洛阳市2017届高三上学期期中考试

英语

第二部分阅读理解(共两节，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（A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

HOLIDAY FUN AT THE POWERHOUSE

500 HARRIS STREET ULTIMO? TELEPHONE (02)9217 0111

Join in the holiday fan at the powerhouse this month linked to our new exhibition, Evolution & Revolution ： Chinese dress 1700s to now. DON’T FORGET our other special event，the Club Med Circus School which is part of the Circus (马戏团）！ 150 years of circus in Australia exhibition experience!

Chinese Folk Dancing ： Colorful Chinese dance and musical performances by The Chinese Folk Dancing School of Sydney. Dances include ： the Golden and the Chinese drum dance. A feature will be the Qin dynasty Emperor’s court dance. Also included is a show of face painting for Beijing opera performances.

Sunday 29 June and Wednesday 2 July in the Turbine Hali, at 11:30 am & 1:30 pm.

Australian Chinese Children’s Arts Theatre： Well-known children's play experts from Shanghai leads this dynamic youth group. Performances include Chinese fairy tales and plays.

Thursday 3 to Sunday 6 July in the Turbine Hall, at 11:30 am & 1:30 pm.

Chinese Youth League： A traditional performing arts group featuring performance highlights such as Red scarf and Spring flower dances, and a musician playing Er Hu.

Sunday 6 to Tuesday 8 July in the Turbine Hall, 11:30 am to 1:30 pm.

Kids Activity ： Make a Paper Horse： Young children make a paper horse cut-out. (The horse is a frequent theme in Chinese painting, including a kind of advancement. ) Suitable for ages 8-12 years.

Sunday 28 June to Tuesday 8 July in the Turbine Hall, 12:30 pm to 1:00 pm.

Club Med Circus School ： Leam circus skills, including the trapeze, trampolining and magic. Note only for children over 5. There are 40 places available in each 1 hour session and these must be booked at the front desk, level4, on the day.

Tuesday 1 to Saturday 5 July at 11： 30am & 1:00pm.

Enjoy unlimited free visits and many other benefits by becoming a Family member of the Powerhouse. Our family members cover two adults and all children under the age of 16 years at the one address.

Members receive Powerline, our monthly magazine, discounts in the shops and restaurants, as well as free admission to the Museum. All this for as little as $50.00 a year! Call (02)9217 0600 for more details.

21.When can you watch the Chinese drum dance?

A.On July 2. B. On July 3. C. On July 6. D.On July 8.

22.From which activity can you leam the magic tricks?

A.Kids Activity. B.Chinese Youth League.

C.Club Med Circus School. D. Children’s Arts Theatre.

23.What is required if you want to enjoy free visits to the Museum?

A.Calling (02)9217 0600. B.Gaining family membership.

C.Coming for the holiday fun. D.Paying Powerline $ 50.00 a year.

24.What is the main purpose of the text?

A.To attract visitors. B.To present schedules.

D.To teach kids Chinese arts C.To report performances.

B

Some people think that success is only for those with talent or those who grow up in the right family and others believe that success mostly comes down to luck. Fm not going to say luck, talent, and circumstances don't come into play because they do. Some people are born into the right family while others are born with great intelligence, and that's just the reality of how life is.

However, to succeed in life, one first needs to set a goal and then gradually make it more practical. And, in addition to that, in order to get really good at something, one needs to spend at least 10,000 hours studying and practicing. To become great at certain things, it'll require even more time, time that most people won't put in.

This is a big reason why many successful people advise you to do something you love. If you don't enjoy what you do, it is going to feel like unbearable pain and will likely make you quit well before you ever become good at it.

When you see people exhibiting some great skills or having achieved great success, you know that they have put in a huge .part of their life to get there at a huge cost. It's sometimes easy to think they got lucky or they were born with some rare talent, but thinking that way does you no good, and there’s a huge chance that you're wrong anyway.

Whatever you do, if you want to become great at it, you need to work day in and day out, almost to the point of addiction, and over a long period of time. If you're hot willing to put in the time and work, don't expect to receive any rewards. Consistent， hard work won't guarantee you the level of success you may want, but it will guarantee that you will become really good at whatever it is you put all that work into.

25. What can mainly be learned from Paragraph 1?

A. The importance of success. B. The meaning of success.

C. The standards of success. D. The reasons for success.

26. What does the underlined word “that” refer to in Paragraph 2?

A. Succeeding in life. B. Putting in more time.

C. Setting a practical goal. D. Being good at something.

27. Why do successful people suggest doing what one loves?

A. It takes a lot of time to succeed.

B. One gives up his work easily.

C. One tends to enjoy his work.

D.Work makes one feel pain.

28. What is the main theme of the passage?

A. Having a goal is vital to success.

B. One cannot succeed without time and practice.

C. Being good is different from being great.

D. Luck, talent and family help to achieve success.

C

Environmental health is defined hs the control of the factors (因素）in the environment social well-being (安乐）.that may have harmful effects on people's physical, mental, or Because natural disasters expose people to danger by bringing up or threatening their immediate environment , effective management of environmental health after a natural disaster is of great importance.

The environmental health measures that must be considered after a natural disaster include the supply of appropriate shelter for individuals or groups of people left homeless, the distribution (分配）of safe and accessible water, and the protection and distribution of safe food products and so on.

To effectively manage environmental health during and after a disaster, it is important that a state of preparation is in effect before the event actually occurs. During an emergency, success largely depends on making good, rapid judgment and appropriate response measures. High-level decision makers, therefore, must be familiar with sound measures beforehand and should be given an accurate judgment of the disaster's specific effects as quickly as possible.

This book is intended to serve as a guide for those who may be called upon to make emergency decisions after disaster strikes. The recommended environmental health measures have been listed in the order of priority in which they should be taken during an emergency. However, each natural disaster is unique in the degree or type of emergency. In response to any given disaster, decision makers may find it necessary to change the priority assigned to any particular measure.

29. Why is it significant to take effective measures after a natural disaster?

A.Victims may be in danger without immediate controls.

B.Victims may be at the risk of losing their properties.

C.Victims may be exposed to poisonous or radioactive minerals.

D.Victims may be threatened by environmental health problems.

30.What is the main idea of Paragraph 3?

A. Good preparations beforehand are vital,

B. Rapid judgment is quite beneficial.

C. Effective measures sound familiar.

D. Slow responses sound ineffective.

31. Whom is the book mainly written for?

A. A researcher quite into environment health.

B. An organizer to handle domestic disastrous situations.

C. A possible decision-maker to handle a disaster emergency.

D. A holidaymaker fond of the topic of effective management.

32. Which of the following can replace the underlined word “priority” in Paragraph 4?

A.Perfection. B. Preference. C. Possibility. D. Popularity-

D

If you're trying to lose weight, stress makes changes to your brain chemistry in ways that make it hard to make healthful food choices and maintain self-control, a new study finds.

Study volunteers who tolerated a somewhat stressful experience were 24 percent more likely to choose unhealthflul snacks afterward compared with volunteers who hadn't experienced stress.

And researchers think they know why brain scans showed that the stressed people had changed neurological (神经系统的）connectivity between regions of the brain that process tastiness y make value judgments and plan for long-term goals.

“Being able to regulate and control your decision-making involves this complex interplay between different areas of your brain, ” said Todd Hare，the senior author of the study published in the journal Neuron. “There's not just one region or node (of the brain) that turns on and off to establish self-control； they have to all work in unison together. Stress disrupts that synchrony (同步）.”

Researchers found that stress changes the way different parts of the brain communicate with one another. A simple way to think of it is like “phone line connections between the brain regions，” Hare said. “You could have a better or worse signal coming across that connection. ”

The hormone cortisol (皮质醇）dialed up the activity from the part of the brain that processes tastiness, and strengthened connections between that area and the part of the brain that manages value judgments and decision-making. “ So you have a region shouting about taste, and it’s coming through loud and clear. Hare said.

In addition，the more stress participants felt，the weaker the connections between the part of the brain that deals with long-term planning and the part that manages value judgments and decision-making. This meant their long-term goal of improving their diet was less of a factor in decision about what to eat.

33. What may be the bes