湖南省汝城二中2014届高考英语一轮复习阅读训练 (12)_高考复习指南

湖南省汝城二中2014届高考英语一轮复习阅读训练 (12)

　　42．At the funeral,

　　A．five individuals made speeches B．the boss’s speech was best thought of

　　C．everyone was crying out loudly D．the writer was astonished by the scene

　　43．According to the writer, people in the West

　　A．are not willing to be sad for the dead B．prefer to control their sadness in public

　　C．cry their eyes out at the public funeral D．have better way to express sadness

　　44．It is implied that

　　A．the English might cry noisily for the dead in Dickens’ time

　　B．Chinese express their sadness quite unlike other peoples

　　C．victims of terrorist bombings should be greatly honored

　　D．English funeral culture is more civilized than the others

　　45．This passage talks mainly about

　　A．an editor’s death

　　B．bad funeral customs

　　C．western ways of grief D．cultural differences

　　Below is a passage adapted from the network edition of China Daily.

　　Event

　　Li Yang, one of China’s most famous English teachers, apologized for beating his American wife more than a week after she posted photos of her injuries on the web and set off a bomb of criticism.

　　“I wholeheartedly apologize to my wife Kim and my girls for committing domestic violence. This has caused them serious physical and mental damage,” Li said on his mieroblog at Weibo.com, the country’s most popular social media site, on Saturday. Li, 42, is a mechanics major but is best known for his “Crazy English,” a popular method of language learning that involves yelling at the top of one’s lungs.