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PAGE PAGE 1 高一下学期期末英语试题 试卷说明：本试卷满分150分，考试时间120分钟。第一卷答题完毕后，请将答案填在答题卷相应的位置。考试结束时，考生只需上交答题卷。 第一卷 第三部分 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,D）中 ，选出最佳选项。 A To us it seems so natural to put up an umbrella to keep the water off when it rains, But actually the umbrella was not invented as protection against the rain, Its first use was as a shade（遮光物） against the sun! Nobody knows who first invented it, but the umbrella was used in very ancient times. Probably the first to use it were the Chinese in the eleventh century B C. We know that the umbrella was used in ancient Egypt and Babylon as a sunshade. And there was a strange thing connected with its use: it became a symbol of honor. In the Far East in ancient times, the umbrella was allowed to be used only by those in high office. In Europe, the Greeks were the first to use the umbrella as a sunshade. And the umbrella was in commonly used in ancient Greece. But it is believed that the first persons in Europe to use the umbrella as protection against the rain were the ancient Romans. During the Middle Ages, the use of the umbrella practically disappeared. Then it appeared again in Italy in the late sixteenth century. And again it was considered as a symbol of power. By 1680, the umbrella appeared in France and later in England. By the eighteenth century, the umbrella was used against rain throughout most of Europe. Umbrellas have hot changed much in style during all this time, though they have become much lighter in weight. It wasn’t until the twentieth century that women’s umbrellas began to be made, in a whole variety of colors. 56. According to this passage, the umbrella was probably first invented in ancient__________. A. China B. Egypt C. Greece D. Rome 57. Which of the following statements is not true about the umbrella? A. No one exactly knows who the inventor of the umbrella was B. The umbrella was first invented to be used as protection against the sun. C. The umbrella cha