2020-2021学年河北省唐山十一中高二（上）第二次周测英语试卷

一、阅读理解 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。

• 1．In Europe，men do not usually wear skirts.But the Scottish national clothing for men is a kind of skirt.It is called a kilt.The Scottish like to be different.They are also proud of their country and its history，and they feel that the kilt is part of that history.That's why the men still wear kilts at traditional dance and on national holidays.They believe they are wearing the same clothes that Scottish men always used to wear.
     That's what they believe.However，kilts are not really so old.Before 1703，Scottish men wore a long shirt and blanket around their shoulders.These clothes got in the way when the men started to work in factories.So，in 1730 a factory owner changed the blanket into a skirt - the kilt.That's how the first kilt was made.
     Then，in the late 1700s Scottish soldiers in the British Army began to wear kilts.One reason for this was national feelings：The Scottish soldiers wanted to be different from the English soldiers.The British Army probably had a different reason：A Scottish soldier in a kilt was always easy to find!The Scottish soldiers fought very hard and became famous.The kilt was part of the fame，and in the early 1800s men around Scotland began to wear kilts.
     These kilts had colorful stripes （条纹） going up and down and across.In the 1700s and early 1800s，the color of the stripes had no special meaning.Men sometimes owned kilts in several different colors.But later the colors became important to the Scottish families.By about 1850，most families had special colors for their kilts.For example，men from the Campbell family had kilts with green，yellow and blue stripes.Scottish people often believe that the colors of the kilts are part of their family history.In fact，each family just chose the color they liked best.
     This is not the story you will hear today if you are in Scotland.Most Scottish people still believe that kilts are as old as Scotland and that the colors are as old as the Scottish family.Sometimes feelings are stronger than facts!
  
  （1）This passage is mainly about

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  A．soldier's clothes in Britain
  B．the history of Scotland
  C．Scottish kilts
  D．Scottish families
  （2）Scottish soldiers were dressed in kilts partly because of

  .
  A．the colors
  B．the weather
  C．national feelings
  D．the design
  （3）The colors of the kilts are

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  A．not part of the Scottish family history
  B．older than the Scottish family history
  C．for the Campbell family only
  D．mainly green，yellow and blue
  （4）From the last paragraph we can infer that

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  A．the European people are full of strong feelings
  B．there are no stories about kilts in Scotland today
  C．the British like to do things not on facts
  D．the Scottish prefer to keep their tradition rather than believe the fact
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• 2．Some scientists say that animals in the oceans are increasingly threatened by noise pollution caused by human beings.
     The noise that affects sea creatures comes from a number of human activities.It is caused mainly by industrial underwater explosions，ocean drilling，and ship engines.Such noises are added to natural sounds.These sounds include the breaking of ice fields，underwater earthquakes，and sounds made by animals themselves.
     Decibels（分贝）measured in water are different from those measured on land.A noise of one hundred and twenty decibels on land causes pain to human ears.In water，a decibel level of one hundred and ninety-five would have the same effect.
     Some scientists have proposed setting a noise limit of one hundred and twenty decibels in oceans.They have observed that noises at that level can frighten and confuse whales.
     A team of American and Canadian scientists discovered that louder noises can seriously injure some animals.The research team found that powerful underwater explosions were causing whales in the area to lose their hearing.This seriously affected the whales' ability to exchange information and find their way.Some of the whales even died.The explosions had caused their ears to bleed and become infected.
     Many researchers whose work depends on ocean sounds object to a limit of one hundred and twenty decibels.They say such a limit would mean an end to important industrial and scientific research.
     Scientists do not know how much and what kinds of noises are harmful to ocean animals.However，many scientists suspect that noise is a greater danger than they believed.They want to prevent noises from harming creatures in the ocean.
  
  （1）According to the passage，which of the following is increasingly dangerous to sea creatures？

  
  A．The man-made noises.
  B．The noises made by themselves.
  C．The sound of earthquakes.
  D．The sound of the ice-breaking.
  （2）Which of the following is discussed in the third paragraph？

  
  A．Different places with different types of noises.
  B．The very human ears sensitive to all types of noises.
  C．The same noise measured differently on land and in the ocean.
  D．The ocean animals' reaction to noises.
  （3）As to the influence of noises on whales，which of the following statements is true？

  
  A．They are deaf to noises.
  B．Noises at a certain level may hurt them.
  C．They are easily confused by noises.
  D．Noises will limit their ability to reproduce.
  （4）According to the passage，what will scientists most probably do in the future？

  
  A．They will try their best to decrease noise.
  B．They will work hard to cut down noise pollution.
  C．They will study the effect of different noises.
  D．They will protect animals from harmful noises.
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二、完成句子

• 3．The man is so selfish that he only thinks of his own

  . （方便；便利）
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• 4．It seems that there's no any

  that he will recover from the disease.（可能）
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二、完成句子

• 13．Several environmental organizations have been

  in recent years.（建立）
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• 14．Our school has been given some new

  （ 设备 ）．
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