湖北省高考英语第二次模拟演练试题与答案Word文档下载推荐.docx

1、 Shoeless children are more likely to get to school earlier. leave later and read more. according to a new research by Bournemouth University. According to The Telegraph .researchers have observed tens of thousands of children who leave their shoes outside the classroom and found that pupils are mor

2、e engaged in their lessons. which in turn leads to better academic performance. The research is in line with policies introduced in schools in England where children who go to class shoeless -following the steps of schools in Scandinavia in an effort to improve their academic standards and behavior.

3、 The study is based on observing and studying tens of thousands of children in over 100 schools in around 25 countries over the last ten years. For decades children in northern Europe have learned with their shoes off because they are left at the school door arrival due to snow.ice or mud. And now a

4、cademics are calling on teachers in England to apply similar shoeless policies to give children the best possible chance of performing in their exams. Experts believe having children with no shoes in the classroom improves their learning because it makes them feel at home and more relaxed when learn

5、ing.Professor Stephen Heppell. who leads the research at Bournemouth University, said:Children are much more willing to sit on the floor and relax if they have no shoes on. The last place a child would sit to read is an upright chair and weve found that 95 percent of them actually dont read on a cha

6、ir at home. When they go on holidays they read lying down. Having conditions in the classroom that are like those at home means that more boys are reading in the classroom. Children also arrive earlier and leave later. which translates into half an hour of extra learning a day on average.”Wearing no

7、 shoes also means the cleaning bill decreased by 27 percent and schools need tospend less money on furniture because they dont need to buy a chair and a table for every child as they can sit on the floor.WWW21. In the classroom. shoeless kids were found to be more_.A. absent-minded B. polite C. focu

8、sed D. restless22. What can we conclude from Professor Heppells words in Paragraph 5? A. Children learn faster in an upright sitting position. B. Classrooms should have their conditions improved. C. Habits formed at an early age are rarely changed.D. Children naturally prefer to read in a relaxed po

9、sition.23. Why do children in northern Europe go to class shoeless?A. They have to he barefoot for their family conditions.B. They follow the customs front their ancestors.C. They feel more comfortable without shoesD. They have to leave the muddy shoes outside the classrooms.24. What could he the be

10、st title for the text? A. Policies help schools cut down on spending B. Shoeless children do better at school C. policies benefit kids in England$来&源： D. Good behavior pays off in the endBI was talking with a friend not long ago who mentioned he was taking his children to Paris for the summer vacati

11、on, and the only thing I could think of was how grateful I was that my father never did that for me. Our vacations were spent 50 miles south of our home in Indiana, at Lanes Camping Retreat. The campground had two lakes: one for fishing, the other for swimming. The swimming lake had a diving board a

12、bout 300 feet high, and every year some kid made his way to the end of the board and then froze with fear. Wed run to the camp store and fetch Mr. Lane, who would walk down to the lake and yell at the kid to jump. But he never would. So Mr. Lane would climb the ladder, throw the kid over his shoulde

13、r, and climb back down.One year, our dad bought a tractor inner tube, which amazed us-we had begged him for years for something to float on, and he had resisted, saying it would cause wild excitement and we would drown. Then, unexpectedly, he bought the tube, which lasted several minutes before it b

14、roke and sank while my brother was on it. He would have drowned, except he was five feet tall and the water was only three feet deep, so he just stood up and walked to shore.After supper, we would sleep with the tent windows rolled up and Dad telling ghost stories. The raccoons（浣熊）would come out fro

15、m the woods and move around the campfire, eating the spilled（散落的）pie filling.“Whats that?” Dad would ask. “Someones out there. Can you hear them?”We would pull our sleeping bags over our heads and dream of serial killers, then awaken to the sound of birdsong.Though I have never been to Paris, I cant

16、 for the life of me consider myself deprived（被剥夺的）.25. What happened when the authors brother floated on the water?A. He fell into the lake. B. He was hurt by the tube.C. He ran wild for several minutes. D. He drowned due to the excitement.26. How did the author feel about his friends summer trip?A.

17、 It was tiring. B. It was boring. C. It was costly. D. It was admirable.27. Why did Mr. Lane come to the swimming lake?A. To punish the naughty kid. B. To guarantee the kids safety.C. To teach the kids swimming skills. D. To help the kids overcome their fear of diving.28. For what reason did the kid

18、s pull their sleeping bags over their heads?A. They wanted to drive the raccoons away.B. They were frightened.C. They found the campfire unbearable.D. They felt very coldCProsocial behaviors are those intended to help other people. Behaviors that can be described as prosocial include feeling empathy

19、（同感） and concern for others and behaving in ways to help or benefit other people.Prosocial behavior has long posed a challenge to social scientists seeking to understand why people engage in helping behaviors that are beneficial to others, but costly to the individual performing the action. Why woul

20、d people do something that benefits someone else but offers no immediate benefit to the doer?Psychologists suggestthat there are a number of reasons why people engage in prosocial behavior. In many cases, such behaviors are fostered during childhood and adolescence as adults encourage children to sh

21、are, act kindly, and help others. Prosocial behaviors are often seen as being compelled by a number of factors including egoistic reasons （doing things to improve ones self-image）, reciprocal benefits （doing something nice for someone so that they may one day return the favor）, and more altruistic r

22、easons （performing actions purely out ofempathyfor another individual）.Characteristics of the situation can also have a powerful impact on whether or not people engage in prosocial actions. Thebystander effectis one of the most notable examples of how the situation can impact helping behaviors. The

23、bystander effect refers to the tendency for people to become less likely to assist a person in distress when there are a number of other people also present. For example, if you drop your purse and several items fall out on the ground, the likelihood that someone will stop and help you decreases if

24、there are many other people present. This same sort of thing can happen in cases where someone is in serious danger, such as when someone is involved in a car accident. In some cases, witnesses might assume that since there are so many other people present, someone else will have surely already call

25、ed for help.Why do people help in some situations but not in others? Experts have discovered a number of different situational variables that contribute to （and sometimes interfere with） prosocial behaviors. First, the more people that are present decreases the amount of personal responsibility peop

26、le feel in a situation. People also tend to look to others for how to respond in such situations, particularly if the event contains some level of ambiguity. Fear of being judged by other members of the group also plays a role. People sometimes fear leaping to assistance, only to discover that their

27、 help was unwanted or unwarranted. In order to avoid being judged by other bystanders, people simply take no action.Experts have suggested that some key things must happen in order for a person to take action.29. Which situation can be described as the bystander effect?A. When hearing an injured lad

28、y crying for help, the neighbors didnt take action.B. On the scene of your colleagues traffic accident, you called the police for helpC. A woman was to give birth on the train and you were the only doctor there.D. Seeing an old man slipping on the icy road, many people volunteered to help.30. What d

29、oes the underlined word “distress” in the fourth paragraph mean? A. comfort B. despair C. peace D. trouble 31. Prosocial behaviors are motivated for all the following reasons EXCEPT _.A. the desire to better ones self-imageB. instant benefits of helping othersC. parental influences in the early life

30、D. empathyfor another individual32. After the last paragraph, the most possible topic could be _.A. situational influences on prosocial behavior B. various reasons for prosocial behaviorC. possible benefits of prosocial behaviorD. skills and knowledge to provide assistanceDIn many countries, schools

31、 have long summer holidays, with shorter holidays in between. However, a new report suggests shortening school holidays to stop children forgetting what they have learnt during the long summer break. Instead of three school terms, it says, there should be five eight-week terms. And there should be just four weeks off in the summer, with a two-week break between the other terms.Sonia Montero has two children at primary school and works full-time. She supports the idea. “The kids,” she says, “have much longer holidays than me and I cant affor