浙江省东阳中学2020学年高一英语3月阶段性检测试题

第一节（共10小题；每小题2.5分，满分25分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。 A

Christmas was near a season that we took seriously in our house. But a week or so before the 25th, my father would give each of his children $20. This was the 1970s, and $20 was quite a bit of money.

But I saw it differently. My father trusted me to have the smartness to spend money wisely. Even better, he gave me the means to get it. On a very basic level, my father was giving me a shopping spree (狂欢) every year. But he was also giving me charge over my own fun, trusting my ability to manage money and making me feel like a grown-up. He didn’t buy me Sherlock Holmes, but he gave me the means to walk into the bookstore and choose it for myself, so it felt like a gift from him.

My mother had a gift for giving me what I needed, usually right at the moment I needed it most. This was when I was 25. I failed at being an adult on my very first try. I had quitted my previous job but had no new one. But when my mother paid me a visit, I put on a good show, telling her I had started my own company.

My mother knew that I was trying hard and failing at that time. It

wasn’t until after she left that I noticed at the foot of my bed an envelope thick with cash. She knew how desperately I needed it. She knew that had she just shown up with groceries, or offered to pay my rent, she would have made me feel much worse. The cold, hard cash meant she was helping me. And, funnily enough, the distance with which she gave the gift felt like she was giving me space to fix my life and preserve my dignity (尊严).My mother and father both did the same thing. One was giving me the means to take my own decisions, and the other was giving me a second chance when those decisions had cost me dearly.

21. What can we learn about the author from the first two paragraphs? A. His family once celebrated Christmas happily.

B. His father gave the author chances to make decisions. C. His best memories about Christmas were in the 1970s. D. He used to choose books as his father’s gift on Christmas. 22. What does the underlined “it” in Paragraph 2 refer to?

A. Money offered by his father. with money.

C. Christmas being important. money.

23. Which word can best describe the author’s mother?

D. The means of spending

B. His father’s being generous

A. Sensitive. (考虑周到的).

B

B. Optimistic. C. Determined. D. Considerate

At thirteen, I was diagnosed (诊断) with a kind of attention disorder. It made school difficult for me. When everyone else in the class was focusing on tasks, I could not.

In my first literature class, Mrs. Smith asked us to read a story and then write on it, all within 45 minutes. I raised my hand right away and said, “Mrs. Smith, you see, the doctor said I have attention problems. I might not be able to do it.”

She glanced down at me through her glasses, “You are no different from your classmates, young man.”

I tried, but I didn’t finish the reading when the bell rang. I had to take it home.

In the quietness of my bedroom, the story suddenly all became clear to me. It was about a blind person, Louis Braille. He lived in a time when the blind couldn’t get much education. But Louis didn’t give up. Instead, he invented a reading system of raised dots (点), which opened up a whole new world of knowledge to the blind.

Wasn’t I the “blind” in my class, being made to learn like the

“sighted” students? My thoughts spilled out and my pen started to dance. I completed the task within 40 minutes. Indeed, I was no different from others; I just needed a quieter place. If Louis could find his way out of his problems, why should I ever give up?

I didn’t expect anything when I handed in my paper to Mrs. Smith, so it was quite a surprise when it came back to me the next day-- with an “A” on it. At the bottom of the paper were these words: “ See what you can do when you keep trying?”

24. The author didn’t finish the reading in class because ____________. A. he was new to the class

B. he was tired of literature

D. he wanted to take the

C. he had an attention disorder task home

25. What do we know about Louis Braille from the passage? A. He had good sight. C. He gave up reading.

B. He made a great invention. D. He learned a lot from school.

26. What is the main idea of the passage?

A. The disabled should be treated with respect. B. A teacher can open up a new world to students. C. One can find his way out of difficulties with efforts. D. Everyone needs a hand when faced with challenges.