新疆生产建设兵团第二师八一中学2023-2024学年高二上学期开学考试英语试题

新疆生产建设兵团第二师八一中学2023-2024学年高二上学期开学考试英语试题 一、阅读理解(每题2.5共计37.5分) 阅读理解 Xi'an It was called Chang'anin ancient times. As the cradle (发源地) of Chinese civilization, it has a really long history. The city passed through the Zhou Dynasty, the Han Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty and some other dynasties as the capital city. It enjoys the title of the "four major ancient civilization capitals" with ancient Athens, Cairo and Rome. Luoyang It was the capital city of 13 dynasties, and it was listed as the world's largest city six times in history. Luoyang once was the starting point of the Silk Road in eastern countries. It connected Europe and North Africa with Asia. Kaifeng As early as the Neolithic Age (新石器时代), our ancestors lived here. Its history can be traced back to the Xia Dynasty, the Shang Dynasty and the Zhou Dynasty. It was the capital city of the Later JinDynasty, the Later Han Dynasty, the Later Zhou Dynasty as well as the Northern Song Dynasty. It achieved great prosperity (繁荣) in the Northern Song Dynasty. Yangzhou As one of the 24 famous historical and cultural cities listed by the State Council, Yangzhou has a history of about 2,500 years. It reached great prosperity in the Han, Sui, Tang, and Qing Dynasties. It used to be an important business center and a center of transportation. Chengdu It is an ancient cultural city, with two miracles in Chinese history. One is that its name has been the same for 2,000 years; the other is that it has always been the capital city of Sichuan region. It's a capital with a glorious history. 1．What is this passage mainly about A．Five of the largest cities with a long history in China. B．Five famous modern cities with a long history in China. C．Five of the most beautiful cities with a long history in China. D．Five famous ancient cultural cities with a long history in China. 2．Which of the following cities is linked to ancient Athens, Cairo and Rome A．Xi'an. B．Kaifeng. C．Luoyang. D．Yangzhou. 3．In the Han, Sui, Tang, and Qing Dynasties, Yangzhou was most probably famous for its ____. A．history B．culture C．economy D．beauty 4．This passage is probably taken from a website on ____. A．business B．schooling C．parenting D．traveling 阅读理解 When I was a kid, my mom set aside some breakfast food for supper every now and then. I remember one night after a long, hard day at work, my mom placed a plate of eggs, sausage, and a plate of extremely burnt biscuits on the table. I waited to see if my dad would get annoyed. All my dad did was to reach for the biscuits, smile at my mom and ask me how my day at school had been. I don't remember what I told him that night but I do remember watching him add butter and jelly on that ugly burnt biscuit and ate every bite of that thing. He never made a face nor uttered a word about it! When I rose from the table that evening, I remember hearing my mom apologize to my dad for overcooking the biscuits and I will never forg ... ...