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时间：100分钟 总分：120分
第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分50分）
第一节（共15小题：每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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Amsterdam guidebook
Time out Amsterdam guide is written by writers who live in the city, with a unique insider perspective on local culture. This guide is filled with useful tips and ideas on everything from room rates to the detailed clear color maps, from world-class museums and markets to the city’s great bars and restaurants, and top sightseeing tips from the popular sites to the unusual. Customer reviews
I bought several books on a recent trip to Amsterdam, but this was the only one I used while walking and sightseeing. The book’s small size makes it convenient to hold, but don’t be fooled: this book is jam-packed with useful information. And, unlike the Eyewitness Travel Guides, which are also great, this book lists a good number of budget accommodations and also provides important details that I found, for the most part, very accurate. The section on what to do outside Amsterdam was also extremely useful. My glasses broke during the trip, and the book actually listed places to get them fixed or replaced! It was amazing how much practical information they squeezed into a small book. Overall, the best travel guide I’ve seen to Amsterdam! RRP: $ 12.99 Price: $ 8.44
You save: $ 4.55(35% off regular price) Availability: In stock(有货)
Note : This item will be delivered within 24 hours in the UK. All other destinations are sent by airmail.
21. Which of the following is NOT included in Amsterdam guidebook? A. Top sightseeing tips. B. World famous museums.
C. Film and drama information. D. The city’s great bars and restaurants. 22. According to the passage, Amsterdam guidebook__________.
A. is handy to carry B. has a recommended price of $ 8.44 C. will be sent by air to all the buyers D. is written by people living in London 23. If you buy Amsterdam guidebook, ________. A. you can receive it two days later B. you should buy it in a post office C. you may know some local culture
D. you can have a 4.5% discount of the regular price B
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Are you bad at math? If you answer yes, consider this question: Are you bad at math because you didn’t study hard enough to learn the material or because you lack the ability to be good at it ?
As it turns out, many children believe that they don’t do well on math tests because they’re intellectually incapable (无能的) of understanding the material. They have no reason to try harder, thus trapping them in a state of being bad at math.
Educators Miles Kimball and Noah Smith argue that this is a big problem,“Math is the great mental subject of an unconfident America. If we can convince you that anyone can learn math, it should be a short step to convincing you that you can learn just about anything, if you work hard enough.”
Psychologist Carol Dweck took on the task of convincing a group of students that if they worked hard they could become smarter. The truly remarkable part of that study was not that the kids improved and earned higher grades; it was that Dweck noted that a few of the tough boys in the group were brought to tears, learning that the level of intelligence they could reach was limitless — it was entirely up to them .
Of course, not all of us will become genius mathematicians, but the majority of us can become skilled and maybe even good at math. As Mashable points out, while dyscalculia (计算障碍) , a math disability, is a real thing, only 6 percent of the population is likely to have it. For the rest of us, it’s a confidence problem, or a lack of belief that with hard work, we’ll improve. Thankfully, we now know better, and we can pass on that information to the next generation. 24. Many people don’t work hard at math because they think that . A. their intelligence is high B. it’s useless to put in the effort C. math is not worth learning D. they have understood the material 25. According to Miles Kimball and Noah Smith, . A. one can learn anything as long as he works hard
B. math is a big problem to deal with C. most Americans don’t like math at all D. math is an important subject at school
26. In Carol Dweck’s study, the students .
A. didn’t get higher grades in the test B. became good at math soon C. passed the tests easily
D. know their intelligence depends on themselves
27. What does the underlined part“that information”refer to?
A. Confidence is important in one’s life. B. Math disability doesn’t really exist.
C. Everyone is likely to learn math well. D. Math cannot be ignored at any time.
C
Many facts suggest that children are overweight and the situation is getting worse, according to the doctors. I feel there are a number of reasons for this.
Some people blame the fact that we are surrounded by shops selling unhealthy, fatty foods, such as fried chicken and ice cream, at low prices. This has turned out a
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whole generation of grown-ups who seldom cook a meal for themselves. If there were fewer of these restaurants, then probably children would buy less take-away food. There is another argument that blames parents for allowing their children to become overweight. I agree with this, because good eating habits begin early in life, long before children start to visit fast food shops. If children are given fried chicken and chocolate rather than healthy food, or are always allowed to choose what they eat, they will go for sweet and salty foods every time, and this will carry on throughout their lives.
There is a third reason for this situation. Children these days take very little exercise. They do not walk to school. When they get home, they sit in front of the television or their computers and play computer games. Not only is this an unhealthy pastime, it also gives them time to eat more unhealthy food. What they need is to go outside and play active games or sports.
The above are the main reasons for this problem, and therefore we have to encourage young people to be more active, as well as steering them away from fast food shops and bad eating habits.
28. According to the text, what kind of children may eat more unhealthy food?
A .Those who often take exercise. B. Those who often watch television. C .Those who often have meals at home. D .Those who often walk to school. 29. What is one reason that children become overweight? A .Children can't choose what to eat.
B .Children are too busy to go out and play.
C .Children's parents often cook meals for them. D .There are too many fast food shops around.
30. What does the underlined word “steering” in the last sentence most probably
mean?
A. guiding B. forcing C. Driving. D. Moving. 31. What's the main purpose of the text?
A. To tell a story. B. To provide facts. C. To give advice. D. To compare opinions. D
Seventy years ago, a group of well-known people from the art world headed by an Austrian conductor decided to hold an international festival of music, dance and theater in Edinburgh. The idea was to reunite Europe after the Second World War.
It quickly attracted famous names such as Alec Guinness, Richard Burton, Dame Margot Fonteyn and Marlene Dietrich as well as the big symphony orchestras. It became a fixed event every August and now attracts 400,000 people yearly.
At the same time, the “Fringe” appeared as a challenge to the official festival. Eight theater groups turned up uninvited in 1947, in the belief that everyone should have the right to perform, and they did so in a public house disused for years.
Soon, groups of students firstly from Edinburgh University, and later from the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, Durham and Birmingham were making the journey to the Scottish capital each summer to perform theater by little-known writers of plays in small church halls to the people of Edinburgh.
Today the “Fringe”, once less recognized, has far outgrown the festival with
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around 1,500 performances of theater, music and dance on every one of the 21 days it lasts. And yet as early as 1959, with only 19 theater groups performing, some said it was getting too big.
A paid administrator was first employed only in 1971, and today there are eight administrators working all year round and the number rises to 150 during August itself. In 2004 there were 200 places housing 1,695 shows by over 600 different groups from 50 different countries. More than 1.25 million tickets were sold. 32. What was the purpose of Edinburgh Festival at the beginning?
A. To introduce young theater groups. B. To honor heroes of World WarⅡ. C. To attract great artists from Europe. D. To bring Europe together again. 33. Why did some uninvited theater groups come to Edinburgh in 1947? A. They owned a public house there. B. They wanted to take part in the festival. C. They thought they were also famous. D. They came to take up a challenge.
34. Who joined the \
A. Popular writers B. Artists from around the world. C. University students. D. Performers of music and dance. 35. We may learn from the text that Edinburgh Festival______.
A. keeps growing rapidly B. has gone beyond an art festival C. gives shows all year round D. has become a non-official event 第二节 （共 5 小题，每小题 2.5 分，满分 12.5 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。
If you are hungry, what will you do? Grab a piece of your favorite meal and stay quiet after that. 36. But it never lets you know, because you keep it busy thinking about your dream lover, favorite star and many such absurd things. So it silently begins to hide your needs and never lets itself grow. When mind loses its freedom to grow, creativity gets its full stop. This might be the reason why we all sometimes think “What happens next?”, “Why can’t I think?”
37. But why is it reading but not watching TV? Because reading has been the most educational tool used by us right from the childhood. Just like that to develop other aspects of our life, we have to turn to reading for help.
Once you read a book, you just don’t run your eyes through the lines, but your mind tries to explain something to you. 38. Now this seed is unknowingly used by you in your future to develop new ideas. The same seed, if used many times, can help you link and relate a lot of things, which you would never thought of in your wildest dreams!
This is nothing but creativity. The more books you read, the wider your mind will become. 39. Within no time you can start talking with your friends in English or any other language fluently and never run out of the right words.
So guys, do give food for your thoughts by reading, reading and more reading. 40. Go, grab a book!
A. The interesting part of the book is stored in your mind as a seed.
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B. Why not do some reading while you are hungry? C. Just like stomach, even your mind is also hungry. D. Now what are you waiting for?
E. Hunger of the mind can be actually satisfied through extensive reading. F. Reading can help you make more friends, too.
G. Also this makes a significant contribution to your vocabulary. 第三部分 英语知识运用 （共两节，满分30分）
第一节 完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15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。
Ann worked for a big company. One day in December, she 41. a beggar making himself up as a Santa Claus 42. on the corner of the street. Each day she 43. her coins and dropped them in his bowl. He would smile and 44. her a Merry Christmas. At night the temperature dropped below 0℃, but the Santa Claus 45. stood in the cold wind.46. she dropped her coins into his bowl, she handed him a pair of gloves.
Several days later, a colleague came into her office 47. . “I don’t know what I’m going to do.” “What’s wrong?” she asked. “I don’t have any money to buy my boys anything for Christmas, 48. my ex-husband refuses to send money to them. It breaks my heart that they won’t have anything this year.” The lady 49. her colleague, “I’m sure everything will 50. . It’s Christmas. Believe in miracles.”
That evening, she told her husband about her colleague’s 51. , “I know we don’t have much money to 52. , but I'd like to give her fifty or a hundred dollars. We’ll just get ourselves less this year. Last year we couldn’t 53. to buy anything for ourselves but we still had a wonderful Christmas.” Her husband smiled, “Give her one hundred dollars. She needs it more than we do.”
She reached up and held him. Warmth spread 54. her body. He held her and realized that 55. really was a Santa Claus—and he had married her! 41. A. spotted B. watched C. sensed D. followed 42. A. performed B. waiting C. standing D. playing 43. A. earned B. counted C. saved D. threw 44. A. send B. wish C. offer D. tell 45. A. even B. just C. still D. yet 46. A. Although B. If C. Since D. After 47. A. in tears B. in shock C. in horror D. in trouble 48. A. or B. but C. so D. otherwise 49. A. reminded B. amused C. teased D. comforted 50. A. work out B. come back C. run out D. open up 51. A. question B. suggestion C. situation D. example 52. A. lend B. help C. lose D. pay 53. A. offer B. afford C. promise D. help 54. A. off B. to C. among D. through 55. A. it B. that C. this D. there 只要坚持 梦想终会实现
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辽宁省瓦房店市高级中学2019-2020学年高二上学期期末考试英语试卷+Word版含答案
