高二上英语阅读专练

1 2018 届高二上英语周练 五 阅读专项届高二上英语周练 五 阅读专项2016 10 20 班级 姓名 12345678910 1112131415161718 A Norah had a cottage on a cliff 悬崖 above a big bay In winter it could be very unpleasant because of strong winds and sea waves In fact when a gale was blowing Norah and her husband got used to sleeping in a small room downstairs because their bedroom upstairs which faced the gales had a very big window and they were afraid that an extra violent wind might break it and blow pieces of broken glass over them Also the salt wave from the sea put an end to many of the colorful plants Norah planted in her garden She tried putting up a fence to protect them but the wind just hit it went up over the top and then down the other side so in the end she filled the garden with trees and bushes that liked salt But most of the summer Norah enjoyed her cottage and garden very much At weekends she could sit out of doors in the sun looking at the beautiful view with interesting ships and boats passing by and she could very easily cycle down to the sea for a swim Now Norah and her husband had plenty of friends and relations In the summer lots of them used to come to enjoy the beautiful place and in the end it really became quite annoying for the couple When they were at home they found friends and relations arriving expecting to be given unlimited drinks and meals and to sit in the sun for hours talking as if Norah and her husband had nothing else to do but entertain and listen to them This went on for several years Norah didn t wish to appear rude by refusing to let her friends and relations in but on the other hand she was getting tired every summer Then one day Norah was complaining about this to her hairdresser while she was doing her hair You re disturbed by too many uninvited guests are you said the hairdresser Why don t you try my way of escaping What s that asked Norah Well the hairdresser answered when the bell rings I put on my coat and take my shopping bag If it s someone I don t want to see I say innocently I m sorry but I ve got to go out But 1 The underlined word gale can be replaced by A windB shipC seaD animal 2 We can infer that A lots of friends cam to visit them in winter B few friends came to visit them in winter C friends came to visit them only for drinks and meals D Norah was a good cook 3 How did Norah go to the sea for a swim A She went there by ship B She walked there C She swam there D She went there by bicycle 4 The hairdresser likely to continue to say in the end 2 A if I m tired I say Sorry can you come next time B if it s someone I like to see I say How lucky I ve just come in C if it is fine that day I say I m tired of this but I ll show you around the place D if it s someone I like to see I say How happy to see you I was going shopping but now I ve changed my mind 5 Which of the following is the best title A A Good Place of Enjoying the SeaB A Visit to Norah C A clever Way of EscapingD A Warm hearted Couple B My friend Dr Dong had a wonderful chance to go to Seattle to present a paper at a professional meeting When he got back to Beijing he told me his experience Dr Dong enjoyed his first days very much At the medical conference he felt quite confident in his area of research and was able to perform well in his presentation But after a few days he began to feel uncomfortable His medical English was fine but the social communication skills were different He got more and more worried that he was misunderstanding simple English greetings and table talk conventions 习俗 When someone greeted him with Hi how s it going he thought they had asked him Where are you going and answered with the name of the conference hall only to get a surprised stare from them At a western style dinner a colleague asked So how re you enjoyin the States he thought he heard how are you enjoying your steak and answered that he was eating chicken not beef That time they smiled and patiently repeated the question then both laughed at the error By the end of the meetings Dr Dong felt a deep sense of cultural stress and was worn out from having to pay attention to so many new expressions and ways of dealing with things He felt his handshake was not as firm as Americans found that people reacted unusually when he modestly insisted his English was not good after they complimented 称赞 him didn t know how to accept dinner invitations properly and therefore missed out on going to several lunches and so on Eventually he was so confused that he felt the full impact of culture shock 6 Why did Dr Dong travel to Seattle A To improve his spoken English B To experience culture shock C To give lectures on his research D To attend a medical conference 7 Which of the following best describes Dr Dong s experience in Seattle A Comfortable very uncomfortable uncomfortable B comfortable very uncomfortable comfortable C Comfortable uncomfortable very uncomfortable D Comfortable uncomfortable very comfortable 8 Dr Dong felt a deep sense of cultural stress mainly because A he was too modest B he didn t understand cultural differences C he lacked confidence D he was not good at English listening 9 When Dr Dong gave his colleague an unexpected answer at a western style dinner his colleague A laughed at him B stared at him C told him about western table manners D knew he didn t understand the question 3 C Facial expressions carry meaning that is determined by situations and relationships For example in American culture the smile is in general an expression of pleasure Yet it also has other uses A woman s smile at a police officer does not carry the same meaning as the smile she gives to a young child A smile may show love or politeness It can also hide true feelings It often causes confusion 困惑 across cultures For example many people in Russia consider smiling at strangers in public to be unusual and even improper Yet many Americans smile freely at strangers in public places although this is less common in big cities Some Russians believe that Americans smile in the wrong places some Americans believe that Russians don t smile enough In Southeast Asian cultures a smile is frequently used to cover painful feelings Vietnamese people may tell a sad story but end the story with a smile Our faces show emotions 情感 but we should not attempt to read people from another culture as we would read someone from our own culture The fact that members of one culture do not express their emotions as openly as do members of another does not mean that they do not experience emotions Rather there are cultural differences in the amount of facial expressiveness permitted For example in public and in formal situations many Japanese do not show their emotions as freely as Americans do When with friends Japanese and Americans seem to show their emotions similarly It is difficult to generalize about Americans and facial expressiveness because of personal and cultural backgrounds in the United States People from certain cultural backgrounds in the United States seem to be more facially expressive than others The key is to try not to judge people whose ways of showing emotion are different If we judge according to our own cultural habits we may make the mistake of reading the other person incorrectly 10 What does the smile usually mean in the U S A Love B Politeness C Joy D Thankfulness 11 The author mentions the smile of the Vietnamese to prove that smile can A show friendliness to strangers B be used to hide true feelings C be used in the wrong places D show personal habits 12 What should we do before attempting to read people A Learn about their relations with others B Understand their cultural backgrounds C Find out about their past experience D Figure out what they will do next 13 What would be the best title for the test A Cultural Differences B Smiles and Relationship C Facial Expressiveness D Habits and Emotions D Even people who don t understand English can enjoy Chaplin s films because they are mostly silent It isn t what he says that makes us laugh It depends upon actions which mean the same thing to people all over the world He is master of the art a kind of world language As a young man he and his brother traveled to America in a small company of actors Chaplin was then invited to join a new company that was making film comedies Very soon he had made dozens of short films for this company And it was in his second film that he wore the clothes which made his reputation black hat tight coat baggy trousers huge shoes moustache and walking stick He intended simply to make people laugh But the odd make up made him look both comic and sad By the time he was thirty Chaplin was the greatest best known and best loved comedian 4 in the world He received thousands of dollars for each film he made He had formed his own manner of acting He was welcomed by excited crowds wherever he went But he worked very hard and had few close friends Perhaps that is why the sad side of the little tramp began to show more clearly in the films he made The little man began to want more than food and a roof over his head He began to want love In one of his most famous films The Gold Rush a girl plays tricks on the little man Then she begins to feel sorry for him and treats him kindly He mistakes her pity for love The girl in City Lights is blind She thinks he is the most wonderful man she has ever met But then she recovers her sight and sees what a foolish figure he is This sadness gives Chaplin s films a depth of human experience which few comedians can equal After living in America for forty years he moved to Switzerland There he died on Christmas Day 1977