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江西省吉安市重点高中寻年高二上学期第一次联考英语试题

江西省吉安市重点高中2019-2020寻年高二上学期第一次联考英语试题

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HighSchoolCourseRequirementsforCollegeAdmissions

Whileadmissionsstandardsvarygreatlyfromoneschooltoanother,nearlyallcollegesanduniversitieswillbelookingtoseethatapplicantshavecompletedastandardcore（核心）curriculum.Asyouchooseclassesinhighschool,thesecorecoursesshouldalwaysbethemostimportant.Studentswithouttheseclassesmaybeautomaticallydisqualifiedforadmission.Ingeneral,atypicalhighschoolcorecurriculumlookssomethinglikethis.

English:

4years

ForeignLanguage:

2to3years

Math:

3years

Science:

2to3yearsincludinglabscience

SocialStudiesandHistory:

2to3years

Art:

1year

Keepinmindthattherequiredcoursesforadmissiondifferfromtherecommendedcourses.Atselectivecollegesanduniversities,additionalyearsofmath,scienceandlanguagewillbenecessaryforyoutobeacompetitiveapplicant.

WhencollegescalculateyourGradePointAverage（GPA）foradmissionspurposes,theywilloftenignoretheGPAonyourtranscript（成绩单）andfocusonlyonyourgradesinthesecoresubjectareas.Gradesforphysicaleducation,musicperformanceandothernon-corecoursesarenotasusefulforpredictingyourlevelofcollegereadinessasthesecorecourses.Thisdoesn'tmeanthatelectivesaren'timportant.Collegesdowanttoseethatyouhavealargevarietyofinterestsandexperiences,buttheysimplydon'tprovideagoodwindowintoanapplicant'sabilitytohandlestrictcollegecourses.

Corecourserequirementsvaryfromstatetostate,andmanyofthemoreselectivecollegeswillwanttoseeastronghighschoolacademicrecordthatgoeswellbeyondthecore.AdvancedPlacement,IBandHonorscoursesareamusttobecompetitiveatthemostselectivecolleges.Inmostcases,thestrongestapplicantstohighlyselectivecollegeswillhavefouryearsofmath（includingcalculus）,fouryearsofscienceandfouryearsofaforeignlanguage.

1．Howmanycoursesareincludedinatypicalhighschoolcorecurriculum?

A．Three.B．Six.C．Eight.D．Ten.

2．Whatdoesyournon-corecoursesmeanwhenyouapplytocollege?

A．Yourintelligencelevel.B．Youracademicstandard.

C．Yourtalentsandcreativity.D．Yourinterestsandexperiences.

3．Whowillmostprobablybeinterestedinthetext?

A．HighschoolstudentsB．Highschoolteachers

C．CollegestudentsD．Collegeteachers

Ifyouseeaproblem,youshouldfindasolution.ThatiswhatAlexKnoll,a13-year-oldboyfromPostFalls,Idaho,believes.Whenhenoticedamanstrugglingtoopenaheavydoorfromhiswheelchair,Alexstartedthinking."Iwonderediftherewasaresourceavailabletohimtoshowwhichbusinesshadautomaticdoors,sohecouldactuallyaccessthem,"AlextoldTimeforKids."Icouldn'tfindanything,soIcreatedit."

Thatwasfouryearsago.TheideaisAbilityApp.Alex'swebsitesaystheappwillhelppeoplewithdisabilitiesandtheircaregiversfindtheexactpositionofpublicspacesandfindsafe,reliableservicesandemploymentopportunities.Talk-showhostEllenDeGenereslikedAlex'sideasomuchthatshehadhimonhershowandsurprisedhimwitha$25,000check."Ithinkit'sreallygoingtohelpmegetgoing,"Alexsays.

Worldwide,therearemorethanabillionpeoplewithsomekindofdisability,accordingtoTheWorldHealthOrganization.AdisabilitycanmakeithardtodoeverydayactivitiesandfindaJob.TaraMillerisafriendofAlex'sfamily.Sheusesawheelchair.ShehelpsAlexwithhisappbysharingherexperienceofwhatitisliketolivewithadisability."Weallwanttobeabletobeinthesameestablishments（机构）asanyable-bodiedperson,"Millersays."It'saboutlittlethingslikelowtablesinrestaurantsandautomaticdoors,whichcanmakeahugedifference,shesays.Alexhasyettosetalaunch（发布）dateforAbilityApp.Butheisdeterminedtomeethisgoal."I'mgoingtoworkashardasIcanandasfastasIcan,"hesays.

4．WhatmadeAlexcreateAbilityApp?

A．Thedesiretomakemoney.B．Theideaofafriendofhisfamily.

C．Theinconveniencetoadisabledman.D．Theencouragementofawell-knownhost.

5．HowdoesTaraMillerhelpAlex?

A．Bysharingherexperienceasadisabledgirl.

B．Bycollectingemploymentinformation.

C．Bylendinghimsomemoney.

D．Bylookingafterhisfamily.

6．HowdothedisabledbenefitfromtheApp?

A．Theycangetdonations.

B．Theyareoffereddiscountsinrestaurants.

C．Theyareinvitedtoatalkshowtoraisepublicattention.

D．Theyenjoyeasyaccesstopublicservicesandjobopportunities.

7．WhatisAlexlike?

A．Generousandhonest.B．Braveandeasy-going.

C．Creativeanddetermined.D．Confidentandenergetic.

Themoonanditspossibleinfluenceoverhumanbehaviorshavebeenobjectsoftalesforcenturies.Althoughthefullmooncan'tturnpeopleintowerewolves（狼人）,somepeopledoblameitforcausingabadnight'ssleepordiscomfort.

Tofindoutiflunarphases（月相）affectedhumans,aninternationalgroupofresearchersstudiedchildrentoseeiftheirsleepingpatternschangedoriftherewereanydifferencesintheirdailyactivities.Theresearchstudiedatotalof5,812childrenfromfivecontinents.Datacollectiontookplaceover28months,whichisthesameasthenumberoflunarcycles.Thesewerethendividedintothreelunarphases:

fullmoon,half-moonandnewmoon.

Thefindingsofthestudyindicatedthatingeneral,sleepdurationaroundfullmoonreportedanaveragedecreaseoffiveminutescomparedtonewmoon.“Ourstudyprovidesevidencethatthemoondoesn'tseemtoinfluencepeople'sbehaviors,”saidDr.Jean-PhilippeChaputfromtheEasternOntarioResearchInstitute.Theonlysignificantfindingwasonepercentsleepdecreaseinfullmoon.However,sleepingforfiveminuteslesstimeduringafullmoonisnotadangertohealth.“Ourbehaviorsarelargelyinfluencedbymanyotherfactorslikegenes,educationandincome,”headded.

“Folktalesandevencertainexamplessuggestthatbehaviorsofhumansandanimalsareaffectedbylunarphases,”Dr.Chaputexplained.“Whetherthereissciencebehinditornot,themoonsecretwillcontinuetoattracthumancivilizationsintheyearstocome.”

8．Wheredoesthemoon'sbadinfluenceonhumanbehaviorsusuallycomefrom?

A．Tales.B．Textbooks.C．Newsreports.D．Scientificpapers.

9．Whydidtheresearchlast28months?

A．Toattractmoreattention.B．Tocoverthelunarcycles.

C．Tolookintomorechildren.D．Tocollectasmuchdataaspossible.

10．Whatcanbeconcludedfromthefindings?

A．Weshouldgotobedfiveminutesearlierduringafullmoon.

B．Themoonisamajorcausetoaffectoursleepandbehaviors.

C．Weshouldn'tworryaboutthemoon'sinfluenceoverhealth.

D．Themoonplaysasignificantroleinchildren'ssleepingpatterns.

11．HowdoesDr.Chaputfeelaboutthetopicofthemooninfluence?

A．It'sboring.B．It'sworryingC．It'sfrightening.D．It'sinteresting.

Learningasecondlanguageistrickyatanyage.Now,inanewstudy,scientistshaveworkedouttheexactageatwhichyourchancesofreachingfluencyinasecondlanguageseemtodrop:

10.

Thestudy,publishedinthejournalCognition,foundthatit'snearlyimpossibleforlanguagelearnerstoreachnative-levelfluencyiftheystartlearningasecondtongueafterage10.Butthat'snotbecauselanguageskillsstarttogodownhill."Itturnsoutyou'restilllearningfast,"saysstudyco-authorJoshuaHartshorne,anassistantprofessorofpsychologyatBostonCollege."It'sjustthatyourunoutoftime,becauseyourabilitytolearnstartsdroppingataround17or18yearsold.Peoplewhostartafewyearsafterage10maystillbecomequitegoodatalanguage,"theauthorssay,"buttheyareunlikelytobecomefluent."Kidsmaybebetterthanadultsatlearningnewlanguagesformanyreasons.Children'sbrainsaremoreplasticthanthoseofadults,meaningthey'rebetterabletoadaptandrespondtonewinformation."Alllearninginvolvesthebrainchanging,"Hartshornesays,"andchildren'sbrainsseemtobealotmoreskillfulatchanging."Kidsmayalsobemorewillingtotrynewthingsandtopotentiallylookfoolishintheprocessthanadultsare.Theircomparativelynewgraspontheirnativetonguemayalsobeadvantageous.Unlikeadults,whotendtoobeytherulesandpatternsoftheirfirstlanguage,kidsmaybeabletoapproachanewonewithablankpage.

Thesefindingsmightseemdiscouraging,butitwashearteningforscientiststolearnthatthecritical（关键的）periodforfluentlanguageacquisitionmightbelongerthanpreviouslythought.Somescientistsbelievedthatthewindowbegantocloseshortlyafterbirth,whileothersextendedittoearlyadolescence.Comparedwiththoseestimates（评估）,age17or18—whenlanguage-learningabilitystartstodropoff—mayseemrelativelyold.

12．Whatisthebestperiodtolearnasecondlanguage?

A．Beforeten.B．Earlyadolescence.C．Agefifteen.D．Ageseventeenoreighteen.

13．Whenitcomestonewthings,whatdoesthewriterthinkofkidscomparedwithadults?

A．They'relessskillful.B．They'relessinterested.

C．They'remoreflexible.D．They'remorestubborn.

14．Whatdoestheunderlinedword"window"inthelastparagraphreferto?

A．Interest.B．Chance.C．Confidence.D．Motivation.

15．Whichofthefollowingcanbethebesttitleforthetext?

A．It'sNeverToolatetoLearnaSecondLanguage.

B．ItTakesTimetoBeGoodataSecondLanguage.

C．DoWeReallyNeedtoLearnForeignLanguages?

D．WhyKidsLearnLanguagesMoreEasilythanAdults.

二、七选五

Robotshavebeentakingourjobssincethe1960s.However,humanshaven'tbecomecompletelyredundant（多余的）becausetheserobotsmaybeveryefficientbutt