江苏省江阴一中2018—2019学年高二上学期期中考试英语试题

高二上学期期中考试英语试题

A. The political mechanism plays an important role in our life. B. Friendship teaches us to have a positive attitude towards life. C. Friendship can turn us to be kind-hearted people. D. We should not make a judgment about others.

61. According to the last paragraph, a man becomes your friend mainly because _____. A. he gives you the illusion of perfection B. he accepts your imperfections C. he holds an open attitude towards you D. he and you understand each other

C

To start a conversation about the secret to happiness, ABC News’ health editor Dr. Richard Besser hosted a Twitter chat Tuesday. Experts from the National Institutes of Health, Mayo Clinic, Harvard University and TEDMED, as well as clinicians and people from across the country, joined the one-hour discussion. There are countless ways to measure happiness. With research on the topic increasing, researchers have carried out surveys to study people’s sense of well-being.

Angela Haupt, health and wellness editor for U.S. News and World Report, said, “Happiness indicators include life satisfaction, health and community engagement.”

@toddkashdan added that, “despite problems with self-reports, there is no better way to measure happiness than focusing on personal thoughts and feelings.”

While scientists try to find out what caused happiness, others often believe that true joy doesn’t exist. Dr Friedman, a psychiatrist at New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell Hospital, said that “happiness is hard to measure, but easy to recognize.”

Still, common themes about satisfaction come up in these conversations. Finding meaning in daily work was important. Indeed, researchers have found that having creative and purposeful work to do is a key factor in happiness. But people were quick to state the importance of balancing work and family obligations.

Chat participants(参与者) agreed that money does not surely bring happiness. And studies agree once people’s basic needs like food and housing are met, higher incomes do little to improve your happiness. At last, people found value in their connections with others. Research shows that having support through friends, family, and social networks can bring happiness. Many agree with

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高二上学期期中考试英语试题

@drmommy, who said “I measure my happiness by the loving people that are around me.”

So, can we increase our happiness? Expressing gratitude(感激) is a possible way of feeling happiness. Researchers have found that people who regularly write down things for which they are grateful in “gratitude journals” have increased satisfaction in life, higher energy levels, and improved health. In one study, people who read a letter of appreciation to someone in their lives prove happier almost one month later. Performing acts of kindness can raise your moods

Data show that our relationships matter, too. People who are interested in meaningful conversations with friends or family are reported to be happier than those who don’t. Close interpersonal ties and strong social support are important for happiness. 62. Dr Friedman may agree that ________. A. happiness can be measured by health C. it’s easy to see whether one is happy

B. happiness can never be measured D. it’s hard to seek for happiness

63. It can be learnt that @drmommy measures his happiness by ________. A. health

B. purposeful work D. friends’ support

C. meaningful work

64. We can learn from the passage that money can affect your happiness if you are relatively ______. A. poor

B. sensitive

C. unhealthy D. hopeless

65. What’s the main purpose of the passage? A. To introduce us the results of a chat.

B. To give us some advice on improving happiness. C. To correct the misunderstanding of happiness. D. To remind us to find the secret to happiness.

D

Good day, everybody …

Just two weeks ago I shared some of my thoughts about the green economy in an event organised by Sciences Po and Ecolo Ethik in Paris. Inevitably my main messages will be repeated, but I hope they will be still fresh for such a young and fresh audience. You are future policy makers, leaders and active members of our society. I believe that you have a very important role to play in shaping this world, your own future.

On 7th June last year a scientific article in the journal Nature stated the following: “Today

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高二上学期期中考试英语试题

conditions are very different because global-scale forces including, but not limited to, climate change, have emerged as a direct result of human activities. Human population growth and per-capita consumption rate underlie all of the other present drivers for global change”.

The world’s population is increasing by about 140.000 people per day. In just 30 years - one generation - 2 billion people more will share the planet, which is more than the total amount of the population on the planet at the beginning of the 20th Century. On top of that, in just over 15 years from now, there will be an additional 3 billion middle class consumers, which corresponds to twice the total population at the beginning of the previous century.

Of course, this is great for those 3 billion whose living standards will rise, and for the businesses that will succeed in providing for those demands, but this will put great stress on many resources. We will need three times more resources -140 billion tons annually- by 2050. The demand for food, feed and fiber is projected to increase by 70%.

To put it simply: the world has changed. We are more interconnected and interdependent than ever. Many challenges, like climate change, disappearing biodiversity, scarce resources (like water, land or oceans), potential pandemics, poverty, global security … can only be addressed if we join our forces. Looking to the future, the “business as usual” scenario simply will not work. Transition from our current resource intensive growth model to a resource efficient growth model is absolutely necessary. It is actually inevitable for all our economies. For the first time, we humans, are affecting the balance of our planet.

For the past two centuries we have relied on an economic growth model based on cheap and abundant resources. This great acceleration has been a fantastic achievement of the generations of humans that have so successfully overcome so many obstacles to bring such unimagined health and prosperity. But we cannot go on growing in the resource-intensive way we did in the past; certainly not on a global scale. Today the richest 20% of the world consume about 60 times more than the poorest 20%. Just imagine the stress on the world’s resources if the rest of the world would live the same way as we do.

66. Which of the following statements about the speech is true according to the passage? A. It plays an important role in shaping young people’s future. B. It is repeated in the event organized by Sciences Po and Ecolo Ethik. C. It’ll hopefully make a difference to our green economy.

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高二上学期期中考试英语试题

D. It is the second time it has been given about the green economy. 67. Which of the following is the direct contributor to global change? A. human population growth C. human activities

B. scarce resources

D. financial and economic crisis

68. The writer uses many figures in the passages four and five in order to ______. A. better inform us the unbelievable growth of the planet’s population B. better address the global challenges which we all face C. better show us the consequences of our global change D. better explain the result of human irresponsible activities

69. Which of the following words has the closest meaning to the underlined word “obstacles” in the last paragraph?

A. standards B. difficulties 70. The purpose of the passage is ______. A. to advocate a resource efficient growth model B. to raise our awareness of environmental protection C. to explain effective keys to a green economy D. to offer some advice on human daily activities

第Ⅱ卷 非选择题（共45分）

第四部分：词汇检测

一、单词拼写（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）

根据句子意思和首字母提示，在空白处填上一个在语法和意思上都恰当的词。 注意：请将一个完整的单词写在答题卡上。

71. He caused his parents great a________ by cycling long distance alone.

72. some people think that cloning human embryos with the i______ of destroying them shows no respect for human life.

73. He has not q_______ smoking, but he is holding down to three cigarettes a day.

74. A nature reserve for white－flag dolphins was set up in 1992, where boats have been p_______ from sailing around since then.

75. The project is based on an agreement, one of whose purposes is to ensure that the project can be a________ before the deadline.

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C. resources D. successes