内蒙古开鲁县蒙古族中学2018_2019学年高二英语上学期期中测试试题九.doc

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1、- 1 -内蒙古开鲁县蒙古族中学 2018-2019学年高二英语上学期期中测试试题九短文改错 1Miss Evans taught physics in school in LondonLast month she was explaining to one of her class about sound ，and she decide to test them to see how successful she had been in her work She said to them， “Now I has a sister in Washington If I was calling

2、her by the phone， and you were on the other side of the street Who would hear me first， my sister and you？ And why？” A clever boy at once an swered， “You sister， Miss Evans， because the electricity travels much faster than sound waves” “Ver y well，” Miss Evans praised 2It is interested to visit anot

3、her country， but sometimes there are some questions when we dont know the language very well It may be difficult to talk about the people thereWe may not know how to use the telephone in the country which are visiting We may not know what to buy the things we needIn a strange country we may not know

4、 where to eat and what to order in a restaurant It is not easy to decide how many money to tip（付小费） waiters or taxi drivers When we are helpless， we may not know how to ask helpAfter a short time later， however， we learn what to do and what to say We learn to enjoy life in another country， and then

5、we may be sorry to leave both the place and the people 3Long long ago， people had gather leaves and fruit of plants to eat with They didnt know how to plant crops or how to keep animals for their food We call them Stone Age people Thing for them were terrible and hard Now there have still some peopl

6、e living liked those Stone Age peopleThey live in places that are hard reach They do not know of our invention， for they keep themselves - 2 -away our civilized world For many years a group of people call Aruntas have lived alone in the center of Australia 4How robins （知更鸟） know when it is time to g

7、o back north？ They seem to tell by how soon daylight lasts In late winter， daylight begins to last longest each day When the daylight lasts long enough， robins start north They fly by day Each year they follow a same flyway At first， they fly only few miles a day They stop often in the field to eat

8、bugs（小虫子） Late， they seem in a hurry They fly over 100 miles a day Some are going so far as 180 miles When they get to home， they always stay together high in a tree 5The Internet is playing a important part in our daily life On the net，we can learn about news both home and abroad and some other inf

9、ormations as well We can also make phone calls，send messages by e-mails，go to net schools，and learn foreign languages by ourselves Beside，we can enjoy music，watch sports matches，and play the chess or cards The net even help us do shopping， make a chat with others and make friends with themIn a w ord

10、，the Internet has made our life more easier 6People have different tastes in food Somefeel they havent a meal unless they have had pork or other meat；some prefer chickens or fish，and eats one or the other at every mealOthers prefer vegetables and fruits or grains but would enjoy a meal of potatoes，n

11、oodles and carrots and some another fruitsOthers could live on the foods are called fast foods，for example，a hamburger or hot dog，French fries and a soft drinks Food can be prepared by so many waysEvery is satisfactory to different person7In the morning of Novembe r 18th，1755，an earthquake shook Bos

12、tonJohn，a professor at Harvard College felt a - 3 -quake and woke up“I rose and found to be fifteen minutes past four” He hurried to downstairs to the clock It had stopped three minutes ago Except for stoppi ng the clock，the quake had only thrown a key from the mantel（壁炉架）to the floorThe clock had s

13、topped because John put some long glass tube he was using for an experiment into the case for safekeepingThe quake had been knocked the tubes over and blocked the pendulum（钟摆） So John had the exactly time of the earthquake8Life in the twentyone century will be very different with l ife today There w

14、ill be many changesWhat can the changes be？ The population is growing fast That will be many more people in the world and most of them will live in longer than people live now Computers will be much more smaller and more useful， and there will be one in every home People will work few hours than the

15、y now and they will have more free time for reading books， watch TV and traveling9Once one year a race is held A lot of cars took part this race last year and there had a lot of experiments just before it began One of the most beautiful car was a RollsRoyce Silver Ghost The most usual car was a Benz

16、 which had only three wheels Built in 1885，it is the oldest car taking part After a great many loud noises，the race began Many of cars broke down on the way and some drivers spent much time under their cars than in them The win car reached at a speed of forty miles an hour 10In recently years，dust s

17、torms take place more and more often in the north of Chinese They have brought a great deal of trouble to peoples lives.The strong wind blows up the dust，made the air very dirty It also stops many of people from going out In past，people raised a large number of sheep The sheep eat up a great deal of

18、 grass and the land became sandy Now the - 4 -government have begun to pay attention to the problem Each year，a lot of money spent on the improvement of the environment 11Sleep，as we know， is important to us And how many sleep do we actually need？For most of us， eight hours seem to be about the righ

19、t amount Yet we know that there are a great many people who get along well less sleep ，and some whom may even need more A great deal depends by the way we live But a good common rule to follow to is to sleep long as we have to So well feel happy and be able to work with our best when we wake 12.My f

20、riend Henry has a most unusually hobby （爱好） He likes plant flowers in strange places When the spring comes round， you can always tell Henry had been busy working because the dirty sides of canals（沟渠） and railway banks suddenly became filled of flowers In his spare time， with pockets full of seeds， Henry goes round by his bikeHe has a long pipe with him blow seeds in to places that is hard to reach When his flowers fade（凋谢），he goes round again to collect its seeds In this way he always has a big supply