1、学年北京四中高一下学期第二次考试英语2017-2018学年北京四中高一下学期第二次考试英语注意事项：1答题前，先将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在试题卷和答题卡上，并将准考证号条形码粘贴在答题卡上的指定位置。2选择题的作答：每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，写在试题卷、草稿纸和答题卡上的非答题区域均无效。3非选择题的作答：用签字笔直接答在答题卡上对应的答题区域内。写在试题卷、草稿纸和答题卡上的非答题区域均无效。4考试结束后，请将本试题卷和答题卡一并上交。第卷第一部分 听力（共两节，满分 30 分）(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
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。APeyto Lake, CanadaLocated in Banff National Park. Canadas first national park Peyto Lake is one of the most wonderful lakes in the world. What makes it truly beautiful is its unique greenish-blue color, and placement in the Canadian Rockies. Nam
3、ed after trail guide Bill Peyto, this lake is located at a height of 1,860m.Entry Details: $9.80 adult, $8.30 senior, $4.90 youth, and $19.60 family.Best Time to Visit: July, August, and SeptemberLake Argentino, ArgentinaLocated in the Patagonian province in Argentina, the lake is truly beautiful. S
4、urrounded by glaciers and snow-covered mountains, the lake presents visual delights like none other. With a maximum depth of 500 meters, its the biggest freshwater lake in Argentina. The lake is famous for fishing.Entry Details: $15$20, changes as per season, but entry for tourists above 70 years of
5、 age is always free.Best Time to Visit: December to March, and late NovemberLake Baikal, RussiaBeing the worlds oldest and deepest lake, Baikal is about 395 meters long, 49 meters wide and 1,637 meters deep. It holds more water than the Five Great Lakes of America combined, and is thus the largest f
6、reshwater lake globally. Located in the south Russian region of Siberia, a trip to view this lake is a trip of a lifetime!Entry Details: No Entrance fee hereBest Time to Visit; March to AprilLake Como, ItalyConsidered one of the most beautiful lakes in Europe, Lake Como has attracted tourists since
7、Roman times. Located in Lombardy, Como is one of the deepest lakes in Europe. Surrounded by villas and palaces, this lake has attracted some of the wealthiest. Today, many celebrities(名人) have houses here. Here you can enjoy water sports, take a flight over the lake, or try skiing during the winters
8、-every tourist has something hes going to like!Entry Details: FreeBest Time to Visit: July and September21. Why is the passage presented?A. To call on people to travel around the world.B. To introduce some beautiful lakes around the world.C. To explain how some world famous lakes formed.D. To tell u
9、s what tourist can do around the world-famous lakes.22. Which place has to be paid for a visit of an 80-years-old man?A. Lake Como, Italy.B. Lake Baikal, Russia.C. Peyto Lake, Canada.D. Lake Argentino, Argentina.23. What can be inferred from the passage?A. The world s second largest freshwater lake
10、is in Russia.B. A trai1guide gave the name to Peyto Lake of Canada.C. Lake Como is well known for its color and location.D. Lake Argentino is surrounded by glaciers and snow-covered mountains.BMost students, when asked about their best graduation(毕业) gift, would probably reply, “ A car”, or “Money f
11、or a house”. Cai Kaiyuan, 21, made a different choice. As a graduation gift to himself, he decided to work as a volunteer teacher in a distant village in Tibet.Cai, a student at Huan Railway Professional Technology College, at first planned to cycle from Sichuan to Tibet. It turned out cycling on a
12、plateau(高原) was quite difficult. And it has kept changing his opinion on life. Cais hands even became painful while cycling up a 5008-meter-high mountain, where temperatures often dropped to 18 below zero. At night, the ice covered the road and he fell off his bike three times. Little oxygen made hi
13、m feel sick and weak. “At the most serious moment, I felt that was on the line,” said Cai.However, he also gained something unexpected. At Ya an, a city in Sichuan, he met a group of tourists who are also university students. A girl called Wu Ling told him that she planned to work as a volunteer in
14、a primary school in Tibet after her journey. He was impressed by the idea as she looked weak.It was not until he reached a family-run hotel in Shigatse that Cais spirits began to rise. The hotel managers two daughters enjoyed talking with him. The kids asked about his experiences on his trip, and sh
15、owed him the beautiful local lakes. “They told me that they always liked to talk to guests, as they wanted to improve their Mandarin,” he said, “Their parents and many locals can only speak Tibetan.”Cai was moved by the girls story. Their situation is worse and the local people have little chance to
16、 learn Mandarin because the schools are short of teacher. “1 want to do something to improve the situation for kids like them,” said Cai. His parents finally gave their agreement and his teachers also supported him.24. What is Cai Kaiyuans graduation gift?A. Cycling from Sichuan to Tibet.B. Receivin
17、g money for a house.C. Being a volunteer teacher in a Tibetan school.D. Owning a new car and travelling around.25. What is Cai Kaiyuans journey to Tibet like?A. Special and comfortable. B. Dangerous but meaningful.C. Relaxing but unexpected. D. Freezing cold and boring.26. The underlined phrase on t
18、he line in the second paragraph means ?A. in a hurry B. at riskC. making a phone call D. surfing the Internet27. The purpose of writing this passage is to .A. tell us about an unusual graduation gift B. introduce a dangerous journey to usC. give advice on how to travel to Tibet D. encourage us to be
19、 a teacher in TibetCHe wrote that the “human mind is capable of excitement without the application of unpleasant and violent stimulants (刺激物)”. And it appears that simply reading these words by William Wordsworth proves his point.Researchers at the University of Liverpool found the writing of Shakes
20、peare and Wordsworth and the like had a beneficial effect on the mind, making it active and excited by catching the readers attention and leading to moments of self-reflection.Using scanners, they monitored the brain activity of volunteers as they read pieces of classical English literature both in
21、their original form and in a modem translation. And according to the Sunday Telegraph, the experiment showed the more challenging writing and poetry set off far more electrical activity in the brain than the simple readings.The research also found poetry, in particular, increased activity in the rig
22、ht brain, an area concerned with “autobiographical memory”, which helped the readers to reflect on their own experiences in light of what they had read. The academics said this meant the classics were more useful than self-help books.The brain responses of 30 volunteers were monitored in the first p
23、art of the research as they read Shakespeare in its original and modern form. In one example, volunteers read a line from King Lear, “A father and a gracious aged man: him have you madded”, before reading the simpler, “A father and a gracious aged man: him you have enraged”. Shakespeares use of the
24、adjective “mad” as a verb caused a higher level of brain activity than the straightforward version.The next part of the research is looking at the extent to which poetry can affect psychology and provide benefit. Volunteers brains were scanned while reading four lines by Wordsworth, and four “transl
25、ated” lines were also provided. The result showed that the first version caused a greater degree of brain activity.“Poetry is not just a matter of style. It is a matter of deep versions of experience that add the emotional and biographical to the cognitive (认知的),” said Professor Davis, leader of the
26、 researchers.28. The words by William Wordsworth in Paragraph 1 are used to .A. prove the poets point B. introduce the topicC. serve as an example D. stress the importance of reading29. What is the beneficial effect of reading classics on the mind?A. It excites the readers mind. B. It reflects the r
27、eaders experience.C. It catches the readers attention. D. It monitors the readers brain activity.30. What method is mainly used in the experiment?A. Comparing responses. B. Analyzing data.C. Observing activities. D. Testing ability.31. According to Professor Davis, poetry can affect the mind mainly
28、because of .A. its style B. its meaningC. its depth D. its writerDPeople who often eat nuts appear to live longer, according to the latest study of its kind. The findings, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, suggested the greatest benefit was in those eating them on their daily diet.Ea
29、ting nuts was linked to a healthier lifestyle including being less likely to smoke or be overweight and more likely to exercise. The British Heart Foundation said more research was needed to prove the link, “While this is an interesting link, we need further research to make sure if its the nuts tha
30、t protect heart health, or other sides of peoples lifestyle .”The study followed nearly 120,000 people for 30 years. The more regularly people ate nuts, the less likely they were to die during the study. People eating nuts once a week were 11% less likely to have died during the study than those who
31、 never ate nuts. Lead researcher Dr. Charles Fuchs, from the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Womens Hospital, said, “The most obvious benefit was a decrease of 29%in deaths from heart disease, but we also saw a significant reduction-11%- in the danger of dying from cancer.”They suggest
32、nuts are lowering cholesterol(胆固醇). and insulin resistance(胰岛素抗性). Nuts contain unsaturated fat(不饱和脂肪), protein(蛋白质) and several kinds of vitamins and minerals and they can take the place of snacks like chocolate bars, cakes and biscuits.Victoria Taylor, senior expert at the British Heart Foundation, said, “This study shows close connection between regularly eating a small handful of nuts and a lower risk of death from heart diseas
