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1、辽宁省盘锦市第二高级中学2018-2019学年高一英语下学期第二阶段考试试题考试时间：100分钟 满分：150分第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分35分）第一节（共10小题；每小题2.5分，满分25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。ASchool days are supposed to be the best days of your life and part of that experience usually involves some unforgettable physical activities. I asked some people t
2、o give me their memories of what happened to them on the sports field and beyond, and this is what they told me.Cup winnersWhen I was about ten, the football team from our year unexplainably made it to the cup final of the local schools league. I say unexplainably because I only remember us losing n
3、early every match we played. Anyway, in the final I set up the winning goal, a brilliant cross to my mate David who headed the ball in just before the final whistle. I still have a photograph of the team holding the cup.Forest hikeI remember having to lead a group of eight boys on a school expeditio
4、n for the best part of two days when I was a teenager. Even though we got lost at one point, I managed to keep them all together and get them from one end of a large forest to the other and back by sheer(纯粹的)force of will. I was chosen to be the leader, I think, because I was the only one who knew h
5、ow to read a map!When we arrived back at the campsite, we found out that all the other groups had cheated and hitched(搭便车)most of the way instead I felt a bit stupid, but also rather proud of myself at the same time for having done it properly.Learning to swim, learning to drownI learned to swim com
6、paratively late, I suppose. I was maybe nine years old but my brother had a painful experience which nearly put him off for life. We lived in the USA for a while and had access to a university pool where the coaches had trained the American Olympic team. In those days, though, their idea of teaching
7、 kids how to swim was to tie a can to their ankles with a bit of string, throw them in the deep end and shout “Swim!”. I am surprised my brother survived at all. He could only have been about six at the time.21. The passage mainly talks about .A. tips on taking part in outdoor activitiesB. how peopl
8、e consider physical activitiesC. why people love outdoor activitiesD. peoples experiences of physical activities22. The underlined word “expedition” in the third paragraph has the same meaning to “ ”.A. matchB. dealC. trip D. research23. It can be learned that when the third person was young, .A. he
9、 learned swimming from the same coach as his elder brotherB. the swimming coachs teaching method was rather inconsiderateC. his family lived near a university pool for about ten yearsD. the American Olympic team had no swimming pool of its ownBA lot of people are learning English nowadays. We know t
10、here are plenty of phrases to describe shyness. Someone shy might be called shrinking violet or a wallflower, while for especially nervous types we have the curious expression: they wouldnt say boo to a goose.Nobody thinks these are positive descriptions, even if you like geese. In a culture of go-g
11、etting, high achievers, shy people dont come first. Or thats what the self-help industry would have you believe. Bookshops are filled with vital tomes(巨著) that promise to help beat social fears and find success in life, love and business. That is why one book, Shrinking Violets: A Field Guide to Shy
12、ness, bucks the trend. It became a sudden success across English-language media recently for its new take-on shyness.Author Joe Moran says that despite struggling with shyness and longing for loneliness all his life, being shy can also be a gift. Freed from the constant urge to participate and compe
13、te in social situations, people are liberated to look at the world in new ways, and gain fresh insights.Indeed, many of the worlds great thinkers and artists are introverts(内向的人). Scientists Charles Darwin and Albert Einstein preferred their own company; actress Keira Knightley often finds herself t
14、ongue-tied at parties; and Harry Potter author JK Rowling claims she used to be too nervous to even borrow a pen.Moran told BBC Future: I think shyness probably does turn you into an amateur anthropologist(人类学家), really-you are more likely to be an observer.So, while extroverts make all the noise, t
15、hey dont necessarily have the best ideas.If youre shy, youve probably known this for a long time. You just dont shout about it.24. When someone is being called a wallflower, he is being _.A. praised for his graceB. admired for his characterC. laughed at for his shynessD. told off for his nervousness
16、25. The author mentioned many famous shy people in order to _.A. point out the harm shyness bringsB. disconnect shyness and successC. shows the reasons for shynessD. prove shyness contributes to science26. What is the authors attitude towards shyness?A. Opposed.B. Indifferent.C. Supportive.D. Critical.C People have to consider wha
