山西省长治市第一中学2015-2016学年高一上学期中考试 英语试题
第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分60分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题3分，满分45分）
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What is language for? Some people seem to think it's for practicing grammar rules and learning lists of words—the longer the lists，the better. That's wrong. Language is for the exchange（交流）of ideas and information. It's meaningless knowing all about a language if you can't use it freely. Many students I have met know hundreds of grammar rules, but they can't speak correctly or fluently. They are afraid of making mistakes. One shouldn't be afraid of making mistakes when speaking a foreign language. Native speakers make mistakes and break rules, too. As Bernard Shaw once wrote, "Foreigners often speak English too correctly." But the mistakes that native speakers make are different from those that Chinese students make. They're English mistakes in the English language. And if enough native speakers break a rule, it is no longer a rule. What used to be wrong becomes right. People not only make history, they make language. But a people can only make its own language. It can't make another people's language. So Chinese students of English should pay attention to grammar, but they shouldn't overdo it. They should put communication first.
1．Language is used to ________.
A. practice grammar rules B. express oneself
C. talk with foreigners only D. learn lists of words
2. Generally, when an American or an Englishman speaks English, he or she________.
A. never makes mistakes B. often makes mistakes
C. can't avoid making mistakes D. always makes mistakes
3．In the passage, the word “those” underlined refers to ________.
A. languages B. rules C. speakers D. mistakes
