高二英语：上册期终考试试题4(4)
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53．Decide which is the best order of the following according to what happened in the passage. a. I opened the door and entered the house. b. Sadly I ran out into the street. c. I reached the place where I lived and saw my house still brightly lit. d. I thought of my father’s kindness towards me. e. I walked about in the street without any aim. A. b, e, d, c, a B. b, e, c, d, a C. b, e, a, c, d D. b, e, c, a, d 54．What made the writer think of his childhood? A. The sight of the desolate street lights. B. The sight of the empty street. C. The sight of a father with a child in his arms. D. The sight of light in his own house. 55．Why do you think the father often shouts at his son? A. Perhaps the father is getting older and older. B. Perhaps the son has already grown up. C. Perhaps they never agree with each other. D. Perhaps the father has got used to doing that. 56．What conclusion can you draw after reading the passage? A. The father is actually kind to his son. B. The father treats his son in an unfair way. C. The father is neither kind nor cruel to his son. D. The father is always finding fault with his son. E It is sometimes said that the English are polite people. This can make life difficult for foreigners. Suppose a foreign boy asks an English girl to go out with him and she says, “If I finish my work, I’ll meet you in the café at 7 o’clock.” Is she saying “yes” or “no” to his invitation? In grammatical terms, she is using the conditional structure（假设结构）. By using the conditional, speakers of English can avoid giving a “yes” or “no” answer to a question. It enables people to be diplomatic（有策略）. If the girl doesn’t want to go out with the boy, she won’t turn up at the café. She will let him understand she is still working. If she wants to go out with him, but doesn’t want to appear to be too easy to catch, she has achieved that with her reply. But in this case, as she uses the first conditional which shows probability, she is quite likely to turn up at the café. Being polite can make life very difficult! The conditional is often used by people in the news, politicians, for example, who wish to avoid speaking out their ideas. This is very important if they are on their way to discuss an agreement. No one wants to give away his or her points before he or she starts. A government spokesman might say to a group of workers, “If we could pay you more, we would.” The use of the conditional here makes room for argument although the speaker is using the second conditional form, which shows improbability. So it is unlikely that the workers will get their rise. “If ” is a small word, which appears often in the English language. It can show politeness, and conditional such as the First—probability—if I can come to your party, I will; the Second—improbability—if I saw you tomorrow, I’d give you the book; and the Third—impossibility (meaning it is too late to change something that has happened) —if you had told me, I would have helped you. 57．The use of conditional can make a speech_________. A. clearer B. quicker C. more polite D. more exciting 58．Which of the following is true according to the passage? A. Language used in the news should make room to argue. B. Usually English girls are not easy to catch. C. English people never speak out their ideas in public. D. The word “if” can show different meanings. 59．In the passage, “If we could pay you more, we would.” probably means_________. A. the workers make more money B. the spokesman doesn’t promise anything C. the spokesman keeps his word D. the workers’ problems aren’t difficult 60．If someone says,“If I were free now, I would go with you”, he means that _________. A. he is very polite to you B. he will go with you C. he regrets that he didn’t go with you D. he refuses to go with you (责任编辑：admin) |
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