内蒙古太仆寺旗宝昌一中2017_2018学年高二英语上学期期末考试试题

内蒙古太仆寺旗宝昌一中2017-2018学年高二英语上学期期末考试

试题

一. 阅读理解(共两节，满分30分)

第一节（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）

A

1．What number should you call to buy an automobile business?

A. 3421577.

B. 9497221.

C. 6560232.

D. 3328725.

2．Whom should Dora call?

A. Stein.

B. Walter.

C. Mr.Kent.

D. Mrs.Meikle.

3．What does Mrs.Meikle want to do?

A. Run a farm

B. Apply for a position.

C. Employ a working partner.

D. Show her talents in business.

B

For centuries, the body’s blood has been linked closely with the emotions. People who show no human emotions or feelings, are said to be cold-blooded killer. For example, the police are searching for a cold-blooded killer. He seems to kill for no reason, and no emotion, as if taking someone’s life as nothing.

Cold can affect other parts of the body. The expression “get cold feet” has nothing to do with cold or your feet. The expression means being afraid to do something you have decided to do. For example, you agree to be president of an organization. But then you learn that all the other officers have resigned, and all the work of the organization will be your responsibility. You are likely to get cold feet about being president when you understand the situation.

The expression “give someone the cold shoulder” probably comes from the physical act of turning your back toward someone, instead of speaking to him face to face. You may give a cold shoulder to a friend who has not kept a promise he made to you. Or, to someone who has lied about you to others.

A cold fish is not a fish.It is a person.But it is a person who is unfriendly, unemotional and shows no love or warmth. A cold fish does not offer much of himself to anyone.Someone who is a cold fish could be cold-hearted. Now a cold-hearted person is someone who has no sympathy.Several popular songs in recent years were about cold-hearted men or cold-hearted women who, without feelings, broke the hearts of

their lovers.

Out in the cold means not getting something that everybody else got.A person might say that everybody but him got a pay raise---he was left out in the cold.And it is not a pleasant place to be.

4. When you refuse to speak to a man and treat him in a distant way, you may express by “____”.

A.I think he is a cold fish

B.I give him the cold shoulder

C.I think he is a cold-blooded man

D.I’m likely to get cold feet

5. If Sue shows absolutely no reaction to those awful pictures of starving children in Africa, you will say _________.

A. she is a cold fish

B.she is out in the cold

C.she is a cold-blooded killer

D.she gets cold feet

6. We can use the expression “__________” to describe a man who abandons or hurts his lover without mercy.

A. cold feet

B.cold shoulder

C.cold-hearted

D.cold-blooded

7. The topic of this passage is about _________.

A.some expressions about friendship

B.how cold weather comes into being

C.some expressions connected with cold

D.the relationship between cold and our body

C

Zhang Chaofan, 24, was born without a left hand and forearm. Her father named her Chaofan, which means being extraordinary, as he hoped she would live a wonderful life despite (尽管) her disability.

As a child, Zhang dreamed of having a pair of hands. After she entered primary school, Zhang realized she would never have a left hand. At that time, painting helped her win confidence in life. Zhang performed well academically in high school. At

the same time, her love of pai nting didn’t become weak and she dreamed of setting up her own art school. Due to her hard work, she achieved high scores in the college entrance exam, and in 2011 she was accepted into School of Art and Communication of Beijing Technology and Business Uni versity. She won the school’s top scholarship every year.

Zhang set up an art school in Changchun in 2015. In 2016, the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League named Zhang one of the 20 young people who set an example to the young by being kind hearted.

“Disabled people may have less chance in their jobs and more inconvenience in their lives than normal people. But that doesn’t mean we are unable to make good achievements. We must be brave, and we must believe in love and teamwork. Life will smile o n us in return if we work hard,” Zhang said.

8. Why did the father name his daughter Chaofan?

A. Because he knew her great talent.

B. Because he wished her a splendid life.

C. Because he arranged her bright future.

D. Because he understood her disability.

9. How is Paragraph 2 mainly developed?

A. By telling a funny story.

B. By offering suggestions.

C. By following time order.

D. By making comparisons.

10. Which of the following can best describe Zhang Chaofan?

A. Honest and strict.

B. Understanding and ashamed.

C. Proud and impatient.

D. Warm-hearted and hard-working.

11. What can be inferred from what Zhang said?

A. Disabled people seldom work together.

B. Disabled people should be taken good care of.

C. Disabled people can make achivements by working hard.

D. Disabled people may have more chance to get employed.

D

A new study has found that it may be possible to train people to be more intelligent, increasing the brainpower they had at birth．

Until now，it has been widely assumed that the kind of mental ability that allows us to solve new problems without having any relevant previous experience—what psychologists call fluid intelligence—is innate and cannot be taught（though people can raise their grades on tests of it by practicing）．But in the new study，researchers describe a method for improving this skill，along with experiments to prove it works．The key, researchers found, was carefully structured training in working memory—the kind that allows memorization of a telephone number just long enough to dial it．This type of memory is closely related to fluid intelligence，so the researchers reasoned that improving it might lead to improvements in fluid intelligence．

First they measured fluid intelligence of volunteers using standard tests．Then they trained each in a complicated memory task—the child’s card game，in which they had to recall a card they saw and heard．During the course, they needed to ignore irrelevant items, monitor ongoing performance，manage two tasks at the same time and connect related items to one another in space and time．

The four groups experienced a half-hour of training daily for 8, 12, 17 and 19 days, respectively．To make sure they were not just improving their test-taking skills，the researchers compared them with control groups that took the tests without the training．

The results, published Monday in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences，were striking．Improvement in the trained groups was a lot greater．Moreover，the longer they trained, the higher their scores were．All performers，from the weakest to the strongest，showed significant improvement．“Our results show you can increase your intelligence with proper training．” said Dr Jaeggi, a co-author of the paper．“No one knows how long the gains will last