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1、1河北省石家庄市行唐县第三中学河北省石家庄市行唐县第三中学 2016-20172016-2017 学年第二学期学年第二学期 4 4 月份考月份考试试高二英语高二英语第一节（共第一节（共 1515 小题；每小题小题；每小题 2 2 分，满分分，满分 3030 分分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中（A、B、C、D） ，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡 上将该项涂黑.A A few years ago, Paul Gerner began to gather a group of architects in Las Vegas to ask them what it would take to de
2、sign a public school that used 50 percent less energy, cost much less to build and obviously improved student learning. “I think half of them fell off their chairs,” Gerner says. Gerner manages school facilities (设施)for Clark County, Nevada, a district roughly the size of Massachusetts. By 2018, 143
3、,000 additional students will enter the already crowded public-education system. Gerner needs 73 new schools to house them. Four architecture teams have nearly finished designing primary school prototypes (样品); they plan to construct their schools starting in 2009. The district will then assess how
4、well the schools perform, and three winners will copy those designs in 50 to 70 new buildings. Green schools are appearing all over , but in Clark County, which stands out for its vastness, such aggressive targets are difficult because design requirements like more natural light for students go agai
5、nst the realities of a desert climate. “One of the biggest challenges is getting the right site orientation(朝向),” Mark. McGinty, a director at SH Architecture, says. His firm recently completed a high school in Las Vegas. “You have the same building, same set of windows, but if its orientation is in
6、correct and it faces the sun, it will be really expensive to cool.” Surprisingly, the man responsible for one of re most progressive green- design competitions has doubts about ideas of eco-friendly buildings. “I dont believe in the new green religion,” Gerner says. “Some of the building technologie
7、s that you get are impractical. Im interested in those that work.” But he wouldnt mind if some green features inspire students. He says he hopes to set up green energy systems that allow them to learn about the process of harvesting wind and solar power. “You never know whats going to start the inte
8、rest of a child to study math and science,” he says. 1. How did the architects react to Gerners design requirements? A. They lost balance in excitement. B. they showed strong disbelief. C. they expressed little interest. D. they burst into cheers. 2. Which order of steps is followed in carrying out
9、the project? A. AssessmentPrototypeDesignConstruction. B. AssessmentDesignPrototypeConstruction.2C. DesignAssessmentPrototypeConstruction. D. DesignPrototypeAssessmentConstruction.3. What makes it difficult to build green schools in Clark County? A. The large size. B. Limited facilities. C. The dese
10、rt climate. D. Poor natural resources. 4. What dose Gerner think of the ideas of green schools? A. They are questionable. B. They are out of date. C. They are advanced. D. They are practical.BEveryone knows that the French are romantic, the Italians are fashionable and the Germans are serious. Or do
11、 they? Are these just stereotypes or is there really such a thing as national character? And if there is, can it affect how a nation succeed or fail?At least one group of people is certain that it can. A recent survey of the top 500 entrepreneurs (实业家) in the UK found that 70 percent felt that their
12、 efforts were not appreciated by the British public.Britain is hostile to success, they said. It has a culture of jealousy (嫉妒) . As a result, the survey said, entrepreneurs were “unloved, unwanted and misunderstood”. Jealousy is sometimes known as the “green-eyed monster” and the UK is its home. Sc
13、ientists at Warwich University in the UK recently tested this idea. They gathered a group of people together and gave each an imaginary amount of money. Some were given a little, others a great deal. Those given a little money were given the chance to destroy the large amounts of money given to othe
14、rsbut at the cost of losing their own. Two thirds of the people tested agreed to do this.This seems to prove the entrepreneurs were right to complain. But there is also conflicting evidence. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) recently reported that the UK was now the wo
15、rlds fourth largest economy .That is not bad for people who are supposed to hate success. People in the UK also work longer hours than anyone else in Europe. So the British people are not lazy, either.“Its not really success that the British dislike,” says Carey Cooper, a Professor of management at
16、the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology. “Its people using their success in a way that seems arrogant (傲慢) or unfair or which separates them from their roots .”Perhaps it is the entrepreneurs who are the problem. They set out to do things in their way. They work long hours. By their own efforts they become millionaires. But instead
