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1、 1 河南省永城市实验高级中学河南省永城市实验高级中学 2018 20192018 2019 学年高一英语上学期期末考试学年高一英语上学期期末考试 试题试题 考试时间 100 分钟 第一部分 阅读理解 共两节 满分 40 分 第一节第一节 共 15 小题 每小题 2 分 满分 30 分 阅读下列短文 从每题所给的 A B C 和 D 四个选项中 选出最佳选项 A What is standard English Is it spoken in Britain the US Canada Australia India and New Zealand Believe it or not ther
2、e is no such thing as standard English Many people believe the English spoken on TV and the radio is standard English This is because in the early days of radio those who reported the news were expected to speak excellent English However even on TV and the radio you will hear differences in the way
3、people speak When people use words and expressions different form standard language it is called a dialect American English has many dialects especially the Midwestern southern African American has many dialects Even in some parts of the US two people from neighboring towns speak a little differentl
4、y American English has so many dialects because people have come from all over the world Geography also plays a part in making dialects Some people who live in the mountains of the eastern US speak with an older kind of English dialect When Americans moved from one place to another they took their d
5、ialects with them So people from the mountains in the southeastern US speak with almost the same dialect as people in the northwestern US The US is a large country in which many different dialects are spoken Although many Americans move a lot they still recognize each other s dialects 1 Standard Eng
6、lish is spoken A in Britain B in the US C in Canada D in no place 2 is called a dialect A Native language 2 B The language which is different from standard language C The language spoken in most parts of one country D American English 3 American English has so many dialects because A people have com
7、e from all over the world B the US is made up of so many states C Americans move from one place to another D the US is a large country 4 As many Americans move all over the country they A change their dialects B take their dialects with them C don t speak their dialects D can t understand each other
8、 s dialects 5 Many people believe the English spoken on TV and the radio is standard English because A there are no differences in the way people speak on TV and the radio B English spoke in BBC and VOA is the same C people expect those who report the news speak excellent English D English spoken on
9、 TV and the radio doesn t contain dialects B My name is Wang Kun Ever since middle school my sister Wang Wei and I have dreamed about taking a great bike trip Two years ago she bought an expensive mountain bike and then she persuaded me to buy one Last year she visited our cousins Dao Wei and Yu Han
10、g at their college in Kunming They are Dai and grew up in western Yunnan Province near the Lancang River the Chinese part of the river that is called the Mekong River in other countries Wang Wei soon got them interested in cycling too After graduating from college we finally got the chance to take a
11、 bike trip I asked my sister Where are we going It was my sister who first had the idea to cycle along the entire Mekong River from where it begins to where it ends Now she is planning our schedule for the trip I am fond of my sister but she has one serious shortcoming She can be really stubborn Alt
12、hough she didn t know the best way of getting to places she insisted that she organize the trip properly Now I know that the proper way is always her 3 way I kept asking her When are we leaving and when are we coming back I asked her whether she had looked at a map yet Of course she hadn t my sister
13、 doesn t care about details So I told her that the source of the Mekong is in Qinghai Province She gave me a determined look the kind that said she would not change her mind When I told her that our journey would begin at an altitude of more than 5 000 meters she seemed to be excited about it When I
14、 told her the air would be hard to breathe and it would be very cold she said it would be an interesting experience I know my sister well Once she has made up her mind nothing can change it Finally I had to give in Several months before our trip Wang Wei and I went to the library We found a large at
15、las with good maps that showed details of world geography From the atlas we could see that the Mekong River begins in a glacier to move quickly It becomes rapids as it passes through deep valleys traveling across western Yunnan Province Sometimes the river becomes a water fall and enters wide valley
16、s We were both surprised to learn that half of the river is in China After it leaves China and high altitude the Mekong becomes wide brown and warm As it enters Southeast Asia its pace slows It makes wide bends or meanders through low valleys to the plains where rice grows At last the river delta enters the South China Sea 6 The text mainly tells us that the author and his sister A plan and make preparations for their bike trip B take a bike trip along the Mekong River C do some research on the
