2019-2020学年高二英语上学期第六次周练试题（11.2）考试时间：60分钟 满分：100分 命题人：班级_ 考号_ 姓名_1、 阅读理解（15*3=45）AFive people are talking about working from home.Chris: Im a language graduate and Ive been translating from Italian to English for most of my career. Weve been inMilanfor nearly 20 years and Ive been working from home for 12 years, since my first child was born. Ive found that my work-life balance has been easier to manage since I started working from home and it needs to be easy to manage when youve got children!Miranda: Im a writer and Ive been working from home for the last 18 months. I must say its been pretty difficult. For one thing Ive been paying a lot more for heating. And Ive missed the office gossip (闲聊). To be honest, its quite lonely. I almost wish I could go back to my old job.Jordan: Working from home has really changed my life. I love it. I love being my own boss. Ive been working from home as a website designer since I left my last job in 2004. I have a bit more time these days. Ive bought myself a new guitar and Ive been taking guitar lessons for the last six months.Ahmed: Its not for everyone, but I like working from home. I do contract work in design. The best thing is that I dont have to commute (通勤) to work on crowded trains. Ive had lots more time and Ive been learning a new language since I started working from home in January. Ive always wanted to learn Spanish.Rageh: Im German but Ive been living abroad for five years. Ive been working in marketing for a pharmaceutical (制药的) company near London and Ive been working from home part of the time since January. I work from home three days a week and commute to the office twice a week. I was very lucky to get this opportunity. When I work from home I get up late and work late in the evenings. Ive never been a morning person.1. What is Chris?A. A designer.B. A translator.C. A novel writer.D. An Internet seller.2. What is Mirandas opinion about working from home?A. Its boring and costly.B. Its free and comfortable.C. It leads to poor quality of work.D. It helps to keep work-play balance.3. What do we know about Rageh?A. He is a night owl.B. He is a music lover.C. He works inGermany.D. He has strict working timetables.BI am a writer.I spend a great deal of my time thinking about the power of languagethe way it can evoke(唤起) an emotion，a visual image，a complex idea，or a simple truth.Language is the tool of my trade.And I use them allall the Englishes I grew up with.Born into a Chinese family that had recently arrived in California，Ive been giving more thought to the kind of English my mother speaks.Like others，I have described it to people as “broken” English.But I feel embarrassed to say that.It has always bothered me that I can think of no way to describe it other than “broken”，as if it were damaged and needed to be fixed，as if it lacked a certain wholeness.Ive heard other terms used，“limited English”， for example.But they seem just as bad，as if everything is limited，including peoples perceptions(认识) of the limited English speaker.I know this for a fact，because when I was growing up，my mothers “limited” English limited my perception of her.I was ashamed of her English.I believed that her English reflected the quality of what she had to say.That is，because she expressed them imperfectly ，her thoughts were imperfect.And I had plenty of evidence to support me：the fact that people in department stores，at banks，and at restaurants did not take her seriously，did not give her good service，pretended not to understand her，or even acted as if they did not hear her.I started writing fiction in 1985.And for reasons I wont get into today，I began to write stories using all the Englishes I grew up with：the English she used with me，which for lack of a better term might be described as “broken”；and what I imagine to be her translation of her Chinese，her internal(内在的) language，and for that I sought to preserve the essence，but neither an English nor a Chinese structure.I wanted to catch what language ability tests can never show：her intention，her feelings，the rhythms of her speech and the nature of her thoughts.4Which of the following is TRUE according to Paragraph 3?AAmericans do not understand broken English.BThe authors mother was not respected sometimes.CThe authors mother had positive influence on her. DBroken English always reflects imperfect thoughts.5The author gradually realizes her mothers English is _.Awell structured Bin the old styleCeasy to translate Drich in meaning6What is the passage mainly about?AThe change of the authors attitude to her mothers English.BThe limitation of the authors perception of her mother.CThe authors misunderstanding of “limited” English.DThe authors experiences of using