河南省漯河市第四高级中学2022-2023学年高一下学期期末达标训练英语试题

高一下期英语试题 第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分50分） 第一节 （共15小题；每小题2．5分，满分37．5分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 A     Inspired by a 9-year-old cyclist, Lauren Turner, who can only use one hand, a group of University of Guelph students has won an international award for their invention—a bike brake lever(刹车手柄) that pulls both the front brake and the back brake at the same time．     Lauren Turner was able to ride her bike, but not as confidently and quickly as her friends．     "She couldn't use the front brake．She only used the back brake, but the front brake makes you stop twice as fast," says Micha Wallace, who, with Katie Bell, Anina Sakaguchi and Andrew Monies won second prize in the James Dyson Award for their single-handed bike brake lever．    "Lauren Turner tried the device(装置) first and she used it all last summer．She had no problems．It helped her go faster because she felt more confident in her braking abilities．She felt safer．" says Wallace．     The invention was the fourth-year design project for the four students．They designed, tested and created a prototype(原型) within a four-month period．     When Wallace heard about the James Dyson Award on the news, she and her co-inventors entered their project in the U．K．-based contest, which rewards students designers who create products that improve the way we live．The students collected the runner-up prize—£ 2, 000 for them and £500 for their school．     As well, they had a chance to meet James Dyson, a U．K．famous inventor．Praising the students for their invention, Dyson says the single-handed bike brake lever could improve safety for all cyclists．By using both brakes at once, you could prevent the possibility of flying over the handlebars and ending up with an injury．     The students hope to sell it to a major company．It may be used in other devices that require two hands for operation． 1．According to the passage, the James Dyson Award was named after _____． A．a well-known place B．a famous inventor C．a famous university D．a gover