高二英语下学期第一次月考模拟练习试题word版本.docx

内蒙古包头市第四中学 2017-2018 学年高二英语下学期第一次月考 模拟练习试题 第一部分：听力理解（略） 第二部分：阅读（共 20 小题，每题 2 分，满分 40 分） 第一节，阅读理解（共 15 小题；每题 2 分，共 30 分） His  A Every morning Grandpa got up early sitting at the table, reading his book. grandson wanted to be just like him and tried to copy him in every  way he could. One day the  grandson  asked,  “ Grandpa,  I try  to  read  the  book just  like  you, but I don  ’ t understand  it, and I forget  what I  understand  as soon as  I close the book.  What good does reading  the  book do?”  The grandpa  quietly  turned  from putting coal  in  the  stove  and replied,  “ Take this  coal  basket  down to  the  river  and bring me back a basket of water.  ” The boy did as he was told, but all the water leaked(  漏) out before he got back to the house. The gr  andpa laughed and said,  “ You’ ll have to move a little faster next time, ” and sent him back to the river with the basket to try again. This time the boy ran faster, but again the basket was empty before Out of breath, he told his grandpa that it was impossible to carry water so he went to get a bucket instead.  he returned. in a basket, The grandpa  said,  “ I  don’t  want  a bucket  of  water;  I want  a basket  of  water. You’ re just not trying hard enough.  ” The boy again dipped the basket  into  the  river  and ran hard,  but  when he reached his grandpa the basket was empty again. Out of breath, he said,  “ Grandpa, it  ’ s useless !  ”“ So, you think it is useless?  ” the grandpa said,  “ Look at the basket. The  ” boy looked  at  the  basket  and for  the  first  time  he realized  that  the  basket was different. It had been transformed from a dirty old coal basket and was now clean. “Grandson,  that  ’ s what happens when you read  the  book.  You might  not  understand or remember everything, but when you read it, you’ll be changed, inside  and out.  ” What puzzled the grandson most was ____