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1、高一下学期期末英语试题试卷说明:本试卷满分150分,考试时间120分钟。第一卷答题完毕后,请将答案填在答题卷相应的位置。考试结束时,考生只需上交答题卷。第一卷第三部分阅读理解(共两节,满分40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,D)中,选出最佳选项。ATousitseemssonaturaltoputupanumbrellatokeepthewateroffwhenitrains,Butactuallytheumbrellawasnotinventedas
2、protectionagainsttherain,Itsfirstusewasasashade(遮光物)againstthesun!Nobodyknowswhofirstinventedit,buttheumbrellawasusedinveryancienttimes.ProbablythefirsttouseitweretheChineseintheeleventhcenturyBC.WeknowthattheumbrellawasusedinancientEgyptandBabylonasasunshade.
3、Andtherewasastrangethingconnectedwithitsuse:itbecameasymbolofhonor.IntheFarEastinancienttimes,theumbrellawasallowedtobeusedonlybythoseinhighoffice.InEurope,theGreekswerethefirsttousetheumbrellaasasunshade.AndtheumbrellawasincommonlyusedinancientGreece.Butitisb
4、elievedthatthefirstpersonsinEuropetousetheumbrellaasprotectionagainsttherainweretheancientRomans.DuringtheMiddleAges,theuseoftheumbrellapracticallydisappeared.ThenitappearedagaininItalyinthelatesixteenthcentury.Andagainitwasconsideredasasymbolofpower.By1680,th
5、eumbrellaappearedinFranceandlaterinEngland.Bytheeighteenthcentury,theumbrellawasusedagainstrainthroughoutmostofEurope.Umbrellashavehotchangedmuchinstyleduringallthistime,thoughtheyhavebecomemuchlighterinweight.Itwasn’tuntilthetwentiethcenturythatwomen’sumbrell
6、asbegantobemade,inawholevarietyofcolors.56.Accordingtothispassage,theumbrellawasprobablyfirstinventedinancient__________.A.ChinaB.EgyptC.GreeceD.Rome57.Whichofthefollowingstatementsisnottrueabouttheumbrella?A.NooneexactlyknowswhotheinventoroftheumbrellawasB.Th
7、eumbrellawasfirstinventedtobeusedasprotectionagainstthesun.C.TheumbrellachangedmuchinstyleintheeighteenthcenturyD.InEurope,theGreekswerethefirsttousetheumbrellaasasunshade.58.Astrangefeatureoftheumbrella’suseisthatitwasusedas__________.A.protectionagainstrainB
8、.ashadeagainstthesunC.asymbolofhonorandpowerD.women’sdecoration(装饰)59.InEurope,theumbrellawasfirstusedagainsttherain___________________.4A.duringtheMiddleAgesB.bytheeighteenthC.inR