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共71小题，约3880字。
　　天水市三中2018届高二级第一学段考试英语试题
　　2016年10月29日
　　命
　　第I卷（共80分）
　　第一部分阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，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
　　Newspapers in Great Britain vary greatly in their ways of carrying the news. There are serious papers for those who want to know about important happenings everywhere, both at home and abroad. There are popular newspapers for those who prefer entertainment to information.
　　The London newspaper that is best tside Great Britain is probably the Times. It began in 1785, and has a high reputation for believable news and serious opinions on the news. It calls itself an independent paper, which means that it does not give its support to a particular political party. Its leading articles give the opinions of the editors, not those of the owners of the paper.
　　Letters to the editor are printed in the newspaper. These parts of the Times are always interesting. Most of the letters are serious subjects. But from time to time there will be long letters on the subject which is not at all serious, perhaps on a new fashion of dress, or the bad manners of the young people, compared with manners of thirty years ago.
　　1. If you want to get pleasure, please buy yourself         .
　　A. a serious newspaper   B. foreign newspaper C. any independent paper D. a popular newspaper
　　2. The Times is an independent paper because         .
　　A. it supports no political parties
　　B. it is not controlled by the British Government
　　C. it gives special support to all the political parties.
　　D. the editor’s opinions are not examined by the owners of the paper
　　3. The underlined word “vary”in the passage probably means “”.
　　A. improve B. compete with each other C. are different  D. keep in touch with each other
　　4. The writer tells us         in this passage.
　　A. all kinds of newspapers in Britain B. all kinds of news in English papers
　　C. how Times is liked by people D. why Times is well-known
　　B
　　Paper is one of the most important products ever invented by man. Wide spread use of written language would not have been possible without some cheap and practical material to write on. The invention of paper meant that more people could be educated because more boold be printed and distributed. Together with the printing press, paper provided an extremely important way to communicate knowledge.
　　How much paper do you use every year? Probably you cannot answer that question quickly. In 1900 the world's use of paper was about one kilogram for each person a year. Now some countries use as much as 50 kilograms of paper for each person a year. Countries linited States, England and Sweden use more paper than other countries.
　　Paper, like many other things that we use today, was first made in China. In Egypt and the West, paper was not very commonly used before the year 1400. The Egyptians wrote on a kind of material made of a water plant. Europeans used parchment for many hundreds of years. Parchment was very strong; it was made from the skin of certain young animal