阅读理解是高考英语中最重要的题型，以下是2016高三上学期英语第一次月考试卷（有答案），请考生好好练习。

本试卷分第I卷(选择题)和第II卷(非选择题)两部分，共6页，满分150分，考试时间120分钟。考试结束后，将本试卷以及答题卡和答题纸一并交回。答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号、考试科目填涂在试卷、答题卡和答题纸规定的地方。

第一部分 英语知识运用(共两节，满分55分)

第一节 单项选择(共10小题;每小题1.5分，满分15分)

1. He is so busy. He cannot afford enough time with his son ______ he wants to.

A. even if  B. as if  C. because  D. before

2.Finally he reached a lonely island ________was completely cut off from the outside world.

A. when       B.  where      C. which       D. whom

3.I'd appreciate________  if you could come and help me once more and I always appreciate________ me with my English in the past.

A.this; you to help      B.that; you helping

C.it; you to help        D.it; your helping

4. —Jackson was late for Mr. Black’s class this morning.

—_______? As far as I know, he never came late to class.

A. So what  B. Why not C. How come D. What for

5.With the decision________，the members present at the meeting were dismissed.

A. to make B. to be made C. having made D. made

6. _______ in a long queue, we waited for the store to open to buy a New iPad .

A. Standing  B. To stand    C. Stood        D. Stand

7.The new stadium being built for the next Asian Games will be      the present one。

A.as three times big as      B. three times as big as

C. as big as  three times     D. as big three times as

8. The old man is very ______ about the neighbourhood affairs for he is always willing to help others.

A. amazed   B. enthusiastic   C. disappointed  D. brilliant

9.About two-fifths of students ______ from developing countries ; the number of them from the USA ______ only 10.

A.is ; is       B.are ; is      C.are ; are      D.is ; are

10. In the last few years thousands of films          all over the world.

A. have produced        B. have been produced

C. are producing           D. are being produced

第二节 完型填空(共两篇;第一篇短文10小题，每小题1分;第二篇短文20小题，每小题1.5分;满分40分)

A

The one thing I can __11__ from surfing and not any other sport is endless challenge(挑战). You can never be the "best surfer" because the ocean __12__ an uncountable variety of waves that nobody can ever master. The variations of surfing styles are wonderful. Some surfers are fre e and flowing; others are very aggressive(活跃有力的)and __13__. All of these things attract me to surfing and make it __14__ from any other sport.

I've __15__ to tell every girl I know to do something that people don't think girls can do. It's part of being human to advance to new __16__, so shouldn't it be expected that girls should step up and start __17__ the limits of things boys and men used to dominate(主宰)?

There're women __18__ side by side with the President of our country, so why not side by side with the boys __19__ the football team or out in the water surfing? Give girls a chance to __20__, and they will.

11. A. take         B. get            C. make                D. keep

12. A. catches        B. includes      C. offers       D. collects

13. A. sharp    B. great    C. hard          D. calm

14. A. known    B. right    C. far           D. different

15. A. chosen    B. tried     C. learned          D. promised

16. A. levels    B. points    C. steps       D. parts

17. A. reaching    B. accepting   C. pushing          D. setting

18. A. sitting    B. walking    C. fighting          D. working

19. A. of     B. from    C. on           D. with

20. A. think          B. succeed    C. perform          D. feel

B

During my stay at an orphanage(孤儿院)at the age of 9, a gentleman came and taught us how to do woodworking projects.

I remember my first project—a small table. I was so   21   of it that I looked upon it as if I had created a(an)   22  . It was absolutely beautiful and it had taken me six weeks to   23   it. I could hardly wait to give it to Mother Winters as a  24  . She was the head mistress of our orphanage, who was always kind but   25   with us.

As the tables were not dry from the clear coating, the man told us to wait a few days before taking them to our dormitories. But I was just so  26   and happy that I couldn’t wait. I dashed out like a   27  , carrying my table, smiling from ear to ear.

When I reached the dormitory I placed the little table beside my bed. I was   28   it when Mother Winters entered. She walked over to the table. Running her hand   29   it, she noticed that it was still wet.

“Were you   30   to bring this home?” she asked.

“No, ma’am,” I   31   with my head down.

She ordered me to throw the table out and so I did. After she left, I immediately opened the door to get it back. There was   32   stuck all over. I brushed and cried, but the dirt would not come off.

Thirty years later at a reunion, I   35   that Mother Henderson was living nearby, so I drove up to see her. We talked cheerfully for long. As I was about to leave, she asked me to come down to her   36   to get something important. I followed her   37   into a dark corner. She picked something up.   38   she turned around, I could see that she was holding a little table.

Mother Henderson kept the little table that I had given up for lost so long ago.

Today, I look at that table with bittersweet memories but full of  39   to Mother Henderson, who kept the table for a young orphan who   40    it so much.

21. A. tired  B. ashamed   C. amused D.  proud

22. A. wonder  B. award C. record    D. product

23. A. design  B. invent    C. paint  D. complete

24. A. reward   B. gift C. prize D. souvenir

25. A. satisfied  B. patient  C. strict  D. cruel

26. A. upset       B. amazed  C. excited D. confident

27. A. thief          B. hero  C. sword  D. flash

28. A. drying       B. observing   C. admiring   D. hiding

29. A. into       B. across   C. above  D. behind

30. A. supposed  B. embarrassed  C. encouraged  D. determined

31. A. agreed       B. whispered   C. sighed  D. argued

32. A. dirt   B. glue    C. paint D. wood

33. A. felt  B. shook   C. touched D. split

34. A. put    B. give    C. take D. throw

35. A. learned      B. expected      C. remembered D. recommended

36. A. bathroom  B. balcony  C. basement D. bedroom

37. A. curiously  B. unwillingly  C. doubtfully  D. worriedly

38. A. Before   B. Since   C. As    D. Until

39. A. admiration  B. gratitude C. sympathy D. regret

40. A. counted  B. mattered  C. minded  D. valued

第二部分：阅读理解(共25题，每小题2分，满分50分)

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Philip was a nine-year-old boy in a Sunday school class of 8-year-old girls and boys. Sometimes the third graders didn’t welcome Philip into their group and usually tricked him. This was not because he was older, but because he was “different”. You see, Philip suffered from a condition called Downs’s Syn  to each child. On that beautiful spring day, the children were to go out and discover for themselves some symbol of “new life” and place it inside the plastic eggs.

After the children returned to the classroom, the teacher opened their eggs one by one, asking each child to explain that symbol of “new life”. The first opened egg contained a flower. Everyone cheered. In another was a butterfly…. When the teacher opened the last egg, it was empty. “That’s stupid,” said someone. The teacher felt a pull at his shirt. It was Philip. Looking up, Philip said, “It’s mine. I did it. It’s empty. I have new life, because the tomb is empty.” Not a sound was heard in class at all. From that day on, Philip became a real part of the group. They welcomed him, and whatever made him different was never mentioned again.

Philip’s family knew he wouldn’t live a long life, for there were too many things wrong with him.