【正文】 xpensive to move. Salty groundwater can make for salty drinking wells. That’s a health issue for people on restrictedsodium diets and a taste problem for everyone else. When salt gets into lakes and streams, it can also harm plants and animals there. Road salt can affect the environment in other ways, too. It can erode(腐蝕 ) soil and plants as far as 650 feet away. Roadsides can also turn into a sort of artificial salt lick(鹽堿地 ) that would be attractive to animals. As a result, they run a higher risk of being road kill. Birds are mon victims, as well. So if salt is so problematic, why are we still using it? Because it’s cheap. Alternative chemicals can be much more expensive, and they often require new spreading equipment. As researchers continue to look for substitutes, there are plenty of ways that road crews can cut back on their salt usage. Prewetting the salt, for example, allows for more controlled application and better sticking power. Weather monitoring is key, too: applying salt just before a storm hits, so that the snow can’t attach to the ground, is usually more efficient than waiting until after the snow has fallen. 12. How does road salt melt snow and ice? A. By changing the weather. B. By raising their temperatures. C. By raising the temperature of roads. D. By changing the freezing point of water. 13. The author is most worried about the influence of road salt on _____. A. traffic safety B. water quality C. soil conditions D. plants and animals 14. It’s mentioned in the text that birds _____. A. often die because of eroded soil B. often die because of polluted water C. are often killed by vehicles on roads D. are often killed by other animals in the fields 15. What is the main idea of the last paragraph? A. How to use road salt more efficiently. B. Researchers are looking for substitutes. C. Road crews are monitoring the weather. D. The advantages of alternative chemicals. 第二節(jié) （共 5小題；每小題 2分，滿分 10分） 根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項(xiàng)中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng) ,并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。s owner sued(起訴 ) Sam for $9,000 worth of repairs. Also, Sam still has to pay taxes on his winnings. Sam doesn39。 許昌市三校聯(lián)考高一下學(xué)期第一次考試 英語試卷 時(shí)間： 120分鐘 第 Ⅰ 卷（共 100分） 第一部分 閱讀理解 （共兩節(jié)，滿分 40分） 第一節(jié) （共 15小題；每小題 2分，滿分 30分 ） 閱讀下列短文，從每題所給四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（ A、 B、 C 和 D）中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。 A Sam, an unemployed man, said it was only the second thing he had ever won in his life. The first thing was a blanket at a church raffle(抽獎(jiǎng) )when he was 25 years old. But this was much bigger: it was $120,000! He had won the Big Cube(骰子 ), a state lottery(彩票 )game. To win, a contestant must first guess which number a spinning cube will stop on. The cube has six numbers on it: 1X, 10X, 50X, 100X, 500X, and 1000X. If he is correct, the contestant must then guess which of two selected variables(變量 ) is going to be greater. So, just guessing which number appears on the cube does not guarantee that you will win any money. Sam correctly guessed 1000X, but he still had to choose between two variables. One variable was the number of cars that would run the stop sign at Hill Street and Lake Avenue in six hours. The other variable was the number of times that a teenage boy would change TV channels in a threehour period. This was a tough decision. Finally, Sam flipped(翻轉(zhuǎn) )a coin. It came up heads, so Sam picked the teenager. He picked right. The stop sign was run only 76 times, but the teen clicked 120 times. Sixtyyearold Sam jumped for joy, for he had just won 1000 times 120, or $120,000. Sam dreamily left the lottery studio. Talking excitedly on his cell phone while crossing the street, he got hit by a little sports car. Sam is slowly getting better. He was in the hospital for a month. His hospital bill was $110,000. And the insurance pany for the little sports car39。t play the state lottery any more. He says it39。選項(xiàng)中有兩項(xiàng)為多余選項(xiàng)。 A On the morning of May 18, 2020, Enzo Piscopo’s alarm clock went off, signaling the start of another workday. Moments later, unbearable pain shot through his back. “I 21 so loud that I probably woke up the whole neighborhood,”he says. He became paralyzed(癱瘓的 ) from the waist down. Doctors said he’d likely never 22 again. The last three years have been a challenging, but equally 23 , journey for Enzo, a CocaCola employee since 1996. He has gone through great pain, relearned everyday tasks and got used to life in a 24 . “These lessons have made me the happiest I’ve ever been,”Enzo says. Nearly every day, someone asks Enzo how he can be so 25 after such a lifechanging 26 . It is a question, he admits。 Yesterday while I 61 (drink) my coffee at the deck (平臺(tái) ), I saw my neighbor going near to her car. I greeted her and she told me she was 62 her way to a fast food restaurant to buy coffee. Her son had a few 63 (visit) at home and she didn’t want to disturb them. Therefore, I offered a coffee and muffin (杯狀小松糕 ) and we chatted on my deck in the yard, 64 (enjoy) the morning rays. After a long chat in 65 her health issues came up, I told her there were at least two things she could do to feel 66 (good) than ever: walk and eat healthy. She was a widow (寡婦 ) and lived with her son, 67 she was generally alone because of her son’s being busy with his work . Finally, we were able to e up with 68 plan! We would start to go on walks around 69 (we) neighborhood and go swimming, too. 70 (hope), it is the start of a healthier life for both of us! 第二節(jié) 短文改錯(cuò)（共 10小題；每小題 1分，滿分 10分） 假定英語課上老師要求同桌之間交換修 改作文，請你修改你同桌寫的以下作文。錯(cuò)誤涉及一個(gè)單詞的增加、刪除或修改。 刪除：把多余的詞用斜線（＼）劃掉。 注意： 1．每處錯(cuò)誤及修改均僅限一詞； 2．只允許修改 10處，多者（從第 11處起）不計(jì)分。假如你是高一學(xué)生李華，請就以下學(xué)習(xí)生活中的煩惱，給 Mr. Helper 寫一封信，尋求他的幫助。 注意： 1．為使語句連貫，可以適當(dāng)