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PAGE 11 -辽宁省本溪满族自治县高级中学2017-2018学年高一英语6月月考试题考试时间：150分钟 试卷总分：150分 命题范围：必修1-3 ；必修4 1-4 第一部分：听力（略）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，选出一个最佳选项。AI came to Rio, BrazilYou need to learn PortugueseI started studying Portuguese about two years ago. I didn’t end up improving my Portuguese as much as I’d hoped before I came here. While Spanish and Portuguese are structurally quite similar, there are huge differences between the two. You can’t just magically understand Brazilians if you speak Spanish.I didn’t need to bring heelsGoing out in cities like Buenos Aires is a big deal. You get dressed up, you do your hair, and you definitely wear heels- at least if you’re going out to dance. I had no idea how wrong I was. Yes, Rio is a city, but it’s a city on the beach. Of course, there are fancy clubs that probably expect everyone to show up in dress shoes(时装鞋), but most of the places I’ve been to are fine with sneakers, even for dancing.Learning about pop music is a mustWhenever I go out and a pop song comes on, every single other person there sings along to all the words. I still haven’t understood if there are only 25 songs that get played in public or if people really do just have a fantastic memory for lyrics, but either way, I wish I’d spent a bit more time practicing Brazilian pop music so I wouldn’t look like such a lost foreigner.Airplanes are a surprisingly sensitive subjectIn Brazil, the credit for modern flight goes to Alberto Santos Dumont. Brazilians say the Wright Brothers’ use of a catapult(飞机弹射器) was technically cheating and point to their man as the real pioneer of the plane. Therefore, be careful before bringing up the subject of planes in Brazil21. What can we infer about Brazilians?A. They are fond of dancing. B. They understand Spanish.C. They are informally dressed. D. They have a good memory.22. What topic should you avoid in Rio?A. The history of planes. B. Dressing styles. C. Pop mu