宁夏银川一中2018-2019年高二下学期期末考试英语试题及答案

宁夏银川一中2018-2019年高二下学期期末考试英语试题及答案

C. To learn about new technology. D. To raise money for his new company. 27. \A. the selling of Ford cars at reduced prices B. the sale of Model T to the mass of people C. the selling of a car to a Detroit doctor D. the sales target for the Ford Company

28. What was Henry Ford's dream according to the text? A. Producing cars for average customers B. Building racing cars of simple design C. Designing more car models D. Starting more companies

C

Scott and Daniel Harry are enjoying everyday tasks like shopping and washing for the first time following their move to an accommodation (住宿) support house in Kurwongbah, north of Brisbane last year.

Disability Services Queensland’s Strengthening Non-Government Organisations project provided an accommodation support model that would enable residents (居住者) like Daniel and Scott to live more independently.

The house is just one of many accommodation support services funded (资助) through the project. The five-bedroom house provides 24-hour care for up to four individuals with complex needs, including medical support. Care and staffing levels are varied and flexible, depending on each resident’s requirements.

Scott and Daniel, who have a severe form of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, require 24-hour support in all activities of daily living. Before they moved to the house, they lived with their family. Scott says living at home was difficult as it placed a physical and emotional strain (负担) on their parents who had to wake them several times each night to reposition them or place them on breathing machines.

“We were heavyhearted,” says Scott, who is planning to write a book about his life experiences. “But our parents now have a lot more time for themselves. We now manage ourselves on a day-to-day basis.”

Daniel is an enthusiastic gardener, taking care of his own vegetable garden. The men share the house with one other young man, and they go to rugby league games, meeting up with friends.

Leeding Care Australia provides the care service at Kurwongbah. Manager Lee Garniss says setting up the facilities (设施) has not been without its challenges.

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宁夏银川一中2018-2019年高二下学期期末考试英语试题及答案

“It is an unconventional model of care,” Lee says. “The home is Scott and Daniel’s home, however it is also a workplace for their support staff. Balancing these two requirements has been a challenge for all.”

“We have experienced a bit of a learning phase over the last twelve months. However, by working as a team we try our best to meet the needs of both residents and staff and I think we have achieved the right balance.”

29. What do we know about the house Scott and Daniel live in now? A. It was built by their parents. B. It can accommodate four residents. C. It belongs to a governmental project. D. It’s located in the center of Brisbane.

30. Why did Scott and Daniel’s parents wake up frequently at night? A. To help them do exercise. C. To check on their breathing. A. A bit guilty. C. Very proud.

B. They were making a lot of noise. D. They were under emotional pressure. B. Quite happy. D. Slightly angry. B. No workplace.

D. Satisfying both staff and residents’ needs.

D

Parents who help their children with homework may actually be bringing down their school grades. Other forms of parental involvement，including volunteering at school and observing a child's class，also fail to help，according to the most recent study on the topic.

The findings challenge a key principle of modern parenting(养育子女) where schools expect them to act as partners in their children's education. Previous generations concentrated on getting children to school on time，fed，dressed and ready to learn.

Keith Robinson，the author of the study，said，“I really don't know if the public is ready for this but there are some ways parents can be involved in their kids' education that leads to declines in their academic performance. One of the things that were consistently negative was parents' help with homework.” Robinson suggested that may be because parents themselves struggle to understand the tasks. “They may either not remember the material their kids are studying now，or in some cases never learn it themselves，but they're still offering advice.” Robinson assessed parental involvement performance and found one of the most damaging things a parent could do was to punish their children for poor marks. In general，about 20% of parental involvement was positive，about 45% negative and the rest statistically insignificant.

31. How did Scott feel while living with his parents?

32. What was a challenge while setting up the facilities? A. Lack of fund. C. Inexperienced staff members.

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宁夏银川一中2018-2019年高二下学期期末考试英语试题及答案

Common sense suggests it was a good thing for parents to get involved because “children with good academic success do have involved parents”，admitted Robinson. But he argued that this did not prove parental involvement was the root cause of that success. “A big surprise was that Asian American parents whose kids are doing so well in school hardly involved. They took a more reasonable approach，conveying to their children how success at school could improve their lives.”

33．The underlined expression “parental involvement” in Paragraph 1 probably means_____.

A．parents' expectation on children's health B．parents' participation in children's education C．parents' control over children's life D．parents' plan for children's future 34．What is the major finding of Robinson's study?

A．Modern parents raise children in a more scientific way. B．Punishing kids for bad marks is mentally damaging. C．Parental involvement is not so beneficial as expected. D．Parents are not able to help with children's homework.

35．The example of Asian American parents implies that parents should________.

A．help children realize the importance of schooling B．set a specific life goal for their children C．spend more time improving their own lives D．take a more active part in school management 第二节 七选五阅读（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。选项中的两项为多余选项。

Different weather makes people feel different. It influences (影响) health, intelligence (智力) and feelings.

In August, it is very hot and wet in the southern part of the United States. 36 . In the Northeast and the Middle West, it is very hot at some times and very cold at other times. People in these states have more heart trouble after the weather changes in February or March.

The weather can also influence intelligence. For example, in a 1983 report by scientists, IQ (智商) of a group students were very high when a very strong wind came, but after the strong wind, their IQ was 10% lower. 37 . Very hot weather, on the other hand (另一方面), can make it lower. Students in many schools of the United States often get worse on exams in the hot months of the year (July and August).

Weather also has a strong influence on people’s feelings. Winter may be a bad time for

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宁夏银川一中2018-2019年高二下学期期末考试英语试题及答案

thin people. They usually feel cold during these months. They might feel unhappy during cold weather. 38 . They even don’t like to outdoor activities.

Low air pressure (气压) may make people forgetful. 39 . There is a “good weather” for work and health. People feel best at a temperature of about 18 centigrade (摄氏度).

Are you feeling sad, tired, forgetful, or unhappy today? 40 .

A．It may be the weather’s problem.

B．Warm weather can have a bad effect on health. C．The wind can help people have higher intelligence. D．But fat people may have a hard time in hot weather.

E．People may have higher intelligence when low air pressure comes. F．People leave more bags on buses and in shops on low-pressure days.

G．People there have heart trouble and other kinds of health problems during this month. 第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节,满分55）

第一节：完形填空（共20小题，每题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和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

From the first week of high school, my best friend, Trisha, was always going out with the popular girls. 41 I thought, “It's okay; she’s just making new friends.” But soon I realized that Trisha wasn't interested in me anymore. I'd 42 my best friend. It really hurt.

One day, I told Trisha that we should 43 pretending（假装）to be friends when we really weren’t anymore. I wasn't trying to make her mad, 44 she was. After that, Trisha started talking about me behind my back, telling people that I was 45 .Some of our friends 46 with her. I felt like she was taking them away from me.

The more I thought about it, the 47 I got. Finally, I 48 a picture of Trisha and drew lines on her face. I wrote, “I 49 this person” across the bottom. And then I did something I'll always 50 : I put it on a website I thought was 51 . I thought people would see it, and it felt good to vent（发泄）.

A week later, Trisha's mom saw the 52 .She called my mom, who made me take it off the website right away. However, it was already too 53 .Lots of people had seen it, and I was in a lot of 54 . That whole day, I felt 55 .I had to say sorry to Trisha face to face. She said she accepted my apology（道歉）,but I felt she was 56 angry with me.

Posting that picture was one of the worst 57 I've ever made. I realize now I could have found a much better way to deal with my 58 .If I'd just told Trisha how much I

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