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1、www.ks5u.com阜新市海州高中高三上学期英语试卷第一部分：阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)第一节(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。ALearninganylanguageishard,butlearningEnglishcanbeespeciallychallenging.Why?Becausenativespeakersusethelanguageinsomewaysthattextbookscouldneverdescribe.Inparticular,wordsthatBritishp

2、eopleusecausemanylanguagestudentstoscratch(抓)theirheads.Here’sanexample:Youoverhear(无意中听到)anEnglishmancallingsomeonea“wazzock”.Butwhatexactlyisawazzock?Thisword,infact,meansafoolishperson,althoughthere’snothingaboutitthatwouldhelpyouguessthat.TherearemanystrangetermslikethisinBritishEnglish–theOxfor

3、dEnglishDictionarywouldbemuchsmallerwithouttheseodd(古怪的)usagesfillingitspages.Howcantheseoddwordsbeexplained?PartoftheansweristheBritishsenseofhumor.TheBritishdon’tliketotakethingstooseriously,andthisisobviousthroughmanyBritishwordsandphrases.Forexample,to“spendapenny”meanstousethebathroom.Itreferst

4、othedayswhenpeoplehadtopayapennytouseapublictoilet.InaninterviewfortheBBC’swebsite,BritishlinguistDavidCrystalsuggestedtheremaybehistoricalreasonsforthenumberofoddwordsandphrasesinBritishEnglish.Hethinksthattheybeganinthelate16thandearly17thcenturies.Thiswasagreatageforthetheater,whenShakespeareando

5、therwritersworkedhardtokeepupwiththedemandfornewplays.Thetheater’spopularityalsocreatedanincentive(刺激)toinventnewwords.Withthisinmind,perhapsShakespeareandhispeersaretoblameforunusual-22-Britishwordssuchas“codswallop”and“balderdash”–whichbothmean“nonsense”.Whilethesestrangewordsmaybeconfusingtonon-n

6、ativespeakers,theycertainlymakestudyingEnglishalotmoreinteresting.1.Accordingtothetext,whymaynon-nativespeakersfindithardtolearnEnglish?A.Dictionariesdon’texplainoddusagesofmanywords.B.Agreatmanystrangewordsmakenosensetothem.C.TheEnglishtextbookstheystudyareusuallyoutofdate.D.Theyareunabletoundersta

7、ndthehumorinconversations.2.Withtheexampleof“spendapenny”,theauthorintendsto_________.A.explainonereasonofhowsomestrangephraseswerecreatedB.complainaboutthemeaningandbackgroundofthephraseC.showwhattyp