辽宁省营口市开发区第一高级中学学年高一下学期第二次月考英语试题 Word版含答案文档格式.docx

1、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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A.Many people take it for granted that black is a color of bad things while white should always mean something goodThis may be because, in their opinion, black is related to darkness and white to purityHowever, that is not always the caseDi

2、d you know that the same one color may mean differently in different places of the world?In the English-speaking world, black is the color of mourningPeople wear black clothes at the funeralRed is concerned with danger or bloodshed（流血）Yellow is the word for fearIf you are afraid, you are yellowYet n

3、one of these sayings is true outside the English-speaking worldIn China and Korea white is the color of mourningIn Russia, China and some other countries, red stands for beauty, life and excellenceIn Italy and Germany, you are yellow with anger, not with fearEven within the English-speaking area it

4、is not difficult to find color contradictions （矛盾）A redcap in the United States is a porter in a railway stationIn Britain, however, a redcap is a military policemanBoth names are logical because both men wear red capsSimilarly, the British term for an American white collar worker is sometimes calle

5、d a black-coated workerOne does not have to cross an area to find color differencesWould you rather be red-blooded? If we go back to the origin, we find that both terms are logical as both names suggestThe expression blueblood comes from Spain, where some noble families proudly said that they had bl

6、ue bloodBut then why blue blood? Because they were fairskinned, and it is only natural that their blood vessels（血管）stood out appearing blue21The two meanings of the term redcap form a difference in _Apronunciation Bclimate Clogical relationship Dcustom22Both Britain and America would probably agree

7、that _Ablack is the color of mourningBa black-coated worker is employed in an officeCred stands for beauty and excellenceDa redcap is a porter in a station23The best title for this passage is _AThe Origin of Blue BloodBThe Development of the Symbolic Use of ColorsCColors that Carry Bad MeaningsDThe

8、Meaning Concerned With Certain Colors24When some Spanish called themselves , they actually meant _Athey had heart trouble and their faces looked blueBthey came from a noble familyCthey had blue blood in their vesselsDthey were fairskinnedBSan Francisco is going to do what many other cities have alre

9、ady doneprovide free bicycles for the public . The mayor of San Francisco supports the bicycle program . He wants to improve the terrible traffic problems in the city .At first , 40 to 60 bikes will be available only to city workers . People will give their old bikes to the city to use in the progra

10、m . If this program is successful , one day more than 1000 bicycles will be available . Everyone , not just city workers , will be able to use these bicycles . People in Fresno, California already have a free bicycle program . In fact , this idea began in Amsterdam over 40years ago . These programs

11、encourage citizens to get out of their cars and onto pollution-free bikes .Fresnos Yellow Bike Program puts about forty bicycles around the city . The bikes are painted bright yellow so people know they can take them . When people take a yellow bike , they can ride to work or to shopping areas ,and

12、then leave the bike for the next rider .Some people worry that the free bikes will be stolen . However , theft hasnt been a problem in free-bike cities by now.While most people think the bike program is a good idea , only a few say they will use it . “I will still drive my car,” says Joanna Greene .

13、 “San Francisco has a lot of hills . My office is at the top of Potrero Hill . I dont think Im in good shape . And , wouldnt I have to carry a helmet with me all the time ?”Phil Chung agrees , “ There is too much traffic . Riding a bicycle can be risky . There are not very many bike lanes.” He conti

14、nues , “Plus , its too cold in the winter . And what if you ride a bike to work , and then there isnt one to ride home ?Program leaders know there will be problems . But they think its worth trying . “Its not the solution for everyone,” states Sylvia Pass . “But if just one hundred people use it eve

15、ry day , thats one hundred cars that arent on the streets , one hundred parking spaces that arent used . I think its a great beginning .”25San Francisco provides bicycles to the public because .Athere are many bikes available Bmany people dont have cars of their own Cmany other cities have already d

16、one so Dthe traffic problems are terrible 26The following statements are the disadvantages of free bike program in Sam Francisco except that .Afree bikes will be stolen BSan Francisco is not flat at allCriding a bike is not safe enough Dit will be too cold in the winter 27The program leaders think t

17、he program is worth trying NOT because .Athere will be more problems Bthey cant solve problems for everyone Cthere will be less cars on the streets anyway D. there will be more parking spacesCThe year is 2094. It has been announced that a comet （彗星） is heading towards the Earth. Most of it will miss

18、 our planet, but two pieces will probably hit the southern half of the Earth.On 17 July , a piece four kilometers wide enters the Earths atmosphere with a massive explosion. About half of the piece is destroyed, but the remaining part hits the South Atlantic at 200 times the speed of sound. The sea

19、boils and a huge hole is made in the sea bed. Huge waves are created and spread outwards from the hole. The wall of water, a kilometer high, rushes towards southern Africa at 800 kilometers an hour. Cities on the African coast are totally destroyed and millions of people are drowned.Before the waves

20、 reach South America, the second piece of the comet lands in Argentina. Earthquakes and volcanoes are set off in the Andes Mountains. The shock waves move north into California and all around the Pacific Ocean. The cities of Los Angeles, San Francisco and Tokyo are completely destroyed by earthquake

21、s. Millions of people in the southern half of the earth are already dead, but the north wont escape for long. Because of the explosions, the sun is hidden by clouds of dust, temperatures around the world fall to almost zero .Crops are ruined. The sun wont be seen again for many years. Wars break out

22、 as countries fight for food. A year later, no more than 10 million people remain alive.Could it really happen? In fact, it has already happened more than once in the history of the Earth. The dinosaurs were on the Earth for over 160 million years. Then 65 million years ago they suddenly disappeared

23、. Many scientists believe that the Earth was hit by a piece of object in space. The dinosaurs couldnt live through the cold climate that followed and they died out. Will we meet the same end?28What is mainly described in the passage? AA historic discovery. BAn event of imagination. CA research on sp

24、ace. DA scientific adventure.29When the first piece hits the South Atlantic, it causes . Aan earthquake Bdamages to cities Can Earth explosion Dhuge waves 30Why cant the northern half of the earth escape for long? ABecause the land is covered with water BBecause the light and heat from the sun can n

25、ot reach the earth. CBecause people there can not live at the temperature of zero. DBecause wars break out among countries .31By giving the example of dinosaurs, the author tries to prove . Aanimals could not live in the cold climate Bwhat happened 65 million years ago was an invented story Cthe hum

26、an beings will die out in 2094 Dthe Earth could be hit by other objects in space DThe coyote （丛林狼）, that clever animal of wide-open spaces, has come to the nations capital. In fact, coyotes have spread to every corner of the United States, changing their behaviors to fit new environments and causing

27、 researchers to deal with a troublesome new kind of creature: the city coyote.The coyote originally lived in the middle of the continent. One of its most obvious characters is its smartness, which has made the animal a notorious （臭名昭著的） pest. Hunters trapped, shot and poisoned more than a million co

28、yotes in the 1900s. Its still one of Americas most hunted animals. Yet the coyote has survived. How has the coyote shown this extraordinary ability? “I guess if you wanted to use one word, itd be plasticity,” says Eric Gese, an expert at Utah State University. Coyotes can live alone, in pairs, or in

29、 large packs like wolves; hunt at night or during the day; occupy a small region or an area up to 40 square miles; and live on all sorts of food, from lizards and shoes, to ants and melons.Unbelievably people helped coyotes increase when they killed most of the wolves in the United States. The sprea

30、ding of coyotes into city areas, though, is recent. They travel at night, crossing sidewalks and bridges, running along roads and ducking into culverts （钻入涵洞） and underpasses. No one knows why coyotes are moving into cities, but experts explain that cleverer, more human-tolerant （不怕人的） coyotes are t

31、eaching urban survival skills to new generations.Occasionally, coyotes might attack human beings. There have been about 160 attacks on people in recent years. Therefore, people have been consistently told not to feed coyotes or leave pet food unsecured. That, plus a large trapping program in the neighborhood, has cut down on the coyote population.32. The underlined word “plasticity” in Paragraph 2 refers to_. A. the ability to fit the environment B. notorious smartness C. hunting ability D. being human-tolerant33. T