2015—2016学年度高一年级第二学期期末调研测试英语

第三部分: 阅读理解 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)

请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

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We offer a range of programs into Macquarie University (MU), the Sydney Institute of Business and Technology (SIBT) as well as general English and Professional English courses.

96% of our students pass their CME courses and enter Macquarie University or SIBT. Students who have gone through our English Programs have an average 17% higher pass rate（率） in their chosen field of study at Macquarie University (Macquarie University Research Unit, 2015). Goal I want to study English only Area General English CME Courses ● General English ● Study Tours ● Academic English (AE) ● University Entry Preparation for the I want to study at Macquarie University but need to improve my English first Academic English Faculty of Business, Accounting and Economics (BAE) ● University Entry Preparation for the Faculties of Human Science, the Arts and Science (HAS) ● University Preparation for the Faculty of Translation and Interpreting (TIPP) I have a full offer to Macquarie University but would like to do some Academic English training first I want to study at SIBT but need to improve my English first I want to improve my English for work I am interested in taking and/or preparing for the IELTS test IELTS SIBT ●Study Skills English Preparation Program (SSEPP) ● English Preparation Program (EPP) Professional English ● TESOL Teacher Training Programs ● IELTS Test Registration ● IELTS Test Preparation —Online —Intensive Academic English ●Introductory Academic Program (IAP) 51. According to the ad, the following courses involve Academic English except___________.

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A.TIPP B. BAE C. EPP D. IAP 52. We can know from the ad that ____________.

A. 96% of students who have passed CME courses enter SIBT B. The pass rate is about 17% higher at MU than in other universities C. SSEPP is sure to promote deeper learning in Academic English D. Some of the programs are for the students who want to enter MU

B

As part of the ‘Facebook generation’, we have grown up in a world where access to the Internet is constantly at our fingertips and we’re able to connect with people at the touch of a button. Nowadays, it’s become increasingly common to offer guests the wifi password along with a cup of tea when they come round to visit. We have become addicted（沉溺）to our smartphones.

Of course, smartphones are useful and have greatly changed our lives in so many ways. Thanks to thousands of apps accessible to download, we’re now able to do almost anything when we’re out and about. However, it seems a shame that these attractive pieces of technology are slowly beginning to take over our lives. As a result, we’re becoming more antisocial, choosing to consult the Internet rather than talk face-to-face with other human beings.

Even when we’re communicating with others, it seems most of us struggle without our phones at arm’s reach. Phones were invented to keep us more connected, and indeed they have done just that. We can now get in contact by an endless list of social media ways, yet this means we’re starting to have no true contact with each other. People are connecting more and more across screens rather than in person, even when it comes to relationships.

I’m not to say I’m any better. However, I’m trying to use it less and less when I’m out and about. When I first arrived in France, I didn’t have any Internet on my phone. Rather than constantly checking my phone for messages or searching for directions, I was forced to talk to people and find my way around independently. Next time you’re out with your friends, put your phone away and see how long you can last without it. 53. According to the passage, the disadvantage of smartphones is that ____________.

A. it costs much money without attention B. it’s more convenient to surf the Internet C. it makes communication more untrue D. it has a bad effect on the study in school 54. What is the purpose of writing the passage? A. To show smartphones’ harm in the life B. To suggest we use our smartphones less C. To tell us connect more on the Internet D. To prove we are short of communication

55. Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?

A. Are we addicted to our smartphones? B. Smartphones will take over our lives C. Throw away smartphones for ever D. Is using smartphones beneficial?

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C

Researchers at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, California found that a 12-minute bed-side visit with a dog can help reduce anxiety levels by 24 percent in heart failure patients, compared to a 10 percent drop when patients had a visit from a human volunteer, and no drop in patients who had no visit.

Results of the 76-patient study were presented last week at the American Heart Association’s yearly Scientific Sessions in Dallas, Texas. The study was supported by the Pet Care Trust Foundation, a non-profit（非赢利）organization which promotes human-animal interaction and connection. In the study, effects of dog and volunteer visits were compared with those of volunteers only, and with patients who had no visits and stayed at rest. Heart pressures were monitored and patients were asked to answer a list of anxiety assessment questions before and after the visits. Although critical pressure measures also fell, suggesting improved heart function, the most obvious reaction was seen in anxiety levels.

“The first thing you notice is that the patient’s facial expression, changes to a smile and the stress of the world seems to be lifted off their shoulders,” study author Kathy Cole said. Feelings of disappointment and helplessness are common among heart patients, Cole said, and just three nights in a hospital is enough to make some patients feel anxious and uncomfortable. During the visit, the furry friend is allowed to lie on the bed next to the patient with its head within two feet of the patient’s. Most patients petted the dog, while others talked about the dog with human volunteers in conversation.

Dogs used in the study are specially trained animal-assisted therapy（治疗）dogs that go through a series of trainings, assessments and certifications（认证）to qualify as therapy dogs. There are different kinds of dogs. Researchers used everything from Bernese mountain dogs to small schnauzers. However, a dog doesn’t have to be specially trained to have a calming effect on a person. In fact, the animal doesn’t even have to be a dog in order to help. “As long as the animal has meaning to the patient, or a relationship with the patient, it can help calm the patient,” Cole said.

56. We learn from the text that heart patients benefit most from visits by___________. A. a volunteer on his own B. a well-trained dog alone C. a non-profit organization D. a volunteer with a dog 57. The study shows that, for heart patients, __________. A. their recovery depends on contact with animals B. their heart pressure reduces if they stay at rest C. their contact with animals improves their condition D. their anxiety is reduced if they stay longer in hospital

58. According to Cole, the change of patients’ expression on the face indicates that_________. A. they are mentally comforted B. they are happy with the experiment C. their treatment time may be shortened D. their heart function is returning to normal

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59. This report concentrates on__________.

A. the treatment of heart disease B. the cure power of animals

C. the relationship between dogs and humans D. the promotion of human-animal interaction

D

The official line on Marie-Eve Chainey in the women’s high jump read “NH”—shorthand for “No Height”—not exactly a fitting designation for an athlete who truly jumped very high.

For some athletes at the Canadian track and field championships in August 2010, a prideful return meant posting fast times after a slow season. For Chainey, it meant returning to top competition after a nine-year battle with kidney（肾）disease. Three years ago, she was unable to walk and even had no strength to wash her hair.

As a 14-year-old, Chainey would often travel 820 kilometres from Kapuskasing to Toronto to train under coach Gary Lubin at York University. At 18, Chainey went to Spain to learn the language and continue her high-jump training. While there, she became so dizzy（晕）she had to be hospitalized. That’s when she got the news: Her kidneys were no longer working. She hasn’t known life without dialysis(透析) since.

Healthy kidneys remove waste products from the blood. In dialysis treatment, a machine cleans the blood at regular periods, for example, three times a week. Chainey has been using nightly dialysis, which works while she sleeps.

Since her original diagnosis, Chainey has had to face four returns and countless other difficulties, including going blind for two months. She was told over and over she’d never jump again because her muscles were too damaged. But for Chainey, jumping is like breathing.

“From when I got sick, the goal that I had was to just be back jumping,” she said. “Jumping was basically my happy place. Even now more so. Because I’m sick and there’s so much going on, when I go to high jump, I don’t think about anything else than just high jump and enjoying it. It is surely my getaway. I feel normal because I don’t have to think about anything else.”

So on the eve of the national championships, the 27-year-old was not about to be deterred by a difficult night of dialysis. “I’m very stubborn（执着）, I’m very hard-headed … I just had to find a way that I would be able to jump, no matter what.”

Chainey certainly felt nervous at the championships; her hands wouldn’t stop shaking once the competition began. She didn’t clear the starting height of 1.50 meters, which she had managed to get over in practice. Still, you’d be hard pressed to find a happier last-place finisher anywhere.

“Just being out there, especially when they lined us up and they introduced us to the crowd, it was a special moment that I’ll always remember,” she said. “I didn’t feel comfortable at first because I didn’t feel I belonged. But although I didn’t get a height, I still feel I belonged there. It felt wonderful just to have the opportunity and experience this.”

Chainey says kidney disease has cured her of her perfectionism. “I’ve always been a straight A student,

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