河南省鹤壁市淇滨高级中学学年高二下学期第一次周考英语试题文档格式.docx
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佳选项,并在题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Algae(水藻)areverysimpleplants.Theygrowinfreshwaterorsaltywater.Seaweedisalgaethatgrowinsaltywater.Seaweedisredorbrownincolor.TheJapanesepeopleusetheseplantsfromtheseainmanyways.Fromit,theymakeafoodcalledKombu.Kombuisseaweedthathasbeendried,cookedandpressedtogether.Thenitisdriedagainandcutintolongpieces.TheJapaneseeatalotofKombuandlikeitverymuch.
Japanesefarmersoftenuseseaweedasfertilizer.Itmakestheirplantsgrowbetter.Manyfarmersalsofindseaweedmakesafinefoodfortheiranimals.
FromseaweedtheJapanesealsogetiodine(碘),whichtheyselltoothercountries.Iodineisusedinmanywaysallovertheworld.Itisusedinmakingmedicine.Itisaddedtothesaltweuseatthetable.Scientistsevenuseoneformofiodineto“seedclouds”whentheywantraintofall.
21.Kombuisakindof____accordingtothetext.
A.plantB.medicineC.foodD.fertilizer
22.Inthelastsentenceofthetext,“seedclouds”means____.
A.cloudsspreadinglikeseeds
B.theseedslikeclouds
C.tomakerainfallwithhumanpower
D.droppingseedsbyclouds
23.Themainideaofthestoryisthat____.
A.TheJapaneseeatseaweedwhentheywantraintofall.
B.Kombuismadeintomedicineforfarmers.
C.TheJapaneseuseseaweedinmanyways.
D.TheJapaneseeatalotofKombu.
B
Oncetherewasapoorfarmerandhisfarmbelongedto(属于)arichman.Onedayhebroughtabasketofapplestotherichman’shouse.Onthedoorsteps,hemettwomonkeysdressedlikechildren.Theyjumpedontothebaskettoeattheapplesandthrewsomeontheground.Thefarmerpolitelytookoffhishatandaskedthemonkeystogetoff.Theyobeyed(服从)andthefarmerwentintothehouse.Heaskedtoseetherichman.Aservanttookhimtotheroomwheretherichmanwassitting.
"
Ihavebroughtyouthebasketofapplesyouaskedfor,"
hesaid.
Butwhyhaveyoubroughtahalf-emptybasket?
"
therichmanasked.
Imetyourchildrenoutside,andtheystole(偷)someoftheapples."
24.Whydidthefarmerbringapplestotherichman?
Because
A.hewaspoor
B.helikedtherichman
C.hisfarmbelongedtotherichman
D.therichman’schildrenlikedapples
25.Whatdidthemonkeysdowhenthefarmerwasonthedoorsteps?
A.Theyjumpedandjumped.
B.Theyplayed.
C.Theyranaway.
D.Theyatesomeoftheapples.
26.Themonkeysleftthebasketbecause
A.theyhadthrownapplesontheground
B.thefarmerhadpolitelyaskedthemtogetoff
C.theywereafraidofthehat
D.thefarmerwasangrywiththem
27.Howdidtherichmanfeelwhenhesawthebasket?
Hefelt
A.pleasedB.unhappyC.excitedD.moved
C
Ifwewereaskedexactlywhatweweredoingayearago,weshouldprobablyhavetosaythatwecouldnotremember.Butifwehadkeptabookandhadwritteninitanaccountofwhatwedideachday,weshouldbeabletogiveananswertothequestion.Itisthesameinhistory.Manythingshavebeenforgottenbecausewedonothaveanywrittenaccountofthem.Sometimesmendidkeeparecordofthemostimportanthappeningsintheircountry,butoftenitwasdestroyedbyfireorinawar.Sometimestherewasneveranywrittenrecordatallbecausethepeopleofthattimeandplacedidnotknowhowtowrite.Forexample,weknowagooddealaboutthepeoplewholivedinChina4,000yearsago,becausetheycouldwriteandleavewrittenrecordsforthosewholivedafterthem.Butweknowalmostnothingaboutthepeoplewholivedeven200yearsagoincentralAfrica,becausetheyhadnotlearnedtowrite.Sometimes,ofcourse,evenifthepeoplecannotwrite,theymayknowsomethingofthepast.Theyhaveheardaboutitfromolderpeople,andoftensongsanddancesandstorieshavebeenmadeaboutthemostimportanthappenings,andthesehavebeensungandactedandtoldformanygenerations.Formostpeopleareproudtotellwhattheirfathersdidinthepast.Thiswemaycall“rememberedhistory”.Someofithasnowbeenwrittendown.Itisnotsoexactorsovaluabletousaswrittenhistoryis,becausewordsaremuchmoreeasilychangedwhenusedagainandagaininspeechthanwhencopiedinwriting.Butwheretherearenowrittenrecords,suchspokenstoriesareoftenveryhelpful.
28.Whichofthefollowingideasisnotsuggestedinthepassage?
A.“Rememberedhistory”,comparedwithwrittenhistory,islessreliable
B.Writtenrecordsofthepastplaythemostimportantroleinourlearningofthehumanhistory.
C.AwrittenaccountofourdailyactivitieshelpsUStobeabletoanswermanyquestions.
D.Wheretherearenowrittenrecords.thereisnohistory.
29.WeknowverylittleaboutthecentralAfrica200yearsago