2015—2016学年高一英语第二学期第二次月考试题.doc

2015—2016学年高一英语第二学期第二次月考试题 本场考试时间100分钟，总分100分. 第一节 单项填空（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分） _______Old English is very different from _______ English we speak nowadays. A./ , the B./ , / C.The, / D.The, the 22.Both the English language and the English people _________ the Angles; the word Angle was spelt Engle in Old English. A.consist of B.are made up of C.are named after D.are consisted of 23.When we speak English today, we sometimes feel puzzled about which words or phrases_________. A.use B.using C.to use D.to be used 24.The word sick came from a word once used by the Angles and the Saxons,________ ill came from a word by the Norwegians. A.however B.when C.though D.while 25.The Chinese language differs from Western languages ________ , instead of an alphabet, it uses characters which stand for ideas, objects or deeds. A.in that B.in which C.what D.which 26.According to an ancient story,a man named Cang Jie _________ Chinese writing. A.found B.discovered C.witnessed D.invented 27.At the age of fifteen, he created a system with patterns of six raised dots _________ each letter. A.represent B.representing C.represented D.to represent 28.A British club ________ high school students to go on a __________ tour of places where there are lost Civilizations. A.arranged ; culture B.arranged for; culture C.aarranged for; cultural D.arranged; cultural Many people were buried ________,and ____________. A.alive; so was the city B.live; so the city was C.lively; so the city was D.living; so was the city The desert was once a green land with huge trees,but they were cut down and that resulted in the city ______ by sandwhat a pity! A.to bury B.to be buried C.burying D. being buried 31.When _____ how a statue from distant Greece could have appeared in China, researchers explained that _________this was a result of Alexander the Great’s influence. A.asking; no possibility