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高一英语阅读理解试题(历史类)
(1)
Napoleon
agreed to plans for a
tunnel(
隧道
) under the English
Channel in 1802. The British
began digging one in 1880. Neither
tunnel was completed. Europe has had to wait until
the end of
the 20th century
for the Channel Tunnel. After nearly two centuries
of dreaming, the island of
Great Britain is connected to
Continental Europe for the first time since the
Ice Age, when the two
land
masses moved apart.
On May
6, 1994, Britain's Queen Elizabeth and France's
President Mitterrand carried out the
official opening. The Queen was
accompanied(
陪同
) on her train
journey through the historic
tunnel by one of her
Rolls
-
Royce cars which was
placed on the train. The following day saw
celebrations taking place
in Folkestone and Calais. Regular public services
did not start until the
latter part of 1994.
1. The island of Great Britain is
_______.
A. connected to
France all the time
B.
separated from France with a tunnel
C. separated from France all the time
D. joined to France with
the tunnel
2. Queen
Elizabeth _______ at the opening.
A. took her car
Rolls
-
Royce through the
tunnel
B. took her car
which was placed on her train through the tunnel
C. took her train through
the tunnel
D. took
Mitterrand's train through the tunnel
3. Before 1994, one could go to Britain
from France _______.
A.
only by ship
B. by ship or plane
C. by car or train
D. by ship, car
or train
4. Which of the
following is right?
A.
Napoleon made plans for the tunnel.
B. The public could pass through the
tunnel by train after May 6, 1994.
C. The tunnel was built for two
centuries.
D. The tunnel
will do great good to Britain and France.
(2)
After the American Revolution won in
1787, the new government in the U.S.A. had to
choose a capital city. The
thirteen states quarreled about this. So the
government decided to build a
completely new capital. The land on the
River Potomac was given the name District of
Columbia
(D.C). The new
Capital was built on the north bank of the river.
It was named after George
Washington, the president of the U.S.A.
Washington D.
C., a government city, is an important
cultural(
文化
) center as well
as a
big
tourist(
游览
) center.
Most capital
cities have simply grown from small cities.
Washington, however was
planned as the capital of a great
nation. It was designed by a French artist who
first made a study
of many capital cities of
Europe. In general, his plan followed the plan of
the beautiful French city
of Versailles.
1. When the new capital was built
America was made up of ____ states.
A. thirty
B. thirteen
C. fifty
D. fifteen
2.
Washington D.C. is the name of _______.
A. an American president
B. America's capital
C. a famous river
D. a beautiful garden city
3. According to the passage we can
conclude that America's capital_____.
A. lies in the center on the country B.
lies on the River Potomac
C.
was built by French workers
D. came from a small city
4. According to the passage we can
infer that Washington D.C. is the center of
America's
______.
A. politics, culture and
traveling
B. culture,
traveling and sports
C.
economy(
经济
), sports and
culture D. politics, culture and economy
(3)
Cost of American Wars
war namecost of the warcost
as a percent of
annual GDP
63% US $$ 2.2 billion(in
2002
Revolutionary
dollars)
War
13% War of
1812 US$$ 1.1 billion
3%
US$$1.6 billion Mexican War
104% US $$ 62 billion Civil War
3% US$$ 9.6 billion Spanish
American War
24% World War I US$$ 190. 6 billion
103% US$$ 2.9 trillion World
War II
15% US$$ 335.9
billion Korean War
12% US$$
494.3 billion Vietnam War
1%
US$$76.1
billion
First Gulf War
1. Which wars cost more
than a year's worth of the GDP?
A. First Gulf War and World War I
B. The Civil War and World
War II
C. World War II and
Revolutionary War D. Mexican War and Civil War
2.
The American annual gross domestic product in 1951
was _________.
A. 2.239
trillion
B.2.9 trillion C.
3, 25 trillion
D. 76.1
billion
3. Which of the following is NOT true?
A. Mexican War cost more
than War of 1812.
B. First
Gulf War cost the least in term of the percentage
of the annual of GDP.
C.
World War II cost more than Korean War.
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