新疆维吾尔自治区乌鲁木齐市第101中学2022-2023学年高三上学期11月月考英语试题+含答案

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乌鲁木齐市第 101 中学 2022-2023 学年高三月考

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四、阅读理解

Americans plan parties for many reasons. As in other cultures, many Americans attend parties

for weddings and religious or national holidays. But some parties are especially American.

For example, a group of neighbors may gather on their street to eat food, play music and visit

with one another. This is called a block party. A woman might invite a group of women to a

party called a baby shower for a friend who is about to give birth. Guests bring presents for

the new baby.

Americans also attend tailgate parties. A tailgate is the back end of a truck or other vehicle

that opens down. The tailgate parties are a big part of sports culture in the United States.

Friends bring food and drink to a sports event. They eat together in the parking area of the

sports stadium.

Birthday parties are also very popular. Many parents organize a party for their child around a

theme. Birthday parties usually include gifts and a birthday cake with candles. In many parts

of the United States, cupcakes have become a popular replacement for cakes.

Birthday parties can be low cost or very costly. Some parents take their children’s birthday

parties very seriously, even when the child is too young to fully understand the celebration.

One group of parents started a website called Birthdays Without Pressure. They decided that

some parents were under too much social pressure to plan costly parties for their children.

The group sees this movement as an example of America’s culture of “too much stuff”. The

group’s website gives suggestions on how to keep birthday celebrations simple, meaningful

and fun without spending a lot of money. Their advice may be very helpful during this period

of economic recession (萧条)．

1．What can be the best title for the passage?

A．Reasons for parties

B．Birthdays without pressure

C．American parties

D．Different parties in the world

2．How many kinds of parties does the passage mention?

A．5. B．6. C．7. D．8.

3．Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A．Block party is especially American.

B．Some parties in America are the same as in other countries.

C．There’s a party for the mother before her new baby is born.

D．Birthday parties are the most popular in America.

4．The purpose of Birthdays Without Pressure is to advise people to _________.

A．relieve people’s pressure

B．have meaningful birthday parties with low cost

C．make birthday parties meaningful and costly

D．spread America’s culture

We all know that birds use their feathers to line their nests. But have you ever heard of a

bird eating its own feathers? It is a bird which lives in water and is called the great crested

grebe(风头䴘). It eats its own feathers and feds them to her young ones too. And it always

prefers soft feathers, which it loses throughout the year.

Scientists believe that its feather-eating habit has something to do with the process in

which it throws waste. The grebe has an unusual throwing waste system, It throws out one or

two balls of waste through its mouth on every two days. The main food of grebes is fish. So

the ball of waste has fish bones apart from parasites(寄生虫). It is important for the grebe to

throw these parasites out. If it didn’t, they would attack the grebe and make it sick.

According to scientist, the feathers add hard things to its waste. They make it easier to

form the ball of waste and throw it out. The grebe’s feathers are silky to touch and are black

or gray in colour. Sometimes, it may be red on top with white parts. The great crested grebe is

usually 7 to 10 inches long, and has short wings and a pointed beak.

Another peculiar part about the bird is its toes(脚趾). They form a web, helping it to

swim. In fact, the grebes are excellent swimmers and they use their feet only for rising under

water.

The grebe makes its nest on floating leaves or plants and lays about two to ten eggs in it.

Although the eggs are white in the beginning, they begin to get dirty as the leaves on which

the nest is made become bad. Both the male and female grebes hatch(孵) the eggs and care

for the young ones, However, although there are 18 to 20 species of grebes living around the

world, some of them are endangered.

5．What is special about the great crested grebes?

A．They eat their own feathers.

B．They produce soft feathers

C．They lose their feathers all year round.

D．They use their feathers to line their nests.

6．How do the feathers eaten by grebes affect their throwing waste?

A．By increasing their waste to be thrown out quickly.

B．By helping them form a common throwing system.

C．By helping them form and throw out the ball of waste

D．By keeping them from throwing parasites in their body out.

7．What does the underlined word “peculiar” in paragraph 4 mean?

A．Solid. B．Organic C．Massive D．Unusual.

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