精品解析:山西省大同市第一中学2016-2017学年高二5月月考英语试题

山西省大同市第一中学2016-2017学年高二5月月考 英语试题 第一节：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）2 阅读下面短文，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篇 New friends. Fresh lifestyle. Better career opportunities…Those are attractions of overseas study for young people in China. “Start early, finish strong,” some of them say. More than 300 universities from 27 countries and regions were represented at last weekend’s international education exposition(展览). 1. If you want to have more chances of getting scholarship to study in a foreign country, you’d better choose . A. Canada B. the Netherlands C. the US D. Australia 2. Many young people go to study in the US because . A. it is not very difficult for them to get a student visa B. it is easier for them to pass the TOFEL or GRE C. they don’t spend much time applying to US universities D. they think they can receive good university education 3. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true? A. Students go to the Netherlands usually for its beautiful scenery B. You can apply for your visa to study in Australia on the Internet C. You may have trouble with language if you study in Italy D. The UK is the country with very high expenses B篇 Housework is a frequent source of disputes (争论) between lazy husbands and their hard-working wives, but women have been warned not to expect men to pull their weight any time soon. A study from Oxford University has found that men are unlikely to be doing an equal share of housework before 2050. Mothers, the researchers warned, will continue to shoulder the burden of childcare and housework for the next four decades, largely because housework such as cleaning and cooking is still regarded as “women’s work”. The gap between the amount of time men and women spend on housework has narrowed slowly over the past 40 years. But it will take another four decades before true housework equality (平等) is achieved, the study concluded. The research found that in the Nordic countries, the burden of housework is shar