四川成都外国语学院学年高二英语下学期期中试题Word文档格式.docx

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第Ｉ卷（选择题共70分）

第一部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

第1节（共15小题；

每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

CityCollege

ADMISSIONREQUIREMENTS

Allhighschoolgraduatesandanyone18yearsofageorolder,withorwithoutahighschooldiploma,aresuitableforadmission.Individualsundertheageof18whopossessahighschooldiplomaarealsosuitableforadmission.

HOWTOENROLLINCREDITCOURSES

Newandreadmittedstudentsmustcompleteandhandinacreditadmissionsapplicationformavailableonlineatwww.ccsf.edu.

BEFOREYOUREGISTER:

●LearnaboutyourskilllevelinEnglishandMaththroughourassessmentservice;

●Attendanorientation（新生报到会）tohearaboutsupportservices;

●Meetwithacounselor（adviser）toselectyourcourses;

●Findoutifyouarerequiredforattendingtheentranceexaminations.

HOWTOENROLLINNONCREDITCOURSES

CoursesinNoncreditProgramsarefreeofcharge（noenrollmentfee）.Forinformationonhowtoenrollinnoncreditcourses,clickhere.

PARKING

Students,facultyandstaffareencouragedtousepublictransit.ClickhereforParking

Regulations.

SERVICES

CityCollegeservicesincludeabookstore,cafeteria,healthcenter,tutoringcenter,careerandtransfercenter,counseling,financialaid,library,learningresourcecenter,studentgovernmentoffices,campuspolice,disabledstudentsprogramsandmore.

1.WhichkindofthefollowingpeoplecouldnotbeadmittedtoCityCollege?

A.Ahighschoolgraduate

B.Anadultwithoutahighschooldiploma

C.Anyonewhopossessesahighschooldiploma

D.Asixteenboywithoutahighschooldiploma

2.Whatdoweknowabouttheentranceexaminationsfromthepassage?

A.Allnewandreadmittedstudentsmusttaketheexaminations.

B.ThosewhoarepoorinEnglishandMathmusttaketheentranceexaminations.

C.Notallthenewstudentsarerequiredtotaketheentranceexaminations.

D.Theentranceexaminationsarefreeofcharge.

3.Wherecanthispassagebefound?

A.Inacollegenewsreport.B.Inanewspaperadvertisement.

C.Inatourguide.D.Onaneducationwebsite.

B

Spendingmoneyontime-savingservicesreducesstressandboosts（增进）happiness,accordingtoanewresearch,butshockingly,fewofusdoit.

Whillans,aprofessoratHBSsaid,“Buyingtimehelpstoprotectusfromthestressinourlivescausedbytimepressure,andthefeelingthatwedon’thaveenoughminutesinthedaytocompleteourtasks.’’

TheeffectwasclearestintheCanadianexperiment,inwhich60workingadultsweregiven$40tospendintwodifferentways.Oneweekend,theyweretoldtospendthemoneyonamaterialpurchase—agiftforthemselves.Thenextweekend,theywereinstructedtospendthe$40onanythingthatsavedthemtime,frompayingtheneighbor’skidtorunerrands（跑腿）totakingaUberinsteadofabus.

“Onthedaytheymadethetime-savingpurchase,theyfelthappier,inabettermood,andlowerfeelingsoftimestressthanonthedaytheyboughtamaterialpurchase”saidWhillans.

Thebiggestsurprisetotheresearcherswashowfewpeoplewouldspendmoneyontime-savingservices.Whentheyasked98workingadultshowtheywouldspenda“windfall”of$40,onlytwopercentnamedapurchasethatwouldsavethemtime.

“Onereason,’’saidWhillans,“isthatwe’reverybadatrememberinghowmuchwehatedoingcertaintasksoncethesufferinghaspassed.Thatmakesuslesslikelytotakeactivestepstoavoidthatoverburdenedfeelinginthefuture.”Butanotherpossiblecauseisgoodold-fashionedguilt.“Ifyoufeelguiltyaboutgettingsomeonetocleanyourhouseforyou,thenyoumightgetlesshappinessfromoutsourcingthattask,”saidWhillans,oryoumightjustbelesslikelytospendyourmoneyinthatway.’’

4.IntheCanadianexperiment,theparticipants.

A.weredividedintotwogroups

B.weregiven$40everytwoweeks

C.wereaskedtogivemoneytoaneighbor’skid

D.wereaskedtospendthemoneyindifferentways

5.Accordingtotheauthor,whatcanmakepeoplelesstime-stressed?

A.Payingmuchforaconcertticket.

B.Takingaregularbustogettowork.

C.Employingsomeonetocleanthegarden.

D.Buyingthemselvesanexpensivepresent.

6.Whenitcomestospendingmoneyon‘‘buyingtime”,.

A.nopeoplewouldliketodoit

B.asmallpercentageofpeoplechoosetodoit

C.morepeoplewilldoitifextramoneyisgiven

D.mostpeopleliketheideabutdon’tpracticeitinlife

7.Whatdotheunderlinedwords“thatoverburdenedfeeling”inParagraph6referto?

A.Thegoodold-fashionedguilt.

B.Thefeelingofspendingmoneyongoods.

C.Thestressofhavingsomeonecleanyourhouse.

D.Thedi