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1、- 1 -辽宁省大连渤海高级中学 2019 届高三英语上学期期中试题第二部分 阅读理解(共 20 小题;每题 2 分,共 40 分)第一节:阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中,选出最佳选项。AAre you looking for some new and exciting places to take your kids to? Try some of these places:A Visit art museums. They offer a variety of activities to excite your kids interest. Many o
2、ffer workshops for making land-made pieces, traveling exhibits, book signings by childrens favorite writer, and even musical performances and other arts.B Head to a natural history museum. This is wh ere kids can discover the past from dinosaur(恐龙) models to rock collections and pictures of stars in
3、 the sky. Also, ask what kind of workshops and educational programs are prepared for kids and any special events that are coming up.C Go to a Youtheater. Look for one in your area offering plays for child and family visitors. Pre-show play shops are conducted by area artists and educators where kids
4、 can discover the secret about performing arts. Puppet(木偶)making and stage make-up are just a couple of the special offerings you might find.D Try hands-on science. Visit one of the many hands-on science museums around the country. These science play-lands are great fun for kids and grown-ups alike.
5、 Theyll keep your child mentally and physically active the whole day through while pushing buttons, experimenting, and building. When everyone is tired, enjoy a fun family science show, commonly found in these museums.21. If a child is interested in the universe, he probably will visit A. a Youtheat
6、er B. an art museumC. a natural history museum D. a hands-on science museum22. What can kids do at a Youtheater?- 2 -A. Look at rock collections. B. See dinosaur models.C. Watch puppet making. D. Give performances.23. What does “hands-on science“ mean in the last paragraph?A. Science games designed
7、by kids. B. Learning science by doing things.C. A show of kids science work. D. Reading science books.24. Where does this text probably come from?A. A science textbook. B. A tourist map.C. A museum guide. D. A news report.BOpen Letter to an EditorI had an interesting conversation with a reporter rec
8、ently one who works for you. In fact, hes one of your best reporters. He wants to leave.Your reporter gave me a copy of his resume (简历)and photocopies of six stories that he wrote for you. The headlines showed you played them proudly. With great enthusiasm, he talked about how he finds issues (问题),
9、approaches them, and writes about them, which tells me he is one of your best. Im sure you would hate to lose him. Surprisingly, your reporter is not unhappy. In fact, he told me he really likes his job. He has a great assignment (分工), and said you run a great paper. It would be easy for you to keep
10、 him, he said. He knows that the paper values him. He appreciates the responsibility youve given him, takes ownership of his profession, and enjoys his freedom. So why is he looking for a way out? He talked to me because he wants his editors to demand so much more of him. He wants to be pushed, chal
11、lenged, coached to new heights. The reporter believes that good stories spring from good questions, but his editors usually ask how long the story will be, when it will be in, where it can play, and what the budget is. He longs for conversations with an editor who will help him turn his good ideas i
12、nto great ones. He wants someone to get excited about what hes doing - 3 -and to help him turn his story idea upside down and inside out, exploring the best ways to report it. He wants to be more valuable for your paper. Thats what you want for him, too, isnt it? So your reporter has set me thinking
13、. Our best hope in keeping our best reporters, copy editors, photographers, artists- everyone- is to work harder to make sure they get the help they are demanding to reach their potential. If we cant do it, theyll find someone who can. 25. What does the writer think of the reporter? A. Optimistic. B
14、. Imaginative. C. Ambitious. D. Proud.26. What does the reporter want most from his editors in their talks? A. Finding the news value of his stories.B. Giving him financial support.C. Helping him to find issues.D. Improving his good ideas.27. Who probably wrote the letter? A. An editor. B. An artist
15、. C. A rep orter. D. A reader.28. The letter aims to remind editors that they should _. A. keep their best reporters at all costsB. give more freedom to their reportersC. be aware of their reporters professional developmentD. appreciate their reporters working styles and attitudesCPacing and Pausing
16、Sara tried to befriend her old friend Steves new wife, but Betty never seemed to have anything to say. While Sara felt Betty didnt hold up her end of the conversation, Betty complained to Steve that Sara never gave her a chance to talk. The problem had to do with expectations about pa cing and pausi
17、ng. Conversation is a turn-taking game. When our habits are similar, theres no problem. But if our habits are different, you may start to talk before Im - 4 -finished or fail to take your turn when Im finished. Thats what was happening with Betty and Sara. It may not be coincidental (巧合)that Betty,
18、who expected relatively longer pauses between turns, is British, and Sara, who expected relatively shorter pauses, is American. Betty often felt interrupted by Sara. But Betty herself became an interrupter and found herself doing most of the talking when she met a visitor from Finland. And Sara had
19、a hard time cutting in on some speakers from Latin America or Israel. The general phenomenon, then, is that the small conversation technique s, like pacing and pausing, lead people to draw conclusions not about conversational style but about personality and abilities. These habitual differences are
20、often th e basis for dangerous stereotyping (思维定式). And these social phenomena can have very personal consequences. For example, a woman from the southwestern part of the US went to live in an eastern city to take up a job in personnel. When the Personnel Department got together for meetings, she ke
21、pt searching for the right time to break in and never found it. Although back home she was considered outgoing and confident, in Washington she was viewed as shy and retiring. When she was evaluated at the end of the year, she was told to take a training course because of her inability to speak up.
22、Thats why slight differences in conversational style-tiny little things like microseconds of pause can have a great effect on ones life. The result in this case was a judgment of psychological problems even in the mind of the woman he rself, who really wondered what was wrong with her and registered
23、 for assertiveness training. 29. What did Sara think of Betty when talking with her? A. Betty was talkat ive.B. Betty was an interrupter.C. Betty did not take her turn.D. Betty paid no attention to Sara.30. According to the pa ssage, who are likely to expect the shortest pauses - 5 -between turns? A
24、. Americans. B. Israelis. C. The British. D. The Finns.31. We can learn from the passage that _. A. communication breakdown results from short pauses and fast pa cingB. women are unfavorably stereotyped in eastern cities of the USC. ones inability to speak up is culturally determined sometimesD. one
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