1、人教版高中测试卷系列辽宁师大附中2019-2020学年度下学期期末考试高二英语试题第一部分 阅读理解第一节阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项A.B.C和D中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡相应的题号上将该项涂黑。AUggs(雪地靴) are certainly ugly, or at least inelegant. The shapeless boots, pulled on in a hurry, can make anyone look like a slob（懒惰的人）, which has made them the target of disrespect. It hasnt been
2、hard to find someone strongly condemning them. “Ugg boots are no sexy,” The Independent declared in 2003, “unless youre Mrs. Bigfoot on a lone mission across Antarctic to find Mr. Bigfoot. When wearing the boots, a writer of The Gloss complained, “Theres nothing to indicate that you dont have square
3、, horrible shoeboxes in place of human feet.” In 2015, one coffee shop on Brick Lane in east London ever banned ugg-wearers.And yet, over the years, plenty of strange and unattractive shoes have met with the approval of the fashion establishment. The problem with uggs wasnt that they were ugly; its
4、that they were common.But a funny thing happened on the way to fashions tomb: the universal ugg has not gone anywhere. Uggs have quietly stayed here since their best time. Once you start paying attention, youll be shocked to discover how many people are still wearing them. They are worn by mothers i
5、n town and in the country, by teenagers on Saturday shopping trip and by people in fashion. Perhaps the secret of uggss unstoppable success is that, if there is a dividing line between public appeal and private style，it might be a pair of cozy boots. They are certainly comfortable, soft and warm, as
6、 if your feet were in the hugging of someone who really loves you. At $150 a pair, they are neither cheap nor entirely out of range. They are casual and indulgent(纵容的）.Somehow uggs, the boots that so many people hate, have managed to challenge the cruel logic of the fashion cycle and carry on whethe
7、r you approve of them or not.1. What is the best title of the passage?A. Uggs Refuse to DieB. Uggs Have Existed So LongC. Uggs Enter the Fashion CircleD. Uggs Have Gone Somewhere2. Why does the author quote many medias words in the first paragraph?A. To prove uggs toughnessB. To prove uggss populari
8、tyC. To prove peoples approvalD. To prove peoples condemning.3. What does the author think very strange?A. Uggs are very commonB. Uggs are inelegant and uglyC. Uggs are worn by teenagersD. Uggs stay there regardless4. What is the secret to the success of uggs according to the passage?A. They are ver
9、y comfortableB. They own private styleC. They have public appealD. They are very cheap【答案】1. A 2. D 3. D 4. A【解析】这是一篇说明文。文章主要讲述了令人讨厌的雪地靴没有消亡反而继续流行的现象和原因，【1题详解】主旨大意题。根据第三段中But a funny thing happened on the way to fashions tomb: the universal ugg has not gone anywhere. Uggs have quietly stayed here si
10、nce their best time. 但在通往时尚之墓的路上发生了一件有趣的事情：普遍的雪地靴并没有消失。雪地靴从它们最辉煌的时期开始就悄悄地留在了这里。以及最后一段中Somehow uggs, the boots that so many people hate, have managed to challenge the cruel logic of the fashion cycle and carry on whether you approve of them or not.不知怎的，很多人都讨厌的雪地靴却成功地挑战了时尚圈的残酷逻辑，不管你赞成与否，它都能继续流行下去。可知，本
11、文主要讲述了令人讨厌的雪地靴没有消亡反而继续流行的现象和原因，因此本文的最佳标题是选项A“雪地靴拒绝消亡”符合题意。故选A项。【2题详解】推理判断题。根据第一段中 It hasnt been hard to find someone strongly condemning them. 不难发现有人强烈谴责他们。可知，作者在第一段引用了很多媒体的话来证明人们的谴责。故选D项。【3题详解】细节理解题。根据第三段中But a funny thing happened on the way to fashions tomb: the universal ugg has not gone anywher
12、e. Uggs have quietly stayed here since their best time. Once you start paying attention, youll be shocked to discover how many people are still wearing them. 但在通往时尚之墓的路上发生了一件有趣的事情：普遍的雪地靴并没有消失。雪地靴从它们最辉煌的时期开始就悄悄地留在了这里。一旦你开始注意，你会惊讶地发现有多少人还在穿着它们。可知，作者认为雪地靴还是留在那里很奇怪。故选D项。【4题详解】细节理解题。根据倒数第二段中They are cert
13、ainly comfortable, soft and warm, as if your feet were in the hugging of someone who really loves you. 它们确实很舒服，柔软和温暖，就好像你的脚在一个真正爱你的人的拥抱中。可知，雪地靴成功的秘诀是它们很舒服。故选A项。BDo you have a younger brother? Does he always get in trouble? Well, there might be some science behind that. According to a report from the
14、 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, second-borns are more likely than first-borns to behave badly, which could be why you from time to time consider your younger brother or sister sprites.Researchers, who explored data from tens of thousands of sibling(兄弟姐妹) pairs from Denmark and Florida, found
15、 second-borns are 20% to 40% more likely to have behavioral problems. If youre the second-born child you may want to have a little chat with your parents. The reason why second-born siblings may be worse behaved than first-born is that parents tend to pay less attention to them.“Second-born children
16、 tend to have less attention from the mother than their older siblings because first-born children experience their mothers maternity leave (产假). First-borns enjoy the rewards of not only their own time with Mum following their birth, but the time Mum takes off with younger siblings, too.” the autho
17、rs explain. Its not just about the parents, however. Speaking to NRP, co-author Joseph Doyle said, “The first-born has role models, who are adults. And the second, later-born children have role models who are slightly unreasonable 2-year-olds, you know, their older siblings. The difference of parent
18、al investments and the sibling influences probably contribute to these differences we see in the labor market and what we find in behaviors against regulations, even against laws. Its just very difficult to separate those two things because they happen at the same time”The results, the authors argue
19、, have an important effect on social policy.5. What does the underlined word “sprites” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?A. LosersB. TroublemakersC. Close companionsD. Parents pets6. According to the report, what influences the second-born childrens behavior?A. Challenges of their elder siblingsB. The am
20、ount of attention they receive from parentsC. More family problems they are faced withD. Fewer chances of talking with others7. Joseph Doyle holds the opinion that the older siblings _.A. have the same role models as their younger onesB. are not to blame for their younger siblings failureC. are part
21、ly responsible for their younger siblings problemsD. affect the parental investment and the labor market participation8. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?A. Parents Prefer First-Born KidsB. How Parents Improve Family RelationshipsC. Social Policy Guides Family EducationD. Wh
22、y the Second-Born Tend to be Misbehaved【答案】5. B 6. B 7. C 8. D【解析】这是一篇说明文。文章主要根据麻省理工学院的一份报告分析了为什么二胎孩子通常表现不佳。【5题详解】词义猜测题。根据第二段中second-borns are more likely than first-borns to behave badly老二比老大更有可能行为不端。可知，弟弟妹妹应该会带来麻烦事，因此猜测划线词sprites意为“麻烦制造者”。故选B项。【6题详解】细节理解题。根据第三段中The reason why second-born siblings
23、may be worse behaved than first-born is that parents tend to pay less attention to them.第二胎的兄弟姐妹比第一胎的表现更差的原因是父母往往不太关注他们。可知，二胎孩子从父母那里得到的关注度影响了他们的行为。故选B项。【7题详解】推理判断题。根据倒数第二段中The first-born has role models, who are adults. And the second, later-born children have role models who are slightly unreasonab
24、le 2-year-olds, you know, their older siblings. 第一个孩子有自己的榜样，他们都是成年人。第二代，也就是晚出生的孩子，他们的榜样是有点不理性的比他们大的2岁的孩子，你知道，就是他们的哥哥姐姐。由此判断出，约瑟夫道尔认为，年长的兄弟姐妹对他们弟弟妹妹的问题负有部分责任。故选C项。【8题详解】主旨大意题。根据第一段中Do you have a younger brother? Does he always get in trouble? Well, there might be some science behind that. 你有弟弟吗？他总是惹麻
25、烦吗？嗯，这背后可能有一些科学道理。以及第二段中According to a report from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, second-borns are more likely than first-borns to behave badly根据麻省理工学院的一份报告，老二比老大更有可能行为不端。可知，本文主要是根据报告分析了为什么二胎孩子表现不佳，因此本文的最佳标题是选项D“为什么第二胎的孩子会表现不佳”。故选D项。CIt is difficult for doctors to help a person with a da
26、maged brain. Without enough blood, the brain lives for only three to five minutes. More often the doctors cant fix the damage. Sometimes they are afraid to try something to help because it is dangerous to work on the brain. The doctors might make the person worse if he operates on the brain.Dr. Robe
27、rt White, a famous professor and doctor, thinks he knows a way to help. He thinks doctors should make the brain very cold. If it is very cold, the brain can live without blood for 30 minutes. This gives the doctor a longer time to do something for the brain.Dr. White tried his idea on 13 monkeys. Fi
28、rst he taught them to do different jobs, then he operated on them. He made the monkeys blood back to the monkeys brains. When the brains temperature was 10, Dr. White stopped the blood to the brain.After 30 minutes he turned the blood back on. He warmed the blood again. After their operations the mo
29、nkeys were like they had been before. They were healthy and busy. Each one could still do the jobs the doctor had taught them.9. The brain operation was made possible mainly by _.A. taking the blood out of the brainB. trying the operation on monkeys firstC. having the blood go through a machineD. lo
30、wering the brains temperature10. With Dr. Whites new idea, the operation on the damaged brain _.A. can last as long as 30 minutesB. can keep the brains blood warmC. can keep the patients brain healthyD. can help monkeys do different jobs11. What is the right order of the steps in the operations?a. s
31、end the cooled back to the brain b. stop the blood to the brainc. have the blood cooled down d. operate on the brainA. a, b, c, dB. c, a, b, dC. c, b, d, aD. b, c, d, a【答案】9. D 10. A 11. C【解析】这是一篇说明文。文章介绍了著名的教授和医生罗伯特怀特医生提出了一个做脑部手术的新想法，并在13只猴子身上做了成功的实验。【9题详解】推理判断题。根据第二段中 He thinks doctors should make
32、 the brain very cold. If it is very cold, the brain can live without blood for 30 minutes. 他认为医生应该让大脑非常冷。如果天气很冷，大脑可以在没有血液的情况下存活30分钟。可知，脑部手术主要是通过降低大脑温度而实现的。故选D项。【10题详解】细节理解题。根据第二段中If it is very cold, the brain can live without blood for 30 minutes. This gives the doctor a longer time to do something for the brain. 如果天气很冷，大脑可以在没有血液的情况下存活30分钟。这让医生有更长的时间来治疗大脑。可知，根据怀特医生的新想法，对受损大脑的手术可以持续长达30分钟。故选A项。【11题详解】细节理
