山西省广灵一中学年高二下期末考试英语试题及答案.docx

1、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）AMistakes are a part of life. To err is human. Failure is also a part of life, not the end of life. Be happy facing lifes challenges. When you make the effort to be happy and to improve your life, you are act

2、ually rewarded along the way. Life is like a game and maybe you can award(奖励) points for every effort that has been a success for you. Try it. Add ten points for every achievement. And when you have reached 50 points, just yell, “ Hey, Ive won!” and give yourself a reward. If you happen to have miss

3、ed your points for whatever reason, tell yourself, “Well, I tried!” which is better than not trying at all. Dont let it be said you didnt try. What is it that you want to make yourself happy? Actually happiness means different things to different people. For example, an athlete will be happy winning

4、 his first race. For a new mother happiness would be seeing her babys first steps. Happiness for a poor person would mean having a meal just for today. So happiness for you is really something simple that you want for yourself. It really doesnt have to be big. As a matter of fact you should always h

5、ave realistic expectations. Make the best out of every given situation. If you expect a certain result from a situation and it does not happen, dont get despondent. This just means trying harder next time. We all have in us the power to succeed. Dont let “ give up ” be a part of your vocabulary.1.By

6、 saying “To err is human”, the author means that_. A. human beings should try to avoid(避免) making mistakes B. no one is perfect(完美的) and everyone makes mistakes C. mistakes and failures make up our life D. human beings make mistakes easily2. Whats the main idea of Paragraph 2? A. Try to reach 50 poi

7、nts. B. Never stop trying in your life. C. Award yourself for your success D. Dont be afraid of missing your points.3. The author proves his idea in Paragraph 3 through_. A. examples B. numbers C. experiments D. stories4. The underlined word “ despondent ” in the last paragraph means_. A. frightened

8、 B. disappointed C. surprised D. excited B I am a writer. I spend a great deal of my time thinking about the power of languagethe way it can evoke (唤起) an emotion, a visual image, a complex idea, or a simple truth.Language is the tool of my trade. And I use them allall the Englishes I grew up with.

9、Born into a Chinese family that had recently arrived in California, Ive been giving more thought to the kind of English my mother speaks. Like others, I have described it to people as “broken” English. But I feel embarrassed to say that. It has always bothered me that I can think of no way to descri

10、be it other than“broken”, as if it were damaged and needed to be fixed, as if it lacked a certain wholeness. Ive heard other terms used, “limited English,” for example. But they seem just as bad, as if everything is limited, including peoples perceptions(认识)of the limited English speaker. I know thi

11、s for a fact, because when I was growing up, my mothers “limited” English limited my perception of her. I was ashamed of her English. I believed that her English reflected the quality of what she had to say. That is, because she expressed them imperfectly her thoughts were imperfect. And I had plent

12、y of evidence to support me: the fact that people in department stores, at banks, and at restaurants did not take her seriously, did not give her good service, pretended not to understand her, or even acted as if they did not hear her. I started writing fiction in 1985. And for reasons I wont get in

13、to today, I began to write stories using all the Englishes I grew up with: the English she used with me, which for lack of a better term might be described as “broken” ; and what I imagine to be her translation of her Chinese, her internal (内在的) language, and for that I sought to preserve the essenc

14、e, but neither an English nor a Chinese structure. I wanted to catch what language ability tests can never show: her intention, her feelings, the rhythms of her speech and the nature of her thoughts. 5. The author used to think of her mothers English as . A. impolite B. amusing C. imperfect D. pract

15、ical6. Which of the following is TRUE according to Paragraph 3? A. Americans do not understand broken English.B. The authors mother was not respected sometimes. C. The authors mother had positive influence on her. D. Broken English always reflects imperfect thoughts.7. The author gradually realizes

16、her mothers English is . A. well structured B. in the old styleC. easy to translate D. rich in meaning8. What is the passage mainly about? A. The change of the authors attitude to her mothers English. B. The limitation of the authors perception of her mother. C. The authors misunderstanding of “limited” English. D. The authors experiences of using broken English. C