湖北省沙市中学2020届高三英语上学期第二次双周练试题（含答案）

For some time, psychologists have been studying how personality traits affect health and health-related choices. Not surprisingly, they have found that people blessed with innate(天生的) conscientiousness, meaning that they are organized, typically eat better and live longer than people who are disorderly. They also tend to have immaculate offices.

What has been less clear is whether neat environments can produce good habits even in those who aren’t necessarily innately conscientious. To find out, researchers at the University of Minnesota conducted a series of experiments. In the first experiment, they randomly assigned a group of college-age students to spend time in two office spaces, one of which was very neat, the other wildly cluttered (乱堆) with papers and other work-related stuff. The students spent their time filling out questionnaires unrelated to the study. After 10 minutes, they were told they could leave with an apple or a chocolate bar. Those students who sat in the orderly office were twice as likely to choose the apple as those who sat among the mess.

A second experiment, however, found that working in chaos has its advantages, too. In this one, college students were placed in a messy or a neat office and asked to dream up new uses for Ping-Pong balls. Those in messy spaces generated ideas that were significantly more creative, according to two independent judges, than those in offices where stacks of papers and other objects were neatly arranged. The results were something of a surprise, says Dr. Vohs, the leader of the study. Few previous studies found much virtue in disorder. The broken window theory, proposed decades ago, holds that even slight disorder and neglect can encourage indifference and poor discipline.

But in the study by Dr. Vohs, disordered offices encouraged originality and a search for novelty. In the final portion of the study, adults were given the choice of adding a health “boost” to their lunchtime smoothie(一种饮料) that was labeled either “new” or “classic.” The volunteers in the messy space were far more likely to choose the new one; those in the tidy office generally chose the classic version. “Disorderly environments seem to inspire breaking free of tradition,” Dr. Vohs

and her co-authors conclude in the study, “which can produce fresh insights.”

The implications of these findings are also practical. “My advice would be, if you need to think outside the box for a future project”, Dr. Vohs says, “then let the clutter rise and free your imagination. But if your primary goal is to eat well or to go to the gym, pick up around your office first. By doing this, the naturally messy can acquire some of the discipline of the conscientious.” 32. The underlined word “immaculate” in paragraph 1 probably means ______. A. messy B. tidy comfortable

33. Which of the following can best explain the broken window theory?

A. Chaos begets(引发) chaos. B. Misfortune may be an actual blessing.

C. Bad news has wings. opens.

34. Which of the following will Dr. Vohs probably agree with? A. More virtue exists in organized people. B. Creativity results from tidiness and discipline C. Disorderly surroundings help to create new ideas. D. Workers’ good habits guarantee the success of a project. 35. What can we conclude from the study results?

A. The naturally neat people tend to be very creative. B. A messy office will cause quite low working efficiency. C. Environments can affect people’s way of thinking and behavior. D. People’s personalities are determined by their working environments. 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。

If you think your kids aren't eating enough fruit, you may be right. How can you get your kids to eat more fruit? Telling a child won't succeed. And, the more you ask your children to eat something, the more they'll push back. Here’re five

D. When a door shuts, a window

C. terrible D.

skills you can use to guide them without saying a word.

1. Eat Together. Eat fruit in front of your kids and they're more likely to want. Krisena Borenstein, a mother of two children aged three and four, has seen this type of role modeling work. 36 Watching their father eat apples may cause them to want “what Daddy eats”.

2. Keep Trying. Many children reject new foods because they're afraid of them, not because they don't like the taste. 37 You may need to present a new fruit 10 times or more before they'll accept it.

3. Slice Fruit. 38 When Borenstein asks her children if they want an apple, they'll often say “No”. But when she cuts it up, they'll eat it.

4. Let Them Pick Their Fruit. While it's not as exciting as picking fruit off a tree, your children can still take part in the picking process at the market. Take the kids to the farmers' market, where they can sample fruit and choose the pieces they want to bring home. 39

5. Mix It Up. 40 Experiment with frozen, freeze-dried, canned, fresh and dried fruit, as well as 100 percent juice.

A. Don’t give up!

B. The taste is important to kids.

C. Offer fruit in a variety of forms, and shapes.

D. They might start to show off the fruit after returning home. E. Having them take part makes them more excited about eating it. F. Your kids may be more likely to want sliced fruit than whole fruit. G. While her kids loved berries (浆果), they wouldn’t try apples or pears.

第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）

第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Our family enjoyed a beautiful house plant for over three decades. It had stayed with us through 41

years and good times, pain and joy. I had never thought of 42 it.

However, two weeks ago, we 43 some changes of its leaves, which began to discolor. We watered and fed it to the point of spoiling it — 44 treated it like a child. But it just showed no sign of

45 We finally picked a few half-dead branches and 46 replanting them in a small pot.

What 47 us was that these branches just rooted in the new pot and grew strong while the original plant finally died. When we dug the dead plant out of its pot, it all became 48 to us—its roots were in 49 , completely tangling up (绞在一起). They had grown so much that they 50 to

burst the sides of its pot. Our once-beautiful plant died 51 it outgrew its environment—it became root-bound (根部受到束缚的).

People，too, can become root-bound. Those who 52 personal growth or development often want to make 53 that can lead to greater achievements or much more happiness. 54 ， they more often find they outgrow their environment and want to 55 . Their views expand and they need 56

environment to live in. They need people who will make 57 for their growth. If they cannot be 58 , some problems are sure to arise.

So if your newly-found growth 59 you to push against the old ways, you may need to 60 you are bigger now. 41. A. peaceful

B. pleasant B. losing B. recorded

C. hard

D. busy

42. A. replacing 43. A. imagined discovered 44. A. ever

C. overcoming

D. selling

D.

C. described

B. even C. still

D. just

45. A. strength 46. A. risked 47. A. puzzled

B. struggle B. practiced

C. growth

C. tried

D. recovery

D. enjoyed

B. benefited C. embarrassed D. amused