广东省连平县连平中学学年高二上学期期中考试英语试题Word格式.docx

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Researcheshaveshownthatpatternsofactivityinthebrain5accordingtohowwefocusonatask.Whenwearebored,weconcentratemoreonhowtimeispassing.Andthismakesourbrainsthinktheclockisgoingmore6.

Inanexperiment7byaFrenchlaboratory,12volunteerswatchedimages8researchersmonitored（监控）theirbrainactivity.

Thevolunteersweretoldto9concentrateonhowlongeachimageappearedfor,thenfocusonthecoloroftheimage,andthirdly,studybothdurationandcolor.Theresultsshowedthatthebrainwasmoreactivewhenthevolunteerspaidattentiontomoresubjects.

Itisthoughtthatifthebrainisbusyfocusingonmanyaspectsofatask,ithasto10itsresources,andpayslessattentiontotheclock.11,timepasseswithoutusreally12it,andseemstogoquickly.Ifthebrainisnotsoactive,itconcentratesits13energiesonmonitoringthepassingoftime.14,timeseemstodrag.

Nexttimeyoufeelbored15,perhapsyoushouldpaymoreattentiontowhattheteacherissaying!

1.A.guessB.learnC.believeD.doubt

2.A.viewB.pointC.sceneD.story

3.A.dragsB.gainsC.stopsD.jumps

4.A.thoughtoverB.madeupC.triedoutD.comeupwith

5.A.changeB.developC.growD.slow

6.A.differentlyB.slowlyC.activelyD.quickly

7.A.producedB.carriedC.expectedD.performed

8.A.soB.althoughC.whileD.but

9.A.partlyB.carefullyC.probablyD.firstly

10.A.gatherB.reachC.spreadD.lose

11.A.HoweverB.FurthermoreC.ThereforeD.Finally

12.A.recognizingB.watchingC.noticingD.counting

13.A.enoughB.fullC.improperD.correct

14.A.InfactB.AsaresultC.ForexampleD.Instead

15.A.inclassB.withyourworkC.intheexperimentD.inmind

二语法填空（共10小题；

每小题1.5分，共15分）

Ifyouwalkedpastthesupermarket,youwouldfindmanyfoodsthathavebeentreated16（kill）anyharmfulgermsthatmighthavebeeninthem.Milkisagoodexample.Rawmilk---thatis,milkjustasitcomesfromthecow---maybe17 

（safe）todrink.But18themilkisheatedandthencooled,theharmfulgermsarekilled.Theman19discoveredthiswayoftreatingmilkwasaFrenchmanbythenameofLouisPasteur.

Inthesupermarketyouwouldalsofindmanyfrozenfoods---frozenfruits,vegetables,meatandfish.Astechniquesfor20（freeze）foodarebeingimproved,morefrozenfoodsareappearingonthemarket,andmorepeoplearebuyingthem.Fruitsandvegetabletobesoldinthesupermarketareoftenfrozenthemoment21arepicked.The 

22fruitsandvegetablearefrozen,thebetter.23machinesareoftentakenintothefieldswhere24foodgrows,sothatlittletimeislost25pickingand

Freezin

三阅读理解（共20小题；

每小题2分，共40分）

阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Reducingtheamountofsleepstudentsgetatnighthasadirectimpactontheirperformanceatschoolduringtheday.Accordingtoclassroomteachers,elementaryandmiddleschoolstudentswhostayuplateexhibitmorelearningandattentionproblems.ThishasbeenshownbyBrownMedicalSchoolandBradleyHospitalresearch.

Inthestudy,teacherswerenottoldtheamountofsleepstudentsreceivedwhencompletingweeklyperformancereports,yettheyratedthestudentswhohadreceivedeighthoursorlessashavingthemosttroublerecallingallthematerial,learningnewlessonsandcompletinghigh-qualitywork.Teachersalsoreportedthatthesestudentshadmoredifficultypayingattention.

Theexperimentisthefirsttoaskteacherstoreportontheeffectsofsleepdeficiencyonchildren.Juststayinguplatecancauseincreasedacademicdifficultyandattentionproblemsforotherwisehealthy,well-functioningkids,saidGarharnForlone,thestudy'

sleadingauthor.Sotheresultsprovideprofessionalsandparentswithaclearmessage:

whenachildishavinglearningandattentionproblems,theissueofsleephastobetakenintoconsideration."

Ifwedon'

taskaboutsleep,andtrytoimprovesleeppatternsinkids'

strugglingacademically,thenwearen'

tdoingourjob,"

Forlonesaid.Forparents,hesaid,themessageissimple:

"

gettingkidstobedontimeisasimportantasgettingthemtoschoolontime"

.

26.Whatwereteachersinstructedtodointheexperiment?

A.Tomonitorstudents'

sleeppatterns.B.Tohelpstudentsconcentrateinclass.

C.Torecordstudents'

weeklyperformance.D.Toaskstudentstocompleteasleepreport.

27.Theunderlinedword“deficiency”heremeans______.

A.shortageB.problemC.troubleD.weakness

28.Whatproblemarisesinclassduetostudentslackofsleep?

A.Poorerhealth.B.Beinglessattentive.C.Lossofmotivation.D.improperbehaviour.

29.Accordingtothispassage,parentsshould______.

A.makesuretheirchildrenarealwayspunctualforschool

B.ensurethattheirchildrengrowupinahealthyenvironment

C.helptheirchildrenaccomplishhigh-qualitywork

D.seetoitthattheirchildrenhaveenoughsleep

30.Thispassageismainlyabout______.

A.theimportanceofthestudents'

sleepB.theimportanceofthewaytosleep

C.theimportanceoftheteachers'

sleepD.theimportanceofbeingatschoolontime

B

“Thefirstandbestofvictoriesforamanistoconquerhimself;

tobeconqueredbyhimselfis,ofallthings,themostshameful,”saysPlato.Self-controlisattherootofalltheadvantages.Letamangiveintohisimpulses（冲动）andfeelings,andfromthatmomenthegivesuphismoralfreedom.

Asingleangrywordhaslostmanyfriends.WhenSocratesfoundinhimselfanytemperoranger,hewouldcheckitbyspeakinglowinordertocontrolhimself.Ifyouareconsciousofbeingangry,keepyourmouthshutsothatyoucanholdbackrisinganger.Manyapersonhasdroppeddeadingreatanger.Fitsofangerbringfitsofdisease.“Whoeverthegodswoulddestroytheyfirstmakethemmad.”“Keepcool,”saysWebster,“angerisnotargument.”“Becalminarguing,”saysGeorgeHerbert,“forfierceness（狂怒）makeserrorafault.”

Tobeangrywithaweakmanistoprovethatyouarenotstrongyourself.“Anger,”saysPythagoras,“beginswithfoolishnessandendswithregret.”Youmustmeasurethestrengthofamanbythepowerofthefeelingsheconquers,notbythepowerofthosewhichconquerhim.

Self-controlisman’slastandgreatestvictory.

Ifamanlacksself-controlheseemstolackeverything.Withoutithecanhavenopatience,nopowertogovernhimself;

hecanhavenoself-confidence,forhewillalwaysbecontrolledbyhisstrongestfeeling.Ifhelacksself-control,theverybackboneandnerveofcharacterarelackingtoo.

31.What’sthemainideaofthepassage?

A.Self-controlisimportantforaman.

B.Weshouldlearntobestrong.

C.Amanwhokeepscoolwon’tloseanygame.

D.Thegreatheroesinhistoryknewhowtocontrolthemselves.

32.WhatdoestheunderlinedsentenceinParagraph2mean?

A.Ifyouaremad,thegodswillkillyou.

B.Ifyouloseyourtemperfirst,godswillkillyoufirst.

C.Ifyoucan’tcontrolyourself,youwillbecrazy.

D.Ifthegodswanttokillyou,theywillmakeyoumadfirst.

33.WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrue,accordingtopassage?

A.Thefirstandbestofvictoriesforamanistoconquerhimself.

B.Youwillmakeasmallmistakeseriousifyoudon’tkeepcool.

C.Youmustmeasureaman’sstrengthbythepowerofthefeelingswhichconquerhim.

D.Angerbeginswithfoolishnessandendswithregret.

34.Whichofthefollowingcan’thelpyouavoidanger,accordingtothepassage?

A.Beingcalminarguing.B.Checkingyourtemperorangerbyspeakinglow.

C.Keepingyourmouthshut.D.Tryingtomaketheotherangryfirst.

35.Thepassageismostlikelytobefoundin________?

A.Ascientificjournal.B.Ahealthmagazine

C.Anewsreport.D.Anencyclopedia

C

IamaprofessorofsportsandexercisesoIoftendealwithnervousnessinmyresearchwithsportspeople.Actually,mostpeopleexperiencenervousnessatsometimeoranother.

Ifyouarefeelinganxious,myadviceistofirstfindthecauseorcauses.Makeslistofthosethingsthataremakingyounervousandworkoutwhichonesyoucandosomethingabout.Focusallofyoureffortsonmanagingthecausesthatyoucancontrol.

Mostpeoplecannottellthedifferencebetweencontrollable（可控制的）anduncontrollablecauses,sothingstheycan’scontrolbecomeabigreasonfornervousness.Dealingwiththisisveryimportantifpeoplewanttokeepahealthymind.

Simplytrytoaccepttheuncontrollablecausesofnervousness.Youmightbeworriedabouttheweatheronabigday,anaccidentoranattackonthetrain,orperhapsjustthingsthatotherpeoplearedoingatwork.Theresultsmaybeveryimportantbutthereisstillnouseworryingbecauseyoucan’tcontrolanyofthesethings.Acceptthatyoucan’tcontroleverything.Onceyouunderstandthis,itbecomeseasiernottoworry.

Ifasituation,suchasswimming,iscausingyoutobeanxious,trytofaceitasoftenaspossiblesothatyoucangetusedtoit.

Itcanoftenhelptothinkaboutyourselfdoingthethingthatmakesyounervous—thencloseyoureyesandimagineitgoingwell.Imaginehowtheflightorjobinterviewisgoingtohappensothatyoucangetusedtoit.Thiswillhelpyouunderstandthatthethingyoufear