辽宁省阜新市海州高级中学2019届高三第一次月考英语考试试卷

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1、阜新市海州高中高三上学期第一次月考英语试卷第一部分：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,word

2、sthatBritishpeopleusecausemanylanguagestudentstoscratch（抓）theirheads.Here^sanexample:Youoverhear（无意中听至U）anEnglishmancallingsomeonea“wazzock”.Butwhatexactlyisawazzock?Thisword,infact,meansafoolishperson,althoughthere，snothingaboutitthatwouldhelpyouguessthat.Therearemanystrangeterm

3、slikethisinBritishEnglish一theOxfordEnglishDictionarywouldbemuchsmallerwithouttheseodd（古怪的）usagesfillingitspages.Howcantheseoddwordsbeexplained?PartoftheansweristheBritishsenseofhumorTheBritishdoiftliketotakethingstooseriously,andthisisobviousthroughmanyBritishwordsandphrases-Fore

4、xample,to“spendapenny”meanstousethebathroom.Itreferstothedayswhenpeoplehadtopayapennytouseapublictoilet.InaninterviewfortheBBC"website,BritishlinguistDavidCrystalsuggestedtheremaybehistoricalreasonsforthenumberofoddwordsandphrasesinBritishEnglish.Hethinksthattheybeganinthelate16t

5、handearly17thcenturies.Thiswasagreatageforthetheater,whenShakespeareandotherwritersworkedhardtokeepupwiththedemandfornewplays.Thetheater^popularityalsocreatedanincentive（朿!j激）toinventnewwords.Withthisinmind,perhapsShakespeareandhispeersaretoblameforunusualBritishwordssuchas“codsw

6、allop"and“balderdash”一whichbothmean“nonsense”.Whilethesestrangewordsmaybeconfusingtonon-nativespeakers,theycertainlymakestudyingEnglishalotmoreinteresting.21.Accordingtothetext,whymaynon-nativespeakersfindithardtolearnEnglish?A.Dictionariesdon'texplainoddusagesofmanywords.B.Agrea

7、tmanystrangewordsmakenosensetothem.C.TheEnglishtextbookstheystudyareusuallyoutofdate.D.Theyareunabletounderstandthehumorinconversations.22.Withtheexampleof“spendapenny'：theauthorintendsto•A.explainonereasonofhowsomestrangephraseswerecreatedB.complainaboutthemeaningandbackgroundof

8、thephraseC.showwhattypicalBritishsenseof