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1、1甘肃省镇原县镇原中学甘肃省镇原县镇原中学 2016-20172016-2017 学年高一英语下学期期中检测试学年高一英语下学期期中检测试题题I I. . ReadingReading prehension. (40(40 ponits)ponits) PartPart oneone：pleaseplease readread thethe followingfollowing 4 4 passagespassages A,A, B,B, C C andand D D andand choosechoose thethe bestbest answeranswer forfor eacheac
2、h ofof thethe questions.questions. AndAnd markmark thethe correctcorrect boxbox onon thethe answeranswer sheetsheet inin black.(30black.(30 points)points) A A We often hear people talking about a generation gap (代沟). The name is new, but the idea is old. Young people and their parents dont understan
3、d each other. The world has always kept changing. During the second century after Christ a wise man said, “Bury me on my face because in a little while everything will be turned upside down.” There has always been a gap between generations, but more people talk about it now. Old Mr. Ellis thinks he
4、understands what has happened. “When I was a boy, I thought the world was a beautiful place. My life was very pleasant. But when I was older, I learned about people who were treated badly, people who didnt have enough to eat. I wanted to help them, and I married a girl who wanted to help them, too.
5、We went to meetings and talked a lot, but it didnt seem to make much difference. ”“Our children grew up in a world at war. They didnt know when the fighting would stop. They wanted their children to have nice clothes and toys. They didnt want to think about the future. They thought nothing could be
6、done about it.”“Now I have grandchildren, and they have their own ideas. They are trying to make the world better. They are trying to help other people. Theyre making people listen to them. I am proud of their generation.”1. The wise man mentioned in the text told people to bury him on his face so t
7、hat when everything is turned upside down he will _.A. lie on his stomach B. lie on his backC. stand quietly D. sit in peace2. Which generation did NOT want to do anything to make the world a better one?A. Mr. Ellis generation B. His childrens generationC. His grandchildrens generation D. None of th
8、e above.3. Which generation is/was more efficient in making the world better one?A. Mr. Ellis generation. B. His childrens generation.C. His grandchildrens generation. D. None of the above.4. What is the writers attitude towards the generation gap?A. Unacceptable. B. Awful. C. Funny. D. Common.2B B
9、Linguists(语言学家) believe that the languages of about one-third of the human race all developed from one Indo-European language. But who were the speakers of this ancient language? Linguistic detective work offers some clues. Its sometimes said that you can deduce(推断) a peoples history from the words
10、they use. Study of some fifty ancient vocabularies has led to a reconstruction of the lifestyle of the first Indo-European, a vanished(消失的) people. From the words they used, it seems likely that they lived a half-settled, half- nomadic(游牧的) existence. They had horses, oxen, and sheep. They plowed, p
11、lanted, worked leather, and wove wool. They worshipped gods who are clear ancestors of Indian, Mediterranean, and Celtic deities(神). However, exactly who the original Indo-Europeans were and when they lived remains a hotly debated mystery. According to an early theory, they lived in Mesopotamia, but
12、 this idea was exploded by nineteenth-century archaeology(考古学). Today, some argue for the Krugan culture of the Russian steppes, others for the farming culture of the Danube valley. The most widely accepted theory locates the Indo- Europeans in a cold, northern climate where common words for snow an
13、d wolf were important. None of these prehistoric languages had word for the sea. From this, and from our knowledge of nature it is clear that the Indo-Europeans must have lived somewhere in northern central Europe.5. According to the writer, what has helped us understand the lifestyle of the origina
14、l Indo-Europeans ? A. Studying their writings. B. Studying prehistoric languages. C. Studying their gods. D. Studying ancient climate data. 6. What do some people think that the Krugan culture might be? A. A tribe that lived in Mesopotamia. B. A farming culture in the Danube valley. C. The original
15、Indo-Europeans. D. A tribe that lived near a sea. 7. Where do you think this passage probably appeared ? A. In an article meant for a general readers. B. In an article meant for linguists. C. In an article for specialists in archaeology. D. In an article for specialists in history. C C Cheating can happen in a lot of different ways. When people cheat, its not fair to other people, like the kids who studied for the test o
