高二英语下期末考试试题1(1).doc

- 1 - / 26【2019【2019 最新最新】精选高二英语下期末考试试题精选高二英语下期末考试试题 1(1)1(1)高二英语试题高二英语试题时间：120 分钟 分值：150 分第第卷卷第一部分第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分阅读理解（共两节，满分 4040 分）分）第一节（共第一节（共 1515 小题：每小题小题：每小题 2 2 分，满分分，满分 3030 分）分）阅阅读读下下列列短短文文，从从每每题题所所给给的的四四个个选选项项（ A A、B B、C C 和和D D）中中选选出出最最佳佳选选项项，并并在在答答题题卡卡上上将将该该项项涂涂黑黑。A AInIn thethe UnitedUnited States,States, headmastersheadmasters andand teachersteachers disciplinediscipline studentsstudents inin severalseveral ways.ways. TheThe teacherteacher oftenoften writeswrites toto oror callscalls thethe studentsstudents parents.parents. SometimesSometimes studentsstudents havehave toto staystay atat schoolschool forfor oneone hour.hour. IfIf a a studentstudent behavesbehaves veryvery badly,badly, thethe headmasterheadmaster cancan stopstop thethe studentstudent havinghaving classes.classes. TheThe studentstudent cantcant comecome toto schoolschool forfor one,one, twotwo oror threethree days.days. MrMr Lazares,Lazares, thethe headmasterheadmaster ofof a a middlemiddle schoolschool inin Ohio,Ohio, diddid notnot likelike toto dodo so.so. WhenWhen hehe didntdidnt letlet thethe studentsstudents comecome toto school,school, theythey werewere happy.happy. “A“A three-daythree-day holiday!”holiday!” theythey thought.thought.OneOne day,day, a a boyboy waswas inin MrMr LazaressLazaress office.office. TheThe boyboy waswas notnot behavingbehaving wellwell inin class.class. MrMr LazaresLazares telephonedtelephoned thethe boysboys - 2 - / 26parents.parents. “If“If youyou comecome toto schoolschool withwith youryour son,son, I I wontwont stopstop himhim havinghaving classes.”classes.” HeHe said.said. TheThe boysboys fatherfather camecame toto schoolschool andand wentwent withwith hishis sonson toto everyevery class.class. OtherOther studentsstudents lookedlooked atat thethe boyboy andand hishis father.father. TheThe boyboy waswas embarrassed.embarrassed. AfterAfter thatthat hehe behavedbehaved better.better. And,And, ofof course,course, otherother studentsstudents behavedbehaved better,better, too.too.NowNow headmastersheadmasters allall overover thethe USAUSA areare tryingtrying MrMr LazaressLazaress idea.idea. They,They, too,too, thinkthink thatthat studentsstudents behavebehave betterbetter whenwhen parentsparents comecome toto school.school.1.1. WhatWhat doesdoes a a headmasterheadmaster usuallyusually dodo toto thethe studentstudent ifif hehe behavesbehaves veryvery badly?A.badly?A. CallsCalls thethe studentsstudents parents.parents.B.B. WritesWrites toto thethe studentsstudents parents.parents.C.C. LetsLets thethe studentstudent staystay atat schoolschool forfor anan hour.hour.D.D. StopsStops thethe studentstudent havinghaving classesclasses forfor severalseveral days.days.2.2. WhatWhat diddid MrMr LazaresLazares dodo whenwhen hishis studentsstudents werewere notnot behavingbehaving wellwell inin class?class?A.A. TriedTried toto talktalk them.them.B.B. SentSent themthem homehomeC.C. HadHad themthem staystay inin hishis office.office.D.D. TelephonedTelephoned theirtheir parentsparents toto comecome toto schoolschool andand gogo toto classesclasses withwith them.them.- 3 - / 263.Why3.Why diddid thethe otherother studentsstudents behavebehave better,better, too?too?A.A. TheyThey werewere afraidafraid ofof teachers.teachers.B.B. TheyThey werewere afraidafraid ofof MrMr Lazares.Lazares.C.C. TheyThey didntdidnt wantwant theirtheir parentsparents toto comecome toto school.school.D.D. TheyThey didntdidnt likelike toto havehave classesclasses withwith thethe boysboys father.father.4.Which4.Which isis TRUETRUE accordingaccording toto thethe passagepassage ? ?A.A. MrMr LazaresLazares hadhad a a goodgood wayway toto disciplinediscipline students.students.B.B. MrMr LazaresLazares didntdidnt letlet thethe parentsparents leaveleave thethe schoolschool forfor oneone oror twotwo days.days.C.C. StudentsStudents cancan behavebehave wellwell ifif headmastersheadmasters andand teachersteachers disciplinediscipline them.D.them.D. TheThe teacherteacher cancan stopstop thethe studentsstudents havinghaving thethe classclass ifif theythey behavebehave veryvery badly.badly.B BTakingTaking a a showershower isis relaxing.relaxing. YouYou cancan humhum a a song,song, daydreamdaydream oror thinkthink aboutabout nothing,nothing, leavingleaving thethe realreal worldworld behindbehind you.you. ButBut diddid youyou knowknow thatthat showeringshowering cancan alsoalso benefitbenefit youryour mind?mind?A A researchresearch byby ScottScott BarryBarry Kaufman,Kaufman, a a psychologistpsychologist fromfrom YaleYale UniversityUniversity inin thethe USUS interviewedinterviewed overover 3,0003,000 peoplepeople aroundaround thethe world.world. ItIt turnedturned outout thatthat nearlynearly two-thirdstwo-thirds ofof thethe intervieweesinterviewees saidsaid theythey hadhad experiencedexperienced newnew ideasideas inin thethe showershower andand werewere moremore likelylikely toto havehave themthem inin thethe showershower thanthan atat work.work.- 4 - / 26SoSo whywhy doesdoes a a simplesimple showershower havehave suchsuch magicmagic power?power? ScienceScience cancan explainexplain it.it.ShoweringShowering cancan helphelp toto raiseraise ourour levellevel ofof dopamine,dopamine, a a hormonehormone closelyclosely relatedrelated toto ourour creativity.creativity. “People“People varyvary inin termsterms ofof theirtheir levellevel ofof creativitycreativity accordingaccording toto thethe activityactivity ofof dopamine”,dopamine”, explainedexplained AliceAlice Flaherty,Flaherty, a a famousfamous AmericanAmerican neuroscientist.neuroscientist. “Taking“Taking a a warmwarm showershower cancan makemake usus feelfeel relaxedrelaxed andand thereforetherefore makemake thethe dopaminedopamine levellevel riserise andand bringbring Aha!Aha! momentmoment toto us.”us.”BesidesBesides thethe chemicalchemical changes,changes, showeringshowering maymay givegive youyou a a breakbreak fromfrom whatwhat youyou feelfeel youyou havehave beenbeen stuckstuck with.with. EspeciallyEspecially whenwhen youyou havehave thoughtthought hardhard allall dayday aboutabout a a problem,problem, jumpingjumping intointo thethe showershower cancan keepkeep youyou fromfrom thethe outsideoutside worldworld soso thatthat youyou cancan focusfocus onon youryour innerinner feelingsfeelings andand memories.memories. InIn thisthis way,way, accordingaccording toto AmericanAmerican psychologistpsychologist ShelleyShelley H.Carson,H.Carson, authorauthor ofof YourYour CreativeCreative Brain,Brain, “a“a showeringshowering hourhour maymay turnturn intointo anan incubationincubation ( (孵化孵化) ) periodperiod forfor youryour ideas.”ideas.”ComparedCompared withwith sittingsitting inin frontfront ofof a a computer,computer, takingtaking a a showershower isis somethingsomething wewe dodo lessless frequentlyfrequently inin ourour dailydaily life.life. WhenWhen showering,showering, wewe getget a a freshfresh experienceexperience withwith thethe changechange ofof location,location, temperaturetemperature andand humidity.humidity. “New“New andand unexpectedunexpected - 5 - / 26experiencesexperiences cancan leadlead toto positivepositive changeschanges inin thinking,”thinking,” explainedexplained Kaufman.Kaufman. “Getting“Getting offoff thethe couchcouch andand jumpingjumping inin thethe showershower maymay createcreate a a distancedistance andand forceforce youyou toto thinkthink fromfrom a a newnew pointpoint ofof view.”view.”ShoweringShowering allowsallows usus toto enjoyenjoy thethe creativecreative juicesjuices ofof ourour minds,minds, butbut itit needn'tneedn't justjust bebe thethe bathroombathroom wherewhere youyou getget youryour inspiration.inspiration. ForFor instance,instance, GertrudeGertrude Stein,Stein, a a femalefemale AmericanAmerican writerwriter andand poet,poet, gotgot newnew ideasideas byby drivingdriving aroundaround a a farmfarm andand stoppingstopping atat differentdifferent cowscows untiluntil sheshe foundfound thethe oneone thatthat mostmost inspiredinspired her.her. SoSo trytry toto createcreate youryour ownown wayway toto freefree youryour mind,mind, whetherwhether itsits walkwalk nearnear thethe ocean,ocean, a a countrycountry drivedrive oror readingreading a a bookbook atat home.home.5.5. AccordingAccording toto thethe article,article, whatwhat changeschanges cancan showeringshowering cause?cause?A.A. LeadingLeading toto boredomboredom oror tiredness.tiredness. B.B. IncreasingIncreasing thethe levellevel ofof dopamine.dopamine.C.C. DecreasingDecreasing thethe levellevel ofof dopamine.dopamine.D.SettingD.Setting thethe creativecreative partpart ofof thethe brainbrain free.free.6.6. IfIf oneone hashas focusedfocused onon somethingsomething allall day,day, showeringshowering cancan helphelp _._.A.A. oneone makemake anan importantimportant breakthroughbreakthrough B.B. drawdraw onesones attentionattention toto thethe outsideoutside worldworld- 6 - / 26C.C. turnturn onesones attentionattention inwardsinwardsD.D. manymany chemicalchemical changeschanges toto taketake placeplace7.7. ItIt cancan bebe inferredinferred fromfrom thethe articlearticle thatthat _._.A.A. changeschanges inin thethe frequencyfrequency ofof anan actionaction cancan createcreate a a newnew perspectiveperspectiveB.B. itit isis a a goodgood ideaidea toto talktalk withwith othersothers aboutabout theirtheir sourcessources ofof inspirationinspirationC.C. ourour liveslives mightmight feelfeel longerlonger andand fullerfuller ifif wewe frequentlyfrequently trytry newnew thingsthingsD.D. itit isis helpfulhelpful toto trytry somethingsomething differentdifferent ratherrather thanthan staystay focusedfocused onon a a difficultdifficult tasktask8.8. TheThe exampleexample ofof GertrudeGertrude SteinStein inin thethe lastlast paragraphparagraph isis usedused toto _._.A.A. encourageencourage readersreaders toto findfind theirtheir ownown waysways ofof gettinggetting inspirationinspirationB.B. explainexplain howhow toto linklink inspirationinspiration withwith readersreaders dailydaily liveslivesC.C. pointpoint outout toto readersreaders thatthat itsits hardhard toto findfind inspirationinspiration D.D. showshow thatthat creativitycreativity oftenoften comescomes fromfrom strangestrange placesplacesC CWalkingWalking downdown a a pathpath throughthrough somesome woodswoods inin Georgia,Georgia, I I sawsaw a a smallsmall poolpool ofof waterwater aheadahead onon thethe path.path. I I angledangled mymy directiondirection - 7 - / 26toto gogo aroundaround itit onon thethe partpart ofof thethe pathpath thatthat wasn'twasn't coveredcovered byby waterwater oror mud.mud. AsAs I I reachedreached thethe pool,pool, I I waswas suddenlysuddenly attacked!attacked!YetYet I I diddid nothingnothing forfor thethe attack.attack. ItIt waswas soso unpredictableunpredictable andand fromfrom somewheresomewhere totallytotally unexpected.unexpected. I I waswas surprisedsurprised asas wellwell asas unhurtunhurt thoughthough I I hadhad beenbeen struckstruck fourfour oror fivefive times.times. I I backedbacked upup a a footfoot andand mymy attackerattacker stoppedstopped attackingattacking me.me. HadHad I I beenbeen hurthurt I I wouldn'twouldn't havehave foundfound itit amusing.amusing. AndAnd I I waswas laughing.laughing. AfterAfter all,all, I I waswas beingbeing attackedattacked byby a a butterfly!butterfly!HavingHaving stoppedstopped laughing,laughing, I I tooktook a a stepstep forward.forward. MyMy attackerattacker rushedrushed meme again.again. HeHe chargedcharged towardstowards meme atat fullfull speed,speed, attemptingattempting toto hurthurt meme butbut inin vain.vain. ForFor a a secondsecond time,time, I I tooktook a a stepstep backwardsbackwards whilewhile mymy attackerattacker paused.paused. I I wasn'twasn't suresure whatwhat toto do.do. AfterAfter all,all, itsits justjust notnot everyevery dayday thatthat oneone isis attackedattacked byby a a butterfly.butterfly. I I steppedstepped backback toto looklook thethe situationsituation over.over. MyMy attackerattacker movedmoved backback toto landland onon thethe ground.ground. ThatsThats whenwhen I I discovereddiscovered whywhy mymy attackerattacker waswas chargingcharging meme onlyonly momentsmoments earlier.earlier. HeHe hadhad a a matemate andand sheshe waswas dying.dying.SittingSitting closeclose besidebeside her,her, hehe openedopened andand closedclosed hishis wingswings asas ifif toto fanfan her.her. I I couldcould onlyonly admireadmire thethe lovelove andand couragecourage ofof thatthat butterflybutterfly inin hishis concernconcern forfor hishis mate.mate. HeHe hadhad takentaken itit upup onon himselfhimself toto attackattack meme forfor hishis matesmates sake,sake, eveneven - 8 - / 26thoughthough sheshe waswas clearlyclearly dyingdying andand I I waswas soso large.large. HeHe diddid soso justjust toto givegive herher thosethose extraextra fewfew preciousprecious momentsmoments ofof life.life. ShouldShould I I havehave beenbeen carelesscareless enoughenough toto stepstep onon her?her? HisHis couragecourage inin attackingattacking somethingsomething thousandsthousands ofof timestimes largerlarger andand heavierheavier thanthan himselfhimself justjust forfor hishis matesmates safetysafety seemedseemed admirable.admirable. I I couldntcouldnt dodo anythinganything otherother thanthan rewardreward himhim byby walkingwalking onon thethe moremore difficultdifficult sideside ofof thethe pool.pool. HeHe hadhad trulytruly earnedearned thosethose momentsmoments toto bebe withwith her,her, undisturbed.undisturbed.SinceSince then,then, IveIve usedused thatthat