广东省揭阳市惠来县第一中学高二英语上学期第二次阶段考试试题Word文档下载推荐.docx

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第一节阅读下列短文，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

Summerschoolissomethingakidwillneverforget.Forsome,it’sawaytoadvancepasttheirclassmates.Formost,summerschoolisarequirementinordertograduatewiththeirclassmates.Icanrememberbeingforcedintotakingasummerschoolcourse.Itwasnottheschoolthatforcedmeintothisawkwardsituation,itwasmymother.

Iwasa16-year-oldkidinanewschool.MyschooldidnotoffersummercoursessoIhadtotakemycourseatanalternativeschoolinthecity.ItwasanexperienceIwillneverforget.Iwasnotconcernedwithmakingfriends.IwastheretogetcreditforacoursethatIshouldhavereceivedfortheprevioussemester.ItwasmydoingthatlandedmeinthesituationanditwasimportantthatIunderstoodthis.

Thefeeswerelowestbuttheexperiencewasamazing.IenjoyeditsomuchthatIdidn’tmissaday.ThecoursewasfromMondaytoFridayforanentiremonth.IpassedthecoursewithanA.Iwasthrownintoanawkwardsituationandactuallyenjoyedit.Myfriendsdidn’tevenknowItookthecourse.Mostofthemwerestillsleepingbythetimemycourseendedeachday.

Awkwardsituationsaresoimportantforpersonalgrowth.Thissituationmademefeelmoreindependent.Imadefriends.Ifinallyunderstoodwhatsacrificeandhardworkwereallabout.Whileattendingcollege,IrememberedhowmuchIenjoyedsummerschoolandIchosetotakesummerschoolinmyfirstthreeyearsofcollege.Somekidsgetpushedtoomuchbutsomedon'

tgetpushedenough.Iwasneverpushedenough.

Enableyourchildrentostruggleforsuccess.Ifyourchildneedssummerschoolyouexplaintothemwhyit’simportant.Someparentsaresurprisedbythesituationandmaywanttobemoreinvolvedintheirchildren'

seducation.Followthroughandfollowup.

1.Moststudentsgotothesummerschoolinorderto___________________.

A.findgoodjobsgraduationB.becometopstudentsintheirclass

C.graduatesuccessfullyontimeD.haveachancetomakemorefriends

2.WhichofthefollowingwasNOTthebenefitgotbytheauthorthroughattendingsummerschool?

A.Itincreasedhisindependence

B.Ithelpedhimmakenewfriends.

C.Ithelpedhimgetridofbadhabits.

D.Ithelpedhimunderstandwhatsacrificeandhardworkwere.

3.Whatdoestheauthorthinkofsummerschool?

A.Hethinksitisawkward.B.Hethinksnothingofit.

C.Hedoesn'

tthinkitissuitable.D.Hethinksitissignificant.

B

TheHornofPlentyisoneofthelargestnaturalhealthfoodstoreswithintheGreaterHamiltonarea.Wearebigsupportersofbuyinglocallyandweareheretotellyouwhyitissoimportantforyourfamily,thecommunityandtheenvironment.

Theconceptofbuyinglocallyissimple:

buyfoodproduced,grown,orraisedasclosetoyourhomeaspossible.Notonlywillyourfoodbefresherandtastier,butyouarehelpingprotecttheenvironmentandaresupportingbusinesseswithinyourcommunityandreducingpollution.

Betterfortheenvironment

Sustainability（持续性）andglobalwarmingaresuchhottopicsatthemoment,andmanypeoplewanttodotheirbittohelpsupportahealthierenvironment.Smallactioncarriedoutbymanypeoplecanmakeabigdifference.MostmaterialsinanaverageNorthAmericanmealhavetraveledabout1,500milestogetfromfarmtoplate.Tocutoutabigpartofthistravelwouldgreatlyreducenotonlypollutionfromtransportationandrefrigerationbutalsocustomers’expensesaswell.

Tasteandnutritionalcontent

Locally-grownfruitsandvegetablesareusuallysoldwithin24hoursofbeingharvested.Becausetheyarepickedattheheightofripeness（成熟）andtravelonlyashortdistancetothemarket,theirfreshness,nutrition,andflavorarekept.Producetruckedinfromfarawaymaylosebothtasteandnutritionalcontent.

Communityandhomevalues

Whenyoubuydirectfromafarmerorbuylocally-grownfoods,youareengagedinatime-honoredtraditionbetweenagrowerandaneater.Youalsohelpkeepdollarswithinyourcommunity.

4.Itcanbeinferredfromthethirdparagraphthat___________.

A.mostpeoplesupportbuyinglocally

B.globalwarmingisthemostseriousproblemnow

C.NorthAmericanfoodisrichinvariouskindsofmaterials

D.theincreasedcostoftransportingfoodispassedontothecustomers

5.Locally-grownfruitsandvegetablestastegoodmostlybecause___________.

A.theyaresenttothemarketatahighspeed

B.theyarenotpollutedbychemicalfertilizer

C.theycanbeharvestedatanytime

D.theyarepickedwhentheyarefullygrown

6.Accordingtotheauthor,whenyoubuylocally-grownfoods___________.

A.youcanseehowfruitsandvegetablesgrow

B.youwillcontributetoprotectingtheenvironment

C.youwillbecomemuchhe