【英语】山西省朔州市山阴县部分高中2025-2026学年高一上学期开学考试试题（解析版）.docxVIP

山西省朔州市山阴县部分高中2025-2026学年高一上学期

开学考试英语试题

第一部分阅读(共两节，满分60分)

第一节(共15小题;每小题3分，满分45分)

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

A

SettledbytheCelts,invadedbytheRomansandtheNormans,andruledbytheEnglish,Wales’populationhasregularlychangedovertheages.Wales,particularlySouthWales,becameameltingpot(熔炉)ofEuropeannationalitiesandcultures.AtfirstworkersfromEngland,IrelandandtheruralareasofWalesrushedintothecoalminesofSouthWales.By1911,workersfromIreland,ItalyandSpainhadjoinedtheindustrialworkforce(劳动大军)there.Manyofthesenewcomerswerepreparedtoworkforlesspay.

Butduringthisperiod,workers,dissatisfiedwithregularpaycuts,poorsafety,returnedtotheland.In1891,theruralpopulationofWaleswasabout616,000andby1911justover649,000peoplelivedandworkedintheseareas.

Theruralpopulationcontinuestogrowslowlyeventoday.PeoplefromricherpartsoftheUK,particularlysouthernEngland,arebuyingholidayhomesinWales.Insomeareasthishasledtoalackofhousingforlocalpeople.This,combinedwiththelackofemploymentinruralWelshcommunities,hasstartedanewmovementofpeopleinsearchofjobsandhomesintothetownsandcitiesofWalesandtootherpartsoftheUKandEurope.

AssomanyWelshpeoplehavemovedtoothercountriesoverthelast200years,it’sreallynosurprisethatmanyvisitorscometoseefriendsandrelatives.ThesevisitorsstrengthentheirlinkstotheirlandoforiginandcontinuetosupporttheWelsh’sdevelopment.Duringthehotsummerdays,about28%ofthevisitorsvisitthecountrysideandnearly70%visittheseaside.

1.WhywasSouthWalessoattractivetopeopleintheearly20thcentury?

A.Becauseitscoalindustryneededalargenumberofworkers.

B.Becauseitwasrichinmanydifferentkindsofculture.

C.Becausepeoplecouldbuyholidayhomesthere.

D.Becausepeoplecouldgetthehighestpaythere.

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