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2018——2019学年度上学期高一期末英语试题（考试时间100分钟）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四个选项中，选出最佳选项。A.WhatisstandardEnglish?IsitspokeninBritain,theUS,Canada,Australia,IndiaandNewZealand?Believeitornot,thereisnosuchthingasstandardEnglish.ManypeoplebelievetheEnglishspokenonTVandtheradioisstandardEnglish.Thisisbecauseintheearlydaysofradio,thosewhoreportedthenewswereexpectedtospeakexcellentEnglish.However,evenonTVandtheradioyouwillheardifferencesinthewaypeoplespeak.Whenpeopleusewordsandexpressionsdifferentform“standardlanguage”,itiscalledadialect.AmericanEnglishhasmanydialects,especiallytheMidwestern,southern,AfricanAmericanhasmanydialects.EveninsomepartsoftheUS,twopeoplefromneighboringtownsspeakalittledifferently.AmericanEnglishhassomanydialectsbecausepeoplehavecomefromallovertheworld.Geographyalsoplaysapartinmakingdialects.SomepeoplewholiveinthemountainsoftheeasternUSspeakwithanolderkindofEnglishdialect.WhenAmericansmovedfromoneplacetoanother,theytooktheirdialectswiththem.SopeoplefromthemountainsinthesoutheasternUSspeakwithalmostthesamedialectaspeopleinthenorthwesternUS.TheUSisalargecountryinwhichmanydifferentdialectsarespoken.AlthoughmanyAmericansmovealot,theystillrecognizeeachother’sdialects.[来源:学科网ZXXK]1.StandardEnglishisspoken________．A．inBritainB．intheUSC．inCanadaD．innoplace2.________iscalledadialect．A．NativelanguageB．Thelanguagewhichisdifferentfrom“standardlanguage”C．ThelanguagespokeninmostpartsofonecountryD．AmericanEnglish3.AmericanEnglishhassomanydialectsbecause________．A．peoplehavecomefromallovertheworldB．theUSismadeupofsomanystatesC．AmericansmovefromoneplacetoanotherD．theUSisalargecountry4.AsmanyAmericansmovealloverthecountry,they________．A．changetheirdialectsB．taketheirdialectswiththemC．don’tspeaktheirdialectsD．can’tunderstandeachother’sdialects5.ManypeoplebelievetheEnglishspokenonTVandtheradioisstandardEnglishbecause________．A．therearenodifferencesinthewaypeoplespeakonTVandtheradioB．EnglishspokeinBBCandVOAisthesameC．peopleexpectthosewhoreportthenewsspeakexcellentEnglishD．EnglishspokenonTVandtheradiodoesn’tcontaindialectsB.MynameisWangKun.Eversincemiddleschool,mysisterWangWeiandIhavedreamedabouttakingagreatbiketrip.Twoyearsagosheboughtanexpensivemountainbikeandthenshepersuadedmetobuyone.Lastyear,shevisitedourcousins,DaoWeiandYuHangattheircollegeinKunming.TheyareDaiandgrewupinwesternYunnanProvinceneartheLancangRiver,theChinesepartoftheriverthatiscalledtheMekongRiverinothercountries.WangWeisoongottheminterestedincyclingtoo.Aftergraduatingfromcollege,wefinallygotthechancetotakeabiketrip.Iaskedmysister,“Wherearewegoing?”ItwasmysisterwhofirsthadtheideatocyclealongtheentireMekongRiverfromwhereitbeginstowhereitends.Nowsheisplanningourscheduleforthetrip.Iamfondofmysisterbutshehasoneseriousshortcoming.Shecanbereallystubborn.Althoughshedidn’tknowthebestwayofgettingtoplaces,sheinsistedthatsheorganizethetripproperly.NowIknowthattheproperwayisalwaysherway.Ikeptaskingher,“Whenareweleavingandwhenarewecomingback?”Iaskedherwhethershehadlookedatamapyet.Ofcourseshehadn’t;mysisterdoesn’tcareaboutdetails.SoItoldherthatthesourceoftheMekongisinQinghaiProvince.Shegavemeadeterminedlook--thekindthatsaidshewouldnotchangehermind.WhenItoldherthatourjourneywouldbeginatanaltitudeofmorethan5,000meters,sheseemedtobeexcitedaboutit.WhenItoldhertheairwouldbehardtobreatheanditwouldbeverycold,shesaiditwouldbeaninterestingexperience.Iknowmysisterwell.Onceshehasmadeuphermind,nothingcanchangeit.Finally,Ihadtogivein.Severalmonthsbeforeourtrip,WangWeiandIwenttothelibrary.Wefoundalargeatlaswithgoodmapsthatshoweddetailsofworldgeography.FromtheatlaswecouldseethattheMekongRiverbeginsinaglaciertomovequickly.Itbecomesrapidsasitpassesthroughdeepvalleys,travelingacrosswesternYunnanProvince.Sometimestheriverbecomesawaterfallandenterswidevalleys.WewerebothsurprisedtolearnthathalfoftheriverisinChina.AfteritleavesChinaandhighaltitude,theMekongbecomeswide,brownandwarm.AsitentersSoutheastAsia,itspaceslows.Itmakeswidebendsormeandersthroughlowvalleystotheplainswherericegrows.Atlast,theriverdeltaenterstheSouthChinaSea.6.Thetextmainlytellsusthattheauthorandhissister___________.A.planandmakepreparationsfortheirbiketripB.takeabiketripalongtheMekongRiverC.dosomeresearchontheMekongRiverD.arefondofcyclingandtravelling7.Whatcanwelearnfromthetext?A.Theywouldneedothers'helpduringtheirtrip.B.TheyknewwellabouttheMekongRiverbefore.C.Theygaveuptheirtripbecausetheywouldmeetwithmanydifficultiesontheway.D.Theirtripwouldbeverydifficultbecausetherewouldbemanydifficultiesontheway.8.WhydidWangKunkeepaskingWangWeiquestions?A.Becausehewantedtogiveherasmuchhelpashecould.B.Becausehewantedtopersuadehertogiveupthetrip.C.BecauseheknewverywellabouttheMekongRiver.D.Becausehewantedtoorganizethetriphimself.9.WhatdoesWangKunmeanbysaying“theproperwayisalwaysherway”?AWangWeiisreliable,becauseshealwaysknowstheproperway.B.WangWeialwaysinsistsonherway,eventhoughshedoesn'tknowtheproperway.C.WangKunthinksthathissisterisstubbornandcan’tdoanythingproperly.D.WangKunthinksthathissistercanf