甘肃省兰州市第一中学2017-2018学年高一英语下学期期中试题

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1、兰州一中2017-2018-2学期期中考试试题高一英语说明：本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分。满分120分，考试时间100分钟。答案写在答题卡上，交卷时只交答题卡。第I卷（选择题）第一部分阅读理解（共两节，满分30分）第一节阅读理解（共10小题每小题2分，满分20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，并在题卡上将该项涂黑。A.AsaFulbright（富布莱特法案基金）scholaratYale,Iwantedverymuchtogetsomeindividualhelpfromsomefamousprofessors,but

2、theiroffice-hourswereonlyonceaweekandtherewerealwaysstudentswaitingoutside.Atfirst,Iwastoopolitetogettheirhelp.ThenIrealizedthatChinesepolitenessdoesnotworkinthissociety.IneededtobeaggressivetogetwhatIwanted.IalsonoticedthatChinesestudentsorAsianstudentswereverypoliteinclasswhileAmericanstudentso

3、fteninterruptedtheprofessor,askingquestionsanddominatingthediscussion.TheChinesestudentswerenotasaggressiveasAmericanstudents.Iwasimpressedbytheroleoftheprofessorintheclass.Theprofessordidn’tactasanauthority,givingfinalconclusions,butasaresearcherlookingforanswerstoquestionstogetherwiththestudent

4、s.Onelinguisticfeatureofhisinteractingwithhisstudentswasthatheusedmanymodalverbs-farmorethanIdidinBeiwai.Whenansweringquestions,heusuallysaid:“thisismypersonalopinionanditcouldbewrong.ItwouldbeagoodideaifyoucouldreadthebookImentionedtheotherday.”Or,“YoumayfindthebookIremendedhelpful.”Or,“Youcould

5、beright,butyoumightfindthispointofviewalsointeresting.”Whenmakingmentsonstudents’performances,theprofessorusuallysaid:”Itmighthavebeenmuchclearerifyouhadtakeninsomeoftheideaswediscussedearlierthissemester.”InChina,authoritiesarealwayssupposedtogivewisedecisionsandcorrectdirections.Thereforestuden

6、tsalwaysexpecttheprofessortogiveananswertothequestion.Istillrememberhowannoyedtheywerewhenforeignteachersdidnotprovidesuchananswer.TheirexpectationsfromauthoritiesaremuchhigherthanthoseofAmericanstudents.OncetheChinesestudentsgottheanswer,theyweresureaboutit.Thatiswhytheymakefarmorecertainstateme

7、ntthanAmericanstudents.ThatiswhyChinesestudentsfinditdifficulttousemodalverbsbecausethefunctionofmodalverbsistoprovideroomfornegotiationanddifferentideas.1.TheAmericanprofessorsusemanymodalverbsbecausetheywantto______.