1 甘肃省天水市一中甘肃省天水市一中 2018 20192018 2019 学年高二英语上学期暑假作业考试试学年高二英语上学期暑假作业考试试 题题 满分 100 分 时间 60 分钟 第 卷 第一部分 阅读理解 共三节 满分70 分 第一节 共15 小题 每小题2 分 满分30 分 阅读下列短文 从每题所给的四个选项 A B C 和D 中 选出最佳选项 A Every person has their own way of saying things their own special expressions Many everyday American expressions are based on colors Red is a hot colour Americans often use it to express heat They may say they are red hot about something unfair When they are red hot they are very angry about something The small hot tasting peppers found in many Mexican foods are called red hots for their colour and their fiery taste Fast loud music is popular with many people They may say the music is popular with many people They may say the music is red hot especially the kind called Dixicland jazz Pink is a lighter kind of red People sometimes say they re in the pink when they re in good health The expression was first used in America at the beginning of the 20th century It probably came from many babies who were born with a nice pink colour showing good health Blue is a cool colour The traditional blues music in the United States is the opposite of red hot music Blues is slow sad and soulful Duke Ellington and his orchestra recorded a famous song Mood Indigo about the deep blue colour indigo In the words of the song You aren t blue till you ve had that Mood Indigo Someone who is blue is very sad The colour green is natural for trees and grass But it is an unnatural colour for humans A person who has a sick feeling in his stomach may say he feels a little green A passenger on a boat who is feeling very sick from high waves may look very green Sometimes a person may be upset because he does not have something as nice as his friend s like a fast new car That person may say he is green with envy Some people are green with envy because a friend has more dollars of greenbacks Dollars are called greenbacks because that is the colour of the back side of the paper money The colour black is often used in expressions People describe a day in which everything goes wrong as a black day The date of a major tragedy is remembered as a black day A blacklist is illegal now But at one time some businesses refused to employ people who were on a blacklist for belonging to unpopular organizations 1 If you had your wallet stolen while doing some shopping you may call it A a white day B a green day C a red day D a black day 2 Suppose Mr Brown says his three children are all in the pink This means they are 2 A fit and healthy B gentle and modest C creative and energetic D lucky and wealthy 3 When she got home and found nothing had been done by her husband Jane was really A blue B red hot C green D black 4 In the follow paragraph the writer might tell the reader something about A people s response towards a black day B more words about a colour such as brown C the influence of the traditional blues D unpopular organizations in the world 5 What is the author s attitude A Negative B Neutral C Pessimistic D Passive B When Christopher Columbus landed on the then unnamed Costa Rica in 1502 he saw many Indians wearing gold earrings So he thought the land must be rich in gold He named the place Costa Rica which means rich coast in Spanish Though little gold was found Costa Rica today is indeed rich with coffee and bananas Coffee is the most important product in Costa Rica and most of it is exported to other countries like America and West Germany Bananas are the country s second most important export Costa Ricans also grow many other crops such as fruits corn and beans for their own use Costa Ricans love colors and their houses are painted in bright colors Education is very important to the Costa Ricans Almost every village has a school and education is a must for children between seven and fourteen years of age Boys and girls go to separate schools Classes begin in March and end in November The other three months of the year are harvest time and the children have to help their parents to pick coffee beans 6 What s the main idea of the first paragraph A How Columbus found Costa Rica B How Costa Rica got its name C What the Costa Ricans wore D What language the Costa Ricans spoke 7 The Costa Ricans may NOT paint their houses A pink and red B grey and black C blue and green D yellow and orange 8 In Costa Rica boys and girls between seven and fourteen A must go to school B study in the same school C do not have to go to school at all D can choose to stop schooling at any time 9 From December to February school children in Costa Rica A have lessons every day B have their examinations C help their parents pick coffee beans 3 D help their parents decorate their houses 10 This passage is mainly about A Christopher Columbus B Costa Rica C some products from Costa Rica D the education of Costa Ric C The common cold is the world s most widespread illness The most widespread misconception of all is that colds caused by cold They are not They are caused by viruses passing on from person