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　　兰州一中2016-2017-1学期期中考试高一英语试卷
　　说明：本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分。满分100分，考试时间100分钟。答案写在答题卡上，交卷时只交答题卡。
　　第I卷（选择题）
　　第一部分：(共三节，满分50分)
　　第一部分:阅读理解
　　第一节(共10小题;每小题2分,满分20分)
　　阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项。
　　A
　　In 1975, George Carlin appeared on a popular TV show, Saturday Night Live, with his famous words about blue food. “Why is there no blue food? I can’t find blue food—I can’t find the flavor of blue! I mean yellow is lemon; orange is orange and red is cherry. Where is the blue food?”
　　Well, Carlin pretty much has it right—there is not no blue food, but there’s certainly not a lot of it. Fresh-piceberries are blue, though they become purple when they are turned into jam. The blue in blueberries—like the purple in grapes and red in tomatoes—is found in nature. But it isn’t a hot color for food. People don’t seem to prefer blue food. Some diet programs even suggest that those determined to lose weight should make their food blue.
　　Eating, in part, begins with our eyes. Chares Spence—an experimental psychologist from Oxford University—points out that color can change our taste experience. Commonly, we consider red-colored foods up to 20% sweeter than they actually are; and green foods as being more sour. Spence suggests: human expectations may be influenced by our long history of watching—green fruits can become sweet as they grow up and turn red.
　　But what about blue? Except blueberries, much of the blue food we see these days is dyed blue artificially. Food producers argue that artificial color doesn’t do much damage to health. A lot of research shows that some physical problems of kids are related to food dyes—while other studies show no effects at all. Blue birthday cake or even blue-dyed chicken can be served on the dinner table. So what?
　　1. George Carlin’s words are placed at the beginning of the passage to _____.
　　A. show the author’s opinion    B. tell a famous person
　　C. introduce a TV show        D. lead in the topic
　　2. Which of the following statements of blue is true?
　　A. Blue is not a very popular color for foods.
　　B. Blueberries are always blue, whether fresh or not.
　　C. The blue in blueberries is found unnatural.
　　D. People often feel cold when they eat blueberries.
　　3. Eating sometimes begins with our eyes because _____.
　　A. red-colored foods are 20% sweeter than green foods
　　B. our taste experience can be influenced by color
　　C. people prefer red-colored foods to green foods
　　D. before eating, people watch food for a long time
　　4. The underlined words “is dyed”in para. 4 are closest in meaning to “______”.
　　A. is eaten up    B. has grown up    C. is changed in color    D. is harmful to
　　B
　　EUROPE is home to a variety of cultural treasures. Lonely Planet, the world’s largest travel guide publisher, has offered pairs of cities for culture-hungry but time poor travelers.
　　London and Paris
　　It ta about two hours to travel from London to Paris by Eurostar, a high-speed railway service. The two capital cities have been competing in fashion, art and nightlife for decades--- but each secretly loop to the other.
　　No one can doubt the grand and impressive beauty of Paris’Louvre Museum, but if you want to save money, you cannot skip the British Museum free to visit. Compared with Lo