学年山西省太原市金河中学高二年级第一学期期考试英语试题.docx

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学年山西省太原市金河中学高二年级第一学期期考试英语试题

2017-2018学年山西省太原市金河中学高二年级第一学期期考试英语试题

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第一节（每题3分，共15小题，满分45分）

A

Stateschools

AllchildreninEnglandbetweentheagesof5and16havetherighttogetafreeplaceatastateschool.Moststateschoolshavetofollowthenationalcourses.Themostcommononesare:

●communityschools,controlledbythelocalgovernmentandnotinfluencedbybusinessor

religiousgroups

●foundationschoolsandvoluntaryschools,whichhavemorefreedomtochangethewaytheydothingsthancommunityschools

●academies（学校）,independentfromthelocalgovernment--theycanfollowadifferentcourse

●grammarschools,runbythegovernment-theyselectallormostoftheirpupilsbasedonacademicabilityandthereisoftenanexamtogetin

Specialschools

Specialschoolswithpupilsat11andoldercanspecializeinlofthe4areasofspecialeducationalneeds:

●communicationandinteraction

●cognition（认知）andlearning

●social,emotionalandmentalhealth

●sensoryandphysicalneeds

Schoolscanfurtherspecializeinwhat.thestudentsreallyneed:

autisticdisorders,visualproblems,orspeech,languageandcommunicationneedsandsoon..

Privateschools

Knownas"independentschools",theychargefeestoattendinsteadofbeingfundedbythegovernment.Pupilsdon'thavetofollowthenationalcurriculum.Allprivateschoolsmustberegisteredwiththegovernmentandareinspectedregularly.

Freeschools

Freeschoolsarefundedbythegovernmentbutaren'trunbythelocalcouncil.Theyhavemorecontroloverhowtheydothings.They're"all-ability"schools,sotheycan'tuseacademicselectionprocesseslikeagrammarschool.

Freeschoolscan:

●settheirownpayandconditionsforstaff

●changethelengthofschooltermsandtheschoolday

●don'thavetofollowthenationalcurriculum

1.Whatistheauthor'spurposeinwriting

A.TostressschooleducationinEnglishisfree

B.TotellreadersthereareafewtypesofschoolsinEnglish

C.TomakeanadvertisementforEnglandschools.

D.ToadviseparentstosendtheirchildrentoastateschoolinEngland.

2.Whatwillyoufocusonasaspecialschoolteacher?

A.Howtohelpchildrendevelopintelligence.

B.Howtotreatvisualproblemsinabetterway.

C.Howtoguidechildrentotalkwitheachother.

D.Howtomakechildrenbecomehealthier.

3.Whatdoyouknowaboutfreeschoolsmentionedabove?

A.Thelocalcounciltakeschargeofthem.

B.Theyhavetherighttodecidetheschoolterms.

C.Theyhavetoadoptnationalcurriculum.

D.Theyeducatecleverandexcellentstudents.

B

Themostimportantlessonsinlifethatweneedtolearnaretheresultsofourpoordecisions.Althoughtimeandexperiencearethebestteachers,wealsosufferfromexperiencessuchasoursacrifices,sufferingandthehardships.Goodjudgmentdevelopsonlywhenwetrulylearnfromourmistakes.However,manypeoplekeeprepeatingthesamemistakesbeforelearningtheirlessonsbecauseastheysay,theyarejusthumanswhoaresubjecttomakingmistakes.

Ourweaknessesinlifecanbeturnedintoourstrengthsifweimmediatelyacknowledgeandrecognizethefactthatwemessupandlearnfromthem.Ourgoodorbadexperienceshelpuslearnbetterjudgmentinlife.Yet,toomanypeopleareindenialandplacetheblameonotherswithoutrealizingthattheminutetheytakeresponsibilityfortheiractioniswhenthelearningprocessbegins.Asidefromlearningfromourownexperience,wecanalsolearnvaluablelessonsfromtheexperienceofothers.Itallowsustoobserveourbehaviorfromanotherangle.Whenwerecognizeourmistakesandpreventthemfromhappeningagain,weare,therefore,learning.

Quicklyidentifyingourmistakesandchangingbehavioraccordinglyrequireslesstimeandenergythandenyingmistakes.However,acknowledgementofmistakesrequiresbeliefintheideathattheperfectionisnotpossible.

Itiseasiertoanalyzeourmistakesespeciallywhenwetalktoothers,whichcanhelppeopletosortoutcommentsorcriticismsafteramistakeismade.Despiteourtendencytoavoidmistakes,timelyacknowledgementisoneofthebestwaystopreventthemfromrepeating.

4.Whatdoeslearningfromtheexperienceofothershelpusdo?

A.Re-evaluateourbehaviordifferently.

B.Realizethatmistakesarepartoflife.

C.Recognizetheresultsofmistakes.

D.Learnbetterjudgmentinlife.

5.Whatshouldwekeepinmindtoadmitourmistakes?

A.Everymanhashisfaults.B.Mistakesaregreatteacher.

C.Behindbadluckcomesgoodluck.D.Asyoumakeyourbed,soyoumustlieinit.

6.Accordingtotheauthor,howshouldweavoidrepeatingmistakes?

A.Thinktwicebeforeacting.B.Learncarefullyfromothers’comments.

C.Haveatimelytalkwithothersforadvice.

D.Admittheexistenceofmistakesintime.

7.Whichofthefollowingopinionsdoestheauthorintendtoconveythemost?

A.Neverbeafraidofmakingmistakes.B.Learnwisdomfromourmistakes.

C.Learnfromotherstoseeourmistakes.D.Stopbeingashamedofmakingmistakes.

C

Ilikedbeingamess.Mydeskwasalwayssurroundedwithbowlsoffoodgrain,sourmilkandoldmagazines.Myfloorwasfullofsweaters,stuffedanimals,socks,shoes…Icould’talwaysseethesethings,butIknewthattheyweresafe,lyingsomewhere.

OnedayinAugust,allofmyfriendsandfamilymembersweredoingtheirownbusinesses.ItoldmymomthatIdidn’tknowwhattodoandsheadvisedmetocleanmyroom.WhenIopenedthedoortomybedroom,everythingwasinitsusualmessyarrangement.Ibecameawareofthemoldy（发霉）smellandnoticedaspider（蜘蛛）ontopofmymirror.IsuddenlyfeltterribleforeverythinginmyroomthatIhadburiedandhadanurgetomakethemreappear.

Inaboxburiedunderoldtextbooks,Ifoundaletterthatmygrandfatherhadwrittenmeatcamp.IrememberedmydadrockingmetosleepthenightGrandfatherdied,andhowthetearswouldn’tstop.Tearsbegantorolldownmycheeksagain.

Inthedrawernexttomybed,Ifoundafriendshipwatchbandfrommychildhoodbestfriend,Aubrey,whohadgivenittomebeforeshemovedtoCalifornia.Ihadlostsomanypreciouschildhoodmemoriesovertime,lettingthemslipawayintothetidelikegrainsofsand.

UndermybedIevenfoundthatpictureofmymomandmeinJamaica.Istartedatthatgirl,barelyabletorecognizethispersonwhohaddrownedinthemessofmyroomsomanyyearsbefore.Idecidedtocompletelyre-organizeandcleanmyroomsothatallthebooks,belts.andbasketswereintheirrightplace.Itwaslikefindingthemissingpiecesofthepuzzle.

Thefinishingtouchwasframingthatphotoandhangingithighuponmywall.Afterall,itwasmeIhadbeensearchingfor.

8.Paragraph1ismainlyabouttheauthor’s___________.

A.disorganizedlifestyleB.regularstudyhabitsC.unusualhobbiesD.busylife

9.Howdidtheauthorfeelwhenshesawaspiderinherbedroom?

A.FrightenedB.CuriousC.AshamedD.Excited

10.Whatdidtheauthorrealizewhenshewasdoingtheclean-up?

A.HermomlovedherverymuchB.Itwasimportanttofindherplace

C.ShehadlostmanyfondmemriesD.Friendshipdidn’tchangeovertime

11.Whatdoestheunderlinedword“It”inparagraph5referto?

A.ThinkingofthepastB.Tidyinguptheroom

C.SortingthroughthephotosD.Readinglettersfromfriends

D

TheOuchPodcast（播客）talksaboutnewsandissuesaffectingthosewithadisability,allwithahumoroustouchaddedtothemix.

I’vebeenlisteningtoitonoffforafewmonthsandtheirrecenttopicwasaboutpublictransport.Theysharedsomestoriesaboutrudenessandotheraboutfunnycircumstances.Whiletheyweretalkingabouttheirlocaltransportsystemtheopinionsandstoriestheysharedarecommontoallofus.

Thoseofyouthathaveadisability,andthoseofyouwhotravelwithpeoplewhodoareawareoftheproblemsthatcanarise.Manyofthebusesinmylocalareaaretheaccessiblekind.Butsomearetheoldkindwithsteps.Ifyouhavemobilityissuesitcanbeagreatchallengeeachtimeyoudecidetocatchthebus.Hopefullytheoldbuseswillbephasedoutovertime.

Duringtheprodcastoneofthehosts,Kathleen,talksabouttheissuesthataffecther.Icanempathise（产生共鸣）withherandherexperiences.I’msuremanyofyouwillbeableto.

Howoftendoyouboardabusoratrainandfindtherearen’tanyseatsavailable?

Irarelyexperiencethisonthebusbutit’scommononthetrain.LikeKathleenI’dprefertostandthandrawattentiontomyselfandtrytoexplaintosomeonewhyIneedaseat.There’snogurranteethey’dmoveanyway.ThisismychoicehoweversoIcan’tblameothers.

Myissuecomesfromthewhiteknightbehaviouroftheotherpassengers.Howmanyofyouhavereceivedlooksofdisapprovalwhenyou’reseatedbutthereareothersstandingwholookliketheyneedaseat?

WhenI’msittingdownIlookjustascapableaseveryoneelse,whichleadstorequestsanddemandstogiveupmyseat.It’sonlywhenIstandupandtheyseemewalkandwatchmetrytomaintainbalancethattheyrealizeI’mnot.

Don’tforgettocheckouttheOuchPodcast.I’msurethey’llhavesomethingyoucanrelateto.YoucanlistentothemataudioBoomorontheBBCwebsite.

12.WhatisspecialabouttheOuchPodcast?

A.It’squitepracticalB.It’sprettyinspring

C.It’saboutthelatestnews.D.It’saboutdisabledpeople.

13.Whichcanbestreplacetheunderlinedpart“phasedout”inparagraph3?

A.ShownoffB.StoppedusingC.MadefulluseofD.Introducedgradually

14.Whydoestheauthorprefertostandinsteadofaskingforhelpwhileonatrain?

A.TokeepfitB.BecauseheisshyC.ToavoidembarrassmentD.Becauseheisconsiderate.

15.Whatbotherstheauthoraccordingtoparagraph6?

A.ReceivinglooksofsympathyB.Lookingdisabledwhilestanding

C.