河南省鹤壁市淇滨高级中学2018-2019学年高一下学期第二次月考英语试题

鹤壁淇滨高中2018-2019学年下学期第二次月考 高一英语试卷 考试时间:100分钟 分值:150分 命题人: 审题人: 第一部分 听力(略) 第二部分 阅读理解(共两节 20小题;每小题2分,满分40分) 第一节(共15小题;每小题2分,满分30分) 阅读下列短文, 从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中, 选出最佳选项,并在答题卷上将该项涂黑。 A Unusual Ways to Ring In the New Year Denmark: Smashing plates If you came out of your front door to find a lot of smashed (破碎的)plates, you might be a bit confused. But that’s exactly what people in Denmark hope to find after midnight, as it means good luck. So, if you were Danish, you might go and smash a plate on a friend’s doorstep to bring good luck to him or her over the next 12 months. Finland: Fortune telling with metal In countries, including Finland, there is a tradition of melting a special metal and then dropping it into cold water. The metal will form a shape when it cools. People then try to read the shape of the metal that tells them something about their future. For example, if it makes the shape of a flower, it could mean the person will have an unknown admirer in the next year. Spain: Eating g