高级中学名校试题

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安徽省亳州市涡阳县2023-2024学年高一下学期

4月月考英语试题

第一部分听力(略)

第二部分阅读(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。

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FourCoolLanguages

Chinese

Around1.4billionpeoplespeakChinese.Chineseisatonal(声调的)language,meaningthatchangingthetoneofjustonesyllable(音节)canaffectaword’smeaning.Chinesewritinghasancientroots,whichisthoughttohavedevelopedstartingaround2000B.C.

Arabic

Over370millionpeoplespeakArabic.WrittenArabicusesacursive-stylefont(连笔)thatlooksmorelikeartworksthanwriting.Arabiciswrittenfromrighttoleftratherthanlefttoright,makingitdifferentfrommanyotherlanguages.

English

Around379millionpeoplespeakEnglishasanativelanguage.It’sanofficiallanguageinahugenumberofothercountries.

Englishisthemostwidelyspokensecondlanguage,withoverabillionpeoplespeakingitasanon-nativelanguage.ThatmeansaroundtwiceasmanypeoplespeakEnglishasasecondlanguagethanpeoplewhospeakitasafirstlanguage.

Italian

Nearly68millionpeoplespeakItalian.Ifyouplaymusicorsing,chancesarethatyoualreadyknowalotofItalianbecausemanyfamiliarmusicaltermsareactuallyItalian.

NotonlywilllearningItalianhelpyoupickupvocabulary,butitwillalsohelpyouunderstandthemeaningsofmusicaltermsingreaterdepth.

1.WhatisafeatureofArabic?

A.Itdoesn’thavecursive-stylefonts. B.Ithelpsartistswiththeirartworks.

C.Itiswrittenfromrighttoleft. D.Itiscloselyrelatedtomusic.

2.Whichlanguageisthemostwidelyusedasasecondlanguageintheworld?

A.Arabic. B.English. C.Chinese. D.Italian.

3.What’sthenumberofpeoplewhospeakItalian?

A.Nearly68million. B.Around370million.

C.Over379million. D.Around1.4billion.

【答案】1.C2.B3.A

【语篇解读】本文是一篇应用文，文章介绍了四种很酷的语言。

【1题详析】细节理解题。根据Arabic中“Arabiciswrittenfromrighttoleftratherthanlefttoright,makingitdiffere