辽宁沈阳东北育才校高二下第一阶段考英语卷含答案及解析.docx

1、辽宁沈阳东北育才校高二下第一阶段考英语卷含答案及解析2019年辽宁沈阳东北育才校高二下第一阶段考英语卷【含答案及解析】姓名_ 班级_ 分数_题号一二三四五六总分得分一、阅读理解1. 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 。 A AmericanMalinois(玛伦牧羊犬) We have extra large,strong and healthy puppies born on May 29,2014 and raised on 2.5 acres fenced in Williston Highlands by American Malinois Foun

2、dation. They are not caged or home-raised Malinois.They have taken swimming training and full exercise routine with their parents to make sure they know how to guard themselves and other things this breed can do.I work specifically on the ones which have service dog qualities. My ideal buyer would b

3、e a disabled person in need of a mobile or medical alert service dog.The American Malinois is a working dog and is most content to bond with one person and only follow this person s orders.Potential owners should be familiar or experienced with this breed. My fee represents the cost of feeding,groom

4、ing,boarding,training,medical and registration with the CKC(Continental Kennel Club).Puppies will have health certificates from vets. To see videos of the puppies and their parents, go to YouTube and search: American Malinois Foundation. MiniSchnauzers(雪纳瑞犬) We have 4 males and 4 females.Our puppies

5、 come with a health guarantee.They are trained and all of them have great personalities and would be a great addition to any home.These puppies are for pets only.To keep our bloodlines pure, we do not allow our puppies to be bred. We have been breeding for over 13 years and we only breed Mini Schnau

6、zers. They are the best dogs. They are very smart. We will not ship our puppies. We have had people drive over 1500 miles to purchase our babies. 1.From Paragraph 3,we can infer that the American Malinois is . A.lonely_ B.active C.experienced D.loyal 2.Which of the following can be used to describe

7、Mini Schnauzers? A.Socialized and cute._ B.Clever and brave. C.Healthy and clever._ D.Professional and strong. 3.What is the author s purpose in writing this passage? A.To show two kinds of dogs he loves. B.To advertise two kinds of dogs on sale. C.To show that dogs are our best friends. D.To prove

8、that dogs are well-trained. 2. 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 。 New research shows that kids from low-income families may be falling behind their peers because an important part of their brains is underdeveloped. Researchers from MIT s McGovern Institute for Brain Research compared the brains of

9、 12-and 13-year-olds from rich families with the brains of their peers from lower-income families. They found that one particular area of the brainthe neocortex(新皮质),which plays a key role in memory and learning abilityis thinner in children from lower-income households. This is a crucial part of th

10、e brain for young students, who are often tested based on their ability to recall large chunks of information. Children who had a thinner neocortex performed poorly on standardized tests,researchers found.More than 90% of high-income students scored above average on a statewide math and English/Lang

11、uage Arts standardized test,compared with less than 60% of low-income students.Differences in cortical(脑皮层) thickness could account for almost half of the income-achievement gap in this sample,researchers wrote. “Just as you would expect, there s a real cost not living in a supportive environment. W

12、e can see it not only in test scores,in educational attainment,but within the brains of these children,”says psychological scientist John Gabrieli,a professor of brain and cognitive sciences at MIT and one of the studys authors. Since a 2011 study published by Stanford University professor Sean Rear

13、don found that the gap between standardized test scores of high-income and low-income students has grown by about 40% since the 1960s,there s been a lot of research aimed at finding links between income and achievement, rather than race alone. The MIT study found low-income children were equally lik

14、ely to have a thinner neocortex,no matter their races. Gabrieli and his co-authors can t say exactly why poor children s brains develop differently because there are too many possibilities to count.Their findings do,however,underline the importance of early intervention(干预) to ensure that low-income

15、 kids get the tools they need to succeed. 1.What s the function of the first paragraph? A. To list some findings. B. To give some advice. C. To do some comparisons. D. To show the main idea of the text. 2.What does the underlined word “crucial” in Paragraph 3 mean? A. Special._ B. Important. C. Separate._ D. Unknown. 3.What John Gabrieli says in Paragraph 4 mainly shows the importance of . A. cognitive ability B. educational attainment C. having developed brains D. living in