辽宁省辽宁师范大学附属中学2019_2020学年高二英语上学期开学考试试题

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1、辽宁省辽宁师范大学附属中学2019-2020学年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)wasthefirsttodecorateanindoortreewithcandleswhenheattemptedtorecreatethestarsshin

2、ingoveraforestofevergreens.Thefirstmentionofdecoratedtreesbeingtakenindoorscamein1605inGermany----acountrywithalongChristmastreehistory!Thetreeswereinitiallydecoratedwithfruitandsweetstogetherwithhandmadeobjectssuchasquiltedsnowflakesandstars.GermanChristmasMarketsbeganto

3、sellshapedgingerbreadsandwaxornamentswhichpeopleboughtassouvenirsofthefairandtookhometohangontheirtrees.TinselwasalsoinventedinGermanyinabout1610.Upuntilfairlyrecentlyrealsilverwasused,whichwaspulledintowaferthinstripsbyspecialmachines.Thiswasdurablebuttarnishedquicklyand

4、manyexperimentstookplacetotryandfindanalternative-includingamixofleadandtin,whichwastooheavyandkeptbreaking.Itwasonlyinthemid20thcenturythataviablealternativewasfound.Artificialtreeswereinventedinthe1880'sinabidtotryandstopsomeofthedamagebeingcausedtorealtreesduetopeoplel

5、oppingthetipofflargetrees,thuspreventingthetreesfromgrowinganyfurther.ItgotsobadinGermanythatlawshadtobebroughtintopreventpeoplehavingmorethanonetree.1.Thebesttitleforthepassagemaybe“_______”.A.MartinLutherWasTheFirsttoDecorateanIndoorTreeB.TheOriginoftheChristmasTreeC.Ge

6、rmanChristmasMarketsBegantoSellShapedGingerbreadsD.ArtificialTreesWereInventedinthe1880s2.ThefollowingstatementsarenottrueEXCEPTthat______.A.inthelate6thcentury,MartinLutherwasthesecondtodecorateanindoortreewithcandlesB.thefirstmentionofdecoratedtreesbeingtakenoutdoorscam

7、ein1605in8GermanyC.GermanChristmasMarketsbegantobuyshapedgingerbreadsandwaxornamentsD.artificialtreeswereinventedinthe1880sinabidtotryandstopsomeofthedamagebeingcausedtorealtrees3.What’sthemeaningoftheunderlinedword“Tinsel”?A.SilverproductsB.WoodproductsC.IronproductsD.Pl

8、asticproducts4.Thewriterintendstotellus____inthelastparagraph.A.Germanscouldbuymoreandmoreartifi