2023-2024学年福建省厦门外国语学校高一上学期第一次月考英语试题
Books You Won’t Put Down
The Unequal Twins by Sylva Kanderal
What if ... the twins Ava and Zoe, who could hardly be distinguished from each other visually and who could not have been more different in character, had to go through extreme envy? Where does that trail lead to? To a total loss of their connection, or their finding the lost path to each other again?
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Quotes from the Quiver by Dante P. Galiber
Inspired by time, space, and human interaction, this collection offers a series of original ideas and quotations designed to uplift and enlighten its readers.
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Johnny: Catching Fire by Aaron Allen
Johnny was given the strength of Samson(大力士). Now, he must decide whether to use his power for good or to get even with those who bullied him at school.
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Ting Ting, the Girl Who Saved China by Ryan O’Connor
Ting Ting, the Girl Who Saved China provides insights into China’s biggest holiday, gives a sense of its culture, and shows that girls are just strong and brave enough to be heroines.
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How to Help Yourself to Be Who You Want to Be by Pam Grewall
This self-improvement book offers a simple guide to help its readers recognize their strengths and weaknesses and to understand how to make their own fate.
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1. If you are interested in some quotations to inspire yourself, you would prefer the book of ______.
A．Dante P. Galiber.
B．Pam Grewall.
C．Sylva Kanderal.
D．Aaron Allen.
2. Which book may be most suitable for those who want to redirect their lives?
A． Quotes from the Ouiver.
B． The Unequal Twins.
C． Johnny: Catching Fire.
D． How to Help Yourself to Be Who You Want to Be.
3. What do these five books have in common?
A．They all come out from the same press.
B．They are all sold at the same price as the e-book.
C．They are all available at the same website.
D．They are all set in the real world.
I took a deep breath and walked through the front door, my arms full of groceries. A challenge lay ahead of me, someone who could hardly boil water: cooking the Easter Sunday dinner. What if I made everyone sick? It could truly be our family’s last super meal.
Making the holiday meal was my brother’s job, not mine. I could never fill his shoes. Peter had died in September at the age of 45 from a heart attack, but he’d been a natural in the kitchen all his life. He planned every course in detail, from the crescent rolls to the Dutch apple pie.
My family was lost without him, and we went out to dinner for Thanksgiving and ordered pizza for Christmas. By the time Easter rolled around, though, I couldn’t bear the idea of another holiday surrounded by takeout (外卖食品) boxes. Peter would have hated that. To him, there was nothing more important than a meal made with love. So I convinced Mom that we should cook Easter dinner together. But we were terrible cooks.
I had been thinking what to cook for Easter dinner. I’d bitten off more than I could chew. No one could do this half as well as Peter.
I stepped into the family room. Mom was still at church, but her newspaper was opened on the coffee table, to the sports section, as usual. She was a huge Notre Dame women’s basketball fan, and the featured story was about the forward Devereaux Peters. I read the headline and nearly dropped my grocery bags, Filling Peters’ Shoes.
That afternoon, cooking in the kitchen, I didn’t feel so alone. Mom and I pulled together and the Easter feast was not that bad. The ham may have been a little dry, but it was all made with love— just like Peter would have wanted.
4. What would Peter have preferred to do if holidays had come?
A．To go out to have dinner.
B．To order pizza.
C．To show off his cooking skills.
D．To cook a big dinner for his family.
5. The text tells us that ____________.
A．the Easter dinner was the family’s last dinner
B．Mom persuaded the author to cook the Easter dinner
C．Peter enjoyed cooking a dinner with love
D．their Easter dinner this year was a complete failure
6. By saying “I’d bitten off more than I could chew.” in Paragraph 4, the author means __________.
A．she wasn’t confident in cooking the Easter dinner
B．she was not able to eat a lot of food
C．the Easter dinner made her sick
D．she couldn’t cook the dinner alone
7. What might be the best title for the text ?