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1、要深入学习习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想和党的十九大精神，尤其要学深悟透习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想“四川篇”2017-2018学年度上学期期中考试高二英语试题第二部分 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，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。A Our library offers different types of studying places and provides a good studying environment.ZonesThe library is divided into different
2、 zones. The upper floor is a quiet zone with over a thousand places for silent reading, and places where you can sit and work with your own computer. The reading places consist mostly of tables and chairs. The ground floor is the zone where you can talk. Here you can find sofas and armchairs for gro
3、up work.Computers You can use your own computer to connect to the wi-fi specially prepared for notebook computers, your can also use library computers, which contain the most commonly used applications, such as Microsoft Office. They are situated in the area known as the Experimental Field on the gr
4、ound floor.Group-study placesIf you want to discuss freely without disturbing others, you can book a study room or sit at a table on the ground floor. Some study rooms are for 2-3 people and others can hold up to 6-8 people. All rooms are marked on the library maps.There are 40 group-study rooms tha
5、t must be booked via the website. To book, you need an active University account and a valid University card. You can use a room three hours per day, nine hours at most per week.Storage of Study MaterialThe library has lockers for students to store course literature, When you have obtained at least
6、40 credits(学分),you may rent a locker and pay 400 SEK for a years rental period.Rules to be FollowedMobile phone conversations are not permitted anywhere in the library. Keep your phone on silent as if you were in a lecture and exit the library if you need to receive calls.Please note that food and f
7、ruit are forbidden in the library, but you are allowed to have drinks and sweets with you.21.The librarys upper floor is mainly for students to .A.read in a quiet place B.have group discussionsC.take comfortable seats D.get their computers fixed22.Library computers on the ground floor .A.help studen
8、ts with their field experiments B.contain software essential for schoolwork C.are for those who want to access the wi-fi D.are mostly used for filling out application forms23.What condition should be met to book a group-study room?A.A group must consist of 8 people B.Three-hour use per day is the mi
9、nimum C.One should first register at the university D.Applicants must mark the room on the map24.A student can rent a locker in the library if he .A.can afford the rental fee B.attends certain coursed C.has nowhere to put his books D.has earned the required creditsBDo American children still learn h
10、andwriting in school? In the age of the keyboard, some people seem to think handwriting lessons are on the way out. 90% of teachers say they are required to teach handwriting. But studies have yet to answer the question of how well they are teaching it. One study published this year found that about
11、 three out of every four teachers say they are not prepared to teach handwriting. Some teachers are teaching handwriting by providing instruction for 10 to 15 minutes a day, and then other teachers who basically teach it for 60 to 70 minutes a day which really for handwriting is pretty much.Many adu
12、lts remember learning that way by copying letters over and over again. Today s thinking is that short periods of practice are better. Many experts also think handwriting should not be taught by itself. Instead, they say it should be used as a way to get students to express ideas. After all, that is
13、why we write.Handwriting involves two skills. One is legibility, which means forming the letters so they can be read. The other is fluency writing without having to think about it. Fluency continues to develop up until high school.But not everyone masters these skills. Teachers commonly report that
14、about one fourth of their kids have poor handwriting. Some people might think handwriting is not important any more because of computers and voice recognition programs.But Steve Graham at Vanderbilt says word processing is rarely done in elementary school, especially in the early years. American chi
15、ldren traditionally first learn to print, and then to write in cursive(书写体), which connects the letters. But guess what we learned from a spokeswoman for the College Board, which administers the SAT college admission test. More than 75 percent of students choose to print their essay on the test rather than write in cursive. 25.We can learn from Paragraph 1.A. most teachers prefer to teach handwritingB. teachers spend little time in teaching handwritingC teaching handwriting is a basic requirement in teaching jobD. a keyboard has taken the place of th
