2016届河南省陕州中学高三上学期第一次月考英语试卷 及答案.docVIP

2015-2016学年上期高三第一次月考 英 语 试 卷 时间：120分钟 满分：150分 命题人：高三英语命题组 第I卷（选择题 共70分） 第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40） 第一节（ 共15小题；每小题2分；满分30分）A Comic Strips（连环漫画） For hundreds of years, artists have used cartoons to criticize bad rulers or landowners. As early as the 19th century, people produced and read books of drawing. In many ways, they were similar to modern comics. They contained stories of naughty children and playful animals. The owl and the elephant were usually wise animals, ready to give advice. The lion and the tiger were brave. The fox and the wolf were cunning（狡猾的）greedy and dangerous. A century ago, an American newspaper published the first full-color comic strip. It was so popular that sales of the newspaper, Morning Journal, increased quickly. Since then, newspapers throughout the world have included comic strips. In modern times, comics are popular in China, Japan, the USA and almost everywhere. Not even video games or CD-ROMs have reduced their popularity. Names such as Snoopy, Woodstock and Garfield are well known in dozens of countries. The Peanuts comic strip appears in over 2,000 newspapers and in more than 25 languages. People believe that its creator, Charles M. Schultz, earned US$60 million a year. Perhaps one day, you may like to create your own comic strip and become a millionaire. First, you must think of a good plot. It should be funny, exciting or interesting in some way. It should have plenty of action. Moreover, the language must be realistic and simple. The words should suit the characters in your story. One type of person might say, “Please be quiet and listen to what we have to say.” But another type of character might simply say, “Shut up and listen!” Furthermore, the characters in your story must be clear to readers. They should be obviously good or bad and not a mixture of both. A leader must be stronger or cleverer than his or her followers. In many comic strips especially those showing crime of adventure there should also be a hero or her