2014-2015学年度第二学期高二英语期末试题第1卷第一部分阅读理解（共2节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）AOnce upon a time there was a monster. He was very ugly and had no friends. No one wanted to talk to him. Even other mon sters thought he was ugly.He lived alone and was very unhappy because he was so lon ely.“I wish I had a friend.” He said to himself every day, “One frien d would be enough. Someone to talk to.”He wrote a letter to a magazine. The magazine gave people a dvice.“Dear Editor,” he wrote, “I am a ugly monster. How can I find a friend?”“Dear monster,” the Editor replied, “Advertise for a friend in thi s magazine.” The monster wrote an advertisement. “Monster wants a friend, male or female. I have two heads, fo ur arms, six legs and three tails. I have one blue eye, one green eye and one brown eye. Smoke comes out of my nose. Bu t I am really a kind monster and will be a good friend to some one. If you would like to meet me, please stand outside Blake’s Store at 6 p.m. on Friday, May 7th. Write to Mr. A, Box 45, e veryb ody’s Magazine.”A few days later he went to the magazine.“Do you have any letters for Box 45?” he asked.The clerk looked in Box 45.“Yes, there is one.” She said, and gave it to him.The monster opened the letter, and read, “Dear Monster, I thi nk a person’s character is more important than his appearanc e. I will wait outside Blake’s Store on Friday. Please carry a fl ower so that I will recognize you. Yours sincerely, Miss Alice Thwaite.”1. Why was the monster unhappy?A. He had no friends.B. He was ugly.C. He had two heads.D. He had three tails.2. What did the monster advertise for?A. A magazine.B. A friend.C. An editor.D. A male or female monster.3. How did the monster describe him in the advertisement?A. Ugly.B. Lonely.C. Kind.D. Good-looking.4. What was strange about Miss Thwaite’s letter?A. She was not interested in people’s appearance.B. She wanted to meet the monster.C. She needed a flower to recognize him.D. It was the only reply.BCan you remember the first time you learned to ride a bike or drive a car? Learning these skills changed your life forever an d opened up new horizons. Learning about computers can be like learning how to ride a bike or drive a car. Once you have i nvested the time to master the skills, you will never go back to the old days. The new technology is simply too convenient an d too powerful.Technological developments through the years have enabled us to do more with less effort. We have continuously looked fo r better ways of doing things. Each invention and new develop ment has allowed us to extend our capabilities. Today we see one of the most dramatic technologies ever developed—the computer. It extends the capabilities of our minds. Computers have saved organizations millions of dollars. Furth ermore, these same computer systems have opened up newopportunities that would have gone undiscovered or neglecte d. The computer may multiply what we can do, and the return on investment is high. The growth of computer usage is surpri sing. On the other hand, the computer can do serious damag e. Invasion of privacy(侵犯隐私), fraud(欺诈), and computer-related mistakes are just a few shocking examples.The computer is like a double-edged sword. It has the ability to cut us free from some activiti es, but it can also cut deep into profits, personal privacy, and our society in general. How it is used is not a function of techn ology. It is strictly a function of how people decide to use or mi suse this new technology. The choice is yours, and only throu gh a knowledge of computer systems will you be able to avoid the dangers while enjoying the many, many benefits of the co mputer age.5. The writer thinks learning about computers is like learning h ow to ride a bike or drive a car because _______.A. it is simple and practicalB. it needs a lot of practiceC. it leads people to new life experiencesD. it takes much time to master the skills6. According to the passage, computers bring people the following benefits except _______.A. avoiding mistakesB. saving moneyC. making moneyD. opening up opportunities7. According to the writer, the bad effects of computers can be avoided if we _______.A. have sound knowledge of computer systemsB. tell people not to misuse computersC. have strict rules over the use of computersD. make more investments in the technology8. This passage is probably written for _______.A. computersB. computer producersC. computer learnersD. computer programmersCDoctors say anger can be an extremely damaging emotion, u nless you learn how to deal with it. They warn that anger can l ead to heart disease, stomach problems, headaches, emotion al problems and possibly cancer.Anger is a normal emotion that we all feel from time to time. S ome people express anger openly in a calm reasonable way. Others burst with anger, and scream and yell. But other peopl e keep their anger inside. They can not or will not express it.This is called repressing anger.For years many doctors thought that repressing anger was m ore dangerous to a person's health than expressing it. They s aid that when a person is angry, the brain releases the same hor- mones (荷尔蒙).They speed the heart rate, raise blood pressure, or sugar i nto the blood, etC．Ingeneral the person feels excited and ready to act.Some doctors say that both repressing and expressing anger can be dangerous. They believe that those who express ange r violently may be more likely to develop heart disease, and th ey believe that those who keep their anger inside may face a greater danger of high blood pressure.Doctors say the solution is learning how to deal with anger. T hey say the first step is to admit that you are angry and to rec ognize the real cause of the anger, then decide if the cause is serious enough to get angry about. If it is, they say, “Donot express your anger while angry. Wait until your anger has cooled down and you are able to express yourself calmly and reasonably.”Doctors say that a good way to deal with anger is to find hum or in the situation that has made you angry. They said that lau ghter is much healthier than anger.9．“Damaging emotion” means that _________.A．the emotion is harmless B．the emotion is har mfulC．the feeling is very strong D．the feeling is hard 10． What statement is right?A．Were you angry, you would be canceled (得癌症).B．Once you are angry, you must be cantered.C．Angry as you are often, you can't be canceled, D．Anger may cause you a cancer.11． Expressing anger violently _________ repressing it accor ding to some scientists.A．is justthe same as B．is more harmful thanC．is no better than D．is much better than 12．According to the author, you'd better _________.A．never be angryB．cool it down before you express itC．laugh and laugh when you get angryD．admit you are wrong when you are angryDScientists are developing a new kind of machine to take the pl ace of humans. These machines can do jobs in places that ar e too dangerous for humans. For example, they are being dev eloped to work in nuclear power center, deep under the ocean s and in outer space.John Marrit, a psychologist(心理学家) in Williamsburg Massachusetts, helped develop the new machine. This is how they work. A machine is placed in an ar ea far away from the person who operates it. The person wea rs special hard hat with television screens and sound equipm ent. The screens and sound equipment let the person see an d hear exactly what the machine is seeing and hearing. Mr. M arrit says this gives the person the feeling of being in the sam e place as the machine. The idea, he says, is being there with out going there. The person uses an electronic control to mak e the machine move. The machine copies the person’s move ments exactly. If the person raises his right arm, the machine raises the right arm, too. This means an expert can do a dangerous job while staying in the safe place. For example, a pers on can direct the machine to destroy a bomb without going ne ar the bomb himself.13. The new kind of machine being introduced in the passage is _______.A. in existenceB. only an ideaC. being tried outD. being researched and developed14. The machine _______.A. follows the person’s orderB. is controlled by a comput erC. does exactly what the person doesD. is controlled by a television on the person’s head15. The difference between such a new machine and a robot i s that _______.A. the new machine is more difficult to make than a robotB. the new machine is more difficult to be controlledC. a robot is controlled by man indirectlyD. a robot can’t be used in places too dangerous or faraway 第二节（共5小题，满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中的两项是多余的。
