2019年高二下学期英语期末模拟试卷（无听力）
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第二部分 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
Our Summer Pix 16 petition has been on for a week and we have already had hundreds of entries (参赛作品). Keep the entries ing in: the contest still runs for three more weeks. So seize the moment and join us now!
How to enter
We want your best photographs of the summer. Send your pictures to summerpix16@ irishtimes. to be in with a chance of winning our prize - a Canon digital camera，which is sold at a price of �549 in shops. Each Friday, we’ll display the best photos sent in that week, and at the end of August we’ll print the winning photograph. The photos can be taken with any kind of camera or phone. We regret we cannot respond to each entry, but we will be in touch with you if your photograph is going to be published.
Terms & conditions
? The photos must be taken this summer.
? 5 photographs may be submitted by any individual person at most.
? Employees of The Irish Times and their families or other persons connected with the organizer are not suitable to enter.
? All entries without an e-mail address are disqualified.
? By handing in your photograph, you give The Irish Times the right to use your photograph to promote the petition within the newspaper and online in printed and electronic formats. The Irish Times may also use the photograph for the promotion of any other photographic petition with The Irish Times both in print and online.
21. How long does the contest last in all? A. Only a week.
B. Two weeks.
C. Three weeks.
D. Four weeks.
22. What will a winner of the petition enjoy? A. �549.
B. His photo being printed.
D. A job offer from the organizer.
C. A Sony digital
23. Which may meet Terms & conditions? A. Anyone has access to the petition.
B. Over 5 photos can be submitted by any person. C. Entries without e-mail addresses are not accepted. D. You can send pictures taken at any time.
24. What can The Irish Times use participants’ photos to do? A. Promote itself as a better newspaper. B. Advertise other photographic petitions. C. Display all of the photos each Friday. D. Sell the photos for money.
B
Everyone seems to be living for someone else.
I had once helped a friend run a watermelon stall. I noticed something interesting: almost every buyer would lift the melon up to their ear, and tap it, apparently trying to listen to something. I wondered what they expected to hear. Finally I could no longer hold back my curiosity and asked a customer—an elderly gentleman—about this. Hearing my question, he roared with laughter. Then he replied in a self-mocking (自嘲) tone, “Young lady, I have been doing this for more than fifty years. But all I know is that everybody would stare at you as if you were a fool if you just pick up a melon and leave!”
Not long after that, my watermelon stall friend sent me an invitation to her wedding, which really surprised me. I asked her, “Why are you seized by a sudden desire to get married? I don’t remember ever hearing you mention that you’ve got a boyfriend.” She answered while counting money, “Everyone has to get married anyway, so it is better to get married sooner than later.”
I could think of no word to refute (反驳) her. It seems that everybody is living for everybody else and has forgotten the need of their own heart. It may be safe and save a lot of worries by following others’ suit in doing things. The use of WE or US will give one a steady and sure sense of pride. But why do people usually feel uneasy when using “I”?.
I find all these things somewhat funny. We have got used to following others’ example.
We feel at ease and justified simply because this is a way of US, a way which has been practiced by so many people. But is this massive practice really right?
25. Why did the elderly gentleman tap the watermelon before buying it? A. Because he expected to hear something. B. Because he was a fool.
C. Because he just wanted to follow the crowd.
D. Because it was his habit and it was hard for him to give it up.
26. Which word can replace the underlined word “justified” in the last paragraph? A. reasonable
B. embarrassed
C. excited
D. disappointed
27. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage? A. It may be safe to do what most people do.
B. People should live for others and forget their own heart.
C. The writer felt unexpected when her friend wanted to get married. D. The use of We or I will give speakers themselves quite different senses. 28. In which section of a magazine can you read the passage? A. Nature and Art
C
The modem open office was originally designed for team building but now it is mostly distinguished by its high noise levels and lack of privacy.
The noise of the open office is one of employees’ chief plaints, and research shows that the constant noise can actually destroy our motivation. In a study published in the Journal of Applied Psychology, 40 female workers suffered from open - plan office noise for three hours. Another group experienced three hours of blessed quiet. Afterwards, both groups were given puzzles which had no solution. The participants who’d been treated to a quiet work setting kept working hard at the puzzles， while the participants who’d stood the noisy conditions gave up after fewer attempts.
Look around any open - plan office today and you will see that many workers deal with this problem by wearing earplugs or headphones. Although it might seem that importing one’s own noise wouldn’t be much of a solution, experts say that this approach could be effective in at least one aspect.
Another frequent plaint is the lack of privacy in an open office. Designers and managers believed that workers would be more likely to have casual conversations that can inspire new
B. Sport and Health D. Culture and Society
C. Science and Technology
ideas. However, research shows conversations among employees in open offices tend to be short and skin - deep.
The original promoters also hoped that the setting would make co - workers available to help one other. That’s great for the help seeker; not so great for the help giver who has her own work to do.
29. What was the original purpose of open - plan offices? A. To spare more room.
B. To promote cooperation. D. To save office expenses.
C. To reduce work stress.
30. What’s experts’ opinion about wearing earplugs? A. It will make more noise. C. It is helpful in a way.
B. It destroy workers’ motivation.
D. It will fix the problem pletely.
31. What can we learn about open offices? A. Conversations seldom lead to creativity.
B. They create more sincere municating opportunities. C. Help seekers are disturbed too much. D. Help givers enjoy more respect.
D
Up to 60 Shanghai maths teachers are to be brought to England to raise the UK maths teachers’ standards, in an exchange arranged by the Department for Education. The announcement es as a campaign that is launched to raise adult maths skills. A survey of 2,300 adults for the numeracy campaign found that over a third thought their level of maths had held them back. An acpanying economic analysis said that a lack of maths skills cost the UK 20 billion pounds per year.
The plan to bring 60 English - speaking maths teachers from Shanghai is an attempt to learn from a city that has been the top performance in the OECD’s Pisa tests. The OECD says that children of poor families in Shanghai are on average better at maths than middle class children in the UK. The Shanghai teachers, expected to arrive from the autumn, will help share their teaching methods, support pupils who are struggling and help to train other teachers.
“ We have some smart maths teachers in this country but what I saw in Shanghai - and other Chinese cities - has only strengthened my belief that we can learn from them,” said education minister, Elizabeth Truss, who has recently visited Shanghai, acpanied by head teachers from England. “They have a can - do attitude to maths - and I want us to match that, and their performance.” She stressed the economic significance of raising maths standards, for individuals and the country. ‘‘As part of our long term economic plan, we are determined to