河南省洛阳高中学年高一上学期入学测试题 英语Word下载.docx

1、Ive heard it before. I asked them how those documents can be used by others and they started telling me their very own experience, which forced them to leave their home and move next door to us. The wife told me that she never destroyed the bills. They also had a “nosy neighbor” who looked through t

2、heir garbage cans which they actually thought was pretty strange. Little did they know that this “nosy neighbor” was collecting their personal information from their rubbish. Then all their money was taken out from the bank by their neighbor. It was a very painful experience for all of them and they

3、 wanted to leave them all behind so they left. I was very thankful. They were not nosy neighbors. They simply didnt want us to experience the same thing that they did.1. What made the author angry？ A. His neighbors wife was looking through his rubbish. B. His neighbors were mowing their lawn one mor

4、ning. C. His neighbors got too close to his own home. D. His neighbors came to knock at his door at night. 2. Why did the couple come to the authors home？ A. To introduce themselves to the author. B. To get to know each other better. C. To return the documents to the author. D. To borrow some money

5、from the author.3. The neighbors came to live next door to the author because . A. they no longer had money to live in their former home B. they didnt want to live in such a noisy home as before C. their personal documents were used by their former neighbor D. they thought the author was much better

6、 than their former neighbor4. Which of the following can we infer from the last paragraph？ A. The author was kind and helpful to the neighbors. B. The neighbors had to move from place to place. C. The neighbors didnt have enough money. D. The author changed his idea about his neighbors.BPeople have

7、always been wondering about what our future will look like. Go on reading this text, and you will know what will happen in the next fifty years. How can we know what the future will look like？ To be able to understand the future, you must know the past. What has taken us to where we are today and wh

8、at has changed along the way？ The world has changed a lot in the last 150 years, but we humans are driven by the same basic needs as we were 150 years ago. Will this change in the next 150 years？ No. What inventions have really made a difference in the last 150 years？ In the past years, the inventio

9、ns that have affected most people around the world for everyday living are the telephone, electricity, radio, television, computer, the car and the ability to communicate through the Internet. Then we of course have a lot of inventions that have made life easier, like new medicine, faster transports

10、 etc. In general, human beings have been working hard in the last 150 years to make the inventions so that they will be able to get control of the time and the world. Since there is still much to do in this area, this will be the focus at least for the next 150 years. Why do we need to predict the f

11、uture？ Predicting the future is important for two reasons：first we need to start to think about what kind of future we would like for ourselves and to pass on to the next generation, and then we need to know what decisions we need to make today that will give the best result in the future. 5. What d

12、oes the author try to tell us in the second paragraph？ A. Our basic needs will not change in the future. B. The world is quite different from what it was. C. Humans will no longer enjoy food in the future. D. The world will be completely changed tomorrow.6. Our past inventions have made . A. our dai

13、ly life more stressful B. it easy for us to live C. our work easily done D. us work less time7. What will humans do in order to keep the world under control？ A. To produce more cars for transportation. B. To spend more time working on the Internet. C. To work much harder to achieve their goals. D. T

14、o focus on making more inventions. 8. What is the main idea of the last paragraph？ A. What result well receive in the future. B. The two reasons of predicting the future. C. The importance of predicting the future. D. The decisions we make for our future.CPasta is the worlds favorite food. A survey

15、taken in 17 countries confirmed that pasta is what people like to eat most. Not only is pasta the number one food in its home country Italy, but is also enjoyed in faraway places like the Philippines, Mexico and South Africa.Pasta has become popular, for one thing, because it is cheap and easy to pr

16、epare. Just cook noodles or other forms of pasta, make a sauce to go with it and youre finished. Many different types of meals can be created with pasta. It tastes good and fills your stomach. It produces energy in the form of carbohydrates （碳水化合物）, which is why athletes eat pasta regularly. Pasta c

17、an also be kept for a longer time. You dont have to use it up at once.Pasta has also become popular because it stands for the Italian way of life. People all over the world like it because its so simple. It has two basic ingredients （成分）, wheat and water, just like bread.Legend has it that Marco Pol

18、o brought pasta back to Italy with him but this is not true. Arabs probably brought a noodle-like dish to Sicily in the 8th century. Farmers have been growing wheat, the main ingredient of pasta, there for ages.The worldwide sales of pasta have risen sharply over the past decade. Italy leads the pas

19、ta-eating community of the world. The Italians are the number one consumers followed by Venezuela and Tunisia. 9. In which country do people eat pasta most？ A. Mexico. B. Venezuela. C. The Philippines. D. South Africa.10. Sports people often have pasta because . A. it costs less money B. it can be k

20、ept longer C. it provides proper energy D. it contains no carbohydrates11. One reason why pasta is favored is that . A. it is rich in nutrition B. it smells just like bread C. people like a simple lifestyle D. Italian food stands for fashion12. What would be the best title for the text？ A. The origi

21、n of pasta B. Italians love for pasta C. Pasta the worlds favorite food D. Pasta is changing peoples way of lifeDGold has exercised power for ages. People have been looking for gold since the beginning of mankind. Whole empires （帝国） have been built on gold. The Spanish conquered all of Central and S

22、outh America in order to bring gold back to their home country. Inca and Maya civilizations worshipped gold and thought it came from the sun. Explorers traveled for thousands of miles in search of the precious metal.Gold is, once again, in demand. People want to have gold as a kind of security in un

23、stable times. They invest in （投资于） gold instead of saving their money in banks. Many people argue that since 9/11 the world has become a more dangerous place. When in 2008 the financial markets collapsed （崩溃）, the major currencies of the world became weaker. Investors were no longer sure how safe th

24、eir money was. They bought more and more gold which made the price of the yellow metal rise.One of the reasons why gold is so valuable is that it practically cannot be destroyed. It always stays the same and never changes. It can be recycled and afterwards be used for many things. In Iraq poor peopl

25、e collect gold dust and bring it back to jewellery shops to be recycled. Recycling gold is also a big business in Japan, where gold is collected from old mobile phones and other industrial waste.The demand for the metal and increased production leads to a number of environmental problems. A single o

26、unce of gold produces over 30 tons of waste, more than any other metal on earth. Poisonous substances can leak into rivers and contaminate （污染） the water. In Peru and Brazil wide areas of the Amazon rainforest are cut down by the illegal mining of gold.13. Spain made war on Central America . A. to e

27、xpand the empire B. to defend their beliefs C. to get a precious metal D. to enslave people there14. Investors are more fond of gold because . A. its price has never gone down B. its production is becoming less C. it can ensure the value for long D. it is the best material for jewelries15. It can be

28、 inferred from the text that . A. gold has very stable （稳定的） physical character B. collecting gold dust is a career in Japan C. around 30 tons of gold is made each year D. new-style mobile phones begin to use gold第二节 （共5小题; 每小题2分, 满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。Once there was a very

29、poor villager. He found it difficult even to support his family. 16 He walked about in the streets, but he did not get a job. One day, he met a rich businessman, who gave him the job of cleaning the office. The villager began his work and he even started reading and writing in his spare time.One day, the businessman saw that the villager was writing something. He said, “You can also