学年河南省八市学评高一上学期第二次测评英语试题.docx

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学年河南省八市学评高一上学期第二次测评英语试题

第I卷

第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分，略）

第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

第一节（共15小题：

每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

HumorDictionary

Observationalhumourisbasedoncommentsabouteverydaylife.Comedianswhousethistypeofhumouroftenstartbysaying,Haveyouevernoticedhow...?

Then,theymakefunnycommentsabouteverydaythingssuchaswork,marriage,children,etc.Thistrendbeganinthe1970swithUScomedianssuchasBillCosbyandJayLeno.

Slapstickhumourisveryphysical.Itinvolvescharactersfallingdown,hittingpeopleorcrashingintothings.ThistypeofcomedyisverycommonincartoonssuchasTomandJerry,MickeyMouseandDonaldDuck.Typicalcomedians,suchasLaurel,Hardy（fromTheThreeStooges）,CharlieChaplin,RowanAtkinsonarepeople’sfavorites.

Self-deprecatinghumourinvolvesmakingjokesaboutyourselfordrawingattentiontoyourfaults.GeorgeCostanzafromthecomedyseriesSeinfeldusesalotofself-deprecatinghumour,oftenmakingjokesabouthislackofhair,hisweightandhisshallowpersonality.ComedianssuchasChrisFarley,ConanO’Brien,DavidLettermanandWoodyAllenalsouseself-deprecatingcomedy.

Toilethumouroftenfocusesonthenoisesandfunctionsofthebody.It’softenviewedasrude,impoliteandchildish,althoughmanypeoplefinditveryfunny.There5sahilarioussceneinvolvingtoilethumourinthefilmAlongCamePolly,Reuben（BenStiller）isinvitedbacktoPolly’sapartment（JenniferAniston）.Afterdinner,Reubenaccidentallyblocksthetoilet.Inanattempttounblockit,heusesherhand-embroideredtowel（agiftfromhergrandmother）andanexpensiveloofah.Eventually,thetoiletoverflows,leavingReubenwithnooptionbuttoleave.

21.Whatkindofhumorisaboutcommentsoneverydaythings?

A.Self-deprecatinghumourB.Slapstickhumour

C.ObservationalhumourD.Toilethumour

22.WhichstatementaboutSlapstickhumouriscorrect?

A,Itcanonlybeseenincartoons.B.Itmainlyusesbodymovements.

C.It’sthemostpopularhumor.D.Itoftenlaughsatpeopleandthings.

23.WhichofthefollowingbelongstoSelf-deprecatinghumour?

A.Georgeoftenteasedhimselfabouthisbaldhead.

B.BillCosbyoftenmadefunnycommentsonchildren.

C.Laureloftenfelldownonstage,andbrokethemicrophone.

D.Tommadeathunderingnoisewhenhewenttothetoilet.

24.Ifyouareinterestedintoilethumour,youcangotosee.

A.MickeyMouseandDonaldDuck.B.TomandJerry

C.TheThreeStoogesD.AlongCamePolly

B

Greetings-WaystoSayHello

Peoplegreeteachotherineverycountryandculture.Buttheysayanddomanydifferentthingstogreeteachother.Greetingsseemsimple,buttheyareoftenacomplexpartoflanguage.InEnglish,peoplegreeteachotherindifferentwaysdependingonthesituation.Peoplealsousedifferentgreetingsdependingonhowwelltheyknowtheotherperson.

GreetingsmayalsobedifferentindifferentcountriesthatspeakEnglish,inAustraliapeopleoftensay‘G’day.’InpartsoftheUnitedStatespeoplemaygreeteachotherwith‘Howdy!

’or4Howyoudoin?

’IntheUnitedKingdompeoplemorecommonlysay‘Hiya.’

Butthereismoretogreetingthanwords.Somegreetingsalsoincludeparticularmovements.Forexample,inmanyplacesitiscommonforpeopletoshakeeachother’shandswhentheymeetInsomecultures,suchasLatinAmerica,theMiddleEast,SouthernEurope,peoplekisseachotheronthesideoftheface,thecheek.Somepeoplegivehugsbyputtingtheirarmsaroundeachotherandsqueezing.

Sohowdopeopleknowwhattodo,especiallywhentravelingbetweencountriesandcultures?

JamieBowlby-Whitingtoldaboutadifficultgreetingexperienceonhisblog:

“Ithoughttheyweregoingforthekiss.Butitwasthehug.NowIjustwettheirface.Andthenhittheminthenosewithmyhead.Itwassoembarrassing（窘迫的）!

”

Peoplecanavoidtheseembarrassingexperiences.Theycanresearchhowtogreetcorrectlybeforeconnectingwithpeopleofothercultures.Itisespeciallyimportanttolearnifthereareanyformsofgreetingthatmaynotbeusedinaparticularcountry.Forexample,insomecountries,likeJapan,kissingisnotconsideredagoodwaytogreetsomeone.Sometimesculturesalsohavedifferentgreetingsforwomenandformen.

Apersonmaynotalwaysknowthecorrectgreeting.Butthemostimportantthingwhengreetingsomeoneistoshowrespect.Tryyourbestandapologizeifyouoffendsomeone.

25.Whatdoestheauthorsayaboutgreetings?

A.Theyaresimpleandapartoflanguage.

B.Theyincludewordsandbodygestures.

C.TheyarethesameinEnglish-speakingcountries.

D.Theywon’tbringembarrassmentindifferentcountries.

26.Whichofthefollowingpeoplemayconsideritimpropertokisswhengreeting?

A.theJapaneseB.theMexicans

C.