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1、天水一中高二级2016-2017学年度第一学期期末考试英语试题（满分：100分 时间：90分钟）注意事项：1.答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考号填涂在答题卡相应的位置。2.全部答案在答题卡上完成，答在本试卷上无效。 第I卷（选择题）第一部分 阅读（共两节，满分30分）第一节 阅读理解（每小题2分, 共20分）A Remembering names is an important social skill. Here are some ways to master it.Recite and repeat in conversation. When you hear a persons name
2、, repeat it. Immediately say it to yourself several times without moving your lips. You could also repeat the name in a way that does not sound forced or artificial.Ask the other person to recite and repeat. You can let other people help you remember their names. After youve been introduced to someo
3、ne, ask that person to spell the name and pronounce it correctly for you. Most people will be pleased by the effort youre making to learn their names.Admit you dont know. Admitting that you cant remember someones name can actually make people relaxed. Most of them will feel sympathy if you say. “Im
4、working to remember names better. Yours is right on the tip of my tongue. What is it again?”Use associations. Link each person yon meet with one thing you find interesting or unusual. For example，you could make a mental note: “Vicki Chengtall, black hair.” To reinforce your associations, write them
5、on a small card as soon as possible.Limit the number of new names you learn at one time. When meeting a group of people, concentrate on remembering just two or three names. Free yourself from remembering every one. Few of the people in mass introductions expect you to remember their names. Another w
6、ay is to limit yourself to learning just first names. Last names can come later.Go early. Consider going early to conferences, parties and classes. Sometimes just a few people show upon time. Thats fewer names for you to remember. And as more people arrive, you can hear them being introduced to othe
7、rsan automatic review for you.1How will most people feel when you try hard to remember their names?A. They will be moved. B. They will be annoyed.C. They will be delighted. D. They will be discouraged.2 If you cant remember someones name, you may _.A. tell him the truth B. tell him a white lieC. ask
8、 him for pity D. ask others to help you3What does the text mainly tell us?A. Tips on an important social skill.B. Importance of attending parties.C. How to make use of associations. D. How to recite and repeat names.BI was always blamed for watching too much cartoons. As I have said goodbye to my te
9、enage, I shift to watching more movies to prove that I was a grown-up. Surprisingly, I found that movies have something in common with cartoons. They are unrealistic.Sometimes movies give people hope, including the hope of justice, the hope of tomorrow and almost everything else. A great number of p
10、eople were once touched by certain movies. From time to time, movies try to deliver some decisive ideas to the audience. In this way, movies do cheer up many people to go on with their lives.It seems that there is a set formula in movies. We usually see the hero or heroine in the movies suffer a lot
11、 in the opening. Gradually and likely, the destination of them always comes to a turning point. So they have to struggle or make some important choices. Then the movie ends up with a happy finale. Or at least the hero finally manages to face his poor life with great courage somehow. However, when au
12、dience watch movies in the cinema, most of them just follow the story. Few of them may ask, “Will it happen in the real life？”Movies are also imitating the real life. Thus a movie, just like a novel, can never be the same as the real life. The setting of a movie is so ideal that we could hardly find
13、 it out in reality. The moviemakers just try their best to persuade the audience to believe the story is true. In a word, it is all just make-believe.For quite a long time, I think that the adults world is realistic in the opposite way of the childrens cartoon. However, the movies from the adult wor
14、ld turn out to be a made-up thing. At the very moment, I suddenly realize that movies are somewhat of the adults fairy tales or cartoons.To sum up, other than false comfort such as movies and tales, we are more in need of the maturity of mind, so that we can face our lives bravely and correctly.4Wit
15、h time going on, the author shifts to watching more movies because he thinks that_.AThey give him hope of justice and tomorrow in lifeBThey are for adult and that he is now an adultCThey help him forget the real worldDThey are similar to cartoons he used to watch 5Which of the following is true about the type of movies the author mentions?AThe hero or heroine simply has met no difficulty at all.BThe hero or heroine is able to deal successfully with any problems.CSometimes there are cartoon characters in the movies.DThe audiences know they are simply
