山西省广灵一中学年高二下期末考试英语试题及答案.docx

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山西省广灵一中学年高二下期末考试英语试题及答案

高二下学期期末考试英语试题

（考试时间120分钟，满分150分）

一．阅读理解（共两节，满分60分，每小题3分）

第一节（共15小题，满分45分）

A

Mistakesareapartoflife.Toerrishuman.Failureisalsoapartoflife,nottheendoflife.Behappyfacinglife’schallenges.Whenyoumaketheefforttobehappyandtoimproveyourlife,youareactuallyrewardedalongtheway.

Lifeislikeagameandmaybeyoucanaward（奖励）pointsforeveryeffortthathasbeenasuccessforyou.Tryit.Addtenpointsforeveryachievement.Andwhenyouhavereached50points,justyell,“Hey,I’vewon!

”andgiveyourselfareward.Ifyouhappentohavemissedyourpointsforwhateverreason,tellyourself,“Well,Itried!

”whichisbetterthannottryingatall.Don’tletitbesaidyoudidn’ttry.

Whatisitthatyouwanttomakeyourselfhappy?

Actuallyhappinessmeansdifferentthingstodifferentpeople.Forexample,anathletewillbehappywinninghisfirstrace.Foranewmotherhappinesswouldbeseeingherbaby’sfirststeps.Happinessforapoorpersonwouldmeanhavingamealjustfortoday.Sohappinessforyouisreallysomethingsimplethatyouwantforyourself.

Itreallydoesn’thavetobebig.Asamatteroffactyoushouldalwayshaverealisticexpectations.Makethebestoutofeverygivensituation.Ifyouexpectacertainresultfromasituationanditdoesnothappen,don’tgetdespondent.Thisjustmeanstryinghardernexttime.Weallhaveinusthepowertosucceed.Don’tlet“giveup”beapartofyourvocabulary.

1.Bysaying“Toerrishuman”,theauthormeansthat________.

A.humanbeingsshouldtrytoavoid（避免）makingmistakes

B.nooneisperfect（完美的）andeveryonemakesmistakes

C.mistakesandfailuresmakeupourlifeD.humanbeingsmakemistakeseasily

2.What’sthemainideaofParagraph2?

A.Trytoreach50points.B.Neverstoptryinginyourlife.

C.AwardyourselfforyoursuccessD.Don’tbeafraidofmissingyourpoints.

3.TheauthorproveshisideainParagraph3through_________.

A.examplesB.numbersC.experimentsD.stories

4.Theunderlinedword“despondent”inthelastparagraphmeans________.

A.frightenedB.disappointedC.surprisedD.excited

B

Iamawriter.Ispendagreatdealofmytimethinkingaboutthepoweroflanguage—thewayitcanevoke（唤起）anemotion,avisualimage,acomplexidea,orasimpletruth.Languageisthetoolofmytrade.AndIusethemall—alltheEnglishesIgrewupwith.

BornintoaChinesefamilythathadrecentlyarrivedinCalifornia,I’vebeengivingmorethoughttothekindofEnglishmymotherspeaks.Likeothers,Ihavedescribedittopeopleas“broken”English.ButIfeelembarrassedtosaythat.IthasalwaysbotheredmethatIcanthinkofnowaytodescribeitotherthan“broken”,asifitweredamagedandneededtobefixed,asifitlackedacertainwholeness.I’veheardothertermsused,“limitedEnglish,”forexample.Buttheyseemjustasbad,asifeverythingislimited,includingpeople’sperceptions（认识）ofthelimitedEnglishspeaker.

Iknowthisforafact,becausewhenIwasgrowingup,mymother’s“limited”Englishlimitedmyperceptionofher.IwasashamedofherEnglish.IbelievedthatherEnglishreflectedthequalityofwhatshehadtosay.Thatis,becausesheexpressedthemimperfectlyherthoughtswereimperfect.AndIhadplentyofevidencetosupportme:

thefactthatpeopleindepartmentstores,atbanks,andatrestaurantsdidnottakeherseriously,didnotgivehergoodservice,pretendednottounderstandher,orevenactedasiftheydidnothearher.

Istartedwritingfictionin1985.AndforreasonsIwon’tgetintotoday,IbegantowritestoriesusingalltheEnglishesIgrewupwith:

theEnglishsheusedwithme,whichforlackofabettertermmightbedescribedas“broken”;andwhatIimaginetobehertranslationofherChinese,herinternal（内在的）language,andforthatIsoughttopreservetheessence,butneitheranEnglishnoraChinesestructure.Iwantedtocatchwhatlanguageabilitytestscannevershow:

herintention,herfeelings,therhythmsofherspeechandthenatureofherthoughts.

5.Theauthorusedtothinkofhermother’sEnglishas.

A.impoliteB.amusingC.imperfectD.practical

6.WhichofthefollowingisTRUEaccordingtoParagraph3?

A.AmericansdonotunderstandbrokenEnglish.

B.Theauthor’smotherwasnotrespectedsometimes.

C.Theauthor’smotherhadpositiveinfluenceonher.

D.BrokenEnglishalwaysreflectsimperfectthoughts.

7.Theauthorgraduallyrealizeshermother’sEnglishis.

A.wellstructuredB.intheoldstyle

C.easytotranslateD.richinmeaning

8.Whatisthepassagemainlyabout?

A.Thechangeoftheauthor’sattitudetohermother’sEnglish.

B.Thelimitationoftheauthor’sperceptionofhermother.

C.Theauthor’smisunderstandingof“limited”English.

D.Theauthor’sexperiencesofusingbrokenEnglish.

C