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陕州区二高2016-2017学年期期中考试 高一英语 （时间120分钟 满分120分） 第I卷 一、阅读理解 （每小题2分，共40分） 第一节：阅读下面短文，从各题A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳答案。 A 　　The first person in space was Yuri Gagarin from the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics(USSR)．Mr．Gagarin was sent into space on April 12, 1961 aboard Vostok 1．The Vostok 1 spaceship reached a point of 325 kilometers(203 miles)high before it began to fall back to the earth．Mr．Gagarin’s journey only lasted 108 minutes, but that first trip into space marked the opening of the Space Age． 　　The first woman in space was Valentina Tershkova who was also from the USSR．Ms．Tershkova circled the earth for two days and 22 hours aborad Vostok 6 in 1963．During this journey, Vostok 6 completely circled the earth 48 times! 　　Some of the people who have traveled in space leave the earth entirely．12 people have actually walked on the moon．Neil Armstrong from the United States was the first man to set foot on the moon．When the Apllo 11 space team landed on the moon, Mr．Armstrong was the first person to step out of the ship, the Eagle, onto the moon on July 21, 1969．The last people to visit the moon were members of the Apollo 17 space team in 1972．These men spent almost three days on the moon picking up rocks and collecting soil from the surface of the moon．They brought these samples back to earth for scientists around the world to study． 　　For the time being, only about 300 people from all around the world have been into space, but this number will surely increase as scientists continue to explore space． ( )21. Where was the first man in space from? A. England B. German C. The USA D. The USSR ( )22. How long was Yuri Gagarin’s first space flight? A. Less than two hours B.More than a week C. About one day D. A few months ( )23. When did the first woman go into space? A. In 1961 B. In 1969 C. In1963 D. In1972 B New York, London, Paris and other big cities are exciting places to live in. There are many interesting things to see and to do. You can go to