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1、高一上学期期中考试（二）英语考试范围：XXX；考试时间：100分钟；命题人：X X X注意事项：1.答题前填写好自己的姓名、班级、考号等信息2,请将答案正确填写在答题卡上第I卷（选择题）第一部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分30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A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。AFlowers make people happy.And while that might seem obvious,there hasnt been much research toprove the point until now.Some ne
2、w studies by Rutgers University scientists support the idea strongly,and the experts go on toassume that flowers have flourished on this planet,with their beauty evolving in recent thousands ofyears,partly because humans are so attached to them.In a test,bunches of flowers were sent by florists to 1
3、13 men and women in a retirement community.All 113 got flowers and a notebook,but some got them earlier and received a second bunch when theothers got theirs.By now you can guess the outcome.The more flowers,the more smiles.The results of the studies got the scientists to thinking about how the flow
4、er industry of today hasevolved into growing things that serve no other purpose than emotional（情感上的）satisfaction.Naturewont even pollinate（授粉）many of the domesticated flowers.Just among roses,there are so many typescreated by humans that,clearly,flowers arent what they used to be.But its likely that
5、 our collectivehand has played a role longer than you might think.Geneticist（遗传学家）Terry McGuire suggests that natures prettier flowers got to survive and developwell because people didnt destroy them when they cleared for agriculture.Instead,they grew them andhave been doing so for over 5,000 years.
6、44Because theyre a source of pleasure,we take care of them.Inthat sense theyre like dogs.They are the pets of the plant world,“McGuire says.Here is one way that might have worked：“Many species of flowers that are now planted used to grow only when the ground was disturbed,“McGuire explains.t4As huma
7、ns moved into agricultural settings,these flowers would have been weeds.“These flowers might have been tolerated because of their beauty.The seeds would have been preserved andreplanted.Over time,the best of these flowers might have been selected and the seeds more carefullypreserved.,1.The underlin
8、ed word“theirs“probably refers to.A.flowersB.notebooksC.flowers and notebooksD.a second bunch of flowers2.According to Terry McGuire,one possible way of flower evolution is.a.the most beautiful flowers were chosenb.people replanted the seeds of the flowersc.flowers were wild plants at the beginningd
9、.people protected the prettier flowers while clearing landA.c,d,b,a B.c,b,d,aC.c,d,a,b D.c,b,a,d3.What is the best title of this passage?A.More Flowers,More SmilesB.Flowers：Pets of Plant WorldC.Humans Affection&Flowers EvolutionD.Humans Love Towards Flowers【文章大意】本文是一篇说明文。文章讲述的是人的喜爱促进了花的进化。1.C 词义猜测题。
10、根据第三段中 In a test,bunches of flowers were sent by florists to 113 men andwomen in a retirement community.All 113 got flowers and a notebook,but some got them earlierand received a second bunch when the others got theirs（在一项测试中，花商将花束送给退休社区 的 113名男性和女性。113名志愿者都收到了鲜花和一本笔记本，但有些人提前收到了鲜花，当其他人收到时，他们收到了第二束鲜花
11、）由此可推知，划线词指代的是前半句提到的“花和笔记本”。故选C。2.A 推理判断题。根据第五段第一句 Geneticist（遗传学家）Terry McGuire suggests that naturesprettier flowers got to survive and develop well because people didnt destroy them when theycleared for agriculture 再根据最后一段1!The seeds would have been preserved and replanted 和Over time,the best of
12、these flowers might have been selected and the seeds more carefill lypreserved可知，根据Terry McGuire的说法，花卉进化的一种可能方式是最初花朵是野生的植物一人们在清理土地时保护着这些比较美丽的花朵一人们重新种植了这些花的种子T选了最漂亮的花。故选A。3.C 主旨大意题 根据第一段 Flowers make people happy.And while that might seem obvious,therehas*been much research to prove the point until n
13、ow（花使人快乐。虽然这似乎是显而易见的，但到目前为止还没有多少研究能证明这一点）和第二段the experts go on to assume thatflowers have flourished on this planet,with their beauty evolving in recent thousands of years,partly because humans are so attached to them（专家们认为花卉在这个星球上已经繁盛起来，它们的美丽在最近儿千年不断进化，主要是因为人类对它们如此依恋）可知，本文主要讲述的就是人的情感与花儿进化之间的关系。C 项
14、Humane Affection&Flowers5 Evolution（人的情感与花的进化）为最佳主题。故选C。BA robot created by Washington State University（WSU）scientists could help elderly people withdementia（痴呆）and other limitations live independently in their own homes.The Robot Activity Support System,or RAS,uses sensors installed in a WSU smart
15、home todetennine where its residents are,what they are doing and when they need assistance with daily activities.It navigates（定位）through rooms and around obstacles to find people on its own,provides videoinstructions on how to do simple tasks and can even lead its owner to objects like their medicat
16、ion or asnack in the kitchen.“RAS combines the convenience of a mobile robot with the activity detection technology of a WSUsmart home to provide assistance in the moment,as the need fbr help is detected,said Bryan Minor,apostdoctoral researcher in the WSU School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.Currently,an estimated 50 percent of adults over the age of 85 need assistance with every dayactivities such as preparing meals and taking medication and the annual cost fbr this assistance
