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1、2015届云南省玉溪一中高三5月仿真模拟测试英语试题本试卷分第一卷(选择题)和第二卷(非选择题)两部分，共8页。满分120分,考试时间100分钟。注意事项：1.答题前，考生在答题卡上务必用黑色或蓝色钢笔将自己的姓名、考号填写清楚。2.每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号，在试题卷上作答无效。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）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，并在答题卡上将其涂黑
2、。AWhereisitpossibletodrivefromRometoMoscow,Madrid,Paris,Vienna,andStockholmwithoutgoingtoEurope?TheanswerisinthestateofMaine!ThroughouttheUnitedStatestherearemanytownsandcitiesthathavebeennamedafternotonlyEuropeancitiesbutothercountriesaswell,suchasChina,Poland,Nor
3、way,Sweden,andDenmark.JusthowmanyNewWorldplacenamesarerecycledfromtheOldWorldnameshasneverbeentallied,butoneresearcherfoundforty-oneLondons,fifty-sixBerlins,twenty-fourDublins,thirty-twoAthenses,andtwenty-sevenMoscows,amongothers!ReasonsforEuropeanplacenamesdiffer.
4、Somewereinmemoryofsettlers’formerhomes,othersinhonorofhistoricevents.Foundedin1818byJohnCoffee,RobertBeaty,JohnD.Carroll,andJohnRead,AthensisoneoftheoldestincorporatedcitiesintheStateofAlabama.ThetownwasfirstcalledAthenson,andthenamewasthenshortenedtoAthens,afterth
5、eancientcityinGreece.Moreinterestingly,somenamesweregivenbymistake.Forinstance,thepeopleofMoscow,Kansas,wantedtheircitytofollowthenameoftheexplorerMoscoso.TheyshortenedhisnametoMosco,andanofficialinWashington,thinkingtheKansanscouldn'tspell,addeda‘W’.1.Whichofthefo
6、llowingistrueaccordingtothepassage?A.InthestateofMainetherearemanydifferentEuropeancities.B.YoucandrivetomanyEuropeancitiesfromthestateofMaine.C.AllthesettlersinthestateofMainecamefromEurope.D.ThestateofMainehasmanycitiesnamedafterEuropeancities.2.Theword“tallied”(
7、Line4,Paragraph2)isclosestinmeaningto________.A.builtB.believedC.addedD.visited3.WhatmighthavemadetheofficialinWashingtonchangeMoscointoMoscow?A.Moscowwasaworld-famouscityname.B.HethoughtMoscosowouldpreferMoscow.C.HebelievedMoscowwasafarbettername.D.Hecouldn'tspell
8、verywellandmadeamistake.4.Thebesttitleforthepassageis________.A.TheStoryofMoscow,KansasB.AmericanCitiesandTheirNamesC.InterestingNamesD.OldWorldP
