2015-2016学年上期高三第一次月考英语试卷时间：120分钟满分：150分第I卷（选择题共70分）第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分；满分30分）AComicStrips（连环漫画）Forhundredsofyears,artistshaveusedcartoonstocriticizebadrulersorlandowners.Asearlyasthe19thcentury,peopleproducedandreadbooksofdrawing.Inmanyways,theyweresimilartomoderncomics.Theycontainedstoriesofnaughtychildrenandplayfulanimals.Theowlandtheelephantwereusuallywiseanimals,readytogiveadvice.Thelionandthetigerwerebrave.Thefoxandthewolfwerecunning（狡猾的）greedyanddangerous.Acenturyago,anAmericannewspaperpublishedthefirstfull-colorcomicstrip.Itwassopopularthatsalesofthenewspaper,MorningJournal,increasedquickly.Sincethen,newspapersthroughouttheworldhaveincludedcomicstrips.Inmoderntimes,comicsarepopularinChina,Japan,theUSAandalmosteverywhere.NotevenvideogamesorCD-ROMshavereducedtheirpopularity.NamessuchasSnoopy,WoodstockandGarfieldarewellknownindozensofcountries.ThePeanutscomicstripappearsinover2,000newspapersandinmorethan25languages.Peoplebelievethatitscreator,CharlesM.Schultz,earnedUS$60millionayear.Perhapsoneday,youmayliketocreateyourowncomicstripandbecomeamillionaire.First,youmustthinkofagoodplot.Itshouldbefunny,excitingorinterestinginsomeway.Itshouldhaveplentyofaction.Moreover,thelanguagemustberealisticandsimple.Thewordsshouldsuitthecharactersinyourstory.Onetypeofpersonmightsay,“Pleasebequietandlistentowhatwehavetosay.”Butanothertypeofcharactermightsimplysay,“Shutupandlisten!”Furthermore,thecharactersinyourstorymustbecleartoreaders.They1shouldbeobviouslygoodorbad----andnotamixtureofboth.Aleadermustbestrongerorclevererthanhisorherfollowers.Inmanycomicstrips----especiallythoseshowingcrimeofadventure----thereshouldalsobeaheroorheroine.Thiswillattractthereadertokeeponreadingthestory.21.Theunderlinedword“plot”issimilarinmeaningto_____.A.placeB.stripC.storyD.character22.WhichofthefollowingisNOTthenameofacartoonCharacter?A.Snoopy.B.Peanuts.C.Woodstock.D.Garfield.23.Inthe19thcentury,thewolfinthecartoonswasNOT_____.A.cunningB.dangerousC.greedyD.braveBASwissairplanepoweredonlybyenergyfromthesunleftfromAbuDhabiearlyonMarch9.Itscreatorshopetheplanewillmakethefirstaround—the—worldjourneywithoutanyfuel.TheplaneiscalledSolarImpulse2.Ithasoneseatandismadefromcarbonfiber.TheplaneweighsonlyasmuchasacarbutitswingsarewiderthanaBoeing747.Theplane’swingsstretch72metersacross.Thosewingsinclude17,000solarunitsorcellsthatcatchthesun’senergy.Theenergyallowstheplanetoflydayandnight.TwoSwissscientistsbuilttheplane.BertrandPiccardisalsoanexplorerwhomadethefirstnone—stopflightaroundtheworldinaballoon,whileBorschbergisanengineerandhastrainedfighterpilots.Thescientistssaytheyarenottryingtochangetheairplaneindustry.Instead,theywanttoshowthatnewenergysourcesandtechnologiescanachievewhatsomesayisimpossible.“Wewanttoshowthatwecanflydayandnightinanaircraftwithoutadropoffuel,”Mr.Piccardsaid.Somepartsofthetripwillrequirethepilotstobeinthetinyplaneforfivetosixdaysandnightsinarow.Soitisgoodthatthepilot’sseatisalsoatoilet.Theplane’sroutebeginsintheUnitedArabEmirates.ThepilotsalsoplanstopsinOman,India,andChina（thefirststopinChongqing,andthenin2Nanjing）.TheywillcrossthePacificOcean,stopintheUnitedStates,andcontinueoversouthernEuropeorNorthAfrica.TheyplantoarrivebackintheUnitedArabEmiratesinlateJulyorearlyAugust.Inter...
