四川省成都市2017-2018学年高二英语上学期期中试题

8. People feel ______ when they say “I’m just a housewife.” A. regretful

B. satisfied

C. proud

D. anxious

9. Listing the housewife’s duties, the author implies a housewife___________. A. usually leads a terrible life B. plays a more important role C. makes a great contribution to the family D. does not always get her reward 10. If a housewife worked outside, she would _________.

A. have the same life like before B. lose the content that she is enjoying

C. set a comfortable home for her family D. absorb her family’s stress 11. What is the author’s attitude toward housewives?

A. Supportive B. Doubtful C. Opposed D. Disappointed

D

Enough “meaningless drivel”. That’s the message from a group of members of the UK government who have been examining how social media firms like LinkedIn gather and use social media data.

The House of Commons Science and Technology Committee’s report, released last week, has blamed firms for making people sign up to long incomprehensible legal contracts and calls for an international standard or kitemark (认证标记) to identify sites that have clear terms and conditions.

“The term and conditions statement that we all carelessly agree to is meaningless drivel to anyone,” says Andrew Miller, the chair of the committee. Instead, he says, firms should provide a plain-English version of their terms. The simplified version would be checked by a third party and awarded a kitemark if it is an accurate reflection of the original.

It is not yet clear who would administer the scheme, but the UK government is looking at introducing it on a voluntary basis. “We need to think through how we make that work in practice,” says Miller.

Would we pay any more attention to a kitemark “I think if you went and did the survey, people would like to think they would,” says Nigel Shadbolt at the University of Southampton, UK, who studies open data. “We do know people worry a lot about the

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inappropriate use of their information. But what would happen in practice is another matter,” he says.

Other organizations such as banks ask customers to sign long contracts they may not read or understand, but Miller believes social media requires special attention because it is so new. “We still don’t know how significant the long-term impact is going to be of unwise things that kids put on social media that come back and bite them in 20 years’ time,” he says.

Shadbolt, who gave evidence to the committee, says the problem is that we don’t know how companies will

use our data because their business models and uses of data are still evolving.

“Large collections of personal information have become valuable only recently,” he says. The shock and anger when a social media firm does something with data that people don’t expect, even if users have apparently given permission, show that the current situation isn’t working. If properly administered, a kitemark on terms and conditions could help people know what exactly they are signing up to, although they would still have to actually read them.

12. What does the phrase “ meaningless drivel” in paragraphs 1 and 3 refer to？ A. Legal contracts that social media firms make people sign up to. B. Warnings from the UK government against unsafe websites. C. Guidelines on how to use social media websites properly. D. Insignificant data collected by social media firms.

13. It can be inferred from the passage that Nigel Shadbolt doubts whether _______. A. social media firms would conduct a survey on the kitemark scheme B. people would pay as much attention to a kitemark as they think C. a kitemark scheme would be workable on a nationwide scale D. the kitemark would help companies develop their business models

14. Andrew Miller thinks social media needs more attention than banks mainly because _______.

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A. their users consist largely of kids under 20 years old

B. the language in their contracts is usually harder to understand C. the information they collected could become more valuable in future D. it remains unknown how users’ data will be taken advantage of 15. Which of the following is the best title of the passage? A. Say no to social media? C. Accept without reading?

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项。

Things You Should Stop Doing to Be Successful

Are you a happy person? How often do you think of reasons why everyone around you is successful though they are not better than you in general? What do you do wrong? Here are some things you should stop doing to be successful. 1. 16

Different people may interpret “success” in different ways: some of them measure it in money, other ones — in positive changes to people around them and the world in general. 17 Don’t worry about what other people think but care about what makes you happy.

2. Do not believe anything without questioning it.

18 They are critical thinkers, and they understand that we all are ruled by our prejudices, so they will always question new information.

3. Do not worry about all unpredictable things that may happen to you. If you want to be successful, stop thinking about everything that MAY happen to you. 19 Be ready to improve and change your deeds and decisions when things suddenly don’t go according to your plan.

4. Do not care about what other people think of you.

20 Your attempts to become “good” for everyone will turn into nothing but new worries, stresses, and problems. Successful people do not concentrate on the quantity of people to please, but worry about their quality and focus on developing

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B. New security rules in operation? D. Administration matters!

friendships with people they really care about. A. Do not wait for the “right time” to do anything. B. Do not let others decide what “success” is for you.

C. Successful people do not just accept any new information to be true.

D. As far as we all know, it’s impossible to please all the people who surround us. E. Try to feel comfortable with the reality and accept the fact that your future can’t be predicted.

F. If you want to be successful, do not let others force their interpretation of success on you.

G. Successful people never ignore or avoid problems, no matter how big and awful they seem.

第二部分 完形填空（共20题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下列短文，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。

A few years ago, I started therapy (治疗). I kept it a secret 21 it felt like it wasn’t the kind of thing I could tell anyone. I felt it was 22 , and I was ashamed of it. 23 I felt I was the only one. It seemed that everyone but me was able to 24 things on their own. 25 of my friends or family needed help like that. But on an occasion, I 26 my secret to one of my good friends.

Guess what 27 ? As I started letting other people know that I was in therapy,

some of them started telling me the 28 thing! It seemed that once I told them that I would understand their 29 , it was safe to tell me. We didn’t have to keep this a(n) 30 from each other any more.

One friend close to me 31 that she went on antidepressants (抗抑郁) after

her mother’s death. Another friend has been 32 for being blue 33 he was in college. My hairdresser had been on medication 34 obsessive compulsive disorder (强迫症). All of them said they felt comfortable to be able to 35 the information. I felt like I found support in my 36 and I wasn’t alone, just from 37 their stories.

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