高一级英语下册期中试卷试题

　　Racism again affected Anderson in 1939. When it was arranged for her to sing at Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C., the daughters of the American Revolution opposed it because of her color. She sang instead at the Lincoln Memorial for over 75,000 people. In 1955, Anderson became the first black soloist(独唱者) to sing with the Metropolitan Opera of New York City. The famous conductor Toscanini praised her voice as "heard only once in a hundred years". She was a US delegate(代表) to the United Nations in 1958 and won the UN peace prize in 1977. Anderson eventually triumphed over racism.

　　61. According to this passage, what did Marian do between 1917 and 1929?

　　A. She studied at a music school. B. She sang for religious activities.

　　C. She sang at Town Hall in New York. D. She studied voice in Europe.

　　62. Toscanini thought that Marian Anderson ______ .

　　A. had a very rare voice 　 B. sang occasionally in public

　　C. sang only once in many years D. was seldom heard by people

　　63. Anderson's beautiful voice was first recognized ______ .

　　A. at the Lincoln Memorial B. in Washington D.C.

　　C. in Europe D. at the United Nations

　　64. This passage shows that Anderson finally defeated racism in the US by ______ .

　　A. protesting to the government 　 B. appealing to the United Nations

　　C. demonstrating in the streets D. working hard to perfect her art

　　65. What is the meaning of the word “triumph” in the last sentence?

　　A. Fail. B. Succeed. C. Try. D. Give in.

　　C

　　Do you like to eat out? Do you like to eat quickly? Do you like inexpensive food? Some people go to fast-food restaurants for these reasons. In the past, people usually went to diners(路边小餐馆) for these reasons. In fact, many people in the States still go to diners today for the same reasons.

　　A man named Walter Scott had the first “diner” in 1872. It wasn’t really a diner. It was only a food cart. People on the street walked up to the cart to buy food. These carts served late-night workers who wanted a cup of coffee and a late-night meal. The meal was a sandwich or boiled eggs. In 1887, Samuel Jones built the first diner big enough to allow the customers to come and stools, and people sat down while they ate.

　　Before long, many diners stayed open around the clock. In other words, people were able to eat in a diner at any time. Diners changed in other ways, too. The original menu of sandwiches and coffee became bigger. It included soup, favorite dishes, and a breakfast menu. In addition, diners soon became permanent buildings. They were no longer carts on wheels.

　　Diners today look similar to the diners of the early 1900s. They are usually building with large windows. Inside, the diners have shining counters with stools, booths, and tables and chairs. People can eat all three meals in a modern diner.

　　Today, many people eat in fast-food restaurants such as McDonald’s and Burger King. However, the diner remains an American tradition, and thousands of people still enjoy eating there. It was popular a century ago, and it is still popular today.

　　66. A man named Walter Scott had the first “diner” in 1872. Why is diner in quotation marks(引号)?

　　A. Because it is spelled differently from “dinner”.

　　B. Because the first diner was not a real diner.

　　C. Because diner was a new word.

　　D. Because it is a special kind of restaurant.

　　67. What meals did the first diners serve?

　　A. Only breakfast. B. Only lunch. C. Only night-meals. D. All of the above.

　　68. According to paragraph 3, diners changed in .

　　A. two ways B. three ways C. four ways D. five ways

　　69. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

　　A. Diners existed before fast-food restaurants.

　　B. The menu included more food than sandwiched and coffee.

　　C. Burger King is a fast-food restaurant.

　　D. Sandwiches became bigger.

　　70. The main idea of the passage is .

　　A. the diner is a traditional, popular place to eat in the United States

　　B. Samuel Jones built the first diner big enough to allow the customers to come inside

　　C. American diners serve many types of food 24 hours a day to their customers

　　D. diners are different from fast-food restaurants in many ways

　　D

　　The Diet Zone: A Dangerous Place

　　Diet Coke, diet Pepsi, diet pills, no-fat diet, vegetable diet… We are surrounded by the word "diet" everywhere we look and listen. We have so easily been attracted by the promise and potential of diet products that we have stopped thinking about what diet products are doing to us. We are paying for products that harm us psychologically and physically(身体上).

　　Diet products significantly weaken us psychologically. On one level, we are not allowing our brain to admit that our weight problems lie not in actually losing the weight, but in controlling the consumption of fatty, high-calorie, unhealthy foods. Diet products allow us to jump over the thinking stage and go straight for the scale(秤)instead. All we have to do is to swallow or recognize the word "diet" in food labels.

　　On another level, diet products have greater psychological effects. Every time we have a zero-calorie drink, we are telling ourselves without our awareness that we don't have to work to get results. Diet products make people believe that gain comes without pain, and that life can be without resistance and struggle.

　　The danger of diet products lies not only in the psychological effects they have on us, but also in the physical harm that they cause. Diet foods can indirectly harm our bodies because consuming them instead of healthy foods means we are preventing our bodies from having basic nutrients(营养成分). Diet foods and diet pills contain zero calorie only because the diet industry has created chemicals to produce these wonder products. Diet products may not be nutritional, and the chemical that go into diet products are potentially dangerous.

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