高三英语上学期第二次联考试题.docx

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高三英语上学期第二次联考试题

铁岭市2016-2017学年度协作体第二次联考试题

高三英语试卷

（时间100分钟满分120分）

第一部分听力（略）

第二部分阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分,满分40分）

第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Everyyearmorepeoplerecognizethatitiswrongtokillwildlifefor“sport.”Progressinthisdirectionisslowbecauseshootingisnotasportforwatching,andonlythosefewwhotakepartrealizethecrueltyanddestruction.

Thenumberofgunners,however,growsrapidly.Childrentooyoungtodevelopproperjudgmentsthroughindependentthoughtareledalongwayawaybytheirgunningparents.Theyaresubjectedtoadvertisementsofgunproducerswhodescribeshootingasgo

odfortheirhealthandguncarryingasawayofputtingredderbloodintheveins（血管）.Theyarepersuadedbygunnermagazineswithstorieshonoringthechaseandthekill.Inschooltheyviewmotionpictureswhicharesupposedlymeanttoteachthemhowtodealwitharmssafelybutwhichareactuallydesignedtostimulate（刺激）adesiretoownagun.Wildlifeisdisappearingbecauseofshootingandbecauseofthelossofwildlandhabitat（栖息地）.Habitatlosswillcontinuewithourincreasingpopulation,butcanweslowthelossofwildlifecausedbyshooting?

Theredoesn’tseemtobeanychanceiftheseriousconditionofourbirdsisnotimproved.

Wildlifebelongstoeveryoneandnottothegunnersalone.Althoughmostpeopledonotshoot,theyseemtoforgiveshootingforsportbecausetheyknowlittleornothingaboutit.Theonlyanswer,then,istobringthetruthaboutsportshootingtothegreatmajorityofpeople.

Now,itistimetorealizethatanimalshavethesamerighttolifeaswedoandthatthereisnothingfairorrightaboutapersonwithagunshootingtheharmlessandbeautifulcreatures.Thegunnersliketodescribewhattheydoascharacter-building,butweknowthattowoundananimalandwatchitgothroughtheagonyofdyingcanmakenobodyhappy.If,astheywouldhaveyoubelieve,gun-carryingandkillingimprovehuman-character,thenperhapsweshouldencouragewar.

21.Accordingtothetext,mostpeopledonotseemtobeagainsthuntingbecause___________.

A.theyhavelittleknowledgeofit

B.ithelpstobuildhumancharacter

C.itistoocostlytostopkillingwildlife

D.theywanttokeepwildlifeundercontrol

22.Theunderlinedword“agony”inthelastparagraphprobablymeans___________.

A.formB.ConditionC.painD.sadness

23.Accordingtothetext,thefilmschi

ldrenwatchatschoolactually__________.

A.teachthemhowtodealwithgunssafely

B.praisehuntingascharacter-building

C.describehuntingasanexercise

D.encouragethemtohavegunsoftheirown

24.Itcanbeinferredfromthetextthattheauthorseemsto_____________.

A.blamethemajorityofpeople

B.worryabouttheexistenceofwildlife

C.beinfavourofwar

D.beinsupportofcharacter-building

B

Areyo

uanearlyriseroranightowl?

Researc

hersfromAachenUniversityinGermanybelievethatabout10percentofpeoplecanbeclassifiedas“morningpeople”,whofeelmoreactiveandfunctionbestinthemorning．Around20percentarenightowls—peoplewhonaturallytendtostayuplateandaremoretiredduringtheday．Andtherestofusfallsomewhereinbetween,accordingtoNewScientist.

Previousstudieshavesuggestedthatearlyrisersaremorelikelytobehappyandhealthywhilenightowlsexperienceworsesleepaswellasmoredepressionandanxietyduringtheday.

Foralongtime,scientistshavebeentryingtofindoutwhatcausesthedifferencesbetweenthetwo．Anewstudysuggeststhatitisn’tjustpeople’shabits—earlyrisersandnightowlsactuallyhavedifferentbrainstructures.

LedbyJessicaRosenbergatAachenUniversity,researchersscannedthebrainsof16earlyrisers,23nightowlsand20peoplewithintermediatesleepinghours．Theyfoundthatthebrainsofnightowlshadless“whitematter”—whichspeedsupthetransmission（传输）ofnervesignals–inbrainareasassociatedwithdepression．

Asyouknow,afterpeopleflyinanairplanefromonetimezonetoanother,theyoftensufferfromaconfusedandtiredfeelingcalled“jetlag”becausetheirbodyclocksareoutofsync（不同步的）withthenewtimezone．Itusuallytakesaboutaweekfortheirbodiestoadjusttothenewtime．Butnightowlsalwayshavedifficultysyncingtheirbodiestotherighttimeduetotheirbrainstructure．“It’sliketheysufferfrompermanentjetlag,”saidRosenberg.

Thegoodnewsisthatitispossiblefornightowlstoturnthemselvesintomorningpeople．Accordingtotheresearchers,nightowlsshouldtrytospendasmuchtimeinthesunlightaspossibleandreducetheirexposuretoartificiallightatnighttoforcetheirbodyclockstoshifttoamorenormalrhythm.

25．Whatdoesthearticlemainlydiscuss?

A．Howtoturnearlyrisersintonightowls.

B．Howourhabitsinflue