秦安二中2015届高三英语上学期期中试题(含答案)
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甘肃省天水市秦安县第二中学2015届高三上学期期中考试英语试题第一部分:阅读理解第一节(共20小题;每小题1.5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。
AWhen your parents advise you to “get an education”in order to raise your income, they tell you only half the truth. What they really mean is to get just enough education to provide manpower(人力资) for your society, but not so much that you prove an embarrassment to your society.Get a high school diploma, at least. Without that, you will be occupationally dead unless your name happens to be George Bernard Shaw or Thomas Alva Edison, and you can successfully dropout in grade school.Get a college degree, if possible. With a B. A., you are on the launching pad. But now you have to start to put on the brakes. If you go for a master’s degree, make sure it is an M.B.A., and the famous law of diminishing(逐渐减少的) returns begins to take effect.Do you know, for instance, that long-haul truck drivers earn more per year than full professors? Yes, the average salary for those truckers was $24000 while the full professors managed to earn just $23030.A doctorate is the highest degree you can get. Except for a few specialized fields such as physics or chemistry where the degree can quickly be turned to industrial or commercial purposes, if you pursue such a degree in any other field, you will face a future which is not bright. There are more doctors unemployed or underemployed in this country than any other part of the world.If you become a doctor in English or history or anthropology or political science or languages or—worst of all—in philosophy, you run the risk of becoming overeducated for our national demands. Not for our needs, mind you, but for our demands.Thousands of doctors are selling shoes, driving cars, waiting on table, and endlessly filling out applications month after month. They may also take a job in some high school or backwater(闭塞) college that pays much less than the doorkeeper earns. You can equate the level of income with the level of education only so far. Far enough, that is, to make you useful to the gross national product, but not so far that nobody can turn much of a profit on you.1. According to the writer, what the society expects of education is to turn out people who ______.A. will not be a disgrace to societyB. will become loyal citizensC. can take care of themselvesD. can meet the nation’s demand as a source of manpower2. Many doctors are out of job because ______.A. they are improperly educatedB. they are of little commercial value to their societyC. there are fewer jobs in high schoolsD. they prefer easier jobs that make more money3. Which of the following is NOT true?A. Bernard Shaw didn’t finish high school, nor did Edison.B. One must think carefully before pursuing a master’s degree.C. The higher your education level, the more money you will earn.D. If you are too well-educated, you’ll be overeducated for society’s demands.4. The writer sees education as ______.A. a means of providing job security and financial security and a means of meeting a country’s demands for technical workersB. a way to broaden one’s horizonsC. more important than finding a jobD. an opportunity that everyone should haveBMy heart sank when the man at the immigration counter gestured to the back room.I was born and raised in America, and this was Miami, where I live, but they weren’t quite ready to let me in yet.“Please wait in here, Ms. Abujaber,”the immigration officer said. My husband, with his very American last name, accompanied me. He was getting used to this. The same thing had happened recently in Canada when I’d flown to Montreal to speak at a book event. That time they held me for 45 minutes. Today we were returning from a literary festival in Jamaica, and I was shock ed that I was being sent “in back” once again.The officer behind the counter called me up and said, “Miss, your name looks like the name of someone who’s on our wanted list. We’re going to have to check you out with Washington.”“How long will it take?”“Hard to say…a few minutes,” he said, “We’ll call you when we’re ready for you.”After an hour, Washington still hadn’t decided anyt hing about me. “Isn’t this computerized?”I asked at the counter, “Can’t you just look me up?”“Just a few more minutes,” they assured me.After an hour and a half, I pulled my cell phone out to call the friends I was supposed to meet that evening. An officer rushed over. “No phones!” he said, “For all we know you could be calling a terrorist cell and giving them information.”“I’m just a university professor,” I said. My voice came out in a squeak.“Of course you are. And we take people like you ou t of here in leg irons every day.”I put my phone away.My husband and I were getting hungry and tired. Whole families had been brought into the waiting room, and the place was packed with excitable children, exhausted parents, and even a flight attendant.I wanted to scream, to jump on a chair and shout “I’m an American citizen;a novelist; I probably teach English literature to your children.”After two hours in detention (扣押), I was approached by one of the officers. “You’re free to go,”he said. No explanation or apologies. For a moment, neither of us moved. We were still in shock. Then we leaped to our feet.“Oh, one more thing,” he handed me a tattered photocopy with an address on it, “If you are n’t happy with your treatment, you can write to this agency.”“Will they respond?” I asked.“I don’t know—I don’t know of anyone who’s ever written to them before.” Then he added,”By the way, this will probably keep happening each time you travel internationally.”“What can I do to keep it from happening again?”He smiled the empty smile we’d seen all day, “Absolutely nothing.”After telling several friends about our ordeal, probably the most frequent advice I’ve heard in response is to change my name. Twenty years ago, my own graduate school writing professor advised me to write under a pen name so that publishers wouldn’t stick me in what he called “the ethnic ghetto”—a separate, secondary shelf in the bookstore. But a name is an integral part of anyone’s personal and professional identity—jus t like the town you’re born in and the place where you’re raised.Like my father, I’ll keep the name, but my airport experience has given me a whole new perspective on what diversity and tolerance are supposed to mean. I had no idea that being an American would ever be this hard.5. The author was held at the airport because ______.A. she and her husband returned from JamaicaB. her name was similar to a terrorist’sC. she had been held in MontrealD. she had spoken at a book event6. She was not allowed to call her friends because ______.A. her identity had n’t been confirmed yetB. she had been held for only one hour and a halfC. there were other families in the waiting roomD. she couldn’t use her own cell phone7. We learn from the passage that the author would ______ to prevent similar experience from happening again.A. write to the agencyB. change her nameC. avoid traveling abroadD. do nothing8. Her experiences indicate that there still exists ______ in the US.A. hatredB. discriminationC. toleranceD. diversityCA person, like a commodity, needs packaging. But going too far is absolutely undesirable. A little exaggeration(夸张) will do no harm when it shows the person’s unique qualities to their advantages. To show personal attractiveness in a casual and natural way, it is important for one to have a clear knowledge of oneself. Askilled packager knows how to add art to nature without any signs of embellishment so that the person so packaged is not a commodity, but a human being, lively and lovely.A young person, especially a female, shining with beauty and full of life, has all the favor granted. Youth however, comes and goes in a flash. Packaging for the middle-aged is primarily to hide the marks made by years. If you still enjoy life enough to keep self-confidence and work at pioneering work, you are unique in your natural qualities, and your attractiveness and grace will remain. Elderly people are beautiful if their river of life has been, through plains, mountains and jungles, running its course as it should. You have really lived your life, which now arrives at a self - satisfied stage of quietness and calmness with no interest in fame or wealth. There is no need to make use of hair dyeing. The snow-capped mountain itself is a beautiful scene of fairyland. Let your looks change from young to old in step with the natural ageing process so as to keep in harmony with nature, for harmony itself is beauty, while the other way round will only end in unpleasantness. To be in the company of the elderly is like reading a thick book of good edition, which attracts one so much that one is unwilling to part with it. As long as one finds where one stands, one knows how to package oneself, just as a commodity sets up its brand by the right packaging.9. The underlined word in the first paragraph is closest to the word ______ in meaning.A. decorationB. clarificationC. movementD. identification10. It can be concluded from the text that ______.A. people should be packaged at all agesB. people should be packaged in a special wayC. elderly people also care about packagingD. proper packaging makes people attractive11. For the middle-aged, attractiveness ______ .A. hardly existsB. is the strongestC. comes from the insideD. comes from the appearance12. According to the author, if you want to keep in harmony with nature, you should ______.A. dye your hairB. make up at a young ageC. follow the ageing processD. give up fame and wealthD“Enough” with the multivitamins already. That’s the message from experts behind three new studies that tackled an often debated question Do daily multivitamins make you healthier?“We believe that the case is closed - supplementing(补充) the diet of well-nourished adults with (most) mineral or vitamin supplements has no clear benefit and might even be harmful,” concluded the authors of the editorial summarizing the new research papers. They urge consumers to not ‘waste’ their money on multivitamins. “The ‘stop wasting your money’ means that perhaps you’re spending money on thingsthat won’t protect you long term,” editorial co-author, Dr. Edgar Miller said, “What will protect you is if you spend the money on fruits, vegetables, nuts, be ans, low fat dairy, and things like that. Exercising would probably be a better use of the money.”The strong message was based on a review of the findings from three studies that tracked multivitamins link to cancer protection, heart health, and brain and cognitive(认知的) measures. The first study looked at vitamin supplementation’s role in preventing chronic(慢性的) disease. The next study looked at whether long-term use of multivitamins would have any effect on slowing cognitive decline. The third study looked specifically at multivitamins and minerals role in preventing heart attack. “The three studies found no difference in rates of chronic disease, heart attack and the need for hospitalization between vitamin-takers and placebo(安慰剂)-takers.” Dr. Edgar Mille r stated.One expert agreed some nutrient-deficient people may still benefit from multivitamins. “There might be an argument to continue taking a multi(vitamin) to replace or supplement your not healthy diet,” Dr. Edgar Miller added. He also notes that vitamins can benefit people with celiac disease and those who are pregnant.13. This text is likely to be selected from a book of .A. medicineB. educationC. foodD. business14. Which of the following is NOT Dr. Edgar Miller’s opinio n according to the passage?A. Vitamins should not be used for chronic disease prevention. Enough is enough.B. Having a balanced diet and exercising would probably be a better way to keep healthy.C. The three studies do not provide support for use of multivitamin supplements.D. Taking vitamins to replace or supplement your healthy diet is necessary.15. What can be inferred from the text?A. Vitamin supplements have proved harmful to the health of adults.B. Vitamin supplements are beneficial in certain conditions.C. Nowadays taking vitamin supplements is common to most people.D. Daily multivitamins will make you healthier.16. The author’s purpose of writing the text is most likely to___________. .A. persuadeB. describeC. informD. instruct第二节(共5小题;每小题2分,满分10分)根据短文内容,从下框的A-F选项中选出能概括每一段主题的最佳选项,并将答案填在答题栏内。
2015届第一学期期中考试高三英语试题注意事项:1.答卷前,考生在答题卡上务必用直径0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔将自己的姓名、准考证号填写清楚。
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第一节(共5小题;每小题1分,满分5分)听下面5 段对话。
每段对话后有一个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项,并标在试卷的相应位置。
听完每段对话后,你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。
每段对话仅读一遍。
例: How much is the shirt?A. £ 19. 15.B. £ 9. 18.C. £ 9. 15.答案是C。
1. When will Oliver go to bed?A. At 10:30B. 10:50C. 11:002. What can we learn about the man?A. He worked very carefully.B. He received a traffic ticket.C. He drove in heavy traffic.3. What’s the probable relationship between the two speakers?A. Guest and receptionistB. Passenger and air hostessC. Customer and shop assistant4. What will the speakers probably do?A. Go back homeB. Ask the wayC. Buy a road map5. Why did Bill lose his job?A. He is always late for work.B. He is having some financial problem.C. He is not careful enough with his work.第二节(共15小题;每小题1分;满分15分)听下面5 段对话或独白。
甘肃省天水市秦安县第二中学2015-2016学年第一学期期末考试高三级英语试题本试卷分第Ⅰ卷(选择题)和第Ⅱ卷(非选择题)两部分。
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满分120分,考试时间100分钟。
第I卷第一部分阅读理解(共两节,满分40分)第一节(共15小题,每题2分,满分30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答案。
AThere was a story many years ago of a school teacher--- Mrs. Thompson. She told the children on the first day that she loved them all the same. But that was a lie. There in the front row was a little boy named Teddy Stoddard. He didn’t play well with the other children and he always needed a bath. She did not like him.Then Mrs. Thompson got to know that Teddy was actually a very good boy before the death of his mother. Mrs. Thompson was ashamed of herself. She felt even worse when, like all her other students, Teddy brought her a Christmas present too. It was his mother’s perfume(香水)。
甘肃省天水市秦安县第二中学2015—2016学年上学期期中考试高一英语试题本试卷分第I卷(选择题)和第II卷(非选择题)两部分。
注意事项:1.答第I卷前考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。
2.选出每小题答案前,用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。
如需改动,用橡皮擦干净后,再选涂其他答案标号框,不能答在本试卷上,否则无效。
第I卷第一部分阅读理解(共两节,满分30分)第一节 (共10小题;每小题2分,满分20分)阅读下列列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。
并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑.AIt was a village in India. The people were poor. However, they were not unhappy. After all, their forefathers had lived in the same way for centuries.Then one day, some visitors from the city arrived. They told the villagers there were some people elsewhere who liked to eat frog’s legs. However, they did not have enough frogs of their own, and so they wanted to buy frogs from other places.This seemed like money for nothing. There were millions of frogs in the fields around, and they were no use to the villagers. All they had to do was catch them. Agreement was reached, and the children were sent into the fields to catch frogs. Every week a truck arrived to collect the catch and hand over the money. For the first time, the people were able to dream of a better future. But the dream didn’t last long.The change was hardly noticed at first, but it seemed as if the crops were not doing so well. More worrying was that the children fell ill more often, and, there seemed to be more insects around lately.The villagers decided that they couldn’t just wait to see the crops failing and the children getting weak. They would have to use the money earned to buy pesticides(杀虫剂) and medicines. Soon there was no money left.Then the people realized what was hap pening. It was the frog. They hadn’t beenuseless. They had been doing an important job—eating insects. Now with so many frogs killed, the insects were increasing more rapidly. They were damaging the crops and spreading diseases.Now, the people are still poor. But in the evenings they sit in the village square and listen to sounds of insects and frogs. These sounds of the night now have a much deeper meaning.21. From paragraph 1 we learn that the villagers __________.A. worked very hard for centuriesB. were poor but somewhat content (满足的)C. dreamed of having a better lifeD. lived a different life from their forefathers22. Why did the villagers agree to sell frogs ?A. The frogs were easy money.B. They needed money to buy medicine.C. They wanted to please the visitors.D. The frogs made too much noise.23. What might be the cause of the children’s sickness?A. The crops didn't do well.B. There were too many insects.C .The visitors brought in diseases. D. The pesticides were overused.24. What can we infer推断 from the last sentence of the text ?A. Happiness comes from peaceful life in the country.B. Health is more important than money.C. The harmony(和谐) between man and nature is important.D. Good old days will never be forgotten.BIn choosing a friend, one should be very careful. A good friend can help you study. You can have fun together and make each other happy. Sometimes you will meet“fair weather friends”. They will be with you if you have money or luck, but when you are down, they will run away. How do I know when I have found a good friend? I look for certain qualities (品质) of character, especially understanding, honesty and reliability (可靠).Above all else, I look for understanding in a friend. A good friend tries to understand how another person is feeling. He is not quick to judge. Instead, he tries to learn from others. He puts himself in the other person's place, and he tries to think of ways to be helpful. He is also a good listener. At the same time, however,a good friend is honest. He does not look for faults (过错) in others. He notices their good points. In short, a friend will try to understand me and accept me.Another quality of a friend is reliability. I can always depend on (信赖) a good friend. If he tells me he will meet me somewhere at a certain time, I can be sure that he will be there. If I need a favor, he will do his best to help me. If I am in trouble, he will not run away from me.There is a fourth quality that makes a friend special. A special friend is someone with whom we can have fun. We should enjoy our lives, and we would enjoy our friendship. That is why I especially like friends who are fun to be with. A good friend likes the same things I like. We share experience and learn from each other. A good friend has a good sense of humor (幽默), too. He likes to laugh with me. That is how we share in the joy of being friends. And I know that he is looking for the same quality in me.When I meet someone who is reliable, honest, and understanding, I know I've founda friend!5. Which of the following qualities the writer thinks is the most important in choosinga friend?A. understanding.B. honesty.C. reliability.D. a sense of humor.6. If you have fair weather friends, ______ .A. they will give you all that they have when you need helpB. you will be refused when you get into troubleC. you will become richD. you can be sure that you get real friends7. This passage mainly discuss ______ .A. the qualities of a friendB. where to choose friendsC. how to get along with friendsD. the importance of having a friendCHere are a few tips we’ve put together to help you learn English well.Speak, speak, speakPractise speaking as often as you can—even speaking to yourself is good practice.Try recording yourself whenever you can. Compare your pronunciation with some famous person s’, see how you can do better and have another go. If you do this several times, you will find that each time is better than the last.Why not learn with someone else?It helps if you can learn with someone else. If you can persuade a friend or a family member to study with you, it will make you keep working.Don’t get stuck by a word you don’t know.Practise improvising(即兴的)ways of getting your meaning across when speaking spontaneously(本能地), even if you don’t know the exact words or phrases. Think of things you might want to say whenever you have spare time. Use facial expressions, hand movements, anything to get your meaning across.Language learning is also about intuition(直觉).Guesswork is an important way to learn a new language. When listening to recorded material, you aren’t expected to understand everything at once. If you play the same piece several times, you will most probably understand something new each time.Build up your vocabulary.A wide vocabulary is the key to successful language learning but don’t try to learn too much at once. It’s best to study often, for short periods of time. Take at most six or seven items of vocabulary and learn them. Put them into sentences to remember them in your mind, then come back to them later.And above all, have fun!8. Why should one have himself recorded when practicing speaking?A. To improve his speaking.B. To record his own progress.C. To encourage others to start.D. To become a famous person.9. It is implied(暗示) in the passage that _______ is helpful when you are learning English.A. a good dictionaryB. a good schoolC. excellent pronunciationD. body language10. According to the passage, one should ______ when you are learning English.A. always work with other peopleB. be able to guess everything newC. often review what he has learntD. take little notice of grammar第二节阅读理解七选五(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,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
甘肃省天水市秦安县第二中学2015-2016学年上学期第二次月考高一英语试卷第I卷(选择题)一、阅读理解(30分)第一节:阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。
(共15小题;每小题2分,共30分)AEddie liked music very much when he was at school, but when he went to the university he decided to study medicine instead of music. When he passed his examinations and became a doctor, he had to work in a hospital for some time. There he discovered that a lot of patients were happier and caused less trouble if pleasant music was played to them When Eddie got an office and began to work for himself, he decided to keep his patients happy by having a tape recorder in his waiting-room play beautiful music for them.But soon after the tape recorder had been put in, Eddie’s nurse heard a woman, who was sitting in the crowded waiting-room one morning, complained, “Here we’re all waiting to see the doctor, and he’s just playing the violin in his office instead of doing his work.”1.Eddie became a student of medicine at university__________.A.because he had lost interest in musicB.because he thought medicine was more important than musicC.to find out new use of music in hospitalD.for reasons unknown from this passage2.Why did Eddie put a tape recorder in his office?A.He wanted to help patients waiting to see him pass the time easily.B.He discovered that music was of help to his patientsC.He enjoyed listening to music while he workedD.He wanted to attract more patients to his office3.From the passage we can see that__________.A.the woman thought Eddie was an unusual doctorB.the woman didn’t understand musicC.the woman did not understand what Eddie meantD.the woman hated to be kept waitingBTwo men were sitting together in a plane. They were on a long journey. One of the men was a businessman. The other was a farmer. They sat without talking for a while, then the farmer said, “Let’s do something to pass the time.”“What do you want to do?” the businessman asked. “We can ask each other riddles.” The farmer said, “You start.” “Let’s make the rules first,” the businessman said. “That’s not fair. You are a businessman with much knowledge. You know more things than I do. I am just a farmer.”“That’s true.” The businessman said. “What do you want we should do?” “If you don’t know the answer to a riddle, you pay me $100. And if I don’t know the answer, I’ll pay you $50.” The farmer said. The businessman thought about this, then he said, “OK. That’s fair. Who will go first?”“I will,” The farmer said. “Here is my riddle. What has three legs when it walks, but only two legs when it flies?” The business man repeated the riddle, “What has three legs when it walks, but only two legs when it flies? Mm, that’s a good one. I’m afraid I don’t know the answer.” He gave the farmer $100, then said, “Tel l me the answer. What has three legs when it walks, but only two legs when it flies?” “I don’t know.” The farmer said and gave him $50.4.The story happened ____________.A.on a farm B.in a shopC.before a long plane journey D.between two passengers5.W hat does the word “riddle” mean in this story?A.A difficult question to find the answer to.B.Something to help to make rules.C.Something to win money.D.a kind of game in doing business.6.Why did the businessman agree to give more money if he lost?A.He made much more money than the farmer.B.He thought he knew more than the farmer.C.He was interested in making riddles.D.He was better at playing riddle games.7.The farmer _________.A.enjoyed himself on his long journey.B.didn’t want to p ay even one dollarC.spent all his money on the plane ticket.D.won fifty dollars by playing the riddle gameCDoing homework not only can help children master the knowledge they have learned, but also can train their abilities of finishing the work alone, planning the time and doing the duties. But some children don’t like to complete the work. Why? There are some reasons.Some children feel it is very difficult to do their homework, because they can’t understand their teacher clearly, and can’t follow their teacher’s teaching process. Maybe there is something wrong with their intelligence.But some children’s intelligence is normal. They are even cleverer, but they don’t listen to the teacher carefully. It is hard for them to sit well and pay attention to anything. It needs to carry on the attention centralized(集中注意力) training to help the children.Some children love their teacher and then they like the subject. Their interest depends on the teacher who teaches them. So every teacher should be helpful and kind. It can make children love you and the subject you teach. So they can do their homework happily. 8.Doing homework can help children ___________.A.master the knowledge B.train their abilitiesC.lean new lessons D.Both A and B9.Some children find the homework difficult. Which reason is NOT right?A.They can’t understand their teacher clearly.B.They can’t follow their teacher’s teaching process.C.The intelligence of all the students isn’t normal.D.They don’t listen to the teacher carefully.10.What’s the Chinese meaning of the underlined word “intelligence”?A.作业B.智商C.思想D.方式11.According to the last paragraph, the writer thinks ________ is very important. A.a teacher B.a subjectC.attention D.homeworkDThe first day of school, our professor introduced an old lady Rose to us.“Why are you in college at such an age?” I asked her. She replied, “I always dreamed of having a college education and now I’m getting one!” We became friends quickly. At the end of the term I invited Rose to make a speech to our football team. I’ll never forget what she taught us. She said, “There are some secrets of staying young and being happy. You have to laugh and find humor every day. You must have a dream. When you lose your dreams, you will die. There is a huge difference between growing old and growing up. Anybody can grow older. That doesn’t need any talent or ability. To grow up, you must always find the opportunity in change. Have no regrets. The people who are afraid of death are those with regrets.”At the end of the year, Rose finished her college. One week after graduation, Rose died peacefully in her sleep. We would always remember the great woman.根据短文内容,选择正确答案。
甘肃省天水市秦安县第二中学2015届高三上学期期中考试英语试题第一部分:阅读理解第一节(共20小题;每小题1.5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。
AWhen your parents advise you to “get an education” in order to raise your income, they tell you only half the truth. What they really mean is to get just enough education to provide manpower(人力资)for your society, but not so much that you prove an embarrassment to your society.Get a high school diploma, at least. Without that, you will be occupationally dead unless your name happens to be George Bernard Shaw or Thomas Alva Edison, and you can successfully dropout in grade school.Get a college degree, if possible. With a B. A., you are on the launching pad. But now you have to start to put on the brakes. If you go for a master’s degree, make sure it is an M.B.A., and the famous law of diminishing(逐渐减少的) returns begins to take effect.Do you know, for instance, that long-haul truck drivers earn more per year than full professors? Yes, the average salary for those truckers was $24000 while the full professors managed to earn just $23030.A doctorate is the highest degree you can get. Except for a few specialized fields such as physics or chemistry where the degree can quickly be turned to industrial or commercial purposes, if you pursue such a degree in any other field, you will face a future which is not bright. There are more doctors unemployed or underemployed in this country than any other part of the world.If you become a doctor in English or history or anthropology or political science or languages or—worst of all—in philosophy, you run the risk of becoming overeducated for our national demands. Not for our needs, mind you, but for our demands.Thousands of doctors are selling shoes, driving cars, waiting on table, and endlessly filling out applications month after month. They may also take a job in some high school or backwater(闭塞) college that pays much less than the doorkeeper earns.You can equate the level of income with the level of education only so far. Far enough, that is, to make you useful to the gross national product, but not so far that nobody can turn much of a profit on you.1. According to the writer, what the society expects of education is to turn out people who ______.A. will not be a disgrace to societyB. will become loyal citizensC. can take care of themselvesD. can meet the nation’s demand as a source of manpower2. Many doctors are out of job because ______.A. they are improperly educatedB. they are of little commercial value to their societyC. there are fewer jobs in high schoolsD. they prefer easier jobs that make more money3. Which of the following is NOT true?A. Bernard Shaw didn’t finish high school, nor did Edison.B. One must think carefully before pursuing a master’s degree.C. The higher your education level, the more money you will earn.D. If you are too well-educated, you’ll be overeducated for society’s demands.4. The writer sees education as ______.A. a means of providing job security and financial security and a means of meeting a country’sdemands for technical workersB. a way to broaden one’s horizonsC. more important than finding a jobD. an opportunity that everyone should haveBMy heart sank when the man at the immigration counter gestured to the back room. I was born and raised in America, and this was Miami, where I live, but they weren’t quite ready to let me in yet.“Please wait in here, Ms. Abujaber,” the immigration officer said. My husband, with his very American last name, accompanied me. He was getting used to this. The same thing had happened recently in Canada when I’d flown to Montreal to speak at a book eve nt. That time they held me for 45 minutes. Today we were returning from a literary festival in Jamaica, and I was shock ed that I was being sent “in back” once again.The officer behind the counter called me up and said, “Miss, your name looks like the na me of someone who’s on our wanted list. We’re going to have to check you out with Washington.”“How long will it take?”“Hard to say…a few minutes,”he said, “We’ll call you when we’re ready for you.”After an hour, Washington still hadn’t decided anyt hing about me.“Isn’t this computerized?” I asked at the counter, “Can’t you just look me up?”“Just a few more minutes,” they assured me.After an hour and a half, I pulled my cell phone out to call the friends I was supposed to meet that evening. An officer rushed over. “No phones!” he said, “For all we know you could be calling a terrorist cell and giving them information.”“I’m just a university professor,” I said. My voice came out in a squeak.“Of course you are. And we take people like you out of here in leg irons every day.”I put my phone away.My husband and I were getting hungry and tired. Whole families had been brought into the waiting room, and the place was packed with excitable children, exhausted parents, and even a flight attendant.I wanted to scream, to jump on a chair and shout “I’m an American citizen; a novelist; I probably teach English literature to your children.”After two hours in detention (扣押), I was approached by one of the officers. “You’re free to go,” he said. No explanation or apologies. For a moment, neither of us moved. We were still in shock. Then weleaped to our feet.“Oh, one more thing,” h e handed me a tattered photocopy with an address on it, “If you are n’t happy with your treatment, you can write to t his agency.”“Will they respond?” I asked.“I don’t know—I don’t know of anyone who’s ever written to them before.” Then he added,” By the way, this will probably keep happening each time you travel internationally.”“What can I do to keep it from happening again?”He smiled the empty smile we’d seen all day, “Absolutely nothing.”After telling several friends about our ordeal, probably the most frequent advice I’ve heard in response is to change my name. Twenty years ago, my own graduate school writing professor advised me to write under a pen name so that publishers wouldn’t stick me in what he called “the ethnic ghetto”—a separate, secondary shelf in the bookstore. But a name is an integral part of anyone’s personal and professional identity—jus t like the town you’re born in and the place where you’re raised.Like my father, I’ll keep the name, but my airport experience has given me a whole new perspective on what diversity and tolerance are supposed to mean. I had no idea that being an American would ever be this hard.5. The author was held at the airport because ______.A. she and her husband returned from JamaicaB. her name was similar to a terrorist’sC. she had been held in MontrealD. she had spoken at a book event6. She was not allowed to call her friends because ______.A. her identity hadn’t been confirmed yetB. she had been held for only one hour and a halfC. there were other families in the waiting roomD. she couldn’t use her own cell phone7. We learn from the passage that the author would ______ to prevent similar experience from happeningagain.A. write to the agencyB. change her nameC. avoid traveling abroadD. do nothing8. Her experiences indicate that there still exists ______ in the US.A. hatredB. discriminationC. toleranceD. diversityCA person, like a commodity, needs packaging. But going too far is absolutely undesirable. A little exaggeration(夸张) will do no harm when it shows the per son’s unique qualities to their advantages. To show personal attractiveness in a casual and natural way, it is important for one to have a clear knowledge of oneself. A skilled packager knows how to add art to nature without any signs of embellishment so that the person so packaged is not a commodity, but a human being, lively and lovely.A young person, especially a female, shining with beauty and full of life, has all the favor granted. Youth however, comes and goes in a flash. Packaging for the middle-aged is primarily to hide the marks made by years. If you still enjoy life enough to keep self-confidence and work at pioneering work, you are unique in your natural qualities, and your attractiveness and grace will remain. Elderly people are beautiful if their river of life has been, through plains, mountains and jungles, running its course as it should. You have really lived your life, which now arrives at a self - satisfied stage of quietness and calmness with no interest in fame or wealth. There is no need to make use of hair dyeing. The snow-capped mountain itself is a beautiful scene of fairyland. Let your looks change from young to old in step with the natural ageing process so as to keep in harmony with nature, for harmony itself is beauty, while the other way round will only end in unpleasantness. To be in the company of the elderly is like reading a thick book of good edition, which attracts one so much that one is unwilling to part with it. As long as one finds where one stands, one knows how to package oneself, just as a commodity sets up its brand by the right packaging.9. The underlined word in the first paragraph is closest to the word ______ in meaning.A. decorationB. clarificationC. movementD. identification10. It can be concluded from the text that ______.A. people should be packaged at all agesB. people should be packaged in a special wayC. elderly people also care about packagingD. proper packaging makes people attractive11. For the middle-aged, attractiveness ______ .A. hardly existsB. is the strongestC. comes from the insideD. comes from the appearance12. According to the author, if you want to keep in harmony with nature, you should ______.A. dye your hairB. make up at a young ageC. follow the ageing processD. give up fame and wealthD“Enough” with the multivitamins already. That’s the message from experts behind three new studies that tackled an often debated question Do daily multivitamins make you healthier?“We believe that the case is closed - supplementing(补充) the diet of well-nourished adults with (most) mineral or vitamin supplements has no clear benefit and might even be harmful,” concluded the authors of the editorial summarizing the new research papers. They urge consumers to not ‘waste’ their money on multivitamins. “The ‘stop wasting your money’ means that perhaps you’re spending money on things that won’t protect you long term,” editorial co-author, Dr. Edgar Miller said, “What will protect you is if you spend the money on fruits, vegetables, nuts, beans, low fat dairy, and things like that. Exercising would probably be a better use of the money.”The strong message was based on a review of the findings from three studies that tracked multivitamins link to cancer protection, heart health, and brain and cognitive(认知的) measures. The first study looked at vitamin supplementation’s role in preventing chronic(慢性的) disease. The next study looked at whether long-term use of multivitamins would have any effect on slowing cognitive decline. The third study looked specifically at multivitamins and minerals role in preventing heart attack. “The three studies found no difference in rates of chronic disease, heart attack and the need for hospitalization betweenvitamin-takers and placebo(安慰剂)-takers.” Dr. Edgar Miller stated.One expert agreed some nutrient-deficient people may still benefit from multivitamins. “There might be an argument to continue taking a multi(vitamin) to replace or supplement your not healthy diet,” Dr. Edgar Miller added. He also notes that vitamins can benefit people with celiac disease and those who are pregnant.13. This text is likely to be selected from a book of .A. medicineB. educationC. foodD. business14. Which of the following is NOT Dr. Edgar Miller’s opinion according to the passage?A. Vitamins should not be used for chronic disease prevention. Enough is enough.B. Having a balanced diet and exercising would probably be a better way to keep healthy.C. The three studies do not provide support for use of multivitamin supplements.D. Taking vitamins to replace or supplement your healthy diet is necessary.15. What can be inferred from the text?A. Vitamin supplements have proved harmful to the health of adults.B. Vitamin supplements are beneficial in certain conditions.C. Nowadays taking vitamin supplements is common to most people.D. Daily multivitamins will make you healthier.16. The author’s purpose of writing the text is most likely to___________. .A. persuadeB. describeC. informD. instruct第二节(共5小题;每小题2分,满分10分)根据短文内容,从下框的A-F选项中选出能概括每一段主题的最佳选项,并将答案填在答题栏Five tips to help you stop smoking16.Make a promise, set a date and stick to it. Don’t be put off by a wedding, party or other time when you normally smoke.17.Is your after-dinner cigarette your favorite? A new American study has showed that some foods including meat make cigarettes more satisfying. Others including cheese, fruit and vegetables make cigarettes taste terrible. So swap your usual steak or burger for a veggie pizza instead.18.The same study looked at drinks. Fizzy(泡沫腾涌的)drinks, alcohol, cola, tea and coffee all make cigarettes taste better. So when you’re out, drink more water and juice. Some people find that simply changing their drink (for example, switching from wine to a vodka and tomato juice ) affects their need to reach for a cigarette.19.If your friends or family members want to give up too, suggest to them that you should give up together. Also, there are your local NHS stop-smoking services and the NHS Smoking Helpline, available on 0800 0224332 ( 7 am to 11 pm daily).20.Keep reminding yourself of why you give up smoking. Make a list of the reasons and read it when you need support. Ex- smokers Chris, 28, says, “ I used to take a picture of my baby dau ghter with me when I went out. If I was tempted (引诱) , I’d look at that.”第二部分:英语知识运用(共两节,满分60分)第一节:完形填空(共20小题,每小题1.5分,满分30分)阅读下面短文,从短文后各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出适合填入对应空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
2014-2015学年上学期期中考试高三英语试卷 2014.11第I卷选择题(共3大题;满分85分)第一部分:听力(共两节,满分20分)第一节(共5小题;每小题1分;满分5分)听下面5段对话。
每段对话后有一个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项,并标在试卷的相应位置。
听完每段对话后,你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。
每段对话仅读一遍。
1. What does the woman suggest?A. They don’t have to go to the concert.B. His brother will let them use the car.C. The bus is fine for them.2. What do we know about the match?A. It can’t be much fun.B. It must be exciting.C. It may beput off.3. What is wrong with the printer?A. It doesn’t flash.B. There isn’t ink.C. It’s broken.4. What is the woman interested in?A. Sports.B. Fashion.C. Politics.5. What are the two speakers mainly talking about?A. New dictionaries.B. Language forms.C. The development of languages.第二节(共15题;每小题1分,满分15分)听下面5段对话或独白。
每段对话或独白后有几个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项,并标在试卷的相应位置。
听每段对话或独白前,你将有时间阅读各个小题,每小题5秒钟;听完后,各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。
甘肃省天水市秦安县第二中学2014-2015学年高二上学期期中考试英语试题第I卷(共两部分,满分65分)第一部分:英语知识运用(共两节,满分35分)第一节:单项填空(共15小题;每小题l分,满分l5分)1. The film ______ him ______ what he had seen in China.A. reminded; toB. remembered; ofC. recalled; withD. reminded; of2. I _____ sight of an empty seat at the back of the bus and went directly there.A. lost B caught C. looked D. took3. He asked us to him _____ carrying through their plan.A. assist; withB. help; toC. assist; inD. help; with4. His report was so exciting that it was interrupted by applause(掌声).A. constantlyB. constantC. seldomD. never5. ______ in a friendly way, their quarrel came to an end.A. Being settledB. SettledC. SettlingD. Having settled6. A driver should______ the road when ______ .A. concentrate on; driveB. concentrate in; drivingC. concentrate to; droveD. concentrate on; driving7. We must work hard to a good knowledge of English.A. takeB. acquireC. catchD. hold8. Tom kept quiet about the accident ______ lose his job.A. so not as toB. so as not toC. so as to notD. not so as to9.The student ________ in the games on the MP4 during class didn’t notice his teacher behindhim.A.absorbing B.to absorb C.be absorbed D.absorbed10.What the doctor warned us is that the ________ sleep may cause anger poor memory andpoor concentration.A.want in B.lack of C.lack in D.plenty of11.It will be some years before some foreign doctors change the impression they have _____Chinese medicine,_____, in their opinion, is nothing but raw herbs and not effective at all intreating diseases.A. for; whichB. on; whatC. to; thatD. on; which12.Three days later,the torchbearers ________ the Olympic torch relay in Ningbo ofZhejiang Province.A.took up B.picked up C.brought up D.put up13. It is required by law that the children above six years old in our country ________ to school to receiveeducation.A.would be sent B.are sent C.be sent D.will be sent14. — How do you like the new book? — To be honest, it is a little difficult________ .A. understoodB. being understoodC. understandingD. to understand15. It is your wife as well as you that ______ your son's bad performance at school.A.is to be blamed for B.are to be blamed for C.are to blame for D.is to blame for第二节:完形填空(共20小题;每小题1分,满分20分)阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从16-35各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。
甘肃省天水市秦安县第二中学2015届高三上学期第四次检测英语试题本试卷分为第I卷(选择题卷)和第II卷(非选择题卷)。
满分120分,考试时间100分钟。
第I卷第一部分阅读理解(共两节,满分40分)第一节(共15小题,每题2分,满分30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答案。
AMost of us are expecting high-quality customer service in our daily life, but actually enjoying a happy purchase is easier said than done.Shoppers seldom complain to the manager or owner of a retail store, but instead they will alert their friends, relatives, co-workers, strangers—and anyone who will listen.Store managers are often the last to hear complaints, and often find out only when their regular customers decide to frequent their competitors, according to a study jointly conducted by Verde Group and Wharton School.“Storytelling hurts retailers and entertains consumers,” said Paula Courtn ey, President of the Verde Group. “The store loses the customer, but the shopper must also find a replacement.”On average, every unhappy customer will complain to at least four others, and will no longer visit the specific store. For every dissatisfied customer, a store will lose up to three more due to negative review. The resulting “snowball effect” can be disastrous to retailers.According to the research, shoppers who purchased clothing encountered the most problems. Ranked second and third were grocery and electronics customers.The most common complaints include filled parking lots, cluttered (塞满了的) shelves, overloaded racks, out-of-stock items, long check-out lines, and rude salespeople.During peak shopping hours, some retailers solved parking problems by getting moonlighting (业余兼职的) local police to work as parking attendants. Some hired flag wavers to direct customers to empty parking spaces. This guidance eliminated the need for customers to circle the parking lot endlessly, and avoided confrontation between those eyeing the same parking space.Retailers can relieve the headaches by redesigning store layouts, pre-stocking sales items, hiring speedy and experienced cashiers, and having sales representatives on hand to answer questions.Most importantly, salespeople should be diplomatic and polite with angry customers.“Retailers who’re responsive and friendly are more likely to smooth over issues than those who aren’t so friendly,” said Professor Stephen Hoch. “Maybe something as simple as a greeter at the store entrance would help.”Customers can also improve future shopping experiences by filing complaints to the retailer, instead of complaining to the rest of the world. Retailers are hard-pressed to improve when they have no idea what is wrong.1. Why are store managers often the last to hear complaints?A. Most customers won’t bother to complain even if they have had unhappy experiences.B. Customers have no easy access to store managers.C. Few customers believe the service will be improved.D. Customers would rather relate their unhappy experiences to people around them.2. What does Paula imply by saying “the shopper must also find a replacement” (Line 2, Para. 4)A. New customers are bound to replace old ones.B. Most stores provide the same kind of service.C. Not complaining to manager causes the shopper some trouble too.D. It is not likely the shopper can find the same products in other stores.3. Shop owners often hire moonlighting police as parking attendants so that shoppers________.A. can stay longer browsing in the storeB. won’t have trouble parking their carsC. won’t have any worrier about securityD. can find their cars easily after shopping4. What contributes most to smoothing over issues with customers?A. Design of store layout.B. Hiring of efficient employeesC. Huge supply of goods for sale.D. Manners of the salespeople.5. To achieve better shopping experiences, customers are advised to ________.A. exert pressure on stores to improve their serviceB. voice their dissatisfaction to store managers directlyC. settle their disputes with stores in a diplomaticD. shop around and make comparisons between storesBRecently Cathy Hagner sadly finds that life for her and her three children is set to permanent(永久的)fast-forward.Their full school day and her job as a lawyer's assistant are busy enough. But Hanger also has to take the two boys to soccer or hockey or basketball while dropping off her daughter at piano lessons or Girl Scout Club.Often, the exhausted family doesn't get home until 7 pm. There is just time for a quick supper before homework. In today's world, middle-class American and British parents treat their children as if they are competitors racing for some finishing line.Parents take their children from activity to activity in order to make their future bright. It seems that raising a genius has become a more important goal than raising a happy and well-balanced child.“Doctors across the co untry are reporting a growing number of children suffering from stomachaches and headaches due to exhaustion and stress,” says child expert William Doherty of the University of Minnesota.Teachers are dealing with exhausted kids in the classroom. It's a very serious problem. Many children attend after-school clubs by necessity. But competitive pressures also create an explosion of activities. They include sports, language, music and math classes for children as young as four.“There is a new parenting trend under way which says that you have to tap all your child’s potential at a young age; otherwise you will let him down,” says Terry Apter, a Cambridge-based child and adolescent psychiatrist(青少年精神病专家).“It isn't entirely new: there have always been pushy parents. But what was previously seen as strange behavior is now well accepted.”6. From the second paragraph of this passage we can find that _______.A. Hagner busies herself by following a trendB. Hagner doesn't spend much time on her full-time jobC. Hagner is interested in sports and musicD. Hagner wastes much time helping her children's lessons7. British parents, as the writer described in this passage, _______.A. treat their children as sports playersB. give their children little time to develop freelyC. bring up their children in a simple wayD. pay no attention to their children's lessons8. The writer's opinion about after-school clubs is that ________.A. activities in the country are too competitiveB. children should attend four clubs at a timeC. clubs should have more subjects for school childrenD. some clubs result in competitive pressures9. The last paragraph tells us that in Britain _______.A. parents used to take their children to every clubB. parents have all be nefited from children’s clubsC. parents used to be wise on how to raise childrenD. parents have come to know the standard of educationCOne of the most traditional features of American culture is to respect the self-made man — the man who has risen to the top through his own efforts, usually beginning by working with his hands. While the leader in business or industry or the college professor occupies a higher social position and commands greater respect in the community than the common laborer or even the skilled factory worker, he may take pains to point out that his father started life in America as a farmer or laborer of some sort.This attitude toward manual(体力的) labor is now still seen in many aspects of American life. One is invited to dinner at a home that is not only comfortably but even luxuriously (豪华地) furnished and in which there is every evidence of the fact that the family has been able to afford foreign travel, expensive hobbies, and college education for the children; yet the hostess probably will cook the dinner herself, will serve it herself and will wash dishes afterward, furthermore the dinner will not consist merely of something quickly and easily assembled from contents of various cans and a cake or a pie bought at the nearby bakery. On the contrary, the hostess usually takes pride in careful preparation of special dishes. A professional man may talk about washing the car, digging in his flowerbeds, painting the house. His wife may even help with these things, just as he often helps her with the dishwashing. The son who is away at college may wait on table and wash dishes for his living, or during the summer he may work with a construction gang on a highway in order to pay for his education.10. From paragraph 1, we can know that in America _________.A. people can always rise to the top through their own effortsB. people tend to have a high opinion of the self-made manC. college professors win great respect from common workersD. people feel painful to mention their fathers as labors.11. According to the passage, the hostess cooks dinner herself mainly because _________.A. servants in American are hard to getB. It is easy to prepare a meal with canned foodC. she can hardly afford servantsD. she takes pride in what she can do herself12. The expression “wait on table” in the second paragraph means “_________”.A. work in a furniture shopB. keep accounts for a barC. serve customers in a restaurantD. wait to lay the tableDAs a junior at McGill University, Doreen Sykora had a difficult time when she first began college. She said, “I was always well prepared for my examinations. But when I go into class to take the exam, I would fall apart. I could just blank out because of nervousness and fear.” Hitoshi Sakam oto, an anthropology(人类学) student at Temple University in Tokyo reports similar experiences.These two young students were experiencing something called test anxiety. Because a student worries and is stressed about a test, his or her mind does not work as well as it usually does. The student cannot write or think clearly because of the severe tension and nervousness.Now there are special university courses to help students. In these courses, advisors and psychologists try to help students by teaching them to manage test anxiety. Such a course helps students learn to live with stress and not fail because of it. First students take a practice test to measure their worry level. If the tests show that their stress level is high, the students can take a short course to manage the fear. These courses teach students how to relax their bodies. They get training to become calm in very tense situations. By controlling their nervousness, they can let their minds work more easily. Learned information then comes out without difficulty on a test.Doreen Sykora saw immediate results after taking such a course. She now has enthusiasm about the relaxation methods. “Mostly, what I do is imagine myself in a very calm place. Then I imagine myself picking up a pencil. I move slowly and carefully. I breathe easily and let all the tension out. With each breath, more worry leaves me. It really works too. My grades have improved greatly! I’m really doing well at McGill now. This relaxation method works not only on examinations, but it has improved the rest of my life as well.”For Hitoshi in Tokyo, the results were much the same. He is enjoying school a lot more and learning more.13. What is the similarity between Doreen Sykora and Hitoshi Sakamoto?A. They both had experiences of test anxiety.B. They failed in all the examinations.C. They are students from the same university.D. They both had the same poor studying habits.14. The underlined phrase “blank out” in Paragraph 1 refers to “_______.”A. get an extra paperB. be unable to think clearlyC. lose interest in the examD. refuse to take the exam15. What’s the purpose of some special university student-help courses?A. To learn more knowledge about test anxiety.B. To show a stress level experienced by students.C. To help students to reduce test anxiety.D. To have a better understanding of test anxiety.第二节(共5小题,每题2分,满分10分)根据短文内容,选出最佳选项,选项中有两项为多余选项。
2014-2015学年高三上学期期中考试英语试题(含答案)第一节单项填空(共15小题;每小题1分,满分15分)从A、B、C、D四个选项中,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。
21. Last Sunday, they arrived at the farm _____ they had never paid a visit before.A. thatB. whichC. to whichD. for which22. —Do you know our town at all?—No, this ________ the first time I _________ here.A. was; has comeB. is; comeC. is; had comeD. is; have come23. Every minute is made full _______ of _______ our lessons well.A. to use; studyB. use; studying C use; to study D. used; studying24. Many questions ______ at the meeting, but he answered none.A. came upB. raisedC. were risenD. asked25. Our English teacher requested that the homework _______ tomorrow morning.A. would be handed inB. be handed inC. hand inD. must be handed in26. People ______ at the meeting would have a discussion on pollution.A. were presentB. took part inC. join inD. present.27.—Does your wife like tea?—Well, she doesn’t really ______ tea. She likes coffee better.A. care forB. careC. care aboutD. care of28. Mr. Black___Shanghai in a few days. Do you know when the earliest plane____on Sunday?A. leaves; takes offB. is leaving; takes offC. is leaving; is taking offD. leaves; is taking off29.That hero who died in the war was so brave that he never ____ to the enemies until death.A. gave upB. gave outC. gave inD. gave away30. All the doctors in the hospital insisted that he _____badly wounded and that he____at once.A. should be; be operated onB. were; must be operated onC. be; was operated onD. was; be operated on31. ________ miss the early train, he got up very early.A. So as not toB. Not so as toC. In order not toD. In order not that32. After _______ college, we finally got the chance to take a bike trip.A. graduating fromB. graduated fromC. graduatingD. graduated33. The writer asked me __________ a diary could make me happy.A. if I thoughtB. that whether I thoughtC. if I thinkD. whether did I think34. —Why not join us in the game?—___________.A. No, you do the sameB. OK, I’m comingC. Oh, that’s all rightD. Sure, please do35. ______ from his expression, he is regretful about his mistakes.A. Being judgedB. JudgedC. To judgeD. Judging第二节完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30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。
秦安二中2015届高三英语上学期期中试题(含答案)秦安二中2015届高三英语上学期期中试题(含答案)第一部分:阅读理解第一节(共20小题;每小题1.5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。
A When your parents advise you to “get an education” in order to raise your income, they tell you only half the truth. What they really mean is to get just enough education to provide manpower(人力资) for your society, but not so much that you prove an embarrassment to your society. Get a high school diploma, at least. Without that, you will be occupationally dead unless your name happens to be George Bernard Shaw or Thomas Alva Edison, and you can successfully dropout in grade school. Get a college degree, if possible. With a B. A., you are on the launching pad. But now you have to start to put on the brakes. If you go for a master’s degree, make sure it is an M.B.A., and the famous law of diminishing(逐渐减少的) returns begins to take effect. Do you know, for instance, that long-haul truck drivers earn more per year than full professors? Yes, the average salary for those truckers was $24000 while the full professors managed to earn just $23030. A doctorate is the highest degree you can get. Except for a few specialized fields such as physics or chemistry where the degree can quickly be turned to industrial or commercial purposes, if you pursue such a degree in any other field, you will face a future which is not bright. There are more doctors unemployed or underemployed in this country than any other part of the world. If you become a doctor in English or history or anthropology or political science or languages or―worst of all―in philosophy, you run the risk of becoming overeducated for our national demands. Not for our needs, mind you, but for our demands. Thousands of doctors are selling shoes, driving cars, waiting on table, andendlessly filling out applications month after month. They may also take a job in some high school or backwater(闭塞) college that pays much less than the doorkeeper earns. You can equate the level of income with the level of education only so far. Far enough, that is, to make you useful to the gross national product, but not so far that nobody can turn much of a profit on you. 1. According to the writer, what the society expects of education is to turn out people who ______. A. will not be a disgrace to society B. will become loyal citizens C. can take care of themselves D. can meet the nation’s demand as a source of manpower 2. Many doctors are out of job because ______. A. they are improperly educated B. they are of little commercial value to their society C. there are fewer jobs in high schools D. they prefer easier jobs that make more money 3. Which of the following is NOT true? A. Bernard Shaw didn’t finish high school, nor did Edison. B. One must think carefully before pursuing a master’s degree. C. The higher your education level, the more money you will earn. D. If you are too well-educated, you’ll be overeducated for society’s demands. 4. The writer sees education as ______. A. a means of providing job security and financial security and a means of meeting a country’s demands for technical w orkers B. a way to broaden one’s horizons C. more important than finding a job D. an opportunity that everyone should haveB My heart sank when the man at the immigration counter gestured to the back room. I was born and raised in America, and this was Mia mi, where I live, but they weren’t quite ready to let me in yet. “Please wait in here, Ms. Abujaber,” the immigration officer said. My husband, with his very American last name, accompanied me. He was getting used to this. The same thing had happened rec ently in Canada when I’d flown toMontreal to speak at a book event. That time they held me for 45 minutes. Today we were returning from a literary festival in Jamaica, and I was shocked that I was being sent “in back” once again. The officer behind the counter called me up and said, “Miss, your name looks like the name of someone who’s on our wanted list. We’re going to have to check you out with Washington.” “How long will it take?” “Hard to say…a few minutes,” he said, “We’ll call you when we’re re ady for you.” After an hour, Washington still hadn’t decided anything about me. “Isn’t this computerized?” I asked at the counter, “Can’t you just look me up?” “Just a few more minutes,” they assured me. After an hour and a half, I pulled my cell phone out to call the friends I was supposed to meet that evening. An officer rushed over. “No phones!” he said, “For all we know you could be calling a terrorist cell and giving them information.” “I’m just a university professor,” I said. My voice came out in a squeak. “Of course you are. And we take people like you out of here in leg irons every day.” I put my phone away. My husband and I were getting hungry and tired. Whole families had been brought into the waiting room, and the place was packed with excitable children, exhausted parents, and even a flight attendant. I wanted to scream, to jump on a chair and shout “I’m an American citizen; a novelist; I probably teach English literature to your children.” After two hours in detention (扣押), I was approached by one of the officers. “You’re free to go,” he said. No explanation or apologies. For a moment, neither of us moved. We were still in shock. Then we leaped to our feet. “Oh, one more thing,” he handed me a tattered photocopy with an address on i t, “If you aren’t happy with your treatment, you can write to this agency.”“Will they respond?” I asked. “I don’t know―I don’t know of anyone who’s ever written to them before.” Then he added,” By the way, this will probably keep happening each time y ou travel internationally.” “What can I do to keep it from happening again?” He smiled the empty smile we’d seen all day, “Absolutely nothing.” After telling several friends about our ordeal, probably the most frequent advice I’ve heard in response i s to change my name. Twenty years ago, my own graduate school writing professor advised me to write under a pen name so that publishers wouldn’t stick me in what he called “the ethnic ghetto”―a separate, secondary shelf in the bookstore. But a name is an integral part of anyone’s personal and professional identity―just like the town you’re born in and the place where you’re raised. Like my father, I’ll keep the name, but my airport experience has given me a whole new perspective on what diversity and tolerance are supposed to mean. I had no idea that being an American would ever be this hard. 5. The author was held at the airport because ______. A. she and her husband returned from Jamaica B. her name was similar to a terrorist’s C. she had been held in Montreal D. she had spoken at a book event 6. She was not allowed to call her friends because ______. A. her identity hadn’t been confirmed yet B. she had been held for only one hour and a half C. there were other families in the waiting room D. she couldn’t use her own cell phone 7. We learn from the passage that the author would ______ to prevent similar experience from happening again. A. write to the agency B. change her name C. avoid traveling abroad D. do nothing 8. Her experiences indicate that there still exists ______ in the US. A. hatred B. discrimination C. tolerance D. diversityC A person, like a commodity, needs packaging. But going too far is absolutely undesirable. A little exaggeration(夸张) will do no harm when it shows the pe rson’s unique qualities to their advantages. To show personal attractiveness in a casual and natural way, it is important for one to have a clear knowledge of oneself. A skilled packager knows how to add art to nature without any signs of embellishment so that the person so packaged is not a commodity, but a human being, lively and lovely. A young person, especially a female, shining with beauty and full of life, has all the favor granted. Youth however, comes and goes in a flash. Packaging for the middle-aged is primarily to hide the marks made by years. If you still enjoy life enough to keep self-confidence and work at pioneering work, you are unique in your natural qualities, and your attractiveness and grace will remain. Elderly people are beautiful if their river of life has been, through plains, mountains and jungles, running its course as it should. You have really lived your life, which now arrives at a self - satisfied stage of quietness and calmness with no interest in fame or wealth. There is no need to make use of hair dyeing. The snow-capped mountain itself is a beautiful scene of fairyland. Let your looks change from young to old in step with the natural ageing process so as to keep in harmony with nature, for harmony itself is beauty, while the other way round will only end in unpleasantness. To be in the company of the elderly is like reading a thick book of good edition, which attracts one so much that one is unwilling to part with it. As long as one finds where one stands, one knows how to package oneself, just as a commodity sets up its brand by the right packaging. 9. The underlined word in the first paragraph is closest to the word ______ in meaning. A. decoration B. clarification C. movementD. identification 10. It can be concluded from the text that ______. A. people should be packaged at all ages B. people should be packaged in a special way C. elderly people also care about packaging D. proper packaging makes people attractive 11. For the middle-aged, attractiveness ______ . A. hardly exists B. is the strongest C. comes from the inside D. comes from the appearance 12. According to the author, if you want to keep in harmony with nature, you should ______. A. dye your hair B. make up at a young age C. follow the ageing process D. give up fame and wealthD “Enough” with the multivitamins already. That’s the message from experts behind three new studies that tackled an often debated question Do daily multivitamins make you healthier? “We believe that the case is closed - supplementing(补充) the diet of well-nourished adults with (most) mineral or vitamin supplements has no clear benefit and might even be harmful,” concluded the authors of the editorial summarizing the new research papers. They urge consumers to not ‘waste’ their money on multivitamins. “The ‘stop wasting your money’ means that perhaps you’re spending money on things that won’t protect you long term,” editorial co-author, Dr. Edgar Miller said, “What will protect you is if you spend the money on fruits, vegetables, nuts, beans, low fat dairy, and things like that. Exercising would probably be a better use of the money.” The strong message was based on a review of the findings from three studies that tracked multivitamins link to cancer protection, heart health, and brain and cognitive(认知的) measures. The first study looked at vitamin supplementation’s role in preventing chronic(慢性的) disease. The next study looked at whether long-term use of multivitamins would have any effect on slowing cognitive decline. The thirdstudy looked specifically at multivitamins and minerals role in preventing heart attack. “The three studies found no difference in rates of chronic disease, heart attack and the need for hospitalization between vitamin-takers and placebo(安慰剂)-takers.” Dr. Edgar Miller stated. One expert agreed some nutrient-deficient people may still benefit from multivitamins. “There might be an argument to continue taking a multi(vitamin) to replace or supplement your not healthy diet,” Dr. Edgar Miller added. He also notes that vitamins can benefit people with celiac disease and those who are pregnant. 13. This text is likely to be selected from a book of . A. medicine B. education C. food D. business 14. Which of the following is NOT Dr. Edgar Miller’s opinion according to the passage? A. Vitamins should not be used for chronic disease prevention. Enough is enough. B. Having a balanced diet and exercising would probably be a better way to keep healthy. C. The three studies do not provide support for use of multivitamin supplements. D. Taking vitamins to replace or supplement your healthy diet is necessary. 15. What can be inferred from the text? A. Vitamin supplements have proved harmful to the health of adults. B. Vitamin supplements are beneficial in certain conditions. C. Nowadays taking vitamin supplements is common to most people.D. Daily multivitamins will make you healthier. 16. The author’s purpose of writing the text is most likelyto___________. . A. persuade B. describe C. inform D. instruct 第二节(共5小题;每小题2分,满分10分)根据短文内容,从下框的A-F选项中选出能概括每一段主题的最佳选项,并将答案填在答题栏内。