【英语】高考预测试题(10)预测题

2012年高考预测系列试题【英语】高考预测试题（10）·预测题阅读理解AWhat is politeness? This sounds like a simple question. In daily life, we often make judgments about what is polite and what is not polite. For example, to offer your seat to the elderly on a bus is considered polite behavior, and to interrupt when someone is talking is considered impolite; to greet someone the first time you meet him in the morning is polite and to stand up to reach for the dish you want at a dinner table is impolite. So politeness can first of all be regarded as a phenomenon, an observable social phenomenon.What I would like to propose is that as an observable social phenomenon, politeness is something superficial, but to account for what is understood at the surface, we should dig into the depth where different cultural values are rooted.When being complimented (赞美), an English-speaking person would readily accept the compliment by saying something like "Thank you" to show his appreciation of the praise, but a Chinese speaker would try to deny the truth of the compliment. They both think they are behaving properly. Yet neither of them would think the other is being polite. The English speaker is being polite to the extent that by accepting and showing appreciation of the compliment, and he avoids hurting the positive face of the person who makes it; the Chinese speaker is showing modesty by denigrating himself, ignoring the fact of the compliment paid to him. As has been mentioned, self-denigration has been at the core of the Chinese understanding of politeness for over two thousand years. The Chinese, in order to show modesty, will go to such lengths as to underrate what he himself has achieved and deny the truth of a complimentary remark.1. According to the first paragraph, politeness can be briefly described as_____.A. proper social phenomenaB. being modestC. showing appreciationD. an observable social phenomenon2. In the author's opinion, the nature of politeness lies in ________.A. something superficialB. what is understood at the surfaceC. different cultural valuesD. the root of different thoughts3. The underlined word "denigrate" in the passage means ________.A. appreciateB. denyC. ignoreD. compliment4. Which of the following is TRUE?A. Chinese speakers dislike being complimented.B. English-speaking people are reluctant to accept compliment.C. Chinese tend to show politeness and modesty by denying the truth of praise.D. Chinese people think highly of British politeness while English people think poorly ofChinese politeness.5. What’s the author’s attitude towards Chinese politeness?A. Approving.B. Objective.C. Optimistic.D. CriticalBSAN FRANCISCO — In the western U.S., Hawaii and elsewhere across the globe, moon watchers were treated Saturday to a rare celestial phenomenon: a total lunar eclipse (月全食).For about 50 minutes starting at 6:06 a.m. PST, the moon was completely blocked by the Earth's shadow.With only some indirect sunlight able to reach it after passing through the Earth's atmosphere, the moon took on a reddish glow. Since the atmosphere scatters blue light, only red light strikes the moon, giving it a dark red color.Dally Sam, who runs a public relations firm in Hawaii, said it had been cloudy and rainy, but the weather cleared just in time for the eclipse.Around 3 a.m., he awoke, as he usually does, and remembered to step outside the house in time to catch the eclipse about a half hour later. No one else in the neighborhood was up."It was turning that dark red color," Sayre, 47, said, "I’d better grab a camera. To be able to see it just right outside our house was really cool."At the local observatory in Los Angeles, some 300 people, many clutching coffee cups in the cold morning air, sat with blankets and chairs on the observatory's great lawn."It's really a celestial festival out here," John Peter, 39, told the Los Angeles Times as he set up his camera.Lying on a slope north of downtown near the Hollywood sign, the place offers clear views of the sky. Observatory officials alerted the crowd when the eclipse began and spontaneous applause erupted when the celestial event ended.A total lunar eclipse occurs when the moon goes through the long shadow cast by the Earth and is blocked from the sunlight that brightens it.The last total lunar eclipse was on June 15 although that was not visible from the U.S. The next one is on April 15, 2014, and will be seen in the U.S.6. What do we know about the lunar eclipse from the passage?A. The total lunar eclipse began at about 3:30 a.m.B. The total lunar eclipse ended at about 6:56 a.m.C. The lunar eclipse ended at about 6:56 in the evening.D. The lunar eclipse began at about 6:06 in the evening.7. When a total lunar eclipse occurs, ________.A. the moon looks blueB. the light will hurt our eyesC. nothing of the moon can be seen except some dark red light around its placeD. another planet comes between the earth and the moon8. We can infer from paragraph 5 that at 3:30 a.m. Dally Sam ______.A. found it was still raining heavilyB. saw a total lunar eclipseC. went out walking as he usually doesD. still had to wait for a long time to see a total lunar eclipse9. From the last but one paragraph, the following are true EXCEPT _______.A. a total lunar eclipse occurs when the moon is blocked by the sunB. the source of moonlight is from the sunC. the earth comes between the moon and the sunD. with the sunlight, the earth casts its shadow over the moon10. What is the main purpose of the passage?A. To inform us of the next total lunar eclipse.B. To tell us about a rare celestial event.C. To alert us of the natural disaster.D. To draw people’s attention to the news.参考答案及解析A礼貌具有明显的文化特征。