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1、2020届福建省闽清高级中学高一学年第一学期期中考试 英语试卷注意事项：1、答题前，考生先将自己的姓名、准考证号码填写清楚。2、请将准考证条码粘贴在右侧的条码粘贴处的方框内3、选择题必须使用2B铅笔填涂；非选择题必须用0.5毫米黑色字迹的签字笔填写，字体工整4、请按题号顺序在各题的答题区内作答，超出范围的答案无效，在草纸、试卷上作答无效。第I卷第一部分：听力（略）第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）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。AIt was a village in India.
2、 The people were poor. However, they were not unhappy. After all, their forefathers had lived in the same way for centuries.Then one day, some visitors from the city arrived. They told the villagers there were some people elsewhere who liked to eat frogs legs. However, they did not have enough frogs
3、 of their own, and so they wanted to buy frogs from other places.This seemed like money for nothing. There were millions of frogs in the fields around, and they were no use to the villagers. All they had to do was catch them. Agreement was reached, and the children were sent into the fields to catch
4、 frogs. Every week a truck arrived to collect the catch and hand over the money. For the first time, the people were able to dream of a better future. But the dream didnt last long.The change was hardly noticed at first, but it seemed as if the crops were not doing so well. More worrying was that th
5、e children fell ill more often, and, there seemed to be more insects around lately.The villagers decided that they couldnt just wait to see the crops failing and the children getting weak. They would have to use the money earned to buy pesticides(杀虫剂) and medicines. Soon there was no money left.Then
6、 the people realized what was happening. It was the frog. They hadnt been useless. They had been doing an important jobeating insects. Now with so many frogs killed, the insects were increasing more rapidly. They were damaging the crops and spreading diseases.Now, the people are still poor. But in t
7、he evenings they sit in the village square and listen to sounds of insects and frogs. These sounds of the night now have a much deeper meaning.21. From paragraph 1 we learn that the villagers _. A. worked very hard for centuries B. were poor but somewhat content (满足的) C. dreamed of having a better l
8、ife D. lived a different life from their forefathersw w w .22. Why did the villagers agree to sell frogs ? A. The frogs were easy money. B. They needed money to buy medicine. C. They wanted to please the visitors. D. The frogs made too much noise.23. What might be the cause of the childrens sickness
9、? A. The crops didnt do well. B. There were too many insects. C .The visitors brought in diseases. D. The pesticides were overused.24. What can we infer推断 from the last sentence of the text ? A. Happiness comes from peaceful life in the country.B. Health is more important than money. C. The harmony(
10、和谐) between man and nature is important. D. Good old days will never be forgotten.BWelcome to one of the largest collections of footwear（鞋类）in the world that will make you green with envy. Here at the Footwear Museum you can see exhibits（展品）from all over the world. You can find out about shoes worn
11、by everyone from the Ancient Egyptians to pop stars.Room 1The celebrity(名人) footwear section is probably the most popular in the entire museum. Started in the 1950s there is a wide variety of shoes and boots belonging to everyone from queens and presidents to pop stars and actors! Most visitors find
12、 the celebrities choice of footwear extremely interesting.Room 2Most of our visitors are amazed and shocked by the collection of “special purpose” shoes on exhibition here at the Museum of Footwear. For example, there are Chinese shoes made of silk that were worn by women to tie their feet firmly to
13、 prevent them from growing too much!Room 3As well as shoes and boots the museum also exhibits shoe shaped objects. The variety is unbelievable. For example, there is a metal lamp that is similar to a pair of shoes, and Greek wine bottles that like legs!The footwear LibraryPeople come from all over t
14、he world to study in our excellent footwear library. Designers and researchers come here to look up Information on anything and everything related to the subject of footwear.25. Where would you find a famous singers shoes?A. Room1. B. Room 2. C. Room3. D. The Footwear Library26. All exhibits in each
15、 room .A. share the same theme B. have the same shapeC. are made of the same material D. belong to the same social class27. Which of the following is true according to the text?A. The oldest exhibits in Room 1 were made in the 1950s.B. Room 2 is the most visited place in the museum.C. Room 3 has a richer variety of exhibits than the other two.D. Researchers come to the Footwear Library for information.28. The purpose of the text is to get more people to .A. do research B. design shoesC. visit the museum D. follow celebriti
