2024-2025學(xué)年山西省大同市渾源縣第七中學(xué)校高一下學(xué)期第一次月考英語試題一、閱讀理解(★) Six annoying “facts” people have to finally stop believing in 1. Walt Disney did not create Mickey Mouse. His close friend and collaborator Ub Iwerks did, though he was “denied credit” for creating this major piece of pop culture history. Iwerks came up with the character in 1928. 2. Albert Einstein never flunked a math class as a child. When the adult Einstein was shown a newspaper article claiming he had, he replied, “Before I was 15, I had mastered differential and integral calculus (微積分).” While Einstein achieved high grades throughout his childhood education, he “hated the strict protocols followed by teachers and rote learning demanded of students” at the schools he attended. 3. Napoleon Bonaparte was not short. Despite the fact that his name has become synonymous with “angry short man, ” Napoleon Bonaparte was actually of average height for the time period in which he lived. His contemporaries described him as being 5'2", but the French measured height differently back in the day, so he was actually around 5'5". That made him just “an inch or so below the period’s average adult male height.” 4. Isaac Newton didn't discover gravity because an apple struck him on the head. Rather, he witnessed an apple falling and wondered why objects always fall down instead of up or sideways, a thought that inspired his Law of Universal Gravitation. 5. Bats are not blind. No, bats are not blind. Bats have small eyes with very sensitive vision, which helps them see in conditions we might consider pitch black. They don't have the sharp and colorful vision humans have, but they don't need that. 6. Black holes. Not really “holes, ” but rather hugely dense objects with massive gravitational pull.1. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage? A． Unable to achieve high grades at school, Einstein hated the rigid rules.B． Bats have small eyes but with the same sharp and colorful vision as humans.C． Newton discovered gravity out of curiosity but by accident.D． Black holes are huge objects with massive gravitational push.2. The text is written here in order to________. A． present some common beliefsB． clarify some popular mythsC． relate some interesting storiesD． list some historical facts3. Which section of a magazine may this text be found in? A． Entertainment.B． History.C． Education.D． Popular science. (★★★) Esperanto (世界語) was created in the late 1800s by Ludwik Lejzer Zamenhof, a Polish medical doctor. He alone built the basis for the language and helped introduce it into the world. Though Zamenhof’s profession was a physician, he was no amateur (外行) in languages. Zamenhol said Russian was his mother tongue — the area of Poland he lived in was then part of the Russian Federation — but he generally spoke Polish everyday. Evidence also shows that he learned Yiddish from his mother and that he studied German, English, Spanlsh, Lithuanian, Italian and French. In addition, Zamenhof learned the classical languages Hebrew, Latin and Aramaic in school. Esperanto was not the first constructed language he’d dealt with. First, he learned a bit of Volapuk (沃拉普克語), which was invented in Germany a decade before Esperanto. Having command of so many languages had a great impact on his creation of Esperanto, which was Zamenhof’s 14th language. During his life, Zamenhof became extremely interested in the idea of creating a tolerant world, free from the horrors (恐怖) of war. He dreamed of a day when people could come together. To make this world a reality, he decided the best thing he could do was make an international language. It would not be anyone’s mother tongue, but people can quickly learn it as a second language to make conversation easily with people from anywhere in the world. Why would Zamenhof create Esperanto when English basically already was used as an international language? The problem is that using English gives a huge advantage to people and places that already speak English. Esperanto tries to bypass political and cultural problems by being a neutral (中性的) language. Yet Esperanto is not without flaw. It was strongly influenced by European language, which can put people who speak Asian languages at a distinct disadvantage in learning and speaking Esperanto. Esperanto’s simple rules might make it easier to learn than other languages for an Asian speaker, but it still loses some of its “neutrality”.4. Which language was Zamenhof’s mother tongue? A． Russian.B． German.C． Spanish.D． Italian.5. Zamenhof was able to create Esperanto because ________. A． he had mastered VolapukB． he had been to many countriesC． he was an amateur in learning languagesD． he was influenced by the 13 languages he had learnt6. What gave Zamenhof the idea of creating Esperanto? A． His fami。