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1、12019 届河北省衡水中学高三上学期期中考试：英语D. Love brings more joy to people than work does.BAt your next meeting, wait for a pause in conversation and try to measure how long it lasts.Among English speakers, chances are that it will be a second or two at most. But while this pattern maybe universal, our awareness o
2、f silence differs dramatically across cultures.、听本题共 20 小题，每小题 1 分，共 20 分。听对话或独白，选出最佳选项。、阅读理解本题共 15 小题，每小题 2 分，共 30 分。阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。ARain beat against the window, matching my mood. I should have known that my new job at the hospital wastoo good to be true. Throughout the day,
3、rumors (传言) warned that the newest employee from each departmentwould be laid off. I was the newest one in the training department.My boss appeared. “You probably know were cutting back,” he said. “Administration wants us to offeroutplacement classes to help those employees find other jobs, showing
4、them how to act in an interview, forexample.” “Fine,” I answered unwillingly, not knowing what else to say.I decided to go home early that day. In the hall, I met the lady who brought us cookies every Friday. Shewas a little woman with gray hair. Only her head and the top of her green apron were vis
5、ible over the cart (小车) loaded with cleaning supplies. At least she had a job!At the final meeting, laid-off workers formed a line at the door. A colleague whispered, “I cant believeour Cookie Lady is being laid off. Well miss her as much as well miss her cookies.” When the colleaguespoke to her in
6、Spanish, I knew my classes would be useless for her and I realized how much better off wasthan this poor woman.I decided to do something for her. I wrote to a newspaper expressing how I felt about the unselfishnessof the Cookie Lady who needed a job. A few days later, my article appeared in the news
7、paper and the CookieLady was allowed to stay in her position. On the same day, I received a letter, which seemed so unlikely that Iread it twice. “An editor of a local magazine likes your piece and wants you to call her next time youre lookingfor work .”What one culture considers a confusing or awkw
8、ard pause may be seen by others as a valuable moment ofreflection and sign of respect for what the last speaker has said. Research in Dutch and also in English foundthat when a silence in conversation stretches to four seconds, people start to feel uneasy. In contrast, a separatestudy of business me
9、etings found that Japanese people are happy with silences of 8.2 seconds nearly twiceas long as in Americans meetings.In Japan, it is recognized that the best communication is when you dont speak at all. Its already a failureto understand each other by speaking because youre repairing that failure b
10、y using words.In the US, it may originate from the history of colonial (殖民地) America as a crossroads of many differentraces. When you have a complex of difference, its hard to establish common understanding unless you talk andtheres understandably a kind of anxiety unless people are verbally engaged
11、 to establish a common life. Thisapplies also to some extent to London.In contrast, when theres more homogeneity, perhaps its easier for some kinds of silence to appear. Forexample, among your closest friends and family its easier to sit in silence than with people youre less wellacquainted with.25.
12、 Which of the following people might have the longest silence in conversation?A. The Dutch. B. Americans. C. The English. D. The Japanese.26. What might the Japanese agree with in a conversation?A. Speaking more gives the upper hand. B. Speak out what you have in your mind.C. Great minds think alike
13、 without words. D. The shorter talking silence, the better.27. What can we learn from the text?A. A four second silence in conversation is universal.B. Its hard for Americans to reach a common agreement.C. English speakers are more talkative than Japanese speakers.D. The closer we and our family are
14、, the easier the silence appears.21. How did the author feel on that rainy day?A. Nervous. B. Excited.C. Awkward.D. Proud.28. What does the underlined word “homogeneity” in the last paragraph mean?A. Similarity. B. Contradiction. C. Diversity.D. Misunderstanding.22. What was the author asked to do?C
15、A. Take care of patients.C. Resign from the hospital.23. How did the author help the Cookie Lady?A. He offered her a high-paid job.C. He made her story known to others.B. Leave earlier that day.D. Help the laid-off workers.B. He gave her advice on job hunting.D. He taught her how to pass an interview.Next month, Im traveling to a remote area of Central Africa and my aim is to know enough Lingala one of the local languages to have a conversation. I wasnt sure how I was going
