21 届高二下学期第一次阶段考试
英语试卷
考试时间：90分钟 试题满分：120分
第一部分阅读（共两节，满分60分）
第一节（共19 小题；每小题2.5分，满分47.5 分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
In today’s fast-paced digital world, teens have less chance to have face-to-face connections and conversations with others. When presented with an unfamiliar social situation, they may feel uncomfortable, and therefore they may choosetoavoid socializing (交际).
Our two-day workshop will give them a good foundation of etiquette (礼仪) and manners as well as help prepare your teen for many new social and business situations they will face as young adults. It will provide them with the self-confidence, enthusiasm, and motivation, which are essential as they move into the next period of their lives.
The following topics will be covered in the two-day workshop: Day One, 1:00-4:00 PM:
Proper Introductions Handshakes & Eye Contact The Art of Small Talk Leadership Qualities
How to Make a Positive First Impression Be the Perfect Guest
Invitations & Thank-You Notes Day Two, 1:00-4:00 PM:
Table Skills & Dining Manners Informal/Formal Place Setting
Interviewing Tips For College &Job Interviews Dressing the Part Be a Good Listener
Interview Follow Up Calls & Thank-You Notes Grooming (打扮) &Skin Care Graduation Celebration
*Class size is limited to fourteen students, so early application is encouraged. Note: Class is a two-day workshop.
Date: Sep. 28 &29th 2019 Time: 1:00 pm- 4:00 pm Price: $ 285.00/teen
Registration closes at 11:59 pm, Sep. 21, 2019
If you are interested in joining the two-day workshop, please fill out our Application Form online so we may provide you with the further service. Please take advantage of our special application credit.
*Invite a friend to apply for the workshop and you can receive a $ 10.00 credit toward your course fee. 1. What’s the major goal of the two-dayworkshop? A. To help participantsknowthemselves. 2. What can participants learn on the firstday? A. Get throughcollegeinterviews. C. Behave properly atthetable. A.$ 295.00
B.$285.00
B. Make friends with smalltalks. D. Listen to otherspolitely.
. C.$275.00 B
When I was younger, I was addicted to reading. I could get through a whole book in a day, and used to beg my parents every night to let me stay up late so that I could just finish my chapter. From fairy-tales to thrillers, non-fiction to plays, I enjoyed reading any literature that I could get my handson.
However, while there are many books for younger children, once you reach your mid-teens the choices become limited. I found myself choosing between books for children that were simple and not that interesting, and adult books that I couldn’t quite understand.
This lack of choice eventually led me to read less and less. When I was in secondary school, the only books I read were ones we were assigned in English class, and I was never very enthusiastic about my teacher’s choices. I thought too much discussion of symbolism and themes ruined the book. Maybe the sky being blue didn’t represent anything; maybe it was just adescription!
Fortunately, I realized quickly that deciding to go to university meant I had signed up for four years of reading books. I chose a French literature module ( 模块) in my first year. I started out, thinking I wouldn’t enjoy any of the
works we were studying over the course of the year. However, I soon realized that at a university level, the discussion was more fruitful and I found I had a lot to say! And being able to discuss my thoughts with others meant I could better understand the subtle aspects of the plot: yes, even the symbolism and themes.
I began reading again for pleasure, starting with Malcolm X’s autobiography (自传) and never looking back. Now, during my year abroad, I spend a lot of my spare time in bookshops and reading in cafes. I’m so happy that I rediscovered my love of books.
4. What does the author intend to say in Paragraph1? A. She used to stay up lateatnight.
C. She loved reading very much inherchildhood. 5. Why did the author read less when she was ateenager? A. She was really tired ofreadingbooks. C. She had no right to choosebooksherself.
6. What made the author start reading for pleasureagain?
A. Her reading experiencesatuniversity. C. A specialbookstoreabroad. 7. What’s the text mainlyabout?
A. The importance of discussing abook’stheme. C. The ways to form goodreadinghabits.
B. The process of the author picking upreading. D. The author’s desire to readwidely. B. Her professor of Frenchliterature. D. A book by MalcolmX.
B. She was too busy with herschoolwork. D. She found very few suitable books toread. B. She read very fast as a younggirl.
D. She once bought many different kinds ofbooks.
D. $265.00
B. To provide face-to-face businessmeetings.
C. To give lessons on future job interview preparations. D. To help participants learn some skills about social life.
3. If Mr Green invites one neighbor’s son to the workshop, his son’s classwill cost
C
It’s often said that creative people see the world differently from the rest of us and a Harvard study is providing one explanation. Scientists studied brain scans of people after asking them to come up with creative uses for everyday objects. And they found a specific pattern of connectivity that correlated with the most creativeresponses.
“What this shows is that the creative brain works differently,” said Roger Beaty, the first author of the study. Beaty and colleagues examined brain data from previous studies and found that, by simply measuring the strength of connections in these people’s brain networks, they could estimate the originality of these people’sideas.
While the data showed that regions across the brain were involved in creative thought, Beaty said the evidence pointed to three subnetworks. And they were the default mode (默认状态) network, the salience (突出) network and the executive (管理的) control network. They appear to play key roles in creative thought. The default mode network, he said, is involved in memory and mental acting, so the theory is that it plays an important role in processes like mind-wandering, imagination, and natural thinking. The salience network notices important information. When it comes to creativity, it may be responsible for arranging the ideas that come from the default mode network. Lastly, the executive control network works to help people keep their focus on useful ideas while getting rid of those that aren’t working. Beaty said, “People who think more flexibly and come up with more creative ideas are better able to use these networks that don’t typically work together and bring these systemsonline.”
Based on the results of that study, Beaty and colleagues developed a predictive model and tested against brain scan data collected for earlier studies on creativity.“We used already-published data ... we found that based on how strong the connections are in these networks, we could guess pretty accurately how creative you’re going to be on a task,”Beaty said. He added, “It’s also not clear whether this can be modified with some kind of training. Creativity is complex, and we’re only working on the surfacehere.”
8. What were the participants asked to do in thestudy?
A. To tell scientists their different ways of seeing theworld. B. To show their special ways to connect withothers. C. To talk about their most excitingexperiences. D. To think of new uses of ordinaryobjects.
9. What does the underlined word “estimate”in Paragraph 2mean?
A. Improve.
B.Judge.
C.Spread.
D.Praise.
.
10. The default mode network will influence a person when thepersonis A. giving upuselessideas C.makingdecisions
B. organizingthoughts D.brainstorming
11. What can we infer from Beaty’s words in the lastparagraph?
A. The study is very helpful in determining one’s creativitylevels. B. We can become more creative with the help of sometraining. C. Enough work has been done to better understandcreativity. D. Some people can be born with higher levels ofcreativity.
D
New research has found that grey seals can simulate（模仿）human speech and songs. The study carried out by Dr Amanda Stansbury and Professor Vincent Janik, at the University of St Andrews, found that grey seals use the same sound production system as humans due to having similar vocal tracts（声道）.
Three young grey seals — Zola, Gandalf and Janice — were monitored from birth by Stansbury and Janik to determine their natural talents. Once this process was complete, the researchers began teaching the seals to simulate common seal sounds or noises a seal might normally hear from a herd mate in the wild. Fish was used to encourage the seals to come out of the water and sing a series of notes. Stansbury would record the seals’own sounds and play them back. The seals quickly learnt that if they sang back the same notes, they would be rewarded with fish.
Once the seals were familiar with this process and could easily copy these basic sounds, Stansbury and Janik used higher and longer tones (音调) and unfamiliar vowels (元音) from human speech. The seals were then rewarded for matching these new sounds. Stansbury even used some combinations to simulate songs that no seal would be expected to produce under natural circumstances. Zola had a gift for copying up to ten notes of songs such as Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star and the theme song of Star Wars. Gandalf and Janice were better at accurately reproducing combinations of human vowel sounds.
Stansbury said,“I was amazed how well the seals copied the model sounds we played to them. Copies were not perfect, but given that these are not typical seal sounds, it is pretty impressive. Our study really shows how flexible seal voices are.”
After one year of working with the researchers, the seal pups were released back into the wild. “This study gives us a better understanding of the development of vocal learning, a skill that is important for human language development.”Janik believes this knowledge can help to develop new methods to study speechproblems. 12. What is the first paragraph mainlyabout?
A. A research finding ongreyseals. C. Humans’soundproductionsystem. 13. In the study, fish would be given whentheseals A. made funnynoises C. repeated thesamenotes
14. What can we find about Zola based on theresearch?
A. It can copy some musical sounds playedtoher. C. It is smarter than GandalfandJanice. 15. What does Janik think of the researchresult?
A. It shows the living environments of greyseals. B. It leads to a better understanding of humanevolution. C. It raises an awareness of the need to protect greyseals. D. It inspires new methods for research on speechproblems.
B. It is good at copying human vowelsounds. D. It likes singing children’ssongs. B. Grey seals’learningenvironments. D. A comparison of humans and greyseals.
. B. came out of thewater D. copied typical fishsounds
E
We may not have the full details and are likely to judge something based on limited information. We tend to distance ourselves through our judgment and become disappointed with what we find. Judgment keeps us safe because we move our feelings of fear, shame and guilt onto others to make ourselves feel better. This comes at a cost of parting ourselves instead of building stronger connections.
The way out of judgment is through the power of gratitude, which helps us see things differently. Gratitude opens the door to our hearts and helps us consider things from different aspects. A heart filled with gratitude is unlike a heart filled with judgment, fear and anger. Consequently, judgment and gratitude are opposing forces. One is the field of the self and the other is expressed through true goodness and sympathy.
The key to recognizing our judgment lies in being mindful of our thoughts. I often tell coaching customers when they notice themselves judging, to stop and ask a simple question:“What am I not seeing in this situation?”This helps us notice where we are blinded by our bias (偏见) and unable to see the truth. It is my experience that judgment happens mainly in our connection with people.
We are unaware of other people’s motives and plans because we bring our own ill-natured thinking to the process. This was evident with the Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong, who convinced himself and others he did not cheat. He went to great lengths to dismiss (否定) his use of illegal performance-improving drugs. In an interview with Oprah Winfrey, he said that his lies were so convincing that they eventually became truth.
But upholding a lie is harder than speaking the truth. In contrast, the power of gratitude allows us to shift (转移) our attention to the truth, even if it means our feelings will be hurt. Gratitude turns the switch from fear and judgment to sympathy and understanding. It is the bridge where friendships and tolerance are born. 16. What does the author think ofjudgment?
A. It makes usphysically safe.
B. It contributes to satisfyingresults.
C. It damages our relationships with others. D. It allows us to decide with full understanding. 17. What’s the author’s purpose of asking his customers thequestion?
A. To warn them ofothers’ill thoughts. C. To remind them to connectwithothers.
B. To help them to recognize theirjudgment. D. To explain to them the bad effects ofjudgment.
. 18. The example of Lance Armstrong is usedtoshow A. the progressinmedicine C. the achievement ofthecyclist 19. What is the best title for thetext?
A. Benefits ofbeinggrateful C. Ways to formafriendship
B. the source ofjudgment D. the reason for telling whitelies
B. Search for the wholetruth D. Get away fromjudgment
辽宁省实验中学2021届高二下学期第一次月考 英语
