山西省太原市小店区高二英语上学期月考试题.docx

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山西省太原市小店区高二英语上学期月考试题

2017～2018学年第一学期高二（9月）模块诊断

英语试题

考试时间：

90分钟满分：

100分

第Ⅰ卷（选择题，共60分）

第一部分：

阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

第一节（共15小题，每题2分，满分30分）

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

A

Happybirthday!

Dobirthdayreallymakepeoplehappy?

Ofcoursetheydo.Birthdayscelebratethedaywhenwewereborn.Besides,thatextracandleonthecakesuggestsanotheryearofgrowthandmaturity（成熟）—orsowehope．Weallliketoimaginethatwearegettingwiserandnotjustolder．Mostofusenjoyseeingthewonderofgrowthinothers,aswell．Forinstance,seeingourchildrendevelopandlearnnewthingsmakesusfeelproud．ForAmericans,likepeopleinmostcultures,growingupisawonderfulprocess．Butgrowingold?

Thatisadifferentstory.

Growingoldisnotexactlyforpeopleinyouth-oriented（以年轻人为中心）Americanculture．MostAmericansliketolookyoung,actyoungandfeelyoung.Astheoldsayinggoes,“You’reyoungasyoufeel．”Olderpeoplejokeabouthowmanyyearsyoungtheyare,ratherthanhowmanyyearsold．Peopleinsomecountriesvaluetheagedasasourceofexperienceandwisdom．ButAmericansseemtofavorthosewhoareyoung,oratleast“youngatheart”．

ManyolderAmericansfindthe“goldenyears”tobeanythingbutgolden．Economically,“seniorcitizens”oftentryjusttogetby．Retirementattheageof65bringsasharpdecreaseinpersonalincome．Socialsecuritybenefitsusuallycannotmakeupthedifference．Olderpeoplemaysufferfrompoornutrition（营养）,medicalcare,andhousing.Someevenhavetheexperienceofagediscrimination（歧视）.Americansociologist（社会学家）PatMooreoncedresseduplikeanolderpersonandwanderedcitystreets．Shewasoftentreatedrudely--evencheatedandrobbed．However,dressedasayoungperson,shereceivedmuchmorerespect．

Unfortunately,theelderlypopulationinAmericaisincreasingfast．Why?

Peoplearelivinglonger．Fewerbabiesarebeingborn．Andmiddle-aged“babyboomers”（婴儿潮）arerapidlyenteringthegroupoftheelderly．Americamaysoonbeaplacewherewrinkles（皱纹）are“in”．Marketingexpertsarealreadynoticingthisgrowinggroupofconsumers．

1.Growingupisawonderfulthingbecause________.

A.peoplecancelebratetheirbirthdays.

B.peoplecanbecomemoreandmatureandwiser.

C.peoplecanreceivemanypresents.

D.peoplewillfeelyoungeratheart.

2.Wecaninferfromthesecondparagraphthat_________.

A.youngpeoplelackexperienceandwisdom.

B.Americanolderpeopleoftenjokeabouttheiroldage.

C.Americancultureisveryyoung.

D.differentcountrieshavedifferentopinionsontheoldage.

3.Theunderlinedsentence（inParagraph3）means“_________.”

A.thegoldenyearscanmaketheoldearnlotsofmoneyandreceivegoodmedicalcare

B.theoldpeoplein America areprobablyleadingahardlifewithoutgoodnutrition,medicalcareorhousing.

C.theoldin America havetoretireattheageof65.

D.Americansocialsecuritybenefitsarenotgood.

4.Fromthelastparagraphweknowthattheunderlinedword“in”canbereplacedby_______.

A.serious   B.bad    C.disappearingslowly     D.growingfast

B

LastAugust，JoeandMaryMahoneybeganlookingatcollegesfortheir17yearolddaughter，Maureen.Withachecklistofcriteriainhand，theDallasfamilylookedaroundthecountryvisitinghalfadozenschools.Theysoughtauniversitythatofferedtheteenager’sintendedmajor，onelocatednearalargecity，andacampuswheretheirdaughterwouldbesafe.

“Thesafetyissueisabigone.”saysJoeMahoney，whoquicklydiscoveredhewasn’taloneinhisworries.Oncampustoursotherparentsvoicedsimilarconcerns，andthesamequestionwasalwaysasked：

Whataboutcrime？

Butwhencollegeofficialsalwaysgavethesameanswer—“That’snotaproblemhere.”—Mahoneybegantofeeluneasy.

“Nocrimewhatsoever？

”commentsMahoneytoday.“Ijustdon’tbuyit.”Norshouldhe：

In1999theU．S.DepartmentofEducationhadreportsofnearly400,000seriouscrimesonoraroundourcampuses.“Parentsneedtounderstandthattimeshavechangedsincetheywenttocollege，”saysDavidNichols，authorofCreatingaSafeCampus.“Campuscrimemirrorstherestofthenation.”

Butgettingaccurateinformationisn’teasy.Collegesmustreportcrimestatistics（统计数字）bylaw，butsomeholdbackforfearofbadpublicity，leavingthehonestoneslookingdangerous.“Thetruthmaynotalwaysbeobvious，”warnsS．DanielCarterofSecurityonCampus，Inc.，thenation’sleadingcampussafetywatchdoggroup.

Tohelpconcernedparents，Carterpromisedtovisitcampusesandtalktoexpertsaroundthecountrytofindoutmajorcrimeissuesandeffectivesolutions.

5．Theunderlinedword“buy”inthethirdparagraphmeans________.

A．mind      B．admitC．believe     D．expect

6．Welearnfromthetextthat“thehonestones”inthefourthparagraphmostprobablyreferstocolleges________.

A．thatareprotectedbycampussecurity

B．thatreportcampuscrimesbylaw

C．thatarefreefromcampuscrime

D．thatenjoyverygoodpublicity

7．Whatisthetextmainlyabout?

A．Exactcampuscrimestatistics.

B．Crimesonoraroundcampuses.

C．Effectivesolutionstocampuscrime.

D．Concernsaboutkids’campussafety.

C

LiquidPaper（修正液）wasinventedbyBetteNesmithGraham.Shewas17whenshegotajobataTexasbankasasecretary,eventhoughshedidn’tknowhowtotype.Thecompanysheworkedforsenthertoasecretaryschool,andshewastypinginnotimeat all.

The1950shadseenthewidespreaduseoftheelectrictypewriter,whichtypedfasterbutalsomeantmoremistakes.Also,mistakesmadebyearlyelectrictypewriterswereveryhardtoerase,whichcausedproblemsforBette.

Inordertomakeextramoneysheusedhertalenttopaintholidaywindowsatthebank. Thenoneday,itsuddenlyoccurredtoherthatshecouldcreateapainttocoveruptype-writingmistakes.

Itworked!

In1956,Bettesoldherfirstbottlesofthenewproduct,whichshecalled“MistakeOut”.Shemadeitinherkitchen,andhersonMichaelandhisfriendsbottleditinthefamilygarage.

By1957,shewasselling100bottlesamonthandhadgottenapatent（专利）forherproduct,whichshenowcalled“LiquidPaper.”Salescontinuedto grow,asmoreandmorepeopleheardaboutLiquidPaper,throughword-of-mouthandbyreadingaboutitinmagazines.

Inthe1960s,BetteboughtamachinetohelpherproduceLiquidPaperinlargequantities.In1971,shesold2millionbottles.In1979,shesoldthecompanyfor47.5milliondollars.Shedidn’tlivetoseetheendofthecontract（合同）,dyingin1980,attheageof56,inTexas.

Bette’sinventioncontinuestobeusedeverydaybysecretariesandotherpeopleintheofficeandwherevertypewritersareused.

8.WhenBettebegantoworkinabank,she______.

A.wastooyoungtotype          B.hadgraduatedfromsecretaryschool

C.hadnoexperienceintyping      D.taughtherselfabouttyping

9.ItcanbeinferredthatthefirstLiquidPaper______.

A.wasproducedbyhand         B.wasmadebymachine

C.wasbottledinthekitchen      D.wastestedinthefactory

10.Whatisthepassagemainlyabout?

A.Arockgroup.   B.Asecretary.   C.LiquidPaper.   D.MistakeOut.

11.Thepassageisorganizedmainlyinorderof______.

A.importance    B.time       C.space    D.popularity

D

Anewstudyhasdiscoveredthatmeditation（冥想）andoxygensporttogetherreducedepression．TheRutgersUniversitystudyfoundthatthismindandbodycombination,donetwiceaweekforonlytwomonths，reducedthe symptomsforagroupofstudentsby40percent.

“Weareexcitedbythefindingsbecausewesawsuchameaningfulimprovementinbothclinicallydepressedandnon—depressedstudents，”saidleadauthorDr．BrandonAlderman．“Itisthefirsttimethatbothofthesetwobehavioralwayshavebeenlookedattogetherfordealingwithdepression．”

Researchersbelievethetwoactivitieshaveaninteractiveeffectin combating depression．AldermanandDr．TraceyShorsdiscoveredthatacombinationofmentalandphysicaltraining（MAP）enabledstudentswithmajordepressivedisordernottoletproblemsornegativethoughtsdefeatthem．

Rutgersresearcherssaythosewhoparticipatedinthestudybeganwith30minutesoffocusedattentionmeditationfollowedby30minutesofoxygensport．Theyweretoldthatiftheirthoughtsdriftedtothepastorthefuturetheyshouldrefocusontheirbreathing，enablingthosewithdepressiontoacceptmoment-to-momentchangesinattention．

Shors，whostudiestheproductionofnewbraincellsinthehippocampus—partofthebraininvolvedinmemoryandlearning—saysscientistshaveshowninanimalmodelsthatoxygensportexercisekeepsalargenumberofcertaincellsalive．

Theideaforthehumanintervention（干预）camefromherlaboratorystudies，shesays，withthemaingoalofhelpingindividualsacquirenewskillssothattheycanlearntorecoverfromstressfullifeevents．

Bylearningtofocustheirattentionandexercise，peoplewhoarefightingdepressioncanacquirenewlearningskillsthatcanhelpthemprocessinformationandreducetheoverwhelmingrecollectionofmemoriesfromthepast，Shorssays．

“Weknowthesetreatmentscanbepracticedoveralifetimeandthattheywillbeeffectiveinimprovingmentalhealth．”saidAlderman．“Thegoodnewsisthatthisinterventioncanbepracticedbyanyoneatanytimeandatnocost．”

12．Whatmadetheresearchsodifferent?

A．Adoptingawayofmeaningfultalk．

B．Combiningthetwowaystotreatdepression．

C．Treatingdepressionwithspecialmedicine．

D．Comparingthedepressedwiththenon-depressed．

13．Theunderlinedword“combating”inParagraph3canbereplacedby______．

A．distinguishing   B．identifying   C．fighting    D．examining

14．Whatdidtheparticipantsdointheresearch?

A．They didoxygensporthalfanhourbeforethinking．

B．Theythoughtquietlyandt