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1、高考资源网（） 您身边的高考专家 版权所有高考资源网- 1 -辽宁省实验中学分校辽宁省实验中学分校 2016201620172017 学年度上学期期末考试学年度上学期期末考试英语学科英语学科高一年级高一年级命题人：陈路路命题人：陈路路校对人：常雪飞校对人：常雪飞第第卷卷第一部分第一部分 听力（略）听力（略）第二部分第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分阅读理解（共两节，满分 4040 分）分）第一节(共 15 题；每小题 2 分，满分 30 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。A AIf you are like most peopl
2、e, your intelligence varies from season to season. You are probably sharper in the spring than you are at any other time of the year. A famous scientist, Ellsworth Huntington(1876-1974), concluded, from his work among peoples in different climates that climate and temperature have a definite effect
3、on our mental abilities.He found that cool weather is much more favorable for creative thinking than summer heat. This does not mean that all people are less intelligent in the summer than they are during the rest of the year. It does mean, however, that the mental abilities of large numbers of peop
4、le tend to be lowest in the summer.Spring appears to be the best period of the year for thinking. One reason may be that in spring mans mental abilities are affected by the same factors that bring about rapid growth of everything in nature.Fall is the next-best season, then winter. As for summer, it
5、 seems to be good time to take a long vacation from thinking.21. According to this passage, your intelligence probably_.A. stays the same throughout the yearB. varies from day to dayC. changes with the seasonsD. changes from year to year22. It seems that the cold of winter _.高考资源网（） 您身边的高考专家 版权所有高考资
6、源网- 2 -A. increases the ability to thinkB. is the best time for thinkingC. is better for thinking than the heat of summerD. decreases the ability to think23. The two best seasons for thinking seem to be _.A. spring and fallB. winter and summerC. summer and springD. fall and winterB BSamuel Osmond is
7、 a 19yearold law student from Cornwall, England. He never studied the piano. However, he can play very difficult musical pieces by musicians such as Chopin and Beethoven just a few minutes after he hears them. He learns a piece of music by listening to it in parts. Then he thinks about the notes in
8、his head. Two years ago, he played his first piece Moonlight Sonata (奏鸣曲)by Beethoven. He surprised everyone around him.Amazed that he remembered this long and difficult piece of music and played it perfectly, his teachers say Samuel is unbelievable. They say his ability is very rare, but Samuel doe
9、snt even realize that what he can do is special. Samuel wanted to become a lawyer as it was the wish of his parents, but music teachers told him he should study music instead. Now, he studies law and music.Samuel cant understand why everyone is so surprised. “I grew up with music. My mother played t
10、he piano and my father played the guitar. About two years ago, I suddenly decided to start playing the piano, without being able to read music and without having any lessons. It comes easily to meI hear the notes and can bear them in mindeach and every note.” says Samuel.Recently, Samuel performed a
11、 piece during a special event at his college. The piece had more than a thousand notes. The audience was impressed by his amazing performance. He is now learning a piece that is so difficult that many 高考资源网（） 您身边的高考专家 版权所有高考资源网- 3 -professional pianists cant play it. Samuel says confidently, “Its al
12、l about super memoryI guess I have that gift.”However, Samuels ability to remember things doesnt stop with music. His family says that even when he was a young boy, Samuel heard someone read a story, and then he could retell the story word for word.Samuel is still only a teenager. He doesnt know wha
13、t he wants to do in the future. For now, he is just happy to play beautiful music and continue his studies.24What is special about Samuel Osmond?AHe has a gift for writing music.BHe can write down the notes he hears.CHe is a top student at the law school.DHe can play the musical piece he hears.25Wha
14、t can we learn from Paragraph 2?ASamuel chose law against the wish of his parents.BSamuel planned to be a lawyer rather than a musician.CSamuel thinks of himself as a man of great musical ability.DSamuel studies law and music on the advice of his teachers.26Everyone around Samuel was surprised because he_.Areceived a good early education in musicBplayed the guitar and the piano perfectlyCcould play the piano without reading musicDcould play the guitar better than his father27Which of the follo
