牛津译林版2017-2018学年度笫二学期高二英语第二次月度检测试卷 - 图文

Given other demands on Subaru^ time, it might take five years for this search to find (or not find) the hypothetical planet But looking at some existing data from the Widefield Infrared Survey Explorer，a satellite, might also show it, if it is there to be seen.

Ironically, k Dr Brown as much as anyone who was responsible for Pluto^ downgrading, for he discovered Eris, an object almost as big as Pluto, in 2005.

That discovery did much to damage Pluto's planetary proof. By his own admission, he was skeptical that the anomalies he and Dr Batygin have investigated actually would point to the existence of a Replacement ninth planet He is a skeptic no longer. Whether he is actually right may soon become apparent

58.According to Dr Batygin and Dr Brown’s research, it is quite possible that . A. Pluto will restore its status as a planet of the solar system

B. the six objects in die Kuiper Belt sharing some similarities is a mere coincidenpe C. there are nine planets in the solar system

D. Eris is a replacement ninth planet of the solar system

59. Which of the following is NOT true about the hypothetical planet? A. It may have changed the orbits of six objects in the Kuiper Belt. B. You can see it through a domestic telescope if you know where to look.

C. Compared to earth, the distance from its perihelion to the sun is about 200 times laiger. D.A satellite may be able to provide some evidence of its existence. 60. What does the underlined word anomalies stand for? A. Six objects behaving in a peculiar way. B. Pluto's downgrading. C. The discovery of Eris. D. Some existing data

61. The purpose of the third paragaraph is to .

A. explain why the scientists believe there is an unfound planet B. show how the scientists analyze the orbits of Kuiper Belt objects C. tell us that the perihelia of the six objects almost coincide D. introduce the two scientists’ article in the Astronomical Journal

C

For an increasing number of students at American universities, Old is suddenly in. The reason is obvious: the graying of America means jobs, coupled with the aging of the baby-boom generation, a longer life span means that the nation’s elderly population is bound to expand significantly over the next 50 years. By 2050, 25 percent of all Americans will be older than 65, up from 14 percent in 1995. The change poses profound questions for government and society, of course. But it also creates career opportunities in medicine and health professions and in law and business as well. “In addition to the doctors, we，re going to need more sociologists, biologists, urban planners and specialized lawyers,n says Professor Edward Schneider of the University of Southern California’s (USC) School of Gerontology (老年学).

Lawyers can specialize in welder law^, which covers everything from trusts and estates to nursing-home abuse and age discrimination.Businessmen see huge opportunities in the elder market because the baby boomers,74 million strong,are likely to the weathiest group of retirees in human history.“Any student who combins an retirees in human hi^. “Any student who combines

c ,flce,y to.b?'fte wealthiest group of ： expert knowledge in gerontology with, say，:MBAor_degree讀^⑷咖^ —money，”oneprofesisa0.

Margarite Santos is a, 21-year-old senior at USC.She began college as a biology major but found she was “really bored with bacteria.”So she took a class in gerontology and discovered that she liked it.

She says,”I did volunteer work in retirement homes and it was very satisfying.” 62.With the aging of America,lawyers can benefit . A. from the adoption of the \

B. from presenting their professional services to the elderly C. by enriching their professional knowledge

D.by winning the trust of the elderly to promote their own inte^. 63. Who can make big money in the new century A. Retirees who are business-minded. B. The volunteer workers in retirement homes. C. college graduates with an MBA or law degree. D.Profissionals with a good knowledge of gerontology.

according to the passage?

64.Why can businessmen gain profit in the emejging elder maricet? A. Retirees are more generous in spending money. B. They can employ more gerontologists.

C. The elderly possess an enormous purchasing power. D. There are more elderly people working than before.

D

According to Guglielmo Cavallo and Roger Chartier,reading aloud was a common practice in the ancient world,the Middle Ages,and late as the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Readers were “listeners attentive to a reading voice,”and “the text addressed to the ear as much as to the eye.”The significance of reading aloud continued well into the nineteenth century.

Performing a little text orally in a Victorian family is well documented.Apart from promoting a pleasant family relationship,

reading about was a tool for parental guidance.By means of reading aloud,parents could also introduce literature to their children,and as such the practice combined leisure and purposes such as religious cultivation in the youths.Within the family,it was commonplace for the father to read aloud.Dickens read to his children:one of his surviving and often-reprinted photographs features him posing on a chair,reading to his two daughters.

Reading aloud in the nineteenth century was as much a class phenomenon

as

a

family affair,which points to a widespread belief that Victorian readership primarily meant a middle-class readership. Those who fell outside this group tended to be overlooked by Victorian pub] Despite this, Dickens, with his publishers Chapman and Hall, managed to distribute reading materials to people from different social classes by reducing the price of novels. This was also made possible with the technological and mechanical advances in printing and the spread of railway networks at the time.

Since the literacy level of this section of the population was still low before school attendance was made compulsory in 1870 by Education Act, a:considettble:.— of people from lower classes would listen to recitals of texts. Dickens's readers, who from

such

social

backgrounds, might have heard Dickens in this manner. Several biographers of Dickens also draw to the fact that it was typical for his texts to be read aloud in Viotorian England, and thus illiterary was not an obstacle for reading Dickens. Reading was no longer a chiefly closeted

form of entertainment practiced by the middle class at home.

A working-class home was In many ways not convenlent reading: there were too many distractions，the lighting bad, the home was also often half a workhouse:As a result,the Victorians from the non-middle

classes tended to find relaxation oudside the home such as in parks and

squares, which were ideal places for the public to go white:__away their limited leisure time. Reading aloud, in particular public reading, to some extent blured between classes. The Victorian mitldle class defined its identity through differences with other classes.Dicken's popularity among readers from the non-middle classes connnntributed to the creation of a new class of readers who read through listening.

Dickens's popularity among readers from the non-middle classes contributed to the creation of a new class of readers who read through listening.

Different readers of Dickens were not reading solitarily and “jealously^，to use Walter Benjamin’s term. Instead, they often enjoyed a more communal experience, an experience that is generally lacking in today’s world. Modem audiobooks can be considered a contemporary version of the practice. However, while the twentieth- and twentieth-first-century trend for individuals to listen to audiobooks keeps some characteristics of traditional reading aloud—such as “listeners attentive to a reading voice” and the ear being fee focus—it is a far more solitary activity, 65. What does the author want to convey in Paragraph 1? A. The history of reading aloud. B. The significance of reading aloud. C. The development of reading practice. D. The roles of readers in reading practice.

66. How did the practice of readily aloud influence Dickenses works? A. He started to write for a broader public crowd. B. He included more readable contents in his novels. C. Scenes of reading aloud became common in his works. D. His works were intended to be both heard and read.

67. How many benefits did reading aloud bring to a Victorian family? A.2. B.3. C.4. D. 5,

68. Whore could a London steel worker possibly have gone to for wading?