河北省定州中学学年高二下学期英语周练试题49.docx

1、河北省定州中学学年高二下学期英语周练试题49河北定州中学2016-2017学年第二学期高二英语周练试题（4.9）一、阅读理解For many people, being on the job might just sound like a picnic compared to a day at home filled with housework, meals and childcare. Even for those with a happy family life, home can sometimes feel more taxing than work.In a new study,

2、researchers at Penn State University found significantly and consistently lower levels of cortisol(皮质醇) released in response to stress, in a majority of subjects when they were at work compared to when they were at home. This was true for both men and women, and parents and people without children.B

3、oth men and women showed less stress at work. But women were more likely to report feeling happier there. Men were more likely to feel happier at home. Experts say there are other reasons why work is less stressful than home for many. “Paid work is more valued in society,” says Sarah Damaske, the le

4、ad researcher on the study. “Household work is boring and not particularly rewarding.”We get better at our job with time and the increased competence means less stress and more rewards. Yet none of us, no matter how long weve been doing it, ever truly feels like an expert at parenting or even at mar

5、riage.The support and friendship of co-workers also offer stress relief. At home, meanwhile, stress spreads and accumulates quickly. “Thats the reason why most housewives wish they were the bread earners,” Dr. Damaske says.Much of the advice to families and couples include the warning to “leave work

6、 stress at the office” and even to change our mind-set from work to home, for example, a walk around the block. The recent findings, though, suggest our home life, not our attitude, might be due for some change.1Which of the following can replace the underlined word “taxing”?A. stressful. B. cheerfu

7、l. C. worthwhile. D. rewarding.2What did the research in the second paragraph prove?A. Men felt better at home.B. Women felt they had less time.C. Women were easier to feel happier.D. Most people felt more stress at home.3What do most people think of work at office?A. It is competitive. B. It improv

8、es ability.C. It cant relieve stress. D. It doesnt always pay off.4According to the recent findings, what should we change to solve the problem mentioned?A. Our attitude. B. Our mind-set.C. Our home life. D. Our working style.Its an ordinary morning，like all the othersBut instead of being woken up b

9、y the buzzing of an alarm clock, youll be roused by the smell of freshly made coffee，light entering your room as the curtains open automatically，and a gentle back massage（按摩）provided by your high-tech bed.This is what a typical(典型的) persons life will be like two decades from now，according to The Gua

10、rdian. Want to know more?After you get up, your apartment will be like an electronic orchestra with you as the conductor. With simple moves of your hand and spoken instructions, youll be able to control your apartments temperature, humidity, music and lighting. Youll be able to look through the days

11、 news on translucent screens while your breakfast waits for you in the automatic oven.As you move into your kitchen, you might accidentally hit your toe on a cupboard. If you do, youll grab your cell phone and open the diagnostics(诊断) app. Inside your phone there will be a tiny microchip(芯片) that us

12、es X-ray waves to scan your body. The scan will tell whether your toe is bruised or broken.After breakfast, your driverless car will take you to work. While you “drive”, your central computer system will suggest a list of chores(家务事) that your housekeeping robots can do that day and it will also rem

13、ind you to buy a gift for your mothers upcoming birthday.As you can see, with the help of advanced technology, our lives will be more efficient(有效率的). Technology will mitigate our forgetfulness and free us of many small burdens that distract us, such as buying a ticket. Our brain will therefore be a

14、ble to focus on more important things like preparing for a presentation or doing “deep thinking”.However, the development of technology might have some disadvantages as well. By 2036, well be relying heavily on the virtual(虚拟的) world, which will mean that all of our data will be stored in the cloud,

15、 a remote digital storage system with near limitless capacity(容量). That will increase the possibility of someone else accessing, sharing or manipulating(操控) our personal information.5What might be the authors purpose in writing the text?A. To stress the importance of developing technology.B. To remi

16、nd people not to depend too much on computersC. To introduce one new invention that will benefit our future lives.D. To describe how advanced technologies will affect our future lives.6According to the text, in two decades, _.A. youll be able to rely on an electronic orchestra to wake you up instead

17、 of an alarm clockB. a tiny microchip in your phone will treat you when you are sickC. you will be able to adjust the conditions of your apartment via oral instructions or simple hand gesturesD. technology will be smart enough to help us with important things like preparing for a presentation7What d

18、oes the underlined word “mitigate” in Paragraph 6 mean?A. Make up for. B. Worsen. C. Cure. D. Take advantage of.When we know somewhere well，we say we “know it like the back of our hand”. But new research has shown that we dont actually know as much about our hands as we think we do.Wider and shorter

19、Professor Matthew Longo at the University of London and his team did an experiment, covering the left hands of 100 people. Then they asked the people to point to where they thought their fingertips and knuckles (指关节) were. They made some quite big mistakes.“People think their hand is wider than it a

20、ctually is,” said Longo. The fingers also seem shorter than they are. This mistake gets worse as you go across the hand from the thumb to the little finger.Sense of position“It is connected to our sense of position,” explained Longo. This is our ability to tell where different parts of our bodies ar

21、e, even when we cant see them. “It tells us whether a joint is straight, or not” he said. It also tells us whether we are going up or down in an elevator. All this information comes from signs from nerves in real time. Its like our brain has maps maps that show the size and shape of our body. “This

22、experiment tried to find those maps,” said Longo.Strength(强度) of feelingBut these maps make mistakes. These mistakes may be made because of how the brain understands different parts of the skin. “Our brains see areas as larger where the skin feels touch strongly,” said Longo. Body parts dont appear

23、as their true size, but appear bigger or smaller depending on how strongly they feel touch. Our lips, for example, have more nerves than our nose. So brain “sees” lips on its map of the body as being bigger than our nose. The same thing happens for other parts of the body that have lots of nerves.Lo

24、ngo believes that more research in this area may help us to understand eating problem better, because people suffering from these problems may not know their bodies properly.8Which of following statement is TRUE about the experiment according to the article?A. People think their body parts are large

25、r than they actually are.B. People made more mistakes about their little fingers length than their thumbs length.C. Peoples fingers are actually shorter than they think.D. People were asked to draw their hands from memory9What does the underlined “it” in Paragraph 4 refer to?A. The new experiment. B

26、. The location information.C. The mistake people made. D. The sizes of fingers and hands.10We can learn from the article that _.A. the maps of peoples bodies form before they are bornB. the maps of our body are based on information from nervesC. our sense of position tells how different parts of the

27、 body workD. how we feel about our body shape is only decided by our sense of position11We can infer from the article that _.A. the hand feels touch more strongly than fingers doB. our lips have a weaker sense of touch than our noseC. there are more nerves in the finger than in the handD. our sense

28、of position should not be trusted because it is too often incorrect二、完形填空When my sister Diane began playing the violin, she was seven. How did she sound? Terrible. But she didnt_. At twelve, she asked our parents if she could_a full-time music school. They said no. Actually, everyone agreed that my

29、sister_talent.I was better at my _. My teacher had told my parents that I had great _. So my parents found the best piano teacher in the area to _me. But the only time he was _was Saturday afternoons at 3 p.m. Back then, I was _about the British TV show “The Avengers”, which was_every Saturday at 3

30、p.m. I let nothing take up my “Avengers” hour. So I _this amazing opportunity. Today, I dont even have a _ in my house.My sister became an engineer, but she_stopped making music. When she was in her 40s, she switched _. She went back to college, got a(n)_in music education, and became a music teache

31、r. She starts kids out on their first instrument and gives them all the encouragement and support she never_.Recently, she and a pianist pal put on a recital. A big crowd of friends and family _for her. As she played, I looked around at the _. Everyone was _enjoying the music. It occurred to me that

32、 I was the only person who remembered that 7 -year-old kid making those perfectly _sounds and knew how far she had come, despite _. Talent is important. But enthusiasm is even more important.12A. advance B. quit C. reflect D. listen13A. inspect B. open C. attend D. visit14A. lacked B. spotted C. possessed D. admired15A. major B. project C. composition D. instrument16A. patience B. ent