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1、2022-2023学年广东省重点中学高一（下）期中英语试卷一、阅读理解（本大题共15小题，共37.5分）ALast week，our forum（论坛）asked if you had any funny or strange stories about using English.We didnt expect to get so many posts!Here are some of our favorites，to remind us that some of the English we learn in the classroom is rather different from t
2、he English in the outside world. YancyPeople say that the British always play safe with what they eat.Not true!I went to a summer school in Manchester and my English teacher was called Maggie.One day，a different teacher took our class.He told us that Maggie couldnt teach that day COZ she had a frog
3、in her throat.Poor Maggie-but why did she try to eat such a big frog？ 135 comments SophieWhen I first visited New York，I went to a downtown shopping centre to buy some winter boots.At the information desk at the entrance，I asked a lady where the shoe shop was.She said that it was on the first floor.
4、So I went up to the first floor，but I couldnt find any shoes.I decided to leave.When I was looking for the exit，I saw that shoes were actually sold downstairs on the ground floor，not the first floor.Why did she give me the wronginformation？ 128 comments Zheng XuThe British must have really high stan
5、dards.I was part of a student exchange programme between a university in England and my university in China.I spent days preparing and writing my first English paper.I knew I had done a good job and was looking forward to getting a positive comment.When I got the paper back，I found my teacher had wr
6、itten the comment Not bad! Not bad？But there werent any errors in my paper. 85 comments1. What does the underlined sentence she had a frog in her throat probably mean？ _ A. She didnt play safe with what she ate.B. She has drawn a picture of frog on her face.C. She ate a big frog and her throat was b
7、locked.D. She couldnt speak clearly because her throat is dry.2. According to the Sophie and Zheng Xu，what may cause the misunderstandings？ _ A. Both of them have difficulty in learning English.B. They didnt know the words different meanings in other countries.C. The spellings are too complicated fo
8、r both of them to understand.D. The speakers spoke so fast that Sophie and Zheng Xu couldnt follow.3. Where can we probably find the passage above？ _ A. In a novel.B. In a magazine.C. On the Internet.D. In a diary.BIt was several years ago when my wife asked me to meet her at the local department st
9、ore on Black Friday morning.They had advertised a childs bike that she wanted to purchase for our son.We stood with a very large crowd，waiting for the manager to blow the whistle.After a while the whistle blew.It was like throwing a basket of chum into a tank of sharks.I told my wife that if we obta
10、ined a bike，fine，but if we did not，I was OK with that too. As the boxes of bikes began to gradually decrease，I saw my opportunity to wrap my hands around the corner of one of them，I lifted it off and suddenly felt some mild resistance（抵抗）.I looked up to see one of the largest men I had ever seen in
11、my life.Frightening was not enough to describe his presence.He was decorated with numerous leather belts with metal buttons around both arms and even his neck.I started to loosen the box but he gently pushed it back in my direction and back into my hands.He then directed it into my shopping cart.He
12、looked at me，smiled，and said，Merry Christmas. My wife and I went to the checkout，paid for the bike and went home.All the way home I was thinking that this moment was by far the best Christmas gift I had ever received.The kindness of a human heart in a simple act of a stranger broke all preconceived
13、notions（先入为主的观念）I may have had.I will never forget it.4. What does the underlined wordchummean in paragraph 1？ _ A. Gifts.B. Souvenirs.C. GoodsD. Food.5. Why did the author loosen the box when seeing the man？ _ A. The author was frightened by the man.B. The man needed it more.C. The author didnt wan
14、t to buy it.D. The man got the box first.6. Which of the following can be a suitable title for the text？ _ A. A Shopping ExperienceB. The Best Christmas GiftC. An Unforgettable BikeD. The Largest Man I Have Ever See7. What can we learn from the text？ _ A. Industry is the parent of success.B. No rose
15、 without a thorn（刺）.C. No way is impossible to courage.D. Dont judge a book by its cover.CAlmost all calligraphy（书法）lovers agree that writing characters with a brush and ink on straw paper offers a way to communicate with not only history and culture，but also oneself.But now Chinese character handwr
16、iting is under threat from computers and mobile phones. A college graduate looking for a job was reportedly turned down by a company because he wrote 24 characters incorrectly in a 400-character handwritten resume.A survey by HorizonKey，covering people from 12 major cities in China，found that nearly one third of those intervi
