山西省运城市空港新区学年高二英语上学期第一次月考试题Word文档格式.docx

1、每小题3分，满分45分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。AThere was a story many years ago of a school teacher Mrs. Thompson. She told the children on the first day that she loved them all the same. But that was a lie. There in the front row was a little boy named Teddy Stoddard. He didnt play well with the o

2、ther children and he always needed a bath. She did not like him.Then Mrs. Thompson got to know that Teddy was actually a very good boy before the death of his mother. Mrs. Thompson was a shamed of herself. She felt even worse when, like all her other students, Teddy brought her a Christmas present t

3、oo. It was his mothers perfume（香水）。Teddy said, “Mrs. Thompson, today you smell just like my Mom used to.” After the children left she cried for at least an hour. On that very day, she stopped teaching reading, writing and math. Instead, she began to teach children.Mrs. Thompson paid particular atten

4、tion to Teddy. The boys mind seemed to come alive. The more she encouraged him, the faster he improved. By the end of the sixth grade, Teddy had become one of the smartest children in the class.Six years went by before she got a note from Teddy. He wrote that he had finished high school, third in hi

5、s class, and she was still the best teacher he ever had in his whole life. He went to college. Mrs. Thompson got two more letters from him with the last one signed, Theodore F. Stoddard, M. D.（医学博士）.The story doesnt end there. On his wedding day, Dr. Stoddard whispered in Mrs. Thompsons ear, “Thank

6、you, Mrs. Thompson, for believing in me. You made me feel important and showed me that I could make a difference.”Mrs. Thompson, with tears in her eyes, whispered back, “Teddy, you have it all wrong. You were the one who taught me that I could make a difference. I didnt know how to teach until I met

7、 you.”1. What did Mrs. Thompson do on the first day of school?A. She made Teddy feel ashamed.B. She asked the children to play with Teddy.C. She changed Teddys seat to the front row.D. She told the class something untrue about herself.2. What did Mrs. Thompson find out about Teddy? A. He often told

8、lies. B. He was good at math.C. He needed motherly care. D. He enjoyed playing with others.3. In what way did Mrs. Thompson change?A. She taught fewer school subjects.B. She became stricter with her students.C. She no longer liked her job as a teacher.D. She cared more about educating students.4. Wh

9、y did Teddy thank Mrs. Thompson at his wedding?A. She had kept in touch with himB. She had given him encouragement.C. She had sent him Christmas presents.D. She had taught him how to judge people.BSomething in chocolate could be used to stop coughs and lead to more effective medicines, say UK resear

10、chers.Their study found that theobromine, found in cocoa, was nearly a third more effective in stopping coughs than codeine, which was considered the best cough medicine at present.The Imperial College London researchers who published their results online said the discovery could lead to more effect

11、ive cough treatment. “While coughing is not necessarily harmful（有害的） it can have a major effect on the quality of life, and this discovery could be a huge step forward in treating this problem,” said Professor Peter Barmes.Ten healthy volunteers（志愿者） were given theobromine, codeine or placebo, a pil

12、l that contains no medicine, during the experiment. Neither the volunteers nor the researchers knew who received which pill. The researchers then measured levels of capsaicin, which is used in research to cause coughing and as a sign of how well the medicines are stopping coughs.The team found that,

13、 when the volunteers were given thebromine, the capsaicin needed to produce a cough was around a third higher than in the placebo group. When they were given codeine they need only slightly higher level of capsaicin to cause a cough compared with the placebo.The researchers said that theobromine wor

14、ked by keeping down a verve activity （神经活动）, which cause coughing. They also found that unlike some standard cough treatments, theobromine caused no side effects such as sleepiness.5. According to Professor Barnes, theobromine _.A. cannot be as effective as codeineB. can be harmful to peoples health

15、C. cannot be separated from chocolateD. can be a more effective cure for coughs6. What was used in the experiment to cause coughing?A. Theobromine B. CodeineC. Capsaicin D. Placebo7. We learn from the text that volunteers in the experiment _.A. were patients with bad coughsB. were divided into three groupsC. received standard treatmentsD. suffered little side effects8. Which of the following would be the best title for the text?A. Codeine: A New MedicineB. Chocolate May Cure CoughsC. Cough Treatment: A Hard CaseD. Theobromine Can Cause CoughsCWhen her