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1、此卷只装订不密封班级 姓名 准考证号 考场号 座位号 2017-2018学年河南省平顶山市郏县第一高级中学高二下学期第二次月考英 语注意事项：1答题前，先将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在试题卷和答题卡上，并将准考证号条形码粘贴在答题卡上的指定位置。2选择题的作答：每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，写在试题卷、草稿纸和答题卡上的非答题区域均无效。3非选择题的作答：用签字笔直接答在答题卡上对应的答题区域内。写在试题卷、草稿纸和答题卡上的非答题区域均无效。4考试结束后，请将本试题卷和答题卡一并上交。第I卷（选择题）一、 阅读理解ADuolingoCost: FreeThis
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6、everything from a letter by Woodrow Wilson creating Mothers Day to a photo of Gerald Ford as a baby.1Where must these apps mentioned in the passage be used?/A. On the computer. B. In the movie.C. In the car. D. On the phone.2What can we know about the app Lumosity?A. It provides the same text. B. It
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8、every machine with moving parts has wheels, yet no one knows exactly when the first wheel was invented or what it was used for. We do know, however, that they existed over 5,500 years ago in ancient Asia.The oldest known transport wheel was discovered in 2002 in Slovenia. It is over 5,100 years old.
9、 Evidence suggests that wheels for transport didnt become popular for a while, though. This could be because animals did a perfectly good job of carrying farming tools and humans around. But it could also be because of a difficult situation. While wheels need to roll on smooth surfaces, roads with s
10、mooth surfaces werent going to be constructed until there was plenty of demand of them. Eventually, road surfaces did become smoother, but this difficult situation appeared again a few centuries later. There had been no important changes in wheel and vehicle design before the arrival of modern road
11、design.In the mid-1700s, a Frenchman came up with a new design of roada base layer of large stones covered with a thin layer of smaller stones. A Scotsman improved on this design in the 1820s and a strong, lasting road surface became a reality. At round the same time, metal hubs (the central part of
12、 a wheel) came into being, followed by the pneumatic tyre（充气轮胎）in 1846. Alloy wheels were invented in 1967, sixty years after the appearance of tarmacked roads（柏油路）. As wheel design took off, vehicles got faster and faster.5What might explain why transport wheel didnt become popular for some time?A.
13、 Few knew how to use transport wheels.B. Humans carried farming tools just as well.C. Animals were a good means of transport.D. The existence of transport wheels was not known.6What do we know about road design from the passage?A. It was easier than wheel design.B. It imported after big changes in v
14、ehicle design.C. It was promoted by fast-moving vehicles.D. It provided conditions for wheel design to develop.7How is the last paragraph mainly developed?A. By giving examples. B. By making comparisons.C. By following time order. D. By making classifications.8What is the passage mainly about?A. The
15、 beginning of road design. B. The development of transport wheels.C. The history of public transport. D. The invention of fast-moving vehicles.CThe Chinese television reality show called “Wonderful Friends”, where entertainers hug whale sharks, kiss lions, feed pandas and dress up baby chimpanzees, has come under fire from wildlife protectors who want it to be stopped, saying such activities are cruel and are dangerous for both the humans and animals.The show is the latest hit from H
