1贵州省松桃苗族自治县民族中学贵州省松桃苗族自治县民族中学 2014-20152014-2015 学年高二英语学年高二英语 1111 月月考试题月月考试题第一部分第一部分 阅读理解阅读理解 ( (共两节，满分共两节，满分 4040 分分) ) 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)Scientists are trying to make the deserts(沙漠) into good land again. They want to bring water to the deserts, so people can live and grow food. They are learning a lot about the deserts. But more and more of the earth is becoming desert all the time. Scientists may not be able to change the desert in time. Why is more and more land becoming deserts？Scientists think that people make deserts. People are doing bad things to the earth. Some places on the earth dont get much rain. But they still dont become deserts. This is because some green plants are growing there. Small green plants and grass are very important for dry places. Plants dont let the sun make the earth even drier. Plants do not let the wind blow the dirt away. When a bit of rain falls, the plants hold the water. Without plants, the land can become deserts more easily. 1. Small green plants are very important for dry places because . A. they dont let the sun make the earth even drierB. they dont let the wind blow the soil awayC. they hold waterD. All of the above. 2. Land is becoming deserts little by little because . A. plants cant grow thereB. there is not enough rainC. people havent done right things that scientists wish them to doD. scientists know little about the deserts3. Which is the main idea of the first paragraph？A. Scientists know how to change desert into good land. 2B. Land is becoming deserts faster than scientists can change them into good land. C. If scientists can bring water to desert, people can grow food there. D. More and more places are becoming deserts all the time. (B)Today, roller skating is easy and fun. But a long time ago, it wasnt easy at all. Before 1750, the idea of skating didnt exist. That changed because of a man named Joseph Merlin. Merlins work was making m usical instruments. In his spare time he liked to play the violin. Joseph Merlin was a man of ideas and dreams. People called him a dreamer. w.w.w.zxxk.c.o.mOne day Merlin received an invitation to attend a fancy dress ball. He was very pleased and a little excited. As the day of the party came near, Merlin began to think how to make a grand entrance at the party. He had an idea. He thought he would get a lot of attention if he could skate into the room.Merlin tried different ways to make himself roll. Finally, he decided to put two wheels under each shoe. These were the first roller skates. Merlin was very proud of his invention and dreamed of arriving at the party on wheels while playing the violin.On the night of the party Merlin rolled into the room playing his violin. Everyone was astonished to see him. There was just one problem. Merlin had no way to stop his roller skates. He rolled on and on. Suddenly, he ran into a huge mirror that was hanging on the wall. Down fell the mirror, breaking to pieces. Nobody forgot Merlins grand entrance for a long time!4. The text is mainly about_. w.w.w.zxxk.c.o.mA. a strange manB. an unusual partyC. how roller skating began w.w.w.zxxk.c.o.mD. how people enjoyed themselves in the 18th century5. People thought Merlin was a dreamer because he_.A. often gave others surprises B. was a gifted musicianC. invented the roller skates D. was full of imagination6. Merlin put wheels under his shoes in order to_.3A. impress the party guests B. arrive at the party soonerC. test his invention D. show his skill in walking on wheels7. What is the main point the writer is trying to make in the last paragraph?A. The roller skates needed further improvement.B. The party guests took Merlin for a fool.C. Merlin succeeded beyond expectation.D. Merlin got himself into trouble.(C)Albert Einstein was probably the most famous scientist of the twentieth century. He changed scientific thinking in the modern world. He is generally considered as the greatest physicist who ever lived. Whats more, he devoted a lot of his time and energy to working for human rights and progress.In 1933, while Einstein was visiting England and the United States, the Nazi government of Germany took all his things away, including his position and his citizenship（国籍）. Einstein then settled down in the United States. In 1939, Einstein, who loved peaceafraid of a world in which only Hitler would had an atomic bomb（原子弹）tried hard to persuade President Franklin D. Roosevelt in a famous letter to have the United States start uranium(铀) research. That Germany, after all, had no bomb, and that the first bomb would fall on Japan, could not have been expected. After the war, Einstein never stopped working for peace and reducing the number of soldiers in the world.Although he wasnt connected with any accepted religion（宗教）, Einstein felt that trust in a personal God was too special an idea to be suitable to the God