15—16学年高二3月第四次周练英语试题(附答案)

山西省太原市第五中学15—16学年高二3月第四次周练英语试题

I．完形填空（每小题2分，共30分）

Have you ever monitored something about yourself? Perhaps you’ve tracked(追踪) how many

kilometers you’ve run, how many hours you’ve slept or how many calories you’ve 1 in a day.

If so, you’ve ___2____ a movement called the “Quantified Self Movement.” Individuals

gather information about their daily activities in this widespread movement, also called

self-tracking. This may sound __3___, but technology is making the process easier.

Perhaps you’ve wanted to __4___ a bad habit and couldn’t. Self-tracking may be your 5 .

The idea is to take information about your everyday activities and analyze it to help get a

___6____ lifestyle.

Recently, tools such as smart-phones, journals and apps, along with newly ____7____

wearable gadgets (工具), are making self-tracking extremely easy. Today, one can use Fitbit, the

Jawbone UP, Google Glass or a smart watch to ____8____ personal data including hours slept,

stress levels, heart rate and mood.

So 9 does a person self-track? Someone may be trying to lose weight or improve their

sleep patterns. 10 person feels tired after eating. Self-tracking could help him to ___11____ what

foods make him sleepy and modify(改变) his diet accordingly.

Monitoring daily activities isn’t a 12 concept. In years past, athletes and their coaches kept

notes detailing nutrition, training and sleep patterns in order to achieve an athletic goal. __13____,

doctors have also helped patients to document parts of their lifestyles and eating habits to help

fight allergies , headaches and other health issues. ___14___, it wasn’t until 2007 that Wired

magazine editors Gary Wolf and Kim Kelly, who started tracking every move they made, coined

the ____15____ “Quantified Self.”

Although self-tracking has many advantages, Dennis Nash, president of Data Speaks Health

Solutions, says self-tracking has its ____16____. Once people start tracking their daily activities,

it can become an addiction. Also, they might begin to worry too much about their health.

While self-tracking doesn’t ____18____ that one’s quality of life will improve, it can highlight

the importance of eating well and exercising daily. __19____, the quantified Self Movements’

primary focus is ___20____ people to employ enough energy to make healthier choices. 1.A.gathered B .managed C. eaten D.

counted

2.A.taken part in B. taken notice of C. known about D.

carried out

3.A.strange B. interesting C. valuable D.

difficult

4.A.change B. develop C. strengthen D.

reduce

5.A. answer B. pan C. obligation D.

punishment

6.A.happier B. healthier C. clearer D.

simpler

7.A.discovered B. tracked C. released D. built

8.A. monitor B. analyze C. process D.

record

9. A. when B. where C. why D. how

10. A. Other B. The other C. Another D.

Others

11. A. identify B. increase C. decrease D. chose

12. A. new B. wicked C. serious D. old

13.A.Particularly B. Similarly C. Surprisingly D.

Generally

14.A.Furthermore B. However C. Therefore D.

Meanwhile

15.A.movement B. subject C. term D.

equipment

16.A.characteristics B. functions C. reasons D.

drawbacks

17. A. wonder B. bring C. cast D.

worry 18.A.guarantee B. expect C. conclude D. prove

19.A.In general B. As a result C. After all D. At

last

20.A. stimulating B. forcing C. persuading D.

motivating

II．阅读理解

A

How often one hears children wishing they were grown-ups, and, old people wishing they

were young again. Each age has its pleasures and its pains, and the happiest person is the one who

enjoys what each gives him without wasting his time in useless regrets.

Childhood is a time when there are few responsibilities to make life difficult. If a child has

good parents, he is fed, looked after and loved, whatever he may do. It is impossible that he will

ever again in his life be given so much without having to do anything in return. What's more, life

is always giving new things to the child-things that have lost their interest for older people because

they are too well known. But a child has his pains: he is not so free to do what he wishes to do; he

is repeatedly being told not to do something, or being punished for what he has wrongly done.

When a young man starts to earn his own living, he can no longer expect others to pay for his

food, his clothes, and his room, but has to work if he wants to live comfortably. If he spends most