough to come across these small gardens while they go about their daily lives. “I'm always surprised when I ask people what they think the message is behind my Work .”he said. \One person even considered that l was marking the places where people had died in car accidents.\
“I think in a city like London, where it's easy to feel short of green space, my message can be seen as a green one and that's fine with me. ”he said. \need to be thinking about more and more. But most importantly, it's all about making people smile and giving them an unexpected moment of happiness.”
1.Which of the following pictures can describe \
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2.Steve thinks the main color of London around Christmas is A.white B.blue C.grey D.green
3.What does the underlined word \ A.lasting for a short time. B.beautiful but dangerous C.strange to passers-by D.very expensive
4.Steve Wheen makes pothole gardens in London mainly to _____. A.be against or in honor of something
B.mark the places where car accidents happen C.protect the environment
D.make people enjoy more greens 【答案】
【小题1】B 【小题2】C 【小题3】A 【小题4】D
【解析】
试题分析: 本文讲述的英国园丁创作了150个小的一英尺大的花园，给人们带来更多的绿色，带来意想不到的快乐时光；
【小题1】B 细节理解题。根据第一段提到when this one-foot-tall mini tree grew from a pothole(坑洼)in the streets of London.一尺高的迷你树从伦敦街道的坑洼中长出来，故选B项。
C 推断题。【小题2】根据第三段提到London can be so grey, especially at this time of year.
伦敦是灰色的，尤其是每年的这个时候，故选C项。
【小题3】A 词意猜测。根据第四段提到Although they are often temporary to the streets, Steve is sure that they can be in people's mind for a long time, if they are lucky enough to come across these small gardens while they go about their daily lives.虽然他们在街道上停留的时间是短暂的，Steve可以肯定他们会在人们的心中留更长的时间，故选A项。
D 推断题。【小题4】根据最后一段提到I think in a city like London, where it's easy to feel
short of green space, my message can be seen as a green one and that's fine with me我认为象伦敦这样的城市，非常缺少绿色，我的传达的信息，给他们更多的绿色，故选D项。
B
Going green seems to be fad(时尚)for a lot of people these days. Whether that is good or bad, we can’t really say, but for the two of us, going green is not a fad but a lifestyle.
On April22, 2011, we decided to go green every single day for an entire year. This meant doing 365 different green things, and it also meant challenging ourselves to go green beyond easy things. Rather than recycle and reduce our energy, we had to think of 365 different green things to do and this was no easy task.
With the idea of going green every single day for a year, Our Green Year started. My life and I decided to educate people about how they could go green in their lives and hoped we could show people all the green things that could be done to help the environment. We wanted to push the message that every little bit helps.
Over the course of Our Green Year, we completely changed our lifestyle. We now shop at organic(有机的)stores. We consume less meat, choosing green food. We have greatly reduced our buying we don’t need. We have given away half of what we owned through websites. Our home is kept clean by vinegar and lemon juice, with no chemical cleaners. We make our own butter, enjoying the smell of home-made fresh bread. In our home office anyone caught doing something ungreen might be punished.
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Our minds have been changed by Our Green Year. We are grateful for the chance to have been able to go green and educate others. We believe that we do have the power to change things and help our planet.
5.What might be the best title for the passage?
A.Going Green. B.Protecting the Planet.
C.Keeping Open-Minded D.Celebrating Our Green Year.
6.It was difficult for the couple to live a green life for the whole year because_________. A.they were expected to follow the green fad B.they didn’t know how to educate other people C.they were unwilling to reduce their energy D.they needed to perform unusual green tasks
7.What did the couple do over the course of Our Green Year? A.They tried to get out of their ungreen habits. B.They ignore others’ ungreen behavior. C.They chose better chemical cleaners. D.They sold their home-made food.
8.What can we infer form the last paragraph?
A.The government will give support to the green people. B.The couple may continue their project in the future. C.Some people disagree with the couple’s green ideas. D.Our Green Year is becoming a national campaign. 【答案】
【小题1】A 【小题2】D 【小题3】A 【小题4】B
【解析】
试题分析: 作者通过自己改变自己的生活方式，过绿色生活经历，告诉人们如何通过自己的努力来改变我们周围的环境
【小题1】A主旨标题 根据文章中作者叙述的自己our green year经历和文章的第一段Going green seems to be fad(时尚)for a lot of people these days.和最后一段进行推断，这篇文章讲的是环保的话题，故选A项。
D推理题：根据文章的第二段This meant doing 365different green things, and it 【小题2】
also meant challenging ourselves to go green beyond easy things.进行判断推理。可知过绿色的生活意味着要做365个环保的事情，这并不容易，故选D。
【小题3】A细节题：根据文章的第四段的第一句Over the course of Our Green Year, we completely changed our lifestyle.。可知在Our Green Year中他们要改掉自己的一些不环保的习惯，故选A项。
【小题4】B推理题：根据文章的最后一段，作者相信自己有能力帮助改变环境，保护地球，当然作者会继续自己的绿色行动，故选B项。
C
It was a sunny winter day. I had gone down the tower when a blind man came toward me. He kept close to the wall, touching it lightly with his arm. I stood still and looked at him walking toward the tower.
\景色) certainly, perhaps he wants to jump. \
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