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1、一年来,虽然作了一些工作,但与上级要求和职工期望还有较大差距,现根据民主生活会的要求,结合本次民主生活批评与自我批评这一主题河南省登封市2017-2018学年高二英语上学期第一次阶段检测试题一、阅读理解（每空2分，共30 分）A Chocolate is good for your heart, skin and brain. Usually, people think that chocolate is bad for their health. They describe chocolate as “something to die for” or say “death by chocol
2、ate”. Now they should bite their tongues! Evidence is showing that some kinds of chocolate are actually good for you in the following ways:A happier heart Scientists at Harvard University recently examined 136 studies on cocoa the main ingredient in chocolate and found that it does seem to strengthe
3、n the heart. Studies have shown heart benefits from increased blood flow. These benefits are the result of cocoas chemicals, which seem to prevent both cell damage and inflammation(炎症)。Better blood pressure If yours is high, chocolate may help. Jeffrey Blumberg from Tufts University recently found t
4、hat people with high blood pressure who ate 3.5 ounces of dark chocolate per day for two weeks saw their blood pressure drop quickly.Muscle magic Chocolate milk may help you recover after a hard workout(锻炼). In a small study at Indiana University, people who drank chocolate milk between workouts did
5、 better on a tiredness test than those who had some sports drinks.Better for your skin German researchers gave 24 women a half-cup of special cocoa every day. After three months, the womens skin was moister and smoother. The research shows that chocolate helps protect and increase blood flow to the
6、skin, improving its appearance.Brain gains It sounds almost too good to be true, but research suggests that chocolate may improve your memory, attention span, reaction time, and problem-solving skills by increasing blood flow to the brain.21.Whats the meaning of “bite their tongues” in the first par
7、agraph?A. Stop talking. B. Speak up. C. Think of it. D. Listen to it.22.Whats the meaning of the underlined sentence in the fourth paragraph?A. Sports drinks are better than chocolate milk.B. sports drinks can make people easy to be tired.C. Drinking milk can keep you energetic at work.D. we should
8、drink chocolate milk between times when we work hard.23.Whats the best title for this passage?A. Chocolate, a Healthy Food B. More Chocolate, Less HealthC. Chocolate and Blood Pressure D. Advice on Eating ChocolateB Short and shy, Ben Saunders was the last kid in his class picked for any sports team
9、. Football, tennis, Cricketanything with a round ball, I was useless. he says now with a laugh. But back then he was the object of jokes in school gym classes in Englands rural Devonshire. It was a mountain bike he received for his 15th birthday that changed him. At first the teen went biking alone
10、in a nearby forest. Then he began to cycle along with a runner friend. Gradually, Saunders set his mind on building up his body, increasing his speed, strength and endurance. At age 18, he ran his first marathon. The following year, he met John Ridgway, who became famous in the 1960s for rowing an o
11、pen boat across the Atlantic Ocean. Saunders was hired as an instructor at Ridgways school of Adventure in Scotland, where he learned about the older mans cold-water exploits（成就）. Intrigued, Saunders read all he could about Arctic explorers and North Pole expeditions, then decided that this would be
12、 his future. Journeys to the Pole arent the usual holidays for British country boys, and many people dismissed his dream as fantasy. John Ridgway was one of the few who didnt say, You are completely crazy, Saunders says. In 2001, after becoming a skilled skier, Saunders started his first long-distan
13、ce expedition toward the North Pole. He suffered frostbite, had a closer encounter（遭遇）with a polar bear and pushed his body to the limit. Saunders has since become the youngest person to ski alone to the North Pole, and hes skied more of the Arctic by himself than any other Briton. His old playmates
14、 would not believe the transformation.This October, Saunders, 27, heads south to explore from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole and back, an 1800-mile journey that has never been completed on skis.24. The turning point in Saunderslife came when _A. he started to play ball gamesB. he ran his
15、first marathon at age 18 C. he got a mountain bike at age 15D. he started to receive Ridgways training25. We can learn from the text that Ridgway _.A. won his fame for his voyage across the AtlanticB. built up his body together with SaundersC. hired Saunders for his cold-water experienceD. dismissed Saunders dream as fantasy26. What do we know about Saunders?A. He followed Ridgway to explore the North Pole.B. He once worked at a school in Scotland.C. He was chosen for the school sports team as a kid.D. He was the first Briton to ski alone to the North Pole.27.The underlined word “Intri
