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）
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The National Gallery
Description:
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 entrance Layout：
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 Gogh Opening 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-minute walk).
21. In which century's collection can you see religious paintings? A．The 13 B．The 17 C．The 18 D．The 20th 22。 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.
B
Rachel 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 story 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 father B。 her mother C. her schoolteacher D。 her brother 25。 Rachel decided that she wanted to be a writer when ___________ 。
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A. she was very young B. she was in college C。 she became a teacher D. she became famous
26。 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.
C
A Koala Isn’t a Bear
Koalas 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
普兰店区高一英语上学期竞赛(期中)试题(2021年整理)
