高中教育高二英语广东省汕头市达濠中学2012--2013学年高二上学期期末英语试题 新人教版

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• 41The Russians wanted to sell Alaska because ______.

  A.they thought it wasn’t a good place

  B.they thought it didn’t belong to Russia

  C.they couldn’t find enough seals there

  D.they wanted to earn more money from the U.S.

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• 42When Seward signed the agreement, many people thought ______.

  A.he wasted U.S. money

  B.it had its true value

  C.it was a successful deal

  D.he was clever

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• 43Which of the following things was found first in Alaska、

  A.Gas.

  B.Coal.

  C.Oil.

  D.Gold.

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• 44Before 1959, the United States had ______.

  A.37 states

  B.48 states

  C.49 states

  D.50 states

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• 45The best title for this passage would probably be ______.

  A.Alaska, a beautiful place

  B.Alaska with natural resources

  C.Alaska, home to seals

  D.Alaska, the 49th state of the U.S.

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• 46According to this passage, the umbrella was probably first invented in ancient_______.

  A.China

  B.Egypt

  C.Greece

  D.Rome

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• 47Which of the following statements is not true about the umbrella、

  A.No one exactly knows who the inventor of the umbrella was

  B.The umbrella was first invented to be used as protection against the sun.

  C.The umbrella changed much in style in the eighteenth century

  D.In Europe, the Greeks were the first to use the umbrella as a sunshad

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• 48A strange feature of the umbrella’s use is that it was used as__________.

  A.protection against rain

  B.a symbol of honor and power

  C.a shade against the sun

  D.women’s decoration

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• 49In Europe, the umbrella was first used against the rain_______________.

  A.during the Middle Ages

  B.in Rome

  C.by the 18th

  D.in Greece

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• 50This passage talks mainly about_______________.

  A.when and how the umbrella was invented

  B.why the umbrella was so popular in Europe

  C.the development of the umbrella

  D.The history and use of the umbrella

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