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23天河区高一第一学期期末考试

英语试卷

第一部分阅读理解共（两节，满分45分）

第一节共（10小题:每小题3分，满分30分）

阅读下短文，从每题所给的四个选项A（,B,C,D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该

项涂黑。

A

At10,bychanceIheardWhitneyHoustonssongtitledIwillalwaysloveyou，whichmade

agreatdeepimpressiononmethoughIdidntunderstandwhatIheard.Ikepttryingtorepeatthe

songbutinvain;becauseIdidntspeakEnglish,Itriedtorememberthemelodyonlyinordernotto

forgetthesongbecausemaybeonedayIllcometoknowthissongstitle.

AboutfiveyearslaterandbychanceagainIboughtacassettethatincludedthesong.Itwas

amazingthatIfoundwhatIwaslookingfor!ThenIstartedtolistentomylocalradiostations

whichairedEnglishsongs.Then,withtimegoingby,Istartedtounderstandafewwords.Ofcourse

IwasasecondaryschoolstudentatthattimebutIwantyoutoknowthatwhatwasdrivingmeis

love,theloveofthatlanguage.

AfterIwasgrownupalittlebitIdecidedtostudyEnglishLiteratureattheuniversity,becauseI

saidtomyselfthisisthebestsubjectIvebeengoodatduringmyschoollife.Andthatswhat

happened;IstudiedEnglishLiteratureatuniversityandgraduatedrecently.

Mynative-likespeakingdidntdevelopbecauseoftheuniversityeducation,butfromhardwork

andself-study.Iusedtolistentonativespeakersalmostallthetimeandimitate模（仿）their

pronunciation.AndIhadtorepeatandpracticeevenwithmyself.Youknow,Ididnthaveaperson

tospeakEnglishwith.SoIdecidedtochatwithEnglishpeopleontheInternet.

Finally,oneofthebestwaystoimproveyourEnglishisusingit.Useitorloseit.

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