广东湛江第二十一中学高一下学期开学考试英语试题含答案.pdf

广东湛江第二十一中学高一下学期开学考试英语试题含答案 湛江市第二十一中学 2019-2020 学年度第二学期期初考试 高一英语（必修 3、4 ）试卷 考试时间：120 分钟，满分 150 分。 注意事项： 1、本试卷分第 I 卷（选择题）和第 II 卷（非选择题）两部分。 2、答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在本试卷相应 的位置。 3、全部答案在答题卡上完成，答在本试卷上无效。 4、考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。 第 I 卷 第一部分阅读理解（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，并在题卡上将该项涂黑。 A Dav Pilkey, who was born on March 4th, 1966, the inventor of a children’s novel series Captain Underpants, has achieved some great success in his life. Although he had strict parents, who always supported him, things did not turn out well for him as a young student. He was disliked in school by his teachers because he had trouble focusing in class. And he also didn’t really fit in with other kids. So what he did was use his strengths, imagination and creativity to think of a better world! What it resulted in was characters like Captain Underpants, who he started dreaming up in his second year at primary school. Pilkey was often punished for his behavior in class and thus he usually sat at a desk in the school hallway. He took the bad things that were happening to him and turned them into amazing drawings and stories. But his teachers were not pleased or impressed. They didn’t like his stories or drawings. Until one day in college, one of his teachers took note of his talents and suggested that he write children’s books. So he started writing and created a book. But then no one wanted to publish it. He got declined by 20 publishers before one agreed to do it. And from there, he made history! He has now sold over 80 million books like Dog Man and Captain Underpants, and recently helped make a movie! Pilkey never stops. He has many stories left in him and also a desire to help kids read more. He hopes that kids can find their talents and become the best th