甘肃省兰州市第一中学学年高一英语下学期期中试题Word文件下载.docx

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A.

AsaFulbright（富布莱特法案基金）scholaratYale,Iwantedverymuchtogetsomeindividualhelpfromsomefamousprofessors,buttheiroffice-hourswereonlyonceaweekandtherewerealwaysstudentswaitingoutside.Atfirst,Iwastoopolitetogettheirhelp.ThenIrealizedthatChinesepolitenessdoesnotworkinthissociety.IneededtobeaggressivetogetwhatIwanted.IalsonoticedthatChinesestudentsorAsianstudentswereverypoliteinclasswhileAmericanstudentsofteninterruptedtheprofessor,askingquestionsanddominatingthediscussion.TheChinesestudentswerenotasaggressiveasAmericanstudents.

Iwasimpressedbytheroleoftheprofessorintheclass.Theprofessordidn’tactasanauthority,givingfinalconclusions,butasaresearcherlookingforanswerstoquestionstogetherwiththestudents.Onelinguisticfeatureofhisinteractingwithhisstudentswasthatheusedmanymodalverbs-farmorethanIdidinBeiwai.Whenansweringquestions,heusuallysaid:

“thisismypersonalopinionanditcouldbewrong.ItwouldbeagoodideaifyoucouldreadthebookImentionedtheotherday.”Or,“YoumayfindthebookIrecommendedhelpful.”Or,“Youcouldberight,butyoumightfindthispointofviewalsointeresting.”Whenmakingcommentsonstudents’performances,theprofessorusuallysaid:

”Itmighthavebeenmuchclearerifyouhadtakeninsomeoftheideaswediscussedearlierthissemester.”

InChina,authoritiesarealwayssupposedtogivewisedecisionsandcorrectdirections.Thereforestudentsalwaysexpecttheprofessortogiveananswertothequestion.Istillrememberhowannoyedtheywerewhenforeignteachersdidnotprovidesuchananswer.TheirexpectationsfromauthoritiesaremuchhigherthanthoseofAmericanstudents.OncetheChinesestudentsgottheanswer,theyweresureaboutit.ThatiswhytheymakefarmorecertainstatementthanAmericanstudents.ThatiswhyChinesestudentsfinditdifficulttousemodalverbsbecausethefunctionofmodalverbsistoprovideroomfornegotiationanddifferentideas.

1.TheAmericanprofessorsusemanymodalverbsbecausetheywantto______.

A.arguewiththeirstudents

B.bemoresureabouttheiranswers

C.expresstheirideasmoreclearly

D.developtheirstudents’ownwayofthinking

2.Whichofthefollowingstatementsbestexpressestheauthor’sidea?

A.Chineseprofessorscanalwaysgivecorrectanswertothequestion.

B.Americanprofessorsarenotresponsiblesincetheydon’tgivestudentsanswers.

C.Americaneducationproducesaggressivestudents.

D.EducationinChinaisnothelpfulindevelopingstudents’creativity.

3.Whichofthefollowingmethodsdidtheauthormainlyemployindevelopingthearticle?

A.Comparisonandcontrast.B.Causeandeffect.

C.Givingexamples.D.Description.

4.Whatistheauthor’sattitudetowardseducationinU.S.?

A.PositiveB.NegativeC.NeutralD.Unsure

B

Solongasteachersfailtodistinguishbetween 

teachingandlearning,theywillcontinueto 

undertaketodoforwhatonlychildrencandofor 

themselves.Teachingchildrentoreadisnotpassing 

readingontothem.Itiscertainlynotendless 

hoursspentinactivitiesaboutreading.Douglas 

insiststhat"

readingcannotbetaughtdirectlyand 

schoolsshouldstoptryingtodotheimpossible."

Teachingandlearningaretwoentirelydifferent 

processes.Theydifferinkindandfunction.The 

functionofteachingistocreatetheconditionsand 

theclimatethatwillmakeitpossibleforchildren 

todevisethemostefficientsystemforteaching 

themselvestoread.Teachingisalsoapublic 

activity:

Itcanbeseenandobserved.

Learningtoreadinvolvesallthateachindividual 

doesnotmakesenseoftheworldofprinted 

language.Almostallofitisprivate,forlearning 

isanoccupationofthemind,andthatprocessis 

notopentopublicscrutiny.Ifteacherandlearner 

rolesarenotinterchangeable,whatthencanbedone 

throughteachingwillaidthechildin 

knowledge.Smithhasoneprincipalruleforall 

teachinginstructions."

Makelearningtoread 

easy,whichmeansmakingreadingameaningful,enjoyableandfrequentexperienceforchildren."

Whentherolesofteacherandlearnerareseenfor 

whattheyare,andwhenbothteacherandlearner 

fulfillthemappropriately,thenmuchofthe 

pressureandfeelingoffailureforbothis 

eliminated.Learningtoreadismadeeasierwhen 

teacherscreateanenvironmentwherechildrenare 

giventheopportunitytosolvetheproblemof 

learningtoreadbyreading.

5.Theproblemwiththereadingcourseasmentioned 

inthefirstparagraphisthat____.

A.itisoneofthemostdifficultschoolcourses

B.studentsspendendlesshoursinreading

C.readingtasksareassignedwithlittleguidance

D.toomuchtimeisspentinteachingofreading

6.Theword"

scrutiny"

（Para.3）mostprobably 

means____.

A.inquiryB.observation

C.controlD.suspect

7.Themainideaofthepassageisthat____.

A.teachersshoulddoaslittleaspossiblein 

helpingstudentslearntoread

B.teachersshouldencouragestudentstoreadas 

widelyaspossible

C.readingabilityissomethingacquiredratherthan 

taught

D.readingismorecomplicatedthangenerally 

believed

C

Beingsociablelookslikeagoodwaytoaddyearstoyourlife.Relationshipswithfamily,friends,neighbors,evenpets,willallhelp,butthebiggestlongevity（长寿）seemstocomefrommarriage.Theeffectwasfirstnoticedin1858byWilliamFarr,whowrotethatwidowsandwidowers（鳏夫）wereatamuchhigherriskofdyingthanthemarriedpeople.Studiessincethensuggestthatmarriagecouldaddasmuchassevenyearstoaman’slifeandtwotoawoman’s.Theeffectcanbeseeninallcausesofdeath,whetherillness,accidentorself-harm.

　Evenifthechancesareallagainstyou,marriagecanmorethancompensateyou.LindaWaiteoftheUniversityofChicagohasfoundthatamarriedoldermanwithheartdiseasecanexpecttolivenearlyfouryearslongerthananunmarriedmanwithahealthyheart.Similarly,amarriedmanwhosmokesmorethanapackadayislikelytoliveaslongasadivorcedmanwhodoesn’tsmoke.There’saflipside,however,aspartnersaremorelikelytobecomeillordieinthecoupleofyearsfollowingtheirhusbandorwife’sdeath,andcaringforyourhusbandorwifewithmentaldisordercanleaveyouwithsomeofthesamesevereproblems.Evenso,thechancesfavormarriage.Ina30-yearstudyofmorethan10,000people,NicholasChristakisofHarvardMedicalSchooldescribeshowallkindsofsocialnetworkshavesimilareffects.

　Sohowdoesitwork?

Theeffectsarecomplicated,affectedbysocio-economicfactors,health-serviceprovision,emotionalsupportandothermorephysiologicalmechanisms（生理机制）.Forexample,socialcontactcanpromotedevelopmentofthebrainandimmunesystem,leadingtobetterhealthandlesschanceofdepressionlaterinlife.Peopleinsupportiverelationshipsmayhandlestressbetter.Thentherearethepsychologicalbenefitsofasupportivepartner.

　Alifepartner,childrenandgoodfriendsareallrecommendedifyouaimtoliveto100.Theoverallsocialnetworkisstillbeingmappedout,butChristakissays:

"

Peopleareinter-connected,sotheirhealthisinter-connected."

8.Itcanbeinferredfromthecontextthatthe"

flipside"

（Para.2）refersto_________.

A.thedisadvantagesofbeingmarried.

　　B.theemotionalproblemsarisingfrommarriage.

C.theresponsibilityoftakingcareofone'

sfamily.

D.theconsequenceofabrokenmarriage.

9.Whatdoestheauthorsayaboutsocialnetworks?

　　A.Theyhaveeffectssimilartothoseofamarriage.

　　B.Theyhelpdeveloppeople'

scommunityspirit.

　　C.Theyprovidetimelysupportforthoseinneed.

　　D.Theyhelprelievepeopleoftheirlife'

sburdens.

10.Whatcanbeinferredfromthelastparagraph?

　　A.It'

simportantthatwedevelopasocialnetworkwhenyoung.

　　B.Tostayhealthy,oneshouldhaveapropersocialnetwork.

　　C.Gettingadivorcemeansriskingareducedlifespan.

　　D.Weshouldshareoursocialnetworkswitheachother.

第二节阅读填空（共5小题；

每小题2分，满分10分）

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。

选项中有两项为多余选项

Rainydaysmayruinsomecheerfulplansforoutdoorsactivities,butitdoesn’thavetobeboringinside.Onthenextrainyday,trysomeoftheseideasforadayfulloffunwithyourkids:

Tellstories.Youmighttelloldstoriesyouheardwhenyouweregrowingup,oryoumightmakeupsomereallyfascinatingstoriesjustforthekids.______11_________.

PlayintheKitchen.LettheKidshelpyoucookapizzaormaybesomecookies.Givethemachancetohelpyouinthekitchenandmakesomethingdelicious.______12_______.

____13____LettheKidscomeupwithastoryoftheirown.Theymightwanttowritestoriesindividuallyandthenreadthemaloudtoothers,ortheymightwanttogettogetherandwriteastorytogether.

Play“let’spretend”games.Letthekidspretendtobeteachers,doctors,nursesorpolicemen.Letthemdressupinwhateveryoumayhave.____14_____.Youmightevenvolunteertobethestudentorthepatient.

Haveaparty.___15___Then,letthemfallalloverthemselveswithlaughter,whenyoushowthemhowitwasdonewhenyouwereakid.

Usetheseideastogetyoustarted,andthekidsmayactuallystartwishingformorerainydays.

A.Writeastorytogether.

B.Playthe“hideandseek”game.

C.Thenletthemplaytheroles.

D.Haveapartytoletthechildrenburstintolaughter.

E.Letthekidspickoutsomemusicanddancearoundtheroom.

F.Then