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).pdfVIP

长风破浪会有时，直挂云帆济沧海。——李白

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.Morethanhalfofthe

world’sbooksandthreequartersofinternationalmailareinEnglish.Of

alllanguages,Englishhasthelargestvocabulary—perhapsasmanyas

twomillionwords.

However,let’sfaceit:Englishisacrazylanguage.Thereisnoegginan

eggplant,neitherpinenorappleinapineappleandnohamina

hamburger.Sweetmeatsarecandy,whilesweetbreads,whicharen’t

sweet,aremeat.

WetakeEnglishforgranted.Butwhenweexploreitsparadoxes,wefind

thatquicksandcanworkslowly,boxingringsaresquare,public

bathroomshavenobathsinthem.

Andwhyisitthatawriterwrites,butfingersdon’tfing,grocersdon’t

groce,andhammersdon’thamIfthepluraloftoothisteeth,shouldn’t

thepluralofboothbebeethOnegoose,twogeese—soonemoose,

twomeese

Howcanaslimchanceandafatchancebethesame,whileawiseman

长风破浪会有时，直挂云帆济沧海。——李白

andawiseguyareoppositesHowcanoverlookandoverseebe

opposites,whilequitealotandquiteafewarealikeHowcanthe

weatherbehotashellonedayandcoldashellthenext

Englishwasinventedbypeople,notcomputers,anditreflectsthe

creativityofhumanbeings.That’swhy,whenstarsareout,theyare

visible;butwhenthelightsareout,theyareinvisible.Andwhy,whenI

windupmywatch,Istartit;butwhenI____thisessay,Iendit.

1．Accordingtothepassage__________.

A．pineapplesaretheapple