江苏省南京市第二十九中学2024-2025学年高一上学期10月月考英语卷（含答案）.pdfVIP

全卷满分：150分考试时间：120分钟2024.10

第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）（略）

第二部分：阅读（共两节，满分50分）

第一节（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项选出最佳选项。

A

Handgestures(手势)havebeencommonlyusedinourdailycommunication.Theyadd

tothemessagebyfillinginwhatwordssometimesleavebehind.Butareyousomewhataware

ofthehistorythatgoesbehindsomeofthesepopularhandgestures?

Handshake

Whetheryou’regreetingsomeoneforthefirsttime,orsuccessfullynegotiating(商定)an

agreement,shakinghandsisusuallythego-togesture.Whodecidedonthiscustomary

gesture,anyway?ThehistoryofthehandshakedatesbacktoancientGreece,showingthat

neitherpersonwascarryingaweapon.

Thumbsupandthumbsdown

Maybeyou’refamiliarwiththepopularstoryofthishandgesturedatingbacktoRoman

times.Whenagladiator(角斗士)lost,thecrowdwouldeithersticktheirthumbsouttohave

himkilledorjustnotmakeanysignatall.Thethumbsupdecidedthegladiator’sfate(命运).

AfterWWII,thumbsuponlycametomeanthatthingsweregoingsmoothly.Andthumbs

downmeanttheopposite.

Highfive

Accordingtosomesources,thehighfivefirstbecamepopularwhenbaseballplayers

performedatDodgerStadiumonOctober2,1977.GlennBurke,oneofthecapableplayers,

liftedhisarmhighabovehisheadandslappedpalms(手掌)withhisteammateDustyBaker

tocelebrateamilestonehomerun,markingwhatiswidelyregardedasthefirstrecorded

exampleofahighfive.

Thefistbump

Thefistbumpcomesfromboxersinthe1970safterpeoplebeganimitatinghowthey

touchedglovesbeforeacompetition.Later,insteadofshakinghands,firstbumpsbecame

popularamongbasketballplayers.The