1、河南省开封市2005-2006学年度第一学期期末调研高一英语试题-人教版4-无忧考网C Helen Foster Snow, former wife of the late （已故） Edgar Snow (the world-famous writer of Red Star Over China), died in the United States on January 11, 1997, at the age of 89. With roots deep among her own American people, she was a lifelong friend of the Ch
2、inese people and a bridge-builder between China and America.A small-town girl born and schooled in the southwestern U.S. State of Utah, Helen Foster came to China in 1931 when she was 23. Clever, attractive, eager to be a writer, she first worked as a secretary in Shanghai. There she met and married
3、 Edgar Snow, still a young and little-know journalist. Together they began to observe, study and write.In 1936, Snow made his first-ever foreign journalistic visit to Chinas then tiny Communist-led areas, which resulted in his world famous work, Red Star Over China. Within a few months, Helen follow
4、ed with an equally dangerous trip alone, producing Inside Red China. Both books reflected (expressed) their belief that they had seen the most important center of Chinas future.Helens interest in industrial cooperative （合作） in China was lifelong. Her study of Chinese history, society, culture and wo
5、mens movements was also of good value. In celebrating Helens life, Chinese leaders sang high praise for her contribution to the friendship and understanding between Chinese and American people. For all these reasons, the new China conferred （授予） on her the title of Friendship Ambassador.68. In this
6、passage it mainly _.A. describes Edgar Snow in ChinaB. shows great sorry for Helens deathC. writes about Helens life and her contributionD. writes about Helens personal friendship with a Chinese69. When was Helen Foster Snow born?A. In 1908.B. In 1906.C. In 1907.D. In 1911.70. Red Star Over China an
7、d Inside Red China were written by _.A. Edgar SnowB. Helen Foster SnowC. the SnowsD. Snow and Helen respectively71. When Edgar Snow came to China, He was _.A. a famous writerB. only a common journalistC. a first-ever foreign journalistD. a secretaryDFifty people died, over 11,000 were injured, and 1
8、00,000 houses were heavily damaged or destroyed in an earthquake that struck Shangyi and Zhangbei counties in North Chinas Hebei Province.The quake, measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale （里氏6.2级）, hit the area 220 km northwest of Beijing at 11:50 a.m. on January 10, 1998.Geng Qingguo, a researcher with
9、 the State Seismological Bureau （SSB国家地震局） Earthquake Date and Information Center, made a report of the recent quake in November 1993. Geng said that the area of northwestern Beijing, the joint of Shanxi and Hebei Provinces and the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region are most easily attacked by earthqu
10、akes measuring 6 to a bit over 7 on the Richter scale.However, scientists did not see the recent earthquake earlier. Clouds covered a large area in the northern part of North China before the earthquake and experts say that this prevented satellites from correctly watching the temperature at the cor
11、rect altitude （纬度）.SSB experts say that China may face a major earthquake from now through early next century. In the last ten years, about 305 earthquakes have occurred in China with 9 measuring over 7 on the Richter scale, 60 measuring over 6, and 236 measuring over 5. Tens of thousands of people
12、died or were injured. Losses valued at over 10 billion yuan have resulted.72. This news report is mainly about _.A. a heavy damage to peopleB. a number of earthquakesC. an earthquake striking North ChinaD. earthquakes measuring on the Richter scale73. When the earthquake attacked the area, the major
13、ity of people there were most unlikely to _.A. sleep in bedB. work in the fieldsC. walk in the streetsD. stay at home74. The report shows that over two thirds of earthquakes in the past ten years are measured over _ on the Richter scale.A. 7B. 5C. 9D. 6来源：75. It can be inferred from the report that the damage caused by the earthquake could be less heavier if _.A. all the people stayed outsideB. the earthquake happened at midninghtC. the people had been warned earlierD. the earthquake scale was lower than 6.2 only= 无忧考网 = 欢迎访问无忧考网官方网站： 微信公众号：无忧考网
