----You should have told her about the meaning of the gesture.
----I meant ______, but I had some unexpected guests.
A. to B. to have C. to do so D. doing so
科目:高中英语 来源:2015-2016学年广西柳州铁路一中高二上学期期末英语试卷(解析版) 题型:阅读理解
That woman carried a new blanket over her arm. Wordlessly, she gave it to me.
“Is it finished?” I asked.
She shook her head. “No. It is ready,” she replied. I handed her the money and took the blanket.
“It is beautiful, so skillfully woven(编织),” I said to my mother. “But what did she mean when she said it was not finished? How can it be ready if it is not finished?”
“I will tell you later,” my mother said, “but first I will take you to the Navajo village.”
We went down to the village. A group of young men were making sand pictures. We walked through the whole village, watching the different things the people were doing.
It was not until that evening that my mother finally explained the Navajo woman’s words.
“Did you notice anything about the things the people were making?” my mother asked.
“What should I have noticed?” I looked at her and asked.
“Each thing the Navajo make has one small part that is not complete. The designs in their sand pictures are often not perfectly done, for example---the line of a circle may not quite close. If you look carefully at your blanket, you will probably find a stitch(一针)missing.”
I took the blanket off, but it looked as perfect as any design could be. Then suddenly, I noticed that sure enough a stitch was missing!
“But why do the Navajo intentionally leave some tiny part unfinished?” I asked.
“They believe that when anything is completed or finished, it means the end has come--it will not be perfect until then. Then too, with a circle, they believe that they must leave a pathway for the bad spirits to run away and the good spirits to come in. So, often, they do not make the line close.”
1. The blanket the author received_____ .
A. was poorly woven.
B. made her think a lot.
C. cost her a lot of money.
D. was finished, but not ready.
2. Why was the author shown around the village?
A. To buy more things made by the Navajo.
B. To make friends with some of the Navajo.
C. To have a deeper understanding of the Navajo.
D. To look for the woman who sold her the blanket.
3.Which of the following may the Navajo believe?
A. A stitch in time is very important.
B. Life only becomes perfect when you die.
C. He who makes no mistake is a perfect man.
D. You must always try to make your life complete.
4.What’s the main idea of the text?
A. The Navajo are good at making things.
B. The Navajo are brave and hard-working.
C. A blanket tells a lot about the Navajo culture.
D. Skills are needed to do business with the Navajo.
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----What did he do last week as a press man?
---- He __________ the Ethiopian famine for CCTV news.
A. assisted B. approved C. assessed D. covered
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书面表达
请阅读下列短文,并按照要求用英语写一篇150词左右的文章。
Following a four-day meeting of the Communist Party of China Central Committee in Beijing, the central government announces that China allows two children for every couple.
The People's Congress at provincial level or its standing committee has revised local regulations or made new ones, with the support and guidance of the National Health and Family Planning Commission, Jiang said.
"The number of new births will definitely increase in the coming years and we estimate that the peak will be over 20 million newborn babies," said Wang Pei'an, vice-minister of the National Health and Family Planning Commission.
At present, about 60 percent of China's child-bearing women are over 35 years old, which means an increase of 'elderly' mothers will be witnessed in China in the next few years, Wang said in a news release on Friday.
"It's safe to say that the two-child policy won't bring huge pressure on food security and basic public services, such as health, education and employment," Wang said. He estimated that another 30 million working people aged between 15 and 59 will be added by 2050. "It will benefit economic growth in the long term," Wang added.
【写作内容】
1. 有约30个单词写出上文概要;
2. 有约120个单词就“二胎政策”这一话题谈谈你的看法,内容包括:
(1)你同意你父母亲生二胎吗?表明你的态度并说明理由(至少2点);
(2)试分析中国实行二胎政策的好处。(至少两点)
参考词汇:兄弟姐妹:sibling
【写作要求】
1. 在作文中可以参照阅读材料的内容,但不能直接引用文中原句。
2. 作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。
3. 不必写标题。
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---- I was reading A Dream of Red Mansions by Cao Xueqin yesterday, but I couldn’t understand it.
---- ______. It is classical literature, so take your time to enjoy it.
A. Don’t fly off the handle
B. You got me there
C. Nothing is impossible to a willing heart
D. More haste, less speed
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With the pressure of being off work ______, Mary seemed to be going crazy.
A. making up B. taking up
C. picking up D. building up
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As the fact that the ambassador was killed made the situation worse, hopes of a peace settlement are now ____.
A. decreasing B. increasing
C. fading D. promoting
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A teacher’s job is not to tell the students what to believe or value, but to ___________ them to develop a worldview for themselves.
A. urge B. equip C. persuade D. rank
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科目:高中英语 来源:2016届宁夏长庆高级中学高三下学期第一次模拟考试英语试卷(解析版) 题型:阅读理解
C I am a writer.I spend a great deal of my time thinking about the power of language—the 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 all—all the Englishes I grew up with.
Born into a Chinese family that had recently arrived in California, I’ve 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 describe it other than “broken”, as if it were damaged and needed to be fixed, as if it lacked a certain wholeness.I’ve heard other terms used, “limited English,” for example.But they seem just as bad, as if everything is limited, including people’s perceptions(认识)of the limited English speaker.
I know this for a fact, because when I was growing up, my mother’s “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 plenty 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 won’t get into 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 essence, 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.
1.By saying “Language is the tool of my trade”, the author means that ______.
A.she is a writer by profession
B.she is fascinated by languages
C.she works as a translator
D.she uses English in foreign trade
2.Which of the following is TRUE according to Paragraph 3?
A.Americans do not understand broken English.
B.Broken English always reflects imperfect thoughts.
C.The author’ mother had positive influence on her.
D.The author’s mother was not respected sometimes.
3.The author gradually realizes her mother’s English is _____.
A.well structured
B.rich in meaning
C.in the old style
D.easy to translate
4.What is the passage mainly about?
A.The author’s misunderstanding of “limited” English.
B.The limitation of the author’s perception of her mother.
C.The changes of the author’s attitude to her mother’s English.
D.The author’s experiences of using broken English.
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