黑龙江省大庆外国语学校学年高二下英语第七次周测试试题及答案.docx

1、黑龙江省大庆外国语学校学年高二下英语第七次周测试试题及答案 大庆外国语学校高二年级下学期周测七 英语试题 90分钟。总分150分，考试时间.Com 40分）第一部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分 30）小题；每小题2分，满分第一节（共15 Passage A Smart Home Products for Living a Connected LifeWhat makes something a smart home product? Generally, its defined by its ability to their from with it 互to interact（动）-connect

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15、n equipment. C. She got the first place in the school sports meet. D. She began to communicate with others normally. 7. From which is the text most probably taken? A. The radio. B. A magazine. C. A newspaper. D. The Internet. C In colleges around the country, most students are also workers. The real

16、ity of college can be pretty different from the images presented in movies and television. Instead of the students who wake up late, party all the time, and study only before exams, many colleges are full of students with pressing schedules of not just classes and activities, but real jobs, too. Thi

17、s isnt a temporary phenomenon. The share of working students has been on the rise since the 1970s, and one-fifth of students work year round. About one-quarter of those who work while attending school have both a full-course load and a full-time job. The arrangement can help pay for tuition () and l

18、iving costs, obviously. And theres value in it beyond the 学费direct cause: such jobs can also be critical for developing important professional （关键的）and social skills that make it easier to land a job after graduation. With many employers looking for students with already-developed skill sets, on-the

19、-job training while in college can be the best way to ensure a job later on.time work may not completely cover the cost of tuition But its not all upside. Even full-time job at the federalif a student worked a full -and living expenses. The study notes that（联 minimum wage, they would earn just over

20、$15,000 each year, certainly not 邦政府的）enough to pay for tuition, room, and board at many colleges without some serious financial aid. That means that though theyre sacrificing time away from the classroom, many working students will still graduate with at least some debt. And working full time can r

21、educe the chance that students will graduate at all, by cutting into the time available for studying and attending classes. There is little reward for attending but not finishing college. Students who end up leaving school because of difficulty in managing work and class are likely to find themselve

22、s stuck in some of the same jobs they might have gotten if they hadnt gone at all. The difficulty of working too much while in school can create a cycle that pushes students further into debt without receiving any of the financial or career benefits. 8. According to the passage, the reality of colle

23、ge students is that _. A. they throw parties a lot B. they stay up late every night C. they work besides attending classes D. they pay no attention to exams 9. What is the indirect cause of an increasing number of working students? A. The need of developing social networks. B. The lack of summer job

24、s for young adults. C. The chance of finding a job after graduation. D. The expenses of high tuition and living costs. 10. We can learn from the passage that _. eA. working students are more likely to finish colleg B. students can cover their college expenses through working C. students receive a hu

25、ge reward for managing work and class D. working while attending school may not help students get career benefits 11. What is the best title for the passage? School Balance B. The Struggle of Work- A. The Difficulties of Landing a Job C. The Reward of Working While Studying D. The Images of Working

26、College Students DScientists, psychologists and English academics at Liverpool University have found that reading the works of the classical writers like Shakespeare and Wordsworth has a great triggers moments of self-examination. effect on the mind, catches the readers attention and special machine

27、, they monitored the brain activity of 30 volunteers as they Using a Wordsworth, T.S. Eliot and others. read works by William Shakespeare, William In the first part of the research, the brain activity of 30 volunteers was monitored as they read passages from Shakespeares plays, including King Lear,

28、Othello, Coriolanus and Macbeth, and again as they read the text rewritten in a simpler form or modern language. While reading the common texts, normal levels of electrical activity were shown in their brains. When they read the works of Shakespeare, however, the levels of activity jumped because of

29、 his use of words which were unfamiliar to them. The result of the test showed that the more challenging passages cause a greater degree of electrical activity in the brain than the common ones. Scientists went on to study the brain activity as it responded to each word and recorded how it lit up as

30、 the readers came across unusual words, surprising phrases or difficult sentences in the classical works. As a result, this lightening up process of the mind lasted longer than that when volunteers read common texts, encouraging further reading. The research also found that reading poetry especially

31、 increases activity in the right hemisphere(半球) of the brain, an area connected with “autobiographical memory”, driving the readers to think carefully about their own experiences based on what they have read. The academics said this meant the classical works of literature are more useful than self-h

32、elp books. Philip Davis, an English professor who has worked on the study in the universitys magnetic resonance center, announced this week: “Classical literature acts like a rocket-booster（火箭加速器） to the brain, which provides extra power for the brain. You may never imagine how powerful it is. The research shows s