河南省鹤壁市淇滨高级中学2017-2018学年高二英语下学期第一次周考试精编.docVIP

PAGE 河南省鹤壁市淇滨高级中学2017-2018学年高二英语下学期第一次周考试题 第二部分阅读理解 （共两节，满分60分） 第一节 （共15小题;每小题3分，满分45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 ，并在题卡上将该项涂黑。 A Algae(水藻) are very simple plants. They grow in fresh water or salty water. Seaweed is algae that grow in salty water. Seaweed is red or brown in color. The Japanese people use these plants from the sea in many ways. From it, they make a food called Kombu. Kombu is seaweed that has been dried, cooked and pressed together. Then it is dried again and cut into long pieces. The Japanese eat a lot of Kombu and like it very much. Japanese farmers often use seaweed as fertilizer. It makes their plants grow better. Many farmers also find seaweed makes a fine food for their animals. From seaweed the Japanese also get iodine(碘), which they sell to other countries. Iodine is used in many ways all over the world. It is used in making medicine. It is added to the salt we use at the table. Scientists even use one form of iodine to “ seed clouds” when they want rain to fall. 21. Kombu is a kind of ____ according to the text. A. plant B. medicine C. food D. fertilizer 22. In the last sentence of the text, “seed clouds” means ____. A. clouds spreading like seeds B. the seeds like clouds C. to make rain fall with human power D. dropping seeds by clouds 23. The main idea of the story is that ____. A. The Japanese eat seaweed when they want rain to fall. B. Kombu is made into medicine for farmers. C. The Japanese use seaweed in many ways. D. The Japanese eat a lot of Kombu. B Once there was a poor farmer and his farm belonged to(属于) a rich man. One day he brought a basket of apples to the rich man’s house. On the doorsteps, he met two monkeys dressed like children. They jumped onto the basket to eat the apples and threw some on the ground. The farmer politely took off his hat and asked the monkeys to get off. They obeyed(服从) and the farmer went into the house. He asked to see the rich man. A servant too