2015-016学年河南省光山二高高一下学期第一次月考英语试题 word版.doc

光山二高2015—2016学年度下期高一年级 第一次月考英语试题 出题人： 时间：2016年3.28 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，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项 A Mark Twain left school when he was twelve. He had little school education. In spite of this, he became the most famous writer of his time. He made millions of dollars by writing. His real name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens, but he is better known all over the world as Mark Twain，his pen name. Mark Twain was born in 1835 and he was not a healthy baby. In fact, he was not expected to live through the first? winter. But with his mothers care，he managed to survive. As a boy，he caused much trouble for his parents. He used to play jokes on all his friends and neighbors. He didnt like to go to school, and he often ran away from home. He always went in the direction of the nearby Mississippi. He was nearly drowned nine times. After his fathers death, Mark Twain began to work for a printer, who only provided him with food and clothing. Then，he worked as a printer，a riverboat pilot and later joined the army. But shortly after that he became a miner. During this period，he started to write short stories. Afterwards he became a fulltime writer. In 1870, Mark Twain got married. In the years that followed he wrote many books including Tom Sawyer in 1876,and Huckleberry Finn in 1884, which made him famous, and brought him great fortune. Unortunately, Mark Twain got into debts in bad investments (投资) and he had to write large numbers of stories to pay these debts. In 1904, his wife died, and then three of his children passed away. At the age of 70, his hair was completely white. He bought many white suits and neckties. He wore nothing but white from head to foot until his death on April 21,1910. 21．In his childhood, ________. A. he learned a lot at school B. he often went swimming with other boys C. his mother often worried about his safety D. he often played games with other boys 22．In order to make a living, Mark Twain ___