高中英语试题

46．Suppose you are doing research on children's relationship skills，you may want to read 　 　．

A．	Circle Time for Young Children
B．	Children with School Problems：A Phsysician's Manual
C．	Education and Disaddvantaged Children and Young People
D．	Build It，Make It，Do It，Play It!Guides for Children and Teens

47．Which book would you recommend to someone interested in children's mental imanges？ 　 　

A．	Connecting Animals and Children in Early Childhood．
B．	Songs in Their Heads：Music and Its Meaning in children's Lives．
C．	Big Ideas for Little Kids：Teaching Philosophy Through children's Literature．
D．	Young Children as Artists：Art and Design in the Early Years and Key Stage 1．

48．How many books published in 2015 are found in this search？ 　 　

A．	9．	B．	90．
C．	118．	D．	290．

49．Children with School Problems：A Phsysician's Manual is most likely intended for 　 　．

A．	educators	B．	librarians
C．	doctors	D．	artists．

"Did you hear what happened to Adam Last Friday？"Lindsey whipers to Tori．

With her eyes shining，Tori brags，"You bet I did，Sean told me two days ago．"

Who are Lindsey and Tori talking about？It just happens to be yours truly，Adam Freedmam，I can tell you that what they are saying is （a） not nice and （b） not even true．Still，Lindsey and Tori aren't very different from most students here at Linton Higt School，including me．Many of our conversations are gossip（闲话）．I have noticed three effects of gossip：it can hurt people，it can give gossipers a strange kind of satisfaction，and it can cause social pressures in a group．

An important negative effect of gossip is that it can hurt the person being talked about．Usually，gossip spreads information about a topic﹣breakups，trouble at home，even dropping out﹣that a person would rather keep secret．The more embarrassing or shameful the secret is，the juicier the gossip it makes．Probably the worst type of gossip is the absolute lie．People often think of gossipers as harmless，but cruel lies can cause pain．

If we know that gossip can be harmful，then why do so many of us do it？Tht answer lies in another effect of gossip：the satisfaction it gives us．Sharing the latest rumor（传言）can make a person feel important because he or she knows something that others don't．Similarly，hearing the latest rumor can make a person feel like part of the"in group．"In other words，gossip is satisfying because it gives people a sense of belonging or even superiority（优越感）．

Gossip also can have a third effect：it strengthens unwritten，unspoken rules about how people should act．Professor David Wilson explains that gossip is important in policing behaviors in a group．Translated into high school terms，this means that if everybody you hang around with is laughing at what John wore or what Jane said，then you can bet that wearing or saying something similar will get you the same kind of negative attention．The do's and don'ts conveyed through gossip will never show up in any student handbook．

The effects of gossip vary depending on the situation．The next time you feel the urge to spread the latest news，thing about why you want to gossip and what effects your"juicy story"might have．

41．The author uses a conversation at the beginning of the passahe to 　 　．

A．	introduce a topic
B．	present an argument
C．	describe the characters
D．	clarify his writing purpose

42．An important negative effects of gossip is that it 　 　．

A．	breaks up relationships
B．	embarrasses the listener
C．	spreads information around
D．	causes unpleasant experiences

43．In the author's opinion，many people like to gossip because it 　 　．

A．	gives them a feeling of pleasure
B．	helps them to make more friends
C．	makes them better at telling stories
D．	enables them to meet important people

44．Professor David Wilson thinks that gossip can 　 　．

A．	provide students with written rules
B．	help people watch their own behaviors
C．	force school to impove student handbooks
D．	attract the police's attention to group behaviors

45．What advice does the author give in the passage？ 　 　

A．	Never become a gossiper
B．	Stay away from gossipers
C．	Don't let gossip turn into lies
D．	Think twice before you gossip．

During the war，my husband was stationed at an army camp in a desert in California．I went to live there in order to be（1） 　him．I hated the place．I had never （2） 　 　been so unhappy．My husband was ordered out on a long﹣term duty，and I was left in a tiny shack（棚屋） alone．The heat was（3） 　 　﹣almost $125°$ F even in the shade of a cactus（仙人掌）．（4） 　 　a soul to talk to．The wind blew non﹣stop，and all the food I ate，and the evry air I breathed，were（5） 　 　with sand，sand，sand!

I was so sorry for myself that I wrote to my parents．I told them I was （6） 　and coming back home．I said I couldn't stand it one minute longer．I（7） 　 　be in prison!My father answered my （8） 　 　with just two lines﹣two lines that will always sing in my（9） 　 　﹣two lines that completely changed my life：

Two men looked out from prison bars，One saw the mud，the other saw the stars．

I read those two lines（10） 　 　I was ashamed of myself．I made up my mind I would find out what was good in my present （11） 　 　； I would look for the stars

I made friends with the natives，and their（12） 　 　amazed me．They gave me presents of their favorite artworks which they had（13） 　 　to sell to toueists．I studied the delightful forms of the cactus．I watched for the desert sunsets，and（14） 　 　for seashells that had been left there millions of years ago when the desert had been an ocean（15） 　 　

What brought about this（16） 　 　change in me？The desert hadn't changed，（17） 　 　I had．I had changed my（18） 　 　And by doing so，I changed an unhappy experience into the most amazing（19） 　 　of my life．I was excited by this new world that I had dicovered I had looked out of my self﹣creatded prison and（20） 　 　the stars

（1）

A．

off

B．

behind

C．

near

D．

beyond

（2）

A．

before

B．

already

C．

then

D．

still

（3）

A．

inflexible

B．

incomprehensible

C．

uncontrollable

D．

unbearable

（4）

A．

Only

B．

Not

C．

Many

D．

Such

（5）

A．

covered

B．

filled

C．

buried

D．

charged

（6）

A．

catching up

B．

keeping up

C．

giving up

D．

getting up

（7）

A．

ought to

B．

might well

C．

would rather

D．

had better

（8）

A．

request

B．

call

C．

question

D．

letter

（9）

A．

comparison

B．

imagination

C．

consideration

D．

memory

（10）

A．

over and over

B．

by and by

C．

up and down

D．

now and then

（11）

A．

company

B．

occupation

C．

situation

D．

relationship

（12）

A．

movement

B．

reaction

C．

guidance

D．

purpose

（13）

A．

refused

B．

failed

C．

managed

D．

happened

（14）

A．

asked

B．

hunted

C．

waited

D．

headed

（15）

A．

floor

B．

surface

C．

rock

D．

level

（16）

A．

shocking

B．

challenging

C．

puzzling

D．

astonishing

（17）

A．

as

B．

but

C．

for

D．

or

（18）

A．

attitude

B．

principle

C．

identity

D．

standard

（19）

A．

vacation

B．

operation

C．

affair

D．

adventure

（20）

A．

sought

B．

counted

C．

found

D．

reached

﹣The movie start at 8：30，and we can have a quick bite before we go．

﹣﹣ ．See you at 8：10．（　　）

A．	So long	B．	Sounds great
C．	Good luck	D．	Have a good time

I had as much fun sailing the seas as I now do with students．（　　）

A．

working

B．

work

C．

to work

D．

worked

I have always enjoyed all the events you organized and I hope to attend in the coming years（　　）

A．	little more	B．	no more
C．	much more	D．	many more

George _________ too far．His coffee is still warm．（　　）

A．	must have gone	B．	might have gone
C．	can't have gone	D．	needn't have gone

In this article，you need to back up general statements with ________ examples．（　　）

A．

specific

B．

permanent

C．

abstract

D．

universal

Had the governments and scientists not worked together，AIDS﹣related deaths _______ since their highest in 2005．（　　）

A．	had not fallen
B．	would not fall
C．	did not fall
D．	would not have fallen

When the time came to make the final decision for a course，I decided to apply for the one that ______my interest．（　　）

A．

limited

B．

reserved

C．

reflected

D．

spoiled

A sudden stop can be a very frightening experience，______ if you are travelling at high speed．（　　）

A．

eventually

B．

strangely

C．

merely

D．

especially

When their children lived far away from them，these old people felt ______from the world．（　　）

A．	carried away	B．	broken down
C．	cut off	D．	brought up

Scientists have advanced many theories about why human beings cry tears，none of ______ has been proved．（　　）

A．

whom

B．

which

C．

what

D．

that

To return to the problem of water pollution，I'd like you to look at a study _______ in Australia in 2012．（　　）

A．	having conducted	B．	to be conducted
C．	conducting	D．	conducted

Silk ______ one of the primary goods traded along the Silk Road by about 100BC．（　　）

A．	had become	B．	was becoming
C．	has become	D．	is becoming