1、吉林省长春市20052006学年度第一学期高一期中考试试卷英语-人教版3-无忧考网C Some time ago, I discovered that one of my chairs had a broken leg. I didnt think there would be any difficulty in getting it mended, as there are a lot of antique (古董)shops near my home. So I left my home one morning carrying the chair with me. I went into
2、 the first shop expecting a friendly reception (接待). I was quite wrong. The man wouldnt even look at my chair.The second shop, though slightly more polite, was just the same, and the third and the fourth. So I decided that my approach must be wrong.I entered the fifth shop with a plan in my mind. I
3、placed the chair on the floor and said to the shopkeeper, Would you like to buy a chair? He looked at it over carefully and said, Yes, not a bad chair. How much do you want for it? Twenty pounds. I said. OK, he said, I will give you twenty pounds. Its got a slightly broken leg, I said. Yes, I saw th
4、at, it is nothing. the shopkeeper answered.Everything was going according to my plan and I was getting excited. What will you do with it? I asked. It will be easy to sell once the repair is done. I will buy it. I said. What do you mean? You just sold it to me. Yes, I know, but I have just changed my
5、 mind, I am sorry. I will give you twenty - seven pounds for it. You must be crazy. he said. Suddenly the penny dropped. I know what you want. You want me to repair your chair. You are right, I said, What would you have done if I had walked in and asked you to mend the chair? I would not have agreed
6、 to do that. We dont do repairs, not enough money in it, and too much trouble. But! will mend this for you. Will you pay it for five? . He was a very nice person and was greatly amused (感到有趣)by the whole thing.61. We can learn from the passage that in the first shop the writer_.A. was rather impolit
7、eB. was warmly receivedC. asked the shopkeeper to buy his chairD. asked the shopkeeper to repair his chair.62. The underlined word approach in the second paragraph means_.A. plan for dealing with thingsB. decision to sell thingsC. idea of repairing thingsD. way of doing things63. The expression the
8、penny dropped in the last paragraph means the shopkeeperA. changed his mindB. accepted the offerC. saw the writers purposeD. decided to help the writer64. How much did the writer pay for the repair?A. 5.B. 7.C. 20.D. 27.65. From the text, we can learn that the writer wasA. honestB. carefulC. smartD.
9、 funnyD（重点中学做）来源：Long Time No See!long time no see is a very interesting sentence . When I first read this sentence from an American friends e - mail, I laughed. I thought it was a perfect of Chinglish.Obviously, it is a word - by - word literal translation of the Chinese greetings with a ruled Engl
10、ish grammar and structure! Later on, my friend told me that it is a standard American greeting. I was too thrilled to believe her. Her words could not convince me at all. So I did a research on google, com. To my surprise, there are over 60 thousand web pages containing Long time no see. This senten
11、ce has been widely used in e-mails, letters, newspapers, movies, books, or any other possible place. Though it is sort of informal, it is part of the language that Americans use daily. Ironically, if you type this phrase in Microsoft Word, the software will tell you that the grammar needs to be corr
12、ected.Nobody knows the origin of the Chinglish sentence. Some people believe that it came from Charlie Chans movies. In the 1930s, Hollywood moviemakers successfully created a world - wide famous Chinese detective(侦探) named Charlie Chan on wide screens. Detective Chan likes to teach Americans some C
13、hinese wisdom by quoting(引用) Confucius(孔夫子).Long time no see was his trademark. Soon after Charlie Chan, Long time no see became a popular phrase in the real world with thanks to the popularity of these movies.Some scholars refer America as a huge pot of stew. All kinds of culture are mixed in the s
14、tew together, and they. change the color and taste of each other. American Chinese, though a minority ethnic(少数民族的成员) group in the United States, is also contributing some changes to the stew! Language is usually the first thing to be influenced in the mixed stew.You can have some other examples tha
15、n adoptions from Chinese, such as pizza from Italian, susi from Japanese, and deja vu from French etc. There is a long list! Americans do not just simply borrow something from others, They will modify it and make it their own, so you would not be surprised to find a tofu and peanut butter hamburger
16、in a restaurant, or to buy a bottle of iced Chinese green tea with honey in a grocery store. Since Americans appreciate Chinese culture more and more nowadays, I believe more Chinese words will become American and keeps adding richness andflavor.来源：66. The writer himself felt surprised at_.A. readin
17、g Long time no seeB. knowing the expression is standard American EnglishC. seeing the literal translation of the expressionD. finding out Americans use the expression every day67. The word trademark in the third paragraph probably means_.A. design of goodsB. Confucius wordsC. Charlie Chans creationD
18、. representative of Charlie Chan68. According to the passage, it can be inferred that_.A. Charlie Chun made the phrase long time no seeB. Hollywood made Long time no see popularC. the huge pot of stew changes all kinds of cultureD. all kinds of culture can be changed in the. huge pot of stew69. The
19、main idea of the last paragraph is thatA. some other examples are introduced into EnglishB. you will be surprised to find a tofu in a restaurant in AmericaC. there used to be iced Chinese green tea with honey in grocery storeD. American English should be enriched from different cultures70. Which of
20、the following statements is not true?A. informal language sometimes doesnt go with grammar and structure.B. Language in Microsoft system is ruled by grammar and structure.C. Long time no see has been used in at least four media(媒体) mentioned in the passage.DThere are four languages mentioned to be adopted in the American stew= 无忧考网 = 欢迎访问无忧考网官方网站： 微信公众号：无忧考网
