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贵州省安顺市西秀区旧州中学学年高二下学期

旧州中学高二年级英语下学期第一次月考试题

命题教师：

袁烨

第一部分

一，阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分，共40分）

A

Moneyistherootofallevilandnewstudyclaimstheremaybesometruthbehindthesaying．Scientistsatthe UniversityofCalifornia．Berkeley,US，announcedonFebruary27thatrichpeoplearemorelikelytodounethical（不道德的）things.suchaslieorcheat，thanpoorerpeople．

Thescientistsdidaseriesofeightexperiments．TheypublishedtheirfindingsonlineintheProceedingsof the NationalAcademyofSciences（PNAS，《美国国家科学院院刊》）．

TheycarriedoutthefirsttwoexperimentsfromthesidewalknearBerkeley．Theynotedthatdriversofnewerandmoreexpensivecarsweremorelikelytocutoffothercarsandpedestriansatcrosswalks．Nearly45percentofpeopledrivingexpensivecarsignoredapeaestriancomparedwithonly30percentofpeopledrivingmoremodest （不豪华的）cars．

Inanotherexperiment，agroupofcollegestudentswasaskediftheywoulddounethicalthingsinvariouseverydaysituations．Examplesincludedtakingprinterpaperfromworkandnottellingasalespersonwhenheorshegavebackmorechange．Studentsfromhigher-classfamiliesweremorelikelytoactdishonestly．

Accordingtothescientists，richpeopleoftenthinkmoneycallgetthemoutoftrouble．Thismakesthemlessafraidtotakerisks．Italsomeanstheycarelessaboutotherpeople’sfeelings．

Finally，itsimplymakesthemgreedier．“Higherwealthstatusseemstomakeyouwantevenmore，andthatincreasedwantleadsyoutobendtherulesorbreaktherulestoserveyourself-interest，’’saidPaulPiif,leadscientistofthestudy．

Piffpointedoutthatthefindingsdon’tmeanthatallrichpeopleareuntrustworthy（不能信赖的）orallpoorpeoplehonest．Hesaidtheexperimentsweretoshowhowpeoplelivingindifferentsocialsituationsexpresstheirinstinctsandvaluesindifferentways．

1．Bysaying“moneyistherootofallevil”，theauthorwantsto_____ ．

A．drawreaders’attentiontotheresearch B．1inkwealthwithbadbehavior

C．showhowthesayingprovesthefindingsD．defendrichpeoplewhodounethicalthings

2．WhichofthefollowingisTRUEabouttheexperimentsthescientistsdid，accordingtothescientistquoted?

A．Mostwealthypeoplearenottrustworthy．

B．Thefindingswerenotpersuasiveenoughandthescientistswilldofurtherexperiments．

C．Driversofmoreexpensivecarsaremorelikelytobreaktrafficrules．

D．Studentsfrompoorerfamiliesarenotashonestasstudentsfromricherfamilies．

3．Whatmakesrichpeopleunethicalaccordingtothescientists？

a．theybecomemoreselfish b．theyhavemoredesires

c．theybelievemoneytalks d．theywelcomerisks

A．ab B．abd C．bc D．abc

4．Whydidthescientistsdotheexperiments?

A．Toshowhowsocialstatusaffectspeople'sethics．

B．Toshowpeople’sinstinctsandvaluesindifferentways．

C.Totestwhetherthesaying“moneyistherootofallevil”istrue．

D．Toshowthedifferencebetweenhigher-classpeopleandlower-classpeople．

5．Whatdoesthearticlereallywanttoshowus?

A．Moneyistherootofallevil． B．Thericharemorelikelytoactbadly．

C．Thesayingisreasonable． D．Allrichpeopleareuntrustworthy．

B

ItisoneofthemostannoyingwordsintheEnglishlanguageanditseemsthereisnoescapingit．Theword“huh?

”isinworldwideuse,astudyfound．

ResearchersdiscoveredthatlanguagesspokenincountriesfromGhanaandLaostoIcelandandItalyallinclude‘‘huh?

”,orsomethingthatsoundsverylikeit.Theysaidthatwhilethestudymaysoundsilly，thewordisanabsolutelynecessarypartofspeech．Withoutitandsimilarwords，itwouldbeimpossibletoshowthatwehaven’theardorunderstoodwhathadbeensaidandthiswould1cadtoconstantmisunderstandings．

Butwhileotherwordsusedinthesamecontext，suchas‘‘story'’or‘‘what”，varywidelyacrosslanguages，“huh?

”remainsunchanged．

TheDutchresearcherscarefullystudiedtenlanguagesfromaroundtheworld，includingSiwu,whichisspokeninGhana,andanAustralianAboriginallanguage，aswellasItalian，Spanish，DutchandMandarinChinese．

Theyanalysedtapesofrecordedconversationsforwordsthatsoundedlike‘‘huh?

”andwereusedtorequestthatwhateverhadJustbeensaidberepeated．Allcontainedaversionof“huh?

”．Thewordwasalsofoundinanother21languages．Whilethereweresubtledifferencesineachcountry,a11soundedbasicallythesame．

Thisissurprisingbecausenormallyunrelatedlanguageswilluseverydifferentwordstodescribethesamething．Forinstance，theJapanesefor“dog’’is‘‘inu”，whiletheFrenchis‘‘chien”．Itisthoughtthatlanguagesaroundtheworldhavedevelopedtheirownversionof“huh?

’’becausethesoundisquickandsimpletoform，aswellasbeingeasilyundertood．

Theresearchers，saidthatitmightseemunimportanttocarryoutscientificresearchintoawordlike“huh?

'’butinfactthislittlewordisanessentialtoolinhumancommunication．Theyalsohaveananswerforthosewhoclaim that‘‘huh?

’’isn’taword．Theysaythatitqualifiesbecauseofthesmalldifferencesinitspronunciationindifferentlanguages．Italsocanbeconsideredawordbecauseit’ssomethingwelearntosay，ratherthanagruntorcrythatwe arebornknowinghowtomake．

6．Accordingtoresearchers，theword“huh?

”isveryimportantinspeechbecause——．

A.itsstablemeaninginlanguagedevelopmentB．itsimportantfunctionincommunication

C．itssimpleandeasysoundandspelling D．itspopularityineverylanguage

7．Whatisthenaturalresponseifyouheartheladyyou’respeakingtosay“huh?

”?

A．Youshouldaskhertorepeatwhatshesaysbeforethat：

B．Youshouldapologizetoherforspeakinginalowvoice．

C．Youshouldinvitehertoshareherdifferentviewspolitely．

D.Youshouldtrytorepeatwhatyou’vejustsaidinaclearerway．

8.Themainmethodusedintheresearchof“huh?

”was_____________．

A．interviewinglanguageexpertsinuniversities

B．talkingwithpeoplefromtendifferentcountries

C．analyzingtherecordedconversationsindifferentlanguages

D．comparingdifferentwordswiththesamemeaningindifferentlanguages

9．Accordingtoresearchers，‘‘huh?

”shouldbeconsideredaword．ratherthanasoundbecause__________.

A．itislistedinmostdictionaries B．itissomethinghumanslearntosay

C．thereisaclearandconsistentspellingofthewordD．itispronouncesquitedifferentlyaroundtheworld

10．Whatisthepurposeofthetext?

A．Toinformreadersaboutresearchontheworldwideusedword“huh?

”．

B．Toarguethat“huh?

”isthemostimportantwordineverylanguage．

C．Toentertainreadersbyrelatingsimilaridiomsindifferentlanguages．

D．Toinstructreadersofthedifferencesof“huh?

”indifferentlanguages．

C

WhenIwasyoungIwantedtobeamodel，sowhenanationalcontestwasstaged，Iconvincedmyparentstotakemeforanaudition（试演）.IwasselectedandtoldIhadpotential．Theysaidthatforonly$900Icouldattendaweekendeventwhichdozensofthemostprestigious（有声望的）modelingagenciesfromaroundtheworldwouldattend．Atl3，myhopesoffameandfortunecloudedalljudgmentandIbeggedmyparentstoletmego．Wehave neverbeenrich，buttheysawmyenthusiasmandagreed．

Iimaginedbeingsignedbysomefamousmodelcompanies．Formonths，anyboredomordisappointmentIfacedwaspushedasidebecauseIknewIwouldsoonhavethechancetobearealmodel．IthoughtIwouldgracethecoversoffamousmagazines!

Ofcourse，Iwasn’tsigned，butwhathurtthemostwasbeingtoldthatifIgrewto5'9”（about1．75metres）Icouldbeasuccess．Iprayedforagrowthspurt（冲刺）becauseIcouldnotimaginegivingupmydream．Imadeanappointmentwithalocalmodelingagencyandtheagentdemanded$500forclasses．$500foraphotoshootand$300forotherexpenses．Myparentsonlyagreedafterhoursandhoursofmebegging．

Theagencysentmeoutonafewauditions，butwitheverydayIdidn’treceiveacall，Igrewmoredepressed．

Thefinalstraw cameinJulyafterIhaddecidedtofocusoncommercialmodeling．TherewasanopencallinNewYorkCity．Wespenthoursdrivingandanotherfewhourswaiting．onlytobetoldthatIwastooshort．Iwasdevastated（感到难以承受的）．

Yearslater，IrealizedthatthetriptoNewYorkwasgoodasitmademenoticeIdidn’tactuallylovemodeling，justtheideaofit．Iwantedtobespecialand1wasinnocentlydeterminedtoreachanimpossiblegoal．Theexperiencehasmademestrongerandthatwillhelpmeinthefuture．

11．What’sthemainreasonwhytheauthorwantedtobeamodel?

A．Shewonanationalcontest．

B．Shewantedtogetreputationandwealth．

C．Shewasurgedbysomemodelingagencies．

D．Shehadfullpotentialtobeasuccessfulmodel．

12．What’stheauthor’sparents’attitudetowardherdream?

A．Encouraging． B．Worried． C．Doubtful．D．Enthusiastic．

13．Whatwasitthatmadetheauthorendherattempttobecomeamodel?

A．Herparentswerestronglyagainstit．

B．Sherealizedthatitwasimpossibleforher．

C．Evenalocalmodelingagencyturnedherdown．

D．Shedidn’tactuallylovetheideaofmodeling．

14．Theunderlinedphrase‘'Thefinalstraw”probablymeans__________.

A．therefusalinspiteofherlonghoursofwaitingandworking

B．thefinalresultthatshewasadmiredbythemodelcompany

C．thefinalauditiongivenbythefamousagency

D．thedecisionshemadeatlastnottobeamodel

15．Whatdidtheauthorlearnfromherexperienceofstrugglingtobeamodel?

A．Wherethere’sawill，there’saway．B．Beingamodelisnotthateasy．

C．Weshouldhaveourownjudgmentandshouldnotjustfollowothers．

D．wemightsetunpracticalgoalsbuttheexperiencesearlhelpusgrow．

D

Leadershipisthemostsignificantwordintoday’scompetitivebusinessenvironmentbecauseitdirectsthemanagerofabusinesstofocusinwardontheirpersonalabilitiesandstyle．Expertsonleade