2010-2023历年浙江省瑞安中学高一上学期期中考试英语试卷.docxVIP

2010-2023历年浙江省瑞安中学高一上学期期中考试英语试卷

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一.参考题库(共25题)

1.Rather?than?________?on?a?crowded?bus,he?always?prefers?_________?abicycle.?

A．ride;ride

B．riding;ride

C．ride;toride

D．toride;riding

2.AboutthreehundredwordsintheEnglishlanguagecomefromthenamesofpeople.Manyofthesewordsaretechnicalwords.Whenthereisanewinventionofdiscovery,anewwordmaybecoined(杜撰)aftertheinventororscientist.

Itisinterestingtoobservehowmanycommonwordshavefoundtheirwayintothelanguagefromthenamesofpeople.LordSandwich,wholivedfrom1718-1792,usedtositatthegambling(赌博)tableeatingbreadwithmeatinbetween.AstheLordwastheonlyoneamonghisfriendswhoatebreadinthatway,hisfriendsbegantocallthebread“sandwich”forfun.Lateron，thewordbecamepartoftheEnglishlanguage.

Theword“boycott”meanstorefusetohaveanythingtodowithsomebodyorsomething.ItcomesfromamancalledCaptainBoycott.Hewasalandagentin1880andhecollectedrentsandtaxesforanEnglishlandownerinIreland.ButtheCaptainwasaveryharsh(苛刻的)man.Hetreatedhispoortenants(佃户)verybadly.Histenantsdecidednottospeaktohimatall.EventuallywordgotbacktothelandownerandtheCaptainwasremoved（免除）.Theword“boycott”becamepopularandwasusedbyeveryonetomeanthekindoftreatmentthatwasreceivedbyCaptainBoycott.

【小题1】Afewhundred___________comefromthenamesofpeople.

A．newinventions

B．languages

C．Englishwords

D．newdiscoveries

【小题2】“Sandwich”isawordcoined(杜撰)by____________.

A．LordSandwich

B．thefriendsofLordSandwich

C．inventors

D．scientists

【小题3】Thetenantsdidnotlike___________.

A．tocollectrentsandtaxes

B．theEnglishlandowner

C．theharshlandagent

D．tospeak

3.Afterlisteningtothejoke,oneminutesheburstout_________andthenextsheburstinto_________.

A．laugh;tears

B．laughing;crying

C．laughing;tears

D．laughter;tears

4.Themoneycollectedshouldbema