廣東省江門市臺(tái)山?jīng)_蔞中學(xué)2021年高二英語(yǔ)上學(xué)期期末試卷含解析

廣東省江門市臺(tái)山?jīng)_蔞中學(xué)2021年高二英語(yǔ)上學(xué)期期末試卷含解析一、選擇題1.—ZhaoBenshan'ssketch(小品)attheSpringFestivalGalaonceagainwonthefirstprize.—Yes.________.A．That'squitesomething

B．It'sbackinthenewsC．Youcan'tbeserious

D．Notintheleast參考答案：A2.Aftertheclasswasover,thestudentapologized___theteacher____hiscominglate.A.for;to

B.to;with

C.with;to

D.to;for參考答案：D略3.Thisspecialschoolacceptsalldisabledstudents,_____educationallevelandbackground.A.accordingto

B.regardlessof

C.inadditiontoD.intermsof參考答案：B4.Weshouldn’ttake______forgrantedthatwestillhavealotoftimebeforetheEntranceExamination.

A．this

B．that

C．it

D．such參考答案：C5.---YouhateLee,don'tyou?

---______Ijustthinkheisabitannoying.

A.That'sright

B.Notexactly

C.Byallmeans

D.Nevermind參考答案：B6.Shehadacomputerathome,andherparentsdesiredthatshe_________allherworkathome.

A.do

B.does

C.mustdo

D.woulddo參考答案：A7.--Whywasourforeignexpertunhappyyesterday?---NewsabouttheearthquakeinJapan_______afeelingofhomesickness.A.setup

B.setout

C.setabout

D.setoff參考答案：D8.---It’scloudyoutside.Pleasetakeanumbrella.---__________.

A.Yes,takeiteasy.

B.Well,itjustdepends.

C.Ok,justincase.

D.Allright,you’rewelcome.參考答案：C9.JustasIwasleavingthehouse,it________tomethatIhadforgottenmykeys.A.happened

B.occurredC.tookplace D.reminded參考答案：B此題考查句型Itoccurredtosb.that“突然發(fā)現(xiàn)”。10.BythetimeJanegetshome,heraunt______forLondontoattendameeting.Awillleave

Bleaves

Cwillhaveleft

Dleft參考答案：C略11.Pressedfromhisparents,and_____thathehaswastedtoomuchtime,theboyisdeterminedtostopplayingvideogames.A.realizing B.realized C.torealize

D.beingrealized參考答案：A12.AquarrellastSunday,andhehisfamily.

A.wasbrokenout;brokeawayB.brokeout;brokeawayC.wasbrokenout;brokeawayfromD.brokeout;brokeawayfrom參考答案：D提示:句意為:“上星期日他與家人發(fā)生了口角,然后就離家出走了?！眀reakout無(wú)被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài);breakaway(fromsb./sth.)“脫離,逃脫”。

13.

Priceskeep_______andpeoplehavetokeepacloseeyeontheirwallet.

A.goingup

B.risingup

C.liftingup

D.raisingup參考答案：A14.Asweallknow,_______mankindhasrealizedthewalkin______space.

A.the;the B./;the C./;/ D.the;/參考答案：C15.Thenaughtyboywasmuddybecausehe________soccerintherainallafternoon.A.hasbeenplaying B.hadplayed C.hadbeenplaying D.wasplaying參考答案：C16.TotraveltotheUnitedStates,youmustfirstapply_____theAmericanEmbassy(大使館)____yourvisa.A.for,to

B.to,for

C.for,for

D.to,to參考答案：A17._____leavestheroomlastoughttoturnoffthelights.

A.Anyone

B.Theperson

C.Whoever

D.Who參考答案：C略18.AccordingtotheUnitedNations,anagingsocietyreferstoone____10percentormoreofthepopulationisover60,or7percentormoreisover65.

A.where

B.when

C.which

D.that

參考答案：A略19.I’msorryIcanhardlyfollowyou.Judgingfromyour__________,youmustbefromthesouth.A.tone

B.look

C.voice

D.accent參考答案：D略二、完型填空20.“Growthrequiresdiscomfort．Ifyoustickwithwhatis___21___，you’re___22___anyhopeofsurprisingyourself，offindinggreatness，ofhavingthebestexperienceshumanlifehasto____23____．”—ThomasOppong．Manypeopleagreethatthemagicstartsto___24___theinstantwestepoutsideofourcomfortzones．Thesecondyoudecidetogo___25___whatissafe，youwillhaveplantedaseed___26___，ifwatereddaily，willbloomintosomethingthatyouwouldhave___27___expectedtocometofruition．Forme，oneofthemostimportantthingsweshouldalwayskeepinmindisthat，bynomeans，can___28___andcomfortcoexist．Fiveyearsago，IdecidedtomoveoverseasandIhaven’tlivedintheUnitedStatessince．Allthroughouthighschool，IwantedtoliveinaLatinAmerican___29___andbecomefluentinSpanishthrough___30___culturalimmersion(沉浸)．ObviouslythechancesofthishappeningwhilelivingintheUSwere___31___．So，halfwaythroughmyundergraduate，Iswitchedovertotheonlineversionofmydegreeandboughtaone-way___32___toArgentina，___33___I___34___thelasttwoyearsofmydegreebeforeflyingbackhomeforgraduation．Icurrentlystilllivehere，andIcanpersonallysaythat___35___whatIwantedyearsagoandtakingthenecessarystepstomakeita___36___wasoneofthemostimportantthingsIcouldhavedoneformyself．The___37___thatcamealongwiththeinitialcultureshock，usingmysecondlanguageandlearningtolivelife___38___

fromthewaywedothingsintheUShas___39___anextremelyenriching(豐富的)___40___．21.A.realistic B.reasonable C.sensible D.comfortable22.A.givingin B.bringingout C.givingup D.puttingoff23.A.face B.offer C.solve D.value24.A.happen B.disappear C.change D.continue25.A.into B.through C.beyond D.after26.A.it B.what C.that D.who27.A.ever B.never C.always D.already28.A.failure B.difficulty C.pleasure D.growth29.A.museum B.forest C.country D.workshop30.A.easy B.severe C.simple D.full31.A.slim B.big C.pure D.fair32.A.trip B.ticket C.road D.course33.A.when B.how C.which D.where34.A.started B.finished C.quitted D.wasted35.A.recognizing B.designing C.ignoring D.commenting36.A.reality B.habit C.desire D.routine37.A.doubt B.satisfaction C.responsibility D.discomfort38.A.freely B.differently C.absently D.safely39.A.turnedover B.turnedup C.turnedout D.turneddown40.A.experience B.project C.appointment D.lesson參考答案：21.D

22.C

23.B

24.A

25.C

26.C

27.B

28.D

29.C

30.D

31.A

32.B

33.D

34.B

35.A

36.A

37.D

38.B

39.C

40.A本文是一篇夾敘夾議的文章。通過(guò)作者在國(guó)外求學(xué)的經(jīng)歷，告訴人們“成長(zhǎng)需要不適，成長(zhǎng)和安慰共存?！薄?1題詳解】考查形容詞。句意：成長(zhǎng)需要不適。如果你堅(jiān)持什么是舒適，那么你正在放棄使你自己驚訝的、發(fā)現(xiàn)偉大的、人類生活不得不提供的最好經(jīng)歷的希望。A.realistic現(xiàn)實(shí)的；B.reasonable合情合理的；C.sensible明智的；D.comfortable舒適的。根據(jù)上文的discomfort可知，這里指的是如果你堅(jiān)持什么是舒適的。故選D?！?2題詳解】考查動(dòng)詞詞組。句意：成長(zhǎng)需要不適。如果你堅(jiān)持什么是舒適，那么你正在放棄使你自己驚訝的、發(fā)現(xiàn)偉大的、人類生活不得不提供的最好經(jīng)歷的希望。A.givingin屈服，投降；B.bringingout說(shuō)出，出版；C.givingup

放棄；D.puttingoff推遲。此處指，如果你堅(jiān)持舒適，那么你就會(huì)放棄一些希望。故選C?！?3題詳解】考查動(dòng)詞。句意：成長(zhǎng)需要不適。如果你堅(jiān)持什么是舒適，那么你正在放棄使你自己驚訝的、發(fā)現(xiàn)偉大的、人類生活不得不提供的最好經(jīng)歷的希望。A.face面對(duì)；B.offer提供；C.solve解決；D.value評(píng)估，估價(jià)。這里指人類生活提供的最好經(jīng)歷。故選B?！?4題詳解】考查動(dòng)詞。句意：許多人認(rèn)為，我們一走出我們的舒適區(qū)，罕見的才能就開始發(fā)生。A.happen發(fā)生；B.disappear消失；C.change改變；D.continue繼續(xù)。這里指一些神奇的事情會(huì)發(fā)生。故選A。【25題詳解】考查介詞。句意：你一決定超出什么是安全的，你將會(huì)種下一顆發(fā)展成為你從來(lái)沒期盼過(guò)的種子。A.into

進(jìn)入；B.through穿過(guò)；C.beyond超過(guò)，在------之上；D.after在------之后。此處gobeyond“超出，勝過(guò)”。故選C?！?6題詳解】考查定語(yǔ)從句。句意：你一決定超出什么是安全的，如果你每天澆水，你將會(huì)種下一顆發(fā)展成為你從來(lái)沒期盼過(guò)的種子。此處seed是先行詞，指物，在后面的定語(yǔ)從句中作主語(yǔ)，故選C?！?7題詳解】考查副詞。句意：你一決定超出什么是安全的，如果你每天澆水，你將會(huì)種下一顆發(fā)展成為你從來(lái)沒期盼過(guò)的種子。A.ever

曾經(jīng)；B.never從來(lái)沒有；C.always

總是；D.already已經(jīng)。此處指“從來(lái)沒有期盼過(guò)”。故選B?！?8題詳解】考查名詞。句意：對(duì)我來(lái)說(shuō)，我們應(yīng)該牢記的最重要的事情是絕不可以讓成長(zhǎng)和安慰共存。A.failure失??；B.difficulty困難；C.pleasure快樂(lè)；D.growth增長(zhǎng)，生長(zhǎng)。根據(jù)第一段第一句Growthrequiresdiscomfort．可知，成長(zhǎng)和安慰共存不能共存。故選D。【29題詳解】考查名詞。句意：在高中，我想生活在一個(gè)拉美國(guó)家，通過(guò)完整的文化感受使西班牙語(yǔ)變得流利。A.museum博物館；B.forest森林；C.country國(guó)家；D.workshop車間。只有在一個(gè)國(guó)家里才能練習(xí)語(yǔ)言。故選C?！?0題詳解】考查形容詞。句意：在高中，我想生活在一個(gè)拉美國(guó)家，通過(guò)完整的文化感受使西班牙語(yǔ)變得流利。A.easy容易的；B.severe嚴(yán)厲的；C.simple簡(jiǎn)單的；D.full完整的，滿的。讓語(yǔ)言變得流利，需要通過(guò)完整的文化感受。故選D?！?1題詳解】考查形容詞。句意：顯然在美國(guó)生活期間這種情況發(fā)生的機(jī)率是微小的。A.slim微小的，苗條的；B.big大的；C.pure純的；D.fair公平的。故選A?！?2題詳解】考查名詞。句意：我在大學(xué)本科中途，我轉(zhuǎn)換到我的在線學(xué)位，買了去阿根廷的單程票，用了兩年完成我的學(xué)位畢業(yè)前飛回家。A.trip旅行；B.ticket票；C.road公路；D.course過(guò)程，課程。此處指去了阿根廷不再回來(lái)，所以買的是單程票。故選B?！?3題詳解】考查定語(yǔ)從句。句意：我在大學(xué)本科中途，我轉(zhuǎn)換到我的在線學(xué)位，買了去阿根廷的單程票，用了兩年完成我的學(xué)位畢業(yè)前飛回家。此處Argentina是先行詞，在后面的定語(yǔ)從句中作地點(diǎn)狀語(yǔ)，故選D?！?4題詳解】考查動(dòng)詞。句意：我在大學(xué)本科中途，我轉(zhuǎn)換到我的在線學(xué)位，買了去阿根廷的單程票，用了兩年完成我的學(xué)位畢業(yè)前飛回家。A.started開始；B.finished完成；C.quitted停止；D.wasted浪費(fèi)。此處指用兩年完成學(xué)位，故選B?！?5題詳解】考查動(dòng)詞。句意：我目前仍住在這里，就我而言，我意識(shí)到：數(shù)年前我想要的并采取必要的措施使它成為現(xiàn)實(shí)，這是我本來(lái)能為自己做的最重要的事情之一。A.recognizing認(rèn)識(shí)，承認(rèn)；B.designing設(shè)計(jì)；C.ignoring忽視；D.commenting評(píng)論。根據(jù)Icurrentlystilllivehere，andIcanpersonallysay可知這是指意識(shí)到從前的事。故選A?！?6題詳解】考查名詞。句意：我目前仍住在這里，就我而言，我意識(shí)到：數(shù)年前我想要的并采取必要的措施使它成為現(xiàn)實(shí)，這是我本來(lái)能為自己做的最重要的事情之一。A.reality現(xiàn)實(shí)；B.habit習(xí)慣；C.desire欲望，要求；D.routine常規(guī)，慣例。采取措施就是要把想要的變成現(xiàn)實(shí)。故選A?！?7題詳解】考查名詞。句意：最初的文化沖擊帶來(lái)的不適，并且使用第二語(yǔ)言和學(xué)習(xí)生活不同于我們?cè)诿绹?guó)的做事方式已經(jīng)變成了一個(gè)極其豐富的經(jīng)驗(yàn)。A.doubt懷疑；B.satisfaction

滿足；C.responsibility責(zé)任；D.discomfort不舒適。文化差異肯定會(huì)帶來(lái)不舒適。故選D?！?8題詳解】考查動(dòng)詞。句意：最初的文化沖擊帶來(lái)的不適，并且使用第二語(yǔ)言和學(xué)習(xí)生活不同于我們?cè)诿绹?guó)的做事方式已經(jīng)變成了一個(gè)極其豐富的經(jīng)驗(yàn)。A.freely自由地，免費(fèi)地；B.differently不同地；C.absently心不在焉地；D.safely安全地。固定搭配：differentlyfrom不同于------。故選B?！?9題詳解】考查動(dòng)詞詞組。句意：最初的文化沖擊帶來(lái)的不適，并且使用第二語(yǔ)言和學(xué)習(xí)生活不同于我們?cè)诿绹?guó)的做事方式已經(jīng)變成了一個(gè)極其豐富的經(jīng)驗(yàn)。A.turnedover翻轉(zhuǎn)；B.turnedup出現(xiàn)，音量調(diào)大；C.turnedout結(jié)果是；D.turneddown拒絕，音量調(diào)小。此處turnout“結(jié)果是”，相當(dāng)于連系動(dòng)詞，故選C?！?0題詳解】考查名詞。句意：最初的文化沖擊帶來(lái)的不適，并且使用第二語(yǔ)言和學(xué)習(xí)生活不同于我們?cè)诿绹?guó)的做事方式已經(jīng)變成了一個(gè)極其豐富的經(jīng)驗(yàn)。A.experience經(jīng)驗(yàn)，經(jīng)歷；B.project工程，項(xiàng)目；C.appointment任命，約定；D.lesson功課。此處指以前的不適現(xiàn)在都變成了“經(jīng)驗(yàn)”。故選A。21.BillGatesdoesn’tpretendhelivesinanequalhousehold.Whenit____36____parentinghisthreechildren,thebillionaireadmitshiswifeMelindahasdonemorethanher____37____oftheworkraisingthekids.Gatesspenttwoyearstakingmathandcomputersciencecourses,butnever____38____hisdegree.“MyeldestdaughtergraduatesfromStanfordinJune,soI’m____39____shewon'tfallintomyfootsteps.”Gatesjoked.Gatessaidheandhiswifehavebeenquitecautiousaboutthe____40____they'veusedto'raisetheirthreechildren.Hesaysthecouple____41____a1970s“LoveandLogic”parentingmodel.Thecoreideaofthephilosophyiscenteredontheideathattakingemotionalcontrol,essentiallyreducingemotional____42____likeshoutingorblamingkids,is____43____forparents.“Oneofthegreatestbenefitsof____44____“LoveandLogic”isthatithelpsuslearnhowtokeepatightercontrolonouremotionsandonour____45____.”Gatessaid.Gatesadmitsheandhiswifehaven’at____46____theapproach.“Canyougetridoftheemotion?Youcan’t____47____doit.”hesaid.Besides,the“LoveandLogic”modelalso____48____theimportanceofnotrelyingonrewardsforkids,butinsteadshowingunconditionalloveandpraisingkidsforwhotheyare,notwhattheydo(ordon’t)____49____，likeapoortestscoreora(n)____50____grade.“Manyhighlysuccessfulpeople____51____Lwithgradesaschildren.”Gatessaid，“What’smostimportantisthatour____52____developgoodcharacter,curiosityandproblem-solvingskills.”ThemodelisabitliketheSocraticmethod，____53____itpushesparentstofocusonaskingquestionsoftheirkidsandgettingthemtothinkabouthowto____54____theirownproblems,____55____feedingthemanswers.36.A.leadsto

B.devotesto

C.refersto

D.comesto37.A.power

B.share

C.sight

D.reach38.A.purchased

B.finished

C.missed

D.lost39.A.optimistic

B.sorry

C.pessimistic

D.normal40.A.idea

B.theory

C.model

D.practice41.A.adapted

B.evaluated

C.disliked

D.followed42.A.reactions

B.displays

C.apartments

D.mistakes43.A.familiar

B.expensive

C.useful

D.meaningless44.A.repairing

B.facing

C.lacking

D.applying45.A.tongues

B.minds

C.hands

D.gesture46.A.holdingout

B.carryingout

C.tyingout

D.lettingout47.A.gradually

B.roughly

C.commonly

D.totally48.A.covers

B.hides

C.stresses

D.costs49.A.show

B.earn

C.achieve

D.love50.A.harmful

B.bad

C.various

D.impressive51.A.struggled

B.grew

C.smiled

D.cried52.A.children

B.staff

C.teachers

D.parents53.A.what

B.when

C.why

D.where54.A.guide

B.solve

C.raise

D.overcome55.A.thanksto

B.butfor

C.insteadof

D.orrather參考答案：36.D

37.B

38.B

39.A

40.C

41.D

42.A

43.C

44.D

45.A

46.B

47.D

48.C

49.C

50.B

51.A

52.A

53.D

54.B

55.C文章主要介紹了比爾蓋茨應(yīng)該算是世界上最成功的人了，擁有成功人生的他是如何培養(yǎng)和教育自己的下一代的呢？蓋茨日前透露，他對(duì)子女慣行的教育方法是“愛和邏輯”，也就是控制父母的情緒反應(yīng)，多贊美孩子本身而不是依靠物質(zhì)獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)，引導(dǎo)孩子自己去解決問(wèn)題?！?6題詳解】考查動(dòng)詞詞組。A.leadsto導(dǎo)致；

B.devotesto致力于；

C.refersto提到，涉及到；

D.comesto談到。在談到養(yǎng)育三個(gè)孩子時(shí)，億萬(wàn)富翁承認(rèn)妻子梅琳達(dá)承擔(dān)了更多的工作。故選D?！?7題詳解】考查名詞。A.power力量，能力；

B.share份額；

C.sight視力；

D.reach范圍，延伸。在談到養(yǎng)育三個(gè)孩子時(shí)，億萬(wàn)富翁承認(rèn)妻子梅琳達(dá)承擔(dān)了更多的工作，指超過(guò)了她應(yīng)該的份額。故選B。【38題詳解】考查動(dòng)詞。A.purchased購(gòu)置；

B.finished完成；

C.missed想念，錯(cuò)過(guò)；

D.lost丟失。蓋茨花了兩年時(shí)間學(xué)習(xí)數(shù)學(xué)和計(jì)算機(jī)科學(xué)，但始終沒有完成自己的學(xué)位。故選B?！?9題詳解】考查形容詞。A.optimistic樂(lè)觀的；

B.sorry難過(guò)的；

C.pessimistic悲觀的；

D.normal正常的。我的大女兒就從斯坦福大學(xué)畢業(yè)了，所以我可以樂(lè)觀地說(shuō)，她不會(huì)步我的后塵。故選A?！?0題詳解】考查名詞。A.idea主意；

B.theory理論；

C.model模型；

D.practice實(shí)踐，練習(xí)。他們夫婦二人在撫養(yǎng)三個(gè)孩子的模式上非常慎重。故選C?！?1題詳解】考查動(dòng)詞。A.adapted使適應(yīng)；

B.evaluated評(píng)估；

C.disliked不喜歡；

D.followed跟隨。比爾蓋茨表示，他們尊重上世紀(jì)70年代的“愛和邏輯”教育模式。故選D?！?2題詳解】考查名詞。A.reactions反應(yīng)；

B.displays顯示；

C.apartments公寓；

D.mistakes錯(cuò)誤。它的核心理念是情緒控制，既最大程度地減少情緒反應(yīng)，如大喊大叫，訓(xùn)斥孩子。故選A?！?3題詳解】考查形容詞。A.familiar熟悉的；

B.expensive昂貴的；

C.useful有用的；

D.meaningless無(wú)意義的。這種方法對(duì)父母很有用。故選C?！?4題詳解】考查動(dòng)詞。A.repairing修理；

B.facing面對(duì)；

C.lacking缺乏；

D.applying申請(qǐng)。應(yīng)用愛和邏輯教育法的最大益處之一是能幫助我們學(xué)習(xí)如何控制情緒和語(yǔ)言。故選D?！?5題詳解】考查名詞。A.tongues舌頭，語(yǔ)言；

B.minds思想；

C.hands手；

D.gesture姿態(tài)，手勢(shì)。應(yīng)用愛和邏輯教育法的最大益處之一是能幫助我們學(xué)習(xí)如何控制情緒和語(yǔ)言。故選A?！?6題詳解】考查動(dòng)詞詞組。A.holdingout堅(jiān)持，伸出；

B.carryingout完成，執(zhí)行；

C.tyingout試驗(yàn)；

D.lettingout放出，泄露。蓋茨承認(rèn)，他和妻子在實(shí)踐這種教育方法時(shí)做得并不完美。故選B?！?7題詳解】考查副詞。A.gradually逐漸地；

B.roughly粗糙地；

C.commonly一般地，通常地；

D.totally完全地。他說(shuō)，“你能拋卻情緒嗎？你無(wú)法完全做到”。故選D?！?8題詳解】考查動(dòng)詞。A.covers覆蓋；

B.hides躲藏；

C.stresses強(qiáng)調(diào)；

D.costs花費(fèi)。愛和邏輯教育模式還強(qiáng)調(diào)不要依賴物質(zhì)獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)。故選C?！?9題詳解】考查動(dòng)詞。A.show展示；

B.earn掙得；

C.achieve取得，獲得；

D.love愛。應(yīng)該贊美孩子本身，而非他們?nèi)〉玫某删突蚴?。故選C?！?0題詳解】考查形容詞。A.harmful有害的；

B.bad壞的；

C.various各種各樣的；

D.impressive感人的。比如成績(jī)差或等級(jí)差。故選B?！?1題詳解】考查動(dòng)詞。A.struggled掙扎；

B.grew成長(zhǎng)；

C.smiled微笑；

D.cried哭。許多非常成功的人小時(shí)候成績(jī)并不好。故選A?！?2題詳解】考查名詞。A.children孩子；

B.staff職員；

C.teachers教師；

D.parents父母。最重要的是使孩子具備良好的品格、好奇心和解決問(wèn)題的技巧。故選A?！?3題詳解】查定語(yǔ)從句。句子先行詞是theSocraticmethod，在非限制性定語(yǔ)從句中作地點(diǎn)狀語(yǔ)。這有點(diǎn)像蘇格拉底式的教育方法，父母應(yīng)該問(wèn)孩子問(wèn)題，引導(dǎo)孩子思考如何自己解決問(wèn)題，而非直接提供答案。用關(guān)系副詞where引導(dǎo)。故選D?！?4題詳解】考查動(dòng)詞。A.guide引導(dǎo)；

B.solve解決；

C.raise提高；

D.overcome克服。父母應(yīng)該問(wèn)孩子問(wèn)題，引導(dǎo)孩子思考如何自己解決問(wèn)題，而非直接提供答案。故選B?！?5題詳解】考查詞組。A.thanksto多虧了；

B.butfor要不是；

C.insteadof代替；

D.orrather更精確地說(shuō)。父母應(yīng)該問(wèn)孩子問(wèn)題，引導(dǎo)孩子思考如何自己解決問(wèn)題，而非直接提供答案。故選C。三、閱讀理解22.InFebruary2006,LydiaAngyiouandhertwosonswerewalkingthroughtheirvillageinnorthernCanada.Thesoundofchildrenshoutingmadeherturnaround.Toherhorror,Lydiasawa700-poundpolarbearbehindherlookingatherseven-year-oldson.Gettingbetweenthebearandherchild,Lydiabeganhittingandkickingtheanimalashardasshecould.Aneighborwhoheardallthenoisecameandshotthebear.ButeveryoneagreeditwasLydiawhohadsavedherchildren’slives.Alocalpolicemandescribeditthisway,“...Iguesswhenourbacksareupagainstthewall,...wecomeupwithsuperhumanstrength.”

Wheredothe“superhumanstrength”,courageandquickthinkingcomefrom?Expertssaytheycomefromstress!Instressfulsituations,thebodyreleaseschemicalsthatprepareittotakeaction.Thesechemicalsgivepeoplethespeedandstrengththeyneedtofightdangerorrunfromit.Whenwethinkofstress,weusuallythinkofitsnegativeeffects.Studies,though,showthatmoderate(適度的)levelsofstressareactuallyhelpful.Infact,thewayweperformisusuallyaffectedbytheamountofstresswefeel.Stresscausesthebraintoreleaseadrenalin(腎上腺素),whichinturnincreasesourenergyandexcitement.Thisiswhysomepeoplesaytheyworkbetterunderadeadline.Ifadrenalinisnotreleasedforlongperiodsoftime,peoplecanfeelboredandlazy.Butsomestressactuallyincreasesandstrengthensourabilitiesinsteadofweakeningthem.Wesometimesturnoutourverybestworkwhenwepushourselvestothelimit.Stresscanalsomakeusmoreconfident.Handlingsmallamountsofstressnowpreparesusforhandlingserioussituationsinthefuture.Whoknows?Today’sstressmayevenprepareusforthenextpolarbearthatcomesalongourway!1.Inthefirstparagraph,thecaseofLydiaAngyiouismentionedto.

A.praiseLydiaAngyiouforhercourageB.remindusofthedangerofbearsC.makeuslearnthecauseofthestressD.showthatstresscanmakepeopledounimaginablethings2.Whatdoestheunderlinedpart“ourbacksareupagainstthewall”mean?A.wearenervousB.wefacethebearC.weareinadangeroussituationD.westandagainstthewall3.Fromthepassagewecanknowthatstressmay.

A.influencethewaypeoplesolveproblemsB.makepeoplebecomeclevererthanbeforeC.makepeoplehavethefeelingofhappinessD.decreasethedifficultiespeoplemeetwith4.Accordingtothepassage,wecanknowthat.

A.adrenalinmakespeoplefeelstressedB.thelackofadrenalincanleadtoone’sboredomandlazinessC.themoreadrenalinwehave,thebetterweworkD.adrenalinprovidesuswithmuchenergyeveryday5.Intheauthor’sopinion,.

A.peopleshouldhavemuchstressB.apolarbearwillappearatanytimeC.stressinlifeisnecessaryforone’sfutureD.wecancreatestressforourselves

參考答案：DCABC1.推理判斷題。根據(jù)第一段最后一句警察的描述及第二段專家的說(shuō)法,可知莉蒂亞勇斗北極熊的事例說(shuō)明人在有超大壓力的情況下,會(huì)有超人的力量,做出人們平時(shí)認(rèn)為不可能做到的事情。2.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。上文莉蒂亞勇斗北極熊的故事是此句語(yǔ)意依托的背景,因此可推斷C項(xiàng)正確。3.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段最后一句“...thewayweperformisusuallyaffectedbytheamountofstresswefeel.”可知答案。4.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段第一句“Ifadrenalinisnotreleasedforlongperiodsoftime,peoplecanfeelboredandlazy.”可知答案。5.推理判斷題。根據(jù)“Handlingsmallamountsofstressnowpreparesusforhandlingserioussituationsinthefuture.Whoknows?Today’sstressmayevenprepareusforthenextpolarbearthatcomesalongourway!”可知現(xiàn)在的壓力可能對(duì)將來(lái)的情況有很大意義,所以說(shuō)平時(shí)有一定壓力是必要的。

23.閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)A、B、C、D中選出最佳選項(xiàng)。ThedaywasThankfulThursday.It'saweeklytraditionthatmytwolittlegirlsandIbeganyearsago.Thursdayhasbecomeourdaytogooutandmakeapositivecontribution.OnthisparticularThursday,wehadnoideaexactlywhatweweregoingtodo.Atnoon,IdrovetoaMcDonald’swithmydaughtersbecausetheykeptcomplainingthattheyhadn’thadenoughtoeatatbreakfast.Therewesawsomehomelesspeopleinthestreetandweboughtlunchforthem.

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