辽宁省沈阳铁路实验中学2014-2015学年高二上学期期初检测英语试题

时间: 100分钟 满分: 120

第一部分 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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Cyber English

There are new and exciting ways to use the Internet to learn English while you are online. The Internet uses a lot of multimedia elements(要素), like words, sounds, pictures, cartoons and videos. This is perfect for studying a language because you’ve got to see, hear, and repeat things as much as you like, Learning over the Internet is also fun because you can be a part of conversations happening all around the globe! Special Internet sites are designed for people to learn English and are a great way to meet other people around the world.

The Language of the Net

On the Internet, English is the major language. As a result, it is now more important than ever to be able to understand English when you scan the web. It is not always easy, though. The English can be difficult or have a lot of cultural information that you have never seen.

See You in Town!

One site specially designed for students and their teachers is Englishtown. At http://www.englishtown. com you will find a group of people interested in learning English. There are several buildings in the virtual(虚拟的) town where you can play games, chat with friends, ask and get answers to language and cultural questions, and find an international pen friend who shares your interests. There are other resources to help you learn, such as multimedia CD-ROMs and books for language learning and translation. You can also have daily and monthly English lessons delivered to your own e-mail address. There is even an online school where you can take English classes over the Internet. Englishtown is the perfect place to prepare for a trip to England or the United States!

Would you like to become part of a virtual community of English speakers?

Learn by Yourself

Surfing the web is not only fun but can also help improve your English! Try out some of the websites listed below and see how students all over the world are learning English online.

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Cyber English probably means ______.

A. learning English on the Internet B. learning English by oneself

C. scanning the English websites D. Learning English on TV or over the radio

2. Studying English online interests a lot of people because _____.

A. Only in this way can one learn English well

B. it makes study easier and more interesting

C. people like to challenge new things

D. learner can receive face-to-face education

3. It can be learned from the text that _____.

A. at http://www.englishtown.com people can buy things they need

B. English is the only important language on the Internet.

C. the Internet can provide people with the cultural information they need

D. it’s difficult for learners to find a pen friend in Englishtown

4. The following part of the text might _____.

A. tell us how to use the Internet

B. show us some of the websites on which English is taught

C. tell us where to get the CD-ROMs we need

D. show us the websites on which books are sold.

B

My personal opinion is that there is a built-in mechanism(机制) for teenagers to start to be annoyed by their parents at around the age of 12 when they become “cool”. The parents’ reaction is then negative because they are now hated instead of being admired. Most parents can’t deal with this situation and it drives them crazy. Half of parents get tired and give up all the rules, while the other half become so strict that the kids begin to hate them.

If parents want to help their teenager get through it they need to understand what is going on which nearly all parents DON’T . This ensures that both parties will fail each other and generally cause annoyance, stress and ill will!

On the other hand, the teenager needs to understand the insecurity(不安) the parent feels as the teenager increasingly has a mind of his or her own. Sure, the kid has never done anything wrong and when the parents make improper rules or start calling that teenager certain qualities that he or she has never had, the teenager’s natural reaction is to fight back. Luckily for parents, teenagers’ first reaction is rarely to hurt their parents deeply. However, they will do other things, such as drinking, taking drugs, and having poor performance in school as revenge (报复) for the words and actions of their parents. What neither side understands is that they are hurting themselves and each other and the only cause is lacking the ability to consider things calmly for both sides. Therefore, keeping calm is the first step.

What is the text mainly about?

Why parents and teenagers fight. B. Why some kids behave badly in school.

What makes teenagers think negatively? D. How parents should make rules on teenagers.

The underlined word “it’ in Paragraph 1 refers to _____.

A. parents’ failure to rule teenagers B. teenagers’ revenge

C. teenagers’ disrespect to parents D. parents’ insecurity

7. Some teenagers hate their parents because ____.

A. they want to become cool B. their material needs aren’t satisfied

C. they want to challenge their parents D. they get too many rules from their parents

8. About the relationship between parents and teenagers, what can we learn?

A. There’s no good way to deal with their fighting.

B. They should think more for both sides calmly.

C. Teenagers should take more responsibility than parents.

D. Teenagers are likely to admire their parents after 12 years old.

C

As a kid，I felt my happiness would be based on whether I could fulfill all my needs and wants. If I was rich，I would definitely be content with my life.

My father always stressed his belief in happiness. I can remember him lecturing me about how money does not make one happy and how other things in life such as health，family，friends，and memorable experiences make a person genuinely happy. At that time in my life，I did not put any thought into his words as usual.

At a young age，I noticed the media seemed to portray(描绘) the wealthy as happy people that add value to our society. At high school I still sought a career that would produce a high salary.

After my second year of college，I started my first job in an accounting department，where I found myself extremely bored. Every day I had to do boring work. In addition，I had to live away from friends and family. I noticed having money to spend when you are by yourself was not satisfying.

I began to think back to what my dad always said. After two months on the job，I truly realized that a more satisfying experience for me would have been doing an ordinary part-time job for far less money. No matter how high the salary of this position was，I would never be capable of fulfilling a happy life and making a career out of this job.

As the summer drew to a close，I truly understood the meaning of my dad’s words. The term “wealth” is a broad term，and I believe the key to happiness is to become wealthy in great memories，friends，family，and health.

9．When the author was a kid，________.

A．he suffered a lot from being poor

B．it worried him whether he could live happily

C．he didn’t treat his father’s advice seriously

D．his attitude to life was greatly influenced by his father

10．What do we know about the author and his first job?

A． He decided to make it his lifelong career.

B．He got the job with the help of his friends.

C．He didn’t earn enough money to support himself.

D．He got no happiness although it was well-paid.

11．Through his experience，the author wanted to tell us that________.

A．young people should listen to their parents

B．money cannot always bring you real happiness

C．one should be careful in choosing his first job

D．one can learn much by doing a part-time job

D

A new study links heavy air pollution from coal burning to shorter lives in northern China. Researchers estimate that the half-billion people alive there in the 1990s will live an average of 5 years less than their southern counterparts (两方面地位职务相当的人) because they breathed dirtier air.

China itself made the comparison possible: for decades, a now-discontinued government policy provided free coal for heating, but only in the colder north. Researchers found significant differences in both particulate pollution of the air and life expectancy in the two regions.

While previous studies have found that pollution affects human health, "the deeper and ultimately more important question is the effect on life expectancy," said one of the researchers, Michael Greenstone, a professor of environmental economics at Massachusetts Institute of 一Technology. "This study provides a unique setting to answer the life expectancy question because the heating policy dramatically（极大地） changes pollution concentrations（含量），Greenstone said in an email. "Further, due to the low rates of migration（移民） in China in this period, we can know people's exposure over long time periods," he said.

The policy gave free coal for fuel boilers to heat homes and offices to cities north of the Huai River which divides China into north and south. It was in effect for much of the 1950-1980 period of central planning, and, though discontinued after 1980, it has left a legacy（遗留） in the north of heavy coal burning, which releases particulate pollutants into the air that can harm human health. Researchers found no other government policies that treated China's north differently from the south.

The researchers collected data for 90 cities, from 1981 to 2000, on the annual daily average concentration of total suspended（悬浮的）particulates. In China, those are considered to be particulates that are 100 micrometers or less in diameter, sent out from sources including power stations, construction sites and vehicles. Among them, PM2.5 is of especially great health concern because it can go deep into the lungs.

The researchers estimated the impact on life expectancies using death data from 1991-2000． They found that in the north, the concentration of particula