高一英语上学期期中测试卷02 牛津译林版-牛津版高一全册英语试题.docx

2020-2021学年高一英语上学期期中考测试卷02（译林牛津版）
第I卷（选择题）
第一部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分30分）
（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
Flowersmakepeoplehappy.Andwhilethatmightseemobvious，therehasn’tbeenmuchresearchtoprovethepointuntilnow.
SomenewstudiesbyRutgersUniversityscientistssupporttheideastrongly，andtheexpertsgoontoassumethatflowershaveflourishedonthisplanet，withtheirbeautyevolvinginrecentthousandsofyears，partlybecausehumansaresoattachedtothem.
Inatest，bunchesofflowersweresentbyfloriststo113menandwomeninaretirementcommunity.All113gotflowersandanotebook，butsomegotthemearlierandreceivedasecondbunchwhentheothersgottheirs.Bynowyoucanguesstheoutcome.Themoreflowers，themoresmiles.
Theresultsofthestudiesgotthescientiststothinkingabouthowtheflowerindustryoftodayhasevolvedintogrowingthingsthatservenootherpurposethanemotional(情感上的)satisfaction.Naturewon’tevenpollinate(授粉)manyofthedomesticatedflowers.Justamongroses，therearesomanytypescreatedbyhumansthat，clearly，flowersaren’twhattheyusedtobe.Butit’slikelythatourcollectivehandhasplayedarolelongerthanyoumightthink.
Geneticist(遗传学家)TerryMcGuiresuggeststhatnature’sprettierflowersgottosurviveanddevelopwellbecausepeopledidn’tdestroythemwhentheyclearedforagriculture.Instead，theygrewthemandhavebeendoingsoforover5,000years.“Becausethey’reasourceofpleasure，wetakecareofthem.Inthatsensethey’relikedogs.Theyarethepetsoftheplantworld，”McGuiresays.
Hereisonewaythatmighthaveworked：
“Manyspeciesofflowersthatarenowplantedusedtogrowonlywhenthegroundwasdisturbed，”McGuireexplains.“Ashumansmovedintoagriculturalsettings，theseflowerswouldhavebeenweeds.”“Theseflowersmighthavebeentoleratedbecauseoftheirbeauty.Theseedswouldhavebeenpreservedandreplanted.Overtime，thebestoftheseflowersmighthavebeenselectedandtheseedsmorecarefullypreserved.”
1．Theunderlinedword“theirs”probablyrefersto________.
A．flowers
B．notebooks
C．flowersandnotebooks
D．asecondbunchofflowers
2．AccordingtoTerryMcGuire，onepossiblewayofflowerevolutionis__________.
a．themostbeautifulflowerswerechosen
b．