河北省定州中学届高三高补班上学期周练1230英语试题 Word版含答案.docx

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河北定州中学2016-2017学年第一学期高四英语周练试题（13）

一、单项选择题

Teachersandparentsusuallycallattentiontothepictureswhentheyreadstorybookstopreschoolchild.Butanewstudysuggeststhatcallingattentiontothewordsandlettersonthepagemayleadtobetterreaders.

Thetwo-yearstudycomparedchildrenwhowerereadinthiswayinclasswithchildrenwhowerenot.Thosewhoseteachersmostoftendiscussedtheprintshowedclearlyhigherskillsinreading,spellingandunderstanding.Theseresultswerefoundoneyearandeventwoyearslater.

ShaynePiasta,anassistantprofessorofteachingandlearningatOhioStateUniversity,wasanauthorofthestudy.Shesaysmostpreschoolteacherswouldfindthismethodmanageableandwouldneedonlyasmallchangeinthewaytheyteach.Theyalreadyreadstory-booksinclass.Theonlydifferencewouldbeincreasedattentiontotheprintedtext.“Ifyougetchildrentopayattentiontolettersandwords,itmakessensethattheywilldobetteratwordrecognitionandspelling.”Butshesaysresearchsuggeststhatveryfewparentsandteachersdothisinasystematicway.

Morethan300childrenagedfourandfivewereobservedinclassrooms.Theycamefrompoorfamiliesandwerebelowaverageintheirlanguageskills.Forthirtyweeks,thechildrentookpartinaprogramcalledProjectSTAR—SitTogetherandRead.TheprojectisbasedinOhioState.Itteststheshort-termandlong-termresultsofreadingregularlytopreschoolchildrenintheirclassrooms.

Therearedifferentwaysthatadultscantalktochildrenaboutprint.Theycanpointtoaletteranddiscussit,andeventracetheshapewithafinger.Theycanpointoutawordanddiscussthemeaningoftheprintorhowthewordstellthestory.Andtheycantalkabouttheorganizationoftheprint--forinstance,showinghowwordsarewrittenlefttorightinEnglish.

1．Whatdoweknowaboutthewayspreschoolchildrenareusuallytaught?

A.Preferenceisgiventotheshapeofthelettersandtheorganizationoftheprint.

B.Moreattentionispaidtothepicture,withwordsandlettersbeingignored.

C.Thefocusoftheteachingisonbringingthemuptobegoodreaders.

D.Equalattentionispaidtothetextsandthepictures.

2．ShaynePiastasuggestedthatpreschoolteachersshould_______.

A.readstorybooksregularlyinclass.

B.learntomanagetheirclasswell

C.oftendiscusstheprintedwordsandletters

D.searchforabettermethodofreading

3．ThechildrenwhojoinedinProjectSTARwere_________.

A.verypoorintheirreading

B.mostlyclevererthanothers

C.especiallygoodatlanguageskills

D.worriedaboutreadingproblems

4．WhichofthefollowingisTRUEaboutthestudyonlanguageskillsofpreschoolchildren?

A.Manyteacherswanttochangetheirwayofteachingpreschoolchildren.

B.Attentionofthepictureshasmadethechildrenuninterestedinreading.

C.Teachersareoftenpreventedfromtakingdifferentapproachestolanguageteaching.

D.ProjectSTARaimstoresearchintotheresultsofreadingbookstopreschoolchildrenintheclassroom.

5．Thelastparagraphmainlytellsus________.

A.whyweshoulddiscussthemeaningoftheprint

B.theshapeoftheletteristhefocusofteaching

C.howwecanteachchildrenaboutprint

D.Englishwordsareusuallywrittenfromlefttoright

“Selfie”mayhavebeennamedOxfordDictionary’swordof2013.Ineffect，sowidelyknownhastheselfiebecomethatinthepast12months，itsfrequencyintheEnglishlanguagehasincreasedby17000percent，saidOxforddictionaries.However，itspopularityhasjustearneditanotherhonour-beingvotedthemostannoyingandoverusedtermofthepast12months.ButI’dliketoofferthatmaybeitisn’tsobad.

AccordingtotheOxfordonlinedictionary,selfieisaphotothatonetakesofoneself，oftenfromasmartphone，andsendthemtoasocialmediawebsite.WomenandmenalikedecoratetheirFacebookandTwitteraccountswiththesepictures，sometimeswithexaggeratedfacialexpressions，suchaslargesmilesorpuckeredlips（噘嘴）.

Let’sthinkaboutit.Someonetakesabout10selfieseachtimetheydo，andtheyonlyenduppostingoneortwoofthose.Theypicktheonethattheyfeelmakesthemlookthebest.Isn’tthatbeautiful？

Inthatonepicture，somebodyhasgivenhimselforherselfconfidence.Self-imageisvital.Intoday’ssociety，wearesocrazyaboutbeingperfect.Butperhaps，withthatoneselfie，wefeelasifwefitthatneed.Wefeelhandsome，beautiful，confident，smart，happy，andcontent.Forthatmoment，everythingbadorterriblethathaseverhappenedtousseemedtohavebeenerased，forthatsmileorthatpuckeriswhatgivesusthedeterminationtoloveourselves.

Aspoken-wordpoemIsawlatelysetmethinking：

IfIaskyouwhatyoulove，theanswerswillmostlikelyrollofyourtongue.Youlovetoread.Youlovetowrite.Youlovebirds，music…yourmom，yourbrother，yoursister，yourdaughter，yourbestfriend，yourdog.Howlongdoyouthinkyoucouldgoonandonbeforeyousaid，“Ilovemyself.”？

Thepoemhitmelikeatonofbricks.I’vestruggledwithconfidenceallofmylife.AndIstilldo.AndinnowayamIsayingthattakingaselfieisagatewaytothatconfidence.However，theselfiedoesdeservesomecreditforallowingindividualstoexpressthemselves.JustasPamelaRutledgeputit，“Therearemanymorephotographsavailablenowofrealpeoplethanmodels.”

6．Accordingtothewriter,weliveinasocietywhere________.

A.selfieleadstosuccess

B.agoodimagedecidesone’sstatus

C.one’spoorperformancecanbeerased

D.beingperfectishighlyvalued

7．Thespoken-wordpoemmentionedinthe4thparagraphimplies________.

A.ourpleasuretoenjoybeauty

B.ourneedtolovepeoplearoundus

C.ourtendencytoignoreourselves

D.ourreallovetosharewithothers

8．Whatdoestheunderlinedword“credit”inthelastparagraphmean?

A.praiseB.gradeC.trustD.fame

9．Inthewriter’sopinion,selfie________.

A.bringsaboutpeople’ssenseofconfidence

B.ismerelypopularamongteenagers

C.tellsthetruemeaningoflife

D.isanannoyingphenomenonontheInternet

Goodhealthisthemostvaluablethingintheworld.Whenyou’vegotit,youneverthinkaboutit.Whenyouhaven’tgotit,youthinkaboutitallthetime.Ourbiggestenemiesarenotterriblediseasesandsoon.Weareourownbiggestenemiesbecausewesometimesdestroyourowngoodhealth.Someofuseattoomuch,drinktoomuchandsmoketoomuch.Andthoughourreasontellsusweshouldcontrolourselves,wefinditdifficult.Thefactisthatmosthumanbeingsneedstimulation（刺激）.Whodoesn’tenjoyadrinkafterabusyday?

Onlyasmokerknowsthepleasureofacigarettewithacupofcoffee.

Thedangeriswhentheseinnocentpleasuresrunourlivesandsodestroyourhealth.Whenyoufindyourselfeatingbetweenmealsoreatingtoomuchrichfood,whenyoucanonlykeepyourselfgoingbytakingfrequent（频繁的）drinksorbysmokingonecigaretteafteranother,thenit’stimetostopandthinkwhatyoumightbedoingtoyourself.Thefunnythingisthatwhenwedon’tcontrolourselves,simplepleasuresarenolongersimplepleasures.

Allright,Iknowwhatyou’rethinking.You’reprobablysaying,“It’seasytosay,butIcan’thelpmyself.Ineedthatextrabitoffood,thatextradrink,thatextracigarette.LifehassomanypleasuresthatIcan’tdowithoutthem.”ButI’msayingyoucanhelpyourself.Notonlythat,youmusthelpyourself.Becauseifyoudon’thelpyourself,nooneelsecan.Sobeyourownbestfriend.

10．Theunderlinedword“innocent”（inParagraph2）means________.

A.nothavingdonesomethingwrong

B.excitingorcheering

C.nothavingmuchexperience

D.notexpectedtocauseharm

11．Thispassageismainlyabout_______.

A.terriblediseasesandsoon

B.enjoyingpleasuresafterabusyday

C.thedifficultyofcontrollingourselves

D.thedangeroftoomuchdrinking,smokingandeating

12．“Ican’thelpmyself”means____________.

A.Ican’tdoitmyself

B.Imustasksomeonetohelp

C.Ican’tcontrolmyself

D.Dohelpme,please

WHENyoubuycookingoilinthesupermarket,youmaynoticethatsomebrandsarelabeledas“GM（geneticallymodified）-free”.So,whatisgeneticmodification?

AreGMfoodssafe?

Thesequestionshavebeenputbackintothespotlightrecently.OnNov19,theFoodandDrugAdministration（FDA）intheUSannouncedthatithadapprovedtheAquAdvantagesalmon（三文鱼）togoonthemarket,makingitthefirstgeneticallymodifiedanimaltobeapprovedasfoodanywhereintheworld.

GMfoodsareplantsoranimalsthathavebeengivenagenefromanotherplantoranimaltomakethemstrongerinsomeway.TheAquAdvantagesalmoncontainsagenefromanothertypeofsalmonthatmakesitgrowfaster.

AlthoughtheFDAhassaid“foodfromthefishissafetoeat”,somebelievethatscientistscan’tcompletelyunderstandthepotentialhealthrisksofGMfoods,simplybecausethey’resonew.Othersworrythatthefishcouldescapeintothewildandcauseecological（生态的）problems.

GMcropshaveexperiencedthesamecontroversy,eventhoughGMtechnologycutsdownontheuseofpesticides（杀虫剂）oncropsandincreasesyields.

WhileGManimalsarenew,GMcropshavealreadyappearedonourplates.Atotalof28countriesintheworldincludingtheUS,BrazilandIndiaplanted181.5millionhectares（1.815millionkm2）ofGMcropsin2014,accordingtotheInternationalServicefortheAcquisitionofAgri-biotechApplications.InChina,wegrowGMcottonandpapaya（木瓜）andimportGMsoybeans,corn,rape（油菜）,cottonandbeets（甜菜）fromabroad.

Duetosafetyworries,manycountrieshaveregulationsforproducingandsellingGMfood.

InEuropeanUnioncountries