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1、xx-2019学年高二英语下学期开学考试试卷注意：本试题分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）。考试结束后，将答题纸交回。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，从每题所给的四个选项(A,B,C和D)中，选出最佳选项。AIwasreadingtheseinterestingstoriesbehindagroupofgreatlogosintheworld.PersonallyNikeismyfavoriteone—it’ssosimple.AndIlikethest
2、oriesbehindthem,whichmademeforgetallotherthings.McDonald’s,Apple,MercedesBenzandAdidasowngreatlogosaswell,andtheyareamongmyfavorites.NikeIntheGreekmyth,Nikeisthegoddessofvictoryandthesourceofinspirationforsoldiers.ThislogorepresentsthewinginthefamousstatueoftheGr
3、eekgoddess.Nike’slogowasdesignedbyCarolynDavidsonin1971for$35,andwasregisteredasatrademarkin1995.McDonald’sThelogowasdesignedin1962byJimSchindlertoresemblethearch-shaped(拱形的)signsonthesideofthepany’sthenwalk-uphamburgerstand.Lateron,thetwogoldenarcheswerebinedtog
4、ethertoformtheM.TheMcDonald’snamewasaddedtothelogoin1968.AppleTherearedifferentstoriesbehindApple’slogo.ThefirstlogowasareferencetothereligiousstoryofAdamandEve,inwhichtheapplerepresentedthefruitoftheTreeofKnowledge.Oneyearlater,thesecondlogowasdesignedin1977bySt
5、eveJobsandRonaldWayne,anditdescribedSirIsaacNewtonsittingunderanappletree.Thislogodidn’tstaylong.OneyearlateritwasreplacedalmostimmediatelybygraphicdesignerRobJanoff’s“rainbowapple”,arainbow-coloredsilhouette(轮廓)ofanapplewithabitetakenoutofit.Andthentherainbow-co
6、loredapplewasreplacedbytheone-coloredlogoinxx.Ithasnotbeenchangedsofar.MercedesBenzTheMercedesBenzlogo,whichwasoriginallycreatedbyGottliebDaimlerin1909,consistsofasimpledescriptionofathree-pointedstarthatrepresentsitsruleoftheland,theseaandtheair.Thepanywasfounde
7、dbyGottliebDaimlerandWilhelmMaybach.MercedesisthenameofMaybach’selderdaughter,whileBenzcameasaresultofabinationwithBenz,CieandDMGin1926.AdidasTheAdidaslogo,whichwascreatedbythefounderofthepanyAdiDassler,representsmountains,pointingtowardsthechallengesthatareseena
8、headandgoalsthatcanbeachieved.Thelogowasusedforthefirsttimein1967.1.Whatdoestheauthorthinkofthestoriesofthegreatlogos?A.Theyareboring.B.Theyareoutofdate.C.They
