辽宁省实验中学分校2015年高二下学期期初考试英语试题及答案

第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）1-20题---略第二部分阅读理解（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。AMyhusbandOlliehadretiredfromteachingandweweremakingplanstotraveltogethertoFlorida.Thenhewasterriblyillandbecameveryweak,hardlyabletospeak.WeekspassedanditbecameclearthatOlliewasneardeath,butIprayeddayandnightthathecouldgetbetter.OneofuswasalwaysinOllie'shospitalroom--eitherme,orourgrownchildren,BruceandKaren.Oneday,inhisbrokenandweakspeech,OllietoldBruce,“Gohome.YoushouldbewithGwen.”GwenwasBruce'swife.Theyhadbeenmarriedforsixyearsandlivedhundredsofmilesaway.Gwenwasabouttohaveababy.Wefeltanextrasadness,knowingOlliewouldneverseehisfirstgrandchild.“Idon'twanttoleaveyou,dad,”Brucesaid.Ollierepeated,“YoushouldbewithGwen.”Reluctantly,Bruceleft.“Whenthebabycomes,”hepromisedOllie,“youwillbethefirsttoknow.”Afewdayslater,around2p.m.,Ollieawokefromasleep.Heturnedandlookedatme.Isatclosetohearhisweakwords.“Thebabyiscomingnow.It'saboy,”hesaid.Foramomenthiseyeswerefilledwithtears.Thenhewentbacktosleepagain.Notlongafterthat,Karenranintotheroom.“Brucecalled,”shesaid,asmilelightingherface.“Gwengavebirthtoahealthybabyboyaroundtwoo'clock.”Olliesmiled;hehadbeenthefirsttoknow.Thatnight,Olliediedinhissleep.22.WhydidOlliewantBrucetobewithGwen?A.Olliedidn'twanthissontobeabsentwhenhisbabywasborn.B.OlliewantedBrucetobringthebabyalongassoonasitwasborn.C.OlliethoughtitwastoomuchtroubleforBrucetostayathospital.D.Olliecouldn'tbearhissonseeinghimdyingwithabrokenheart.23.TheunderlinedwordinParagraph3isclosestinmeaningto.A.DisappointedlyB.ImmediatelyC.ExcitedlyD.Unwillingly24.Whatcanwelearnfromthepassage?A.OllieandhiswifehadplannedtosettleinFlorida.B.Olliecaredforhissonmorethanhisdaughter.C.Olliediedhappyandinpeace.D.Olliewassadaboutnotbeingabletoseehisfirstgrandchild.BSorrytosay,ourbrainsnaturallystartslowingdownatthecruellyyoungageof30.Itusedtobethoughtthatthiscouldn’tbehelped,butnewstudiesshowthatpeopleofanyagecantraintheirbrainstoworkfaster.“Yourbrainisalearningmachine”,saysUniversityofCaliforniascientistDr.MichaelMerzenich.Giventherighttools,wecantrainourbrainstoactliketheydidwhenwereyounger.Allthat’srequiredisthepracticedesignedjustforthepurpose:afewexercisesforthemind.Merzenichhasdevelopedacomputer---basedtrainingmethodtospeeduptheprocessinwhichthebraindealswithinformation.Sincemuchofthedatawereceivecomesthroughspeech,theBrainFitnessProgramworkswithlanguageandhearingtobetterspeedandaccuracy.Overthecourseoftraining,theprogramstartsaskingyoutodistinguishsounds(between“dog”and“bog”,forexample)atanincreasinglyfasterspeed.“It’sabitliketennisinstructor,”saysMerzenich,“hittingballsatyoufasterandfastertokeepyouchallenged.Youmaystartoutslow,butbeforelongyou’reprettyquick.”Thebiggestfindinginbrainresearchinlasttenyearsisthatthebrainatanyageishighlyplastic.Ifyouaskyourbraintolearn,itwilllearn.Anditmayevenspeedupwhileintheprocess.Tokeepyourbrainyoungandplasticyoucandooneofamillionnewactivitiesthatchallengeandexciteyou:playingtabletennisorbridge,doingcrosswordpuzzles,learningalanguage......“Whenitcomestopreventingaging,youreallydo“doitorloseit”,saysBarbaraSahakian,professoratCambridgeUniversity.25.Dr.Merzenich’strainingmethodmainlydependson________.A.theinformationbeingdealtwithB.computerlanguagesC.theactivitiesonejoinsinD.speechtraining27.Whatcanwelearnfromthetext?A.PracticemakesaquickmindB.Brainresearchstartedtenyearsago.C.Dr.MerzenichisascientistincomputerD.Peopleusedtobelievenothingcouldstopthebrainslowingdown.28.Whichofthefollowingagreeswiththewriter’sidea?A.ThetrainingmethodsworkbetterfortheoldB.ThetrainingofthebrainshouldstartatanearlyageC.Peopleshouldusethebraintostopitfromaging.D.It’snecessarytotakepartinasmanyactivitiesaspossible.Z.X.X.K]B.Itexplainswhytimefliesfastandhowtoslowitdownpsychologically.C.Itshowsthedifferentideasofphysicistsandpsychologistsontime.D.Itdescribeshowweexperiencetimepsychologically.第二节(共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。IstillremembermycollegedaysafterIwasinitiallygivenmyassignmentsofwritingdifferentpapers.Ienjoyedmyfirstweekwithnewfriendsandteachersastheywerequitefriendlyandsociable.ButIdidn’trealizethattherewasadarkerainmylife,whichwasthehorrifyingdayafterIfoundthatmytermpaperswithemptypages.Ihadnowayout.Iwasnotalone.36Igatheredsomecourageandstartedthinkingtofindmethodstohelpmewritemytermpapers.Iwenttomyhistoryteacher.37ShetoldmethatIshouldactlikeaprofessionalstudentandnottakemyworklightly.Shealsoprovidedsomeencouragingtipswhichreallyimprovedmyconfidence.Iwasinstructedtogotothelibraryandgatherbooksthathaverelevantmaterialortopicsaboutthetermpapers.38IdidasIwasordered.Throughoutthewholeprocessoftermpaperstherewassomethingquiteinterestingandpleasing.Shedidn’tassistmeindoinganypracticalthing,butgaveinstructionsonebyone.Withalargepileofreferencebooks,weleftthelibraryandshetoldmetoreviewthosechapters.Igotalotofinformationanddata.IhadbeenfeelingproudandhappyasIgotagoodideaaboutthetopics.Shetoldmetocreatea2000-wordessayinmyownwords.39Shedidfurthereditingandtoldmetomakeabibliography(