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　　襄阳市第一中学高一年级2015-2016学年度上学期期中考试英语试题
　　时间：120分钟 分值150分 
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　　第Ⅰ卷  选择题   （共两部分，满分70分）
　　第一部分    阅读理解 （共两节，满分40分）
　　第一节  （共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
　　阅读下列短文 ，从每题所给的四个选项 （A 、B 、C  和 D ）中选出最佳选项 ，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
　　A
　　Not long ago, few little girls imagined they could grow up to become astronauts. For years in the United States, on1y men had that opportunity . In 1983, that changed. Sally Ride made history by becoming the first American woman to travel to space.
　　On Monday, Ride died at the age of 61, ‘‘Sally was a national hero and a powerful role model,”President Barack Obama said in a statement. “She inspired generations of young girls to reach for the stars.”
　　Ride became interested in space when she was a kid. “If you asked me when I was 12 whether I wanted to be an astronaut ,I’m sure I wou1d have said yes,” she said in a 2010 interview . “ But I didn’t even thint that as a possible career.”
　　After studying physics in college and graduate school, Ride got her chance. She was accepted into NASA’s astronaut training program in 1978, and then chosen to be the first American female in space. In 1983, she blasted into space aboard the Challenger shuttle.“There is no amusement park ride on the Earth that even comes so close,” she said.
　　Ride returned to space on the Challenger a second time in1984 . Between the two missions, she spent a total of 343 hours in orbit. After that, she remained involved with the space program and also worked to share her passion for science with kids. She co-authored six science books for children , and started her own science education company.
　　Ride knew that she he1d a unique place in history . “ I realized how important it was for a woman to break that barrier and open the door for other women to be able to do the same exciting things that the men had been doing,” she said.
　　Since Ride’s historic trip, more than 40 other American women have traveled to space. They all had Ride to thank for opening the door to the final frontier.
　　1．Sally Ride was regarded as a national hero because she___________ .
　　A. was the first American to travel to space
　　B. opened a door for women to find jobs suitable for them
　　C. became the first American female in space
　　D. was the first to travel on the Challenger
　　2．By saying ‘‘There is no amusement park ride on the Earth that even comes so close”, Ride really meant____________ .
　　A. she preferred a ride in an amusement park on the Earth
　　B. the trip to space was like that in an amusement park
　　C. she came close to an amusement park on the Earth
　　D. the trip to space was far more interesting than any ride on the Earth
　　3． The correct order of the following events that happened to Sally Ride is_____________
　　a. accepted into an astronaut training program
　　b. spent a total of 343 hours in orbit
　　c. co-authored six science books for children
　　d. traveled to space aboard the Challenger
　　e. studied physics in co11ege and graduate school
　　A. e-a-b-c-d       B. a-d-b-c-e        C. e-a-d-b-c        D. e-a-b-d-c
　　4．The passage is most probably tat of _________________ .
　　A. a novel        B. a report        C. a diary         D. an essay
　　B
　　If your mother wants to tell you something , she uses words . Birds can not talk as we do . But some birds can mands to warn their young of danger . They have their own ways to make the young birds do certain thing .
　　The jackdaw is a kind of blackbirds that lives in Europe . Jackdaws live together in flocks. (群) Yong jackdaws do not know their enemies . When an older jackdaw sees a dog , it makes a loud tattling (格格响的)sound. The young birds know this sound means an enemy is nearby. The sounds warns them to know their enemy .
　　If a young jackdaw is in a dangerous place, a jackdaw parent flies over him from behind .The parent bird flies low over the young bird’s back, the parents’ t