辽宁省大连市普兰店区第二中学2017-2018学年高一上学期竞赛(期中)考试英语试题Word版含答案

大连市普兰店区第二中学2017-2018学年上学期竞赛试卷高一英语试卷总分：150分时间：100分钟第一部分听力略第二部分阅读理解第一节（共15小题：每小题2分，满分30分）AThe National GalleryDescription:The National Gallery is the British national art museum built on the north side of European art ranging from 13th-century religious paintings to more modern ones by Renoir and Van Gogh. The older collections of the gallery are reached through the main entrance while the more modern works in the East Wing are most easily reached from Trafalgar Square by a ground floor entranceLayout:The modern Sainsbury Wing on the western side of the building houses 13th-to15th-century paintings, and artists include Duccio, Uccello, Van Eyck, Lippi, Mantegna, Botticelli and Memling.The main West Wing houses 16th-century paintings, and artists include Leonardo de Vinci, Cranach, Michelangelo, Raphael, Bruegel, Bronzino, Titan and Veronest.The North Wing houses 17th-century paintings, and artists include Caravaggio, Rubens, Poussin, Van Dyck, Velazquez, Claude and Vermeer.The East Wing houses 18th-to early 20th-century paintings, and artists include Canaletto, Goya, Turner, Constable, Renoir and Van GoghOpening Hours:The Gallery is open every day from 10am to 6pm（Fridays 10anm to 9pm）and is free, but charges apply to some special exhibitions.Getting There:Nearest underground stations: Charing Cross（2-minute walk）. Leicester Square （3-minute walk）,Embankment（7-minute walk）,and Piccadilly Circus（8-minutewalk）.21. In which century’s collection can you see religious paintings?A．The 13th B．The 17th C．The 18th D．The 20th22. Where are Leonardo da Vinci’s works shown?A．In the East Wing. B．In the main West Wing.C．In the Sainsbury Wing. D．In the North Wing.23. Which underground station is closest to the National Gallery?A．Piccadilly Circus. B．Leicester Square. C．Embankment. D．Charing Cross.BRachel Carson was born in the USA on May,1907. Her mother, Maria Carson, had been a schoolteacher. She also loved nature. She showed Rachel the beauty of nature. She also taught Rachel a deep love for books. As a quiet child, Rachel liked to read and write stories. At a very early age, she decided she wanted to be a writer some day. Her st ory first appeared in a children’s magazine when she was ten years old.Her first books, Under the Sea Wind came out in 1941. In 1948, Miss Carson began working on another book, The Sea Around Us. She always remembered carefully when she wrote. She collected information from more than one thousand places to write The Sea Around Us. When the book came out in 1951, it won the National Book Award. It was No. 1 on the bestseller list for more than a year. The Sea Around Us made Rachel Carson famous.Rachel Carson’s most famous book, Silent Spring came out in 1962. In this book, she pointed out that the use of some kinds of pesticides(杀虫剂) like DDT would cause the number of birds to decline because it would kill them as well. Finally, in November 1969, the United Sates government decided that the use of DDT must stop in two years.Rachel Carson has been regarded as a great environmentalist(环保主义者) and writer. She will be remembered by the world.24. Rachel Carson had a deep love for nature and books because of ____________ .A. her fatherB. her motherC. her schoolteacherD. her brother25. Rachel decided that she wanted to be a writer when ___________ .A. she was very youngB. she was in collegeC. she became a teacherD. she became famous26. The Chinese meaning of the word ”decline” in this passage is probably “___________” .A. 增加B. 减少C. 维持D. 翻番27. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?A. Rachel Carson was a careful and serious writer.B. The Sea Around Us won the National Book Award.C. In Silent Spring Rachel said some pesticides were bad for the environment.D. The use of DDT was stopped as soon as the book Silent Spring came out.CA Koala Isn’t a BearKoalas remind people of teddy bears. They have thick fur and large ears. Their broad, flat nose makes them look cute, similar to teddy bears. In fact koalas aren’t cute. They have sharp teeth and very sharp claws! Koalas are marsupials. This means the mother carries her baby in a pocket while it develops, similar to a kangaroo. The baby koala lives in its mother’s pocket for the first six months of its life.The name “koala” comes from a native Australian word that means “no drink”. The koalas get almost all their water from the eucalyptus（桉树）leaves they eat. That’s where they get their food too. Koalas eat only eucalyptus leaves, and only the leaves of certain eucalyptus trees. The eucalyptus trees are where the koalas live. It’s also where they sleep. Koalas sleep about nineteen hours a day!Why do they sleep so much? Some people think it’s because they’re lazy. But koalas aren’t lazy. They sleep so much because there isn’t much nutrition in eucalyptus leaves. Koalas store hardly any fat, so they must save their energy. One way to do this is to move slowly and sleep a lot.After a day of sleeping they like to move around and eat just after sunset. They live alone most of the time. Koalas are very protective of their trees. If a koala sees another koala eating in its favorite tree, it might tell the other koala to leave by “barking” at it. Koa las do “talk” to each other. Besides barks, the males make a deep grunting sound.The mothers and babies talk in soft clicking sounds. If they get scared they may scream like a baby.28. According to the article, how are koalas and kangaroos alike?A. They both have thick fur.B. They both have sharp teeth.C. They both eat eucalyptus leaves.D. They both carry their young in a pocket.29. The word “koala” comes from a word that means ________.A. no drinkB. moving slowlyC. large earsD. barking loudly30. Why do koalas sleep a lot?A. Their babies need to get much rest.B. They get tired from playing so much.C. Their food does not give them much energy.D. They do not like to be awake when it is warm.31. If an adult koala screams like a baby, he may get ________.A. worriedB. scaredC. hungryD. sleepyDThere are thousands of products of all colors and shapes in a supermarket, making you believe that they are worth a try. How? Packaging is the silent but persuading salesman.There on the shelves, each bottle, can, box, and jar has been carefully designed and measured to speak to the inner self of the consumer(消费者), because he/she is buying not only a product but also his/her belief in life. Scientists have studied consumer behavior recently and found that the look of the package has a great effect on the “quality” of the product and on how well it sells, because “consumers generally cannot tell between a product and its package. Many products are packages and many packages are products.”, as Louis Cheskin, the first social scientist studying consumers’ feelings for packaging, noticed.Colors are one of the best tools in packaging. Studies of eye movement have shown that colors draw human attention quickly. Take V8 for example. For many years, the bright red color of tomatoes and carrots on the thin bottle makes you feel that is it very good for your body. And the word “green” today can keep food prices going up.。