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1、山东省潍坊市青州市青州实验中学学校高二英语月考试题青州实验中学高二3月月考英语试题第二部分：阅读理解（共两节, 满分40分）第一节: （共15小题；每小题2分, 满分30分） 阅读下列短文, 从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中, 选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 ASitting at a desk in a classroom all day can be pretty boring.The teachers at Ward Elementary in Winston Salem, North Carolina, picked up on that and traded in their

2、 students desks for exercise bikes as a part of their Read and Ride program!The Read and Ride program began five years ago. One classroom has enough bikes for every student in any given class, and throughout the day teachers bring in their students to the room to ride them and read their books. Even

3、 regular classrooms have one bike in the back of each room for students who just cant sit still to use to help them burn energy in a good way. Students love being more active! Teachers enjoy seeing students eager to read. Parents appreciate stronger, smarter children. Headmasters value this effectiv

4、e and cost-free program. “Riding exercise bikes makes reading fun for many kids who get frustrated(挫败的) when they read. Thus, they have a way to release that frustration while they ride,” said Scott Ertl, who started the program. “As we can see, everyone wants to promote literacy and lose weight! Bu

5、t many students who are overweight struggle with sports and activities since they dont want to always be the last or lose with others watching on the playground. On exercise bikes, however, students are able to exert(发挥)themselves at their own levelwithout anyone noticing when they slow down or take

6、 a break.” As it turns out, not only are the bikes helping the students burn calories, theyre also helping them learn better and stay focused. At the end of the school year the school analyzed testing data and found that students that spent more time reading and riding did more than twice as well on

7、 reading tests than their fellow students who spent the least time in the program.21. Why did the teachers start the Read and Ride program?A. To get the students out of the classrooms.B. To make the students more active in sports. C. To read effectively in an active way.D. To help the overweight stu

8、dents keep fit.22. According to Scott Ertl，riding exercise bikes_.A. is the least expensive way for exerciseB. can benefit overweight students in both ways C. is the best way to build up students bodyD. is a good way to avoid being watched by teachers23. The program helps the students in the followi

9、ng ways except_. A. help them learn better B. reduce their reading difficultiesC. build up their bodies D. improve their learning concentrationB Nanjing and Hangzhou summer camps offered We are looking for hard-working and open-minded English teachers to join the Nanjing ( Jiangsu Province) and Hang

10、zhou ( Zhejiang Province) summer camps ! Both of the summer camps will run from the beginning of July to the end of August. You will be expected to teach spoken English to Chinese students of different ages. We encourage you to bring your own culture to the classes to make things more interesting. T

11、he information of the Nanjing camp: Working hours: 40 hours per week, 5 working days per week. Salary: about 7, 000 RMB per month. Accommodation: free (single room). The information of the Hangzhou camp: Working hours: 5 hours per day ( = 50 min./class x 6 classes), one day rest per week. Salary: 20

12、,160 RMB in total (420 RMB per day = 70 RMB/class x 6 classes). Accommodation: free (shared room). The requirements of the summer camps: Native English speakers (US, England, Canada, Australia, New Zealand). A university degree. Teaching experience. Please send us your resume (简历), copies of certifi

13、cates and passport if you are interested in the camps.E-mail: teacher1324 sina. com. cnFor more information you can visit our website at http:/www. English summer . cn. Look forward to hearing from you soon!24. What kind of people is the passage mainly written for?A. Chinese-English teachers. B. For

14、eign-English teachers.C. Chinese-speaking students. D. English-learning students.25. How long will a teacher work for the summer camps?A. Less than one month. B. About five weeks.C. About eight weeks. D. More than two months.26. Which of the following people might be accepted as a teacher at the sum

15、mer camps? A. Wang Li, an excellent teacher from China. B. Robert, a high school student from the USA. C. Linda, an experienced university teacher from Canada. D. Jerry, a university student from Australia.27. Compared with the Nanjing camp, the Hangzhou camp _.A. has longer working hours B. has few

16、er students to teachC. provides better accommodation D. pays a higher salaryC Gregory Kloehn digs through dustbins every day, but not for the reason that most people would think. He isnt homeless. In fact he is trying to help the homeless. Gregory began his life as a sculptor. But he often felt that

17、 his sculptures, which just stood in rich peoples houses for years, lacked a meaningful purpose. So in 201l he decided to put his artistic energies into creating homes to sellnot ordinary homes but small structures built entirely from recycled materials. The thought of creating homes for the homeles

18、s didnt occur to him until the year 2013, when a homeless couple asked him for a tarp(防水布). Instead of a tarp, Gregory offered them something better: a small home with a water tank, a kitchen and a trap for waste. They were so grateful that Gregory decided to focus his efforts on helping house the h

19、omeless population in his city. And soon his “Homeless Homes Project” was started. Before starting a new home, Gregory, goes hunting for materials by digging through dustbins. Everything he finds is usablerefrigerator doors become house doors; washing machine doors often serve as windows, and the to

20、ps of cars become strong roofs. He put wheels at the bottom for users to move their homes around easily. Each home takes two to three days to make. So far Gregory has donated dozens of homes to the citys most needy. While his small low-cost mobile homes are not the final solution to the problem of h

21、omelessness, they are really practical and do provide a warm and safe place for the homeless to stay in. They are simply a way for one man to do something nice for those in need of some help. Gregory has written a book titled Homeless Architecture, where he explains techniques to build those homes a

22、nd he is now working on weekend workshops. “A lot of people who hear about what Im doing want to get involved,” he said. “Maybe we can meet someplace and put a couple of homes together.”28. Why did Gregory turn from making sculptures to creating homes? A. He had no home to live in. B. He had to make

23、 more money. C. He lost interest in sculpture. D. He wanted to help the homeless.29. The author mentions the story in Paragraph 3 to tell us_. A. Gregorys small homes were popular among the homeless B. how Gregory got the idea of “Homeless Homes Project” C. the homeless couple asked Gregory to produ

24、ce more homes D. housing the homeless in a city was not an easy task30. What can we conclude from Paragraph 4? A. Gregory has great trouble hunting for materials for his small houses B. It takes Gregory a long time to produce a home C. Gregorys work requires imagination and creativity D. Everything

25、in the dustbins will be used in Gregorys work 31. What can we infer from the last paragraph? A. Gregorys project will help more homeless people. B. Gregory doesnt need to make small homes now. C. Gregorys work will completely solve the homelessness problem. D. A single person can make no difference

26、to social problems. DEveryone has got two personalities the one that is shown to the world and the other that is secret and realYou dont show your secret personality when youre awake because you can control your behaviour，but when youre asleep， your sleeping position shows the real youIn a normal ni

27、ght，of course，people frequently change their positionThe important position is the one that you go to sleep inIf you go to sleep on your back，youre a very open personYou normally trust people and you are easily influenced by fashion or new ideasYou dont like to upset people，so you never express your

28、 real feelingsYoure quite shy and you arent very confidentIf you sleep on your stomach，you are a rather secretive（不坦率的）personYou worry a lot and youre always easily upsetYoure very stubborn，but you arent very ambitious(有抱负的)You usually live for today not for tomorrowThis means that you enjoy having

29、a good timeIf you sleep curled up（卷曲），you are probably a very nervous personYou have a low opinion of yourself and so youre often defensiveYoure shy and you dont normally like meeting peopleYou prefer to be on your ownYoure easily hurtIf you sleep on your side，you have usually got a well-balanced pe

30、rsonalityYou know your strong points and weaknessesYoure usually careful You have a confident personalityYou sometimes feel anxious，but you dont often get depressedYou always say what you think even if it annoys people32Which is NOT mentioned in the second paragraph about a persons personality？ AHe

31、or she is always open with others BHe or she always likes new ideas earlier than others CHe or she is always easily upset DHe or she tends to believe in others33Point out which sentence is used to show the personality of a person who is used to sleepingon his or her stomach？ AHe or she is careful not to offend others BHe or she doesnt want to stick to his or her opinion CHe or she cant be successful in any business DHe or she likes to bring others happiness34Maybe you dont want to make friends with a person who sleeps curled upWhy？ AHe or she would rather be alone