新疆石河子市一中2023-2024学年高二9月月考英语试题

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2023-2024 学年高二英语上学期第一次月考

第一部分阅读理解（共两节, 满分 50 分）

第一节（共 15 小题；每小题 2. 5 分, 满分 37. 5 分）

Fantastic Books for Teenagers

Mary Poppins

P. L. Travers’s story contains one of the most interesting main characters ( 角色) in the history of children’s

literature: Mary Poppins. The book follows Poppins after the east wind blows her to the home of the Banks family

on Cherry Tree Lane. The story is heart-warming. It has greatly influenced movies and music for generations. Walt

Disney made a musical film in 1964 based on the book.

Tuck Everlasting

Natalie Babbitt’s story is about young Winnie Foster as she comes to know the Tuck family. The Tucks will

live forever as they drink from a powerful spring in Foster’s house. Foster must keep their secret as outsiders try to

take the spring water. Along the way, she learns something important: The fact that life comes to an end gives

meaning to all that comes before.

Haroun and the Sea of Stories

The story tells about a 12-year-old boy who lives in an ancient city. He starts the journey to restore ( 恢复) his

father’s lost gift for storytelling. Author Salman Rushdie’s playful language, colorful characters and sense of humor

make it a timeless adventure story.

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon

Young Minli lives with her poor parents in the Fruitless Mountain. She loves to listen to her father share folk

tales (民间故事) about the Jade Dragon and the Old Man of the Moon. In order to change her family’s life, Minli

sets off on an adventure to meet the Old Man of the Moon, which is filled with joy and sadness. In the story, author

Grace Lin celebrates traditional Chinese stories.

1. What can be learned about the book by P. L. Travers?

A. It was made into a film. B. It is a popular folk tale.

C. It is about a father’s gift. D. It was written in the 1960s.

2. Who is the author of Haroun and the Sea of Stories?

A. Natalie Babbitt. B. Winnie Foster.

C. Salman Rushdie. D. Grace Lin.

3. Which book will you read if you are interested in Chinese culture?

A. Mary Poppins. B. Tuck Everlasting.

C. Haroun and the Sea of Stories. D. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon.

What will you do when one of the few bookstores in your neighborhood shuts down? If you’re Latanya

DeVaughn, you will make a new and improved one! As a mom and writer, she had always dreamed of opening her

own bookstore, so after watching another close its doors for good, she saw her chance.

While Latanya said every neighborhood deserved a bookstore, actually making it happen simply wasn’t

possible. What she came up with instead was to turn a bus into a bookmobile! With the help of her community, she

raised money for her dream and, at the end of 2021, it came true! Bronx Bound Books rolled out in style as a bus

with orange cube bookshelves. “People love the way it smells,” Latanya added. “One woman said the wood smell

makes her feel like she’s at home.”

Although the bookstore on wheels carries around 30,000 new and used books, it has more room than you

might expect! Latanya also makes sure to prepare books with a variety of characters, so all readers can see

themselves in the pages. Of course, her collection also features works of noted Black authors like James Baldwin

and Alice Walker. “It’s meant to be that way,” she explained, “because I remember going to bookstores and having

to look through books just to find someone I felt I could identify with.”

Setting up her bookstore in a new spot each day, Latanya is doing her part to make sure that everyone in the

neighborhood has books to read. That’s what Bronx Bound Books is for. “I can’t open up a bookstore on every

corner, but I can probably pop up on tons of different corners,” she said.

Thanks to Latanya and her Bronx Bound Books, the town is becoming a heaven for book lovers day by day.

I’m sure that the little bookstore will continue to develop quickly!

4. How did Latanga DeVoughn respond to the shutdown of bookstores?

A. She took over and reopened them soon. B. She set up her own special bookstore.

C. She opened bookstores on every block. D. She called on neighbors to open a new one.

5. James Baldwin and Alice Walker are mentioned in paragraph 3 to show that________.

A. it’s hard to store books with various characters. B. all readers can identify with Black authors.

C. Latanya cares for individual readers’ need. D. Bronx Bound Books has limited room.

6. Why is Bronx Bound Books open?

A. To recycle old books around the neighborhood.

B. To raise money for Latanya DeVaughn’s dream.

C. To make reading accessible to everyone in the neighborhood.

D. To open up a bookstore on every comer across the world.

7. What does the author think of Bronx Bound Books?

A. Alarming. B. Affordable. C. Creative. D. Promising.

While a healthy diet has always been considered necessary for overall wellness, historically, many hospitals

have overlooked its powerful potential for healing. In some areas, that’s beginning to change. In Pennsylvania four

years ago, St. Luke’s Hospital partnered with Rodale Institute to start an organic produce farm at the hospital’s

campus in Easton. Since its first season, the St. Luke’s farm has expanded to grow 100 fruits and vegetables on 11-

12 acres.

Today, St. Luke’s sends all new mothers’ home with a basket of organic produce. New moms aren’t the only

ones benefiting from the farm’s bounty, which is also served to patients, cooked up in cafeterias operated by the

hospital’s six-campus network, and sold at nearby farmers markets.

Hospital farms are part of a broader movement to make organic, locally produced food accessible to the

general population. Some hospitals are making it a paramount principle to source food from nearby farms, while

others are turning unused land on their grounds into community gardens. By making organic produce easily

accessible to the patients and visitors alike, these hospitals hope to inspire lifelong changes for better health. Even

though most hospital farms aren’t growing enough to completely supply their staff and patient food needs,

providing even a small amount of fresh produce makes an educational statement about how healthy (and delicious)

a plant-rich diet can be.

While the farm-to-hospital movement continues to develop, it’s encountering some challenges along the way.

For one, health workers don’t necessarily know how to grow food. This means that most hospitals need to hire a

full-time farmer and other farm labor to manage the property, which can be expensive. It takes between 3 and 5

years for most hospital farms to break even, and much less save money on food costs. Nonetheless, participating

hospitals believe that the benefits are worthwhile. In the near future, perhaps, you might soon experience a farm-

fresh meal at a hospital near you.

8. What are the hospital farms aimed at?

A. Teaching patients how to grow food. B. Upgrading the hospital to attract more patients.

C. Making full use of unused land nearby. D. Offering healthy food to the public.

9. Why are “new mothers” mentioned in paragraph 2?

A. To show the benefit of the hospital farms. B. To present the popularity of hospital farms.

C. To stress the importance of a healthy diet. D. To prove the effect of organic food on them.

10. What does the underlined word “paramount” mean in paragraph 3?

A. Sufficient. B. Chief. C. Broad. D. Simple.

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