英语黑龙江省海林林业局第一中学学年高二上学期期末考试试题Word文件下载.docx

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A

Haveyoueverhadthestrangefeelingthatyouwerebeingwatched?

Youturnedaroundand,sureenough,someonewaslookingrightatyou!

Parapsychologists（灵学家）saythathumanshaveanaturalabilitytosensewhensomeoneislookingatthem.Toresearchwhethersucha“sixthsense”reallyexists,RobertBaker,apsychologist（心理学家）attheUniversityofKentucky,didtwoexperiments.

Inthefirstone,Bakersatbehindunknowingpeopleinpublicplacesandstared（盯着）atthebacksoftheirheadsfor5to15minutes.Thesubjects（受试者）wereeating,drinking,reading,studying,watchingTV,orworkingatacomputer.Bakermadesurethatthepeoplecouldnottellthathewassittingbehindthemduringthoseperiods.Later,whenhequestionedthesubjects,almost 

allofthemsaidtheyhadnosensethatsomeonewasstaringatthem.

Forthesecondexperiment,Bakertoldthesubjectsthattheywouldbestaredatfromtimetotimefrombehindinalaboratorysetting.Thepeoplehadtowritedownwhentheyfelttheywerebeingstaredatandwhentheyweren’t.Bakerfoundthatthesubjectswerenobetterattellingwhentheywerestaredatandwhentheyweren’t.

Bakerconcludesthatpeopledonothavetheabilitytosensewhenthey’rebeingstaredat.Ifpeopledoubtthe 

outcome 

ofhistwoexperiments,saidBaker,“Isuggesttheyrepeattheexperimentsandseeforthemselves.”

1.Theaimofthetwoexperimentsisto 

________.

A．explainwhenpeoplecanhaveasixthsense

B．studyhowpeopleactwhilebeingwatchedinthelab

C．studywhetherhumanscansensewhentheyarestaredat

D．provewhyhumanshaveasixthsense

2.Theunderlinedword“outcome”inthelastparagraphmostprobablymeans 

A．value 

B．result 

C．performance 

D．connection

3.Inthesecondexperiment,thesubjects_________.

A．couldtellwhentheywerestaredatB．couldtellwheretheyweren’tstaredat

C．couldn’ttellwhotheywerestaredatorwhotheystaredat

D．couldn’ttellwhentheywerestaredatorwhentheyweren’t

4.Whatcanbelearnedfromthepassage?

A．Peoplearebornwithasixthsense.

B．Theexperimentssupportparapsychologists’idea.

C．Thesubjectsdonothaveasixthsenseintheexperiments.

D．Peoplehaveasixthsenseinallplaces.

B

Mr.Bakerlivedinanoldandlowhouse.Hiswifewasblindinbotheyesandthetwochildrenwereveryyoung.Allhisfamilyoftenwenthungry.Hehadnothingbutasmallpieceoffield.Oneautumnhegrewsomewheatinhisfield.Hehopeditwoulddowellbecauseallfamilywoulddependonit.Thewholewinteritoftensnowed.Andthenextspringthewheatwasdoingwell.Mr.Bakerwashappy.OnedayMr.Bakerwenttowatchhiswheat.Tohissurprise,alotofcropswereeatenupbyahorse.Hebecameangrybutcouldnotfindoutwhosehorsehadeatenthem.Hethoughtthehorsewouldgothereagain.Sohedecidedtostayinhisfieldandtriedtocatchthehorse.

Afewdayslaterayellowhorsecameinhisfieldagainandbegantoeatthewheat.Mr.Bakerranafteritquickly,withastickinhishand.Butthebeastranmuchfasterthanhe.Hetriedhisbest,butcouldnotcatchupwithit.

Thenextmorning,whenMr.Bakerwasworkinginhisfield,hesawtheyellowhorsepullingcarriageontheroad.Hepickedupastickatonce,ranclosertothehorseandbegantobeatitup.

Thedriverwassurprisedandstoppedhim.Heasked,“Whyareyoubeatingmyhorse?

”

“Ithasnothingtodowithyou,”Mr.Bakersaidangrily.“ThebeastknowswhyI’mbeatinghim!

5.WhatwasMr.Baker?

A.Adriver 

B.Afarmer 

C.Akeeper 

D.Adoctor

6.WhywasMr.Bakerhappyatfirst?

A.Becausehefoundoutthebeastthatateuphiswheat.

B.Becausehewouldsoongetagoodharvest.

C.Becausewheatwasdoingwell.

D.Becausehisfamilywouldnotgrowanymorewheat.

7.Mr.Bakertriedhisbesttocatchthehorseto____________.

A.sellitforsomemoney 

B.beatitup

C.makeitworkforhim 

D.findouttheownerofthehorse

8.Whichofthefollowingistrue?

A.Thehorseknewthatithaddonewrong.

B.Thehorsehadnothingtodowiththedriver.

C.Thehorsebelongedtothedriver.

D.Thehorseknewwhosewheatithadeatenup.

C

AnewwordhassuddenlybecomewildlypopularinChina—“tuhao”—whichlooselymeans“nouveauriche”.Therehavebeenmorethan100millionreferencestotheword“tuhao”onsocialmediasinceearlySeptember.

It’sbeingusedtodescribeeverythingfromthenewpeople’sdailybuilding,toexpensivecelebrityweddingsfullofmillionaires,andthenewgold-colorediPhone.

InChinese“tu”meansearthand“hao”meansrich.Tosaysomeoneistuhaoistoimplytheycomefromapoorpeasantbackground,andhavemadeitrichquickly—butdo