福建省厦门第一中学2016-2017学年高二下学期开学考试英语试题 Word版含答案

try not to step outside their comfort zone. While this might offer some comfort, they are not always satisfied with the safety it offer---and boredom results.

Emotions should evolve(进化)for our benefit. “The very fact that boredom is a daily experience suggests it should be doing something useful,” says Heather Lench at Texas A$M University. Feelings like fear help us avoid danger, after all, while sadness might help prevent future mistakes. So, if true, what does boredom achieve?

Reviewing the evidence so far, Lench suspects that it lies behind one of our most important characters---curiosity. Boredom, she says, pushes us t try to seek new goals or explore new ideas which stimulate innovation(激发创新).

Eastwood is less enthusiastic about boredom’s benefits, but admits we should be cautious about looking for an immediate escape. “The feeling is so disgusting that people rush to remove it,” he says. “I’m not going to join that war on boredom and come up with a cure, because we need to listen to the emotion and ask what it is trying to tell us to do.” 24. What does John Eastwood’s study mainly focus on?

A. How to deal with boredom B. The benefits of boredom C. Why people get bored D. The types of boredom 25. According to Lench, boredom _______. A. would help us avoid mistakes B. might be good for our creativity C. cannot be cured for the moment D. could make us get tired and lose focus

26. What’s Eastwood’s attitude towards finding a cure for boredom?

A. Curious B. Optimistic C. Objective D. Uninterested 27. What message can be concluded from the text?

A. Every coin has two sides B. Hard work never killed a man C. Easier said than done D. Practice makes perfect

C

Late one autumn day a the aquatic center(水上运动中心)in Ancenis, France, something went

quietly, horribly wrong. An 18-year-old named Jean-Francois LeRoy was a regular, coming often in the early evenings to swim in the 25-meter pool. Drownings are often difficult to spot. Most are

near-silent incidents where the victim quickly sinks out of view. On this particular day maybe the lifeguards weren't paying as close attention as they should have been. Certainly they believed the tall athletic LeRoy was not a high-risk swimmer.

But on this evening LeRoy was practicing apnea(屏气）swimming—testing how far he could swim underwater on one breath—and at some point, without making any visible or audible disturbance on the water's surface, he lost consciousness. The guards failed to notice as he stopped swimming and sank to the bottom of the deep end of the pool. With his arms crossed over his head and his feet twitching (抽搐),he was unconscious and drowning. It would lake him as little as four minutes to die.

Although the human lifeguards witching the pool were unaware, 12 large machine eyes deep underwater were watching the whole thing and taking notice. Just nine months earlier the center had installed a state-of-the-art electronic surveillance system called Poseidon, a network of cameras that feeds a computer programmed to use a set of complex mathematical procedure to distinguish between normal and distressed swimming. Poseidon covers a pool's entire swimming area and can distinguish among dim reflections, shadows, and actual swimmers. It can also tell when real swimmers are moving in a way they're not supposed to. When the computer detects a possible problem, it instantly activates a beeper to warn lifeguards and displays the exact incident location on a monitor. The rest is up to the humans above the water.

Sixteen seconds after Poseidon noticed the large, sinking lump that was Jean-Francois LeRoy, lifeguards had LeRoy out of the pool and gave him first aid. He started breathing again. After one night in the local hospital, he was released with no permanent damage. Poseidon had saved his life.

28. People sometimes fail to detect accidents in the swimming pool because____________ . A. lifeguards neglect their duties B. drowning men don’t struggle in water C. drownings often occur quietly and quickly D. there is no electronic surveillance system installed 29. Which of the following statements in NOT true? A. Lifeguards will give way to Poseidon system. B. Lifeguards will count on Poseidon system.

C. Poseidon system can pick out unusual swimmers. D. Poseidon system can locate drowning incidents. 30. The purpose of this passage is to ___________.

A. publicize a machine which can watch out for swimmers in distress B. advertise an aquatic center equipped with state-of-the-art devices C. tell people what may happen in a swimming pool D. warn swimmers not to swim underwater alone 第二节（共5小题；每小题3分，满分15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，并在答题卡（卷）上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。

注意：E填涂AB， F填涂AC，G填涂AD

You’d think the human race would have understood sleeping very well by now, but many of us are still sleeping poorly. Part of the problem is that we have wrong information and beliefs about this important health need. Let’s set the facts straight. 31 1. More sleep is better for you.

There could be such a thing as too much sleep. The amount of sleep we need varies by person and also changes as we age. Harvard researchers found that a lot of sleep(9 hours or more) is linked with poor sleep quality. 32 Aim for better sleep 2. 33

Alcohol can help most people fall asleep. However, it also can cause you to wake up more during the night, decreasing your keep sleep quality. Consider drinking non-alcoholic drink before bed instead.

3. If you wake up in the middle of night, lie in bed until you eventually fall back asleep.

___34 We all hope to quickly fall back asleep. So we tend to stay in bed hoping it’ll happen tat any minute now. If that doesn’t happen, though, within 15 minutes, most exporters recommend getting out of bed to do something that occupies our bodies and brains without over stimulating(刺激)us. Try not to check the clock either. 4. You can catch up on sleep on weekends.

When we lose sleeping during the week, we accumulate a kind of sleep “debt”. 35 Not so fact. This might actually make you sleepier the next week. Instead of waking up later on the

weekends, you’d better go to sleep earlier or perhaps take a nap in the afternoon. A. Alcohol helps you sleep.

B. Here are some things you might been told about sleeping but aren’t completely true C. Everyone should get 7-8 hours of sleep per night D. So don’t aim for more sleep-even on the weekends

E. Waking up in the middle of the night is the annoyance, but it happens to all of us. F. You’ll have a better day and perhaps sleep better at night G. Can you pay that debt back by sleeping on Saturday or Sunday? 第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下列短文，掌握其大意，然后从36-55小题所给的四个选项 （A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

Dear daughter,

“You’re my favorite person in the whole world” is not something you’re going to hear me say any more. Not only is it 36 to Daddy, but really won’t go over well with your baby sister, once she’s 37 and learns to talk.

You’re the one who burst my 38 wide open. You taught me what uncontrollable, unlimited, 39 love feels like. You turned me into a mom. And 40 you will no longer be my only child; you will always be my first.

You’re the first one to make me forget myself. You’re the first person I ever said “I love you” to more than 10 times in one day. You’re the first human whose 41 I took. With , I first-time mom 42 , like letting you 43 the bed onto the floor. Our baby’s coming soon, and while you may not be my 44 child anymore. This 45 gives me the guilt, but, your sister will have some advantages. I can’t imagine she will ever be 46 or lovely for long-with you and your songs, dance moves, costumes, and magic tricks. I can’t 47 to watch you watching her.

You were the one who 48 to surprise me every day. you’re the brave 49 who pulls me by the hand into the future.

So when you’re feeling 50 because I’m nursing your sister 51 playing dress-up, or because I might use 52 words with you, but not her, or because I can’t stop talking about how 53 she I, know that there is more than enough 54 for both of you.