高二英语练习

衡水二中高二年级英语限训4.16命题人：高二备课组长（满分90分时间55分钟）第Ⅰ卷（满分70分）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。

AThe Danish lifestyle concept of hygge means many indescribable feeling of comfortable things to many people. Now, join us in visiting some of the best hygge places.1. Manhausen (Manshausen，Norway)Adventure-seeking people needn’t look further than Manhausen, a 55-acre island escape in Norway’s Grotoya strait. Not to be missed: the saltwater hot tub overlooking the sea and family-style meals enjoyed fireside at the main house. The baby sitting service also available.Get more information here.2. Cedar Lakes Estate (Port Jervis，New York)Occupying 500 bucolic acres, this turn-of-the-century summer camp now houses a host of luxury, lodge-style cabins. Bike the grounds, paddle the lakes, swim in the outdoor heated pool or head to a nearby mountain for a day of skiing. Then lie down with a great book beneath a fur blanket, turn on your fireplace and get your snuggle on.Get more information here.3. Soho Farmhouse (Oxfordshire，England)This Oxfordshire countryside members-only club offers up a British version of hygge. Among the splendid property’s coziest offerings: the community farmyard and the Studio Cabin guest room, which boasts views of the lake.Get more information here.4. Salt House Inn (Provincetown，Massachusetts)This charming coastal town now boasts a 19th-century-shingled cottage turned hotel. Book your visit during the quiet, windswept off-season (January through March) for some salty fresh air on the beach.Get more information here.1. If you are taking a baby, which one may suit you best?A. Manhausen.B. Cedar Lakes Estate.C. Soho Farmhouse.D. Salt House Inn.2. What is special about Soho Farmhouse?A. Water scenery.B. Limited access.C. Outdoor activities.D. Family-style meals.3. Where is this text most probably taken from?A. A magazine.B. A brochure.C. A textbook.D. A website.BThe summer I turned 16, my father gave me a car, which permitted Hannah and me to drive around Tucson whenever we wanted to.Hannah was my best friend. “Hannah’s amazing," my mother always said. And sure enough, that summer she signed with a modeling agency. She was already doing runway work.One day, Hannah and I went to the movies. On the way home, we stopped at the McDonald'sdrive-through, putting the fries on the seat between us to share. "Let’s ride around a while," I said. It was a clear night, moonlight shone over the desert. Taking a turn too fast, I hit a patch of dirt and fishtailed.French fries on the floor. An im possible amount of blood on Hannah’s face. They took us in separate ambulances. In the ER, my parents spoke quietly: Best plastic surgeon in the city. End of her modeling career.We'd been wearing lap belts, but the car didn’t have shoulder harnesses. I’d cracked my cheekbone; Hannah's forehead had split wide open. What would I say to her?When her mother, Sharon, came into my hospital room, I started to cry, bracing myself for her anger. She sat beside me and took my hand. “I almost ended my best friend when I was your age,” she said, “I totaled her car and mine.”“I'm so sorry,”I said.“You’re both alive,”she said, “The rest is window dressing.” I started to protest, and Sharon stopped me. “I forgive you. Hannah will too.”Sharon’s forgiveness allowed Hann ah and me to stay friends throughout life. I think of her gift of forgiveness every time I want to resent someone for a perceived wrong. And whenever I see Hannah, the scars are a symbol of grace for me.4. What caused the car accident?A. Poor visibility.B. Driving too fast.C. Hitting a patch of dirt.D. Not staying focused.5. Which word can best describe Hannah’s mother?A. Supportive.B. Generous.C. Optimistic.D. Helpful. 6. What result did the accident cause to Hannah and the author? A. It worsened their friendship. B. It made both of the two disabled. C. It changed Hannah's working career. D. It ruined the author’s confidence in driving.7. Which is the best title for the text? A. Lucky Survival B. Lifelong Friendship C. My Best Friend Hannah D. Learning to Forgive C Please take a few seconds and think of your personal biggest goal. Imagine telling someone you meet today what you’re going to do. Imagine their congratulations and their high image of you. Doesn’t it feel good to say it out loud? Don’t you feel one step closer already? Well, bad news: you should have kept your mouth shut, because that good feeling will make you less likely to do it. Any time you have a goal, there is some work that needs to be done to achieve it. Ideally, you would not be satisfied until you’d actually done the work. But when you tell someone your goal and he acknowledges(认可) it, psychologists have found it’s called a “social reality”. The mind is kind of tricked into feeling that it’s already done. And then, because you’ve felt that satisfaction, you’re less motivated to do the actual hard work necessary. This goes against the traditional wisdom that we should tell our friends our goals, right? In 1982, Peter Gollwitzer, a Professor of Psychology, wrote a whole book about this. And in 2009, he did some new tests that were published. It goes like this: 163 people across four separate tests—everyone wrote down their personal goal. Then half of them announced their commitment(许诺) to this goal to the room, and half didn’t. Then everyone was given 45 minutes of work that would directly lead them towards their goal, but they were told that they could stop at any time. Now those who kept their mouths shut worked the entire 45 minutes on average, and when askedafterwards, said they felt they had a long way to go to achieve their goal. But those who had announced it quit after only 33 minutes on average, and when asked afterwards, said that they felt much closer to achieving their goal.8. What do the words “social reality” in Paragraph 2 mean?A. Completion of the goal.B. Necessary hard work.C. People's acknowledgement.D. A sense of satisfaction. 9. What does Peter Gollwitzer try to tell us? A. Writing down the goal is very helpful. B. Achieving personal goal needs more time. C. Keeping the goal secret makes people work harder. D. Making the goal public makes people less satisfied. 10. How did Peter Gollwitzer prove his idea about people’s goal?A. By giving figures. B. By giving examples. C. By making a survey. D. By making comparison tests. 11. What will probably happen if you tell your friends your goal? A. You will be more confident. B. You will not gain satisfaction. C. You are less likely to realize it. D. You’ll be much mor e motivated. D Self-driving cars have been backed by the hope that they will save lives by getting involved in fewer crashes with fewer injuries and deaths than human-driven cars. But so far，most comparisons between human drivers and automated vehicles have been unfair. Crash statistics for human-driven cars are gathered from all sorts of driving situations，and on all types of roads. However，most of the data on self-driving cars' safety have been recorded often in good weather and on highways，where the most important tasks are staying in the car's own lane and not getting too close to the vehicle ahead. Automated cars are good at those tasks，but so are humans. It is true that self-driving cars don't get tired，angry，frustrated or drunk. But neither can they yet react to uncertain situations with the same skill or anticipation of an attentive human driver. Nor do they possess the foresight to avoid potential perils. They largely drive from moment to moment，rather than think ahead to possible events literally down the road. To a self-driving car，a bus full of people might appear quite similar to an uninhabited corn field. Indeed，deciding what action to take in an emergency is difficult for humans，but drivers have sacrificed themselves for the greater go od of others. An automated system’s limited understanding of the world means it will almost never evaluate(评估) a situation the same way a human would. Andmachines can't be programmed in advance to handle every imaginable set of events.Some people may argue that the promise of simply reducing the number of injuries and deaths is enough to support driverless cars. But experience from aviation(航空) shows that as new automated systems are introduced，there is often an increase in the rate of disasters.Therefore comparisons between humans and automated vehicles have to be performed carefully. To fairly evaluate driverless cars on how well they fulfill their promise of improved safety，it's important to ensure the data being presented actually provide a true comparison. After all，choosing to replace humans with automation has more effects than simply a one-for-one exchange.12. What makes the comparison between self-driving cars and human-driven cars unfair?A. Self-driving cars never get tired.B. Statistics are collected differently.C. Machines can make decisions faster.D. Self-driving cars know the world better.13. What does the underlined word “perils” in Paragraph 3 most probably mean?A. Dangers.B. Self-driving cars.C. Pedestrians.D. Human-driven cars.14. In which aspect can self-driving cars beat human-driven cars?A. Driving steadily.B. Climbing steep slopes.C. Evaluating the cost of loss.D. Making complex decisions.15. Why does the author write this text?A. To support human-driven cars.B. To show his doubt about self-driving cars.C. To call for exact evaluation of self-driving cars.D. To stress the importance of reducing car accidents.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。