2015太原二模英语试题及答案(2)

    While looking for more interesting things to do besides sleeping and eating ,I found programs for learning languages abroad, and jumped at the chance to study French in this city known for its art,  fashion. food, and culture. As I arrived at the airport where l would leave my family, I still felt only great happiness.  l excitedly made my way through security, leaving my loved ones behind
    My connecting flight was in Frankfurt. Germany, 14 hours from Denver. Sitting in a  crowded plane watching bad movies couldn't dampen my excitement.  When the woman next to  me asked me where l was going, I happily answered and was pleased to note a tone of jealousy in  her response
    But when I arrived in Frankfurt, fear and anxiety began to set in  Being in an enormous, busy building in a country where I could not speak the language was frightening, hut as I found  my way ,I gained confidence. When I boarded the second plane and discovered that the flight was less than an hour,1 was filled with excitement as I thought of how l would manage in a country with a  new language.
   When I stepped on the ground of Paris for the first time,1 was extremely happy and excited. I gathered my bags and joined the crowd of people waiting for friends and family.  I  quickly had my first experience trying to communicate in a language that I had only practiced in  school. As I left the airport,  I looked for familiar monuments I had read about,  but the landscape looked very ordinary
Then, with one sharp turn, the Eiffel Tower came into view, and l was finally in Paris
21. Which of the following is True according to the passage?
     A .Which of the following is True according to the passage?
     B. In the new term the writer was to study French in Paris.
     C.  The crowded plane made the writer less excited.
     D. The writer flew to Paris via another country.
22. What can we learn from the passage?
     A. The writer was travelling with a woman friend of her parents' .
     B. Arriving in Paris, the writer saw some family friends waiting for her
     C, The writer was not alone when travelling to the airport in Denver.
     D. The writer had great difficulty communicating with people in French.
 23. What is the passage mainly about?
     A. The writer's excitement and happiness on her journey to Paris.
     B. The writer's exciting experiences of studying French in Paris
     C. The writer's expectation for French art, fashion. food and culture.
     D. The writer's excitement resulting from her first ride on a plane.
B
      A group of foreign residents married to Japanese talked about their children's names.
 Nicole Despres
 Student services manager, 40 (American)
         We have no intention to live outside Japan so it made sense for the kids to take my Japanese husband's family name. However. we did want to have a Western name too, so all three of them now have both a Western and a Japanese name. We agreed there would be no strange names, spellings or unusual kanji (Chinese characters in the Japanese language) . All names had to be easy to say and familiar in both Japanese and English
John MeCracken
 Company general manager, 27 (American)
      My son's name is Aiden. In part  because my wife and I met in university and as she was studying Irish history and I have some links to Scotland and Ireland, I wanted a unique Gaelic (盖尔族的) name. We settled for Aiden as we found kanji that can be used in Japan that means " legendary hero" .
Paula Murakami
College Women's Association of Japan, 53 (American)
     My husband was very excited about choosing names, so I decided to let him choose. He wanted their first names to be Japanese and came up with names that included the kanji character in his own name. Our boys, Hiroki and Kenta, never had any problems while living on the U.S.West Coast with Japanese names, and I think both as children and as adults, they love theirnames.
Jeff Ruiz
Recording engineer, 42 (Mexican)
      My son's name is Lenny.  My wife chose it together with me as we were looking for a name that works in both worlds - mine in Mexico, and hers in Japan - and the name Jenny is common everywhere. In Japanese we write the name in katakana as that is easy for Japanese  people who seem to like names in two or three characters.
24, What do we know about the people mentioned in the passage?
      A. Nicole and her husband had an agreement on how to name the children.
      B. Jeff will remain in Japan as his wife is not used to Mexican life
      C. The four couples have decided to live with the children in Japan forever.
      D. Paula and her family would love to live on the U.S. West Coast.
25. Which of the following does the underlined word  "katakana" mean?
     A. A Japanese system of grammar.
     B. A way of writing the Japanese language.
  27. Which would be the best title for the passage?
     A. Is a Western name better than a Japanese name?
     B. Why does your child have two names?
     C. How do you choose your child's name?
     D. Do you settle differences in naming your child?
C
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