内蒙古乌兰察布2016_2017学年高二英语下学期期末考试试题2017071403140.doc
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1、内蒙古乌兰察布2016-2017学年高二英语下学期期末考试试题注意事项:1答卷前,考生务必将自己的姓名、考号填写在答题卡上。2. 将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效。3. 考试结束后,将答题卡交回。第I卷(选择题,共70分)第一部分 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,从每小题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。ADoes Fame Drive You Crazy? Although being famous might sound like a dream come true,todays stars,feeling l
2、ike zoo animals,face pressures that few of us can imagineThey are at the center of much of the worlds attentionPaparazzi (狗仔队) camp outside their homes,cameras readyTabloids(小报) publish thrilling stories about their personal livesJust imagine not being able to do anything without being photographed
3、or interrupted for a signature! According to psychologist Christina Villarreal,celebrities-famous people-worry constantly about their public appearanceEventually,they start to lose track of who they really are,seeing themselves the way their fans imagine them,not as the people they were before every
4、one knew their namesOver time,Villarreal says,they feel separated and alone The phenomenon of tracking celebrities has been around for agesIn the 4th century BC,painters followed Alexander the Great into battle,hoping to picture his victories for his admirersWhen Charles Dickens visited America in t
5、he 19th century,his sold-out readings attracted thousands of fans,leading him to complain about his lack of privacyTabloids of the 1920s and 1930s ran articles about film-stars in much the same way that modern tabloids and websites do Being a public figure today,however,is a lot more difficult than
6、it used to beSuperstars cannot move about without worrying about photographers with modern camerasWhen they say something silly or do something ridiculous,there is always the Internet to spread the news in minutes and keep theirstoryalive forever If fame is so troublesome,why arent all celebrities r
7、unning away from it?The answer is there are still ways to deal with itSome stars stay calm by surrounding themselves with trusted friends and family or by escaping to remote places away from big citiesThey focus not on how famous they are but on what they love to do or whatever made them famous in t
8、he first place Sometimes a few celebrities can get a little justiceStill,even stars who enjoy full justice often complain about how hard their lives areThey are tired of being famous already 1.It can be learned from the passage that stars today _ A.are often misunderstood by the public B.can no long
9、er have their privacy protected C.spend too much on their public appearance D.care little about how they have come into fame 2.What is the main idea of Paragraph 3? _ A.Great heroes of the past were generally admired B.The problem faced by celebrities has a long history C.Well-known actors are usual
10、ly targets of tabloids D.Works of popular writers often have a lot of readers 3.What makes it much harder to be a celebrity today? _ A. Availability of modern media B.Inadequate social recognition C.Lack of favorable chances D.Huge population of fans 4.What is the authors attitude toward modern cele
11、brity? _ A. Disappointed B.Sceptical C.Disapproving D.SympatheticBJust what is a tiger mother?Amy Chua is a law professor at Americas Yale University and her recent book on the subject is making wavesShes been calleddangerous,outrageous,even amonsterfor her descriptions of how she brought up her two
12、 daughters Her book Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother describes fighting with a daughter for hours at the piano to ensure the child gets a piece of music rightShe rejected birthday cards made for her by her girls because she didnt think they had made enough effortsShe compared one child negatively wit
13、h the other,threatening to burn their toysHer rules include:schoolwork always comes first; an A-minus is a bad grade; children must be two years ahead of their classmates in math,and playing the violin or the piano is a must MsChua considers the Chinese hard work ethic as a way of creating happy,suc
14、cessful children-at least in her caseAlthough shes had a large amount of flak for her theories,one thing cant be ignored-the success of Chinese children in the education system In Britain,shocking research shows that Chinese girls,for example,are outperforming all other foreign groups at GCSE-79 per
15、cent getting 5AC Grades,compared with 58 percent of white British girlsSo what is it about Chinese parenting thats leading to high achievers?And how do Amy Chuas theories play into that success? She told me that if her daughter came back from school with 96/100 in a test,Chua would ask her what happ
16、ened to the other4pointsIts about always knowingyou can do better,she told me Interestingly,in China,the birthplace of the tiger mother,people are moving away from traditional Chinese parentingThey are following more western parenting styles 5.After reading Amy Chuas recent book,the public _ A.feel
17、very sorry for their own children B.consider her a very successful mother C.realize their methods of bringing up children are wrong D.dont think highly of her methods of bringing up her children 6.What can we learn about Amy Chua according to Paragraph 2? _ A.She is very strict with her children B.S
18、he doesnt think her children are clever C.She is very interested in playing the piano D.She knows playing is important to children 7.Paragraph 4 shows that _ A.Chinese parents dont think grades are very important B.Chinese children are cleverer than British children C.Chinese parents are proud of th
19、eir children D.Chinese children do well in their study 8.The underlined word flak in the third paragraph probably means _ A.attention B.criticism C.curiosity D.contributionCTeaching materials for learning Chinese are provided hereThere are sites where you may find interesting instructions suitable f
20、or youHere are some sites to begin your surfingYou may start with these pages from this website-just to get a little taste of it without working too hard A Is For Love Flash cards for learning a few Chinese words Listening to the sound of Chinese Play a few words of Chinese on your computer A few Ch
21、inese words Each word is enlarged for easy study If you are studying Chinese,these tools can help Zhongwen site More than a dictionary! Clavis Sinica Excellent program by Professor David PorterIt displays a whole document in ChineseGBorBIG5,and gives individual words definition,pronunciation as well
22、 as much more information when you click on that wordIf you are studying Chinese,this is a very useful tool Chinese Character Visual Dictionary If you like to know more,go to the following sites on the Internet The Chinese Outpost Pronunciation,Character and Grammar By Mark Andrew BakerThe bestA mus
23、t-visit site Learn Cantonese/Mandarin Online Internet Based Chinese Teaching and Learning Rainland Kids discover Chinese-Site is in Germany If you want to have a better understanding of China,go to this one Wanfang Data As an affiliate of Chinese Ministry of Science & Technology,Wanfang Data has bee
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