(16份试卷合集)辽宁师范大学附属中学2020届英语高二下学期期末模拟试卷

26. From the passage we learn that Mindle is a device which . C. disappears while you read A. has neither wires nor weight

B. is operated by a puter

D. can find a hook within one minute

27. With the device, the reader is able to . A. improve reading skills

C

The poverty line is the minimum ine that people need for an acceptable standard of living. People with ines below the poverty line are considered poor. Economists study the causes of poverty in order to find solutions to the problem.

As the general standard of living in the country rises, the poverty line does, too. Therefore, even with today’s relatively high standard of living, about 10 percent of the people in the United States are below the poverty line. However, if these people had stable jobs, they could have an acceptable standard of living. Economists suggest several reasons why poor people do not have jobs.

For one thing, more than half of the poor people in the United States are not qualified to work. Over 40 percent of the poor people are children. By law, children less than 16 years old cannot work in many industries. A large number of poor people are old. Many panies do not hire people over 65 years old, the normal retirement age.

Some poor adults do not look for jobs for a variety of personal reasons: they are sick, they do not have any motivation, they have family problems, or they do not believe that they can find a job.

Other poor people look for a job, but cannot find one. Many poor adults never went to high school. Therefore, when they look for jobs, they have few skills that they can offer.

At the present time, the government thinks it can reduce poverty in the country in the following ways:

First, if the national economy grows, businesses and industries hire more workers. Some of the poor who are qualified to look for jobs may find employment. Then they will no longer below the poverty line.

Second, if society invests in the poor，the poor will bee more productive.

If the government spends money on social programs, education and training for poor people, the poor will have the skills to offer. Then it is more probable that they can find jobs.

Finally, if the government distributes society’s ine differently, it raises some poor people

B. gain access to free software

D. get rid of heavy books made of paper

C. enjoy reading when driving a car

above the poverty line. The government collects taxes from the non-poor and gives money to the poor. These payments to the poor are called welfare.

Some economists are looking for better solutions to the poverty problem. However, at the present time, many people depend on welfare for a minimally acceptable standard of living. 28. This passage is mainly about . A. the poverty line

B. how to look for jobs

D. the causes of poverty and solutions

C. how to raise the standard of living to the problem

29. If the general standard of living in the country rises, the poverty line . A. falls at random

30. Which one is not the reason that poor adults do not look for jobs? A. They are too sick to work. C. They family problems.

B. They have no motivation. D. They are too lazy to find jobs.

B. does not change

C. rises

D. changes

31. The underlined word “distribute” means “ ”. A. charge

B. share

D

According to the findings of a new study, telling kids they’re smart enhances the idea that intelligence is a genetic gift rather than a skill that ran he improved, and children who think their intelligence is fixer! are not likely to pay attention to mistakes and recover from them.

In the study publisher! online, researchers looked at 123 children who were about 7. The team assessed the children to determine whether they had a “growth mindset（思维定式）”. They asked the children to plete a fast-paced puter task while their brain activities were recorded. During the recording, researchers noted that brain activity stopped within a half-second after making a mistake. The larger the brain response was, the more the child focused on the error.

Based on the data they collected, the researchers concluded that children with a “growth mindset” were much more likely to have a larger brain response after making a mistake, and in turn were more likely to improve their performance by paying closer attention to the task after making an error.

For parents, the lessons are clear: for starters, don’t pay praises that suggest intelligence is fixed. If a child hands you an A test, don’t say “You are smart!” Instead say “Wow, that study really paid off!”

Second, focus on using errors to work together and learn. Many parents and teachers shy away

C. receive

D. deliver

from mentioning a child’s mistakes, telling them “It’s OK. You’ll get it next time.” without giving them the opportunity to figure out what went wrong. Instead, it’s better to tell the child that mistakes happen, and to pay attention and work to figure out where and how they made the mistake.

32. What’s the resold of telling kids they’re clever? A. They may think efforts are useful. mistakes.

8. They may think they’re very clever. fixed at birth.

33. How would children with a “growth mindset” react to their mistakes in the study? A. They would be more careful to their mistakes and more likely to improve. B. They had a smaller response and would pay no attention to their errors.

C. They would he less attentive to their errors and pay little attention to their mistakes. D. They are more likely to have a larger brain response before making a mistake. 34. What does the author advise the parents to do when their kids make mistakes? A. fort the kids and stress the efforts they made. B. Tell them it’s OK and they will get it next time. C. Praise the progress they made but not their smartness. D. Let the child think about what mistakes they made. 35. What floes the passage mainly talk about? A. Praise the children for their intelligence. at school.

C. Proper response to kids’ mistakes and progress. and development.

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。 Are you truly happy? Do you ever know what it means to be happy and what it takes to achieve happiness? _36 The following are a few tips that I follow to create happiness in my life.

Make a plan for attaining goals that you believe will make you happy. Your mood will very likely increase if you are going after something you value.

Surround yourself with happy people. It is easy to begin to think negatively when you are surrounded by people who think that way. 37

When something goes wrong, try to figure out a solution instead of being absorbed in self-pity.

D. The reflection on kids’ smartness

B. How to Heal with kids’ performance

D. They may think intelligence is

B. They may be attentive to their

Truly happy people don’t allow setbacks to affect their mood because they know that with a little thought they ran turn the circumstances back to their favor.

38 These few minutes will give you the opportunity to focus on the positive things in your life and will lead you to continuous happiness.

39 Whether you treat yourself to lunch, take a long, relaxing hath or simply spend a few extra minutes on your appearance, you will be subconsciously putting yourself in a better mood.

Keeping healthy is another way to achieve happiness. 40 A. Cheerfulness doesn’t always imply happiness.

B. Find a way to joke about a situation that would otherwise make you happy. C. Spend a few minutes each day thinking about the things that make you happy. D. It’s also important to take some time each day to do something nice for yourself. E. These are important questions for anyone who is staking happiness to ask themselves. F. Being overweight or not eating nutritious foods ran have a negative effect on your mood. G. On the contrary, if you are around people who are happy, their emotional states will be infectious.

第三部分 语言知识运用（共两节，满分45分） 第一节 （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。

Last Sunday. I went to the neighborhood cafe with my friend. On the way, 41 an old lady, 42 cart had been knocked over and her goods were scattered across the pavement. She was 43 her goods. People passing by were 44 her as if she were a beggar.

I hesitated. Many things were running through my mind. “What should we do?” I asked my friend 45 . “It’s none of our business. 46 , you may get both of us into trouble and 47 it if you help,” my friend said 48 and then continued to walk ahead. However, I had great 49 on this poor lady. “She really needs help.” I said seriously and began to 50 the lady.

I cautiously 51 beside the lady, helping her. I could feel the passers-by eyeing me 52 . I knew they were thinking that I was 53 for helping her or that I had knocked over her cart and therefore I was assisting her out of _54 .

“Thank you!” She whispered.

“You are wele!” I murmured, offering a 55 .

She also smiled. After all goods were picked up, she slowly rose 56 her feet. She thanked me again, and continued walking down the street. Yet I knew that her smile and 57 would always