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1、“讲忠诚、严纪律、立政德”三者相互贯通、相互联系。忠诚是共产党人的底色，纪律是不能触碰的底线，政德是必须修炼的素养。永葆底色、不碰底线20162017学年度下学期期中考试高二英语试题第一部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节：（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。AOlympic gold medalist Morolake Akinosun walked through the halls of her high school in Illinois in the US, surprised at how little ha
2、d changed at her old high school other than the green color on the walls.Akinosun won her medal with the 400-meter relay team at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro this summer. Her return to her high school recently included a chance for the young woman to tell what shes learned since running track
3、 for Wsubonsie more than fours year ago.Her first piece of advice to the crowd of students was asking them to listen to their parents. “ They see things you cant see,” she said. “ In high school I thought I was on the top of the world.”In Akinosuns case, her parents encouraged her to consider going
4、to the University of Illinois, which at the time had a team that was coached by Olympic medal winner Tonja Buford-Bailey. “ I wouldnt be where I am today without my parents,” she said.Her parents saw Buford-Bailey as a good fit to coach their daughter, something Akinosun said she didnt understand at
5、 the time. It didnt take long, however, for her to see they were right and she ended up following Buford-Bailey to the University of Texas at Austin when the coach took a job there. Akinosun admitted it was three years before she told her parents they were right.Becoming an excellent athlete who can
6、 take part in the Olympics needs serious dedication. She says her success came from viewing herself as an athlete-student instead of a student-athlete.“I always put track and field first, and then comes school,” Akinosun said. A social life comes last.“Its about sacrifices(牺牲). You cant be on the tr
7、ack team unless youre chosen,” she added.Making athletics the most important thing in her life meant devoting her time and energy fully, no matter how she might feel on a given day. “ I never missed a training session (环节) in my four years in college,” she said. “Its my job; its what I do. Think abo
8、ut that when you want to sleep in.”1. Which of the following statements is TRUE about Akinosun according to the article? A. She was a big fan of Buford-Bailey in high school. B. She make up her mind to win Olympic gold medals in high school. C. She still doesnt want to admit that her parents helped
9、her a lot. D. She is thankful to her parents for finding her the right coach.2. According to Akinosun, she became a successful athlete because _. A. she had great confidence in herself. B. she always put training before anything else. C. she was pushed by her coach to train hard. D. she could keep a
10、 good balance between school and training.3. The underlined word “dedication” in Paragraph 6 is closest in meaning to _. A. a strong desire B. knowing oneself C. a clear purpose D. devoting her time and energy fully4. Whats the best title of the passage? A. How Akinosun spent her high school years.
11、B. The story of Akinosuns success. C. Being an athlete is not easy. D. Akinosuns advice to her schoolmates.B Researchers at the University of Kansas say that people can accurately judge 90 percent of a strangers personality simply by looking at the persons shoes.“Shoes convey useful information abou
12、t their wearers，”the authors wrote in the new study published in the Journal of Research in Personality.Lead researcher Omri Gillath said the judgments were based on the style，cost，color and condition of someones shoes. In the study，63 University of Kansas researchers looked at pictures showing 208
13、different pairs of shoes worn by the studys participants. Volunteers in the study were photographed in their most commonly worn shoes，and then filled out a personality questionnaire.Some of the results were expected：People with higher incomes most commonly wore expensive shoes，and flashier shoes wer
14、e typically worn by outgoing people. However，some of the more specific results are strange enough. For example，“practical and functional”shoes were generally worn by more“pleasant”people，while ankle boots were more linked with“aggressive”personalities. The strangest of all may be that those who wore
15、“uncomfortable looking” shoes tend to have “calm” personalities. And if you have several pairs of new shoes or take extreme care of them，you may suffer from“attachment anxiety”，spending lots of time worrying about what other people think of your appearance. There was even a political calculation in
16、the mix with more liberal(主张变革的)types wearing“shabbier and less expensive” shoes.The researchers noted that some people will choose shoe styles to mask their actual personalities，but researchers noted that volunteers were also likely to be unaware that their footwear choices were showing the deep side of their personalities.5. What does this text mainly tell us?
