高考英语一轮复习每日一题第13周每周一测.docx

1、高考英语一轮复习每日一题第13周每周一测2018年高考英语一轮复习每日一题(第13周)每周一测 C. where D. why 9.A ship in harbor is safe, but thats not _ ships are built for.A. what B. whom C. why D. when10.The exhibition tells us we should do something to stop air pollution.A. where B. why C. what D. whichII.阅读理解阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选

2、项。Standing desks. Love them or hate them, there are plenty of articles to back up whatever opinion you have.On the one hand, studies have shown that standing desks could help reduce your risk of obesity (肥胖) and diabetes (糖尿病). On the other, experts have said standing desks dont help with weight los

3、s and could give you back problems.Now, another study has come out, this one in favor of standing desks. Researchers at the Texas AM Health Science Center found that standing desks helped employees get more done during the day. Though the results might not translate for all types of work environment

4、s, they should give standing desk supporters a reason to be pleased.Published last week in the journal IIE Transactions on Occupational Ergonomics and Human Factors, the study followed 167 employees in a call center over six months. Seventy-four of them used standing desks, and researchers found tha

5、t they were 46 percent more productive than those who sat at their desks.The participants employer, a health services company thats not named in the paper, sponsored the study to better understand the returns on the standing desks it had bought for the office.Productivity was determined by the numbe

6、r of successful calls to clients that the health and clinical advisors made per hour. The company earned money for each successful call, during which an advisor checked in on a clients progress in an exercise program, for example, or checked to see that a client was taking proper medication.Employee

7、s typically made between 400 and 500 calls a month, and the company wanted them to average around two successful calls each hour. Those who had standing desks met that quota, while those who remained seated averaged 1.5 successful calls per hour, Gregory Garrett, a public health doctoral student and

8、 lead author on the study, told The Huffington Post. If an advisor was unable to reach a client over the phone, that was counted as an unsuccessful call.Interestingly, the people who stood actually made more phone calls than the ones who sat, Garrett said.The results almost seem too good to be true

9、after all, who wouldnt want a nearly 50 percent boost in productivity just from using a standing desk?How do you prove this desk makes me feel happier, and I feel better? Thats not going to pay the bills, Garrett said.But, he continued, the study shows that standing desks can in fact affect a compan

10、ys performance. Thats really significant.1. According to the passage, standing desks could result in _.A.obesity B.back problemsC.diabetes D.medication problems2. What does the underlined phrase that quota in Paragraph 7 refer to?A.400 and 500 calls a month. B.2 successful calls each hour.C.1.5 succ

11、essful calls every hour. D.The average number of calls per day.3. It can be concluded from the passage that standing desks _.A.are worthy of much further researchB.can be used in all work environmentsC.can help create a boost in productivityD.are more comfortable than normal desks4. What is the writ

12、ers attitude towards standing desks?A.Objective. B.Subjective. C.Positive. D.Negative.BSecurity guard, truck driver, salesperson year after year, these jobs appear on lists of the unhappiest careers. Although many factors can make a job unhappy, unusual hours, low pay, no chance for advancement thes

13、e three gigs stand out for another reason: a lack of small talk.Psychologists have long said that connecting with others is central to well-being, but just how much conversation we require is under investigation. In one study, researchers eavesdropped(窃听) on undergraduates for four days, then catalo

14、ged each overheard conversation as either small talk (What do you have there? Popcorn? ( Yummy! ) or serious ( So did they get divorced soon after? ). They found that the second type related with happiness the happiest students had roughly twice as many serious talks as the unhappiest ones. Small ta

15、lk, meanwhile, made up only 10 percent of their conversation, versus almost 30 percent of conversation among the least content students.However, dont just consider chat worthless yet. Scientists believe that small talk could promote linking. Chatting with strangers could brighten your morning. In a series of experiments, psychologists gave Chicago travelers varying directions about whether to talk with fellow train passengers something they typically avoided. Those told to chat with others reported a more pleasant journey than those told to enjoy your being alone or to do whatever they normal