安徽舒城2017高一英语上学期研究性学习材料(三)

安徽省舒城县2016-2017学年高一英语上学期研究性学习材料试题

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第一部分 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分） 第一节 （共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项

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Our planet was born some billions of years ago. Ever since this planet has developed, it has surprised us human beings. No matter how much we human beings have developed technologically, we cannot ever create this kind of natural planet. The human race can only discover some amazing facts about it. Let us find out what some of themare.

On September 13, 1922 El Azizia, a place in Libya, recorded a temperature of 136 degrees Fahrenheit. This was the highest temperature ever measured (测量) on the planet Earth. The highest waterfall in the world is Angel Falls in Venezuela, which drops from an amazing height of 3,212 feet. The waterfall drops over the edge of Auyantepui in the Canaima National Park. The gravitational pull (万有引力) of the Earth can be escaped if someone moves at a speed of 6.95 miles per second. At such a speed, one could travel from New York to Philadelphia in just 20 seconds. If the entire water in the world’s oceans evaporated, the salt we got from these oceans could cover the entire planet with a 500-foot deep layer of salt. The deepest lake on Earth is Lake Baikal in Russia. Lake Baikal is the largest freshwater lake in the world, containing about 20% of the world’s unfrozen surface fresh water. The Andes in South America spreads over 4,525 miles. This is the longest mountain range (山脉) in the world.

Did you know that the biggest valley in the world is the Grand Valley in Mesa County, Colorado and Grand County, Utah? It is about 30 miles (48 km) long and 5 miles (8 km) wide, along the Colorado River. The amazing facts about the earth are too many to be told completely above.

1. The underlined word “evaporated” in Paragraph 2 most probably means“_____”. A. became salt gradually

B. became clear slowly

D. changed into gas or disappeared

C. changed into warmer water

2. Where is the longest mountain range in the world? A. In Russia. B. In Libya.

C. In South America. D. At the Oregon-Idaho border. 3.We can learn from this passage that _____. A. Lake Baikal is the biggest lake in the world

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B. the highest temperature ever measured was 136 ℃ C. the Angel Falls drops from a height of 3,212 meters

D. one end of the Grand Valley is in Colorado and the other in Utah

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This is an open letter to the three people who stole my handbag from the department store where I am employed as a shop assistant.

When you took my bag, I don't know what you thought you were going to get. With my wages, there's not much left on a Tuesday. I hope the ￡5 was useful to you . I have informed the social security office so you won't be able to cash the child benefit next week. I hope that won't leave you too short. But if you really need a couple of pounds, I suppose you could always cash one of the two checks left in my check book. Of course,I phoned the bank right away and the check-casing card is no longer valid, so it won’t be much use to you.

Actually I don't mind about the money too much. We single parents who work to support our families understand only too well what it means to be short of cash. However, I don’t suppose it went very far among the three of you. Sorry about that! I wish you had left the bag behind and just taken the wallet and check book. There were all kinds of papers in it, and notes and things that I really need. I really think that was very inconsiderate of you. I mean, how would you like something like that to happen to you?

Well, perhaps the bag will turn up. It wasn't even an expensive one, just a plain, old brown leather shoulder bag. You probably dumped it in the nearest rubbish bin or threw it into the bushes. We've looked around, of course, but no one saw which way you went after you left the shop.

I'm not really angry with you. I know how the pressures of modern living can affect us, but I am sad at the loss of my personal things. I feel violated and helpless. The police were very icy, and they just shruggedtheir shoulders. \the time,\they told me. Some small comfort, I suppose. But I've lost just a little more faith in human nature. And as my young son said when I told him what had happened, \4.In writing Paragraph 2, the writer wants to ． A. describe the contents of the bag in detail． B. give some suggestions to the three thieves C. tell the thieves hardly any money was available D. state the fact that she was careless with the money 5.Which of the following is the most valuable to the writer? A. The cash in her bag papers and notes in the bag

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B. The

C. The handbag itself check books in the bag

D. The

6.What can we conclude about the police? 舒中高一英语 第2页 (共8页) A. They have doubts about human nature B. They show sympathy for the woman

C. They think the case quite common find the thieves

7.Why does the author write the letter? A. To give the thieves a serious warning B. To complain about the fall of morality

C. To call people’s attention to their belongings D. To express her affection for her valuable bag

C

Parents and kids today dress alike, listen to the same music, and are friends. Is this a good thing? Sometimes, when Mr. Ballmer and his 16-year-old daughter, Elizabeth, listen to rock music together and talk about interests they both enjoy, such as pop culture, he remembers his more distant relationship with his parents when he was a teenager.

“I would never have said to my mom, ‘Hey, the new Weezer album is really great. How do you like it?’” says Ballmer. “There was just a complete gap in taste.” Music was not the only gulf. From clothing and hairstyles to activities and expectations, earlier generations of parents and children often appeared to move in separate orbits(轨道).

Today, the generation gap has not disappeared, but it is getting narrow in many families. And parent—child activities, from shopping to sports, involve a feeling of trust and friendship that can continue into adulthood.

But family experts warn that the new equality can also result in less respect for parents. “There’s still a lot of strictness and authority(权威) on the part of parents out there, but there is a change happening,” says Kerrie, a psychology professor at Lebanon Valley College. “In the middle of that change, there is a lot of confusion among parents.”

Family researchers offer a variety of reasons for these changing roles and attitudes. They see the 1960s as a turning point. Great cultural changes led to more open communication and a more democratic(民主的) process that encourages everyone to have a say.

“My parents were on the ‘before’ side of that change, but today’s parents, the 40-year-olds, were on the ‘after’ side,” explains Mr. Ballmer. “It’s not

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D. They are unable to

something easily achieved by parents these days, because life is more difficult to understand or deal with, but sharing interests does make it more fun to be a parent now.”

8. The underlined word “gulf” in Para.3 most probably means _________.

A. distance B.

interest C. similarity D. cooperation 9. The change in today’s parent-child relationship is _________.

A. more confusion among children.

B. less respect for parents from children. C. new equality between parents and children.

D. more strictness and authority on the part of parents.

10. By saying “today’s parents, the 40-year-olds, were on the ‘after’ side.”

the author means that today’s parents _________. A. can set a limit to the change. the change.

C. fail to take the change seriously. adjusting(适应)to the change.

11. The purpose of the passage is to _________.

A. describe the difficulties today’s parents have met with. B. discuss the development of the parent—child relationship. C. suggest the ways to handle the parent—child relationship. D. compare today’s parent—child relationship with that in the past.

D

LONDON: What could possibly be wrong with planting trees? The benefits are obvious; they firm the soil, soak up (摄取) extra water and take carbon dioxide (二氧化碳) our of the atmosphere.

However, it now turns out that planting trees could add to global warming. Tree roots do a great job of keeping soil firmly on the ground and out of the wind’s power. The problem is that some of those dust clouds play an important part in soaking up carbon dioxide.

Huge dust storms blow out over the oceans from dry parts of North Africa and central Asia. Tons of dust are lifted and left as a thin film over the ocean surface. The dust fuels oceanic life.

Dust from China is carried east and left in the Pacific Ocean. If a tree-planting program there is successful and the dust supply reduced, the net result may be that less carbon dioxide gets locked away in the ocean.

Andy Ridgwell, an environmental scientist from the University of East Anglia,

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B. follow the trend of

D. have little difficulty

has spent the past few years studying dust and says his work “shows clearly the complexity of the system and the importance of not tinkering(粗劣地修补) with it without understanding the results. For this reason the need is to focus(集中) on cutting carbon dioxide giving off rather than monkeying (瞎弄) about with the land surface.”

An American scientist, Robert Jackson, has shown that when native grassland areas are invaded(侵入) by trees, carbon is lost from the soil. “We are studying why the soil carbon disappears, but one theory is that trees do a lot more of their growing above ground compared to grasses, so less carbon goes directly into the soil from trees, ” says Jackson.

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In wet areas of the world, the gain from trees absorbing carbon dioxide above

ground seems to be outweighed(超过) by the loss of carbon from the soil below ground. Countries that plan to combatglobal warming by planting trees may have to think again.

Solutions to environmental problems are often more complex than they first appear, and understanding the Earth’s climate is a very great challenge. 12．People usually hold the opinion that . A．huge dust storms can destroy carbon dioxide

B．huge dust storms can destroy the oceans on the earth C．huge dust storms can’t do anything beneficial for man D．planting trees is the only way to control huge dust storms 13．Andy Ridgwell, the environmental scientist, believes that . A．dust plays a more important part than trees B．trees shouldn’t have been planted in dry places C．carbon dioxide is harmful to everything on the earth D．environmental problems are more complex than expected 14．Robert Jackson’s experiment proves that . A．grassland areas should be covered by forests B．trees hold more carbon than grasses C．carbon can turn grass into dust D．less carbon can make trees grow faster

15．The underlined word “combat” in the last paragraph means . A．learn about B．fight

against C．live with D．give up 第二节（共五小题，每小题2分，共10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。选项中有两项为多余选项。(共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分)

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