【英语】贵州省思南中学2015-2016学年高二上学期第一次半月考

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1、贵州省思南中学2015---2016学年度第一学期第I卷第一部分：阅读理解（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）第一节：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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。ASatellitesareanimportantpartofourordinarylives．Forexample,theinformationforweatherforecastsissentbysatellite．Somesatelliteshavecameraswhichtake

2、photographsoftheEarthtoshowhowcloudsaremoving．Satellitesarealsousedtoconnectourinternationalphonecalls．ComputerconnectionsoftheWorldWideWebandInternetalsousesatellites.ManyofourTVprogramscometoUSthroughsatellites．Airplanepilotsalsosometimesuseasatelli

3、tetohelpthemfindtheirexactlocation．Weusesatellitestosendtelevisionpicturesfromonepartoftheworldtoanother．Theyareusually35，880kilometersabovetheequator．Sometimeswecanseeasatelliteintheskyanditseemstostayinthesameplace．Thisisbecauseitismovingaroundthewo

4、rldat11，000kilometersanhour—exactlythesamespeedthattheearthrotates．AsatellitemustorbittheEarthwithitsantennae(天线)facingtheearth．Sometimes,itmovesawayfromitsorbit，Sotherearelittlerocketsonitwhichareusedtoputthesatellitebackintherightposition．Thisusuall

5、yhappensabouteveryfiveorsixdays．Spaceisnotempty!Everyweek,moreandmoresatellitesaresentintospacetoorbittheEarth．Asatelliteusuallyworksforabout10-12years．SatelliteswhicharebrokenaresometimesrepairedbyastronautsorsometimesbroughtbacktoEarthtoberepaired．O

6、ften，veryoldorbrokensatellitesareleftinspacetoorbittheEarthforaverylongtime．Thisisveryseriousbecausesomesatellitesusenuclearpowerandtheycancrashintoeachother．1．WhichofthefollowingisNOTdonebysatellitesaccordingtothepassage?A．Sendinginformationforweathe

7、rforecast．B．TakingphotographsoftheEarth．8C．SendingTVpictures．D．Providingfoodforairplanepilots．2．What’sthespeedtheearthrotatesat?A．35,880kilometersperhour．B．335,880kilometersperhour．C．11,000kilometersperhour．D．110,000kilometersperhour3．Whydoesthesatell

8、itemovearoundtheworldatthesamespeedastheEarthrotates?A．Inordertotakephotographs．B．Inordertostayinacertainpositionintheorbit．C．Inordertomoveawayfromitsorbit．D．Inordertosendtelevisionpictures．4．Whatdoestheunderlinedword“This”inthe3rdparagraphref