精品解析:陕西省咸阳百灵中学2016-2017学年高二下学期第三次月考英语试题

咸阳百灵中学2016-2017学年度第二学期第三次月考 高二英语试题 命题人：崔维清 审题人：豆晓维 总分：120分 时间：100分钟 第一部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分） 第一节（共15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、D）中，选出最佳选项。 A It is generally believed that we are getting cleaned when we step under a shower. We are, but we’re also giving a home to lots of tiny little creatures we didn’t even know about. A shower head carries thousands of bacteria called Mycobacterium. These can cause problems like coughs and tiredness, and a general feeling of being sick. When you turn on the water, the bacteria go from the shower head onto and into your body. This is a finding of Norman R. Pace and his team at the University of Colorado, in the US. Pace's team looked at 45 shower heads in nine American cities. They discovered that 30 percent of them had large amounts of flying Mycobacterium. But Pace said that they pose few threats to the health. Only those with a weak immune system might need to worry．He told the New York Times that the bacteria are not as unpleasant as might be thought. He said that having a shower is no more dangerous than anything else we do in the morning. But for those who feel sick about the idea of all those microorganisms (微生物), he had some advice. Let the water run for 30 seconds before getting into the shower. Why? The number of bacteria is smaller than that when the water is just turned on. If that seems like a waste of water, he added that you could also change your shower head every few months. However, Pace had good news too. He has also been testing the air in US subways. Apart from iron particles (粒子), which are ground off the track by the wheels of trains, subway air is fresh. The reason is that a train’s movement pumps fresh outdoor air into the tunnels. 1. From the finding of Norman R. Pace, after taking a shower, we might cough or feel tired because ________. A. it’s easy to get a cold when taking a bath B. the shower head carries many bacteria causing illness C. we don’t get cleaned while showering D. we don’t