江苏省启东中学2020届高一第二学期期中考试
英语试卷
第二部分：阅读能力考查
第一节：阅读理解 (每题2.5分，满分37.5分)
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You can find hundreds of free comedy(喜剧) movies online, saving you money, as well as the trouble of going out to rent a DVD or visit a movie theater. Hulu’ Free Comedy Movies
Hulu has the best selection of free comedy movies that you can watch online right now. You can look through newly added comedies or the most popular ones from today, this week, this month, or all time. Hulu also has a huge collection of funny free TV shows and movies available but you’ll have to watch advertisements placed like commercials throughout the shows or movies you are viewing. Free Comedies at Popcornflix
Popcornflix is a legal website where you can watch full-length streaming movies in both the U.S. and Canada. You’ll see lots of actors and actresses you’ll recognize here in some movies you’ve heard of and some you haven’t. You don’t need to register, so you’ll be enjoying your chosen movie or TV show in seconds. However, this video streaming service is ad-supported, so you will have to sit through a few commercial breaks during your movie.
Free Comedy Movies at Tubi TV
Thousands of free movies and TV shows are available through Tubi TV, and they can all be viewed on a number of mobile device in addition to a computer. There’s also a whole section at Tubi TV that’s just for comedy videos. Some movies require you to log in to view them, but registration is free and only takes a few moments.
Classic Cinema Online’s Comedies
Dozens of free classic comedies are available from Classic Cinema Online. What really makes Classic Cinema unique from the rest is its rather large selection of silent films. While there’re only a large handful of movies at Classic Cinema Online, if you love classic and silent movies, you really need to check it out. 21. What does Hulu’s Free Comedy Movies offer apart from free comedy movies?
A. Free-books. B. Funny free TV shows C. Science fiction. D. Action movie
22. What can we learn about Free Comedies at Popcornflix? A. No registration is required. C. It has a whole section of comedy videos.
B. Its movies are all popular.
D. Its movies can be watched anywhere.
23. What makes Classic Cinema Online’s Comedies stand out from the rest? A. Dozens of free classic comedies. C. Rather fine video quality.
B. A large selection of silent films. D. The best selection of movies. B
It was a morning in January. The jet stream (急流)had dipped down, causing the Arctic cold to reach the mountains of my home. It was only 2 degrees outside, but the cold wind made it feel like it was 15 below zero. Still, I was kneeling in the snow alongside my house trying to open a tiny door, so I could get in. I had forgotten to leave my water dripping the night before and now my water pipes were frozen and my faucets(水龙头)were dry.
The wind cut into me like a knife while I struggled to get two electric heaters in place around the section of frozen pipes. The waterlines were buried except for a small piece that connected up to my house. I put a heater on each side of it, ran the extension cords(软线)into my house and plugged them in. Both heatersroared to life and started blowing hot air on the frozen water pipes. My fingers had already started to go numb, so I stayed inside to wait. I could only hope that this bit of warmth could get my water flowing again. Finally, after twenty minutes, the water started flowing through my faucets again. I went back outside into the bitter cold and gathered my heaters up. I looked at the weak January sun shining on the frozen snow and smiled. Then I sent a cry filled with \you\
Sometimes the coldness of this life can get to us as well. It can make our hearts feel icy and frozen. It can keep our kindness and love from flowing out to others. Sometimes, though, all we need is a bit of warmth to get us going again. It can be a simple smile, a kind word, a heart-felt hug, a morning sunrise, a bird’s song or any gentle reminder of just how much God loves us. Let us all be grateful for those bits of warmth that get us going again. And let us all try to be that bit of warmth for others every chance we get. 24. What was the direct reason why the water pipes were frozen? A. The jet stream.
B. The low temperature. C. The cold wind.D. The author ' s own carelessness.
25. Which of the following can replace the underlined phrase “roared to” in Paragraph 2?
A. Began functioning smoothly. C. Broke down suddenly.
B. Worked improperly.
D. Screamed out loudly.
26. What did the author think of his work? A. Embarassed. B. Satisfied.
C. Mad with joy. D. Cautiously optimistic.
27. What is the last paragraph mainly centered on?
A. The coldness of life has a negative effect on our life quality. B. We meet with the coldness of life unavoidably and unwillingly. C. We should be thankful for bits of warmth of life.
D. We should seize every chance to receive warmth of life from others.
C
America’s latest superhero Austin Perine, who calls himself President Austin, is now taking the country by storm.But he is not a typical superhero.Two things set him apart:He doesn’t fight human enemies, but hunger and homelessness.Also, he’s only four years old.
Our superhero’s origin story started from the day when TJ Perine, his father, took Austin to the Firehouse Ministries, a local shelter that provides housing, food and other services for the homeless.As they drove by the building, they saw a group of 25 homeless men standing on the street corner.That day, Austin used his allowance to buy each man a sandwich and handed the food out himself with his slogan, “Don’t forget to show love!”
After he returned every week for five weeks in a row，word of Austin’s kindness spread through social media.Austin and TJ could feed 25 to 50 people at a time before，and now，thanks to community support，they can feed 800 to 2,000 people.
But Austin isn’t merely filling stomachs.He has been improving the lives of the homeless people he meets.On that first trip to Firehouse Ministries, TJ and Austin talked to a poor man named Raymont.The respect Austin showed for him touched 41-year-old Raymont, who regained his confidence in life and finally found a job with the help of TJ.All that was made possible because a little boy took the time to care.
Austin’s passion has become his family’s calling.After raising money through a GoFundMe page, Audrey, TJ’s mother established the nonprofit Show Love Foundation, dedicated to fighting homelessness. She now serves as president, and TJ oversees public relations for the foundation full time.They offer medical and mental health care as preventive steps against homelessness.
As for President Austin, he continues to give out food, smiles, and his inspirational message of love.“It makes me feel like I’m saving the day,”he said proudly. 28. Why has Austin become well—known to the entire country? A. He has super power to fill the stomachs of the homeless. B. He fights hunger and homelessness at such a young age. C. He has removed the poverty of the local community. D. He has chosen an impressive and unique name.
29. Which of the following can replace the underlined word“dedicated”in Paragraph 5? A. Exposed.
B. Opposed.
C. Devoted.
D. Addicted.
30. Why does the author introduce the example of Raymont in Paragraph 4? A. To show Austin’s positive influence.
B. To persuade people to live off their own.
C. To prove the personal ability of Austin’s father. D. To describe the difficult situation of poor people. 31. What is the author’s attitude towards what Austin does? A. Sympathetic.
B. Humorous. C. Approving. D. Considerate.
D
It is well-known that twins are closer to each other than most brothers and sisters -- after all, they probably spend more time with each other. Parents of twins often notice that they develop special ways of communicating: they invent their own words and one can often finish the other's sentence. In exceptional(例外) circumstances(情况), this closeness becomes more extreme: they invent a whole language of their own, as in the case of Grace and Virginia Kennedy from Georgia in the USA, who communicated so successfully in their own special language that they did not speak any English at all until after they started school.
However, these special relationships are the result of lives spent almost entirely in each other's company. What happens when twins do not grow up together, when they are separated at birth for some reason? Are they just like any other strangers, or are there still special similarities between them? Professor Tom Bouchard of the University of Minnesota set out to find the answer to this question. He traced(追踪) sixteen pairs of twins, who were adopted by different families when they were babies, and often brought up in very different circumstances. Each twin was then interviewed about every small detail of their life.
The results of this research make a surprising reading. Many of the twins were found to have the same
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