新疆沙雅县第二中学学年高二英语上学期期中试题 理Word文档格式.docx

1、第一节：共15题；每小题2分，满分30分阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项ASome years ago, a 28yearold Californian wife and mother of three children died from drinking too much water. Her body was found in her home shortly after she took part in a waterdrinking contest that was held by a local radio show. Called “Hold Yo

2、ur Wee For A Wii”, the contest organizers promised a free Wii video game machine to those who drank the most water without going to the bathroom. The woman who died drank about 2 gallons of water during the contest. When she and other participants complained of discomfort and showed signs of pains,

3、they were laughed at by the organizers.This tragic news story shows the importance of understanding why drinking too much water can be dangerous to your health. Consuming more water than you need can increase your total blood volume （容量）. And since your blood volume exists within a closed system, in

4、creasing your blood volume puts unnecessary stress on your heart and blood vessels （血管）. Your kidneys （肾） must work overtime to get rid of extra water out of your system. Your kidneys are not a pair of pipes. Flushing more water through your kidneys doesnt necessarily help it become cleaner. Rather,

5、 your kidneys can get damaged by unnecessary wear and tear over time. And drowning your system with large amounts of water is one of many potential causes of kidney damage.Putting unnecessary stress on your system and your kidneys by consuming unnecessary water is an unnoticeable process. For the av

6、erage person, it is usually impossible to know that this stress exists, as there are usually no obvious symptoms on a momenttomoment basis. But make no mistake about it: this stress is real and can hurt your health over the long term.1Why is the Californian woman mentioned?ATo lead to the topic of t

7、he text.BTo tell us a tragic news story about a mother.CTo tell us it can be dangerous to take part in contests.DTo tell us how much water we can drink at most one time.2When the participants showed signs of pains, the organizers _.Abecame very concernedBwere laughed at by othersCtried to reduce the

8、ir painsDdidnt pay much attention to them3The stress caused by consuming unnecessary water _.Aisnt that dangerousBcan never be found outCis really harmful in the long runDleads to some obvious symptomsBNeither rain nor snow nor the dark of night can separate Tennessee postal carrier “Mailman Mike” f

9、rom his 4andahalfyearold friend Carter Lawson or keep them from their appointments.For the past nine months, the two have teamed up every day in the preschoolers Knoxville neighborhood for a few minutes of delivering mail together and chatting with fellow neighbors. Lawson wants to be a mail carrier

10、 when he grows up, and in an inspiring story, his mom told us how mailman Mike Crenshaw has been a role model to her son.“Anyone could just be likeGo away, kid, but Mike has really gone out of his way to talk with Carter, ” said Cassie Lawson of the United States Postal Service carrier. Little Carte

11、r even got his own uniform to match Mikes.“Its been really cute. I just couldnt believe he got a full mailmans costume，” the postal service employee said.“Every letter carrier has stops he looks forward to and this is the one I look forward to every day，” said Mike. “Hes the end of my day, and the b

12、est part of my day. Not because its the end, but because hes such a cute little guy. ”The man and the little boys connection isnt a surprise to Fredric Rolando, president of the National Association of Letter Carriers. “Kids respond to mailmen because letter carriers are a friendly, uniformed part o

13、f the neighborhood who bring something to their house every day, and are someone they come to recognize and trust,” Rolando said. “Its the same for the elderly, but in addition, letter carriers may be the only person they communicate with all day.”4Mike Crenshaw meets Carter Lawson every day to_.Apl

14、ay with the boyBget mail from the boyClisten to the boys storiesDsend mail together with the boy5Why does Mike Crenshaw like the last stop of his day?AIt is where he lives.BIt is where he is paid.CHe wants to be with Carter.DHe can finish his work by then.6What can we infer from Fredric Rolandos wor

15、ds?AMailmen are usually not well respected.BWhat letter carriers do is not just sending letters.CThe elderly dont like communicating with others.DPeople should learn to recognize and trust each other.7What is the best title for the text?AA letter carrier is praised for helping a kidBA mailman makes

16、a little boys dream come trueCEvery letter carrier has stops he looks forward toDThe importance of letter carriers cannot be ignoredCDust on furniture may be bad news for waistlines （腰围）. But its far too early to add dusting to a weightloss plan. Dietary fats and other materials that make up indoor

17、dust can send a signal to human fat cells, telling them to grow. That process, in turn, might slow the bodys rate of burning energy. Such changes could add to any weight problems a person might have.“We dont know what that means to longterm health and certain diseases yet,” says Heather Stapleton, o

18、ne of the studys authors. But she notes that her teams findings also raise a question of whether pollutants （污染物） in dust might play some role in the growing, global problem of obesity.Stapleton and her colleagues collected dust from homes and offices. Studies found that some materials in the dust c

19、ould turn on a protein （蛋白质） called PPARgamma 1. Its found in many human tissues. Turning this protein on can cause fat cells to grow. Researchers think this protein may be involved in obesity. But a second study now finds evidence that certain fats are mostly to blame. Cooking oils may send out som

20、e of these fats into the air, where they eventually find their way into house dust. Or, the authors say, the fats might enter house dust as part of the hair or skin cells shed （脱落） by people or pets.“While the findings are amazing,” says Mitchell Lazar, another study author, “these findings need to

21、be taken as very preliminary.” Indeed, he adds several cautions about how the findings should be understood. “For one thing, people eat these fats in foods all of the time. That is likely to be a lot more than would be consumed from indoor dust,” he said.8What can be concluded from the research?ADus

22、t harms peoples health.BDust can help people lose weight.CDust is a cause for some diseases.DDust may have something to do with weight.9What do we know about PPARgamma 1?AIt comes from dust.BIt leads to weight gain.CIt can help get rid of dust.DIt only appears in human bodies.10The underlined word “

23、preliminary” in the last paragraph can be replaced by “_”Alimited BimportantCmisleading Dunbelievable11Whats the best title for the text?ACan house dust make us fat?BWhy is it important to clean?CAnything to do to deal with dust?DWhat is the best way to lose weight?DWe spend around one third of our

24、lives in bed, and the body does a lot of its repair work as we sleep, so enough good quality sleep is very important to our health.It doesnt stop there, thoughsome sleep positions are healthier than others.So which sleep position is the healthiest?Sleeping on your back is the healthiest sleep positi

25、on.Health benefits include avoiding back and neck pain.Because the head is raised above the stomach when you sleep on your back, this position is best for people who suffer from nighttime acid reflux （胃酸逆流） as well.Around 80% of heartburn （胃灼热） sufferers have problems during the night, so sleeping o

26、n their back could help a lot of people to enjoy a good nights sleep.If the sleep position alone is not enough to alleviate the condition, try raising the head of the bed by up to 4 inches by placing blocks under it.When you sleep on your back, your face is in a natural position.This means less wrin

27、kles （皱纹）If you really cant face sleeping on your back, another healthy sleep position is the side sleep.Its almost as good as the back position, and its better for people who snore（打鼾） and their partners.Whichever sleep position you choose, use a pillow that supports the head and the neck without r

28、aising the head unnaturally, as this can bring neck pain.12Which is NOT one of the benefits of sleeping on the back?AIt can avoid acid reflux.BIt makes people look younger.CIt helps people get rid of stomach pain.DIts good for heartburn sufferers.13The underlined word “alleviate” in Paragraph 2 prob

29、ably means “_”Amake people enjoy B.make people forgetCmake it less useful D.make it less serious14.What does the text mainly talk about?AWays to keep us healthy.BThe importance of sleep.CHealthy positions of sleep.DSleeps repairing functions.15Which part of a magazine may the article appear in?AHeal

30、th. B.Sports.CScience fiction. D.Fashion.第二节 （共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。Richards father died when he was five. Later on he lost his mother. An old woman felt sorry for the poor boy and often helped him. Of course he had no money to go to school. He had to work for a r

31、ich farmer. The man paid him nothing except food and clothes. _16_ He found some old books near the school and taught himself to read and write._17_ It connected the village and the town. One morning people found there was a big stone on it. It stopped them from going to town. They had to move it away, or they had to cross the mountain if they had something to do in the town. But the stone weighed thi