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　　衡阳八中2016年下期高三年级第五次月考试卷
　　英语（试题卷）
　　注意事项：
　　1.本卷为衡阳八中高三年级实验班第五次月考试卷，分两卷。其中共72题，满分150分，考试时间为120分钟。
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　　第I卷  选择题（共100分）
　　一.听力（每题1.5分，共30分）[已省略]
　　二.阅读理解（每题2分，共40分）
　　第一部分  阅读下面的文章，从每题后面所给的四个选项中选出正确的一项。
　　A
　　In the summer of 1978 an English farmer was driving his tractor through a field of wheat when he discovered that some of his wheat was lying flat on the ground. The flattened (变平的) wheat formed a circle about six meters across. Around this circle were four smaller circles of flattened wheat. The five circles were in a formation like five dots (点). During the following years, farmers in England found the strange circles in their fields more and more often.
　　The circles are called “crop circles” because they appear in the fields of grain—usually wheat or corn. The grain in the circles lies flat on the ground but is never broken; it continues to grow, and farmers can later harvest it. Farmers always discover the crop circles in the morning, so the circles probably form at night. They appear only in the months from May to September.
　　At first, people thought that the circles were a hoax. Probably young people were making them as a joke, or farmers were making them to attract tourists. To prove that the circles were a hoax, people tried to make circles exactly like the ones that farmers had found. They could not do it. They couldn’t enter a field of grain without leaving tracks, and they couldn’t flatten the grain without breaking it.
　　Many people believe that beings from outer space are making the circles to communicate（交流）with us from far away and that the crop circles are messages from them.
　　Scientists who have studied the crop circles suggested several possibilities. Some scientists say that a downward rush of wind leads to the formation of the circles—the same downward rush of air that sometimes causes an airplane to crash (坠毁). Other scientists say that forces within the earth cause the circles to appear. There is one problem with all these scientific explanations: crop circles often appear in formations, like the five-dot formation. It is hard to believe that any natural force could form those.
　　21．In the summer of 1978, an English farmer discovered in his field that ________.
　　A. some of his wheat had been damaged
　　B. his grain was growing up in circles
　　C. his grain was moved into several circles
　　D. some of his wheat had fallen onto the ground
　　22．According to the text, the underlined part “a hoax” (line 1, para. 3 ) probably means ________.
　　A. an action made to fool people
　　B. a special way to plant crops
　　C. a research on the force of winds
　　D. an experiment for the protection of crops
　　23．Which of the following may prove that the crop circles are not made by man？
　　A. The farmers couldn’t step out of the field.
　　B. The farmers couldn’t make the circles round.
　　C. The farmers couldn’t leave without footprints.
　　D. The farmers couldn’t keep the wheat straight up.
　　B
　　The next time you eat a piece of chocolate, be sure to enjoy it, because according to two of the world’s largest chocolate makers—Mars Inc and Barry Callebaut, the treat may soon be in short supply. The problem? We are consuming the candy at a faster pace than farmers can grow cocoa. The manufacturers say that in 2013, people consumed 70,000 tons more cocoa than was produced.