山东省德州市十校2020-2021学年高二上学期期中考试英语试题

2020 -2021学年度第一学期期中校际联考试题高二英语注意事项：1.本试卷共10页，全卷满分150分，答题时间为120分钟；2.答卷前,务必将答题卡上密封线内的各项目填写清楚；3.选择题必须使用2B铅笔填涂，非选择题必须使用5毫米黑色墨水签字笔书写，涂写要工整、清晰；4.考试结束，监考员将试题卷、答题卡一并收回。

第一部分:听力（共两节，满分30分）第一节（共5小题,每小题1.5分，满分7.5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。

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 will Sandy do at the weekend?A. Move house.B. Have a picnic.C. Visit a friend.2. What time is it now?A. 9：50.B. 9：10.C, 10：00.3. What will the man do?A. Give a lecture.B. Leave his office.C. Attend a meeting.4. How is the weather today?A. Rainy.B. Sunny.C. Windy.5. How will David get to the club?A. By underground.B. By car.C. By bike.第二节（共15小题,每小题1.5分，满分22.5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。

每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

6. When did the woman see the film The Captain?A. Last Sunday.B. Last Saturday.C. On Monday.7. What is the man's opinion about the film?A. It was wonderful.B. It was very bad.C. It made him sleepy.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

山东省德州市第一中学2020-2021学年高二上学期期中英语试题学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________一、阅读选择We can take online joyful learning experiences to a new level by combining the best practices in education with inspiring hands-on lessons that parents and children can enjoy together.◆◇Starting a Writer’s Notebook June 13th—June 17thThis workshop is to inspire children to see themselves as true authors. The writing activities in this workshop are meant to help young authors develop their sense of voice and enthusiasm for writing. Participants will learn a variety of strategies and techniques for generating ideas and producing meaningful writing.PRICE: $27.00($22.00 cash payment)AGE: 6—10◆◇Backyard Science June 20th—June 24thBy sharing what we discover in our own backyards, our children will be able to experience firsthand how wildlife, climate, and geographic landscapes differ across the globe. Through this workshop we have the ability to create eye-opening explorations for our children.PRICE: $27.00AGE:4—10◆◇Be a Peacemaker June 27th—July 1stBy practicing mindfulness we discover how to find that peaceful place within ourselves, even during the most difficult times. This online class offers families a way to explore beneficial techniques together in an effort to develop a shared language and common understanding of what it means to be fully present in our lives.PRICE: $27.00AGE: 4—10◆◇Poetry Makers June 11th—July 15thWhen sharing poems with our children, we not only teach them how to appreciate the beauty of language but also that our words have the ability to affect others in deep and meaningful ways. In this four-week online workshop, we will strengthen our children’s understanding of themselves, each other, and the world around them through the power of writing poetry.PRICE: $27.00AGE:6—101．What can we learn about Starting a Writer’s Notebook?A．It offers a discount.B．It lasts four weeks.C．It is suitable for all ages.D．It encourages children to write poetry.2．What can we learn about Backyard Science?A．It encourages the kids to get close to nature.B．It offers the kids various outdoor explorations.C．It fills the kids with confidence in their future.D．It enriches the kids’ life experience and knowledge.3．Which workshop can help kids make a good balance in their daily life?A．Starting a Writer’s Notebook.B．Backyard Science.C．Be a Peacemaker.D．Poetry Makers.4．What can kids learn at Poetry Makers?A．Take more interest in their studies.B．Have a strong desire to be successful.C．Show much enthusiasm for literature.D．Be aware of the power of words.It’s not unusual to see an unreasonable child lying on the ground drumming his heels. Beside him is a desperate mother yelling at the top of her lungs. Raising a well-behaved kid is really a head-scratching thing.If you took all the parenting styles around the world and ranked them by their gentleness, the Inuit(因纽特人) approach would certainly rank near the top. All the moms mention one golden role: Don’t shout or yell at small children.Inuit’s no-yelling policy is their central component to raising cool-headed kids. The culture views scolding, or even speaking to children in all angry voice, as inappropriate, although little kids are pushing parents' buttons.Playful“storytelling”is another trick to sculpting kids’behavior. But this storytelling differs hugely from those fairy tales full of moral lessons. Parents“retell” what happened when a boy threw a tantrum(发脾气)by way of what Shakespeare would understand all too well:p utting on a“drama”. After the child has calmed down, the parents will review what happened when the child misbehaved, usually starting with a question: “Can you show us how to throw a tantrum?”Then the child has to think what he should do. If he takes the bait and performs the action, the mom will ask a follow-up question with a playful tone. For example: “Does that seem right?”or“Are you a baby?”She is getting across the idea that“big boys”won’t throw a tantrum.Kids’brains are still developing the circui try needed for self-contro1. What you do in response to your children’s emotions shapes their brains. So next time, seeing your boy misbehave, try using the Inuit’s storytelling approach. And don’t forget to keep coo1. After all, boys will be boys.5．Which of the following best explains“pushing parents’ buttons”underlined in Paragraph 2? A．Talking with parents. B．Playing with parents’buttons. C．Exposing parents’faults.D．Making parents annoyed.6．What do we know about Inuit’s “storytelling”?A．It aims at playing a trick on kids. B．It raises kids’awareness of morality. C．It comes after a child misbehaves. D．It analyzes Shakespeare’s dramas. 7．What’s the author’s attitude to children’s misbehavior?A．Cautious. B．Tolerant.C．Uncaring. D．Skeptical.8．What’s the main idea of the text?A．Inuit’s approach to parenting.B．Values of reading literary works.C．Causes of children’s misbehavior.D．Parents’responses to“storytelling”.When John was growing up, other kids felt sorry for him. His parents always had him weeding the garden, carrying out the garbage and delivering newspapers. But when John reached adulthood，he was better off than his childhood playmates. He had more job satisfaction, a better marriage and was healthier. Most of all, he was happier. Far happier.These are the findings of a 40-year study that followed the lives of 456 teenage boys from Boston. The study showed that those who had worked as boys enjoyed happier and more productive lives than those who had not. “Boys who worked in the home or comm unity gainedcompetence（能力）and came to feel they were worthwhile members of society, ” said George Vaillant, the psychologist（心理学家）who made the discovery. “And because they felt good about themselves, others felt good about them.”Vaillant’s study followed these males in great detail. Interviews were repeated at ages 25, 31and 47. Under Vaillant, the researchers compared the men’s mental-health scores with their boyhood-activity scores. Points were awarded for part-time jobs, housework, effort in school, and ability to deal with problems.The link between what the men had done as boys and how they turned out as adults was surprisingly sharp. Those who had done the most boyhood activities were twice as likely to have warm relations with a wide variety of people, five times as likely to be well paid and 16 times less likely to have been unemployed. The researchers also found that IQ and family social and economic class made no real difference in how the boys turned out.Working—at any age—is important. Childhood activities help a child develop responsibility, independence, confidence and competence—the underpinnings（基础）of emotional health. They also help him understand that people must cooperate and work toward common goals. The most competent adults are those who know how to do this. Yet work isn't everything. As Tolstoy once said, “One can live magnificently in this world if one knows how to work and how to love, to work for the person one loves and to love one's work.”9．What do we know about John？A．He received little love from his family.B．He had few childhood playmates.C．He enjoyed his career and marriage.D．He was envied by others in his childhood.10．V aillant’s words in Paragraph 2 serve as _______.A．a description of personal values and social valuesB．an analysis of how work was related to competenceC．an example for parents' expectations of their childrenD．an explanation why some boys grew into happy men11．Vaillant's team got their findings by _______.A．recording the boys' effort in schoolB．comparing different sets of scoresC．evaluating the men's mental healthD．measuring the men's problem solving ability12．What can be inferred from the last paragraph?A．Competent adults know more about love than work.B．Emotional health is essential to a wonderful adult life.C．Love brings more joy to people than work does.D．Independence is the key to one's success.The World Health Organization recently said that it planned to add gaming disorder(游戏成瘾)to its new list of disease classifications, angering the gaming industry but pleasing doctors who hope it may make treatment more easily available.Some US experts said it would make little difference when it comes to helping people with the disorder, although others said it would bring attention to a disorder that people sometimes don’t recognize. Many of us enjoy video games, but does playing our favorite game for a couple of hours every night mean we’re suffering from gaming disorder? Not, according to the WHO. The symptoms listed by the WHO include a lack of control over gaming, treating gaming more seriously than other life interests and daily activities, and continuing to play games despite the negative consequences that playing them might have. “The behavior pattern is enough to result in significa nt damage to one’s personal, family, or social life,”the WHO said.Meanwhile, Douglas Gentile of Iowa State University has carried out influential research into the cause of gaming addiction in young people. “I and many others had assumed that gaming is n ot really a problem but is a symptom of other problems,”he told NBC News. Many had thought it was simply a failure of self-control.To see if it was，Gentile’s team studied a group of children who had been gaming for several years. “We found that when kids became addicted，their anxiety increased…and their grades decreased,”Gentile said. When kids were able to back off from gaming, their symptoms disappeared, he added. Gentile thinks medical organizations should pay attention to the WHO’s proposal. “This isn’t an issue of opinion; it’s all issue of science,”he said. “This is a major scientific and medical organization. They don’t do things lightly and without reason.”Dr Petros Levounis, chair of psychiatry at the New Jersey Medical School at Rutgers Universit y, said that he hoped the WHO’s proposal would lead to more research into obsessive (过度的)behavior among all types of people. “Now，there is renewed interest and excitement,”he said.13．Which of the following is a sign of gaming disorder according to the WHO? A．Putting games before everything else.B．Keeping playing until winning the games.C．Playing games for several hours every night.D．Having a few hobbies besides playing games.14．Why is Gentile’s research mentioned?A．To explain the cause of gaming addiction.B．To show the influence of gaming disorder.C．To show the reasons behind the WHO’ s decision.D．To introduce the study that influenced the WHO’s proposal.15．What can we learn from what Levounis said?A．It needed further research to make it more convincing.B．It would do little to help people with gaming addiction.C．It would encourage new cures for gaming disorder.D．It would encourage studies about similar diseases.16．What does the author intend to tell us about gaming disorder?A．Its description. B．Controversial views.C．Its harmful effects. D．Explanations of the WHO’s decision.二、七选五I feel happy when I come home at the end of the day and see those big, graphic prints on my wall. They make my tiny New York apartment feel more home and more purposeful; more like me. Why? 17．You’re probably not trying to spend crazy dollars on art for your home—who is? Maybe you just graduated and know you need to upgrade from that poster of Einstein with his tongue out taped to your dorm wall that was supposed to make you look“smart yet playful”Perhaps you just bought a home! That’s expensive ! 18．Pieces that attract your personality, express your taste, or just make you laugh aren’t restricted to gallery purchases.Don’t panic if you don’t know wher e to startArt. comWhen you want affordable but classy art prints, go to Art. com website. 19．Cast a glancetheir website and you’ll be greeted with a window offering 50％off your first order if you fork over your email address. Do it. You could create art entire gallery wall of Chagall, Monet, Adams and Kahlo for under $30.Society620．It features art that touches all types. It sells prints in a variety of sizes so you can customize a whole gallery wall with picks from their artists. Currently, I become interested in Beth Hoeckel’s collage art and the vintage-looking prints from aapshop.eBayNothing angers me more than“stealing”a piece from one of my favorite shops, only to have it sell out before I can get my hands on it. eBay is my go-to next step. 21．From wall hangings to tabletop sculptures eBay is a treasure of art finds.A．It is all inexpensive source for prints.B．You can search by size, color and style.C．I've obtained quite a few pieces that originally got away.D．Coming home to beautiful art improves my quality of life.E.It is another site if you’re unsure what you’re looking for.F.A can’t-miss home decoration tip is to put“cheap”art in a nice frame.G.Being on a tight budget does not stop you from surrounding yourself with great art.三、完形填空When I became a junior, I decided to take Latin at school. I was so 22 about taking that class, and I was fully expecting to be able to understand every word I’d ever come across once I learned Latin.But Latin class was so 23 . Each day, the teacher Mr. Keady would ask us to open our books and recite aloud the various Latin forms of words. This became the 24 every day. That was until my hand 25 one afternoon when we were asked yet again to open our books.When Mr. Keady asked what was wrong, I 26 why I thought that his class was dull, how I had expected more, and that his method of teaching was 27 . When I finished speaking, I 28 Mr. Keady to angrily send me to the head teacher.But instead, he sat at his desk quietly, looking defeated and tired. After several moments of 29 , Mr. Keady spoke. He quietly and firmly said that he would think carefully about whatI’d said. And that was it.In the following weeks, Latin class didn’t become the exciting learning environ ment I hoped it would, but Mr. Keady did try harder. He brought in some new work sheets and 30 to involve us students more in his classes.Maybe some people would 31 what I did, but even so many years later, I feel bad about it.If I saw him now, I’d tell him how I32 what I’d done that day in class, and that I was disrespectful. And at the same time, I’d also tell him that he taught me a wonderful lesson that day. Following my 33 words, he showed me that being 34 doesn’t mean you have to give away your dignity.Indeed, Mr. Keady’s35 proved that no matter how hurt you feel, no one – no one –can 36 your dignity.22．A．curious B．worried C．excited D．careful 23．A．complicated B．boring C．different D．enjoyable 24．A．routine B．business C．game D．project 25．A．spread out B．reached out C．set up D．shot up 26．A．admitted B．explained C．doubted D．wondered 27．A．funny B．regular C．old-fashioned D．unfamiliar 28．A．expected B．reminded C．allowed D．advised 29．A．practice B．silence C．debate D．criticism 30．A．tried B．happened C．managed D．failed 31．A．blame B．applaud C．recall D．ignore 32．A．regretted B．appreciated C．believed D．feared 33．A．unkind B．impatient C．curious D．proud 34．A．stopped B．wounded C．celebrated D．judged 35．A．answer B．solution C．decision D．response 36．A．take over B．take to C．take away D．take up四、用单词的适当形式完成短文阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

德州一中2020-2021学年高二模块检测英语试题说明：本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部份，第Ⅰ卷1至页，第Ⅱ卷10至页，共150分，考试时刻120分钟。

第Ⅰ卷（共90分）第一部份：听力（共两节，总分值30分）做题时，先将答案划在试卷上。

录音内容终止后，你将有两分钟的时刻将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。

第一节（共5小题，每题1.5分，总分值7.5分）听下面5段对话。

每段对话后有1个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项当选出最正确选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。

听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时刻来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。

每段对话仅读一遍。

1. What is the woman’s sister now?A. A teacherB. A doctorC. A nurse2. What does the woman mean?A. At last she enjoys her school life.B. The school has changed little since last year.C. The school has changed a lot.3. How much is the book?A. 37 yuanB. 20 yuanC. 27 yuan4. How will the woman possibly go home?A. By busB. By carC. By taxi5. What is the big difference about the man?A. His new hair color.B. His clothesC. His weight第二节（共15小题；每题1.5分，总分值22.5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三个选项当选出最正确选项并标在试卷的相应位置。

听每段对话或独白前，你将有时刻阅读各个小题，每题5秒钟。

按秘密级事项管理★启用前2020—2021 学年高二上学期期中考试英语试卷（新高考）（山东版）笔试注意事项：1. 答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考生号等填写在答题卡上。

2. 回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用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。

回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。

3. 考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。

第一部分阅读（共两节，满分50分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5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。

AFor Stevens Point locals in the US, the city is flooded with delicious fried fish. Here are four top choices for the community to have a try.Hilltop Pub&GrillHilltop Pub&Grill first opened in the 1980s and took the Stevens Point community by storm with its delicious food and unique decoration style. Its fried fish are beloved due to the use of “hi gh-quality North Atlantic cod, with a light beer batter (面糊)”.The Final Score Bar&GrillThe Final Score Bar&Grill aimed to become a local hot spot in 2001 when Jim Billings, the owner, took charge of the business. Billings feels that their five batter flavors set them apart from their neighboring bars. Besides, various wines are available.Point After Pub&GrillPoint After Pub&Grill started serving delicious food and cold beers in a welcoming environment in 2009. But its history runs much longer. “Before it was Point After Pub&Grill, it had been Northside Bar for 30 plus years,”explained Molski, the owner. Molski feels that the pub’s four special batter choices and other fish specials are what help make it an area landmark.Two Harps PubThis Irish pub opened its doors to the public in 2017 and has been drawing fans and locals ever since. “I had done my career for a long time and was kind of bored with it,” said Nick Moore, the owner. “And this opportunity fell into my lap, so I went with it. It really made sense to open up an Irish bar.” The grow ing pub advises guests to try a cold beer with their Friday fried fish.1. What makes Hilltop Pub&Grill popular with customers?A. The convenient location.B. The special food.C. The high-quality service.D. The unique wine.2. What do The Final Score Bar&Grill and Point After Pub&Grill have in common?A. They are both run by the same company.B. They are both famous for great wines.C. They both feature some particular batter.D. They were both founded ten years ago.3. What is special about Two Harps Pub?A. It is the newest among the four pubs.B. It offers free cold beers to customers.C. It only provides fried fish on Fridays.D. It has a unique decoration style.BEver since I graduated from high school I’ve worked in the factories surrounding my hometown every summer. However, making the transformation between school and full-time blue-collar work during the break never gets any easier. For a student like me who considers anyclass before noon to be unacceptable, getting to a factory by 6 o’clock each morning is suffering. My friends never seem to understand why I’m so relieved to be back at school or that my summer vacation has been anything but a vacation.There are few people as self-confident as a college student who has never been out in the real world. People of my age always seem to overestimate the value of their time and knowledge. In fact, all the classes did not prepare me for my battles with the machine I ran in the plant, which would jam whenever I absent-mindedly put in a part backward or upside down.The most stressful thing about blue-collar life is knowing your job could disappear over night. Issues like being laid off and overseas relocation had always seemed distant to me until my co-workers told me that the unit I was working in would shut down within six months and move to Mexico, where people would work for 60 cents an hour.After working 12-hour shifts (轮班) in a factory, the other options have become only too clear. “This job pays well, but it’s hell on the body,” said one co-worker. “Study hard and keep reading.”she added. When I’m back at the university, skipping classes and turning in lazy re-writes seems too irresponsible after seeing what I would be doing without school. All the advice and public-service announcements about the value of an education that used to sound stale (陈腐的) now ring true.My experiences in the factories have inspired me to make the most of my college years beforeI enter the real world for good.4. What does the author think of his summer holidayA. It was no holiday for him at all.B. It brought him nothing but suffering.C. It was a relief from his hard work at school.D. It offered him a chance to make more friends.5. What can we infer about most college studentsA. They do better in the real world.B. They are confident when they work.C. They think too highly of themselves.D. They are expert at handling machines.6. What is the biggest pressure for blue-collar workers?A. A low incomeB. The lack of securityC. An unstable locationD. Less break7. How did the working experiences change the authorA. He became responsible for his work.B. He learned to be more practical at work.C. He began to respect blue-collar workers.D. He came to appreciate his college education.CUS author Henry Rollins once wrote: “Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.” Indeed, in the eyes of artists, loneliness never seems to go out of style. There are paintings that portray loneliness, songs that are inspired by loneliness, and many works of literature that center around this theme.In the eyes of UK economist Rachel Reeves, however, loneliness is far from romantic. Instead, it’s a “giant evil” that’s become a serious problem in the country.So just how serious is it? On Jan 17, UK Prime Minister Theresa May appointed politician Tracey Crouch as the countr y’s very first “Minister for Loneliness”. Her job is to tackle (处理) the loneliness that the country’s been feeling—a problem which, according to UK government research, is affecting more than 9 million people in the country, and is more harmful to one’s ph ysical and mental health than smoking 15 cigarettes a day.And the problem hasn’t just appeared recently. Back in 2014, the UK was given the title of the “loneliness capital of Europe” by The Telegraph. A survey carried out by the newspaper found that British people were less likely to get to know their neighbors or build strong relationships with people than those from other European countries.“There is something about British wanting to deal with problems themselves,” Christian Guy, director of the Centre for Social Justice think-tank (智囊团), told The Telegraph.But this doesn’t mean that the problem only affects Britons. In fact, we’re all suffering from loneliness now more than ever, in spite of most of the world now having access to the Internet, which has enabled us to be more connected than ever.What we need, according to Kim Leadbetter, sister of the late UK politician Jo Cox, is to have “proper human connections”. “Our lives nowadays are so busy. We spend the vast majority of our time on our phones, on our laptops. We need to press pause on that and actually sit down and speak to human beings,” Leadbetter said at an event last year.But the first steps toward fighting this problem are to accept its existence and not be ashamed or intimidated (吓倒) by it. After all, without loneliness, many beautiful paintings, songs, and literary works wouldn’t even exist. And “evil” or not, being lonely is simply part of the experience of being human.8. What can we learn about the UK’s loneliness problem?A. The UK became the loneliest country in the world in 2014.B. More than half of British people suffer from loneliness.C. The government is working to solve the problem.D. British people communicate less with their neighbors than ever.9. According to the text, social loneliness _______.A. has become a problem worldwideB. didn’t attract the public’s attention until recentlyC. is mainly caused by the wide use of the InternetD. does more harm mentally than physically10. What does Leadbetter suggest doing to cope with loneliness?A. Making more phone calls to our friends.B. Stopping the use of electronic products.C. Interacting with the people around us face to face more often.D. Accepting its existence calmly.11. Which of the following would the author probably agree with?A. Loneliness is a giant evil of society.B. Only artists can appreciate the beauty of loneliness.C. It is hard to find a solution to social loneliness.D. Loneliness is just a normal part of our life.DWhen we look at a lovely baby, a puppy or a really cute kitten many of us want to squeeze it. Why is that?According to a study published in the journal Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, it’s a typical experience of “cute aggression”. The experience results from the fight between the brain’s “emotion system”, which impels (驱使) people to squeeze cute things, and its “reward system” which deals with feelings of “wanting”.In the study, 54 participants between the ages of 18 and 40 were presented with four groups of photos. Two of the groups of photos were of cute human babies and animals and the other two were of less adorable adult humans and animals. As the participants looked at the photos, there searchers watched their brain activities.According to the researchers, the participants reward systems were found to be active as they looked at the cute babies, and they seemed to be overwhelmed (征服的). By contrast, the reward systems of the people looking at the less cute adults were found to be inactive, and they seemed to be less impelled by their reward systems.This suggests that cute things activate their emotion systems in such a way that people are overwhelmed by the experience of cuteness. But reward systems work against these emotions by creating the desire to protect cute things.As Katherine Stavropoulos, the lead researcher of this study at the University of California in the US told Science Alert, “The cute aggression is the brain’s way of ‘bringing us back down’ by balancing our feelings of being overwhelmed.”Stavropoulos compared this process of balancing to an evolutionary adaptation. Such an adaptation may have taken place to ensure that people are able to continue taking care of creaturesthey consider particularly cute.So, although cute babies and adorable animals may look completely helpless, their vulnerable (易受伤害的) appearance may in fact help them to survive.12. According to the text, “cute aggression” refers to .A. the emotion of wanting to protect cute thingsB. the task of emotion system and reward systemC. the adaptation of consistently taking care of cute creaturesD. the behavior of squeezing a cute baby or animal when seeing it13. In nature, “cute aggression” is caused by .A. the need of the brain to balance all feelingsB. the photos of cute human babies and animalsC. the vulnerable appearance of babies or animalsD. the conflict between emotion system and reward system14. Which of the following statements about the study is TRUE?A. Facial expressions of the participants were observed.B. Katherine Stavropoulos conducted this study on her own.C. Cute babies and animals affected brain activities of all the participants.D. The participants were divided into two groups in order to make comparison.15. What is the author’s purpose in writing this text?A. To persuade readers to protect cute animals.B. To stress the significance of cute aggression.C. To present research findings on cute aggression.D. To share an interesting phenomenon with readers.第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。