辽宁省五校协作体高三英语上学期期初考试试题Word文档格式.docx
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第一节(共15小题;
每题2分,满分30分)
A
MynameisChelseaChowderhead.Achowderisakindofsoup.IwaslaughedatbecauseofmylastnameassoonasIstartedschool.SowhenmyfamilymovedtoSouthCarolina,IaskedmydadifIcouldchangemyname.
“Youshouldn’tchangewhoyouare.Letpeoplegettoknowyoufirstandyournamelater.Whenyoumeetsomeonenew,askthemagoodquestion,somethingyou’rereallyinterestedin.Oncepeoplestarttalkingaboutthemselves,theydon’tjudgeyou.”
TwodayslaterIheadedtomynewschoolforthefirstdayofclass.Atlunch,Inoticedthatthereweretwinbrotherswhoweretalkingtoeachother.Irememberedmydad’sadvice,soIdecidedtotry.
Inoticedthattheirlunchboxeswereidentical.“What’sitlikebeingatwin?
”Iasked.
Theylookedsurprised.Thenonesaid,“Noonehaseveraskedusthat!
”
“Mostofthetimeit’sgood,”theothersaid.“Whenyou’reatwinyoualwayshavesomeonetotalktoandhavelunchwith.”
Innotimewewerelaughingandtalking.Thenoneofthebrotherssaid,“I’mNicholas,andthisismybrother,Nathaniel.What’syourname?
Itookadeepbreathandsaid,“I’mChelseaChowderhead.”
“Chowder?
Likethesoup?
”askedNathaniel.
“Yes,”Ireplied,lookingdown.
“Hey,cool!
Doyouwanttocomeoverafterschoolandplaybasketballwithus?
”Nathanielasked.Inodded.AndthatishowIbecamefriendswiththetwinbrothers.
21.Whydidthewriterwanttochangehisname?
A.Peoplemadefunofit.
B.Hewantedtomakemorefriends.
C.Itwashardtoremember.
D.Hewantedtobecoolinthenewschool.
22.Theunderlinedword“identical”inParagraph4probablymeans_____________.
A.bigB.beautifulC.sameD.full
23.Whenthetwinbrothersaskedhisname,thewriterfelt________________.
A.surprisedB.nervousC.angryD.proud
24.WhichofthefollowingisTRUEaccordingtothepassage?
A.Atlastthewriterchangedhisname.
B.Thetwinssaidhellotothewriterfirst.
C.Thetwinsalsodidn’tlikethewriter’sname.
D.Onecanorderachowderinsomerestaurants.
B
Anewstudyshowsstudentswhowritenotesbyhandduringlecturesperformbetteronexamsthanthosewhouselaptops(笔记本电脑).
Studentsareincreasinglyusinglaptopsfornote-takingbecauseofspeedandlegibility(清晰度).Buttheresearchhasfoundlaptopusersarelessabletorememberandapplytheconceptstheyhavebeentaught.
Researchersperformedexperimentsthataimedtofindoutwhetherusingalaptopincreasedthetendencytomakenotes“mindlessly”bytakingdownwordforwordwhattheprofessorssaid.
Inthefirstexperiment,studentsweregiveneitheralaptoporpenandpaper.Theylistenedtothesamelecturesandweretoldtousetheirusualnote-takingskills.Thirtyminutesafterthetalk,theywereexaminedontheirabilitytorememberfactsandonhowwelltheyunderstoodconcepts.
Theresearchersfoundthatlaptopuserstooktwiceasmanynotesasthosewhowrotebyhand.However,thetypistsperformedworseatrememberingandapplyingtheconcepts.Bothgroupsscoredsimilarlywhenitcametomemorizingfacts.
Theresearchers’reportsaid,“Whilemorenotesarebeneficial,ifthenotesaretakenmindlessly,asismorelikelythecaseonalaptop,thebenefitdisappears.”
Inanotherexperimentaimedattestinglong-termmemory,studentstooknotesasbeforebutweretestedaweekafterthelecture.Thistime,thestudentswhowrotenotesbyhandperformedsignificantlybetterontheexam.
Thesetwoexperimentssuggestthathandwrittennotesarenotonlybetterforimmediatelearningandunderstanding,butthattheyalsoleadtosuperiorrevisioninthefuture.
25.Moreandmorestudentsfavorlaptopsfornote-takingbecausetheycan_________.
A.understandlecturesbetterB.digestconceptsbetter
C.gethigherscoresD.writemorenotes
26.Whiletakingnotes,laptopuserstendtobe_______.
A.mindlessB.
thoughtfulC.skillfulD.tireless
27.Theauthorofthepassageaimsto________.
A.stressthebenefitoftakingnotesbyhandB.promotetheuseoflaptops
C.explaintheprocessoftakingnotesD.examinetheimportanceoflong-termmemory
28.Thepassageislikelytoappearin__________.
A.acomputertextbookB.asciencemagazine
C.anewspaperadvertisementD.afinancereport
C
FourSimpleKeystoTransformYourLife
ThePowerofChoice.Everyoneofusmakescountlesschoiceseveryday.Everychoicewemakehasanimpactonourlives.Eveninsignificantchoicescanaffectwhatweexperienceandhowwefeel.Whenhungerstrikes,wecanreachforahealthy,nutritioussnack,orwecanchoosethesugarhighofjunkfood.Themoreimportantthedecision,thegreateritseffect.Forinstance,howdoIacttowardsthatpersonwhotreatedmebadly?
DoIgeneral