兵团二中2024届2016-2017学年高二年级第一学期期末考试
英语试卷
I. 阅读理解(共15题：每小题2分，满分30分)
A
I remember the first time I got on a horse. When I was a little boy aged two, my mom agreed to let me take a short ride and that was it! From then on, I drove my parents crazy begging for a horse.
When I was four, I had Mutism, in which children stop speaking in certain social situations. I went days, weeks months without a sound at school. At most, I might quietly whisper to a friend. I suffered silently through school until I was ten when a psychologist had an idea, He asked me what I wanted more than anything else in the world. He explained I was going to be given an opportunity to work for that. And I was permitted to whisper the answer in my mother's ear, \
I was to get a pony, but I had to live up to my end of the bargain. I had a chart of weekly tasks I had to accomplish. I had to answer the phone five times per week, something I had never done before. I had to say one word to my teacher at school and the list went on. For a child with Mutism, saying one word to someone can be like climbing Mount Qomolangma. I did everything that was asked of me and the day came, His name was Sequoia, whom I fell in love with immediately. When I was in Sequoia's presence, I forgot all about my problems and felt strong and secure.
I am a fully participating member of society these days. My horses and I made it through a master’s degree. I may have made it otherwise, but I’m not sure. I feel I owe my life to the horses and I try to give it back to them every day. They have given me the best gift I could ever imagine, my life.
1. What was the situation like when the author was four?
A. He didn't say a word at all. B. He learned how to ride a horse. C. He found his classmates unfriendly. D. He had difficulty in communicating. 2. What can we infer about the author from Paragraph 3?
A. He completed some tasks easily. B. He pushed himself extremely hard.
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C. He fell in love with Sequoia gradually. D. He found the psychologist's idea ineffective.
3. What is the author's purpose in writing the text?
A. To share his unfortunate childhood. B. To give tips on how to cure Mutism. C. To show his deep gratefulness to horses. D. To inspire kids struggling against Mutism.
B
A supermarket checkout operator was praised for striking a blow for modern manners and a return to the age of politeness after refusing to serve a shopper who was talking on her mobile phone．
The supermarket manager was forced to apologize to the customer who complained she was told her goods would not be scanned unless she hung up her phone． Jo Clark, 46, said, “I don't know what she was playing at．I couldn’t believe how rude she was．When did she have the right to give me a lecture on checkout manners? I won’t be shopping there again!”
But users of social media sites and Internet forums(论坛) were very angry that store gave in and the public appeared to be supporting the angry checkout worker．“Perhaps this is a turning point for mobile phone users everywhere．When chatting, keep your eyes on people around you．That includes people trying to serve you, other road users and especially people behind you in the stairs,” said a typical post．
“It’s time checkout staff fought back against these people constantly chatting on their phones．They can drive anyone crazy．It’s rude and annoying． I often want to grab someone’s phone and throw it as far as I can, even though I am not a checkout girl, just a passer-by,” said another．
Siobhan Freegard, founder of parenting site ．com said, “While this checkout operator doesn’t have the authority to order customers to switch off their phones, you can see clearly how frustrated and angry she felt． No matter how busy you are, life is nicer when you and those around you have good manners．”
4．According to Jo Clark, the checkout operator_____________．
A．had no knowledge of checkout manners B．played with a mobile phone while at work
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C．deserved praise for her modern manners D．had no right to forbid her from using her mobile phone
5．The third and fourth paragraphs imply that the public_________．
A．are used to chatting on their mobile phones B．are driven crazy by constant mobile calls
C．seem to support the checkout operator D．ignore the existence of mobile phone users
6．The attitude of Siobhan Freegard towards the checkout operator was________．
A．disapproving B．supportive C．neutral D．indifferent 7．The passage is mainly about _________．
A．whether we should talk on our phones while being served B．why we can talk on mobile phones while shopping C．what good manners checkout operators should have
D．how we can develop good manners for mobile phone users
C
There are two great trends on parents bringing up children today．First，children are now praised to an unbelievable degree．As Dorothy Parker once joked，American children aren’t raised；they are motivated．Children are constantly told how special they are．The second is that children are honed(磨砺)to an unimaginable degree．Parents spend much more time than in past generations on their children’s development．
These two great trends—greater praise and greater honing—combine in close ways. Parents shower their kids with affection ，but it is intermingled with the desire to help their children achieve success．Parents are happy when their child studies hard，practices hard，wins first place，gets into a famous college．
The wolf of conditional 1ove exists in these homes．The parents feel they love their children in all circumstances．But the children often think differently．They feel that childhood is a performance—on the athletic field，in school and beyond．The shadowy presence of conditional love produces a fear，the fear that there is no completely safe love．
Meanwhile，children who are uncertain of their parents’love develop a great hunger
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for it. This conditional love is1ike an acid that affects children’s criteria to make their own decisions about their own colleges，majors and careers．At key decision-points，they unconsciously imagine how their parents will react．
These children tell their parents those things that will bring praise and hide the parts of their lives that won’t. Studies suggest that children who receive conditional love often do better in the short run．They can be model students．But they suffer in the long run．They come to hate their parents．They are so influenced by fear that they become afraid of risk．
Parents today are less likely to demand obedience(顺从)with explicit rules and lectures．But they are more likely to use love as a tool to exercise contro1．But parental love is supposed to ignore achievement. It’s meant to be an unconditional support -a gift that can not be bought and cannot be earned．
8．According to Dorothy Parker，American children____________．
A．need more concern B．Grow better under pressure
C．have unimaginable potential D．receive much praise and encouragement 9．What does the underlined word“intermingled”in Paragraph 2 mean?
A．Greeted B．Mixed C．Compared D．Separated 10．Some children can’t make their own decisions probably because________. A．they have too many options B．they lack parents’advice C．they are doubtful about parents’love D．they care too much about parents’reaction
11．What’s the author’s opinionabout parental love？
A．It doesn’t go to children with poor grades． B．It is meant to control children’s behaviour．
C．It shouldn’t focus on children’s achievement． D．It works with strict rules and constant reminding．
D
Showers can be relaxing. You can hum a song, daydream or think about nothing, leaving the real world behind you. But did you know that showering can also benefit your mind?
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A research by Scott Barry Kaufman, a psychologist from Yale University in the US interviewed over 3,000 people around the world. It turned out that nearly two-thirds of the interviewees said they had experienced new ideas in the shower and were more likely to have them in the shower than at work. So why does a simple shower have such magic power? Science can explain it.
Showering can help to raise our level of dopamine（多巴胺）, a hormone closely related to our creativity. “People vary in terms of their level of creativity according to the activity of dopamine”, explained Alice Flaherty, a famous American neuroscientist. “Taking a warm shower can make us feel relaxed and therefore make the dopamine level rise and bring 'Aha!' moment to us.”
Besides the chemical changes, showering may give you a break from what you feel you have been stuck with. Especially when you have thought hard all day about a problem, jumping into the shower can keep you from the outside world so that you can focus on your inner feelings and memories. In this way, according to American psychologist Shelley H. Carson, author of Your Creative Brain, “a showering hour may turn into an ‘incubation (孵化) period’ for your ideas.”
Showering allows us to enjoy the creative juices of our minds, but it needn't just be the bathroom where you get your inspiration. For instance, Gertrude Stein, a female American writer and poet, got new ideas by driving around a farm and stopping at different cows until she found the one that most inspired her. So try to create your own way to free your mind, whether it's a walk near the ocean, a country drive or reading a book at home. 12. According to the article, what can showering bring around? A. A terrible moment to us.
B. Increasing level of dopamine.
C. Boredom or tiredness. D. A better understanding of the world 13. If one has focused on something all day, showering can help _______. A. turn one’s attention inwards world
C. one make an important breakthrough
D. many chemical changes to take place B. draw one’s attention to the outside
14. The example of Gertrude Stein in the last paragraph is used to _______. A. show that creativity often comes from strange places
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