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1、许昌县一高高二英语第一次月考英语试题 命题人：李根生第I卷第一部分： 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40分） 阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。 A Snowflakes seem like white stars falling from the sky. But they dont always look white. Sometimes they appear to have other colors. Some are red, yellow, or black. There have been snowfla
2、kes of almost every shape. Think how it would seem to have these coming all around you. Wouldnt they look pretty? Black snow came down in France one year. Another year gray snow fell in Japan. It was found that such snow was mixed with ashes. This made it seem dark. Red snow has come down in other c
3、ountries. When this happened, it was mixed with red dust. That is why it looked different. Most snow looks like white, but it is really the color of ice. It is ice that comes from snow clouds. Each snowflake begins with a small drop of water. More water forms around this drop. The way the water free
4、ze gives the snowflake its shape. No two snowflakes are of ever just the same size or shape. All start out flat and have six sides. Some snowflakes are broken when they hit the ground, others melt as they fall. When the air is cold and dry, the falling snowflakes are small and hard. If the air is we
5、t and warm, the snowflakes are big and soft. Would you be surprised to see snowflakes as big as your head falling from the sky? It happened once in our country. It could occur again.1. Snowflakes are _ according to the writer. A. white stars. B. always white. C. of similar shapes D. pretty2. Accordi
6、ng to the passage, if the snowflakes are hard and small, the weather should be _. A. cold and wet. B. cold and dry. C. wet and warm. D. dry and wet.3. We can infer from the last paragraph that very large snowflakes _. A. occur regularly. B. will occur regularly C. occur once a year. D. dont often oc
7、cur.4. Which of the following statements is true?A. Color snowflakes look so because they are mixed with dust of different colors. B. All snowflakes look white, and it is the color of the ice. C. Probably there are two snowflakes of the same size and shape. D. Most snowflakes are made from water and
8、 dust.BWhen I lived in Spain, some Spanish friends of mine decided to visit England by car. Before they left, they asked me for advice about how to find accommodation. I suggested that they should stay at “bed and breakfast” houses, because this kind of accommodation gives a foreign visitor a good c
9、hance to speak English with the family. My friends listened to my advice, but they came back with some funny stories.“We didnt stay at bed and breakfast houses,” they said, “because we found that most families were on holiday.” I thought this was strange. Finally I understood what had happened. My f
10、riends spoke little English, and they thought “VACANCIES” meant “holidays”, because the Spanish word for “holidays” is said “vacaciones”. So they did not go to house where the sign outside said “VACANCIES”, which in English means there are free rooms. Then my friends went to houses where the sign sa
11、id “NO VACANCIES”, because they thought this meant people who owned the house were not away on holiday. But they found that these houses were all full. As a result, they stayed at hotels.We laughed about this and about mistakes my friends made in reading other signs. In Spanish, the word “DIVERSION”
12、 means “fun”. In English, it means that workmen are repairing the road, and that you must take a different road. When my friends saw the word “DIVERSION” on a road sign, they thought they were going to have fun. Instead, the road ended in a large hole.English people have problems too when they learn
13、 foreign languages. Once in Paris when someone offered me some more coffee, I said “Thank you” in French, I meant that I would like some more, however to my surprise the coffee pot was taken away! Later I found out that “Thank you” in French means “No, Thank you”.5. The authors Spanish friends wante
14、d advice about _. A. some funny English stories B. finding places to stay in England C. driving their car on English roads D. going to England by car6. The author suggested that they stay at “bed and breakfast” because _. A. it would be convenient for them to have dinners and live B. it would be muc
15、h cheaper than staying in hotels C. they would be able to practice their English in the house D. there would be no problem about finding accommodation there7. “NO VACANCIES” in English means _. A. no free rooms B. free rooms C. not away on holiday D. they dont live8. If you see road sign that says “Diversion” in England, you will _. A. take the road and you will be excited B. have a lot of fun and enjoy yourself C. find that the road is blocked by crowds of people D. have to take a different road
