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阅读下列四篇短文,从每小题后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑.

A

BlueNoteJazzFestival２０１８

Jul１ＧJul３０,２０１８

Location:

SeverallocationsinNewYork

TheBlueNoteJazzFestivalinNewYorkCityisthecity�smostpopularjazzfestivalandfocusesonbringingbigＧnameartiststosmalcrowdsandupＧandＧcomingactstothepublic．Theeventtakesover１５placesacrossthecityandincludesQuestlove,MichaelBoltonandArethaFranklin．

GrantParkMusicFestival２０１８

Jun１４ＧAug１９,２０１８

Locations:

JayPritzkerPavilion,SouthShoreCulturalCenter,&

HarrisTheaterforMusic

andDance|２０１EastRandolphStreet,Chicago,Ilinois

Listeningtoclassicalmusicissaidtoimproveyourinteligence．Whetherthat�strueornot,theGrantParkMusicFestivalwilprovideyouwithfree,classicalmusic,andyou�dbesmarttoattend．Themusicattheseconcertswilleaveyoubeggingformore．It�sfreetoattend,socomeandenjoysomegreatmusicwithyourfamilyandfriends．

LakeParkFriendsWonderfulWednesdays２０１８

Jun２１ＧJul２６,２０１８

LakePark|Milwaukee,Wisconsin

Energyiswaytoocontained（被压抑）inanindoormusicplace．LetthatenergygowhereitwantsthroughaseriesofoutdoorconcertswithLakeParkFriendsWonderfulWednesdays．Wednesdayisnolongerthemostboringdayoftheweek．Thistime,there�ssomethingfuntodo．Alistoflivemusicactshasmadethemiddleoftheweeksomethingtolookforwardto．

YouthCUEFestivalofYouthChoirs（合唱队）２０１８

Aug１０ＧAug２２,２０１８

WashingtonNationalCathedral|３１０１WisconsinAVENWWashington,DC

YouthCUEFestivalofYouthChoirsinWashingtongivesstudentstherareopportunitytoperformintheWashingtonNationalCathedral,afamoushistoricplace．Thefestivalisashowcaseofstudentchoirs（唱诗班）fromaloverthelocalprofessionalorchestra．

２１．WhatcanpeopleenjoyattheBlueNoteJazzFestival?

A．Performancesbyfamoussingers．B．Livelyperformancesbypublic．C．Performancesbyartistsfrom１５countries．D．Highqualityperformanceswithfreeadmission．

２２．Thosewhoareinterestedinclassicalmusicwouldprobablygoto．A．BlueNoteJazzFestival

B．GrantParkMusicFestival

C．LakeParkFriendsWonderfulWednesdays

D．YouthCUEFestivalofYouthChoirs

２３．Ifyoulikechoirs,whichcityshouldyougoto?

A．NewYork．B．Chicago．C．Milwaukee．D．WashingtonDC．

B

MorethanIrealized,Dadhashelpedmekeepmybalance．

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咸宁市高二期末�英语试卷第３页（共８页）

myarmforbalancepeoplewouldstare．Iwouldbeashamedoftheunwantedattention．As

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stationwasthebasementofhisofficebuilding．Hewenttoworksickanddespiteterrible

weather．Healmostnevermissedadayandwouldmakeittotheofficeevenifothers

couldnot．Itwasamatterofprideforhim．

Unabletoengageinmanyactivitiesmyfatherstiltriedtoparticipateinsomeway．Heliked

togotodancesandpartieswherehecouldhaveagoodtimejustsittingandwatching．Onone

unforgettableoccasionafightbrokeoutatabeachpartywitheveryonepunchingandshoving．He

wasn�tcontenttositandwatchbuthecouldn�tstandunaidedonthesoftsand．Infrustrationhe

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ofhimoften．IthinkofhimwhenIcomplainaboutsmalthingswhenIamenviousof

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A．annoyed

B．awkward

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people

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C．hewaslookeddownupon

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２６．Whydidtheauthor�sfatherintroducehissontohiscoleagues

A．Hewantedtocomforthimself．

B．Hewasquiteproudofhisson．

C．Heconvincedhissontoreplacehim．D．Hewantedtomakehissonaccepted．

２７．Accordingtothelastpassagewhatdoestheauthor�sbalancereferto

A．Goodqualities．

B．Anabilitytostandsteadily．

C．Ahabitofworkinghard．

D．Amotivationtobeoutstanding．

C

ForthoseofuswhohaveeverbeentoOceanParkthebestpartwasprobablyseeing

thebeautifulandfriendlydolphins．Andtheluckierpeopleamongusmayhaveevenhad

thechancetoswimwiththeseamazingcreatures．Atthesametimehoweverwecan�t

helpbutthinkthattheseanimalswouldbehappierinthewildratherthanbeforcedto

performforhumansincaptivity

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Accordingtoarecentstudythoughweneedn�tthinklikethat．Thestudywhichwas

publishedinthejournalAppliedAnimalBehaviourScience,wasledbyscientist

Asthefirstofitskindthestudy�saimwastolookatcaptivityfromtheanimals�pointof

viewaccordingtoBBCNews．OverthecourseofthreeyearsCleggandherteamputtogethera

seriesofexperimentstofigureouthowcaptivedolphinsfeltabouttheirlives．Wewantedtofind

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outwhatactivitiesincaptivitytheylikemost:

shetoldBBCNews．

Therewerethreekindsofexperimentoneinwhichthedolphinswereleftaloneone

inwhichtoyswereaddedtotheirpoolandoneinwhichahumanplayedwiththedolphins．

Itwasfoundthatofthethreetypesofexperimentthedolphinsseemedtoenjoy

playingwithhumansthemost．Theirleapingfromthewaterduringtrainingandtheir

curiousapproachestotheedgeofthepoolappearedtobeenthusiastic

wroteBBCNews

咸宁市高二期末�英语试卷第４页（共８页）

sciencecorrespondentVictoriaGil．Howeverthisdoesn�tnecessarilymeandolphinsare

happierincaptivitythantheyareinthewild．

AccordingtowildlifeandnatureplatformOneGreenPlanetbeingraisedincaptivity

couldactualybeharmfultodolphins．Bybeingbornintocaptivitytheywilneverlearn

theskilsnecessarytosurviveinthewild．Thismeansthatanyanimalthatisbornin

captivitycanneverbesentbackintothewilditwroteonitswebsite．

Butwhilethismaybetrueatleastitseemsthatcaptivedolphinsstilenjoyhappy

momentswithhumans．

２８．InwhatwayisCleggandherteam�sresearchspecial

A．Theresearchlastedforoverthreeyears．

B．Livedolphinswerestudiedinthisresearch．

C．Scientiststriedtoviewthingsfromdolphins�perspective．

D．Theresearchwasconductedinadolphinarium．

２９．Howdidthescientistsconcludethatthedolphinsseemedtoenjoyplayingwith

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humansthemost

B．Fromdolphins�noises．

A．Fromdolphin�sbehaviours．

C．Fromstatisticsoftheresearch．D．FromBBC�sreports．

３０．WhydidOneGreenPlanetgoagainstraisingdolphinsincaptivity?

A．Dolphinswouldbebadlytreated．

B．Dolphinscouldneverreturntonature．

C．Dolphinscoulddieinashorttime．

D．Dolphinswouldbeforcedtoperform．

３１．Whatistheauthor�sattitudetowardsdolphinsincaptivity?

D．Positive．

A．Casual．

B．Concerned．

C．Uncertain．

D

It�sabouttimesomebodydestroyedthatoldmyth（神话）aboutchildhoodbeingthehappiestperiodofyourlife．Childhoodmaycertainlybefairlyhappy,butitsgreatestmomentscan�tcomparewiththejoyofbeinganadult．WhoeveraskedasixＧyearＧoldforopinion?

Childrendon�thaveopinions,oriftheydo,nobodynotices．Adultschoosetheclothestheirchildrenwilwear,thebookstheywilreadandthefriendstheywilplaywith．Motherandfatherarekindbutcompletedictators（独裁者）．Thisisanadultworld．

Youmusthaveheardthesewordsabouthowhappyitistobeachild．Butwhichadultwouldhonestlychangeplaceswithachild?

Everymovementyoumake,everythoughtyouthinkisobservedbysomeadults．Rememberhowgentlepressurewasgiventoyouwithwordslike“ifyoudon�tdoasIsay,Iwil�”．I�msureyouwilneverforget!

Evenso,theseareonlypartofchild�strouble．Nomatterhowkindandlovingparentsmaybe,childrenoftensufferfromterribleandilogicalfearssincetheycan�tunderstandtheworldaroundthem．Theyoftenhavesuchfearinthedarkorinthedreams．Adultscansharetheirfearswithotheradultswhilechildrenhavetofacetheirfearsalone．

Butthemostpainfulpartofchildhoodisaperiodwhenyoubegintogooutofit,theperiodwhenyougointoadolescence．Teenagersstarttobeagainsttheirparentsandthiscausesthemunhappiness．ThereisacompletelackofselfＧconfidenceduringthistime．Adolescentspaymuchattentiontotheirappearanceandtheimpressiontheymakeonothers．Theyfeelshy,awkwardandclumsy．Feelingsareintenseandheartseasilybroken．Teenagersexperiencemomentsofgreathappinessorblackdespair．Andthroughthisperiod,adultsseemtobeunkindthanever．

Whatahappytimeitistogrowup．Suddenlyyougetyourbalance;

theworldopensupbeforeyou．Youarefreetochoose;

youhaveyourownplacetoliveinandyourownmoneytospend．Youdonothavetoaskapprovalforeverythingyoudo．Youarenolongerlaughedatorpunishedby

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