辽宁省沈阳铁路实验中学2015-2016学年高二英语下学期期中试题

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1、沈阳铁路实验中学高二下学期期中考试英语试卷时间：100分钟总分：120分第一部分阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）第一节阅读下列短文，从所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。AShakespeare,moreperhapsthananyotherwriter,madefulluseofthegreatestresourcesoftheEnglishlanguage.Mostofususeaboutfivethousandwordsinournormalemploymento

2、fEnglish:Shakespeareinhisworksusedabouttwenty-fivethousand!ThereisprobablynobetterwayforaforeignertoappreciatetherichnessandvarietyoftheEnglishlanguagethanbystudyingthevariouswaysinwhichShakespeareusesit.Suchastudyiswellworththeeffort,eventhoughsomeas

3、pectsofEnglishusage,andthemeaningofmanywords,havechangedsinceShakespeare’sday.However,itissurprisingthatweshouldknowcomparativelylittleaboutthelifeofthegreatestEnglishauthor.WeknowthatShakespearewasbornin1564inStratford-on-Avon,andthathediedtherein161

4、6.HealmostcertainlyattendedtheGrammarSchoolinthetown,butofthiswecannotbesure.Weknowhewasmarriedtherein1582toAnneHathawayandthathehadthreechildren.WeknowthathespentmuchofhislifeinLondonwritinghismasterpieces.Butthisisalmostallthatwedoknow.However,whati

5、simportantaboutShakespeare’slifeisnotitsincidentaldetailsbutitsproducts,theplaysandthepoems.FormanyyearsscholarshavebeentryingtoaddafewfatsaboutShakespeare’slifetothesmallnumberwealreadypossessandforanequallylongtimecriticshavebeentheorizingaboutthepl

6、ays.Sometimes,indeed,itseemsthatthepoetryofShakespearewilldisappearunderthegreatmassofcommentthathasbeenwrittenuponit.Fortunatelythisisnotlikelytohappen.Shakespeare’speoplehavelongdelightednotjusttheEnglishbutloversofliteratureeverywhere,andwillcontin

7、uetodosoafterthescholarsandcriticsandalltheirworkshavebeenforgotten.1.Thefirstparagraphmainlydealswith_______A.thegreatlengthofeachchapterB.thegreatvarietiesinwritingstylesC.therichnessofthecontentinShakespeare’sworksD.therichEnglishlanguageusedbyShak

8、espeare2.Accordingtotheauthor,whichofthefollowingremainsuncertainaboutShakespeare?A.Hisdateofbirth.B.Hismarriage.C.HislifeintheGrammarSchool.D.Hisdateofdeath.3.ItcanbeinferredfromParagraph3that_______.A.NotallthecommentsonShakespeare’sworkshav