陕西省宝鸡市金台区2023-2024学年高一上学期期末检测英语试题（含解析）

陕西省宝鸡市金台区2023-2024学年高一上学期期末检测英语试题 学校:_____姓名：_____班级：_____考号：_____ 一、阅读理解 A big sandstorm hit northern China several months ago. It covered many cities with thick clouds of yellow dust (尘土). The storm, which came from Mongolia, was the largest sandstorm in China in the past 10 years. Many flights and classes were canceled (取消) because the visibility (能见度) was lower than 500 meters. The storm was the result of warm and dry weather in the area, together with the strong winds from Mongolia. “There has been little rainfall so far this spring and the temperature is rising. So now it is a worrying time for sandstorms,” said an expert from Beijing. In recent years, sandstorms haven’t been as common in northern China as before. The land with desertification (沙漠化) has been falling by 7, 585 km per year in China, and the area of sandy land has been decreasing by 1, 284 km a year. This is thanks to China’s Three-North Shelter Forest Program (TNSFP, 三北防护林工程) which started in the 1970s. Millions of trees have been planted in northern China to prevent sandstorms and protect the environment. Besides, China has a color-graded weather warning system (预警系统) for sandstorms, with red meaning the most serious, followed by orange and yellow. Therefore, people would have time to get prepared for the sandstorm. Sandstorm visibility < 1 kilometer Severe (严重的) sandstorm visibility < 500 meters Super severe sandstorm visibility < 50 meters 1．What caused (造成) the sandstorm from Mongolia A．Cold and wet weather, together with the strong winds. B．Cold but sunny weather. C．Warm, wet weather and the strong winds. D．Warm, dry weather and the strong winds. 2．When did TNSFP start A．In the 1970s. B．In the 1980s. C．In the 1960s. D．In the 1990s. 3．If the visibility in your city is 700 meters, what color will the warning be A．Red. B．Orange. C．Yellow. D．Blue A tree has roots (根). People have roots too. If you get to the root of a problem, you will solve it. It’s the same thing with words. Dig deeply into a big, unfamiliar word and you will understand where it came from. As readers, especially those reading in a second language, we need to deal with the text as if we were detectives (侦探) looking for information to unlock (解开……秘密) the unknown. Like any good detective arriving on the crime scene, the first thing to do when meeting a new and difficult word is to judge the situation, to look at everything that is known and see if it helps us to understand what it means. As you know, prefixes (前缀) and suffixes (后缀) can be added to the beginning or end of words to change the meaning. Know them, and you will have the word building power. But root words are the key (关键). Take time to learn a few of these, put them in your memory, and you will become a master word detective. Let’s look at one common root word used in English. “Alter” from the Latin(拉丁语的) word means “other”. When you meet ... ...