2019成都七中二诊

宜宾市高2019届第二次高考适应性考试英语试题

第I卷（100分）

第一部分听力（共两节，满分30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。

A

Ask ? Jeffers This month Dr. Jeffers is answering questions about the human brain and

how it works.

Dear Dr. Jeffers,

One of my colleagues, Felix Moeller, told me that scientists are learning to use computer to “read minds”. Is there any truth to this story?

—Jane Leon, New York, USA Dear Ms. Leon,

Well, a lot of research is being conducted in this area, but so far, the brain scanning equipment and corresponding computer programs haven’t been able to actually read thoughts. In one experiment, test subjects were connected to scanning equipment and shown two numbers on a screen. They were then asked to choose between adding or subtracting (减) the two numbers. Using this method, researchers were able to follow brain processes and make the correct assumptions 70 percent of the time. It’s not quite mind reading, but it’s certainly a first step.

—Dr. J. Dear Dr. Jeffers,

My three-year-old son loves it when I dig my fingers into his sides and tickle (胳肢）him until he laughs uncontrollably. The other day I noticed him trying to tickle himself but he couldn’t do it. Why not?

—Glenn Lewis, Vancouver, Canada Dear Mr. Lewis,

It’s because of how the brain works. The brain is trained to know what to pay attention to and what to ignore. It causes us to ignore physical feelings we expect to happen, but it causes a mild panic reaction when there is an unexpected feeling. For example, you don’t notice how you shoulder feels while you’re walking down the street. But if someone comes up behind you and touches you lightly on the shoulder, you may jump in fear. It’s that unexpected part that causes the tickle reaction.

—Dr. J.

21. What can we learn from the answer to the first question?

A. Some equipment is able to read human minds.

B. Computer programs can copy brain processes.

C. Some progress has been made in mind reading.

D. Test subjects have been used to make decisions.

22. People laugh when tickled by others because the feeling is .

A. comfortable

B. unexpected

C. funny

D. painful

23. Who has got a little child according to the text?

A. Ms. Leon.

B. Mr. Moeller

C. Dr. Jeffers

D. Mr. Lewis

B

Seeing a volcano erupt is a wonderful experience, and you can really feel the heat by climbing to the summit of

Pacaya for a close-up view. There are guided tours every day up this highly active volcano from Antigua, giving travelers a chance to see Mother Nature at her most powerful.

Pacaya is an easy drive from Antigua, a beautiful city with many colorful houses along it sold streets that are turned into art-works during its Holy Week festival. No matter when you come to Antigua, you won' t miss the Pacaya-tour companies.

But climbing Pacaya is no easy job: it is 2,560 meters high, and reaching the summit takes two to three hours of seemingly one-step-forward and two-step-bac k movements. As you climb, you hear the dull sounds of eruptions high above. Steaming, hot remains from recent eruptions begin to line the path as you near the active summit: the Mckenney Cone (火山堆). Just as though you were going to walk over to the edge of the cone, the road turns to the left and up to the relative safety of the old, inactive summit.

Many tours are timed so that you arrive at the cone of the volcano in plenty of time for sunset and the full contrast between the erupting red lava and, the darkening sky. On a good day the view from the summit is extremely exciting, The active mouth boils, sending red lava and over its sides, and once in a while shoots hot steams up to 100 meters into the air. There is a strong bad smell in the air even. if you take care to be up wind of the cone. As evening turns deeper into the night, the burning lava quietly falls down the side of the volcano. For you, too, it is time to get down.

24. Antigua is a city .

A. that gives a close- up view of Pacaya

B. that is famous for its tour agencies

C. where the daring Pacaya tour starts

D. where people can enjoy cultural festivals

25. Climbing to the Mc Kenney Cone, people will .

A. walk directly to the active summit

B. hear the continuous loud noise from above

C. make greater efforts than to other summits

D. see a path lined with remains of earlier eruptions

26. Many tours are timed for people to .

A. get down the mountain in ,time when night falls

B. avoid the smell from the up wind direction

C. enjoy the fantastic eruption against the darkening sky

D. appreciate the scenery of the Pacaya mountain

27. What is the main purpose of this passage?

A To attract tourists to Pacaya. B. To describe the beauty of Pacaya.

C. To introduce guided tours to Pacaya.

D. To explain the power of nature at Pacaya.

C

Diet Coke, diet Pepsi, diet pills, no-fat diet, vegetable diet... We are surrounded by the word diet everywhere we look and listen. We have so easily been attracted by the promise and potential of diet products that we have stopped thinking about what diet products are doing to us. We are paying for products that harm us psychologically and physically.

Diet products significantly weaken us psychologic ally. On one level, we are not allowing our brains to admit that our weight problems lie not in actually losing the weight, but in controlling the consumption of fatty, high-calorie, unhealthy foods. Diet products allow us to jump over the thinking stage and go straight for the scale(称) instead. All we have to do is to swallow or recognize the world “diet” in food labels.

On another level, diet products have greater psychological effects. Every time we have a zero-calorie drink, we are telling ourselves without our awareness that we don’t have to work to get results. Diet products. make people believe that gain comes without pain, and that life can be without resistance and struggle.

The danger of diet products lies not only in the psychological effects they have on us, but also in the physical