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1、学校： 班级： 姓名： 考号： 玉门一中期中考试（高二英语）试卷命题教师：蒋冬梅阅读理解 （共两节， 满分 40 分）第一节 （共 15 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 30 分）AHow will you celebrate New Years Eve? By having a party with your classmates? Going to the karaoke for a singing competition? Many people around the world celebrate the day. Lets have a look at what people in ot
2、her请countries do.In the United States, thousands of people jam into Times Square in New York to welcome in the new year at不midnight. The change from New Years Eve and New Years Day is very exciting. People count down the seconds to welcome the new day as the New Year ball slowly gets down and lights
3、 up the area.In Spain, when the clock strikes midnight, everyone eats 12 grapes. They eat one grape for each toll ( 钟 声 ) to要bring good luck for the next 12 months of the new year.In Scotland, fireworks are set off in front of the Edinburgh Castle. Immediately after midnight, people sing Auld Lang S
4、yne. The words are in Scottish and mean “days gone by”. The famous Scottish poet Robert Burns wrote the在song.In Brazil, most people wear white clothes on New Years Eve to bring good luck for the new year. If they live near a beach, after midnight, people go there, light candles in the sand, throw fl
5、owers in the sea and make a wish.密They say that the goddess who protects the sea will make their wishes come true.Did you know?封 The date January 1 was picked by the Roman leader Julius Caesar as the change of the year when he established his own calendar in 46 BC. The month of January was named aft
6、er the Roman god, Janus. He is pictured with two heads. One head looks forward and the other back. They represent a break between the old and new.线1. Whats the best title of the passage?A. The history of New Year.B. 12 grapes, 12 months .内C. Where to celebrate the New Years Eve.D. New Year joy all a
7、round the world.答2. We can learn from the last paragraph that .A. Janus established the calendarB. Julius Caesar made the month of January the start of a year题C. The calendar before 46BC was the same as the one todayD. Julius Caesar was the Roman god3. What does the underlined word jam in the second
8、 paragraph mean?A. come in a large numberB. walk up and downC. rush from time to timeD. come now and then BThere is a lot of talk these days about how kids should be interested in science. Heres an area of science for everyone, and these cool new books might inspire you to discover your inner scient
9、ist.Scaly Spotted Feathered Frilled by Catherine Thimmesh, 58 pages, ages 9-12Seeing a picture or a model of a dinosaur, do you wonder how anybody knows what they look like? After all, nobody has seen a living dinosaur. This book explains how scientists and artists work together to re-create dinosau
10、rs. As scientific discoveries have been made, the models have changed. Scientific tests may one day expose what a dinosaurs coloring was, but now artists have to use their imagination to determine how these huge creatures looked. Beyond the Solar System by Mary Kay Carson, 128 pages, ages 10-13This
11、book takes readers back to the beginnings of space explorationthousands of years ago, when people began star observationand forward to todays search for planets in distant parts of the Milky Way. Along with history lessons, readers get 21 activities, such as making a black hole and creating a model
12、of Albert Einsteins universe using a T-shirt. The activities are perfect for cold winter days.Ultimate Bugopedia by Darlyne Murawski and Nancy Honovich, 272 pages, ages 7 and olderIf youre always on the lookout for butterflies, this book is for you. Hundreds of color photos of common and unusual ins
13、ects fill this hardcover. There are fascinating stories related to the photos. For example, do you know an insect feeds on the tears of Asian cattle? Theres a question-and-answer section with an insect scientist and advice on how to help preserve endangered insects.Journey Into the Invisible by Chri
14、stine Schlitt, 80 pages, ages 9-12If you use a magnifying（ 放 大 的 ）glass, you know a leaf looks quite different. This book explains what microscopes do and then shows what happens to things around the house when watched with this amazing scientific tool. The bacteria( 细 菌 ) in your mouth, when magnif
15、ied 20,000 times, look a bit like swimming pool noodles. Fascinating photos are paired with suggestions about how to learn about the world around you, just by looking a little closer.4. Kids interested in pre-historical animals might read .A. Ultimate BugopediaB. Beyond the Solar SystemC. Journey In
16、to the InvisibleD. Scaly Spotted Feathered Frilled5. Beyond the Solar System is mainly about .A. space explorationB. the Milky WayC. history lessonsD. Albert Einsteins universe6. From the passage, we can learn that .A. butterflies are fond of the tears of Asian cattleB. scientists have discovered the dinosaurs coloringC. microscopes
