配套K12内蒙古赤峰市2015-2016学年高二英语5月下旬周考试题（无答案）

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内蒙古赤峰市2015-2016学年高二英语5月下旬周考试题（无答案）

第一部分：阅读理解（每小题2分）

Do you ever pull your phone out of your pocket, thinking it is vibrating （振动） , only to find that it isn't?

This phenomenon, which scientists call \（幻觉的） phone vibration\very common. Around 80% of people surveyed say they have imagined their phones vibrating when they were actually still.

So, what leads to this universal behavior? According to the BBC, the explanation lies in your brain's ability to discover signals from the outside world.

When your phone is in your pocket, there are two possible states: it is either vibrating or not. Meanwhile, you also have two possible states of mind: the judgment that the phone is vibrating, or that it isn't.

Ideally, you match the four states correctly. However, sometimes your brain decides that the consequences of missing a call are more serious than a \alarm\Therefore, you become more sensitive to vibrations so that you don't miss anything.

This is just like the fire alarm in your home --- it can be annoying when it goes off in response to just a tiny bit of smoke. But that's a small price to pay compared to a fire really breaking out because the alarm fails to alert you.

Now, you might still ask: why can't our brains just make every judgment correctly without being too sensitive to false signals?

The answer is that your brain bears a heavy burden every day.“You get a large amount of sensory information that's coming from your eyes, ears and skin, and you can't deal with all that information all the time,\at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, US, told Live Science.

For example, the rustling （ 沙沙声） of clothing or the growling （咕咕声） of your stomach may both lead your brain to believe that they come from the vibration of your phone -it is like trying to hear your name being called in a noisy room.

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So, perhaps you should just check your phone whenever you think it's vibrating. It's not too much trouble to do that, is it?

1．According to this passage, phantom phone vibration _____. A. is common among people with mental problems B. can measure people's ability to collect information C. happens when our brains react sensitively to false signals D. helps our brains to make quick and accurate decisions

2．According to Michael Rothberg, which is mainly responsible for phantom phone vibration?

A. A noisy background. C. A heavy burden every day.

B. A lack of much attention.

D. An overflow of sensory information.

3．Why is the fire alarm used as an example in this passage?

A. To help us understand the cause of phantom phone vibration better. B. To show us the fire alarm is as sensitive as the phone vibration. C. To tell us the phone vibration usually happens when a fire breaks out. D. To convince us it's important to check our phones like checking a fire alarm. 4．What does the author suggest we do about phantom phone vibration? A. We should always fully believe our own sense of listening.

B. We should just check our phones whenever we think they're vibrating. C. We should ignore the vibration bothering when our phones are actually still. D. We should think of the vibration carefully before we make correct judgments. 第二部分：七选五（每题2分）

6 From the beginning, people may send the wrong signal. Or they may pay no attention to signals from another person who is trying to develop a relationship.

Different cultures emphasize the importance of relationship building to a greater or lesser degree. For example, business in some countries is not possible until there is a relationship of trust. Even with people at work, it is necessary to spend a lot

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of time in \a glass of tea, before they do any job. In many European countries — like the UK or France — 7

Talks and silence may also be different in some cultures. I once made a speech in Thailand. I had expected my speech to be a success and start a lively discussion; 8 The people present just stared at me and smiled. After getting to know their ways better, I realized that they thought I was talking too much. In my own culture, we express meaning mainly through words, but people there sometimes feel too many words are unnecessary.

Even within Northern Europe, cultural differences can cause serious problems. Certainly, English and German cultures share similar values; 9 We think that they are rude. In fact, this is just because one culture starts discussions and makes decisions more quickly.

People from different parts of the world have different values, 10 However, if we can understand them better, a multicultural environment will offer a wonderful chance for us to learn from each other.

A. and sometimes these values are quite against each other. B. people from both nations keep the rule that work comes first. C. Meeting people from another culture can be difficult. D. however, Germans prefer to get down to business more quickly. E. instead there was an uncomfortable silence.

F. It is quite a common case to meet people from different cultures.

G. people find it easier to build up a lasting working relationship at restaurants or cafes rather than at the office.

第三节：完形填空（每小题2分）

My neighbor Jennifer is blind, but you’d never know it. She makes such good use of her other 11 , including her \impression that she has 12 anything. Jennifer looks after her children much like the rest of us, 13 that she doesn’t push too hard on them, 14 really benefit 教育配套资料K12

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a lot from her relaxed attitude. She knows when to clean the house, and she moves around so fast that 15 often don't realize she's blind.

I 16 this the first time after my six-year-old daughter, Kayla, went to play there. When Kayla came home, she was very 17 about her day. She told me they had baked cookies, played games and done art projects. But she was 18 excited about her finger-painting project.

“Mom, guess what?” said Kayla, all smiles. “I learned how to 19 colors today! Blue and red make purple, and yellow and blue make green! And Jennifer 20 with us”. To my great 21 , my child had learnt about color from a blind friend! Then Kayla continued, “Jennifer told me my 22 showed joy, pride and a sense of accomplishment(成就感). She really 23 what I was doing!” Kayla said she had never known how good finger paints felt 24 Jennifer showed her how to paint without looking at her paper.

I realized Kayla didn't know that Jennifer was blind. It had just never 25 in conversation. When I told my daughter that Jennifer was blind, she was 26 for a moment. At first, she didn't believe me. “But Mommy,

Jennifer knew exactly what was in my picture!” Kayla 27 . And I knew my child was 28 because Jennifer had listened to Kayla describe her art work. Jennifer had also heard Kayla's 29 in her work.

We were silent for a minute. Then Kayla said slowly, “You know, Mommy, Jennifer really did ‘see’ my picture. She just used my 30 .”

Indeed, she uses a special type of “vision” that all mothers have. 11．A.senses 12．A.enjoyed 13．A.instead 14．A.which 15．A.children

B.means B.found B.except B.it B.family

C.methods C.missed C.since C.she C.guests C.recognized C.excited

D.ways D.got D.but D.who D.friends D.realized D.sorry

16．A.witnessed B.heard 17．A.sad 教育配套资料K12

B.satisfied