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2014—2015学年武威三中第一学期第二次质量检测 高一年级英语试题 （时间：120分；分值：150分） （第Ⅰ卷） 第一部分? 阅读（共，满分40分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。A ??Today,?roller?skating?is?easy?and?fun.?But?many?years?ago,?it?wasn’t?easy?at?all.?Before?1750,?people?never?tried?skating?on?wheels.?That?changed?because?of?a?man?named?Joseph?Merlin.?Merlin’s?work?was?making?instruments.?In?his?free?time?he?liked?to?play?the?violin.?Merlin?was?a?man?with?many?ideas?and?many?dreams.?People?called?him?a?dreamer.? ??One?day?Merlin?received?an?invitation?to?go?to?an?important?party.?He?was?very?pleased?and?a?little?excited.?As?the?day?of?the?party?came?near,?Merlin?began?to?think.?He?wanted?to?find?a?way?to?make?a?wonderful?entrance?at?the?party.?Merlin?had?an?idea.?He?thought?that?he?would?attract?a?lot?of?attention?if?he?could?skate?into?the?room.? ??Merlin?tried?different?ways?to?make?himself?roll.?Finally,?he?decided?to?put?two?wheels?under?each?shoe.?These?were?the?first?roller?skate?shoes.?Merlin?was?very?proud?of?them.?He?dreamed?of?arriving?at?the?party?and?skating?into?the?room?while?playing?the?violin.?He?was?sure?that?everyone?would?be?very?surprised.? ??On?the?night?of?the?party?Merlin?rolled?into?the?room,?playing?his?violin.?Everyone?was?really?surprised?to?see?him.?There?was?just?one?problem.?Merlin?had?no?way?to?stop?his?roller?skating.?He?rolled?on,?playing?the?violin.?Then,?with?all?eyes?on?him,?Merlin?hit?into?a?huge?mirror?on?the?wall.?The?mirror?broke?into?many?pieces?with?a?very?loud?noise.???Nobody?forgot?Merlin’s?wonderful?entrance?after?that.? 1.?The?story?tells?us?that?people?began?to?enjoy?roller-skating?_______.????????????? A.?before?the?year?1750????? ?B.?before?the?invitation? C.?because?of?Joseph?Merlin?? ??D.?because?it?was?dangerous? 2.?People?called?Merlin?a?dreamer?because?___________.?????????. ?A.?he?slept?and?dreamed?a?lot?????? B.?he?was?full?of?different?ideas? ?C.?he?invented?the?first?roller?skates?? D.?he?always?made?people’s?dreams?come?