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高一期末检测卷三
高一英语期末测试三
第一部分阅读理解(共两节,满分40分)
第一节(共15小题;每小题2分,满分30分)
A
ItfeelslikeeverytimemymotherandIstarttohaveaconversation,itturnsintoanargument.Wetalkaboutsomething
assimpleasdinnerplansandsuddenly,mymotherwillpushtheconversationintoWorldWar3.She’lltalkaboutmylackofbrightfuturebecauseIdon’tplantobeadoctor.Andmuchtoherdisappointment,Idon’twa
nttodoanyjobrelatedtoscience,either.Infact,whenIwaspushedtosaythatIplannedtomajor(主修)inEnglishandcommunications,shenearlyhadaheartattack.
“Whycan’tyoubelikemyco-worker’sson?
”shebemoans(哀叹)allthetime.Hercoworker’ssonreceivedafour-yearsch
olarshipandisnowearning70,000dollarsayearasanengineer.Idon’tknowwhattoanswerexceptthatIsimplycan’tbelikeMr.PerfectasI’vecalledtheunnamedco-worker’sson.Ican’tbelikehim.Iamthetypeofthepersonwholovedtohelpoutinthecommunity,writeuntilthesungoesdown,andmostofall,wantstoachieveacareerbecauseIloveit,notbecauseofafameorsalary.
Iunderstandwhymymotherisworriedaboutmyfuturemajo
r.I’veseenmymotherstruggletoraisemeonhersmallsalaryandworklonghours.Sheleavesthehousearound6:
30amandusuallycomeshomearound5pmoreven6pm.However,Iwanthertoknowthatbybecomingadoctor,itdoesn’tmeanI’llbesuccessful.I’dratherfollowmydreamsandcreatemyownfuture.
1.Whichofthefollowingtopicsdothewriterandhismotheroftentalkabout?
A.thewriter’sstudiesB.thewriter’sfuturejob
C
.dinnerplansD.warsaroundtheworld
2.WecaninferfromParagraph1thatthewriter’smother_____.
A.doesn’twantthewritertomajorEnglish
B.doesn’tthinkthewritershouldbeadoctor
C.getsalongverywellwiththewriter
D.doesn’tthinkworkinginthescientificfieldisagoodidea
3.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisprobablyTRUEaboutthewriter?
A.Hewantstobelikehismother’sco-worker’sson.
B.Hewa
ntstofindajobinhiscommunityinthefuture.
C.Hedoesn’tthinkhismother’sco-worker’ssonisperfect.
D.Hewantstodosomethinghereallylikesinthefuture.
B
Specialistssaythatitisnoteasytogetusedtolifeinanewculture.“Cultureshock”isthetermthesespecialistsusewhentalkingaboutthefeelingsthatpeoplehaveinanewenvironment.Therearethreestagesofcultureshock,saythespecialists.Inthefirststage,thenewcomersliketheirnewenvironment.Then,whenthefreshexperiencedies,theybegintohatethecity,thecountry,thepeople,andeverythingelse.Inthelaststage,thenewcomersbegintoadjustto(适应)theirsurroundingsand,asaresult,enjoytheirlifemore.
Therearesomeobviousfactorsincultureshock.Theweathermaybeunpleasant.Thecustoms
maybedifferent.Thepublicservicesystems—thetelephone,postoffice,ortransportation—maybedifficulttoworkout.Thesimplestthingsseemtobebigproblems.Thelanguagemaybedifficult.
Whofeelscultureshock?
Everyonedoesinthiswayorthat.Butcultureshocksurprisesmostpeople.Veryoftenthepeoplehavingtheworstcultureshockarethosewhoneverhadanydifficultiesintheirhomecountriesandweresuccessfulintheircommunity.Comingtoanewcountry,thesepeoplefindtheydonothavethesameestablishedpositions.Theyfindthemselveswithoutarole,almostwithoutanidentity.Theyhavetobuildanewself-image.
Cultureshockgivesrisetoafeelingofdisorientation.Thisfeelingmaybehomesickness.Whenhomesick(想家),peoplefeellikestayinginsideallthetime.Theywanttoprotectthemselvesfromthestrangeenvironment,andcreateanescapeinsidetheirroomforasenseofsecurity.Thisescapedoessolvetheproblemofcultureshockfortheshortterm,butitdoesnothingtomakethepersonfamiliarwiththeculture.Gettingtoknowthenewenvironmentandgainingexperience—thesearethelong-termsolutionstotheproblemofcultureshock.
4.Accordingtothepassage,factorsthatgiverisetocultureshockincludeallofthefollowing
except_____.
A.languagecommunicationB.weatherconditionsandcustoms
C.publicservicesystemsD.homesickness
5.Accordingtothepassage,themoresuccessfulyouareathome,__________.
A,thefewerdifficultiesyoumayhaveabroad
B.themorediffic
ultiesyoumayhaveabroad
C.themoremoneyyouwillearnabroad
D.thelesshomesickyouwillfeelabroad
6.Theunderlinedwordinthelastparagraphmostlyprobablymeans________.
A.beinghomesickB.beinglost
C.protectingoneselfD.gainingexperience
7.Whatisthemainideaofthelastparagraph?
A.Escapeunfamiliarenvironment
B.Thefeelingofhomesickness.
C.Homesicknesscansolvetheproblemofcultureshock.
D.Thebestwaytoovercomecultureshock:
getfamiliarwiththenewculture.
C
Tomasteralanguageonemustbeabletospeakandunderstandthespokenlanguageaswellastoreadandwrite.LeninandhiswifeKrupskayatranslatedalongEnglishbookintoRussian.ButwhentheywenttoEnglandin1980,Englishpeoplecouldn’tunderstandwhatwassaidtothem.ThesedaysmoreforeignersarecomingtoChinaandmoreandmoreChinesearegoingouttoforeigncountriestoworkorstudy.Sothespokenlanguageisbecomingmoreandmoreimportant.
Speaking,ofcourse,can’tgowithoutlistening.Ifyouwanttopronounceawordcorrectly,firstyoumusthearitcorrectly.ThesoundsoftheChineseandEnglishlanguagearenotexac
tlythesame.Ifyoudon’tlistencarefully,you’llfinditdifficultorevenimpossibletounderstandthenativespeakers.
Well,whataboutwriting?
Likespeaking,it’stoexchangeideas.Peoplegenerallyuseshorterwordsandshortersentencesintheirwriting.Theimportantthingistomakeyourideainyourheadandthentowriteitinclearlivelylanguage.
Chinesestudentsreadfartooslowly.Ifyou
readfast,youunderstandbetter.Ifyoureadtooslowly,bythetimeyouhavereachedtheendofapageyouhaveforgottenwhatthebeginningisabout.Whenyoumeetwithnewwords,don’tlookthemupinthedictionary.Guessthemeaningfromthec
ontext(上下文).Youmaynotguessquitecorrectlythefirsttime,butasnewwordscomeupagainandagainindifferentcontexts,theirmeaningwillbecomeclearerandclearer.Ifyoulookupeveryword,you’llneverfinishabook.
Studentsofaforeignlanguageneedaparticularknowledge,theknowledgeofthelife,historyandgeographyofthepeoplewhoselanguagethey’restudying.Theyshouldstudythesesubjectsintheforeignlanguage,notonlyintranslation.Inthiswayonecankilltwobirdswithonestone:
learnaforeignlanguageandgetsomeknowledgeoftheforeigncountryatthesametime.
8.Inthefirstparagraphthewritertellsus.
A.howtospeakEnglish
B.howtoreadandwrite
C.whyspokenEnglishisimportant
D.whyEnglishpeoplecouldn’tunderstandLenin
9.Inhislastpointthewriteradvisesus.
A.tokillt
wobirdswithonestone
B.tolearntwolanguagesatatime
C.tostudyallthesubjectsinaforeignlanguage
D.togetsomeknowledgeoftheforeigncountrywhoselanguageyouarestudying.
10.Inthefourthparagraphthewritergivesomeadviceon.
A.howtoreadfaster
B.howtoguessthemeaningfromthecontext
C.howtolookupnewwordsinthedictionary
D.howtograspthegeneralmeaningofapassage
11.“Tokilltwobirdswithonestone”means.
A.togetsomeparticularknowledgeB.togetmorethanwhatonepays
C.thestoneistoobigD.thebirdsareblindenough
D
Thetemperatureofthesunisover5,000degreesFahrenheitatthesurface,butitrisestoperhapsmorethan16milliondegreesatthecenter.Thesunissomuchhotterthantheearththatmattercanexistonlyasagas,exceptatthecore(核心).Inthe
coreofthesun,thepressuresaresogreatagainstthegasesthat,despitethehightemperature,theremaybeasmallsolidcore.However,noonereallyknows,sincethecenterofthesuncanneverbedirectlyobserved.
Solarastronomersdoknowthatthesunisdividedintofivelayersorzones.Startingattheoutsideandgoingdownintothesun,thezonesarethecorona,chromosphere,photosphere,convectionzoneandfinallythecore.Thefirstthreezonesareregardedasthesun’satmosphere.Butsincethesunhasnosolidsurface,itishardtotellwheretheatmosphereendsandthemainbodyofthesunbegins.
Thesun’soutermostlayerbeginsabout10,000milesabovethevisiblesurfaceandgoesoutwardformillionsofmiles.Thisistheonlypartofthesunthatcanbeseenduringaneclipse(日食)
suchastheoneinFebruary1979.Atanyothertime,thecoronacanbeseenonlywhenspecialinstrumentsareusedoncamerasandtelescopestoshutouttheglare(刺眼的强光)ofthesun’srays.
Thecoronaisabrilliant,pearlywhite,filmylight,aboutasbrightasthefullmoon.Itsbeautifulraysareasensationalsightduringaneclipse.Thecorona’sraysflashoutinabrilliantfanthathaswispyspikelike(一束束穗状)raysnearthesun’snorthandsouthpoles.Thecoronaisthickestatthesun’sequator.
Thecoronaraysaremadeupofgasesstreamingoutwardattremendousspeedsandreachingatemperatureofmorethan2milliondegreesFahrenheit.Theraysofgasthinoutastheyreachthespacearoundtheplanets.Bythetimethesun’scoronaraysreachtheearth,theyareweakandinvisible.
12.Matteronthesuncanexistonlyintheformofgasbecauseofthesun’s______.
A.sizeB.ageC.locationD.temperature
13.Withwhattopicisthesecondparagraphmainlyconcerned?
A.Howthesunevolved.B.Thestructureofthesun.
C.Whyscientistsstudythesun.D.Thedistanceofthesunfromtheplanets.
14.Allofthefollowingarepartsofthesun’
sat