桂林十八中2015届高三第一次月考英语试题试卷(2)

22. How did the writer feel halfway with the novel?
A. Disturbed.          B. Ashamed.         C. Confident      D. Uncertain. 
23. What does the author mainly want to tell readers in the last paragraph? 
A. It pays to stick to one’s goal.            B. Hard work can lead to success. 
C. She feels like being unexpectedly lucky.   D. There is no end in sight when starting to do something.
SPORTS EVENTS
BASKETBALL: 
Central Sports Centre. City Road. 
All Stars vs Rockets, Saturday 8: 30 p.m. $12
Northerners vs Tigers, Sunday noon $14  
BUSHWALKING (越野走)： 
Meet at Wanda Station, Saturday 9:00 a.m. sharp for 3-hour walk to Canary Mountains. $7, ph 341-5432 Meet at Westley Station, Sunday 9:00 a.m. sharp for a full day walk to Wombak Valley. $5, ph 341-8643. Bring your own lunch.
FOOTBALL: 
St Martins Sports Centre 
St Martins vs Doonsberg, Saturday 2:00 p.m. $8 
Eastside Central vs Light Hill, Sunday 2:00 p.m. $8 
Neill Park Recreation Centre 
Neill Park vs Robinson, Saturday 2:00 p.m. $11 
Essen vs Springwood, Sunday 2:00 p.m. $11
LAWN BOWLS(草坪滚木球）： 
Tans Town B.C      
Tans Town vs White Vale, Saturday 9:00 p.m. $10 
Wake Hill B.C.      
Wake Hill vs Colls, Saturday 2: 00 p.m. $9 
24. According to the passage, the most popular time for the sporting events may be ____. 
A. Sat 8:30 pm     B. Sun noon        C. Sun 2:00 pm     D. Sat 2:00 pm
25. The purpose of the passage is to let people ____. 
A. compare the prices of the matches   
B. find the nearest place to watch a match 
C. know the sport matches and come to watch them
D. spend their money on these matches wisely
26. You may find the passage most probably in a ____. 
A. handbook     B. newspaper about match reviews  C. magazine about ball matches  D. notice
27. If you have $18, you can go to watch both ____. 
A. Walk Hill vs Colls and Essen vs Springwood  
B. All Stars vs Rockets and the bushwalking at Westley Station
C. Neill Park vs Robinson and Eastside Central vs Light Hill 
D. St Matins vs Doonsberg and Northerners vs Tigers
C
 “To find something so unusual in this day and age is just extraordinary,” said Timmins. “For all we know, this could be the last remaining animal family left to be discovered.” 
It’s a big deal to discover an entirely new family of animals. Humans, for instance, belong to the same family as great apes, chimpanzees, and gorillas. So even though kha-nyous look like rats, they’re really very different. The last time scientists discovered a new family of mammals may have been in the 1970s, when they found new bats in Thailand. 
Timmins seems to have the gift for finding new animals in Laos—he discovered a new species of rabbit there in 1999. 
Scientists call the kha-nyou Laonastes aenigmamus, which means “mysterious mouse that lives among the stones.”But if that's too hard, Timmins and Robinson suggest you call them “rock rats”. 
28. Which of the following is not the name for this new creature?
A. Karsts.  B. Kha-nyou.  C. rock rats.  D. Laonastes aenigmamus.
29. Which of the following cannot describe the new species of rodent?
A. They live among the rocky hills of Laos. 
B. They live on meat of other animals.
C. They look like rats but are of different kind.
D. They are of the latest discovery of a new species.
30. Which of the following is the last discovery of new species of animal except the rodent?
A. A new kind of bats. B. Great apes.  C. A new kind of squirrel.  D. A new kind of rabbit.
31. It implies in the passage that ______.
A. finding a new animal family in Southeast Asia is easy
B. finding a new animal family in modern time is extremely rare
C. in Southeast Asia new species of animals are often discovered
D. animals that look like the same are of the same family
D
The movies just wouldn’t be the same without the warm buttery taste of popcorn. Amazingly, this delicious treat started its life as a corn kernel (玉米粒) , not just from any corn. Popcorn is a type of sweet corn that was originally grown in Mexico and spread to China, India and elsewhere. It is the only kind of corn that will pop. Today, most of the world’s popcorn is grown in the United States. 
Every popcorn kernel contains a tiny drop of water，surrounded by soft starch (淀粉).  When the popcorn is heated, the water turns into steam. This puts pressure on the surrounding hard kernel, forcing it to explode. The soft starch increases about 40 times in size as the corn kernel turns itself inside out. 
In the 1500s popcorn was an important food source for the Aztec Indians of central and southern Mexico.  But it wasn’t only food. It was also used in ceremonies or on red dresses and in necklaces. By the time the Europeans arrived in America，popcorn had spread through most of the American Indians. 
Some early American settlers ate popcorn with cream and sugar for breakfast. But it wasn’t until the late 1800s that popcorn became popular. The demand for popcorn increased and farmers began farming popcorn. The first mobile popping machine was invented in 1885, and popcorn was sold by street sellers much like hot dogs that are sold today. 
During the Great Depression of the 1930s, the popcorn business still