学年江西省宜春市上高二中高一下学期期末考试英语解析版.docx

1、学年江西省宜春市上高二中高一下学期期末考试英语解析版2015-2016学年江西省宜春市上高二中高一下学期期末考试英语English ConversationLeader: Mandi Ashmoreenglish iwc-lausanne. orgWe meet on Mondays at 14：30 at the IWC clubhouse. We chat for about an hour and discuss everything. Mandi asks “students” to contact her on Monday to confirm the class as somet

2、imes she needs to cancel for various reasons or occasionally she may choose to hold the class at a different venue(举办地点) or at an earlier time for us to be able to have lunch together.French Conversation, Advanced BeginnerLeader: Marielle Sulmonifrenchconvo iwc-lausanne. orgIm French (born in Bordea

3、ux) and Swiss by marriage. I hold an advanced beginners French conversation class on Tuesday afternoons from 14：30 16：00. We meet weekly at the clubhouse in a friendly atmosphere. I hope to help you use your knowledge of French, allowing you to speak with no fear of making mistakes, which in time wi

4、ll become fewer and fewer.French Language Lab, BeginnerLeader: Maija Remlingerfrenchlab iwc-lausanne. orgThe group meets on Thursday afternoons from 15：0016：30 at the clubhouse. The first half of the class is devoted to reading out loud from the book “Easy French Reader”, working on pronunciation an

5、d phrasing. During the second half, we listen to audio recordings from “New French with Ease” and work on oral comprehension.French Conversation, AdvancedLeader: Juliette Brullfrench iwc-lausanne, orgWe meet every Tuesday at the IWC clubhouse from 9：3011：00. Most of our time is devoted to very livel

6、y discussions about current events and various topics. We also read a book written by a French author and sometimes we see a French movie.1Why are you advised to contact Mandi?A. To check the arrangement. B. To exchange ideas.C. To decide the topics. D. To ask for leave.2Which of the clubs focuses m

7、ainly on the basic knowledge of language?A. English Conversation. B. French Conversation, Advanced .C. French Language Lab, Beginner.D. French Conversation, Advanced Beginner.3Who will you get in touch with if you like watching French films?A. Mandy Ashmore B. Marielle SulmoniC. Maija Remlinger D. J

8、uliette BrullFor a long time, the traditional method of identifying liars was to watch their body language, including facial expressions.What if the person appears to be nervous? Is the person unable to look me in the eye? Is he or she look around the room? What about other nervous movements, such a

9、s fidgeting（坐立不安）or shifting from side to side? Many peoplefrom parents to police officers and airport security personneldepend on this method. But does a persons body and face reveal the truth? Not according to a new study.Talking, it seems, is the best way to smoke out a liar. That is what researc

10、hers in the United Kingdom found out recently. Their investigation took place at one place where lying can get you into big troublean airport.The researchers asked volunteers to pretend they were real passengers and then lie to airport security agents. Some of the agents used spoke conversation-base

11、d methods to question these make-believe passengers. Others depended instead on the persons body language, like lack of eye contact and showing signs of nervousness. The agents talking with the passengers were 20 times more likely to catch the liars. The study found that these conversation-based tec

12、hniques can help you recognize when a person is lying to you. Like many methods, this conversation method has a name. It is called Controlled Cognitive Engagement or CCE, for short.The British government partly financed this study. The American Psychological (APA) published the findings. Body langua

13、ge cannot be trusted. Using body language and facial expressions to catch someone in a lie is really hard. And it only works, seemingly, by chance.Thomas Ormerod is the head of the School of Psychology at the University of Sussex in England. On the APA website, he reported that the “suspicious-signs

14、 method”or using body language“almost completely fails” in finding lies.4What are the questions in Paragraph 2 intended to do?A. Show traditional ways to recognize a liar.B. Launch a survey among readers.C. Show the writers puzzlement.D. Invite the readers to think twice.5What should volunteers in t

15、he investigation do?A. Answer questions only using words.B. Pretend to be airport security agents.C. Act as passengers as researchers required.D. Communicate with researchers by talking.6Which would be the best way to find out a liar according to the study?A. Looking him in the eye.B. Asking open-en

16、ded questions.C. Making use of body language.D. Observing his facial expression.7What will the author continue to talk about based on the passage?A. Misunderstandings of catching a liar.B. The “suspicious-signs” method.C. How the CCE method works.D. The new concept of CCE.Living near the beach may c

17、ome with an extra perk (利益): better health. A new study analyzed information from more than 48 million people in England and found that the nearer they lived to the coast, the more likely people were to report good health within the past year.Living near the coast may be associated with better healt

18、h because the seaside environment reduces stress, the researchers said. They pointed to another British study that found that people who took trips to the coast experienced more feelings of calmness and relaxation than those who visited urban parks or the countryside.The difference from living near

19、the coast was relatively small. But a small effect, when applied to an entire population can have a substantial impact on public health ,said study researcher Ben Wheeler of Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry in Exeter, England.However, its too soon to advise people to hit the beach to impr

20、ove health, Wheeler said. The study only found an association, not a cause-effect link, and its possible that other factors could explain the results. For instance, it could be that people who are wealthier, and therefore healthier, are more able to move to desired locations such as the coast, Wheel

21、er said, a phenomenon known as the migrant effect. But the study did find that the association between coastal living and better health was strongest for those living in the poorest areas, which perhaps indicates that wealth cannot explain the results, Wheeler said.Because the study looked at only E

22、nglandan island country in which everyone lives within 72 miles of the coastits not clear whether the findings would apply to other populations. Far from England, a health expert not involved in the study said that while the British research certainly doesnt prove that peoples health and the place t

23、hey live are linked, its possible that proximity to the seas does something for our bodies.If future studies confirm the results, the next step would be to find out it is what coastal environments that can benefit health. Wheeler said it may then be possible to bring those benefits to people living

24、in other areas, through virtual environments, for instance.8We can conclude from the passage that _.A. people are encouraged to move to the coastB. people living near the sea may be healthierC. people pay increasingly attention to healthD. people are worried about residential environment9According t

25、o the researchers, living near the sea _.A. doesnt nearly affect the British populationB. can cure some difficult diseases in a wayC. can help get over ones stressD. means freeing from sadness or troubles10What Ben Wheeler said means _.A. the British public health is decreasingB. concrete evidence f

26、avors life near the seaC. wealthier people are likely to be healthierD. exact reasons are proposed for further research11What does the underlined word “proximity” in the passage mean?A. being close B. being distantC. being similar D. being oppositeWith my hands and knees on the floor of the airplane

27、, I was searching for an old ladys missing hearing aid during the flight from Sydney to Los Angeles. It occurred to me that this may not be the most dignified posture for a Buddhist nun(尼姑).I had seen the old lady from the seat in front of me as she walked up and down the passage with a flashlight.

28、I asked a few times what was wrong, but she didnt answer at first she couldnt hear me. She was wearing a woolen coat. Judging from her accent, she came from Eastern Europe.Do you know how much hearing aids cost? Thousands, especially for the new tiny hidden-in-the-ear type she described. It takes a

29、long time for an appointment to make a new one, and many doctor visits to get the thing adjusted right. Therefore, my dignity seemed less important than finding that hearing aid. But how does one find a tiny black object in a shadowy jet cabin（机舱）The lady wasnt even sure where or when she had lost i

30、t. At one point, a couple of flight attendants did a random search around the ladys seat; I wasnt impressed. They left suggesting that she search the seat of her previous flight! My flashlight turned up all kinds of small objects, bits of plastic, broken pieces of headphones.The old lady said that s

31、he gave up. Yet I couldnt. After we landed, as passengers streamed past us, I insisted that the lady move aside while awaiting her wheelchair. Then I got into a real down and dirty search among the dust under her seat and on the floor.Look! A little peanut-sized shiny black object caught the light o

32、f my flashlight in a floor crack near her seat.What a rush. “I found it!”With great astonishment and gratitude, the old lady responded, “I havent the words to express my thanks!”12Why did the author put her hands and knees on the floor?A. She is a religious Buddhist nun.B. She fell down from her seat.C. She helped the old lady look for her hearing aid.D. She wanted to stand out among the passengers.13What do we know about the old lady?A. She ign