2022届陕西省耀州中学高三热身冲刺考英语试题一、阅读理解
Although environmental problems have existed for centuries, some people still care little about our environment. Problems like ice melting, electronic waste are lighting up news programs and becoming part of an ongoing dialogue about the environment.
As a teenager, what do you think all the problems mean for your future and for the future of the planet? For our October 2016 writing contest, we want you to really consider what you think about environmental problems.
U the questions to help focus your essay
● What environmental problem do you think should cau the greatest alarm and action?
● Do you think that you have a personal responsibility to help solve environmental problems or do you feel helpless against the struggle?
● What do you think could help a specific environmental problem?
Don’t try to answer all the questions. U one of them to make a personal essay.
The title of the essay
When you hand in your essay, title it as: Environmental Problems: _______.
In clude the phra “Environmental Problems” as the beginning of your essay title, but then make the rest of your story title unique. Examples:
● Environmental Problems: Trashy Behavior and the Plastic Bottle
● Environmental Problems: We Can’t Exist If We Ref u to Change
Rules:
(1) This is a non-fiction essay contest.
(2) Essays are 500 words or less.
(3) Essays must be your original work.
The deadline:
Midnight Oct. 30, 2016
Results:
The winner will be posted on our writing contest website or on Teen Trend Report after Nov. 26, 2016.
1. What is the text mainly about? _____
A．How to write an essay.
B．How to protect our planet.
C．October 2016 writing contest.
D．Some environmental problems.
2. Which of the following essays will be accepted? _____
A．A 300-word essay taken from the newspaper.
B．A 400-word essay on air pollution.
C．A 500-word essay full of imagination.
D．A 600-word essay on plastic bottles.
3. How can one know the result of the contest? _____
A．By nding an email.
B．By visiting the website.
C．By calling the organizer.
D．By reading a scientific report.
Throughout history scientists have risked their health and their lives in their arch for the truth.
Sir Issac Newton，the venteenth century scientist was very smart, but that didn’t stop him from doing some pretty stupid things. In his laboratory in Cambridge, he often did the strangest experiments. Once, while testing how light pass through lens(晶状体), he put a long needle into his eye, pushed it to the back, and then moved it around just to e what would happen. Luckily, there
was no lasting bad effect. On another occasion, he stared at the sun, for as long as he could bear, to discover what effect this would have on his sight. To escape suffering permanent damage, he had to spend some days in a dark room before his eyes recovered.
In the 1750s,the Swedish chemist Karl Scheele, was the first person to find a way to produce phosphorus(磷). He, in fact, discovered eight more chemical elements, including Chlorine(氯)，though he didn’t get any place for them. He was a very clever scientist, but he had a strange habit of tasting a little of every substance he studied. This risky practice finally caught up with him. In 1 786,he was found dead in his laboratory, surrounded by a large number of dangerous chemicals, any of which might have been responsible for his death.
Eugene Shoemaker was a respected geologist, he spent a large part of his life studying craters(陨石坑), and how they were formed, and later the rearch into the comments of the plane Jupiter. In 1997, he and his wife were in the Australian dert. where they went every year to arch for places where comets(彗星)might have hit the earth. While driving in the Tanami dert, one of the most open places in the world, another vehicle rushed into them, and Shoe maker died on the spot. Some of his ashes(骨灰)were nt to the moon by the Lunar Prospect or, a spacecraft. and he is the only person who has this honor.
4. What does the underlined word ¨permanent¨ in Paragraph 2 mean? A．Brief. B．Slight. C．Lasting. D．Ordinary.
5. What did Karl Scheele like doing when performing experiments? A．Tasting chemicals. B．Staying in the empty labs. C．Experimenting in darkness. D．Working together with others.
6. What special honor was Shoemaker given after his death?
A．He was buried in the Tanami dert.
B．Some of his ashes were placed on the moon.
C．One comet of Jupiter was named after him.
D．A spacecraft carrying him travelled around Jupiter.
7. The text is mainly about three great scientists’________ A．special honors B．great achievements
C．famous experiments D．suffering in their rearch
It is very common that many students complain they lack concentration. For example ,“I can’t concentrate.” “My mind wanders when I try to study.”
We all have the ability to concentrate. Think of the times when you were attracted to a super novel or the times when you were playing your guitar or piano. But at other times your mind races from one thing to another. Here are some tips.
Rest from time to time. Remember to take short breaks. Lectures are usually 50 minutes long, and that’s about the length of time most people can direct their attention to one task. But that’s just an average. Your concentration time might be shorter (20-35 minutes) or longer (perhaps 90 minutes). When you take a break, you get more oxygen to your brain! When we sit for long periods, blood tends to be pooled in our lower body and legs. Get up and walk around the room
for a couple of minutes. As a result, more oxygen is carried to the brain and you can concentrate better.
If you study one subject for a long time, you may find it hard to concentrate. Many students improve their concentration by changing one subject to another every one to two hours. In this way you can pay more attention to something that’s different.
Reward yourlf. Give yourlf a reward when you’ve completed a task. The task might be small, such as staying with a difficult paper until you’ve finished. But giving yourlf a reward can help you be more interested in doing other tasks.
Increa your activity level. Your concentration wanders more easily if you just read an article straight through. Instead, take the heading for each part and turn it into a question. For this part, that would be, “How can I increa my activity level while studying?” Then study that part to answer that question. Do this routinely. The questions give us a focus for each part and increa our involvement (参与).
8. According to Paragraph 3, what’s the purpo of walking around? A．To help us stay fit.
B．To provide the brain with more oxygen
C．To benefit our lower body.
D．To increa our concentration time to 90 minutes.
9. What’s the best title for Paragraph 4?
A．Study for one hour each time.
B．Do something difficult.
C．Change subjects.
D．Study in different ways.
10. In the last paragraph, the writer suggests that______.
A．we just read the heading of some articles
B．we do our best to read an article straight through
C．we ask other people questions about the article we are reading D．we ask ourlves questions about what we are reading
11. The writer wrote the passage to______.
A．encourage us to try to concentrate
B．give us the reasons for a lack of concentration
C．teach us how to concentrate while studying
D．list the benefits we can get from concentration
Reading is the ability to process text, understand its meaning
and to integrate it with what the reader already knows. Of all the reading skills speed-reading is a necessary skill in the Internet age. We skim over articles, e-mails and WeChat to try to grasp key words and the esntial meaning of a certain text. Surrounded with information from our electronic devices, it would be impossible to cope if we read word by word, line by line. But a new trend calls on people to unplug and enjoy reading slowly, listing benefits beyond
the intelligent stimulation.
A recent story from The Wall Street Journal reported on a book club in Wellington, New Zealand, where members meet in a cafe and turn off their smartphones. They sink into cozy chairs and read in silence for an hour. Unlike tradition book club, the point of the slow reading club isn’t exchanging id eas about a certain book, but to get away from electronic devices and read in a quiet, relaxed environment. According to The Wall Street Journal, the Wellington book club is just one example of a movement started by book lovers who miss the old-fashioned way of reading before the Internet and smartphones.
Slow readers, such as The Atlantic’s Maura Kelly, say a regular reading habit sharpens the mind, improves concentration, reduces
stress levels and deepens the ability to sympathize. Another study published last year in Science showed that reading novels helps people understand others’ mental states and beliefs, a fundamental skill in building relationships.
