(高一英语试卷合集)贵阳市2020届高一英语上学期期中考试卷23份试卷合集含答案.pdf

高一上学期英语期中考试试题（不含听力） 一、阅读理解 （每小题2 分，共 20 分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中选出最佳选项 A Languages are always changing. The English of today is very different from the English of 500 yeas ago. In time, some languages become more important and others become less important. Some even die out completely. About 1, 000 years ago English was a little known language. If a language has a large number of speakers, or if it is very old, there may be differences in the way it is spoken in different areas. That is, the language may have several dialects. Chinese is a good example of dialect differences. Chinese has been spoken for thousands of years by many millions of speakers. The differences between the dialects of Chinese are so great that speakers of Chinese from some parts of China cannot understand each other. There are other kinds of dialects. In some languages we find words or expressions and even grammatical forms which are used only by men and others used by women. Whats more, each generation(一代人) uses its own expressions and grandparents and grandchildren may sometimes have difficulty in understanding each other. 1. The English of today is quite different from that of 500 years ago because _______. A．people are no longer what they were B．languages are changing all the time C．it develops at great speed D．it has many speakers to use it around the world 2. Some languages may even die out. “Die out” means ________. A. appear again B. used once more C. be out of use D. used by some people living far away . 3. Why doesnt a grandfather understand his grandson? Because his grandson ______. A．can speak English B．is from the country C．uses childrens language D．lives in another place 4. People of the same country may find it difficult to understand each other because _______. A．some people are not open enough B．they dont like to speak to ea