四川成都外国语学院学年高二英语下学期期中试题Word文档格式.docx

1、第卷 （选择题 共70分）第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第1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。ACity College ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS All high school graduates and anyone 18 years of age or older, with or without a high school diploma, are suitable for admission. Individuals under the age of 18

2、who possess a high school diploma are also suitable for admission. HOW TO ENROLL IN CREDIT COURSES New and readmitted students must complete and hand in a credit admissions application form available online at www.ccsf.edu. BEFORE YOU REGISTER: Learn about your skill level in English and Math throug

3、h our assessment service; Attend an orientation （新生报到会） to hear about support services; Meet with a counselor （adviser） to select your courses; Find out if you are required for attending the entrance examinations. HOW TO ENROLL IN NONCREDIT COURSES Courses in Noncredit Programs are free of charge （n

4、o enrollment fee）. For information on how to enroll in noncredit courses, click here. PARKING Students, faculty and staff are encouraged to use public transit. Click here for ParkingRegulations. SERVICES City College services include a bookstore, cafeteria, health center, tutoring center, career and

5、 transfer center, counseling, financial aid, library, learning resource center, student government offices, campus police, disabled students programs and more.1. Which kind of the following people could not be admitted to City College?A. A high school graduate B. An adult without a high school diplo

6、maC. Anyone who possesses a high school diploma D. A sixteen boy without a high school diploma2. What do we know about the entrance examinations from the passage?A. All new and readmitted students must take the examinations.B. Those who are poor in English and Math must take the entrance examination

7、s.C. Not all the new students are required to take the entrance examinations.D. The entrance examinations are free of charge.3. Where can this passage be found?A. In a college news report. B. In a newspaper advertisement.C. In a tour guide. D. On an education website.BSpending money on time-saving s

8、ervices reduces stress and boosts （增进） happiness, according to a new research, but shockingly, few of us do it.Whillans, a professor at HBS said, “Buying time helps to protect us from the stress in our lives caused by time pressure, and the feeling that we don t have enough minutes in the day to com

9、plete our tasks.The effect was clearest in the Canadian experiment, in which 60 working adults were given $40 to spend in two different ways. One weekend, they were told to spend the money on a material purchasea gift for themselves. The next weekend, they were instructed to spend the $40 on anythin

10、g that saved them time, from paying the neighbors kid to run errands （跑腿） to taking a Uber instead of a bus.“On the day they made the time-saving purchase, they felt happier, in a better mood, and lower feelings of time stress than on the day they bought a material purchase” said Whillans.The bigges

11、t surprise to the researchers was how few people would spend money on time-saving services. When they asked 98 working adults how they would spend a “windfall” of $40, only two percent named a purchase that would save them time.“One reason, said Whillans, “is that were very bad at remembering how mu

12、ch we hate doing certain tasks once the suffering has passed. That makes us less likely to take active steps to avoid that over burdened feeling in the future.” But another possible cause is good old-fashioned guilt. “If you feel guilty about getting someone to clean your house for you, then you mig

13、ht get less happiness from outsourcing that task,” said Whillans, or you might just be less likely to spend your money in that way. 4. In the Canadian experiment, the participants .A. were divided into two groupsB. were given $ 40 every two weeksC. were asked to give money to a neighbors kidD. were

14、asked to spend the money in different ways5. According to the author, what can make people less time-stressed?A. Paying much for a concert ticket.B. Taking a regular bus to get to work.C. Employing someone to clean the garden.D. Buying themselves an expensive present.6. When it comes to spending mon

15、ey on buying time”, .A. no people would like to do itB. a small percentage of people choose to do itC. more people will do it if extra money is givenD. most people like the idea but dont practice it in life7. What do the underlined words “that overburdened feeling” in Paragraph 6 refer to?A. The good old-fashioned guilt.B. The feeling of spending money on goods.C. The stress of having someone clean your house.D. The di