2019-2020学年辽宁省凌源市第二高级中学高二下学期第二次网测英语试卷(Word版)

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第一部分阅读（共两节，满分50分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）Passage AFive years ago, my wife said she'd found us a tiny but adorable house. It was close to the historic Abbot Kinney. However, there was a bus depot（公共汽车停车场）across the street. Hundreds of buses noisily parked there every night and noisily left every morning. It was awful.But I was determined to make the best of it. “It is noisy, but it off ers us a good way to think about what is required to make a city work, "I kept telling our 6-year-old daughter.Then one morning, I woke up to find that the buses were gone! I allowed myself to get excited. My daughter, however, was unhappy. It took me a minute to understand:she had got used to the idea of us having a role in city life.Shortly afterward, a homeless encampment（临时营地）was built there. Then I found out what was planned for the bus depot-a place to deal with the homeless.When I told my daughter about the“bridge housing", a big smile spread across her face. Her first reaction wasn't fear or selfishness. She understood instantly how special it was that the bus depot would become a place for people who needed just that to live.What story about city life could I tell her then？I tried to keep fruit in the car so that at traffic lights, we could hand out a banana or an apple. When a woman put up a tent on the sidewalk in front of our stairs, I filled all her water bottles.Now we have a couple hundred new neighbours, and I'll be telling anyone who will listen what an honour it is to live among the homeless. Without my daughter, I might not have come to the same conclusion.1.What was wrong with the author's new house at the beginning?A. It was too small for family use.B. It was too close to a tourist attraction.C. There was too much noise around.D. There were too many neighbours around.2. Why was the author's daughter unhappy when she found the buses were gone?A. She thought she lost the role in city life.B. She didn't like the idea of bridge housing.C. She had been used to the presence of buses.D. She couldn't go out of town without the buses.3 . What was the author's purpose of keeping fruit in his car?A. To meet his family's needs.B. To make his daughter happy.C.To thank those who had helped them.D. To help the homeless when possible.Passage BThe next time you need to get somewhere, you may be able to follow your nose. A study has found that a strong sense of smell is associated with a strong sense of direction.Researchers conducted an experiment at McGill University in Canada. Fifty-seven adults were invited to participate in a virtual"way-finding task"in which they had to make their way around a virtual environment. They were given 20 minutes to learn about the virtual city. After having passed by each of eight landmarks at least twice, the participants were placed in front of one of the landmarks and asked to find the most direct route to one assigned by the researchers.The participants also smelled 40 scented（有香气的）pens one at a time. After a brief sniff, the participants chose one word that best identified the smell from four words on a screen.An additional exercise used a virtual maze（迷宫）to determine if the participants were more likely to rely on landmarks to find the way or if they used a more habit-based method built over time as people travelled the same route over and over again.What the researchers found was that those with the ability to correctly identify the smells of the pens also had the easiest time performing the way-finding task by way of landmarks. A strong sense of smell was not identified in the participants who used the more habit-based method.The connection between the sense of smell and way-finding likely came about as a result of the evolution of the nervous system. The original function of the sense of smell in humans may have been intended to support our spatial memory.Keep that in mind the next time you get lost going to the dentist. It won't prevent you from getting horribly lost, but it's good food for thought along the way.4.How did the researchers carry out the study?A. By using typical landmarks in a real city.B. By combining virtual tests with real-life tests.C. By testing different senses in a virtual environment.D. By collecting routine observation data from the participants.5. What were the participants asked to do after they smelled a scented pen?A. Decide whether they liked the smell.B. Use a sentence to describe the smell.C. Choose a suitable word for the smell.D. Find the landmark that featured the smell.6. Which of the following factors is better related to a strong sense of direction according to paragraph 5?A. More experience in describing things.B. The way of using landmarks.C. Quick adjustment to the virtual world.D. A more habit-based way-finding method.7. The meaning of the word "spatial" underlined in Paragraph 6 relates to _____.A. the situationB. the positionC. the spiritD. the timePassage CI was excited to take my rescue Beagle（比格犬）to the river the other day, as it’s within walking distance of our new home. Having spent her first six years in a cage, Georgie had never seen a body of water, and I wanted to get there before sunset to watch her experience it.I was growing increasingly impatient about all the stops her little Beagle nose required. She inspected the grass, dirt, and trees, and licked（舔）whatever was stuck to the road. These were all new discoveries for her, and she took her time studying them.When I accepted that it was fruitless to hurry her along, I whipped out my cell phone and began texting. I thought that I needed something to do while Georgie was slowing us down. Then, for some reason, I heard the cicadas（蝉），and I remembered that the sound of cicadas is my favorite sound in the world. That awakened something buried within me that longed for the simple pleasures that had been replaced by technology.I made a conscious decision to be present, and to enjoy the journey to the river just like Georgie. Now, I admired the flowers and the winding ivy on our path. I smelled the grass and the flowers, and the dirt and the air. I treasured each one equally, as if discovering them for the first time.As we neared our destination, 1 realized something even more important: It didn't matter if we even reached the river. Why must there always be a destination? Georgie had no idea that we had a destination. She was present for the journey, and she savored every bit of that sweet experience. There was no race and no finish line.Now I'm not sure who rescued whom.8.Why did the author take out the cellphone?A. To kill time.B. To awaken the simple pleasures.C. To hurry the dog along.D. To record the sound of cicadas.9. What is the fourth paragraph mainly about?A. How I enjoyed the journey.B. What I saw on the way.C. Why I traveled to the river.D. Whether I reached my destination.10. What does the underlined word“savored” in the fifth paragraph mean?A. Smelt.B. Expected.C. Enjoyed.D. Deserved.11. What is the best title for the text?A. Say Goodbye to Cell PhonesB.Travel toward DestinationsC. Learn to Get along with PetsD. Think like a DogPassage DRumors: we’ve all heard some and we’ve all spread some. In more traditional times they shook entire families. Today, they circulate differently because the way we share information has also changed.The fact is that rumors have great potential to upset things, whether socially or personally. We don't enjoy being on the receiving end of one, since they usually don't have good intentions. They are somewhat veiled (掩饰的) messages.Normally rumors are oral messages: word of mouth. The paradox (自相矛盾) is that there is no evidence to support rumors, but the more people share it, the more they see it as true. To finish defining rumors, we think that they follow certain very clear laws. Secrecy: The source is unknown. There is also a proven phenomenon that human beings usually forget the source of a message before they forget its content. Certainty: We hardly question rumors simply because of the mental effort involved. On the other hand, no one likes to doubt a person who convinces us that the information they spread is true. Change: It acts like a tree. New rumors branch out to fill in the gaps left by the initial rumor.Another property of rumors is that they tend to become viral. Each receiver is at the same time a potential transmitter of the information. The receiver often adds their own opinion. Their manner and tone of transmitting it also changes it.How can we end rumors? The answer is as simple as it is impossible: preventing people from communicating. A more realistic response is equally difficult, although less than the first one. It is that we should be critical of the information we receive. We should ask ourselves if the source is reliable. Ask (if possible) the person you heard it from whether they also trust the information. We should also think about if the rumor benefits someone, and if that someone started the rumor. One rumor to be especially cautious of is a rumor about groups relatively unable to defendthemselves. That's why we say, “history is always told by the victors.”The first payment the defeated must make is to accept the victor’s version of the story.12. What can we learn about rumors?A. We have all heard some and believed them.B. They may have negative influence on society.C. We’re happy to be the receiving end of them.D. They often hide good intentions in the messages.13. How are rumours like trees?A. Rumours keep changing, just as trees change their colour.B. Rumours are deeply rooted in reality, like tree roots in the earth.C. New rumours have gaps, like the space between tree branches.D. New rumours grow out of the original, like branches out of a trunk.14.What does the underlined word “'viral”in Paragraph 4 probably mean?A. Something easily spread.B. Something acceptable.C. Something easily defended.D. Something beneficial.15.Which of the following may the author agree with?A. It is easy to prevent people from spreading rumors.B. People are often active in judging the rumors critically.C. We should think about the hidden message of the rumors.D. Stories told by the victors are usually better worth trusting.第二节七选五（共5题；每题2.5分，共12.5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。