2016寒假开学考试题.doc

高二年级开学之初英语考试试题 阅读理解：60 A Most of my friends speak several languages. My friend Hans Kimmel, for example, speaks three languages— German, French and English. And my friend Pavlov speaks four languages— Russian, French, Spanish and English. Then there is Charles Zhou. His native language is Chinese, but he speaks three or four other languages fluently. I do not understand it. They speak, read and write all those languages, and I only know one language— English. Why can’t I speak any foreign languages? Am I stupid to learn a foreign language? Maybe it is all a question of home and environment. My parents do not speak any other languages, so of course we speak English at home. But look at Hans. His father is German and his mother is French. So he speaks two languages at home. And look at John’s family. His father is Russian and his mother is Spanish. So they speak two languages at home. Perhaps it is a question of geography, too. I live in the United States, and I can travel hundreds of miles with only one language— English. But it is different for Hans in Europe. He lives in Germany, but in a few hours he can travel to France, or to Italy, or to Holland, or to Denmark. So of course he hears other languages all the time. And he needs other languages. I am studying Italian this term at the university, but I am not learning very much Italian. I can not practice it at home or in restaurants or in stores. I only speak it three hours each week in the classroom. That’s all. The rest of the time I speak English. Maybe I should go to Italy for a few months. Then perhaps I could really learn Italian. 1. Who can speak French, German and English ? A) The author himself. B) Hans Kimmel. C) Charles. D) John. 2. The person whose mother tongue is Chinese is _________. A) a friend of Zhou’s B) Pavlov C) Zhou D) Hans 3 According to the writer’s opinion,