山东省滕州市实验中学2014-2015学年高一上学期期中考试英语试题.docVIP

山东省滕州市实验中学2014-2015学年度高一上学期期中考试 英语试题 第一部分 暂无 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 In Europe, many people make friends across the borders between their countries through town twinning. Town or city twinning means two towns in different countries agree and decide to become “twins” with sister city relationship. Their citizens find pen friends in the twin town. They exchange newspapers and stamps. The school teachers discuss teaching methods with the teachers in the twin town. Officials visit the twin town for celebrations. Ordinary citizens travel to the twin town, too, but not very often if it is far away. Sometimes, schools even exchange their classes for two or three weeks! For example, German middle school students study for a while at the school in their twin town in Britain, staying with British families. A few months later, their British friends come to study in Germany. Some towns even arrange exchange visits for theatre groups, choirs（合唱团）and orchestras （ 管弦乐队）. Others send lecturers to the twin town who tell the people there all about their own town , and show photos and slides. Town twining can help make friends and motivate（促进） people to learn from each other. It helps students to improve their language skills, and it contributes to （有助于）strengthening peace and understanding between different nations. 21．Which is the best title for the passage? A．Town Twinning B．Friendly Towns C．Exchange Teachers and Students D．Peace and Understanding 22．Twin towns develop ________. A．between European countries and China B．in the English-speaking countries only C．in the same country D．between different countries in Europe 23．One of the advantages of town twinning is __________. A．to earn more money B．to set up schools C．to improve students language skills D．to develop industry and agriculture B On a freezing cold day, a c