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1、20142015 学年高二上学期第一次月考学年高二上学期第一次月考一一 阅读阅读AI recently heard a story about a famous research scientist who had made several very important medical achievements. A newspaper reporter interviewed him why he was able to be so much more creative than the average person. What set him so far apart from other
2、s? He responded that it all came from an experience with his mother that occurred when he was about two years old. He had been trying to remove a bottle of milk from the refrigerator when he dropped the slippery bottle, spilling its contents all over the kitchen floora real sea of milk!When his moth
3、er came into the kitchen，instead of shouting at him, giving him a lecture or punishing him, she said, “Robert, what a great and wonderful mess you have made! I have rarely seen such a huge pool of milk. Well, the damage has already been done. Would you like to get down and play in the milk for a few
4、 minutes before we clean it up？”Indeed, the boy did. After a few minutes, his mother said, “You know, Robert, whenever you make a mess like this, eventually you have to clean it up and restore everything to its proper order. How would you like to do that? We could use a sponge(海绵)，a towel or a mop.
5、Which do you prefer？” He chose the sponge and together they cleaned up the spilled milk.His mother then said， “You know，what we have here is a failed experiment in how to effectively carry a big milk bottle with two tiny hands. Lets go out in the back yard and fill the bottle with water and see if y
6、ou can find a way to carry it without dropping it. ”The little boy learned that if he grasped the bottle at the top near the lip with both hands, he could make it. What a wonderful lesson!This famous scientist then said that it was at that moment that he knew he didnt need to be afraid to make mista
7、kes.1When the mother found the kitchen floor covered with milk, she _.A. gave the boy a lecture instead of shouting at himB. praised the boy instead of punishing himC. felt satisfied with the boys trying to help himselfD. calmed down the boy and helped him find a way to clean the floor2The childs ex
8、perience resulted in the following BUT _.A. offering the boy a chance to grasp the bottleB. benefiting the boy all his lifeC. helping the boy be more creativeD. making the boy realize the mistake is of value3According to the passage, the way the scientists mother used is _.A. instructive B. strictC.
9、 formal D. strange4The purpose of the passage is to show _.A. a usual way to cultivate a childB. a scientists medical achievementsC. a mothers wise way of helping her childD. the advantages of making mistakesBA few months before I was born, my Dad met a stranger who was new to our small town. From t
10、he beginning, Dad was fascinated with this enchanting newcomer and soon invited him to live with our family. The stranger was quickly accepted and was around to welcome me into the world a few months later.As I grew up, I never questioned his place in my family. In my young mind, he had a special po
11、sition. My parents were complementary instructors：Mom taught me the words, and Dad taught me to obey them. But the stranger. He was our storyteller. He would keep us spellbound for hours on end with adventures, mysteries and comedies.If I wanted to know anything about politics，history or science，he
12、always knew the answers about the past, understood the present and even seemed able to predict the future! He made me laugh, and he made me cry. The stranger never stopped talking, but Dad didnt seem to mind.I now know that my early concepts about relationship were influenced strongly by the strange
13、r. Time after time, he opposed the values of my parents, yet he was seldom blamed.and NEVER asked to leave.More than fifty years have passed since the stranger moved in with our family. He has blended right in and is not nearly as fascinating as he was at first. Still, if you were to walk into my pa
14、rents room today, you would still find him sitting over in his corner, waiting for someone to listen to him talk and watch him draw his pictures. His name?We just call him.“TV”He has a younger sister now. We call her “Computer”5When the stranger came to live with our family, he was _.A. ingnored by
15、the children B. driven away for no reasonC. abandoned because it was too noisy D. accepted by every family member6The stranger can do all the following things EXCEPT that he can _.A. tell us some funny stories B. reject our proposalsC. influence the childrens character D. predict the future7The unde
16、rlined word“spellbound” in Paragraph 2 most probably means _.A. concentrated B. puzzled C. fascinated D. astonished8What can we learn from the last three paragraphs of the passage?A. The computer is more advanced and has gained greater popularity.B. Old as he is，we like the stranger best.C. The TV set is out of fashion and often breaks down.D. We decide to throw
