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1、甘肃省武威第十八中学2019-2020学年高二英语上学期第二次月考试题时间：100分钟 满分： 120分第卷第一部分 阅读理解（两节 共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分）第一节：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。（每小题2分，共30分） A Most people usually travelled by ship and train which are driven by steam engine. It played an important part in many kinds of vehicles several sco
2、res of years ago. Who invented steam engine and what units could be used to measure the power of engine? The word “horse-power” was first used two hundred years ago. James Watt from a workers family made the world first widely used steam engine. At first, he couldnt tell people how powerful it was,
3、because there were no units at that time. Watt decided to find out how much work one strong horse could do in one minute. He named that unit one horse-power. In this way he could measure the work of his steam engine.He discovered that a horse could lift a 3300-pound weight 10 feet into the air in on
4、e minute. His engine could lift a 3300-pound weight 100 feet in one minute. Because his engine did ten times as much work as the horse, Watt called it a ten horse-power engine.1. The main idea of the passage is _.A. James Watt invented the steam engineB. James Watt first used horse-power as a unit o
5、f measureC. how much power does a horse haveD. why Watts engine is called a ten horse-power engine 2. The story says that Watt made the first _.A. engine B. horse-power engine C. useful engine D. widely used steam engine 3. James Watt was born in _.A. a workers family B. a farmers family C. a teache
6、rs family D. a doctors 4. Watt wanted to find a way to _.A. measure the work his engine could do B. tell people how powerful his engine was C. lift a 3300-pound weight D. both A and B 5. One horse-power means the _.A. work a horse could do in a minute B. weight a horse could do in ten minutes C. wor
7、k a horse could do in ten minutes D. weight of one horseBI came to study in the United States a year ago.Yet I did not know the real American society until I was injured in a car accident because after the accident I had to see a doctor and go to court. After the accident, my roommate called a docto
8、r for me. I was very grateful and determined to repay him one day. But the next day, he asked me to pay him $200 for what he had done. I was astonished. He had good reason to charge me, he said. And if I wanted to collect money from the person who was responsible for my injury, Id have to have a goo
9、d lawyer. And only a good doctor can help me get a good lawyer. Now that he had helped me find a good doctor, it was only fair that I should pay him. But every day I went to see the doctor, I had to wait about 50 minutes. He would see two or three patients at the same time, and often stop treating o
10、ne so as to see another. Yet he charged me $115 each time.The final examination report consisted of ten lines, and it cost me $215. My lawyer was all smiles the first time we met. But after that he avoided seeing me at all. He knew very well the other party was responsible for the accident, yet he h
11、ardly did anything. He simply waited to collect his money. He was so irresponsible that I decided to dismiss him. And he made me pay him $770. Now I had to act as my own lawyer. Due to my inexperience, I told the insurance company the date I was leaving America. Knowing that, they played for timeand
12、 I left without getting a cent.6. The authors roommate offered to help him because_.A. he felt sorry for the author B. he thought it was a chance to make some money C. he knew the doctor was a very good one D. he wanted the author to have a good lawyer7. A good doctor is essential for the author to
13、_. A. be properly treated B. talk with the person responsible for the accident C. recover before he leaves America D. eventually get the responsible party to pay for his injury8. The underlined word charge in the second paragraph means_ . A. be responsible B. accuse C. ask for a price D. claim9. Bot
14、h the doctor and the lawyer in this passage are very_. A. friendly B. selfish C. professional D. busy10. What conclusion can you draw from the story? A. Going to court is something very common in America. B. One must be very careful while driving a car. C. There are more bad sides in America than go
15、od sides. D. Money is more important than other things in the US.C In sport the sexes(性别)are separate. Women and men do not run or swim in the same races. Women are less strong than men. That at least is what people say. Women are called the weaker sex, or, if men want to please them, the fair sex. But boys and girls are taught together at schools and universities. There are women who are famous Prime Ministers, scientists and writers. And women live longer than men.A European woman can expe
