2023-2024学年新疆乌鲁木齐市米东区三校联考 2024届高三下学期2月月考 英语试卷（含答案）.docx

乌鲁木齐市米东区三校联考高三月考

英语试题

总分120分考试时间120分钟

第一部分：阅读（共两节，满分50分）

（一）阅读理解（共37.5分）

Englishisthemostwidelyusedlanguageinthehistoryofourplanet.Oneineverysevenhumanbeingscanspeakit.Morethanhalfoftheworld’sbooksandthreequartersofinternationalmailareinEnglish.Ofalllanguages,Englishhasthelargestvocabulary—perhapsasmanyastwomillionwords.

However,let’sfaceit:Englishisacrazylanguage.Thereisnoegginaneggplant,neitherpinenorappleinapineappleandnohaminahamburger.Sweetmeatsarecandy,whilesweetbreads,whicharen’tsweet,aremeat.

WetakeEnglishforgranted.Butwhenweexploreitsparadoxes,wefindthatquicksandcanworkslowly,boxingringsaresquare,publicbathroomshavenobathsinthem.

Andwhyisitthatawriterwrites,butfingersdon’tfing,grocersdon’tgroce,andhammersdon’thamIfthepluraloftoothisteeth,shouldn’tthepluralofboothbebeethOnegoose,twogeese—soonemoose,twomeese

Howcanaslimchanceandafatchancebethesame,whileawisemanandawiseguyareoppositesHowcanoverlookandoverseebeopposites,whilequitealotandquiteafewarealikeHowcantheweatherbehotashellonedayandcoldashellthenext

Englishwasinventedbypeople,notcomputers,anditreflectsthecreativityofhumanbeings.That’swhy,whenstarsareout,theyarevisible;butwhenthelightsareout,theyareinvisible.Andwhy,whenIwindupmywatch,Istartit;butwhenI____thisessay,Iendit.

1．Accordingtothepassage__________.

A．pineapplesaretheapplesonthepinetree

B．thereshouldbeanegginaneggplant

C．sweetmeatsandsweetbreadsaredifferentthings

D．boxingringsshouldberound

2．Theunderlinedwords“windup”inthelastparagraphmaybemeans“__________”.

A．blowB．finishC．gethurtD．rollup

3．ThroughthemanyparadoxesintheEnglishlanguage,thewriterwantstoshowthathumanbeingsare____________.

A．lazyB．crazyC．cleverD．dull

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