高一英语七选五专题测试卷(含答案)

高一英语七选五专题测试卷(含答案)

Celebrating the harvest around the world

A harvest festival is a celebration of the fall months and the harvest that often accompanies these

months.___1___

Canada

In Canada, people celebrate their harvest on Thanksgiving. ___2___ The English explorer Martin

Frobisher (1535-1594) came upon the land, searching for the "New World". As he arrived in

Canada in 1578, he celebrated surviving the long journey by holding a formal celebration and

eating salt beef and peas.

Today, it has become a recognized holiday in the country that falls on the second Monday in

October. ___3___ One of the highlights (高潮) of the holiday is a big Thanksgiving Day meal,

which usually includes turkey and breads, which are prepared and presented in a unique

Canadian way.

United Kingdom

Harvest festival activities are considered a special time for communities to come together in

celebration. The harvest festival may start with carrying baskets of fruits and vegetables to a local

church where people sing praise songs for a healthy harvest while praying for future harvests.

___4___ Large dinners may also be hosted where eache member brings a special dish to share

with each other.

China

In 2018, the Farmers' Harvest Festival was launched in China. It's held on the day of the autumn

equinox (秋分), which falls roughly on Sept 22 or 23. ___5___ In Jiaxing, Zhejiang province,

farmers brought 100 seed varieties to the main site of the ceremony in Hanhu district and placed

them in a wall to mark the achievements of the seed industry. In Heilongjiang province, the

festival was combined with local traditions of the Daur people and the locals danced around

bonfires.

A．This tradition is said to date back to the 16th century.

B．Every year, a range of events are organized nationwide.

C．These celebrations typically involve dancing and singing.

D．The foods often found at this festival are turkey and bread.

E．Many countries celebrate harvest festivals in different forms.

F．A special effort may be made to give food to the less fortunate.

G．On Thanksgiving, most return home to gather with their family.

Winter is connected with fun and games: snowball fights, skiing, and, every four years, the

Winter Olympics. But what will a winter sports enthusiast do if the snow doesn’t make an

appearance? ____6____

Artificial snow is more like a tightly packed frozen snow that is partly melt. ____7____ They are

broken up by a high-pressure pump at first and then turn into small frozen pieces. Most artificial

snow is made using snow cannons. As the air’s cooling capacity falls, so does the amount of water

that can be pumped through the machine. ____8____ At -4℃ a snow cannon can operate at

around 80% humidity. But if the outside temperature is -1℃, this must be reduced to around 30% humidity.

In 1980, the Olympics held in America became the first Winter Games to use machine-made

snow. ____9____ Artificial snow also appeared at the two recent Winter Olympics, in Sochi,

Russia (2014), and Vancouver, British Columbia (2010). And the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing

is the first to rely entirely on artificial snow.

____10____ The International Olympic Committee states that it creates a more consistent

surface. In addition, the snow that comes from a cannon is icier than natural snow. It melts more

slowly, and provides a harder surface for athletes looking for speed. The first Olympics using

entirely artificial snow will probably not be the last.

A．But they weren’t the last.

B．It is made from waterdrops.

C．That’s when artificial snow comes in.

D．What is artificial snow, and how is it made?

E．Temperature also plays a significant role in snowmaking.

F．Artificial snow can be applied into a wide range of fields.

G．Artificial snow is well worth using in the Winter Olympics.

Symptoms of Dehydration (脱水)

You’re bad-tempered.

Researchers tested the mood and concentration of 25 women who drank healthy amounts of

water one day, and then less the next two days. When slightly dehydrated, the women reported

tiredness, bad temper, headaches and difficulty in focusing. In a separate test, men with mild

dehydration also had trouble with mental tasks. ____11____ Scientists are still trying to figure

out why.

You have a bad workout.

____12____ It impacts how much you can push yourself. Even a 2 to 3 percent fluid loss affects

your ability to get a good workout and more than 5 percent dehydration decreases exercise

capacity by about 30 percent.

____13____

Driving while you’re dehydrated may be just as dangerous as getting behind the wheel drunk, in

terms of how many mistakes you could make on the road. British researchers had participants