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2015东沙中学高二英语期中试卷
第一部分:阅读理解(共两节,满分40分)
第一节(共15小题,每小题2分,满分30分)
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An explosion on Thursday killed one and injured 21 in a busy street in Tongren, Southwest China’s Guizhou Province.
The bomb was hidden in a rubbish bin in the city’s commercial hub(商业中心),where lots of shops and restaurants are concentrated.
The ear-splitting blast was heard around 12∶50 p.m.,said a local newspaper, citing witnesses. The power of the blast shattered(使粉碎)nearby shop windows and ripped the stainless(不生锈的)steel rubbish can to pieces.
One passer-by,identified(确认)only as Zhang,said she was shocked by the noise and saw a lot of pedestrians lying on the ground when she got to the scene.
Thirteen of the injured were taken to a local hospital after the explosion. A doctor there said five were in serious condition but already out of danger after emergency treatment. The others were just slightly hurt.
The cause of the explosion is still under investigation, said an officer with the Tongren police, but refused to speculate as to the cause.
1.It can be inferred from the passage that ________.
A. All the injured were taken to a hospital
B. 8 of the injured were not taken to a hospital
C. The rubbish bin with a bomb was in a restaurant
D. The rubbish bin with a bomb was in a shop
2.Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?
A. One passer- by, identified only as Zhang, saw the man throwing a bomb into a bin.
B. Some customers in restaurants were injured.
C. The writer didn’t get to the scene.
D. All customers in shops got hurt.
3.In the last paragraph the underlined word“ speculate” probably means ________.
A. tell B. guess C. discuss D. talk
B
Women turn to online shopping
Women have jumped ahead of men for the first time in using the Internet to do their holiday shopping,according to a study published last week in the US.
For Years men have been more likely to shop on the Internet than women,but during the 2004 holiday sea