浙江省柯桥中学2023-2024学年高一上学期期中检测英语试题(优质文档).pdf

浙江省柯桥中学2023-2024学年高一上学期期中检测英语试

题

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学校姓名：班级：考号：

一、阅读理解

Englishisthemostwidelyusedlanguageinthehistoryofourplanet.Oneineveryseven

humanbeingscanspeakit.Morethanhalfoftheworld’sbooksandthreequartersof

internationalmailsareinEnglish.Ofalllanguages,Englishhasthelargestvocabulary—

perhapsasmanyastwomillionwords.

However,let’sfaceit:Englishisacrazylanguage.Thereisnoegginaneggplant,

neitherpinenorappleinapineappleandnohaminahamburger.Sweet-meatsarecandy,

whilesweetbreads,whicharen’tsweet,aremeat.

WetakeEnglishforgranted.Butwhenweexploreitsparadoxes(矛盾),wefindthat

quicksandcanworkslowly,boxingringsaresquare,publicbathroomshavenobathsinthem.

Andwhyisitthatawriterwrites,butfingersdon’tfing,grocersdon’tgroce,and

hammersdon’tham?Ifthepluraloftoothisteeth,shouldn’tthepluralofboothbebeeth?

Onegoose,twogeese—soonemoose,twomeese?

Howcanaslimchanceandafatchancebethesame,whileawisemanandawiseguy

areopposites?Howcanoverlookandoverseebeopposites,whilequitealotandquiteafew

arealike?Howcantheweatherbehotashellonedayandcoldashellthenext?

Englishwasinventedbypeople,notcomputers,anditshowsthecreativityofhuman

beings.That’swhy,whenstarsareout,theycanbeseen;butwhenthelightsareout,theyare

invisible.Andwhy,whenIwindupmywatch,Istartit;butwhenIwindupthisessay,Iend

it.

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1WhichofthefollowingisTRUEaccordingtothepassage?

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AThereshouldbeegginaneggplant.

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BPineapplesaretheapplesonthepinetree.

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CBoxingringsshouldberound.

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DSweet-meatsandsweetbreadsaredifferentthings.

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2Whichofthefollowingincludestwoitemswhichhavethesimilarmea