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1、2018届高二上英语周练（五）阅读专项2016.10.20 班级_姓名_123456789101112131415161718(A) Norah had a cottage on a cliff（悬崖）above a big bay. In winter it could be very unpleasant because of strong winds and sea waves. In fact, when a gale was blowing, Norah and her husband got used to sleeping in a small room downstairs,
2、because their bedroom upstairs, which faced the gales, had a very big window, and they were afraid that an extra violent wind might break it and blow pieces of broken glass over them.Also, the salt wave from the sea put an end to many of the colorful plants Norah planted in her garden. She tried put
3、ting up a fence to protect them, but the wind just hit it, went up over the top and then down the other side, so in the end she filled the garden with trees and bushes that liked salt.But most of the summer Norah enjoyed her cottage and garden very much. At weekends she could sit out-of-doors in the
4、 sun, looking at the beautiful view, with interesting ships and boats passing by, and she could very easily cycle down to the sea for a swim.Now, Norah and her husband had plenty of friends and relations. In the summer lots of them used to come to enjoy the beautiful place, and in the end it really
5、became quite annoying for the couple. When they were at home, they found friends and relations arriving, expecting to be given unlimited drinks and meals, and to sit in the sun for hours, talking as if Norah and her husband had nothing else to do but entertain and listen to them.This went on for sev
6、eral years. Norah didnt wish to appear rude by refusing to let her friends and relations in, but on the other hand, she was getting tired every summer.Then one day Norah was complaining about this to her hairdresser while she was doing her hair. “Youre disturbed by too many uninvited guests, are you
7、?” said the hairdresser. “Why dont you try my way of escaping?”“Whats that?” asked Norah.“Well,” the hairdresser answered, “when the bell rings, I put on my coat and take my shopping bag. If its someone I dont want to see, I say innocently, Im sorry, but Ive got to go out. But”1. The underlined word
8、 “gale” can be replaced by _. A. windB. shipC. seaD. animal2. We can infer that _. A. lots of friends cam to visit them in winterB. few friends came to visit them in winterC. friends came to visit them only for drinks and mealsD. Norah was a good cook3. How did Norah go to the sea for a swim? A. She
9、 went there by ship.B. She walked there. C. She swam there.D. She went there by bicycle.4.The hairdresser likely to continue to say “_” in the end? A. if Im tired, I say Sorry, can you come next time? B. if its someone I like to see, I say How lucky! Ive just come in! C. if it is fine that day, I sa
10、y, Im tired of this, but Ill show you around the place. D. if its someone I like to see, I say, How happy to see you! I was going shopping, but now Ive changed my mind.5.Which of the following is the best title? A. A Good Place of Enjoying the SeaB. A Visit to Norah C. A clever Way of EscapingD. A W
11、arm-hearted Couple (B) My friend Dr. Dong had a wonderful chance to go to Seattle to present a paper at a professional meeting. When he got back to Beijing, he told me his experience. Dr. Dong enjoyed his first days very much. At the medical conference, he felt quite confident in his area of researc
12、h and was able to perform well in his presentation. But after a few days, he began to feel uncomfortable. His medical English was fine, but the social communication skills were different. He got more and more worried that he was misunderstanding simple English greetings and table talk conventions(习俗
13、). When someone greeted him with, “Hi, hows it going?” he thought they had asked him “Where are you going?” and answered with the name of the conference hall, only to get a surprised stare from them. At a western style dinner, a colleague asked, “So howre you enjoyin the States?” he thought he heard
14、, “how are you enjoying your steak?” and answered that he was eating chicken, not beef. That time, they smiled, and patiently repeated the question, then both laughed at the error.By the end of the meetings, Dr. Dong felt a deep sense of “cultural stress” and was worn out from having to pay attentio
15、n to so many new expressions and ways of dealing with things. He felt his handshake was not as firm as Americans, found that people reacted unusually when he modestly insisted his English was not good after they complimented(称赞) him, didnt know how to accept dinner invitations properly and therefore missed out on going to several lunches, and so on. Eventually, he was so confused that he felt the full impact of “culture shock”.6. Why did Dr. Dong travel to Seattle?A. To improve his spoken English. B. To experience culture shock.C. To give lectur
