综合能力测试2.docx

1、综合能力测试2综合能力测试二(必修2)第一部分听力(120题略)第二部分阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)第一节(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。A(2017福建省三明市第一中学月考)It was on the early afternoon of a midOctober day in 2012. Bismark Mensah, who came to America several months ago, was collecting carts (手推车) outside a Walmart in Federal Wa

2、y. It was a parttime job for him. He earned $9.05 an hour in charge of getting carts out of the parking lot.He was used to finding stuff in carts that customers had somehow forgottenkeys, credit cards, wallets. And he turned them into a customer service. But a particular item stood out. It was a whi

3、te envelope with a clear window in the middle, and there was a lot of cash in it, around $20,000. Mensah turned them into customer services.Because of what he did that afternoon, Mensah is now the winner of Walmarts national 2013 “Integrity(正直) in Action Award”Bismark Mensah says that since the stor

4、y ran, he has become the model the youth in Ghana (his native country)He is now employed fulltime at the Federal Way Walmart, earning $10.95 an hour, up from the $9.05 an hour he earned working parttime.Mensah, 33, no longer collects carts and such. He is in the backroom, dealing with inventory(库存).

5、 “I want to learn everything about operating a store like Walmart store，” he says. He plans to return to Ghana to run some shops owned by his family. He also plans to go to college and earn a degree in business administration.21What does Mensah do in Walmart now?ACollects carts.BDeals with inventory

6、.CChecks out the groceries.DEnsures Walmarts security.22Whats Mensahs future plan?A. To teach in college.B. To run his own shops.C. To earn a degree in arts.D. To work in a big factory.23What can be inferred from the passage?AMensah comes from a poor family in Ghana.BMensah can hardly make himself u

7、nderstood in America.CMensah will help set up some Walmart branches in Ghana.DMensah has set an example for the youth in his own country.24What lesson can we learn from the story of Mensah?AIts never too late to learn. BDont judge by appearance. CHonesty is a valuable quality.DA bird in the hand is

8、worth two in the bush.答案与解析本文通过Mensah的故事，告诉人们“诚实是宝贵的品质”。21B细节理解题。根据最后一段中He is in the backroom, dealing with inventory (库存)“I want to learn everything about operating a store like Walmart store，”he says.可知Mensah在Walmart处理库存。故选B。22B细节理解题。根据最后一段倒数第二句He plans to return to Ghana to run some shops owned b

9、y his family.可知经营自己的商店。故选B。23D推理判断题。根据倒数第三段Bismark Mensah says that since the story ran, he has become the model the youth in Ghana (his native country). Mensah在他自己的国家为年轻人树立了榜样。故选D。24C推理判断题。根据第三段Because of what he did that afternoon, Mensah is now the winner of Walmarts national 2013 “Integrity (正直)

10、 in Action Award”可知诚实是宝贵的品质。故选C。B(2016江苏高考)Chimps (黑猩猩) will cooperate in certain ways, like gathering in war parties to protect their territory. But beyond the minimum requirements as social beings, they have little instinct (本能) to help one another. Chimps in the wild seek food for themselves. Eve

11、n chimp mothers regularly decline to share food with their children, who are able from a young age to gather their own food.In the laboratory, chimps dont naturally share food either. If a chimp is put in a cage where he can pull in one plate of food for himself or, with no greater effort, a plate t

12、hat also provides food for a neighbor in the next cage, he will pull at randomhe just doesnt care whether his neighbor gets fed or not. Chimps are truly selfish.Human children, on the other hand, are naturally cooperative. From the earliest ages, they desire to help others, to share information and

13、to participate in achieving common goals. The psychologist Michael Tomasello has studied this cooperativeness in a series of experiments with very young children. He finds that if babies aged 18 months see an unrelated adult with hands full trying to open a door, almost all will immediately try to h

14、elp.There are several reasons to believe that the urges to help, inform and share are not taught, but naturally possessed in young children. One is that these instincts appear at a very young age before most parents have started to train their children to behave socially. Another is that the helping

15、 behaviors are not improved if the children are rewarded. A third reason is that social intelligence develops in children before their general cognitive (认知的) skills, at least when compared with chimps. In tests conducted by Tomasello, the human children did no better than the chimps on the physical

16、 world tests but were considerably better at understanding the social world.The core of what childrens minds have and chimps dont is what Tomasello calls shared intentionality. Part of this ability is that they can infer what others know or are thinking. But beyond that, even very young children wan

17、t to be part of a shared purpose. They actively seek to be part of a “we”， a group that intends to work toward a shared goal.25What can we learn from the experiment with chimps?AChimps seldom care about others interests.BChimps tend to provide food for their children.CChimps like to take in their ne

18、ighbors food.DChimps naturally share food with each other.26Michael Tomasellos tests on young children indicate that they _.Ahave the instinct to help othersBknow how to offer help to adultsCknow the world better than chimpsDtrust adults with their hands full27The passage is mainly about _.Athe help

19、ing behaviors of young childrenBways to train childrens shared intentionalityCcooperation as a distinctive human natureDthe development of intelligence in children答案与解析本文是一篇研究报告，通过比较大猩猩和小孩子帮助他人的实验结果大猩猩很自私，而小孩天生就乐于合作，从小就愿意帮助他人得出了一个结论：合作是人类的天性。25A推理判断题。该题提问的是我们能从实验中得出什么结论。根据第二段最后两句可知，通过实验我们可以看出，猩猩很自私，

20、不关心其他猩猩的利益。故选A。26A细节理解题。根据第三段第二句可知，小孩在很小的时候就知道帮助他人，这和A项说法一致。故选A。27C主旨大意题。通读全文并结合最后一段第一句和文章最后一句可知，文章通过比较大猩猩和小孩帮助他人的实验结果最终得出一个结论：合作是人类的天性。C项说法与之一致，符合题意。故选C。C(2017郴州市质量监测)Last night my husband and I were on the way to a show. We were both hungry and wanted to grab a quick bite on our way there, so we s

21、wung through a JackIntheBoxDrivethru Restaurant and placed our order.When we got up to the window the lady smiled at me, which is sometimes rare and asked how I was doing while she was collecting our money for the food. I replied, “Fine，and how are you？”She went to get our order ready and I asked my

22、 husband to pass my “Drivethru Smile bag” to me. He handed it to me and watched in amazement as I gathered together a “You make a difference” paper, including a smile card, a smile stamp and a smile button.She came back to the window almost before I finished putting it all together. Without looking

23、too closely she passed the bag and said, “Thank you. Have a good day.” I said，“Wait! This is for you.” As I placed the little smile gifts in her hand a smile spread across her face. As she looked at the items it got a little bigger but when I thanked her for her smile there was no holding back. She

24、gave the biggest smile and she was laughing. It was very heartwarming.My husband was very impressed by it. It made him smile too. It just takes a little effort to connect in a human way to everyone we have dealings with, even with something as small as a Drivethru transaction.Remember, we all make a

25、 difference!28All the followings are included in my “You make a difference” paper EXCEPT _.Aa smile card Ba smile stamp Ca smile button Da smile bag29The lady became happy because she received _.Asome food Bsome kindness Csome money Dsome help30What may be the best title for the text?AJackIntheBoxDr

26、ivethru Restaurant BBiggest Drivethru Smile EverCYou Make a Difference through Effort DDont hold back Your Smile答案与解析本文是一篇记叙文体，叙述了作者在JackIntheBoxDrivethru Restaurant 的购物经历，得出友善的微笑在生活中意义重大。28D细节理解题。从第三段最后一句“I gathered together a “You make a difference”paper，including a smile card, a smile stamp and a

27、 smile button.”可推断出D并不包括在内。29B推理判断题。根据文章第四段可知她受到了顾客的友善相待，变得非常的开心，故B正确。30B标题判断题。文章是一篇记叙文体，叙述了作者在JackIntheBoxDrivethru Restaurant的购物经历，得出友善的微笑在生活中意义重大，因此答案选B。D(2017湖北省沙市中学考试)People arent walking any moreif they can figure out a way to avoid it.I felt superior about this matter until the other day I to

28、ok my car to mail a small parcel. The journey is a matter of 281 steps. But I used the car. And I wasnt in any hurry, either. I had merely become one more victim of a national sickness: motorosis.It is an illness to which I had thought myself immune, for I was born in the tradition of going to place

29、s on my own two legs. At that time, we regarded 25 miles as a good days walk and the ability to cover such a distance in ten hours as sign of strength and skill. It did not occur to us that walking was a hardship. And the effect was lasting. When I was 45 years old I raced and beat a teenage footbal

30、l player the 168 steps up the Stature of Liberty.Such enterprises today are regarded by many middleaged persons as bad for the heart. But a wellknown British physician, Sir Adolphe Abrahams, pointed out recently that hearts and bodies need proper exercise. A person who avoids exercise is more likely

31、 to have illnesses than one who exercises regularly. And walking is an ideal form of exercisethe most familiar and natural of all.It was Henry Thoreau who showed mankind the richness of going on foot. The man walking can learn the trees, flower, insects, birds and animals, the significance of season

32、s, the very feel of himself as a living creature in a living world. He cannot learn in a car.The car is a convenient means of transport, but we have made it our way of life. Many people dont dare to approach Nature any more; to them the world they were born to enjoy is all threat. To them security is a_steelriver thundering on a