2019高一上学期期中试卷.pdf

高一英语期中考试试卷
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out O. Henry before he began writing?
A. He was well-educated. B. He was not serious about his work.
C. He was devoted to the poor. D. He was very good at learning.
5. Where did O. Henry get most material for his short stories?
A. His life inside the prison. B. The newspaper articles he wrote.
2019—2020 学年度上学期高一期中英语试题C. The city and people of New York. D. His exciting early life as a boy
B
Even if you are a good high-jumper, you can jump only about seven feet off the
ground. You cannot jump any higher because the earth pulls you hard. The pull of the
earth is called gravity.
You can easily find out the pull of the earth. If you weigh yourself, you will know
how much gravity is pulling you.
Since there is gravity, water runs down hill. When you throw a ball into the air, it
falls back down. Because of gravity, you do not fall off the earth as it whirls ( 旋转)
around.
Then, can we get away from the earth and go far out into space? Now you can do it,
because spaceships have been invented. Then spaceship will go so fast that it can
escape (逃出) the earth’s gravity and carry you into space.
1. In this passage, the word “gravity” means____________
A. the pull of everythin