广东省深圳科学高中2013-2014年度高二上学期期中考试英语试题[国际体系]附解析.doc

深圳科学高中2013-2014学年第一学期期中考试试题 年级：高二 科目：英语（国际体系） 考试时长：90分钟 卷面总分：100分 注意事项：答案写在答题卡指定的位置上，写在试题卷上无效．选择题作答必须用2B铅笔，修改时用橡皮擦干净．解答题作答必须用黑色墨迹签字笔或钢笔填写，答题不得超出答题框． 托福阅读（共一节，满分60分） 阅读下列文章，根据文章内容回答问题，每个选项2分，共60分。 The Telegraph As properties of electricity became better understood in the early nineteenth century, and as it became easier and easier to manipulate, American and European scientists alike experimented with various devices for sending messages as electric signals over wire. although the first electrical telegraph was created, patented and put into use in the united kingdom in 1837, a second, and much more effective, electrical telegraph was independently developed in the united states during the same period. Patented by Samuel mores, and thus named the mores code(a system for sending messages, using combinations of long and short sounds or flashes of light to represent letters of the alphabet and numbers), it was this second American version that was quickly deployed across the globe over the next two decades. Though Morse claimed most of the recognition for this innovative device, in actuality it was made possible through the collaborative effort of several great thinker of the time. In 1830, another American- Joseph Henry- first demonstrated the potential of using electricity as a communications medium when he sent an electric current over one mile of wire to activate an electromagnet, which caused a bell to strike. Morse’s modifications successfully transformed Henry’s invention into a commercially exploitable technology. Morse used pulses(a single short increase in the amount of light, sound or electricity produced by a machine,etc.) of current to deflect an electromagnet, which moved a marker to produce written codes on a strip of paper. Although he completed his first working prototype in 1837, he was unable to send messages over long distances; the current could only be made to travel for 40 feet. However, after applying some of the specifi