1、题号一二三四五六总分得分注意事项1答题前填写好自己的姓名、班级、考号等信息2请将答案正确填写在答题卡上第I卷（选择题）评卷人一、阅读理解（题型注释）Almost every day we come across situations in which we have to make decisions one way or another. Choice, we are given to believe, is a right. But for a good many people in the world，in rich and poor countries, choice is a lux
2、ury, something wonderful but hard to get, not a right. And for those who think they are exercising their right to make choices, the whole system is merely an illusion, a false idea created by companies and advertisers, hoping to sell their products.The endless choice gives birth to anxiety in people
3、s lives. Buying something as basic as a coffee pot is not exactly simple. Easy access to a wide range of everyday goods leads to a sense of powerlessness in many people, ending in the shopper giving up and walking away, or just buying an unsuitable item（商品） that is not really wanted. Recent studies
4、in England have shown that many electrical goods bought in almost every family are not really needed. More difficult decision-making is then either avoided or trusted into the hands of the professionals, lifestyle instructors, or advisors.It is not just the availability of the goods that is the prob
5、lem, but the speed with which new types of products come on the market. Advances in design and production help quicken the process. Products also need to have a short lifespan so that the public can be persuaded to replace them within a short time. The typical example is computers, which are almost
6、out-of-date once they are bought. This indeed makes selection a problem. Gone are the days when one could just walk with ease into a shop and buy one thing; no choice, no anxiety.1、What does the author try to argue in Paragraph l?AThe practice of choice is difficult.BThe right of choice is given but
7、 at a price.CChoice and right exist at the same time.DThe exercise of rights is a luxury.2、Why do more choices of goods give rise to anxiety?APeople are likely to find themselves overcome by business persuasion.BShoppers may find themselves lost in the broad range of items.CCompanies and advertisers
8、 are often misleading about the range of choice.DProfessionals find it hard to decide on a suitable product.3、By using computers as an example, the author wants to prove that_.Aproducts of the latest design flood the marketBcompetitions are fierce in high-tech industryCeveryday goods need to be repl
9、aced oftenDadvanced products meet the needs of people4、What is this passage mainly about?AThe opinions on peoples right in different countries.BThe problems about the availability of everyday goods.CThe helplessness in purchasing decisions.DThe variety of choices in modern society.The word OK is the
10、 most frequently spoken all-purpose expression on the planet and its turning 176 years old on March 23, 2015. The term was born during a 19th-century abbreviation（缩写） craze and went on to international fame with its own hand gesture.Last year, Henry Nass, a 64-year-old retired English teacher, a New
11、 Yorker, had spent the last few weeks handing out cards championing Global OK Day in advance of the coming anniversary.No matter where people are from they use the word OK, but they dont know where it comes from, says Nass. The problem is because its just, you know, OK.The word is OK, perhaps, but i
12、ts history is definitely better than average. Late etymologist Allen Walker Read traced the two-letter word to 1839, when editors at the Boston Morning Post signed off on articles as “all correct” with a simple word “OK”.The word made it into print on March 23 of that year, in an article against a r
13、ival editor in Providence who had stated wrongly that a band of Bostonians heading to New York would pass through the Rhode Island capital （Providence）.We said not a word about our team passing through the city of Providence, the Morning Post reported. O.K. all correct.The humor of the Providence-Bo
14、ston joke has been lost to history but the word OK took off from there, soon connoting（隐含） agreement, acceptance, averageness, quality or likability.By 1840, it served as a slogan for President Martin Van Burens unsuccessful reelection campaign. “Old Kinderhook is OK,” posters stated, a reference to
15、 the eighth presidents birthplace and his supporters belief in his satisfactory performance.5、Why did Henry Nass hand out cards?ATo let people understand the history of the word “OK”.BTo call on people to use the word “OK” properly.CTo appeal to people to celebrate OK Day.DTo attract peoples attenti
16、on.6、What does the author want to convey in Paragraph 4?AThe history of the word “OK” is known to average people.BThe history of the word “OK” is unfamiliar to people.CPeople frequently use the word “OK” in history.DPeople are fond of the word “OK” in history.7、What does the underlined phrase “took
17、off” in Paragraph 7 probably mean?AGot offBSet upCMoved offDBecame popular8、We can learn from the text that Kinderhook is of the eighth American president.Athe nameBthe birthplaceCthe policyDthe beliefDespite gains in recent years，women still fall behind men in some areas of math achievement，and the
18、 question of why has caused heated argument. Now，a study of first and second graders suggests what may be part of the answer：Female primary school teachers who are concerned about their own skills could be passing that along to the little girls they teach.Young students tend to model themselves afte
19、r adults of the same sex，explained Beilock，an associate professor in psychology at the University of Chicago. Little girls may learn to fear math from the women who are their earliest teachers. Beilock and her colleagues studied 52 boys and 65 girls in classes taught by 17 different teachers. Ninety
20、 percent of the US primary school teachers are women，as was all of those in this study.Students math ability was not related to teachers math anxiety at the start of the school year，but at the end of the year，the more anxious teachers were about their own skills，the more likely their female students
21、but not the boyswere to agree to that “boys are good at math and girls are good at reading”In addition，the girls who answered that way scored lower on math tests than either the classes boys or the girls who had not developed such a belief，the researchers found.After seeing the results，the researche
22、rs recommended that the math requirements for obtaining a primary education teaching degree should be rethought. “If the next generation of teachers，especially primary school teachers，is going to teach their students more effectively，more care needs to be taken to develop both strong math skills and
23、 positive math attitudes in these educators,” the researchers wrote.“Girls who grow up believing females lack math skills wind up avoiding harder math classes. It keeps girls and women out of a lot of careers，particularly in science technology,” Beilock said.9、We can learn from the first three parag
24、raphs that _.Ateachers in US primary schools are mostly femalesBthe students involved in the study are starters at primary schoolCyoung students usually follow example of their female teachersDits true that boys do well in math while girls do well in reading10、We can we infer from the text?ABeilocks
25、 study will bring about a primary education revolution.BGirls lack of confidence in math skills affects their future jobs.CThe performance of the students changed little during the process of the study.DThe researchers argued that current primary school education needed improving.11、Whats the sugges
26、ted solution to the phenomenon mentioned in the text?AUsing different approaches to excite students interest in math.BReducing the number of situations that make teachers anxious.CCreating more chances for boys and girls to work together in class.DImproving teachers math skills and changing their ma
27、th attitudes.12、Whats the main idea of the text?AGirls may learn math anxiety from female teachers.BBoys are free from the math anxiety of female teachers.CPrimary school teachers have a far-reaching influence on students.DStudents should learn how to hold positive attitudes towards math.Get kids ex
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