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瓦房店市高级中学十月份高二基础知识竞赛 英语
命题人：吴连付 校对人：傅翔
第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，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和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
We humans are superstitious(迷信), believing that Friday the 13th is bad luck and finding a penny is good luck. Here, then, are three of the most common superstitions. Careful with that mirror
According to folktales, breaking a mirror is sure to bring yourself seven years of bad luck. The superstition seems to arise from the belief that mirrors don’t just reflect your image; they hold bits of your soul. That belief led old American Southerners to cover mirrors in a house when someone died, for fear that their soul might be trapped inside.
Like the number three, the number seven is often associated with luck. Seven years is a long time to be unlucky, so people have come up with solutions after breaking a mirror. These include touching a piece of the broken mirror to a tombstone or powdering the broken mirror.
Knock on wood
This phrase is designed to break away from bad luck: “Breaking that mirror didn’t bring me any trouble. Knock on wood.” The phrase may come from old tales about good spirits in trees or from an association with the Christian cross. No umbrellas inside
…And not just because you’ll hurt someone’s eyes. Opening an umbrella indoors is supposed to bring bad luck. The origins of this belief vary from a story of an ancient woman who happened to have opened her umbrella moments before her house fell to the tale of a British prince who accepted two umbrellas from a visiting king and died within months. 21. What may bring good luck?
A. Dating on Friday the 13th. B. Knocking on wood. C. Opening an umbrella inside. D. Breaking a mirror.
22. What should you do to drive bad luck away after breaking a mirror?
A. Hide the pieces for seven years. B. Put the pieces in a tombstone. C. Cover the other mirrors in a house. D. Make the pieces into powder. 23. Which phrase may originate(起源) from religion?
A. Careful with that mirror. B. Knock on wood. C. No umbrellas inside. D. Lucky number seven. B
I was having a great morning until I sat down in front of my office computer. \password has run out,\a server message flashed on my screen, with instructions for changing it. Coming up with a new code doesn’t seem like a big deal unless you work at my
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company, where we have to change it monthly, using at least one uppercase(大写的) character, one lowercase character, one symbol, and one number. Oh, and the whole thing can’t be fewer than eight characters. And I can’t use any of the same passwords I’ve used in the past three months.
Suddenly I was cross. What didn’t make it any better was that I was deeply depressed after my recent divorce. The flashing cursor(光标) was still waiting for me to type a password that I’d have to re-enter many times for the next 30 days. I remembered a tip from my former boss: I’m going to use a password to change my life.
I decided to choose a password, which would remind me that I shouldn’t let myself be a victim of my recent breakup and that I was strong enough to do something about it. I made my password Forgive@h3r.
I had to type this statement several times a day. Each time my computer would lock. Each time my screen saver with her photo would appear. Each time I would come back from eating lunch alone. In my mind, I wrote \
The simple action changed the way I looked at my ex-wife. That constant reminder led me to accept the way things had happened at the end of my marriage and adopt a new way of dealing with my depression. As the month went on, I felt slow healing began to take place. By the time my server reminded me to reset my password the following month, I felt free. 24．According to the author’s company, which code is suitable? A.never2&late A. nervous.
B.1u#Life B. curious.
C.HEALTHY*keeping C. anxious.
D.persist@4Ever
25．Which word can replace the underlined word \
D. angry.
26．Why did the author change his password into Forgive@h3r? A.To make it easier for him to remember.
B.To protect his computer against hacker attacks. C.To reduce his frustration of the recent divorce. D.To inform people of the importance of forgiveness. 27．What is the best title of the passage? A.How a Password Changed My Life
B.What an Unsuccessful Marriage Taught Me C.Learn the Best Way to Deal with Depression D.Choose a Suitable Password for Your Computer
C
Many animals recognize their food because they see it. So do humans. When you see an apple or a piece of chocolate you know that these are things you can eat. You can also use other senses when you choose your food.You may like it because it smells good or because it tastes good. You may dislike some types of food because they do not look, smell or taste very nice. Different animals use different senses to find and choose their food. A few animals depend on only one of their senses, while most animals use more than one sense.
Although there are many different types of food, some animals spend their lives eating only one type. The giant panda eats only one particular type of bamboo. Other animals eat only one type of food even when given the choice. A kind of white butterfly will stay on the leaves of a cabbage, even though there are plenty of other vegetables in the garden. However,
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most animals have a more varied diet. The bear eats fruits and fish. The fox eats small animals, birds and fruits. The diet of these animals will be different depending on the season.
Humans have a very varied diet. We often eat food because we like it and not because it is good for us. In countries such as France and Britain, people eat foods with too much sugar. This makes them overweight, which is bad for their health. Eating too much red meat (羊肉，牛肉) and animal products, such as butter, can also be bad for the health. Choosing the right food, therefore, has become an area of study in modern life.
28. We can infer from the text that humans and animals _________.
A. depend on one sense in choosing food B. are not satisfied with their food C. choose food in similar ways D. eat entirely different food 29. Which of the following eats only one type of food?
A. The white butterfly. B. The small bird. C. The bear. D. The fox.
30. Certain animals change their choice of food when ___________.
A. the season changes B. the food color changes
C. they move to different places D. they are attracted by different smells 31. We can learn from the last paragraph that __________.
A. food is chosen for a good reason B. French and British food is good
C. some people have few choices of food D. some people care little about healthy diet
D
Shake Shack is a new kind of restaurant becoming more popular in the U．S．The restaurants are not“fast food”．They are known as“fast casual”．
Observers say Americans want more choices and fresh food when choosing where and what to eat．This trend is one reason why the fast food restaurant McDonald’s has struggled financially．In the last quarter of 2014，McDonald’s net income dropped by about $300 million．The January earnings report brought more bad news．Worldwide sales dropped for the eighth month in a row and even more than expected．While McDonald’s is struggling to get their customers back，Shake Shack is doing well in making money．The New York-based burger chain had a very successful IPO，or initial public offering，of shares at the end of January．On its first day of trading，Shake Shack went from $21 a share to just under $46 a share．Being part of the “fast casual ”trend has helped Shake Shack．Other fast casual restaurants in the U．S．include Chipotle and Panera Bread．
Bonnie Riggs，a restaurant expert with NPD has studied Americans’ restaurant habits for almost 30 years．She says one reason why Americans like fast casual food is that it’s new．It’s creative，it’s something different and people like to try new things．Her study shows Americans made 61 billion visits to restaurants last year．Three out of four visits were to fast food restaurants，like McDonald’s．Fast casual is still a small percentage of restaurant visits，but it has developed fast．Just as Ms. Riggs says，“It’s growing by leaps and bounds，because they meet consumers’ needs．They know it’s being prepared while they wait，it’s fresh，quality food，good tasting food at what they say are reasonable and affordable prices．” Many Americans still like their fast food．They just are not going as often．They are finding other ways to have a meal．
32．What’s the trouble with McDonald’s？
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A ．Its share goes down to $21．
B．Shake Shack has taken its place． C．It’s not popular with Americans． D．Its sales and income have dropped．
33．We can learn from Bonnie Riggs that Americans ________． A．don’t like fast food any more B．care only about the quality C．like to try something new
D．pay more restaurant visits to fast casual
34．What does the underlined phrase “by leaps and bounds” in Para．3 mean？ A．Steadily． B．Rapidly． C．Slowly． D．Normally． 35．Which of the following best describes fast casual？ A．Fresh-made and tasty．
B．High-quality and expensive． C．Farm-to-table and traditional． D．Time-consuming and special．
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。
Parents are always told to control the amount of time their children spend using phones. 36_____ Researchers studied 55 parents，while they were eating in a fast food restaurant with their children. They found that one in three parents used their phones during the meals. Parents, who were busy with their phones，seemed to have more negative communication with their children.
37_____ They studied five different acts from parents who didn’t use their phones at all during the meals, parents who put their phones on the table but didn’t use them, parents who used their phones now and then, parents who used their phones at the end of the meals, and those who used their phones during the whole time of the meals. 38______ More than 15 percent used their phones towards the end of the meals while the children were still eating,and continued using them until they left the restaurant.
It’s reported that young children use eye contact with their parents to form a good relationship and learn about the world. 39_______ When parents spent a long time looking at their phones, their children would be upset. Reducing this face-to-face contact could cause problems with further development and reduce the level of relationship between a parent and a child.
This is the first study to examine how children behave when their parents are using their phones. 40________ More work needs to be done to find out how to improve the relationship between parents and children.
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A. The researchers think it is just the beginning. B. But their own habit of using phones could be bad, too. C. It is necessary for parents to spend time accompanying them.
D. Almost 73 percent of the adults used their phones at least once during the meals. E. Dr. Radesky and her team observed parents’ behavior to see them in a“real-life setting”. F. Little eye contact and communication can reduce the close relationship with the children. G. So the more eye contact their parents use,the more chances the children have to succeed. 第三部分 语言知识运用（共两节，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）
阅读下面的短文，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。
What is intelligence(智力) anyway? When I was in the army I __41 an intelligence test that all soldiers took, and, against__42 of 100, scored 160.
I had an auto-repair man once, who, on these intelligence tests, could not__43_ have scored more than 80. __44_ , when anything went wrong with my car I hurried to him—and he always__45_it.
Well, then, suppose my auto-repair man __46 questions for some intelligence tests. By every one of them I'd prove myself a __47 . In a world where I have to work with my__48 , I'd do poorly. Consider my auto-repair man __49 . He had a habit of telling __50_ . One time he said, “Doc, a deaf-and-dumb(聋哑) man__51_ some nails. Having entered a store, he put two fingers together on the counter and made__52_ movements with the other hand. The clerk brought him a hammer. He __53 his head and pointed to the two fingers he was hammering. The clerk__54 him some nails. He picked out the right size and left. Well, Doc, the __55 man who came in was blind. He wanted scissors(剪刀). __56 do you suppose he asked for them?” I lifted my right hand and made scissoring movements with my first two fingers. He burst out laughing and said, “Why, you fool, he used his__57 and asked for them. I've been__58 that on all my customers today, but I knew __59_ I'd catch you.”“Why is that?” I asked. “Because you are so goddamned educated, Doc. I knew you couldn't be very __60_ .”
And I have an uneasy feeling he had something there.
41. A. failed B. wrote C. received D. chose
42. A. an average B. a total C. an exam D. a number 43. A. always B. possibly C. certainly D. frequently 44. A. Then B. Thus C. Therefore D. Yet 45. A. fixed B. checked C. drove D. changed 46. A. answered B. practised C. designed D. tried
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瓦房店高级中学十月份高二基础知识竞赛
