高一英语第一次月考试卷(2)
第三部分 阅读理解 (共15小题;每小题2分，满分30分)
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Only one of the 7 Ancient Wonders of the World still survives, which is the Pyramids of Giza in Cairo. The other six Ancient Wonders of the World are the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, the Colossus of Rhodes and the Lighthouse of Alexandria. Now a new list of seven has been chosen from 21 locations shortlisted for the worldwide vote by history lovers.
An original list of nearly 200 sites picked out by the public was narrowed to 21 by the organizers and experts, including the former director general of Unesco Professor Federico Mayor. Among the 21 locations were the Stonehenge in Britain, Acropolis in Athens, the Statue of Liberty in New York, Taj Mahal in India and the Great Wall in China. The only standard for the new list was that the landmarks were built or discovered before 2000.
The vote was organized by a non-profit Swiss foundation called New 7 Wonders specializing in the protection, rebuilding and mending of historical relics. The result was announced in Lisbon, on July 7, 2007. Here is the complete list of the new seven wonders the Great Wall of China, Petra, Chichén itzá, the Statue of Christ Redeemer, the Colosseum, Machu Picchu and the Taj Mahal.
56. Which of the following can be the best title of this passage?
A. Voting for the New Seven Wonders.
B. The New Seven Wonders of the World
C. Stonehenge in Britain.
D. Disappearance of the Ancient Seven Wonders.
57. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?
A. The Taj Mahal is also one of the New Seven Wonders.
B. The Great Wall is one of the New Seven Wonders.
C. The New Seven Wonders were chosen by voting.
D. All of the Ancient Seven Wonders disappeared.
58. What’s the main task of New 7 Wonders?
A. To build up new wonders.
B. To announce the voting results.
C. To protect and restore ancient sites.
D. To vote for the New Seven Wonders.
59. From this passage, those that can be selected as a wonder .
A. must look beautiful and wonderful
B. must be built or discovered before 2000
C. must be in the West
D. must have a history of at least 2000 years old
B
At exactly eleven Sir Percival knocked and entered, with anxiety and wor ry in every line of his face. This meeting would decide his future life, and he obviously knew it.
“You may wonder, Sir Percival," said Laura calmly, "if I am going to ask to be released (免除)from my promise to marry you. I am not going to ask this. I respect my father's wishes too much. ”
His face relaxed a little, but one of his feet kept beating the carpet.
“No, if we are going to withdraw.(退出)from our planned marriage, it will be because of your wish, not mine. ”
"Mine?” he said in great surprise. ”What reason could I have for withdrawing?”
"A reason that is very hard to tell you,” she answered. "There is a change in me. ”
His face went so pale that even his lips lost their color. He turned his head to one side.
“What change?" he asked, trying to appear calm.
" When the promise was made two years ago", she said, “ my love did not belong to anyone. Will you forgive me, Sir Percival, if I tell you that it now belongs to another person?"
“I wish you to understand", Laura continued, “that I will never see this person again, and that if you leave me, you only allow me to remain a single woman for the rest of my life. All I ask is that you forgive me and keep my secret.”
“I will do both those things, " he said. Then he looked at Laura, as if he was waiting to hear more.
"I think I have said enough to give you reason to withdraw from our marriage,’，she added quietly.
"No. You have said enough to make it the best wish of my life to marry you, ” he said.
60. How did Percival feel during his meeting with Laura?
A. Angry. B. Calm. C. Nervous. D. Excited.
61. We can learn from the passage that _____.
A. Laura's father wished to end her marriage
B. Laura had once promised to marry Percival
C. Percival had been married to Laura for two years
D. Percival asked to be released from the marriage
62. The passage is probably taken out of____.
A. a novel B. a report C. a diary D. an essay
C
Below is a web page from Google.
Olympic—Modern Olympic Games
The complete results archive of summer and winter Olympic games, with winners lists, statistics, national anthems and flags of all countries since 1896.
Environment
Beijing steel plants to run at the lowest level of cost during 2008 Olympics[2007-03-11]Beijing able to treat 90 pct of waste water [2007-02-05]•Air quality in Beijing has improved over the past six years[2007-02-01]•Green Olympics dream coming true...
en.beijing2008.com/80/67/column211716780.shtml-52k
Beijing announces planned route of Olympic torch relay
Beijing announced the 2008 Olympics Games torch relay route and set off the Olympic Games torch on Thursday. ...Green Olympics is one of the three concepts of the Beijing Games,...
english.china.com/zh-cn/news/sports/11059227/14069663.html-26k
Environmental Symbol of Beijing Olympics—‘Green Olympics’
Environmental Symbol of Beijing Olympics—‘Green Olympics’, officially annouced on Saturday,24 September 2005.The symbol, created using a calligraphic art form, is composed of human and tree-like shapes,...
my.opera.com/green head/blog/show.dml/92155-18k
Green Olympics Forum In Beijing 2004
On behalf of BOCOC, Wang Wei,executive vice president of BOCOC, gave a presentation about Green Olympics,introduced the environment protection work of BMG and BOCOC,and answered several questions such as protection of cultural relics...
en.beijing2008.com/84/91/article211929184.shtml-36k
Olympic Games Quizzes and Olympic Games Trivia
Who was the founder of the Modern Olympics?In which cities were the modern Olympic Games due to be held/scheduled during the ‘war years’,i.e.,1916,1940,and 1944...In which three years of the Modern Olympic Games were...More questions...
Official website of the Olympic movement
...aimed at young researchers engaged in scholarly research on the Olympic Movement,its history and values,and the impact of the...[Full story]SPORT ACCORD[2005-01-23]...
Ancient Olympic Heritage and Modern Olympic Games in Athens 2004
As put forward in the various official texts,the Olympic symbols of ancient Olympia,the Olympic flame and the Marathon race and bridges between the ancient and the modern Olympic Games,...
63. When was the environmental symbol of Beijing Olympics made public?
A.On January 23,2005. B.On September 24,2005.
C.On February 5,2007. D.On March 11,2007.
64. Which of the following websites is designed for young researchers interested in the Olympics?
A.Environment B.Green Olympics Forum In Beijing 2004
C.Olympic Games Quizzes and Olympic Games Trivia
D. Official website of the Olympic movement
65. Which website provides a complete li st of the winners in the Olympic Games?
A. Environmental Symbol of Beijing Olympics—‘Green Olympics’
B.Green Olympics Forum In Beijing 2004
C. Olympic—Modern Olympic Games
D.Ancient Olympic Heritage and Modern Olympic Games in Athens 2004
66. What do we learn from the above web page?
A.Beijing has made efforts to improve its air quality.
B.The Olympic torch relay route has not been planned.
C.The Olympic flags will be on display in Athens.
D.A quiz on the Olympics will be held in Beijing.
D
Chinese people are now spending more time surfing the net than watching TV, according to results of a survey by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) published Thursday.
The survey, of citizens of five Chinese cities, found that 79 percent of interviewees use the internet for information, and 55.1 percent to read news on the internet. About 63 percent of the interviewees use e-mail. The average times spent surfing the net and watching TV were 2.73 hours and 1.29hours, respectively.
Only 10.4 percent reported use the internet primarily to send and receive email,65.9 percent read online news, 62.2 quite often play games on-line. More and more people have taken an interest in the entertainment opportunities online. Up to 56.5 percent of interviewees quite often download music, and 53.5 percent get entertainment messages from the internet.
Yet the survey found that television is still the dominant mass medium. Seventy-nine percent of interviewees choose to watch TV to get information, and another 75 percent take newspapers as important as TV.
Five major web sites in the Chinese language, namely Sina, Sohu, Netease, Baidu and Yahoo are still ranked top ones by web users, and those that voted for Sina as the best among them were 30.9 percent.
Authorized statistics showed that web users in China have already exceeded 100 million, second to that of the United States.
67.Which of the following is NOT true?
A.Chinese people are now spending more time surfing the net than watching TV.
B.There are more Chinese people using the internet for information compared with those reading news on the internet.
C.There are more people using e-mail compared with those searching information on the internet.
D.There are more people using e-mail compared with those reading news on the internet.
68.The survey shows that__________.
A.Less than half of the people use the internet for entertainment.
B.Most of the people reported read online news
C.All of the people reported like to play games on-line.
D.Only 10.4% reported use the internet to send and receive email..
69. Which will you choose if you want to chat with your friends on the internet?
A.TV B.Sina C.telephone D.QQ
70.The underlined word “exceeded” means .
A.risen B.increased by C.increased to D.decreased