精品解析:甘肃省兰州第一中学2016-2017学年高二上学期期中考试英语试题解析

甘肃省兰州第一中学2016-2017学年高二上学期期中考试 英语试题 说明：本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分。满分100分，考试时间100分钟。答案写在答题卡上，交卷时只交答题卡。 第I卷（选择题） 第一部分： (共三节，满分50分) 第一节 阅读理解（共10小题，每小题2分，满分20分） A Hundreds of years ago，a Roman army came north from England to make war on Scotland. The Scots，a brave people，loved their country very much. They fought hard to drive the enemy out of Scotland，but there were too many Romans. It looked as if the Romans would win. One night，the leader of Scots marched his soldiers to the top of a hill. "We will rest here tonight，my men,” he said. "Tomorrow we will fight one more battle. We must win or we will die." They were all very tired，so they ate their supper quickly and fell asleep. There were four guards on duty, but they were very tired as well and also fell asleep one by one. The Romans were not asleep. Quickly they gathered at the foot of the hill. Slowly they climbed up the hillside,taking care not to make a sound. Closer and closer they came to the sleeping Scots. They were almost at the top. A few minutes more，the war would be over. Suddenly，one of them put his foot on a thistle(蓟). He cried out and his sudden cry woke the Scots. In a moment，they were on their feet and ready for battle. The fighting was hard but it did not last long. The Scots wiped out the Romans and saved their country. The thistle is not a beautiful plant. It has sharp needles all over it. Few people like it. But the people of Scotland liked it so much that they made it their national flower. 1. Hundreds of years ago there was a war between ________. A. Roman army and North England　 　B. a brave people and the Scots C. England and Scots　　　　　　 D. Roman army and the Scots 2. The Romans climbed up the hill quietly because ________. A. they wanted to catch the four guards first B. they didn't want to wake the Scots [来源:Zxxk.Com] C. they wanted to reach the top D. they were afraid of the sharp needles of the thistle 3. The people of Scotlan