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1、育才学校高二（实验班）第一学期期末考试英语试卷第一部分听力(共两节，满分30分)第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍第二部分：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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。ATexting while walking is something that most of us ar
2、e guilty of. We cant help replying to that message we just received. However, while its fun to keep up with the latest gossip, we may actually be putting ourselves in danger.A team of researchers from two UK universities recently found that people who use their phones while on the move walk differen
3、tly than usual.“Recently, a person in front of me was walking very slowly and weaving (迂回行进), and I thought, Is this person drunk?” Matthew Timmis, co-author of the study, told the Guardian.It turned out that the person was just texting. Inspired by this, Timmis and his team set out to discover the
4、effects of phone use on how we navigate streets.A group of 21 volunteers were asked to walk around a simulated (模拟的) street, complete with obstacles such as a step. The participants traveled the course a total of 12 times each, either writing or reading a message, making a call, or with no phone at
5、all.It took the volunteers 118 percent longer to complete the course when using a phone. They also focused on the step obstacle 60 percent more and paid attention to the travel path 51 percent more when they werent using a phone.Although there were no accidents, Timmis believes we should still be aw
6、are of whats going on around us.“The big risk here is suddenly-appearing hazards (危险), like a pedestrian (行人) suddenly walking in front of you,” he told the Guardian. “You are not going to be able to respond to that as efficiently, which increases the risk of injury.”To bring attention to the danger
7、s of “text walking”, a temporary “texting lane” was set up in Antwerp, Belgium in 2015. And earlier this year, a special crosswalk featuring flashing red lights on the ground to get the attention of texters was set up in Wuhan, Hubei province.“Texting while walking can lead to collisions with poles
8、or other pedestrians. You could even be endangering your own life when you cross the street without looking up,” a spokesperson for the company that made the Antwerp texting lane told Yahoo News.21.What did the UK researchers recently discover about text walking?A. Its a common problem all around th
9、e world.B. People walk in a different way when texting.C. People are risking their lives text walking.D. It has caused more traffic accidents.22.How much longer did it take for people to complete the course when using a phone in Timmis experiment?A. 12 percent longer. B. 118 percent longer.C. 60 per
10、cent longer. D. 51 percent longer.23.What was the purpose of setting up the “texting lane” in Belgium?A. To provide a safe lane for text walking. B. To attract more people to walk in the lane.C. To give an example of a modern lane. D. To warn of the dangers of text walking.24.The underlined word “na
11、vigate” in paragraph 5 can be replaced by_.A. go up B. go away C. go across D. go byBMany scholarships require that you write an essay in order to be considered for the prize money. However, if you are the sort of person that has a headache whenever you have to complete a writing assignment, this ma
12、y not be the best news. Luckily for you, there is no reason to fear the scholarship essay. The following tips could help you conquer this not-so-easy aspect of the scholarship application process.You should always outline your essays. This does not just apply to the scholarship essays, either. An ou
13、tline helps lend focus to your thoughts and helps you create a picture of the “whole” that the essay will become. Judges cannot stand when your writing is loose, lacks coherence (连贯性) or when you fail to connect your main points together. They want to see that you can support your argument well with
14、 clear and brief examples and that these examples do, in fact, relate to the topic at hand.If you have a choice in the topic you get to write about, always try to select something you are personally interested in. Dont write what you think the judges want to hear. This will only amount in an essay t
15、hat reads like someone elses, which is not a great way to make yourself stand out.If you feel bored with the topic, then your essay will be boring as well. Make sure your idea follows a clear and a logical path. This means they are connected well and the transitions (过渡) easily flow from one idea to
16、 the next. Likewise, try to stay away from the obvious or the sad story. Yes, college will be a life-changing experience, but can you think of an interesting reason why this is so? And yes, it is terrible that you lost a family member at a young age, but what does it have to do with winning this scholarship? Judges can smell sad stories from a mile away, so only pull at the heartstring
