高一英语下学期期中试题

 By the end of the meeting，Dr．Dong felt a deep sense of “cultural shock” and was worn out（疲惫的）from having to deal with 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

 praised him，didn’t know how to accept dinner invitations properly and therefore missed out（错失机会）on going to several lunches，and so on．Eventually．He was so confused that he felt tile full effect of “culture shock”．

 56．Why did Dr．Dong travel to Seattle?

 A．To improve his spoken English．

 B．To experience culture shock．

 C．To give lectures on culture shock．

 D．To attend a medical conference．

 57．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．

 58．Dr．Dong had trouble during Iris stay in Seattle because

 A．his English was poor

 B．he didn’t understand tile cultural differences

 C．he lacked confidence

 D．he find it difficult to understand written English

 59．When Dr．Dong gave his colleague an unexpected answer at the dinner．his colleague

 A．1aughed at him

 B．stared at him

 C．told him about Western table manners

 D．knew he didn’t－understand the question

 B

 The Great Fire of London started in the very early hours of 2 September 1666．

 In four days it destroyed more than three－quarters of the old city，where most of the houses were wooden and close together．One hundred thousand people became homeless. but only a few lost their lives．

 The fire started on Sunday morning in the house of the King’s baker（面包师）in Pudding lane．The baker，with his wife and family，was able to get out through a window in the roof．A strong wind blew the fire from the bakery into a small hotel next door．Then it spread quickly into Thames Street．That was the beginning．By eight o’clock three hundred houses were on fire．On Monday nearly a kilometer of the city was burning along the River Thames．Tuesday was the worst day．The fire destroyed many well—known buildings，old St Paul’s and the Guildhall among them．

 Samuel Pepys，the famous writer，wrote about the fire．People threw their things into the river．Many poor people stayed in their houses until the last moment．Birds fell out of the air because of the heat．

 The fire stopped only when the king finally ordered people to destroy hundreds of buildings in the path of the fire．With nothing left to burn. the fire became weak and finally died out．After the fire，Christopher Wren，the architect，wanted a city with wider streets and fine new houses of stone．In fact，the streets are still narrow：but he did build more than fifty churches．among them was the new St Paul’s．

 The fire caused great pain and loss，but after it London was a better place：a city for the future and not just of the past．

 60．The fire began in          ．

 A．a hotel                      B．the palace

 C．Pudding Lane                     D．Thames Street

 61．The underlined word “family” in the second paragraph means            ．

 A．home                               B．children

 C．wife and husband      D．wife and children

 62．It seems that the writer of the text was most sorry for the fact that           ．

 A．some people lost their lives

 B．the birds in the sky were killed by the fire

 C．many famous buildings were destroyed

 D．the King’s  bakery was burned down

 63．Why did the writer cite（引用）Samuel Pepys?

 A．Because Pepys was among those putting out the fire．

 B．Because Pepys also wrote about the fire．

 C．To show that poor people suffered most．

 D．To give t he reader a clearer picture of the fire．

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