英语卷·2018届江西省桑海中学高二上学期第一次月考（2016-10）

英语卷·2018届江西省桑海中学高二上学期第一次月考（2016-10）

江西桑海中学2016—2017学年上学期第一次月考 ‎ （高二英语）试卷 命题教师: 李梦雅 审题教师: 李梦雅 考试时间： 120 分钟 试卷满分： 150 分 第I卷 第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）‎ ‎ 做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。‎ 第一节 （共5小题；每题1分，满分5分）‎ 听下面五段对话，每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。‎ ‎1. What will the speakers give George? ‎ A. A bike . B. A guitar. C. Some videos.‎ ‎2. What will the man do?‎ A. Visit a doctor. B. Get some rest. C. Take some medicine.‎ ‎3. What will the man probably do?‎ A. Buy a newspaper. B. Put up an ad in the newspaper. ‎ C. Go for an interview.‎ ‎4. What has the woman left?‎ A. The tickets. B. The passports. C. The camera ‎5. What are the speakers mainly talking about?‎ A. Matches. B. Hobbies. C. Soccer.‎ 第二节 （共15小题；每题1分，满分15分）‎ 听下面五段对话或独白，每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。‎ 听第6段材料，回答第6、7题.‎ ‎6. Where will the speakers have dinner tonight?‎ ‎ A. At Jane’s home. B. In a bar. C. In a restaurant.‎ ‎7. What will the man buy on his way home?‎ ‎ A. Apple pies. B. Wine. C. Roses.‎ 听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。‎ ‎8. Why does the man frequently donate blood?‎ ‎ A. To show his bravery. B. To help the patients. C. To meet a pretty nurse.‎ ‎9. What do we know about the woman?‎ ‎ A. She works in the blood station.‎ ‎ B. She has trouble donating blood ‎ C. She has travelled to disaster areas.‎ 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题.‎ ‎10. How are the two speakers talking?‎ A. Face to face. B. On the phone. C. On the internet.‎ ‎11. What does the woman ask the man to do?‎ A. Look for a new apartment. ‎ B. Find a job to earn $ 200 a month.‎ C. Share an apartment with one or two roommates.‎ ‎12. How much does the woman want to spend on rent?‎ A. Less than $ 200 a month. ‎ B. Somewhere about $ 200 a month. ‎ C. A little more than $ 200 a month. ‎ 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题.‎ ‎13. What’s the possible relationship between the speakers?‎ ‎ A. Manager and employee. B. Salesman and customer. C. Husband and wife.‎ ‎14. What does the woman want to do?‎ ‎ A. Sell the television. ‎ ‎ B.Write a letter of complaint. ‎ ‎ C.Change the television for a new one.‎ ‎15. What did the woman do with the television?‎ ‎ A. She asked someone to repair it. B. She adjusted the channels. ‎ C. She turned it on.‎ ‎16. Why is the woman surprised at last?‎ ‎ A. The man can’t adjust it. ‎ ‎ B. It’s an old television. ‎ ‎ C.The guarantee period is only two days.‎ 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题.‎ ‎17. How many people are there in the hip-hop group?‎ ‎ A. 60. B. 16. C. 20.‎ ‎18. where do these "hip-hop grannies" come from?‎ ‎ A. The countryside. B. A big city. C. A dancing school.‎ ‎19. Why was it difficult for the "hip-hop grannies" at the beginning?‎ ‎ A. They are too old to walk. ‎ ‎ B. They have no dancing experience. ‎ ‎ C. They need the help of other people to walk.‎ ‎20. What has happened to the "hip-hop grannies" since they began to do hip-hop ?‎ ‎ A. They haven’t done any farm work.‎ ‎ B. They have grown older and older.‎ ‎ C. They have become happier and healthier.‎ 第二部分：阅读理解（共2节，满分40分）‎ 第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）‎ 阅读下列短文，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 Many countries follow special customs when a child’s baby teeth fall out. Many of these customs tell stories about animals taking the teeth.‎ For example, Koreans have the custom of throwing the fallen tooth onto the roof of a house so that a magpie (喜鹊) can take the tooth away and bring a new tooth for the child. This custom is also ‎ followed by some other Asian countries, such as Japan and Vietnam.‎ Other countries, though, have tooth customs about other animals. In Mexico and Spain, for example, it is thought that a mouse takes a fallen tooth away and leaves some money. But in Mongolia, it is dogs that take children’s teeth away. Dogs are highly respected in Mongolian culture. It is believed that the new tooth will grow strong if the baby tooth is fed to a dog, so parents in Mongolia will put their children’s fallen teeth in a piece of meat and feed it to a dog.‎ In France and the USA, a child will put a fallen tooth under his or her pillow before going to bed. It is thought that in the early morning, when the child is still sleeping, the Tooth Fairy will take the tooth away and leave something else under the pillow. What she will leave is hard to know. It is said that in France the Tooth Fairy may leave some candies; however, in the United States, she may leave money.‎ ‎21．Koreans throw a tooth onto the roof of a house in order to __________.‎ A. get money B. feed magpies C. get candies D. get a new tooth ‎22．In Vietnam, if a child’s tooth falls out, he or she will __________.‎ A. throw it onto the roof of a house B. feed it to a mouse C. put it in a piece of meat and feed the meat to a dog D. leave it to the Tooth Fairy ‎23．From the last paragraph, we can know that in France and the USA _________.‎ A. a child will put his or her fallen tooth beside the pillow B. the Tooth Fairy takes the fallen teeth away at midnight C. the Tooth Fairy will leave some candies to the children after taking the fallen teeth away D. no one knows for sure what the Tooth Fairy will leave to the children after taking the fallen teeth away ‎24．The passage is mainly about ___________.‎ A. customs about fallen teeth in western countries B. customs about fallen teeth in different countries C. stories about human teeth D. stories about some animals ‎ B A large number of women in Western European countries wish that they were born men. The number is said as high as 60% in West Germany.‎ ‎“Women often wish that they had the same chance as men have, and believe it is still men’s world,” said Dr James Holden, one of the scientists who did the study.‎ Anne Harper has a very good job for an international oil company. She also believes in “Women’ s Liberation(解放)”.‎ ‎“I don’t wish that I were a man,” she says, “and I don’t think many women do. But I do wish that people would stop looking down upon us women. At work, for example, we often do the work that men do but get paid less. There are still a lot of jobs that are usually the best ones and open only to men. If you’re a man, you have a much better chance of leading an exciting life. How many women pilots are there ... or engineers or scientists?”‎ ‎25．What can we learn from the first paragraph?‎ A. 60% women in West Germany wish that they were born men.‎ B. Most women in Western European countries wish that their babies were all boys.‎ C. 60% Western European women wish that they were born men.‎ D. 60% Western European women who wish that they were born men are from West ‎ Germany.‎ ‎26．“It is still men’s world.” means “______.”‎ A. There’re more men than women in the world B. There’re more men scientists or engineers than women scientists or engineers in the world C. Women have not been given the same chance as men D. Women cannot live without men ‎27．Which is not true about Anne Harper?‎ A. Anne Harper has a very good job for an international oil company B. she is one of the scientists who did the study.‎ C. She believes in “Women’ s Liberation.”‎ D. She doesn’t want to be a man.‎ ‎ C Most young people enjoy some form of physical activity. It may be walking, cycling, or swimming, or in winter, skating or skiing. It may be game of some kind football, hockey, golf, or tennis. It may be mountaineering.‎ Those who have a passion for climbing high and difficult mountains are often looked upon with astonishment. Why are men and women willing to suffer cold and hardship, and to take risks on high mountains? This astonishment is caused probably by the difference between mountaineering and other forms of activity to which men give their relaxation.‎ Mountaineering is a sport and not a game. There are no man-made rules, as there are for such games as golf and football. There are, of course, rules of a different kind which it would be dangerous to ignore (忽略), but it is this freedom from man-made rules that makes mountaineering attractive to many people. Those who climb mountains are free to use their own methods.‎ If we compare mountaineering and other more familiar sports, we might think that one big difference is that mountaineering is not a “team game”. We should be mistaken in this. There are, it is true, no “matches” between “teams” of climbers, but when climbers are on a rock face linked by a rope on which their lives may depend, there is obviously teamwork.‎ The mountain climber knows that he may have to fight forces that are stronger and more powerful than man. He has to fight the forces of nature. His sport requires high mental and physical qualities.‎ A mountain climber continues to improve in skill year after year. A skier (滑雪者) is probably past his best by the age of thirty, and most international tennis champions are in their early twenties. But it is not unusual for man of fifty or sixty to climb the highest mountains in Alps. They may take more time than younger men, but they probably climb with more skill and less waste of effort, and they certainly experience equal enjoyment.‎ ‎28． The main difference between a sport and a game lies in ______.‎ A. activity B. uniform C. rules D. skills ‎29． Mountaineering can be called a team sport because ______.‎ A. mountaineers depend on each other while climbing B. teams compete against each other C. it is an Olympic event D. there are five climbers on each team ‎30． Mountaineers compete against ______.‎ A. each other B. Nature C. other teams D. international standards ‎31． Which of the following might be the best title?‎ A. How to Climb High Mountains B. Mountain Climbers C. Challenging Sports Activities D. Mountaineering ‎ D Brenda Bongos was a happy, artistic girl. She had one big dream—to play the drums in a band. But one big problem lay in her way. To be good enough to play in a band, Brenda had to practice a lot, but she lived next-door to a lot of old people. Many of them are sick. She knew that the sound of beating drums would really get on their nerves. So, she had tried playing in the strangest places: a basement, a kitchen, and even in a shower. But there was always someone it would annoy.‎ One day, while watching a science documentary on TV, she heard that sound cannot travel in space, because there's no air. At that moment, Brenda Bongos decided to become a sort of musical astronaut.‎ With the help of a lot of time, books and work, Brenda built a space bubble. This was a big glass ball connected to a machine which sucked out all the air inside. All that would be left inside was a drum kit（成套设备） and a chair. Brenda got into the space suit she had made, entered the bubble, turned on the machine, and played those drums like a wild child.‎ It wasn't long before Brenda Bongos came very famous. Many people came to see her play in her space bubble. Shortly afterwards she came out of the bubble and started giving concerts. Her fame spread so much that the government suggested that she be part of a unique space journey. Finally, Brenda was a real musical astronaut, and had gone far beyond her first ambition of playing drums in a band.‎ Years later, when asked how she had achieved all this, she thought for a moment, and said: ''If those old people next – door hadn't mattered so much to me, I wouldn't have found a solution, and none of this would have ever happened.''‎ ‎32．Why did Brenda try to play in the strangest places?‎ A. Because she didn't want others to hear her play B. Because she didn't mean to disturb others.‎ C. Because she didn't have her own room D. Because she didn’t like her neighbors.‎ ‎33．Brenda started to give concerts _______.‎ A. after she practiced in her space bubble B. when she became part of the unique space journey C. after she became a real musical astronaut D. when people came to see her in the space bubble ‎34．Brenda became famous because ______.‎ A. she was good at music and science B. she became a real musical astronaut C. she invented a special way of practice D. she played well and had a talent ‎35．It can be inferred from the text that: " _______".‎ A. He laughs best who laughs last B. It's never too old to learn C. Two heads are better than one D. One good turn deserves another 第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）‎ 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。‎ From my experience, there are three main reasons why people don’t cook more often: ability, money and time, ___36．_Money is a topic I’ll save for another day. So today I want to give you some wisdom about how to make the most of the time you spend in the kitchen. Here are three tips for great cooking on a tight schedule:‎ Think ahead. The moments when I think cooking is a pain are when I’m already hungry and there is nothing ready to eat. So think about of the coming week. When will you have time to cook? Do you have the right materials ready?____ 37．____‎ Make your time worth it. When you do find time to cook a meal, make the most of it and save yourself time later on. Are you making one loaf of bread? __38．__ it takes around the same amount of time to make more of something. So save yourself the effort for a future meal.‎ ‎____39．____ This may surprise you, but one of the best tools for making cooking worth your time is experimentation（实验）. It gives you the chance to hit upon（发现，想到） new ideas and recipes（食谱） that can work well with your appetite（食欲，欲望） and schedule. The more you learn and the more you try, the more ability you have to take control of your food and your schedule.‎ Hopefully that gives you a good start. ____40．__ and don’t let a busy schedule discourage you from making some great changes in the way you eat and live!‎ A. Try new things.‎ B. Ability is easily improved.‎ C. Make three or four instead.‎ D. Understand your food better.‎ E. Cooking is a burden for many people.‎ F. Let cooking and living simply be a joy rather than a burden.‎ G. A little time planning ahead can save a lot of work later on.‎ 第三部分：英语知识运用（满分45分）‎ 第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）‎ 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。‎ It surprised me—every time I saw Joe，he was smiling．It didn’t __41__ whether he had to stop at a stop light，or if he were the seventh person in __42__ at the bank，and the service stopped just before he got there．Joe __43_ smiled．It made me wonder why he seemed so _44__ every day．‎ Having observed Joe with other people，I __45__ something else also．Joe asked people how they were doing，and really seemed to listen to their __46__．If someone were hurting，he had _47___ for him and kind words，and offered to __48__ in any way he could．‎ It made me think．．．What if I tried to smile more？A（n） __49__ of sorts began when I went to the grocery store．I smiled as I went up and down the aisles．．．and people I didn’t even ___50_ smiled back at me．Some even __51__！The little kid in the cart（购物车） who was giving his mother a __52__ time saw me smile and _53___ talking．．．and，you guessed it．He made a shy little attempt at a smile．The man in the handicapped（残疾的） cart __54__ a person to reach something．．．I could get that for him．The smile even transferred (传递) over to him，and he __55__me．As I drove home，I was smiling．I __56_ what I had just learned，and when someone ‎ passed me and gave me a（n） __57__，I smiled at him．He looked puzzled．‎ Now I know a smile is a small thing，but what if we were all to try to smile a few more times each day？I couldn’t believe how __58__ I felt．Nothing in my life had changed，_59___ maybe it had．For what I learned was that such a small thing could __60__ not only my spirits，but those around me as well．‎ ‎41．A．work B．happen C．matter D．last ‎42．A．order B．debt C．hand D．line ‎43．A．always B．eventually C．immediately D．still ‎44．A．naughty B．happy C．active D．Humorous ‎45．A．decided B．judged C．noticed D．considered ‎46．A．answers B．complaints C．excuses D．comments ‎47．A．guidance B．respect C．sympathy D．protection ‎48．A．perform B．attempt C．bother D．help ‎49．A．experiment B．life C．project D．program ‎50．A．meet B．touch C．know D．contact ‎51．A．glared B．greeted C．approached D．escaped ‎52．A．spare B．long C．hard D．great ‎53．A．stopped B．tried C．kept D．enjoyed ‎54．A．persuaded B．accepted C．supported D．needed ‎55．A．thanked B．changed C．encouraged D．invited ‎56．A．worried about B．thought about C．talked over D．looked over ‎57．A．gesture B．address C．call D．ticket ‎58．A．normal B．great C．reasonable D．complicated ‎59．A．so B．for C．but D．till ‎60．A．realize B．admire C．show D．Lift 第Ⅱ卷 第三部分：英语知识运用 第二节 语法填空 (共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)‎ 阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填人一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空（不多于3个词），并将答案填写在答题纸的相应位置上。‎ ‎ John Snow was a famous doctor in London who ______61______（护理）Queen Victoria as her personal _____62______ （医生）. He thought about helping ordinary people ______63______（被暴露）to cholera. Though the cause and the ______64_____ （治疗）of it were unknown, he wanted to face the ______65_____（挑战）and solve the problem. When another outbreak hit London in 1894, and the disease spread quickly through poor n_______66______ , he began to gather information. He m _____67____ on a map where all the dead people had lived and he found that many people who had drunk the dirty water from the p ______68_____ died. It seemed that the water was to b_____69____ . He suggested that the source of all water supply be examined. The water companies were i____70____ not to expose people to polluted water any more. Finally, “King Cholera” was defeated.‎ 第四部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）‎ 第一节 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）‎ 文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。‎ 增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。‎ 删除：把多余的词用斜线（ )划掉。‎ 修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。‎ 注意： 1.每处错误及修改均仅限一词；‎ ‎2.只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。‎ Postcard always spoil my holidays. Last summer, I went to Italy. I visited to museums and sat in public gardens. A friendly waiter teaches me a few words of Italian. Then he lent me a book. I read a few of lines, and I did not understand a word. Everyday I thought about postcards. My holidays passed quick, but I did not send some cards for my friends. On last day I made a big decision. I got up early and bought thirty-seven cards. I spent the whole day in his room, but I did not write a single card!‎ 第二节 书面表达（满分25分）‎ 假设你是某校高二年级六班学生李华。本学期你校外教Mr. Johnson开设了三门选修课：英语口语、英语写作和英美文学。你打算报名选学其中的一门课程，请给他写一封申请信，内容包括：‎ ‎1、你想申请学习的课程及原因。‎ ‎2、你希望从这门课中学到什么。‎ ‎(报名: sign up for; 英美文学课程: the English and American Literature course )‎ 注意： 1、词数100左右； ‎ ‎ 2、可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；‎ ‎ 3、信的开头已给出，不计入总词数。‎ Dear Mr. Johnson,‎ ‎ I am Li Hua from Class Six, Senior Two.‎ ‎_________________________________________________________________________‎ ‎_________________________________________________________________________‎ ‎_________________________________________________________________________‎ ‎_________________________________________________________________________‎ ‎_________________________________________________________________________‎ ‎_________________________________________________________________________‎ ‎_________________________________________________________________________‎ ‎_________________________________________________________________________‎ ‎_________________________________________________________________________‎ ‎_________________________________________________________________________‎ ‎_________________________________________________________________________‎ ‎_________________________________________________________________________‎ 答案 听力：1-5 ABCCB 6-10 ACCBB 11-15 AABCC 16-20 BCABC ‎ ‎21．D 22．A 23．D 24．B ‎【解析】‎ 试题分析：小孩子掉落的牙齿怎么处理？有些国家扔在屋顶上，有些国家放在枕头下，不同的国家都有着不同的风俗哦。‎ ‎21．细节理解题。由“Koreans have the custom of throwing the fallen tooth onto the roof of a house so that a magpie can take the tooth away and bring a new tooth for the child”可知，韩国人把掉落的牙齿扔在屋顶上这样喜鹊就能把牙齿衔走，然后带给小孩一颗新牙牙了。因此选D。‎ ‎22．细节理解题。由“This custom is also followed by some other Asian countries, such as Japan and Vietnam.”可知韩国人的风俗也受到一些如日本越南等亚洲国家的效仿。故选A。‎ ‎23．判断推理题。由 “In France and the USA, a child will put a fallen tooth under his or her pillow”可知A错误。由“It is thought that…the Tooth Fairy will take the tooth away”可知B错误，由 “It is said that in France the Tooth Fairy may leave some candies; however, in the United States, she may leave money.”可知在法国牙齿仙女会留下糖果，在美国会留下钱，因此C错误。所以，“没人确定牙齿仙女会留下什么”这个答案符合题意，故D正确。‎ ‎24．主旨大意题。根据文章第一段，以及纵观全文可知，这篇文章主要介绍了不同国家对于脱落牙齿处理的风俗。故选B。‎ 考点：文化类短文阅读。‎ ‎25．A 26．C 27．B ‎【解析】‎ 试题分析：本文讲述了西方社会中仍然存在着很多歧视女性的现象，很多女性希望真正的妇女解放 ‎25．推理判断题。根据文章第一段中的The number is said as high as 60% in West Germany.可知，在西德有60%的女性希望自己是男性。故选择A。‎ ‎26．推理判断题。根据前半句Women often wish that they had the same chance as men have可知女性希望能获得和男性一样的机会，暗示了女性获得的机会没有男性获得的机会多。故选择C。‎ ‎27．推理判断题。根据Anne Harper has a very good job for an international oil company. She also believes in “Women’ s Liberation(解放)，选项A、C是正确的。根据原文I don’t wish that I were a man可知选项D是正确的。只有选项B未提及，故选择B。‎ 考点：社会现象类阅读 ‎28．C 29．A 30．B 31．D ‎【解析】‎ 试题分析：文章写出了登山的意义，登山的困难，登山者的年龄和他们的团队合作精神等。‎ ‎28．C推理判断题。由文中Mountaineering is a sport and not a game. There are no man-made rules, as there are for such games as golf and football.可知登山是一项运动而不是比赛，因为它没有高尔夫或者足球一样的规则，所以它们的不同之处在于rules所以选C。‎ ‎29．A细节理解题。由文中but when climbers are on a rock face linked by a rope on which their lives may depend, there is obviously teamwork.可知但是登山者们拴在一个绳子上的时候他们知道他们的生命或许被决定，这有很明显的团队合作，所以选A。‎ ‎30．B细节理解题。由文中He has to fight the forces of nature可知他不得不和自然中的困难做斗争，所以选B。‎ ‎31．D主旨理解题。由文章整体可知，ABC三个选项文中都有提及，所以都不能作为标题，所以D符合题意。‎ 考点：考查生活知识类短文阅读 ‎32．B 33．A 34．C 35．D ‎【解析】‎ 试题分析：这是一篇传记类阅读。文章主要讲述了Brenda Bongos这个女孩为了在不打扰附近老人的情况下练习自己喜爱的架子鼓而发明了一种真空装置，从而使她出名了。‎ ‎32．细节理解题。由第一段中“she lived next-door to a lot of old people. Many of them are sick. She knew that the sound of beating drums would really get on their nerves. So, she had tried playing in the strangest places”可知，Brenda家附近住了很多老人，而且大都身体不好。打鼓的声音则会影响老人的神经，所以她试着在一些奇怪的地方练习，避免打扰老人。故选B。‎ ‎33．细节理解题。由第四段中“Shortly afterwards she came out of the bubble and started giving concerts.”可知，在从玻璃球中出来没多久，她就开始在音乐会中演出。由前文可知，她在玻璃球中是练习打鼓。故选A。‎ ‎34．细节理解题。由第四段第一句“It wasn't long before Brenda Bongos came very famous. Many people came to see her play in her space bubble.”可知，Brenda没过多久就出名了，许多人都来看她在她的太空玻璃球中打鼓。所以，她出名是因为她发明了特别的真空打鼓装置。故选C。‎ ‎35．考查推理判断题。A笑到最后才是赢家；B活到老学到老；C三个臭皮匠顶个诸葛亮；D善有善报。由文章大意可知，如果Brenda没有顾忌附近老人的感受，她就不会想办法去减少打鼓的噪音，也就不会有真空玻璃球这一装置的出现，她也不会出名。所以文章暗示了一个道理：善有善报。故选D。‎ 考点：考查传记类阅读。‎ ‎36—40BGCAF ‎ ‎41-45 CDABC 46—50 ACDAC 51-55 BCADA 56—60 BABCD ‎61- 70 attended physician exposed cure challenge ‎ neighbourhoods marked pump blame instructed ‎71-80 postcards 去掉to taught 去掉of and--but ‎ ‎ Quickly some—any for—to 加the his—my ‎ ‎81‎ ‎．Dear Mr. Johnson,‎ I am Li Hua from Class Six, Senior Three. I am glad to know three optional courses will be provided by you. I am writing to sign up for the English and American Literature course.‎ I have been interested in western literature since my childhood. My hobby is reading English novels and watching English movies. Shakespeare and Mark Twain are my favourite writers so I have read many of their works. I want to learn more about western writers and western culture through this course. Moreover, I have no difficulty in understanding English. I hope I am qualified to attend the course.‎ I am looking forward to becoming one of your students.‎ ‎ Yours sincerely，‎ ‎ LiHua