学年安徽合肥六中高一下学期中检测英语试题.docx

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学年安徽合肥六中高一下学期中检测英语试题

2016-2017学年安徽合肥六中高一下学期中检测英语试题

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120分钟满分：

150分第一部分本试卷由于无法录入听力录音，故删除此部分

第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的A、B、C、D中四个选项，选出最佳选项。

Biography

A

MiniBookExcerpts（节选）

WhenSalingerlearnedthatacarparkwastobebuiltontheland,themiddle-agedwriterwasshockedandquicklyboughttheneighboringareatoprotectit…Thetownspeopleneverforgottherescueandcametohelptheirmostfamousneighbor.

J.D.Salinger:

ALifebyKennethSlawenski（RandomHouse,$27）

Mystery（疑案小说）

"You'reasmartboy.Benny'sdeathwasnoaccident,andyou'retheonlywhosawithappen.Doyouthinkthemurderershouldgetawaywithit?

"Theboywasstartingstubbornlyathislapagain.

AthoughtsuddenlyoccurredtoAnnika,"Didyou…Yourecognizedthemaninthecar,didn'tyou?

"Theboyhesitated,twistinghisfingers,"Maybe,"hesaidquietly.

RedWolfbyLizaMarklund（AtriaBooks,$25.99）

ShortStories

Shewantstosaytohimwhatshehaslearned,noneofitinclass:

Somewomenarebornstupid,andsomewomenaretoosmartfortheirowngood.Somewomenareborntogive,andsomewomenonlyknowhowtotake.Somewomenlearnwhotheywanttobefromtheirmothers,somewhotheydon'twanttobe.Somemotherssuffersotheirdaughterswon't.Somemotherslovesotheirdaughterswon't.

YouAreFreebyDanzySenna（RiverheadBooks,$15）

Humor

Doyourkidsliketohavefun?

CometoFunTimes!

Doyouliketowatchyourkidshavingfun?

BringthemtoFunTimes!

FunTimes!

's"amusementcycling"isthemostfunyoucanhave,legally,intheUnitedStatesrightnow.WhyspendthousandsofdollarsflyingtoDisneyWorldwhenyoucanspendlessthanhalfofthatwithinaday'sdriveofmostcities?

Happy:

AndOtherBadThoughtsbyLarryDoyle（Ecco,$14.99）

21.IfthereaderswanttoknowaboutthelifeofSalinger,theyshouldbuythebookpublishedby________.

A.EccoB.AtriaBooksC.RiverheadBooksD.RandomHouse

22.ThebookHappy:

AndOtherBadThoughtsisintendedfor_________.

A.youngchildrenB.DisneyWorldworkers

C.middleschoolteachersD.parentswithyoungchildren

23.Whichbookdescribeswomenwithcharactersoftheirown?

A.Happy:

AndOtherBadThoughtsB.J.D.Salinger:

ALife

C.YouAreFreeD.RedWolf

B

IwasbornandraisedinMinnesota,theUSA,butasanadultIhavemostlylivedinEuropeandAfrica.Iteachcross-culturalmanagementattheInternationalBusinessSchoolnearParis.Forthelast15years,I’vestudiedhowpeopleindifferentpartsoftheworldbuildtrust,communicate,andmakedecisionsespeciallyintheworkplace.

WhiletravelinginTokyorecentlywithaJapanesecolleague,Igaveashorttalktoagroupof20managers.Attheend,Iaskedwhethertherewereanyquestionsorcomments.Nohandswentup,soIwenttositdown.Mycolleaguewhisperedtome,“Ithinkthereactuallyweresomecomments,Erin.

DoyoumindifItry?

”Iagreed,butIguesseditawasteofbreath.Heaskedthegroupagain,“Anycommentsorquestions?

”

Still,nooneraisedahandbutthistimehelookedverycarefullyateachpersoninthesilentaudience.Gesturingtooneofthem,hesaid,“Doyouhavesomethingtoadd?

”Tomyamazement,sheresponded“Yes,thankyou.”Andaskedmeaveryinterestingquestion.Mycolleaguerepeatedthisseveraltimes,lookingdirectlyattheaudiencelookingdirectlyattheaudience

andaskingformorequestionsorcomments.

Afterthesession,Iaskedmycolleague,“Howdidyouknowthatthosepeoplehadquestions?

”Hehesitated,notsurehowtoexplainit,andthensaid,“Ithastodowithhowbrighttheireyesare.”

Hecontinued,“InJapan,wedon’tmakeasmuchdirecteyecontactasyoudointheWest.Sowhenyouaskediftherewereanycomments,mostpeoplewerenotlookingdirectlyatyou.Butafewpeopleinthegroupwerelookingrightatyou,andtheireyeswerebright.Thatindicatesthattheywouldbehappytohaveyoucallonthem.”

IthoughttomyselfIwouldeverhavelearnedfrommyupbringinginMinnesota.Sincethen,Itryto

focusonunderstandingbehaviorinotherculturesIencounter,andkeepfindingthebrighteyesintheroom.

24.Whatcanweconcludefromthefirstparagraph?

A.LifeinMinnesotahasmadetheauthorwornout.B.Theauthorenjoystravelingaroundtheworld.

C.Differentculturesarekindoffamiliartotheauthor.D.Theauthormaystarthisownbusinessinthefuture.

25.Hearingthecolleaguewhispering,theauthor.

A.wentbacktohisseatandgotseated.

B.knewhiscolleaguehadsomequestions.

C.owedabigdebtofgratitudetohiscolleague.D.thoughthiscolleaguewouldgetnowhere.

26.Wheredoestheauthor’scolleagueprobablycomefrom?

A.America.B.Africa.C.Japan.D.France

27.Whichisthepropertitleforthepassage?

A.LookingatAnotherCultureintheEye.B.FocusingonBehaviorinCultures.C.AdmiringtheBeautyintheEye.D.SharingDifferentCulturesinTokyo.

C

ABrownUniversitysleepresearcherhassomeadviceforpeoplewhorunhighschools:

Don’tstartclassessoearlyinthemorning.Itmaynotbethatthestudentswhonodoffattheirdesksarelazy.Andit

maynotbethattheirparentshavefailedtoenforce（确保）bedtime.Instead,itmaybethatbiologically

thesesleepyheadstudentsaren’tusedtotheearlyhour.

“Maybethesekidsmebeingaskedtoriseatthewrongtimefortheirbodies,”saysMaryCarskadon,aprofessorlookingatproblemofadolescent（青春期的）sleepatBrown’sSchoolofMedicine.

Carskadonistryingtounderstandmoreabouttheeffectsofearlyschooltimeinadolescents.And,atamorebasiclevel,sheandherteamaretryingtolearnmoreabouthowthebiologicalchangesofadolescenceaffectsleepneedsandpatterns.

Carskadonsaysherworksuggeststhatadolescentsmayneedmoresleepthantheydidatchildhood,noless,ascommonlythought.

Sleeppatterschangeduringadolescence,asanyparentofanadolescentcanprove.Mostadolescentsprefertostayuplateratnighandsleeplaterinthemorning.Butit’snotjustamatterof

choice—theirbodiesaregoingthroughachangeofsleeppatterns.

Allofthismakesthetransferfrommiddleschooltohighschool—whichmaystartonehourearlierinthemorning—allthemoredifficult,Carskadonsays.Withtheirincreasedneedforsleepandtheir

biologicalclockssetonthe“sleeplate,riselate”pattern,adolescentsareupagainstdifficultieswhenitcomestotryingtobeupby5or6a.m.fora7:

30a.m.firstbell.Ashortsleeponadesktopmaybetheirbody’swayofsaying,“Ineedatimeout.”

28.Carskadonsuggeststhathighschoolsshouldnotstartclassessoearlyinthemorningbecause

________.

A.itisreallytoughforparentstoenforcebedtime

B.itisbiologicallydifficultforstudentstoriseearly

C.studentsworksolateatnightthattheycan’tgetupearly

D.studentsaresolazythattheydon’tliketogotoschoolearly

29.Theunderlinedphrase“nodoff”mostprobablymeans“_______”.

A.turnaroundB.agreewithothersC.fallasleepD.refusetowork

30.Whatmightbeareasonforthehardtransfermiddleschooltohighschool?

A.Adolescentsdependmoreontheirparents.

B.Adolescentshavetochoosetheirsleeppatterns.

C.Adolescentssleepbetterthantheydidatchildhood.D.Adolescentsneedmoresleepthantheyusedto.

31.Whatisthetextmainlyabout?

A.Adolescentheathcare.

B.Problemsinadolescentlearning.C.Adolescentsleepdifficulties.

D.Changesinadolescentsleepneedsandpatterns.

D

Ifyouboughtsomecandymonthsagobutneverateit,howcanyoutellwhetherit’sstillsafetoeat?

Theeasiestwayistocheckthe“use-bydate”printedonthewrapper.Ifthatdatehasalreadypassed,you’relikelytothrowthecandyaway.Butisthatreallynecessary?

AccordingtoanewreportfromtheUSNaturalResourcesDefenseCouncil（NRDC）,tonsoffoodiswastedeachyear,largelybecausepeopledon’tfullyunderstandwhatexpirationdates,or“use-bydates”,actuallymean.

Fooddatingwasintroducedinthe1970sbecauseconsumerswantedmoreinformationaboutthethingsthattheywereeating.Whentheyfirstshowedup,use-bydateswereonlysupposedtoindicatefreshnessbecauseproducerwantedtheirproductstobetastedintheirbestconditions.

Butthetruthisthatthesedatesaren’trelatedtotheriskoffoodpoisoningorfood-bornillness,accordingtoTimeNews.However,mostcustomersmisinterpreteduse-bydatesandrelatedthemtothesafetyofthefood,andtheystilllargelydonow.

Eggs,forexample,canstillbeeatenthreetofiveweeksafterpurchaseeventhoughtheuse-bydateismuchearlier.Whentheiruse-bydatespass,strawberry-flavoreddrinksmaylosetheirredcolor

andbiscuitsmaylosetheircrunch（松脆）,buttheyarenotharmful.

“It’saconfusingsubject,thedifferencebetweenfoodqualityandfoodsafety,”saidJenaRobert,vicepresidentofNationalFoodLab,aUSfoodtestingcompany.“EveninthefoodindustryIhavecolleagueswhogetconfused.”

Thisiswhyscientistsarecallingforastandardexplanationtobeprintedfollowingtheuse-bydates.“Wewantthistobeclearlycommunicatedsocustomersarenotmisunderstandingthedateandcontributingtoalotofwaste,”saidDanaGunders,astaffscientistwiththeNRDC.

Butthiswon’tbeamistakethatiseasytocorrectsincepeoplehavebelieveditforsolong.

Anotherproblemthequalitylevelsofdifferentfoodschangedifferently—somearestillsafetoeatlongaftertheiruse-bydatewhileothersarenot.

Asaresult,foodindustryofficialsarenowthinkingofchangingtheuse-bydatetoadateindicating

whenf