2019-2020年高二英语上学期第三次周考试题

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1、2019-2020年高二英语上学期第三次周考试题一、听力：(共20题，每小题1分，共20分)二、阅读理解（每小题1.5分，共22.5分）AWHENcarsdriveinacircle，dotheygoarounda“trafficcircle”ora“roundabout”？Thefirstchoicesoundsstrangetome，aswedon'tsayitinBritain．butI'vemadeAmericanslaughforminutesatatimejustbysaying“roundabout”befo

2、re．IrishauthorGeorgeBernardShawisbelievedtohavesaid．“EnglandandAmericaaretwocountriesseparatedbythesamelanguage．”Thisideamightseemstrange,butIthinkofitwheneverIhavethistypeofmunicationproblemwithmyfriendsfromacrosstheAtlantic。Often，Americanpeoplesimplydon'tknowwho

3、I'mtalkingabout．ManytimesI'vehadtoexplainwhoaBritishcelebrity(名人)is，eventhoughIassume(猜想)thattheymustbewell-knownoutsideoftheUK．It'ssometimesseemslikemostAmericansdon'tknowwhoUKPrimeMinisterDavidCameronis，yetintheUKweknowallaboutParisHiltonandotherunimportantUScel

4、ebrities—hardlyfair!TherearealsomanydifferencesinmeaningbetweenwordsandidiomsinourtwoformsofEnglish．IoncetriedtobreakupanargumentbetweentwoAmericansbysaying，“eon，leaveitout!”(meaning“stopdoingorsayingthat”)buttheyjustturnedtomelookingconfused(困惑的)，wonderingwhatexa

5、ctlytheyweresupposedto“leaveout”．Atleasttheargumentfinished!AnotherunexpectedproblemwiththetwotypesofEnglishhappenedtomewhenIwasateacher.IrealizedthatsometimeswhenIwroteawordwithaBritishspelling,suchas“colour”witha“u”，mystudentswouldthinkthatIhadspelleditwrongandt

6、rytocorrectme．Havingsaida11ofthat，IshouldsaythatIdoreallylikethewayAmericanEnglishsounds，andI'vegotnothingagainstpeoplelearningit—just“leaveitout”ifyou'rethinkingofcorrectingmyspelling!21．Theauthormentionstheword“roundabout”inthefirstparagraphto．A．introducesomecon

7、fusingEnglishwordsB．showhowself-centeredAmericansareC．giveanexampleofthedifferencebetweenAmericanandBritishEnglishD．listagroupofwordsthatsoundsstrangetoBritishpeople22．Accordingtothethirdparagraphtheauthorfoundthat．A．Americanpeoplearemoreinterestedinsportsthaninen

8、tertainmentB．AmericanpeopledonotknowmuchaboutBritishcelebritiesC．Britishpeoplecare1essaboutthelifeofcelebritiesthanAmericanpeopleD．Britishcelebritiesare