贵州省湄潭中学2013-2014学年高一下学期期中考试 英语 Word版含答案[ 高考].docVIP

湄潭中学2013-2014第二学期高一年级半期试题 英 语说明： 1、满分10分，考试时间10分钟。 2、将答案代表字母填（涂）在答题表（答题卡）中。 第二部分 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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 Ａ Mary Somerville was born in 1780 in Burntisland, Scotland. Her contribution to mathematics was in both algebra (代数) and differential and integral calculus (微积分学). Mary was one of the world’s first famous female mathematicians. She became interested in mathematics and decided to study it at the time when it was considered unacceptable for a woman to do so. She bought books on algebra and geometry and read them at night. In spite of disapproval from people around her, she firmly went on with her struggle to learn. She won a prize for her solution to an algebra problem. She went on to write several books on mathematics. Later in her life, she thought deeply about the years in which she had persevered (坚持) almost without hope and said, “It taught me never to lose heart.” Mary’s way of learning remains useful today. If she worked for a while on a problem without coming up with an idea, she stopped working and turned her attention to the piano, her needlework, or a walk outdoors. She then returned to the problem with a fresh mind and a solution turned up. If she could not understand a passage while reading, she would forget about it and read on; several pages later, the meaning of the puzzling passage would become clear to her. 21. Why did Mary decide to study math? A. Because she found math interesting and wanted to study it. B. Because she was one of the world’s first famous female mathematicians. C. Because it was not considered acceptable for a woman to study math. D. Because she was bored and had nothing to do. 22. What does the underlined word “disapproval” in Paragraph 2 mean in this text? A. Disagreement. B. Agreement. C. Support. D. Discovery. 23. What is the main idea of the third paragraph? A. Mary could solve any difficult math problem easily. B. M