河南省永城市实验高级中学2018-2019学年高一上学期期末考试英语试卷（无听力题无音频及原材料）

2018———2019学年度上学期高一期末 英语试题 （考试时间100分钟） 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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 A. What is standard English? Is it spoken in Britain, the US, Canada, Australia, India and New Zealand? Believe it or not, there is no such thing as standard English. Many people believe the English spoken on TV and the radio is standard English. This is because in the early days of radio, those who reported the news were expected to speak excellent English. However, even on TV and the radio you will hear differences in the way people speak. When people use words and expressions different form “standard language”, it is called a dialect. American English has many dialects, especially the Midwestern, southern, African American has many dialects. Even in some parts of the US, two people from neighboring towns speak a little differently. American English has so many dialects because people have come from all over the world. Geography also plays a part in making dialects. Some people who live in the mountains of the eastern US speak with an older kind of English dialect. When Americans moved from one place to another, they took their dialects with them. So people from the mountains in the southeastern US speak with almost the same dialect as people in the northwestern US. The US is a large country in which many different dialects are spoken. Although many Americans move a lot, they still recognize each other’s dialects. 1. Standard English is spoken _____． A．in Britain B．in the US C．in Canada D．in no place 2. _____ is called a dialect． A．Native language B．The language which is different from “standard language” C．The language spoken in most parts of one country D．American English 3. American English has so many dialects because _____． A．people have come from all over the world B．the US is made up of so many states C．Americans move from one place to another D．the US is a large country 4. As many Americans move all over the country, they _____． A．change their dialects B．take their dialects with them C．don’t speak their dialects D．can’t understand each other’s dialects 5. Many people believe the English spoken on TV and the radio is standard English because _____． A．there are no differences in the way people speak on TV and the radio B．English spoke in BBC and VOA is the same C．people expect those who report the news speak excellent English D．English spoken on TV and the radio doesn’t contain dialects B. My name is Wang Kun. Ever since middle school, my sister Wang Wei and I have dreamed about taking a great bike trip. Two years ago she bought an expensive mountain bike and then she persuaded me to buy one. Last year, she visited our cousins, Dao Wei and Yu Hang at their college in Kunming. They are Dai and grew up in western Yunnan Province near the Lancang River, the Chinese part of the river that is called the Meko ... ...