内蒙古开鲁县蒙古族中学2020学年高二英语上学期期中测试试题九

内蒙古开鲁县蒙古族中学2020学年高二英语上学期期中测试试题九短文改错1Miss Evans taught physics in school in LondonLast month she was explaining to one of her class about sound ，andshe decide to test them to see how successful she hadbeen in her work She said to them， “Now I has a sisterin Washington If I was calling her by the phone， andyou were on the other side of the street Who wouldhear me first， my sister and you？ And why？”A clever boy at once answered， “You sister， MissEvans， because the electricity travels much faster than sound waves” “Very well，” Miss Evans praised2It is interested to visit another country， but sometimesthere are some questions when we dont know the language verywell It may be difficult to talk about the people thereWe may not know how to use the telephone in the country which arevisiting We may not know what to buy the things we needIn a strange country we may not know where to eat and what to order in a restaurant It is not easy to decide how manymoney to tip（付小费） waiters or taxi drivers When we arehelpless， we may not know how to ask helpAfter a short time later， however， we learn what to doand what to say We learn to enjoy life in another country， and then we may be sorry to leave both the place and the people3Long long ago， people had gather leaves andfruit of plants to eat with They didnt know howto plant crops or how to keep animals for their food We call them Stone Age people Thing forthem were terrible and hard Now there have stillsome people living liked those Stone Age peopleThey live in places that are hard reach They donot know of our invention， for they keep themselves away our civilized world For many years a group of people call Aruntas have lived alonein the center of Australia4How robins（知更鸟） know when it is timeto go back north？ They seem to tell by howsoon daylight lasts In late winter， daylightbegins to last longest each day When thedaylight lasts long enough， robins start north They fly by day Each year they follow a sameflyway At first， they fly only few miles aday They stop often in the field to eat bugs（小虫子） Late， they seem in a hurry They flyover 100 miles a day Some are going so faras 180 miles When they get to home， theyalways stay together high in a tree5The Internet is playing a important part inour daily life On the net，we can learn aboutnews both home and abroad and some otherinformations as well We can also make phone calls，send messages by e-mails，go to net schools，and learn foreign languages by ourselves Beside，wecan enjoy music，watch sports matches，and play thechess or cards The net even help us do shopping， make a chat with others and make friends with themIn a word，the Internet has made our life more easier6People have different tastes in food Somefeel they havent a meal unless they have hadpork or other meat；some prefer chickensor fish，and eats one or the other at every mealOthers prefer vegetables and fruits orgrains but would enjoy a meal of potatoes，noodles and carrots and some another fruitsOthers could live on the foods are calledfast foods，for example，a hamburger orhot dog，French fries and a soft drinks Food can be prepared by so many waysEvery is satisfactory to different person7In the morning of November 18th，1755，an earthquakeshook BostonJohn，a professor at Harvard College felt a quakeandwokeup“Iroseandfoundtobefifteenminutes pastfour” He hurried to downstairs to the clock It had stoppedthree minutes ago Except for stopping the clock，the quakehad only thrown a key from the mantel（壁炉架） to the floorThe clock had stopped because John put some longglass tube he was using for an experiment into the casefor safekeepingThe quake had been knocked the tubes over andblocked the pendulum（钟摆） So John had the exactly time of the earthquake8Life in the twentyone century will be very different with life today There will be manychangesWhat can the changes be？ The populationis growing fast That will be many more people inthe world and most of them will live in longerthan people live now Computers will be much more smaller and more useful， and there will be one in every home People will work fewhours than they now and they will have morefree time for reading books， watch TV and traveling9Once one year a race is held A lotof cars took part this race last year and therehad a lot of experiments just before it began Oneof the most beautiful car was a RollsRoyceSilver Ghost The most usual car was a Benz which had only three wheels Built in 1885，it is theoldest car taking part After a great many loudnoises，the race began Many of cars broke down on the way and some drivers spent much time undertheir cars than in them The win car reached at a speed of forty miles an hour10In recently years，dust storms take place more and more often in the north of Chinese They have brought a great deal of trouble to peoples lives.The strong wind blows up the dust，made the airvery dirty It also stops many of people from going out In past，people raised a large number of sheepThe sheep eat up a great deal of grass and the landbecame sandy Now the government have begun topay attention to the problem Each year，a lot ofmoney spent on the improvement of the environment11Sleep，as we know， is important to us Andhow many sleep do we actually need？For mostof us， eight hours seem to be about the rightamount Yet we know that there are agreat many people who get along well lesssleep ，and some whom may even need more Agreat deal depends by the way we live Buta good common rule to f