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2018-2019学年上学期期中试题

高一英 语

第 Ⅰ 卷 (选择题,共55分)

第一部分：阅读理解（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，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 A

　　American eat breakfast and lunch quickly if it is not a social, business or family occasion. The evening meal is usually longer and a time for families to gather together. Rushing through daytime meals is part of the fast pace in America. Another reason for rushing through daytime meals is that many people eat in restaurants that are usually crowded with people waiting for a place so that they, too, can be served and return to work on time. So each one hurries to make room for the next person. As with busy people everywhere there is a real difference between meals that are eaten in a hurry and those that can be enjoyed slowly with friends.

1.What is not mentioned in the passage? ______

　A.What time Americans eat dinner B.Where Americans eat

　C.The reason why Americans eat in a hurry D.Which meal Americans eat slowly

2..Americans hurry at meals because ______

　A.they are not used to eating slowly B.they do not like eating outdoors

　C.they don't have enough time for meals in the daytime

　D.they don't like to eat slowly during their work time

3.According to the passage the least busy time to eat in a restaurant would probable be ______

　A.during the busy time B.at lunch

　C.at dinner D.at either breakfast or lunch

4.The passage suggests that the Americans ______

　A.like eating with friends B.don't take a sleep after lunch

　C.don't eat much at lunch D.eat dinner less slowly than lunch

5.According to the passage Americans ______

　A.often hurry in the evening B.are always late for their work

　C.eat slower for social and business reasons D.never eat in restaurant in the evening

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　B

　　Cars are the most important part of life in the United States. Without a car most people feel that they are poor. And even if a person is poor he doesn't feel really poor when he has a car.

　　Henry Ford was the man who first started making cars in large numbers. He probably doesn't know how much the car was going to affect American culture. The car made the United States a nation on wheels. And it helped to make the United States what it is today.

There are many reasons that the car became so popular in the United States. First of all, the country was a large one and Americans like to move around in it. The car provides the most