辽宁省沈阳市第一二〇中学2022-2023学年高一下学期期初质量监测英语试题 学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________ Can you regain the thrill of reading that you experienced as a child? Time to dust off some of the best childhood classics ever written.
Heidi by Johanna Spyri
This is the story of five-year-old Heidi, an orphan(孤儿)who is sent to live with her rough grandfather in the Swiss Alps and charms everyone she meets with her sunny personality-from the scary grandfather to Peter the shepherd, his blind grandmother and, in fact, the goats.
What Katy Did by Susan Coolidge
It tells the story of rebellious(叛逆的)Katy Carr and her violent brothers and sisters running r
elatively wild, despite the best efforts of their father and long-suffering aunt. There are a lot of life lessons provided in these pages but it’s never high-handed, always gentle and quietly inspiring.
The Story of Holly and Ivy by Rumer Godden
This story is about magic, Christmas and the power of making wishes. The series of events that bring Holly and Ivy together wouldn’t stand up in real life for a nano-second, but the story is so movingly told that every time you read it, your faith is restored in the wonder of Christmas, a time when dreams come true and wonders can happen.
The Flight of the Doves by Walter Macken
It presents the fast, crazy and hair-raising journey of orphaned brothers and sisters Finn and Derval Dove, on the run across England to escape the control of their evil stepfather and reach their beloved Irish granny in the west of Ireland.
1．Which of the following best describes What Katy Did?
A．Horrifying. B．Motivating. C．Reasonable D．Simple.
2．What book is The Story of Holly and Ivy?
A．A fantasy literature. B．A historical record. C．A fairy tale collection. D．A family education book.
3．What do Heidi and The Flight of the Doves have in common?
A．The stories happen in Britain. B．They have good endings.
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C．They belong to adventurous stories. D．The characters have no relatives.
I grew up in a poor family. This was something I did not realize until I was older. I thought everyone in the city took the bus, because everyone in my neighborhood took the bus. I thought everyone in the city used the food bank, because all my friends’ families ate the same government-labeled food as my family ate. We all wore hand-me-down clothes.
Shopping with my mom made me first understand that my family was a little different. My
mom used paper money that looked different from the paper money others in line were using. I asked my mom why our money looked different. She said that we used food stamps that were provided by government so we could eat.
In high school, I was still embarrassed and wished we were not so poor, but I loved my mom and the other members of my family and knew we had things to be proud of. Though my mother was uneducated, she taught me how to love and told me to believe in myself. Growing up in a poor family taught me perseverance(毅力) I have always believed in myself and my abilities. I knew I could focus on schoolwork and build a life that looked different from my childhood.
As I became a man, I started understanding how my experiences made it possible for me to be resilient(有适应力的), and how to respect people for who they are as an individual and not by what they have. I think there are a lot of fixed images placed on those experiencing poor life that do not actually come from the people experiencing it. These opinions come from people on the outside trying not to look into the experience. “Hardwor
king, trustworthy, reliable, clean, efficient, successful and disciplined” are all words not specially connected with poor life. But those words are very much shown by those experiencing poor life. I am proud to be who I am and proud of where I’m from.
4．Why does the author mention his experience in Paragraph 1?
A．To show similar living environment to others.
B．To introduce a normal way of poor people’s life.
C．To stress his values born out of his poor early life.
D．To indicate his unawareness of poverty at an early age.
5．How might the author feel about his family background before high school?
A．Confident. B．Awkward. C．Conflicted. D．Anxious.
6．What can we infer from the last paragraph?
A．The poor should be respected based on how they look.
B．The author’s poverty inspired him to pursue material wealth.
C．It’s poverty that has motivated the author to develop good qualities.
D．Poor life will definitely contribute to an individual’s quality building.
7．What is the text mainly about?
A．Tiredness due to poor life as a child.
B．Differences among the poor.
C．Lessons from poverty-struck childhood.
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