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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
