甘肃省岷县二中2018_2019学年高二英语上学期第三次月考试题.docxVIP

岷县二中2018--2019学年度第一学期月考试题 高二英语  阅读理解（共两节，40分） 第一节 :从A、B、C、D 中选出最佳答案。 A ? Most people want to work, but it has become more difficult in today’s world to find work for everyone. The economy of the world needs to grow by 4% each year just to keep the old number of jobs for people. Often this is not possible, and so more people are out of work. Some people have no jobs now because new machines can do the work of many people in short time. Also, machines do not ask for more money and longer holidays. In all of the countries of the world, machines are taking work from people, not only in factories but also on the farms. One machine can often do the work from forty people. About 75,000 people are moving to the cities a day to look for jobs, but only 70% of them can find jobs. 1.It was _______ for people to find work before than today.A.not possible B.difficult C.more difficult D.easier2.If the economy of the world grows by 4% each year, _______.A.people will have no jobsB.people can still have jobs as beforeC.4% of the people will have jobsD.97% of the people will have jobs3.One machine can do as much work as _______.A.40% of the people B.4% of the people in the worldC.40 people D.75,000 people4.Which of the following is NOT true?A.Machines are taking work instead of people.B.Now more people are out of work.C.Machines need more money and longer holidays.D.Most people want to have jobs. B The English language started about 1500 years ago in England. Three groups of people came to the country. They were the Angles, the Saxons, and the Jutes. These three groups brought their languages with them to England. After some time, the three languages became one new language—English. The name English comes from the Angles. They lived in most of England. England means Angle Land or Country of the Angles. ??? The language that we speak today—Modern English—is not the same as the English that people used 1500 ye