山东省微山县第二中学2018-2019学年高一下学期第二学段教学质量监测英语试题

2018-2019学年度第二学期第二学段教学质量监测 高一英语试题 注意：本试卷共8页，满分100分，时间90分钟 第I卷 （共60分） 第一部分 阅读理解（共20小题，满分40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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。（共20小题，满分40分） A The earth is the only planet that scientists think has life. Why does the earth have life while the other planets don’t? For one thing, the earth is just the right temperature. As the third planet from the sun, the earth seems to be just the right distance away. The planets which are closer to the sun are so hot. The farthest planets are cold balls. When the earth developed—which scientists believe may have happened about 4 billion years ago—many gases covered the earth. The gases caused the earth to be hot. But something wonderful happened. The temperature was just right for thick clouds to form. It rained very hard for a very long time. This gave the earth its oceans. Water made it possible for plants to grow. The plants created oxygen in the atmosphere. Oxygen is the gas th