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1、2015-2016 学年清徐中学第二学期高一期末考试英语试卷第I卷（选择题）第一部分听力（略）第二部分阅读理解(共两节，满分60分)第一节(共15小题；每小题3分，满分45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。ADo you think you are smart? If you are not sure, You Are Smarter Than You Think by an American teacher Thomas Armstrong will tell you: you are smart in some way. To
2、show this, Thomas tells the story of his life. When he was little, he did badly at school and was sent down a year. But later on, he found he was good at writing. He worked hard and became a writer and teacher. Being smart does not just mean being good at school tests. There are many other ways to b
3、e smart. Thomas Armstrong says there are different types of intelligence: music, sports, space, getting on with people, being able to understand yourself, and being good at natural history. Every child has any one of these intelligences. The point is how to find them and make use of them. Each child
4、 comes into the world with some talent(天赋). If the child is helped, he can do better in our world. Parents and teachers must help the child to keep those gifts. Thomas says a good way to build these intelligences at home or school is story-telling. If you want to be friendly with other people, you c
5、an prepare a story and put on a play before other people. It is the same with musical intelligence, since you can make the lyrics (歌词) of a song! If you want to know more about ways to be smart, write to You Are Smarter Than You Think at . 21. Thomas Armstrong thinks that _. A. hes much smarter than
6、 anyone else B. people who are smart are hard-workingC. smart children are good at school tests D. everyone can be smart in some way22. As a young boy, Thomas Armstrong _. A. knew about types of intelligence B. was rather poor at school tests C. wished to be a writer and teacher D. got on well with
7、other people 23. The text is most probably _. A. a web advertisement B. a science report C. a book introduction D. a touching story 24. What can be the best title for the text? A. Practice makes perfect B. No pains, no gains C. You can all be clever kids D. One is not too old to learn B Fashion refe
8、rs to the styles of dress that are currently popular. Fashion goes beyond just clothes, though. Its important for some people to wear only the latest fashions and styles. For others, though, keeping up with trends (潮流) isnt that important. The one thing that stays the same with fashion is this: it a
9、lways changes! In the 1960s and 1970s, hippies(嬉皮士) made bell-bottomed blue jeans popular. In the 1980s, Michael Jackson made parachute pants all the fashion. Now try to find these items in todays clothing stores! Why do fashions change? The answer is probably as simple as the fact that people chang
10、e. Over time, the new replaces the old. People are influenced greatly by popular culture, including athletes, musicians, movie stars, as well as popular films, televisions shows, books and music. We are also influenced by the fashion industrys advertising. The stars of popular culture are always sea
11、rching for a new angle to maintain (保持) their popularity. Often these new angles come in the form of new clothing or hairstyles. When people see these new styles, they often want to imitate their favorite stars. To do so, they seek out the latest fashions to make themselves look like the people they
12、 want to imitate. In this way, fashions evolve and change over time. For years, clothes have been used to separate people into groups. Even today, brand-name clothing that is more expensive than other types of clothing can be used by some people to distinguish themselves from others. Unfortunately,
13、this can often have the effect of distancing certain groups from others. Dont forget that its always OK to develop your own sense of style that is unique and separate from what the fashion world determines! Stay true to yourself and let your personality not your clothes speak for who you are.25 The
14、examples of bell-bottomed blue jeans and parachute pants in Paragraph 3 are used to show that _.A. people often have different dressing stylesB. trends of fashion are changing all the timeC. people are always affected greatly by the starsD. hippies and Michael Jackson are good designers26Fashion cha
15、nge mainly because _.A. new films and shows replace the old B. movie stars are changing over timeC. popular culture influences peopleD. advertisements change rapidly27 We can learn from the text that _.A. clothes may separate and distance peopleB. people like imitating others dressing styleC. the author has clearly gone out of fashionD. fashion is all about clothes people wear28 In the last paragraph, the author mainly wants to stress _.A. the advantages of staying unique and separateB. the bad effects of following fashions and stylesC. the good benefits of popular styles to peopleD. th
