2020-2021学年四川省眉山市仁寿一中北校区高二（下）月考英语试卷（6月份）
一、阅读理解（本大题共15小题，共37.5分）
A
The Guide to Riding a San Francisco Cable Car Cable Car History
The cable car was introduced to San Francisco on August 2，1873.Throughout the 1890s,eight companies operated 600 cars which covered 21 cable car routes.The 1906 earthquake destroyed most of the cable car system.Now,only 37 cable cars remain with three lines in operation.All cars are artistic works as they are made and handled by hand!
Cable cars aren't just for tourists!They are an esntial part of the city's public transport system.They are the city's only moving historic landmarks.
The Cable Car Lines
Powell-mason Line（Yellow signs on car锰怎么读）：Begins at Market Street turnaround,and ends at Fisherman's Wharf East End（Bay Street turnaround）.
Stops：Downtown（Market Street），Union Square,Nob Hill,Chinatown,Cable Car Muu
m,North Beach and Fisherman's Wharf（Bay Street）.
Powell-hyde Line（Red signs on carnotyet）：Begins at Market Street turnaround and ends at Fisherman's Wharf West End（gothHyde Street turnaround）.
Stops：Downtownobvious的意思（Market Street），Union Square,Nob Hill,Chinatown,Cable Car Muum,Russian Hill,Fisherman's Wharf（quite的意思west end），and Hyde Street.
California Street Line：Runs East-west from Van Ness Avenue to the Financial District.
Stops：Van Ness Avenue,Polk Street,Nob Hill,Chinatown.
Fares
Tickets（single ride）：can be purchad at turnarounds or from the conductor with cash as you board.
英译中在线翻译Adult &Youth：＄7 each way.Senior（ages 65+）&Disabled：＄3 each way
Pass：are perfect for visitors to the city,and allow unlimited riding for one,three,or ven days on MUNI cable cars,streetcars and bus.
wagOne Day：＄23；Three Days：＄34；Seven Days：＄45
Fastpass（One Month）：allow unlimited riding for one month on MUNI cable cars,str
eetcars and bus.
Adult（ages 18-64）：＄78；Youth（ages 5-17），Senior（ages 65+）and Disabled：＄39
1.What do we know about San Francisco cable cars？ ______
A. They operate automatically.
B. They are just available for tourists.
C. They have become a unique sight.
D. They have a history of over 200 years.
2.What do the three cable car lines have in common？ ______
A. They end at the same stop.
B. They run through Chinatown.
C. Their cars are of the same color.
D. Their routes are equal in length.
3.How much will a couple of 70 pay for their fastpass？ ______
A. ＄23. B. ＄39. C. ＄45. D. ＄quiksilver78.
B
Desperate to protect his farmland from a group of monkeys that were always destroying his crops,a farmer in Karnatakas India decided to paint his dog to look like a tiger in the hope that it would scare the monkeys away.
Srikant Gowda,a farmer from Karnatakas Shivamogga region,recently made interactional news headlines after it was reported that he ud hair dye（染色） to paint his watchdog in the characteristic stripes of a tiger.The dog already had a reddish hair color,so all he had to do was add the black stripes and some white to give it the tiger look.It wasn't that Gowda had always wanted to own a tiger,but that he hoped the disgui would help the dog drive away the monkeys destroying his crops.
The Indian farmer told reporters that he got the idea four years ago when he visited Uttara Kannada and came across a farmer in Bhatkal who was using a fake tiger doll to s
care away monkeys.It emed silly,but he tried the idea himlf and was surprid to e that it actually worked.However,he was convinced that the toy tiger wouldn't fool the monkeys for long,so he decided to try something el as well.
The trick,strange as it might em,has worked well and the dog has been able to actually scare off the monkeys.
This year Gowda not only ud hair dye to make his watchdog look like a small tiger,but he also placed large posters of real tigers and his own fake tiger all over his farmland,hoping that they would keep the monkeys at bay.The paint job actually doesn't harm the dog.It's actually hair dye and lasts up to a month before fading away.
4.What did the farmer decide to do to protect his crops？ ______
A. Rai some tigers. B. Draw a dog like tiger.
C. Set traps for the monkeys. D. Make up his dog as a tiger.
5.Where did Srikant Gowda get his inspiration？ ______
A. From a trip. B. From a friend.
C. From a toy. D. From the Internet.
6.What can be inferred from the last paragraph？ ______
A. The dye can do harm to dogs.
B. The "paint job" will last for only a month.
C. More dogs are likely to be painted like tigers.
D. Monkeys will never stop destroying crops.
7.What can be a suitable title for the text？ ______
A. Farmer Is Friendly to Animals
B. Farmer Is Good at Drawing Tigers
C. Farmer Protects His Crops from Animals
D. Farmer Paints His Dog as a Tiger to Scare Away Monkeys
C
The lander carrying China's first Mars rover successfully touched down on the red planet early Saturday morning Beijing Time May 15，2021.It is the first time China has landed a probe on a planet other than Earth.
Tianwen-1，西班牙语翻译在线consisting of an orbiter,a lander and a rover,was launched from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site on the coast of southern China's island province of Hainan on July 23，2020.This is the first step in China's planetary exploration of the solar system,with the purpo of completing orbiting,landing and roving on the red planet in one mission.
The name Tianwen,meaning "questions to Heaven"，comes from a poem written by the ancient Chine poet Qu Yuan（about 340-278 BC）.China's first Mars rover is named Zhurong after the god of fire in ancient Chine mythology,which echoes with the Chine name of the red planet：Huoxing （the planet of fire）.
Tianwen-1 was launched via a Long March-5 rocket,China's largest launch vehicle.Tianwen-1 has been traveling in space for nearly 10 months.It has carried out four orbital corrections and a deep-space maneuver（演习）.It had flown 475 million km and
was 192 million km from Earth when it reached Mars orbit.
The craft's plummet（骤降）through the Martian（火星的）atmosphere,lasting about nine minutes,was extremely complicated with no ground control,and had to be performed by the spacecraft autonomously.
"Such a challenging attempt is characterized by a succession of complex activities that must be conducted completely by the spacecraft within a very short period of time," said Geng Yan,an official with the Lunar Exploration and Space Program Center of the CNSA. "What added to the difficulties was that we don't know much about the Martian atmosphere,which brought a lot of uncertainties to the mission.Each step had only one chance,and the actions were cloly linked.If there had been any flaw,the landing would have failed."
8.What is the mission of Tianwen-1？ ______
A. To record the wind speed on Mars.
B. To accomplish three major tasks on Mars.
C. To arch for aliens in the solar system.
D. To explore the atmosphere of Mars.
9.What do the numbers in paragraph 4 mainly indicate？ ______
A. The expen of traveling in space.
B. The surroundings of the Mars orbit.
C. The huge task of Tianwen-1.
D. The size of the Long March-5 rocket.
10.Why was it difficult for the spacecraft to plummet？ ______
A. It had to complete the actions independently.
B. It was too fast to be controlled.
C. It had traveled in space for a very long time.
D. It carried too many supplies.
11.What can we know from Geng Yan's words？ ______
A. Landing on Mars is a very challenging move.
B. China's attempt to explore Mars is successful.
C. People are enthusiastic about exploring the univer.
D. Tianwen-1 is esntial to China's space station program.
>confidential
