【英语】甘肃省白银市会宁县第一中学2014-2015学年高二上学期期末考试

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1、高二上学期期末考试英语试题（时间：100分钟;满分：120分）本试卷分第Ⅰ卷(选择题)和第Ⅱ卷(非选择题)两部分。　　　　　　　　　　　　　　第Ⅰ卷第一部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题,每小题2分,满分30分）AThefirstnewspaperswerewrittenbyhandandputuponwallsinpublicplace.TheearliestdailynewspaperwasstartedinRomein59BC.Inthe700’stheworld’sfirstp

2、rintednewspaperwaspublished.Europedidn’thavearegularlypublishednewspaperuntil1609,whenonewasstartedinGermany.ThefirstregularlypublishednewspaperintheEnglishlanguagewasprintedinAmsterdamin1620.In1621,anEnglishnewspaperwasstartedinLondonandwaspublishedonceaw

3、eek.ThefirstdailyEnglishnewspaperwastheDailyCourant(每日新闻).ItcameoutinMarch1702.In1690,BenjaminHarrisprintedthefirstAmericannewspaperinBoston.Butnotlongafteritwasfirstpublished,thegovernmentstoppedthepaper.In1704,JohnCampbellstartedTheBostonNewsletter(波士顿新闻

4、通讯),thefirstnewspaperpublishedintheAmericancolonies.By1760,thecolonieshadmorethanthirtydailynewspapers.Therearenowabout1,800dailypapersintheUnitedStates.Today,asagroup,Englishlanguagenewspapershavethelargestcirculation(发行量)intheworld.Butthelargestcirculati

5、onforanewspaperisthatoftheJapanesenewspaperAsahiDhimbun(朝日新闻).Itsellsmorethan11millioncopieseveryday.1.Thefirstdailynewspapercameoutin_____.A.59BCB.700’sC.1609D.16202.ThefirstregularpublishednewspaperinEuropewasprintedin_____.A.EnglandB.GermanyC.FranceD.Sw

6、eden3.ThefirstprintednewspaperinAmericacameoutin_____.12A.WashingtonB.NewYorkC.BostonD.NewOrleans4.Todaythereareabout_____dailynewspaperprintedintheUnitedStates.A.1621B.1704C.1760D.18005.WhichisNOTtrueaccordingtothepassage?A.Thefirstregularlypublishednewsp

7、aperintheEnglishlanguagewasprintedinAmsterdam. B.Englishlanguagenewspapersellsmorethan11millioncopieseveryday.C.Europedidn’thavearegularlypublishednewspaperin1608.D.ThefirstdailyEnglishnewspapercameoutinMarch1702.BFadingbeautySheiswidelyseenasproofthatgood

8、lookscanlastforever.But,atnearly500yearsofage,timeiscatchingupwiththeMonaLisa.Thehealthofthefamouspicture,paintedbyLeonardoDaVinciin1505,isgettingworsebytheyear,accordingtotheLouvreMuseum(卢浮宫博物馆)whereitishous