浙江省嘉兴市2018-2019学年高一上学期期末考试英语试题(有答案)

浙江省嘉兴市2018-2019学年高一上学期期末考试

英语试题

第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分25分）

第一节（共10个小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

When I was seven years old, my family created an ant farm. First, we put clean sand in a thin glass box, and then we waited for the live ants to arrive. Shortly after the ants were dropped into the glass box, they got to work making tunnels（地道）. I was amazed that each one knew exactly what to do. After hours of staring, I realized that the ants had their own jobs. With my mom’s hel p, I kept a diary of what happened each day and named the ants.

On the fifth day, a disaster hit the ant farm. The pages of the diary, still wrinkled where teardrops fell, show the depth of the disaster. I had put my face so close to the glass box that I knocked it over. All the tunnels fell down. Although the ants survived the earthquake, one by one they began to die. I was frightened as I watched them give up their tunnel-building to carry the bodies to a corner of the farm. My mother said that the ants were dying of “sadness”. They simply could not stand the reality that their tunnels had been destroyed.

Although much time has passed, I still think of that ant farm. Mom had hoped it would teach me about the natural world, but it taught me much more. Over the years, I came to realize the importance of teamwork. Working together, the ants were able to make an amazing world for themselves. I also learned that they should be praised for their hard work.

But there was an even larger lesson that I did not realize until recently: Adversity（逆境）is a natural part of life, and must be accepted. Unlike the ants, we humans cannot give up when we face disappointment. Unlike the ants, we have to realize that if a tunnel falls down, we just have to build another.

21. What happened to the ant farm on the fifth day?

A. A heavy rain hit the ant farm unexpectedly.

B. The tunnels in the glass box were destroyed.

C. The ants all died when the tunnels fell down.

D. The ant farm was rebuilt after the accident.

22. The mother built an ant farm to help the writer to ______.

A. learn to accept reality

B. explore the natural world

C. understand how to work together

D. realize the importance of hard work

23. Which of the following would the writer most probably agree with?

A. Adversity makes humans even stronger.

B. Humans should try hard to avoid disasters.

C. Mothers should let their kids experience failures.

D. Ants are braver than humans in face of adversity.

B

Most teens need about 8 to 10 hours of sleep each night. Getting the right amount of sleep is necessary for anyone who wants to do well in tests or sports. Unfortunately, many teens don’t get enough sleep.

Until recently, teens was often blamed for staying up late, oversleeping for school, and falling asleep in class. But recent studies show that their sleep patterns（模式）actually differ from those of adults or kids.

Scientists say that during the teen years, the body’s circadian rhythm, which is controlled by a biological（与生物学有关的）clock in the brain, is temporarily reset, telling a person to fall asleep later and wake up later. This change might arise from the fact that the brain hormone melatonin（褪黑激素）is produced later at night for teens than it is for kids and adults. This can make it harder for teens to fall asleep early.

These c hanges in the body’s circadian rhythm are in line with a busy time in life. For most teens, the pressure to do well in school is stronger than when they were kids, and it’s harder to get by without studying hard. And teens also have other time demands — everything from sports and other after-school activities to doing a part-time job to save money for college.

Early start times in some schools might also play a role in lost sleep. Teens who fall asleep after midnight may still have to get up early for school, meaning that they might have only 6 or 7 hours of sleep a night. A few hours of missed sleep a night may not seem like a big deal, but it can lead to sleep loss over time.

24. The right amount of sleep is mentioned in Paragraph 1 to ______.

A. show the secret of good sleep

B. attract readers’ interest in sleep patterns

C. introduce the topic about sleep loss among teens

D. discuss the relationship between sleep and performance

25. What can we learn about teens’ sleep from the text?