山西省怀仁县第八中学学年高一下学期期中考试英语试题Word格式文档下载.docx

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Noonecanbelievethattheover6300-kilometerlongGreatWallmightdisappearsomeday.Believeitornot,theGreatWallisbeingdestroyedbypeople.Lessthan20percentoftheGreatWallbuiltintheMingDynastyisstillperfect,butabout80percentisindanger.TheGreatWallcanbecalled“great”mostlybecauseofitsamazinglength.Butweshouldrealizethatthelengthwasmadeupofonebrickatatime.IfwedonothingtosavetheGreatWall,itwillbecomeaseriesofseparatewastelandratherthanahistoricsite.

TheGreatWallisactuallyaseriesofwallsbuiltandrebuiltbydifferentdynastiesoverthepast2000years.ItbeganintheruleofChina’sfirstemperor,QinShihuangoftheQinDynasty（221BC～206BC）,andlastedintotheMingDynasty.ThepartsbuiltbeforetheMingDynastyhavenearlydisappeared.PeoplearefamiliarwithsectionssuchasBadalinginBeijingandJiayuguanPassinGansubecausetheyhavebeenopentotouristsformanyyears.Butthosesectionsfarawayfromthepubliceyeshavebeenalmostforgotten.

Fewlocalpeopleknewthe3-meter-highwallsmadeofearthandstonesbesidethemarepartoftheGreatWall.Thelackofknowledgeisconsideredasoneofthemainreasonsbehindhuman.

ThebricksontheGreatWallarecarriedoffbycountrysidepeopletobuildtheirhouses,sheepcorral（畜栏）andpigsties（猪圈）.Someweretakenawaytobuildroads.Brickscarvedwithpeople’snamesareputawayasremembrance.Rubbishisspreadoverthebattlements（城垛）.Thebrickscanbesoldfor15yuanpertractorload.ThosewhodestroyedandaredestroyingtheGreatWallknowitsname,butarenotclearaboutitsculturalmeaning.Itwilltakealongtimetoletthemknowthis.ThelocalfarmersnotonlycarriedoffthebodyoftheWallbutdugouttheentirebase.

ItisnecessarytoprotecttheGreatWall.Firstofall,theofficialsshouldbeawareoftheimportanceoftheGreatWall.YoungChineseshouldknowmoreaboutthenation’sgreatcivilization（文明）andlearntoloveit.

1、ThemainreasonforwhichtheGreatWallcanbecalled“great”is_________.

A．itismadebybrick 

B．Itisverywide 

C．itisverylong 

D．ithasalong 

2、WhydoestheauthorsaytheGreatWallmightdisappear

A．Itisuselessfromnowon.

B．Itwillbereplacedbyanewone.

C．Somepartsofitarebeingdestroyed.

D．It’stoooldtobeusedagain.

3、Theunderlinedpart“thosesectionsfarawayfromthepubliceyes”referstothepartsoftheGreatWall________.

A．thataretoodifficulttounderstand

B．nobodycanwatch

C．thataretoofartobeenseen

D．thatarenotwellknowntothepublic

4、What’sthemainreasonoftheGreatWall’sbeingdestroyed

A．Thelocalpeopleareshortofcultureknowledge.

B．Thelocalpeopleneedbricksandstonestobuildhouses.

C．ThelocalpeoplethinkthattheGreatWallisnotimportant.

D．Thelocalpeopleareagainstthegovernment.

Foryearsscientistshavebeenworriedabouttheeffectsofairpollutionontheearth’snaturalconditions.Somebelievetheairinsidemanyhousesmaybemoredangerousthantheairoutside.Itmaybeonehundredtimesworse.

Indoorairpollutioncancauseapersontofeeltired,tosuffereyepain,headacheandotherproblems.Somepollutants（污染物质）cancausebreathingdisorders,diseasesofbloodandevencancer.Mostscientistsagreethateverymodernhousehassomekindofindoorpollution.

Peoplehavepaidmoreattentiontotheproblemnow.Itissaidthatwhenbuildersbeganmakinghousesandoffices,theydidnotwasteenergy.Todothistheybuiltbuildingsthatlimitedtheflowofairbetweeninsideandoutside.Theyalsobeganusingman-madebuildingmaterials.Thesematerialsarenowknowntoletoutharmfulgases.

Astheproblembecamemoreserious,scientistsbegansearchingforawaytodealwithit.Theydiscoveredanaturalpollutioncontrolsystemforbuildinggreenplants.Scientistsdonotreallyknowhowplantscontrolairpollution.Theybelievethataplant’sleavesabsorb（吸收；

吸引）ortakeinthepollutants.Inexchangetheplantletsoutoxygenthroughitsleavesandsmallorganizationsonitsroots.Scientistssuggestthatallbuildingsshouldhaveonelargeplantorseveralsmallplantsinsideforeveryninesquaremetersofspace.Studiesofdifferentplantsshowthateachabsorbsdifferentchemicals.Sothemosteffective（有效的）waytocleantheairistousedifferentkindsofplants.Havinggreenplantsinsideyourhousecanmakeitprettierandmorehealthyplace.

5、Generallyspeaking,indoorairpollutionmaybemoreharmfulthanthatoutsidebecause_______.

A．indoorairpollutioncanoftenmakepeopleseriouslyill

B．man-madebuildingmaterialsgiveoffdangerousgases

C．theremaybemoreharmfulgasesoutsidethebuildings

D．theflowofairindoorsislimited,whichisveryharmful

6、Somekindofindoorpollutioncanbefoundin_______.

A．everymodernhouse 

B．everyoldhouse 

C．allkindsofhouses 

D．allkindsofoffices 

7、Theindoorairpollutioniscausedby_______.

A．thelimitoftheflowofairbetweeninsideandoutside

B．thebuildingwaythatthebuilderswanttosaveenergy

C．thebuildingthingsthataremadeofman-madematerials

D．theman-madebuildingmaterialsandthelimitofair-flow

8、Thereasonwhyweshouldusedifferentkindsofplantstocleantheairisthat_______.

A．plantscanletoutallkindsofpollutantsindoors

B．plantsmaytakeinmoreoxygenwhichpeopleneed

C．plantscanabsorbsomekindsofharmfulindoorchemicals

D．plantscanmakeourhousesprettierandmorehealthy

Londonisgreat.It'

sgreat.RomeandPariswerefineplaces,butIknewassoonaswelandedinLondon,thiswasthefinestofthethree.

ThereareonlytwosmallthingswhichIdon'

tlikeaboutLondon.Firstofall,everyonespeaksEnglishhere.IhadsomuchfuninRomeandParis.ThereIcouldspeakinforeignlanguages.Inwords,Imadealotoffriendsthatway.Buthereeverybodycanunderstandme.Idon'

thaveanyreasontostartupaconversationwithastranger 

. 

AndspeakingofrestaurantsthatistheotherproblemwithLondon.Thefoodhereisnogoodatall!

Ihaven'

thadonegoodmealinthethreedayswe'

vebeenhere.

SinceyouaskedmetowritetoyouabouteverythingIlearnedonthistrip,hereiswhatI'

velearnedaboutLondon.

London'

spopulationofelevenmillionmakesitthesecondlargestcityintheworld.ItisbiggerthanNewYorkbutnotasbigasTokyo.LondonistwicethesizeofNewYork.Ithasanareaof620squaremiles!

TheThamesRiverrunsrightthroughthecenterofthecity.SomeoneoncecalledtheThames“liquidhistory”.Itisaverygoodname.Dozensofarmieshavecrosseditoverthepastfewthousandyears.OneofthefirstwasthearmyofJuliusCaesartwothousandyearsago.AndmostrecentlyMr.andMrs.Gill.

SofarIhaveonlyhadtimetovisitoneneighborhood.ItiscalledBloomsbury.InfactthereisagroupofwritersknownastheBloomsburyGroup.Itgotitsnamebecausesomanyofthemlivedthere.VirginiaWoolfwasoneofthem.Iknowhowmuchyoulikehernovels.

BakerStreetisalsopartofBloomsbury.DoyourememberwhooncelivedonBakerStreetWhenIaskedBobthisquestion,heanswered,“amanwhobakedbread,right”SherlockHolmes,ofcourse,Iwon'

thavetimetofindhisaddress.Maybeyouwillwhenyoucome.

9、Welearnfromthefirsttwoparagraphsthat_______.

A．itismoredifficulttostartupaconversationinEnglishinLondonthaninanylanguages

B．thewriterhadmadeatripinItalyandFrancebeforeshecametoEngland

C．ofallthemealsthewriterhashadinLondon,onlyoneshethinksisgoodenough

D．thewriterhatestotalktostrangerswhocanspeakEnglish

10、Itseemsthatthewriter_______.

A．canspeakEnglishasaforeignlanguage 

B．doesnotlikehermotherlanguage 

C．doesnotspeakFrenchatall 

D．canspeakFrenchasaforeignlanguage 

11、WhodoyouthinkMr.andMrs.Gillare

A．Afamousgeneralandhiswife. 

B．AfamousAmericanwriterandhiswife. 

C．Twofriendsofthewriter'

s. 

D．Thewriterandherhusband. 

12、WhooncelivedonBakerStreet

A．Amanwhobakedbread. 

B．SherlockHolmes. 

C．TheformerUSSecretaryofState. 

D．Afriendofthewriter'

Aliceismygoodfriend.Sheistwenty-twoyearsold.NowshelivesinBeijing,China.SheteachesEnglishinajuniorhighschool.Shelovesmakingfriendswiththestudentsandtheylikeherverymuch.Everymorningshegetsupveryearly.Atabout7:

00,sheusuallyhasaglassofmilkandsomebreadforbreakfastathome.Thenshewalkstoworkandgetstoschoolataboutaquartertoeight.At12:

00sheeatsahamburgerandanappleforlunch.HerfavoritedrinkisCoke.Shegoeshomeat5o’clockintheafternoon.Shelikestohavenoodles（面条）andchickenfordinner.OnSundays,sheoftencomestoseeme.SometimeswegotoaChineserestauranttohavelunch.

13、Alicegetstoschool_______am.

A.at8:

15 

B.at7:

45 

C.at7:

40

14、WhatdoesAli