2017-2018 学年度第一学期月考考试高一英语试卷注意事项： 考生必须在答题纸上各题目的指定答题区域内作答（选择题部分使用2B 铅笔填涂，非选择题部分使用0.5 毫米黑色签字笔作答） ，在试卷上作答无效。本试卷分为第I 卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分, 共 150 分。考试时间120 分钟。第 I 卷（共 50 分）第一部分阅读理解（共两节，满分60 分）第一节（共 15 小题，每小题3 分，满分 45 分）A The Nobel Prize was founded by Alfred Nobel. Since 1901，it has been honoring men and women from all corners of the globe for outstanding achievements in physics，chemistry ，medicine ，literature，and for work in peace. Alfred Nobel was born in Stockholm ，Sweden，on October 21，1833.He was very interested in social and peacerelated issues. After inventing dynamite ( 炸药 )，Swedishborn Alfred Nobel became a very rich man. However，he foresaw its universally destructive powers too late. Nobel preferred not to be remembered as the inventor of dynamite，so in 1895，just two weeks before his death ，he created a fund to be used for awarding prizes to people who had made worthwhile contributions to mankind. Originally there were five awards: literature，physics ，chemistry ，medicine ，and peace. Economics was added in 1968，just sixty seven years after the first award ceremony. Nobel's original legacy ( 遗产 )of nine million dollars was invested ，and the interest on this sum is used for the awards，which vary from D|S30， 000 to D|S125，000. Every year on December 10，the anniversary of Nobel's death ，the awards (gold medal，illuminated diploma ， and money)are presented to the winners. Sometimes politics plays an important role in the judge's decision. Americans have won numerous science awards ，but relatively few literature (文学 )prizes. No awards were presented from 1...
