2018-2019学年苏州市高二第二学期学业质量阳光指标调研卷-解析

【解析】事实细节题。根据文章第三段最后一句“The strange thing is Komodo dragons are not affected by the bites of other dragons.”和第四段第一句“This fact interested the researchers who then examined the blood of Komodo dragons and discovered that it possessed qualities that are likely to have important medicinal uses.”可知，科莫多巨蜥不受其他巨蜥唾液中细菌的影响引起了研究人员的兴趣。 55. The research into the qualities of Komodo dragon’s blood found ________. A. many hidden blood types B. many unknown blood elements C. many unknown blood drugs D. two types of disease-causing bacteria 【答案】B

【解析】事实细节题。根据文章第四段“They recognized 48 elements that had previously been unknown to science”可知，他们发现了48种以前不为科学所知的元素。

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To me, my parents’ relationship is like a Bollywood movie. Anil, an actor, and Sunita, a former model and fashion designer, met in high school, fell in love, and have been happily married for 35 years. They support one another’s goals and work together to raise their family, regardless of what society demands. When my dad was struggling at the start of his acting career, my mom supported the two of them financially through modeling work, even though she hated being in front of the camera. And when I was five or six, my dad — who was always identified as a feminist(女权主义者)— would help to take the pressure off my mom, which was unheard of at the time and still uncommon.

With these kinds of actions, my parents taught us their progressive principles. Watching them, I learned the value of hard work, honesty, tolerance and a strong moral compass, and that what I could accomplish didn’ t have to be limited or decided by my sex.

While this may be common knowledge in other parts of the world (in theory if not always in practice), growing up in India, this was revolutionary. Here, many of us worship(敬奉) goddesses and elect women to the most powerful offices, yet women still aren’ t seen as equal to men. ①

But at home, there was no difference between my brother and I, between my mom and my dad. Seeing my parents interact as equals, I knew I too could have a voice someday. I felt powerful enough to stand up for myself. ② In the past, this meant walking away from so-called great films where I wasn’t receiving the treatment or pay I felt I deserved, and others that didn’t agree with my worldview. But my upbringing has also led to exciting projects that have the power to spread my values further.

Cinema can be a reflection of what society is going through, but once in a while, you can be part of something that can actually change the way people think. ③ My dad and I recently worked on our first film together, “This is How I Felt When I Saw That Girl”, in which he plays my father, and I play his secret lesbian(女同性恋) daughter, trying to find a way to come out to him.

As the first Bollywood movie about a lesbian relationship, we knew it wasn’t going to be a commercial hit in conservative India, and since we filmed it before gay(男同性恋) sex was made legal last September, we weren’ t sure whether the film would come out. But my dad said, “We need to change the way people think about these things. You have to be OK with loving whoever you want to love, or being whoever you want to be.” I couldn’t agree more. ④

Last year, I followed in my parents’ footsteps and married my own best friend, a kind, sensitive man who is comfortable expressing his feelings and cares deeply about the world around him. When I look at him, I see so many of the values that were passed down to me. In fact, I don’t know if I would have chosen him had I not been raised to value those qualities — and I have my parents to thank for that. Inheritance(遗产) is

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not about money, or property. It’s the values you teach your children. Teach them to do the right thing and to stand up for themselves and others, for the benefit of their future selves and the people around them. 56. It is safe to assume that the author’s parents ________. A. are used to living a typical Indian lifestyle B. fell in love at first sight when starring in a movie C. struggled to become famous immediately they got married D. have a deep affection for each other and are committed to family 【答案】D

【解析】推理判断题。根据文章第一段“They support one another’s goals and work together to raise their family”可以推断出作者的父母对彼此有很深的影响，并且对家庭有责任感。 57. What does the word “this” in Paragraph 4 refer to?

A. The positive influence that her parents had on her in her youth. B. The value of hard work, honesty, tolerance and a moral compass. C. The belief that one’s achievements shouldn’t be decided by sex. D. Common knowledge that is widely accepted in Indian society. 【答案】C

【解析】猜测词义题。根据文章第三段“what I could accomplish didn’ t have to be limited or decided by my sex.”和第四段“Here, many of us worship(敬奉) goddesses and elect women to the most powerful offices, yet women still aren’ t seen as equal to men.”可知，this指代的是取得的成就不必受到性别的限制或决定。

58. Where should the sentence “The actions and values I observed at home have guided me throughout my career, and in many ways shaped it.” be put in the article?

A. ① B. ② C. ③ D. ④ 【答案】B

【解析】这句话的意思是：我在家里观察到的行为和价值观指导着我的整个职业生涯，并在许多方面塑造了我的职业生涯。根据文章第五段，前面说的是家里情况，有爸妈对我的影响和我和哥哥的男女平等，后面说了我的价值观，所以放在②最合适。

59. The author mentions the film “This is How I Felt When I Saw That Girl” in Paragraph 6 because ________.

A. it helped to further spread her values B. it focused on gay sex for the first time

C. it was the first film she and her father worked on D. it had the potential to become a commercial hit 【答案】A

【解析】根据第五段结尾“But my upbringing has also led to exciting projects that have the power to spread my values further.”以及第6段“Cinema can be a reflection of what society is going through, but once in a while, you can be part of something that can actually change the way people think.”可知，A选项正确。 60. The author is grateful to her parents for ________.

A. marrying her to a good guy B. helping shape her worldview

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C. leaving her a large fortune D. forcing their opinions on her 【答案】B

【解析】根据最后一段“When I look at him, I see so many of the values that were passed down to me.”和“I have my parents to thank for that. Inheritance(遗产) is not about money, or property. It’s the values you teach your children. Teach them to do the right thing and to stand up for themselves and others, for the benefit of their future selves and the people around them.”可知，父母帮她形成了世界观。

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Keeping it in the family

This can be painful. Not sharing your first language with loved ones is hard. Not passing it on to your own child can be especially tough. Many immigrant(移民) parents feel a sense of failure; they share stories on parenting forums and social media, hoping to find the secret to raising bilingual(双语的) children successfully. Children are good at learning languages but this doesn’t mean that rough exposure is enough. They must hear a language quite a bit to understand it — and use it often to be able to speak it comfortably. This is mental work, and a child who doesn’t have a motivation to speak a language will often avoid it. Children’s brains are already busy enough. So languages often fade away and die when parents move abroad. In the past, governments discouraged immigrant families from keeping their languages. Former President Roosevelt worried that America would become a “multi-lingual boarding-house”. These days, officials tend to get involved less; some even see a valuable resource in immigrants’ language abilities. Yet many factors combine to ensure that children still lose their parents’ languages, or never learn them. A big one is institutional pressure. A child’s time spent with a second language is time not spent on their first. So teachers often discourage parents from speaking their languages to their children. Parents often unwillingly agree, worried about their children’s education.

This is a shame; children really can master two languages or even more. Research does indeed suggest their vocabulary in each language may be somewhat smaller for a while. But other studies show cognitive(认知的) advantages among bilinguals. They may be better at complex tasks, better at paying attention, and suffer the attack of Alzheimer’s disease later.

Even without those side-effects, though, a bilingual child’s connection to relatives and another culture is a good thing in itself. How to bring it about? When both parents speak the same heritage language, the strategy is often to speak that at home, and the national language outside. But when they have different languages, perhaps the most common approach is “one parent, one language”.

Fran?ois Grosjean, an expert in foreign languages at the University of Neuchatel in Switzerland, emphasizes necessity. He recommends reserving occasions on which the only language that may be spoken is the one that needs support.

Sabine Little, an expert in foreign languages at the University of Sheffield, puts the emphasis elsewhere. Making the heritage language yet another task forced by parents can lead to rejection, she argues. She recommends letting the child develop their own emotional connection to the language. She suggests learning through apps and entertainment made for native speakers.

Languages are an important part of identity; it is painful to try and fail to pass them on to a child.

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Success may be a question of remembering that they are not just another thing to be drilled into a young mind, but a matter of the heart. The problem Immigrant parents feel a sense of failure because of the (61) ▲ of their native languages among their children. ● Immigrant children: little exposure as well as (62) ▲ of motivations. ● Governments: too much involvement in a(n) (63) ▲ to encourage a single language nation. ● Teachers: discouragement of bilingual learning despite parents’ (64) ▲ to agree ● Better handle complex tasks, better keep (65) ▲ , and develop Alzheimer at a later age. ● Enable children to be (66) ▲ to relatives and a different culture. ● Adopt different (67) ▲ for the heritage language practice according to family language backgrounds. ● Give more support to the language at a (68) ▲ . ● Develop emotional connection to the language. ● Learn through apps and entertainment (69) ▲ at the native speakers. Immigrant parents should (70) ▲ in mind that learning languages is a matter of the heart. Causes of the problem Benefits of being bilingual Solutions to the problem Conclusion 【答案】

61.loss/disappearance/fading 62.lack/absence

63.attempt/gesture/effort/bid 64.unwillingness/reluctance 65.concentrated/focused 66.connected 67.strategies 68.disadvantage 69.aimed/targeted 70.keep/bear 【解析】

61.根据文章第一段最后一句“So languages often fade away and die when parents move abroad.”，可知语言经常逐渐消失，但是题目中要填名词的形式，要变化成消失的名词，所以可以填loss/disappearance/fading。

62.根据文章第一段“Children are good at learning languages but this doesn’t mean that rough exposure is enough. They must hear a language quite a bit to understand it — and use it often to be able to speak it comfortably. This is mental work, and a child who doesn’t have a motivation to speak a language will often avoid it.”可知，移民的孩子接触少，没有动力去说一门语言，就会逃避，根据题目要求，要填缺少

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