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　　2018-2019学年宁夏银川一中高一上学期期中考试
　　英 语
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　　第I卷（选择题）
　　一、阅读理解
　　I think a close friend is someone you get on well with，who helps you when you have problems, who gives you advice，and who always has time for you. I didn't use to have many close friends when I was at school because I was very shy，but now I have several. They are all women. I think it's difficult to have a close friend of the opposite sex（异性）.
　　---Marie
　　I think a close friend is someone who you've known for a long time，and who you still get on with. They have similar hobbies to you so you can do things together. I've got three close friends who I was at middle school with and we often go out together （without our parents of course）. We often go camping，play football，or waltside in the open air．
　　---David
　　I'm not sure how to answer the question because I don't really have any close friends. I know a lot of people but mainly through work，and the social occasions（场合） when we meet are business dinners, things like that. I thin come from a really close family，friends are a bit unnecessary. I like spending my free time with my family．
　　---Richard
　　For me close friends are the people you spend your free time with. I go out at weekends with a group of people，and they are all my close friends. They're also people who live near me. I don't thin can have close friends at a distance because you need to be able to see each other often. But I don't thin need to be doing the same things. I mean I'm at school but none of my friends are．
　　---Anna
　　1．Who doesn’t think women and men can be close friends?
　　A． Marie.    B． David.
　　C． Richard.    D． Anna.
　　2．What does Richard say about friends?
　　A． They need to have much in common.
　　B． They’re less important than family.
　　C． They must work in the same place.
　　D． They come from social occasions.
　　3．What do we know about Anna’s friends?
　　A． They are all women.
　　B． They all do the same things.
　　C． They do not live far away.
　　D． They are all college students.
　　There are some differences between American English and British English. Some differences are quite interesting.
　　When my friend Lily from London used the word “larder”, I didn’t know what it meant. Realizing I didn’t follow her, she used another word. I finally knew she wanted to find something to keep some food. The next word came up when we were planning a lunch date. She jotted down the date and time in her diary, while I marked my calendar. If she called me on the phone, she would ring me up. But if the line was busy, she would say the line was engaged.
　　Most times, I can know what Lily means. Last week, she regretted sending her boys to watch an early morning tennis game without their fleeces. I thought that she meant without their jackets or something like those. Other times, we have to ask each other. She recently told me a funny tale about a woman who was pissed. I wondered what had made the lady angry. It turns out that pissed means drunk.
　　Here is one more example. My British friend Jane was filling out a ticket at the grocery store recently. She asked the young man if he had a rubber. When she noticed he didn’t follow her, she quickly asked for an eraser, which, in England, is often called a rubber.
　　In order to communicate well with the British, we Americans should learn some words that the British use differently. And I think people who learn English as a second language should also realize that there are differences between American English and British English.
　　4．When Lily used the word “larder”, what was she probably looking for?
　　A． A ladder.    B． A cupboard.
　　C． Some food.    D． A cook.
　　5．What does the underlined phrase “jotted down” in Paragraph 2 mean?
　　A． Wrote down.    B． Settled down.
　　C． Looked for.    D． Learned about.
　　6．According to the text, in British English, ________.
　　A． the word “fleeces” means “tickets”
　　B． the word “pissed” means “angry”
　　C． the word “”engaged” means “broken”
　　D． the word “rubber” means “eraser”
　　7．How is the text mainly developed?
　　A． By order in time.    B． By comparing.
　　C． By listing examples.    D． By giving explanations.
　　83-year-old Antonio Vicente has spent the last four decades of his life fighting against the current. As Brazilian landowners cut down rainforests to make room for profitable (盈利的) plantations and cattle grazing grounds, he struggled to bring the thick jungles of his childhood back to life.
　　In 1973 Antonio took up the challenge of restoring the forest on a 31-hectare piece of land that had been destroyed for cattle grazing. Ironically enough, he bought the land in Brazil's Sao Paulo region, using credits （贷款）that the military government was giving out to promote deforestation (砍伐森林) and agricultural technology. But Antonio didn't use the money to promote the national agriculture but wanted to revive the forest.
　　"You are stupid. Planting trees is a waste of land. You won't have income. If it’s full of trees, you won't have room for cows or crops," Antonio's neighbors told him. But he knew the damage caused by deforestation was far greater than financial profit. Antonio had grown up on a rural farm, and watched his father and the other villagers cut down forests at the owners’ orders, either for charcoal production or to clear land for grazing cattle. He had watched the ancient water sources dry up and people struggling to survive.
　　With only some donkeys and a few hired workers Antonio brought back the forest to his land. What started out as a weekend hobby soon became a permanent way of life. Antonio often recalls spending days and nights in his young jungle, surrounded by rats and foxes, and eating banana for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
　　As the forest grew, the water returned, and Antonio says that there are now over 20 water sources on his land that were no longer there when he bought it. Then the animals started making a home there. Today, the forest is alive with sounds of birds and insects living there, and more species are settling in every year.
　　8．The credits given by the government should have been used to_______.
　　A． encourage agriculture    B． recover the forest
　　C． plant trees    D． produce coal
　　9．What was the neighbors’ attitude toward Antonio’s practice?
　　A． Positive.    B． Hopeful.
　　C． Discouraged.    D． Favorable.
　　10．What caused water sources to dry up in Antonia’s village?
　　A． People’s wasting water.    B． Destroying the forest.
　　C． Crops’ overusing water.    D． Raising too many cows.
　　11．What can we infer from the last paragraph?
　　A． Antonio’s hard work has paid off.    B． Antonio has made big profits.
　　C． Antonio’s forest has become a zoo.    D． Antonio is living with animals.
　　A new study, conducted by British company Mindlab International, has found that listening to music at work increases accuracy (精确) and speed, The Telegraph reported.
　　Perhaps, some parents disagree with this idea, saying, "Switch off the music and concentrate!" Well, if that's the case with your parents, you might now be able to convince them that you have science on your side.