山西省祁县中学2017-2018学年高二4月月考英语试题+Word版含答案.docVIP

祁县中学201年高二年级月月考 英语试题 本试卷满分：150分 考试时间： 100分钟 命题人： 闫生寿 第一卷（共100分） 第一部分：听力部分（略） 第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分0分） 第一节（共15小题；每小题分，满分分） 阅读下列列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中, 选出最佳选项。 ANo one knows who made the first ice cream. Some people think that water ices and milk ices may have been made by the Chinese between three thousand and a thousand years ago. In that time, the dish reached India. The Indians, in turn, many have passed on the secret to the Arabs and Persians. Marco Polo, an Italian who travelled widely in the thirteenth century, noted that he found the Chinese had long been making ices out of fruit juices and milk. From the fourteenth century on, ices became?popular first in Venice and then throughout Italy. In 1535, when Catherine de Medeicis left Italy to marry the future King Herry II of France, she took her cooks with her. They made desserts the French had never tasted before, which was ice cream. At first ice cream was a luxury in France. Only rich people had the money to buy it. Then,?in 1660, a young man from Sicily, Francisco Procopio, arrived in Paris. He opened a shop that sold ice cream at prices people could afford. Then his ice cream became so popular that other shops were?opened. About 1640, King Charles introduced ice cream to England and soon ice cream quickly became?popular in England too. 21．Ice cream was unknown in France until ________. A. 15 B. 1660 C. 1640 D. 1774 22．Ice cream was introduced to England by _________. A. Catherine de Medicis B. Francisco Procopio C. King Charles D. Marco Polo 23．What will be probably talked about in the next paragraphs? A. Marco Polo’s travel in the world B. Development of ice cream in France C. Development of ice cream in England D. Development of ice cream in other countries ．This passage is mainly about _________. A. Marco Polo’s travel B. the history of ice cream C. Catherine’s marriage D. one of Chinese inventio