中学联盟贵州省湄潭县湄江中学学年高一下学期期中考试英语试题.docx

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[中学联盟]贵州省湄潭县湄江中学2016-2017学年高一下学期期中考试英语试题

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Facialexpressionscarrymeaningthatisdeterminedbysituationsandrelationships.Forexample,inAmericanculture（文化）thesmileisingeneralanexpressionofpleasure.Yetitalsohasotheruses.Awoman’ssmileatapoliceofficerdoesnotcarrythesamemeaningasthesmileshegivestoayoungchild.Asmilemayshowloveorpoliteness.Itcanalsohidetruefeelings.Itoftencausesconfusion（困惑）acrosscultures.Forexample,manypeopleinRussiaconsidersmilingatstrangersinpublictobeunusualandevenimproper.YetmanyAmericanssmilefreelyatstrangersinpublicplaces（althoughthisislesscommoninbigcities）.SomeRussiansbelievethatAmericanssmileinthewrongplaces;someAmericansbelievethatRussiansdon’tsmileenough.InSoutheastAsiancultures,asmileisfrequentlyusedtocoverpainfulfeelings.Vietnamesepeoplemaytellasadstorybutendthestorywithasmile.

Ourfacesshowemotions（情感）,butweshouldnotattemptto"read"peoplefromanothercultureaswewould"read"someonefromourownculture.Thefactthatmembersofoneculturedonotexpresstheiremotionsasopenlyasdomembersofanotherdoesnotmeanthattheydonotexperienceemotions.

Rather,thereareculturaldifferencesintheamountoffacialexpressionspermitted.Forexample,inpublicandinformalsituationsmanyJapanesedonotshowtheiremotionsasfreelyasAmericansdo.Whenwithfriends,JapaneseandAmericansseemtoshowtheiremotionssimilarly.

ItisdifficulttogeneralizeaboutAmericansandfacialexpressivenessbecauseofpersonalandculturaldifferencesintheUnitedStates.PeoplefromcertainculturalbackgroundsintheUnitedStatesseemtobemorefaciallyexpressivethanothers.Thekeyistotrynottojudgepeoplewhosewaysofshowingemotionaredifferent.Ifwejudgeaccordingtoourownculturalhabits,wemaymakethemistakeof"reading"theotherpersonincorrectly.

1、WhatdoesthesmileusuallymeaninAmerica?

A．Love.                              B．Politeness.                              

C．Joy.                              D．Thankfulness.                              

2、TheauthormentionsthesmileoftheVietnamesetoprovethatsmilecan___.

A．showfriendlinesstostrangers

B．beusedtohidetruefeelings

C．beusedinthewrongplaces

D．showpersonalhabits

3、Whatshouldwedobeforeattempting（尝试）to"read"people?

A．Learnabouttheirrelationswithothers.

B．Understandtheirculturalbackgrounds.

C．Findoutabouttheirpastexperience.

D．Figureoutwhattheywilldonext.

4、Whatwouldbethebesttitleforthetest?

A．CulturalDifferences

B．SmilesandRelationship

C．FacialExpressiveness

D．HabitsandEmotions

WhenIwasyoung,Iwishedforagoodcarandabighouse.Thatwasmyideaofsuccess.Itookalltheadvancedclassesandtriedtodowellintheexamswithmymindsetongoingtoakeyschool.IjustknewthatIwouldsomehowbecomefamousandbeabletoaffordthecarandthedreamhouse.Allthewaythroughjunioryears,mymindwasplanningthisbeautifulfuture.

Thenintheeleventhgrade,manylosseschangedmymind.First,oneofmyfriendsdiedat16.Soonafter,mygreat-grandmotherpassedaway,followedbymybelovedfourth-gradeteacher.Theseeventsleftmenotknowingwhattodoorwheretogo.Deathhadnevertouchedmesoclosely.

Afteralongperiodofemptiness（空虚）,itfinallystruckme:

Lifeisnotpromisedandneitherisfuturesuccess.ThoughIwasattemptingtoachievematerialsuccess,Iwasnotenjoyingmydailylife.Irealizedthatfindinginnerpeace,purposeandhappinesswillstickwithmeforeverandthatisrealsuccess.

Enjoyinglife'spreciousquirks（偶发事件）makesanordinarypersonmoresuccessfulthanawealthypersonwhoisn'tcontentandtakeseverythingforgranted.Thesummerbeforesenioryears,myattitudechangedgreatly.Insteadofmemorizingfacts,Ibeganlearningskills.Insteadoffocusingonthefuture,Ifocusedontodayandthemanyblessingsandsuccessesthatcamewithit.

Istillgetexcellentgrades,butnowIdevoteweekstostudyinginsteadofstrugglingforexams,andIthinkaboutthefuturewithadeepersenseofmeaning.Forme,beingsuccessfulmeanstrulylivinglifeeachday.

5、Thereasonwhytheauthorchangedhisideaofsuccessisthat________.

A．hecan'taffordhishouse

B．hisbelovedteacherwasdead

C．hedidn'tknowwhattodoorwheretogo

D．helostafewbelovedpersonsinashorttime

6、Accordingtotheauthorwhichofthefollowingistherealsuccessforaperson?

A．Beingfamous.