1617学年高二月考英语试题附答案 1.docx

1、1617学年高二月考英语试题附答案 1太原五中20162017学年度第一学期阶段性检测高 二 英 语第I卷 选择题 (共60分)I. 阅读理解。（共15小题，计40分）第1节（共15题，每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中选出最佳选项。A It should come as no surprise that kids are spending a lot of time in front of screens. According to a new study, teens aged from 13 to 18 spend an average of

2、six and a half hour each day watching TV or using a digital device. Here are some truths and some myths(谬见) that the study showed:Truth 1: Some teens spend too much time looking at screens. One in five teens views more than six hours of screen media each day, and 18% of teens are looking at their sc

3、reens for more than 10 hours a day.Myth 1: This is the end of reading. While the average time young people spend reading, either in print or on a screen, is only 30 minutes per day, most kids who took part in the survey say reading is one of their favorite activities.Truth 2: Boys prefer video games

4、; girls prefer social media. Among teen boys, 71% enjoy playing video games, twice as many as teen girls. Teen girls, meanwhile, spend about 40 minutes more each day on social media than boys do.Myth 2: TV and music have been put aside. For teens, TV is still the top media activity. They enjoy it th

5、e most and watch it every day. For teens, music is the main form of entertainment. Most teens listen to it on their smartphones.Truth 3: Gamers dont get out as much as kids who dont play video games. Kid report spending about an hour each day being physically active. For gamers, that average drops t

6、o 47 minutes, the lowest for any kind of media consumer. Social media users are the most active, spending one hour and 13 minutes per day doing some form of physical activity.Myth 3: The Digital Revolution is making young people more creative than ever. Nowadays, kids are too busy consuming to be do

7、ing much producing. Teens spend an average of just five minutes per day making something with all their digital tools, whether its art, music, or writing.1. What is the percentage of teens that spend more than six hours a day on screen media?A. 18% B. 20% C. 71% D. 47%2. Which media activity do teen

8、s enjoy most? A. TV B. Video games C. Music D. Social media3. How long are gamers physically active each day? A. About an hour. B. 47 minutes. C. one hour and 13 minutes. D. 30 minutes.B Smart people may be far happier alone than meeting friends. A new study has found that for intelligent people, th

9、e more frequently they socialize with friends, the less satisfied they are with life.The findings come from two psychologists who challenge the modern view that the more social contact we have, the happier we are likely to be. Satoshi Kanazawa of the London School of Economics and Norman Li of Singa

10、pore Management University suggest that the main social skills developed in our ancient past still have an important effect on our happiness today. They think that the savannah theory(草原理论) is at the root of modern happiness. This theory states that the factors which made early humans satisfied are

11、still true in modern life.Using data from a long-term study, which surveyed adults aged from 18 to 28, they applied the theory to explain findings of self-reported levels of life satisfaction. The pair focused on just two of the many factors, which they say are the way our ancestors livedpopulation

12、density(密度) and how frequently we communicate with friends.As might be expected, they found people living in more densely populated areas reported lower levels of life satisfaction. Also as we might expect, more frequent socialization with friends was linked to higher levels of life satisfaction. Bu

13、t these two factors have a strong connection with intelligence. The two experts explained that “among the extremely intelligent”, more frequent social activities can actually reduce satisfaction.Kanazawa and Lis study suggests the brains of our ancestors were perfectly adapted to life on the African

14、 savannah, where the population would have been small, living in groups of around 150.Social activities would have been extremely important to survival, in terms of cooperation and finding a mate, but space was equally important. The pair believes there may be a mismatch between the way we have evol

15、ved(进化) and the high-speed lives we lead todaywhere society has left our minds and bodies struggling to keep up.The researchers believe smarter individuals may be able to better adapt to the challenges of modern life.4. According to the text, Kanazawa and Li _. A. disagree with the savannah theoryB.

16、 agree that social contact can make people happierC. think the level of life satisfaction is related to intelligenceD. think the social skills developed in our ancient past are meaningless5. What can we learn about the savannah theory from the text?A. It can not be applied to modern life.B. It focuses on population density.C. It was proposed by our ancestors living on the African savanna