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1、内蒙古赤峰市锦山中学2015-2016学年高二英语上学期期中试题 第卷第一部分：听力（略）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。并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑A Habits, whether good or bad, are gradually formed. When a person does a certain thing again, he is driven by some unseen force to do the same thing repeatedly, th
2、en a habit is formed. Once a habit is formed, it is difficult, and sometimes impossible, to get rid of. It is therefore very important that we should pay great attention to the formation of habits. Children often form bad habits, some of which remain with them as long as they live. Older persons als
3、o form bad habits lasting as long as they live, and sometimes become ruined by them. There are other habits which, when formed in early life, are of great help. Many successful men say that much of their success has something to do with certain habits in early life, such as early rising, honesty and
4、 so on. Among the habits which children should not form are laziness, lying, stealing and so on. These are all easily formed habits. Unfortunately older persons often form habits which could have been avoided. We should keep away from all these bad habits, and try to form such habits as will be good
5、 for ourselves and others.21. _ are formed little by little. A. Good habits B. Bad habits C. Both good habits and bad habits D. Either good habits or bad habits22. The underlined word “them” in the first paragraph refers to _. A. bad habits B. good habits C. children D. other person23. Why should we
6、 pay attention to the formation of habits? A. Because habits are of great help to every one of us. B. Because a man can never get rid of a habit. C. Because its hard and sometimes even impossible to throw away bad habits. D. Because we are forced to do them again and again.24. According to the passa
7、ge, early rising _. A. has something to do with success B. is an easily formed habitC. is such a habit as should have been avoided D. is such a habit as will be keptBAt the age of fifty, Theodore Roosevelt, a truly great president, made this comment: Now I am fifty years old, and if I stopped learni
8、ng, and stopped trying to better myself, I feel that my usefulness to the community would be pretty nearly at an end Those who have studied the life of Theodore Roosevelt know that he never did stop learning. He was eager to learn all his life. Many people have the mistaken idea that age is a handic
9、ap (障碍) when it comes to learning that you gradually lose your ability to learn as you grow older. Surveys show that the ability to learn does not diminish greatly after 20, said Dr. C. Ellis Nelson, a well-known professor in Texas. These tests show, said Dr. Nelson, that in terms of reading and voc
10、abulary there is no significant difference between being 20 or being 60. People aged 20 may show greater facility for mathematics, but this is due almost entirely to the fact that 20-year-olds use math all the time, while 60-year-olds dont. As you grow older, or if you have already reached or passed
11、 middle age, dont fool yourself with the idea that the ability to learn diminishes with age. It just isnt true! You can learn and grow intellectually (智力地) as long as you want to progress and you can continue to do so as long as you are alive. That is one of the truly exciting facts of life. Cato, a
12、 wise man of ancient Rome, was forever seeking new intellectual worlds to conquer, and at about 80 he started to study Greek. When a doubter asked him why he was beginning such a difficult task at such an advanced age, Cato replied calmly and firmly: It is the youngest age I have left. I enjoy it. a
13、nd went on with his studies. In the end, he reached his goal. “Age, said E. L. Thorndike, a famous psychologist, is not a handicap to learning. You never grow too old to learn.25. Theodore Roosevelt didnt stop learning at fifty because_. A he felt he was usefulB. he was encouraged by his great comme
14、ntC. he believed he was never too old to learn D. he wanted to show his value to the community 26. 20-year-old people show greater facility for mathematics than 60-year-old people because _. A. they are better educated than the latterB. they like maths more than the latterC. they use maths more ofte
15、n than the latter D. theyre required to learn more maths skills than the latter27. The underlined word diminish in the second paragraph probably means_. A. become smaller or weaker B. grow little by little C. increase D. disappear CKings College Summer SchoolKings College Summer School is an annual( 每年的) training program for high school students at all levels who want to improve their English. Courses are given by the teachers of King s College and other colleges in New York. Trips
