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1、2019-2020年高二英语下学期第一次检测试题第一部分阅读理解(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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。Todaywetalkaboutatimewhenhalftheworldiswakingfromthedark,coldwintermonths.Spring!Weoftendescribe“spring”asatimeofrebirth,renewalandawakening.Manytreesareblossomingandear
2、lyflowersarepushingthroughtheearth.Thingsareingtolife!Buttheword“spring”isnotjustaseason.Itisalsoaverbthatmeanssomethinggoingonoringoutquickly.Whenyouput“spring”and“life”together,youwillget“springtolife”.Thisexpressionmeanssomethingsuddenlybeesveryactiveorperhapsseem
3、smorealive!Youmay“springtolife”afterhearingthatadistantfriendwillbevisitingyou.Ormaybeyourfavoritesoccerteamfinally“sprangtolife”inthesecondhalf,playedwellandwonthematch.Now,besidesbeingaseasonandaverbthenoun“spring”referstoametalcoil(线圈)thatiswoundtightly.Whenthecoi
4、lunwinds,itoftenjumps.So,weoftensayaperson“hasaspringinhisstep”ifheislivelyandactive.Hemightevenappeartojump,orbouncealittlewhenhewalks.Thereisanotherwayweuse“spring”asadescription.Inthecaseofa“springchicken”,“spring”meansyoung.However,“springchicken”isalsoaninformal
5、,humorouswaytorefertosomeonewhoisn’tyoungatall.So,weusethisexpressioninthenegativeform,asin“nospringchicken”.Forexample,let’ssayyouknowan83-year-oldmanwhodecidestorunamarathon,eventhoughhehasneverexercisedbefore.Youcouldsay,“That’samazing!Afterall,he’snospringchicken
6、.”Butbecarefulwhenusingthisexpression.Itcouldbealittledisrespectful.Let’ssayyourbossshowsyouapictureofhiswife,andyousay,“Wow,she’snospringchicken.”Thatresponsewouldbedisrespectfulandabadcareermove.1.Whatdoes“spring”meanintheexpression“springtolife”?A.Theseasonafterwi
7、nter.B.Beingyoungandhealthy.C.Atightlywoundmetalcoil.D.Tooccurorappearquickly.2.Whatisthepassagemainlyabout?A、Theoriginoftheword“spring”B.Themeaningoftheseason“spring”.C.Someexpressionswiththeword“spring”.D.Somecharacteristicsoftheseason“spring”.3.Howdoessomeonefeelw
8、henhe“hasaspringinhisstep”？A.AngryB.SurprisedC.HappyD.Frightened4.Whatcanbeinferredfromthelastparagraph?A.Beingyoungisagreatadvanta
