高二年级试题2012---2013第二学年度期中考试(2)

第二部分: 阅读理解 (共两节，满分40分)

第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

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A well-dressed man entered a famous jewelry shop. He explained that he wished to buy a pearl for his wife’s birthday. The price didn’t matter, since business had been very good for him that year. After examining a nice black one that costs $5, 000, he paid for the pearl in cash, shook hands with the jeweler, and left.

A few days later the man returned and said that his wife liked the pearl so much that she wanted another one just like it. It had to be exactly the same size and quality as she wanted a pair of earrings made. "Can you give me any advice on how to get such a pearl?" said the man. The jeweler regretfully replied, "I would say it’s exactly impossible to find one exactly like that pearl."

The rich man insisted that the jeweler advertise in the newspapers, offering $25,000 for the matching pearl. Many people answered the advertisement but nobody had a pearl that was just right.

Just when the jeweler had given up hope, a little old lady came into his store. To his great surprise, she pulled the perfect pearl from her purse." “I don’t like to part with it." she said sadly, I got it from my mother, and, my mother got it from her’s. But I really need the money.

The jeweler was quickly to pay her before she changed her mind .Then he called the rich man’s hotel to tell him the good news .The man, however, was nowhere to be found. The jeweler immediately realized the whole thing.

36. Actually, the man wanted to buy another pearl for _____.

A. himself B. his wife C. no one D. his mother

37.He paid $5,000 for the black pearl without bargaining because______.

A. he wanted to make the jeweler believe him B. he was very rich.

C. his business had been successful D. he was anxious to get it

38. He told the jeweler to get him another pearl that must be______.

A. exactly the same quality as the black one

B. exactly the same size as the black one.

C. exactly the same as the black one D. exactly worth $25, 000

39. The jeweler couldn’t find the man anywhere because ______.

A. he happened to be out B. he died suddenly

C. he wouldn’t show up until the jeweler called him a second time

D. he got $20,000 by cheating and had run away with the money

B

I travel a lot, and I find out different “styles” of directions every time I ask “How can I get to the post office?”

Foreign tourists are often confused in Japan because most streets there don’t have names; in Japan, people use landmarks(地标) in their directions instead of street names. For example, the Japanese will say to travelers, “Go straight down to the corner. Turn left at the big hotel and go past a fruit market. The post office is across from the bus stop.”

In the countryside of the American Midwest, there are not usually many landmarks. There are no mountains, so the land is very flat; in many places there are no towns or buildings within miles. Instead of landmarks, people will tell you directions and distances. InKansasorIowa, for example, people will say, “Go north two miles. Turn east, and then go another mile.”

People in Los Angeles, California, have no idea of distance on the map; they measure distance in time, not miles. “How far away is the post office?” you ask. “Oh,” they answer, “it’s about five minutes from here.” You say, “Yes, but how many miles away is it?” They don’t know.

It’s true that a person doesn’t know the answer to your question sometimes. What happens in such a situation? A new Yorker might say, “Sorry, I have no idea.” But

inYucatan,Mexico, no one answers “I don’t know.” People inYucatanbelieve that “I don’t know” is impolite. They usually give an answer, often a wrong one. A tourist can get very, very lost inYucatan!

40.When a tourist asks the Japanese the way to a certain place, they usually ______.

A. describe the place carefully B. show him a map of the place

C. tell him the names of the streets D. refer to recognizable buildings and places

41.What is the place where people measure distance in time?

A.New York. B. Kansas. C. Los Angeles. D. Iowa.

42. People in Yucatan may give a tourist a wrong answer ______.

A. in order to save time B. so as to be polite

C.Los Angeles. D. for fun

43. What can we infer from the text?

A. It’s important for travelers to understand cultural differences.

B. It’s useful for travelers to know how to ask the way properly.

C. People have similar understandings of politeness.

D. New Yorkers are generally friendly to visitors.

C ：you must be able to hold attention and interest of your students；you must be a clear speaker, with a good，

strong，pleasing voice which is fully under your control；you must be able to act what you are teaching，in order to make its meaning clear．

A good teacher doesn’t sit still before his class；he stands all the time while he is teaching；he walks about，using his arms，hands and fingers to help him in his

explanations，and his face to express his feelings．Listen to him，and you will hear the loudness，the quality and musical note of his voice always changing according to what he is talking about．

The fact that a good teacher has some of the gifts of a good actor doesn’t mean he will indeed be able to act well on the stage，for there are very important differences

between the teacher’s work and the actor’s．The actor has to speak words he has learnt by heart；he has to repeat exactly the same words each time he plays a certain part，even his movements and the ways in which he uses h …… 此处隐藏：5694字，全部文档内容请下载后查看。喜欢就下载吧 ……