辽宁省2020学年高二英语上学期开学考试试题.doc

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1、高二英语上学期开学考试试题考试时间：60分钟满分：100分第Ⅰ卷选择题（共60分）一、阅读理解（共两节，满分30分）第一节（共10小题，每小题2分，共20分）ALegendsuggeststhat,inthelate16thcentury,MartinLuther(thefounderoftheProtestantreligion)wasthefirsttodecorateanindoortreewithcandleswhenheattemptedtorecreatethestarsshiningoveraf

2、orestofevergreens.Thefirstmentionofdecoratedtreesbeingtakenindoorscamein1605inGermany----acountrywithalongChristmastreehistory!Thetreeswereinitiallydecoratedwithfruitandsweetstogetherwithhandmadeobjectssuchasquiltedsnowflakesandstars.GermanChristmasMarketsb

3、egantosellshapedgingerbreadsandwaxornamentswhichpeopleboughtassouvenirsofthefairandtookhometohangontheirtrees.TinselwasalsoinventedinGermanyinabout1610.Upuntilfairlyrecentlyrealsilverwasused,whichwaspulledintowaferthinstripsbyspecialmachines.Thiswasdurableb

4、uttarnishedquicklyandmanyexperimentstookplacetotryandfindanalternative-includingamixofleadandtin,whichwastooheavyandkeptbreaking.Itwasonlyinthemid20thcenturythataviablealternativewasfound.Artificialtreeswereinventedinthe1880'sinabidtotryandstopsomeofthedama

5、gebeingcausedtorealtreesduetopeopleloppingthetipofflargetrees,thuspreventingthetreesfromgrowinganyfurther.ItgotsobadinGermanythatlawshadtobebroughtintopreventpeoplehavingmorethanonetree.1.Thebesttitleforthepassagemaybe“_______”.A.MartinLutherWasTheFirsttoDe

6、corateanIndoorTreeB.TheOriginoftheChristmasTreeC.GermanChristmasMarketsBegantoSellShapedGingerbreadsD.ArtificialTreesWereInventedinthe1880s2.ThefollowingstatementsarenottrueEXCEPTthat______.A.inthelate6thcentury,MartinLutherwasthesecondtodecorateanindoortre

7、ewithcandlesB.thefirstmentionofdecoratedtreesbeingtakenoutdoorscamein1605inGermanyC.GermanChristmasMarketsbegantobuyshapedgingerbreadsandwaxornamentsD.artificialtreeswereinventedinthe1880sinabidtotryandstopsomeofthedamagebeingcausedtorealtrees83.What’stheme

8、aningoftheunderlinedword“Tinsel”?A.SilverproductsB.WoodproductsC.IronproductsD.Plasticproducts4.Thewriterintendstotellus____inthelastparagraph.A.GermanscouldbuymoreandmoreartificialtreesiftheywantB.weu