:辽宁师大附中2019----2020学年度上学期开学考试
高二英语试题
命题人：曹 欢 校对人：张红艳
考试时间：60分钟 满分：100分
第 Ⅰ 卷 选择题（共60分）
一、阅读理解（共两节，满分30分）
第一节（共10小题，每小题2分，共20分）
A
Legend suggests that, in the late 16th century, Martin Luther (the founder of the Protestant religion) was the first to decorate an indoor tree with candles when he attempted to recreate the stars shining over a forest of evergreens.
The first mention of decorated trees being taken indoors came in 1605 in Germany ---- a country with a long Christmas tree history! The trees were initially decorated with fruit and sweets together with handmade objects such as quilted snowflakes and stars. German Christmas Markets began to sell shaped gingerbreads and wax ornaments which people bought as souvenirs of the fair and took home to hang on their trees.
Tinsel was also invented in Germany in about 1610. Up until fairly recently real silver was used, which was pulled into wafer thin strips by special machines. This was durable
