四川省成都外国语学校2020-2021学年高二4月月考英语试题

成都外国语学校2020-2021学年度下学期4月月考 高二英语试卷 第Ｉ卷 （选择题 共70分） 第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分） 第1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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A English is changing faster than ever with the development of society. Do you long to keep up with the times? If so, here are some old-fashioned words you should remove from your vocabulary list. Whippersnapper As an alteration of the term "snippersnapper'', the word first appeared in the 17th century, expressing our ancestors' annoyance at ill-mannered children. In its more contemporary version, the word relates to a young person who is too confident and does not show enough respect to older. Tape Are you born in the 1980s? If so, you may still be using the term "tape" when speaking of recording music or TV shows. Today, though digital media has made data storage on magnetic an outdated thing, this old linguistic habit still exists. Stewardess In the earlier age of air travel, female crew members serving airline passengers were called stewardesses. It was the development of women's rights movement in the 1960s that the word fell out of use. "Stewardess" was replaced by a more gender-neutral term, "flight attendant”. Dungarees What we know as "jeans" today were once called “dungarees" to refer to trousers made of denim （蓝粗棉布）.As traders began importing the cloth from Genoa in Italy, this kind of trousers got a new name ’jeans”. So don't be surprised if you catch your grandpa saying dungarees. 1. Who can be described as a whippersnapper nowadays? A. A child who is bad-tempered. B. An elder who doesn't like children. C. An elder who has confidence and influence. D. A teenager who is overconfident and impolite. 2. Which of the following has become out of date with digital technology? A. Whippersnapper. B. Tape. C. Stewardess. D. Dungarees. 3. What is the author's purpose in writing the passage? A. To show readers how to stay young. B. To explain how to keep up with the times. C. To analyze the differences among modem words. D.