福州八中2016届第三次月考英语试题及答案(3)

    In recent years, however, young upper middle-class people in London, have begun to adopt some regional accents, in order to hide their class origins. This is an indication of class becoming unnoticed. However, the 1995 pop song 'Common People' puts forward the view that though a middle-class person may 'want to live like common people' they can never appreciate the reality of a working-class life.
28. A recent study of public opinion shows that in modern Britain ________.
A. most people belong to middle class 
B people regard themselves socially different
C. it is time to end class distinction    
D. it is easy to recognize a person’s class
29. The underlined word stratification in Paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ______.
A. variety B. division  C. authority   D. qualification
30. British attitudes towards accent _________.
A. have a long tradition       B. are based on regional status
C. are shared by the Americans        D. have changed in recent years
31. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. The middle class is expanding       B. A person’s accent reflects his class
C. Class is a key part of British society  D. Each class has unique characteristics.
D
“Your first home,” Laurence Yep wrote in his book, The lost Garden, “will always be the one that you remember best. I have been away from it for over twenty years, but I still go back in my dreams.” For Yep, whose father came from China, home was an apartment and the family grocery store in a neighborhood of San Francisco. It was there that he learned about patience, hard work, and getting along with neighbours.
Mr. Brown, Laurence Yep’s high school English teacher, often set high goals for his students. He was the first person to encourage Yep to write. The experience of that class changed the direction of Yep’s life. At the age of 18 Yep published his first short story, a sci-fi fantasy. He has since written many books and many kinds of books. He has retold Chinese folk stories and written for the theater. In nearly all these varied works, Yep, who is married to the children’s book author Joanne Ryder, has returned to questions he has been asking himself since childhood: What does it mean to be Chinese and American? Can one who belongs to two cultures ever feel at home anywhere?
When asked, “How has being of a Chinese by origin been important to you?” Laurence Yep replied, “As a child I wanted to be as American as possible. Then, in my early twenties, I became very interested in my Chinese roots. For years after that, I thought that my function as a Chinese American writer was to act as a bridge between two cultures. Now, though, I am not so sure that it is possible to join them together. Compared with Asian culture, American culture pays more attention to individuals and competition. The two cultures pull in opposite directions. So I see myself now as someone who will always be on the border between two cultures. That works to my benefit as a writer because now quite fitting in helps me be a better observer.”


32. According to Paragraph 1, Laurence Yep _____________.
A. misses his first home very much
B. goes back to China from time to time
   C. moved to San Francisco at an early age
D. once worked part-time at a grocery store
33. We may infer from Paragraph 2 that Mr. Brown ___________.
A. asked Laurence Yep to be a good observer
   B. taught Laurence Yep the value of patience
   C. helped Laurence Yep finish his first book
   D. had high expectations of Laurence Yep
34. The last paragraph is mainly about Laurence Yep’s ___________.[:]
A. childhood memories  B. varied writing styles
C. view of the two cultures  D. relationship with his family
35. Which of the following best describes Laurence Yep’s attitude to life?
A. Learn to accept your own differences.
B. Put the needs of others ahead of your own.
   C. Work hard and you will receive many benefits.
D. Challenge others as you would wish to be challenged.
    第二节(共5小题;每小题2分，满分10分)
　　根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中两项中为多余项。
    It may seem pretty stressful to take a math exam. Even if you know the material, you can still get the problem wrong. Knowing how to go through your math test and check your work can save you from handing in a test full of mistakes that can be avoided. __36__
Write it out
    You can also check a math problem by writing everything out on paper. __37__ Writing out math problems reduces your chances of missing anything to the lowest possible level, which is a common cause of incorrect answers.
_38__
    Make sure your answers work by doing the opposite procedure of what your problem calls for, including the answer you got the first time around. In other words, you would use the opposite of this addition problem—subtraction (减法)—to determine whether or not your answer is the correct one.
Plugging in
You may find that a variable isn't good enough or have a problem where you have to solve for a variable (变量). _39__ This is the only real way to assure yourself that the answer you've found is correct.
Check for a reasonable answer
__40__ For example, if you get an answer in the millions and you know it should be in the thousands, you've likely misplaced a point. Go back through the work on your paper to make sure all of your formulas and calculations are correct. If everything looks okay, do the problem again and compare the result of the second try to what you've got on the first try.