was being fought over property lines. Before this action, these two families had been arguing for months. At issue was a new fence erected presumed to exceed a boundary line. Even though it was probably only a matter of inches, these two homes constantly at war could not reach an amicable settlement. I worried about the outcome of their problem, because we had just built a six-foot high wooden fence on one side of our yard. It was high enough to resemble a wall. Now, if either my wife or I were sunbathing, or using our hot-tub outdoor Jacuzzi in the nude, we could not be easily seen by outsiders. In the U.S., personal privacy is very important.
On the other side of our property, near the front of the house, a long stretch of hedge growth served as another border marker. This second neighbor became angry when I trimmed the hedges that ran a short way between our land and his. It was his opinion that we had no right to cut the hedges that ran along our driveway. Years ago he had planted the hedge bush. It was debatable as whether or not the hedges had grown mostly on his side, versus our side of the legal line of ownership. He said he would only trim the dense, sprawling hedges when he felt \else was pruning thick branches, leaves, and other greenery. I would have to wait. For a longtime we had not been speaking to each other. No friendly \
The problem was the rapidly thickening overgrowth of hedges was scratching the paint on our new, shiny, black automobile. Whenever I parked my car in the driveway alongside my house, the damage to the exterior of my freshly washed and waxed vehicle was noticeable and vexing. Due to shrubbery overgrowth, it became difficult for passengers to even exit the car from the right side. I had tired of waiting for my neighbor to fulfill his promises to eliminate this domestic nuisance. He was not the type of person offering to pay for refinishing my car, which had by now many scratch marks, and was rapidly losing its shine and luster on the side where the hedges grew. And the truth of the matter was, he never actually trimmed the hedges on our side, simply because he did not have to look at that angle of wild outgrowth everyday.
As far as this neighbor was concerned there was no problem. To him, what harm could a little brush from nature's greenery inflict on a luxury automobile made of hard steel. From his view point, spiny green thistles scraped dead insects off automobile paint. \a joke about the matter. From this growing dispute it was clear that we were headed for big trouble. Perhaps we were going to advance from our war of silence, to verbal shouting matches, and perhaps even a physical fight, and both end up in jail. There had been stories of worse things happening when neighbors squabbled. Whatever the case, a court hearing was inevitable.
\you should talk to him again! That ragged looking shrubbery is making our property look bad. If you don't persuade him to cut those hedges away, I may have to go out there and trim them myself.\
\only had it six months. He's just being a shithead.\
\matter.\
Reflecting about this situation, I would often think of words by the poet, Robert Frost, \love a wall. That wants it down!\It seems so sad that our fences do not seem to make good neighbors at all.
62. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. The author bought his car nearly three years go. B. The author’s neighbor trimmed the hedge once a month. C. The author argued with his neighbor and forced him into court.
D. The author’s neighbor can’t believe the hedge does harm to the author’s car. 63. What can we know from their building a fence?
A. Privacy is of great importance in America.
B. In America, neighbours usually don’t have good relationships C. They want to look at that angle of wild outgrowth every day. D. Hedge growth was a clever way of keeping their car clean.
64. What kind of person might the neighbor be?
A. foolish
B. selfish
C. easy-going
D. open-minded
65. What might be the best title of this passage?
A. The neighbours B. Upsetting quarrel
C. Mending wall, getting close D. Good fences, good neighbours
第四部分： 任务型阅读（共 10 题，每题 1 分，共 10 分）
Why are some people more persuasive than others？ We bring together some researches into the science of persuasion.
An American researcher,Edward Burkely, studied the influence of mental tiredness on the resistance levels of 78 students. The plan was to persuade (说服)them to accept one month’s summer holiday instead of three. Half the studentd came to the study fresh. But the other first had to complete a self- control task in which they wrote down all the thoughts that came into their heads. He found that th e students who had performed the self control task were less resistant to idea of giving up two months of holiday.
Two other researchers, Rosanna Guadagno and Robert Cialdini, compared the persuasive power of online communication with face-to-face meetings. They had a group of students discuss the introduction of new exams. The group was divided into pairs of the same sex, each pair including an experimenter whose role was to argue in favour of the idea. Half the discuions took place in anonline chatroom, the other half face-to-face. While overall men performed similarly whether they
participated in the electronic or face-to-face discussions,were more easily persuaded than those who only took their part online.
In another experiment, John Sparks and Charles Areni asked 118 undergraduates to read testimonials(推荐书)about a scanner. In one version, the testimonials included Hesitation like ‘I mean’ and ‘ummm‘，in the other, there were none. The researchers found that when hesitant language was used，people were less easily convicned that this was a scanner worth buying-even
when it was a better scanner at a lower price. Style was especially important, the researchers found, when time was limited. ‘If you can't pay attention to what the speaker is saying.’Sparks says, 'you pay attention to how they say it.'
Much study has gone into how emotions aid persuasion. The best known and most studied is fear. It serves well in campaigns that try to stop you from doing something, like smoking. But fear doesn't always work, says Professor Monique Mitchell Turner, and over time, people become more resistant to scare methods. The same applies to guilt. ‘We don't want people telling us we're bad people,’says Turner. Anger, however, we don’t want people telling us we’re bad people,’says Turner. Anger, however,can be constructively used.
66. Experiments One month‘s summer holiday instead of three _: the science of being persuasive 67. tired tend to accept one Participants who are 68. month’s holiday. The introduction of new exams On the whole, men have a similar 69. If a woman wants to 70._ _another woman ,she’d better have a face-to-face talk with her. Testimonials about a scanner The writing 71. that the scanner 72. is important in convincing people buying. The influences of 73.
74. 75. _, as well as guilt doesn’t always work. can be used to persuade other effectively.
第五部分：词汇检测（共 10 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 10 分）
76. Susan wanted to be i 77. My life had once been a s my ideal university.
of her parents so she moved out and lived alone. , but hard work for further education and the people around me have brought me to
78. Don't damage your health for a slim and attractive f 79. You will achieve the sense of satisfaction when you c 80. During the war, hundreds of millions of people s . on things you are interested in. to death because of food shortage.
81. Thanks to the CEO’s wise decision, the advertisement company avoided 82. Last year, Chinese and Russian netizens chose the top 10 most popular country through online voting.
83. You can feel better, look better if you eat the right food and exercise 84. Nowadays, more and more 85. I was even
（遭受）great losses.
（文学的）works in each other’s
（有规律地）.
（毕业生）choose to start their careers in second-tier cities.
（禁止）from chatting with my friends in the Internet café.
第六部分：课文填词（共 5 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 5 分） 86. 那些减肥药片包含一种有害的化学物质导致了我肝功能衰竭。
Those weight-loss pills contain a harmful chemical that 87. 丹尼尔双臂抱在胸前，看起来很不高兴。
my liver to . Daniel
and looks upset. 88. 他们不信任我，所以他们不配得到解释
They don’t trust me, so they don’t .
89. 因为青少年再平衡这些需要时有困难，所以他们经常质疑怎样融入社会。
Since teenagers
their needs, they often question how to fit in society. 90. 这里布置的作业不像我以前的原来学校时那么繁重。
The homework was not I used to get in my old school.
第七部分：书面表达（满分 20 分）
你的初中母校开展了一项活动，让成为高中生的你给每位即将中考的学弟学妹写一份建议信，内容包含：
1. 简单介绍你现在的高中生活；
2. 对初三的生活提出至少两条建议（如：合理安排各个学科的学习时间，多和家长，老师沟通，学习放松心
情……） 3. 给予鼓励和希冀。
注意：全文 120 词左右，开头已写好，不计入总词数，不得出现真实姓名、校名等。
Dear fellow student,
I have just become a student in a senior high school and I’m very happy to write to you
江苏省南京市鼓楼区2017-2018学年高一第一学期期中统考英语试卷(word版无答案)
