河北省廊坊市部分高中2024-2025学年高一下学期5月期中考试英语试卷（PDF版，含答案）

高一年级英语考试 试卷满分150分考试时间120分钟 第一部分阅读（共两节，满分50分） 第一节（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A From carefully reconstructed sites like Chichen Itza to the ceremonial temples of Calakmul,these are the ancient Maya ruins not to miss in Mexico. Chichen Itza Named one of the New Seven Wonders of the World in 2007,the beautifully preserved Chichen Itza in Yucatan is Mexico's most famous Maya ruins.Despite the crowds,few are dissatisfied with El Castillo-a carefully restored()pyramid that rises up 80ft and has 365 steps-the largest Maya ball court in the Americas. Tulum Built in the 13th century,Tulum was one of the last cities where the Maya people lived and the only one built on the coast.The pyramids here aren't as large as other Maya ruins in Mexico,but the setting,on 40ft-high cliffs()above the Caribbean waters south of Cancun,more than makes up for it. Coba Home to the tallest pyramid in the state of Quintana Roo,Cobd was once one of the most important Maya cities in Yucatan.Located around 30 miles west of Tulum ruins,the city was built in around 600 CE and it eventually grew to 50,000 people living there.Though much of Coba has yet to be excavated () travellers can climb the 138ft-high Nohoch Mul-a pyramid that offers sweeping views over the Yucatan rainforest. Calakmul In Campeche's Calakmul Biosphere Reserve near the border with Guatemala,Calakmul is one of Mexico's wildest Maya ruins.It has the largest and tallest pyramid in Yucatan and more than 6,000 buildings,many of them covered by rainforest.The site is particularly beautiful at sunrise,when the surrounding forest comes alive with birdsong. 1.Which is one of the New Seven Wonders of the World A.Cobá. B.Tulum. C.Calakmul. D.Chichen Itza. 2.What is special about Tulum A.It features 365 steps. B.It was hit by a flood in 2007. C.It was built on the coast. D.It lies in the north of Cancun. 3.What can you do at Calakmul A.Tour the largest Maya ball court. B.Visit the tallest pyramid in Yucatan. C.Climb the 138ft-high Nohoch Mul. D.Have a bird's-eye view of Yucatan. & Every time you charge your cell phone,you are benefiting from John Goodenough's exceptional creativity.After being told that most scientists make their major discoveries long before they hit middle age,Goodenough just set off to develop a battery technology that has made our modern life possible. Lithium()batteries had been invented before.But Goodenough's invention was a new kind of lithium battery that can store enough energy to power all sorts of electronics and is light and small enough to make them portable().And,even better,such a battery would charge and recharge in a matter of minutes-all without exploding. Born in Jena,Germany in 1922,Goodenough grew up in the United States and majored in mathematics at Yale University and earned a Ph.D in physics from the University of Chicago.He began his career at the Massachusetts Institute of ... ...