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1、2021年高一英语下学期综合检测卷二 新人教版2021年高一英语下学期综合检测卷二 新人教版年级：姓名：2021年人教版英语高一下学期综合检测卷二一、阅读理解(30分)1(6分) Being seen in a fancy sports car or enjoying a beach holiday in a five-star hotel were once signs of having made it. But a new study suggested that having people think of you as constantly busy and overworked i
2、s now a far better way to show social status. According to Harvard University in the US, people are increasingly leaning toward the phenomenon of humblebragging (谦虚自夸). This is when people make a seemingly modest statement that actually draws attention to something they want to brag (吹嘘) about. Phra
3、ses such as I have no life and I desperately need a holiday are now used to imply social standing, while ordering food and shopping online is the perfect way to prove to neighbors that you are simply too busy and important to go to the supermarket. Movies, magazines, and popular TV shows often highl
4、ight (强调) the abundance (富足) of money and leisure time among the wealthy, said Neeru Paharia, an assistant professor at Harvard University. In recent years, featuring wealthy people relaxing by the pool or on a yacht (游艇), playing tennis or skiing and hunting are being replaced with advertisements f
5、eaturing busy individuals who work long hours and have very limited leisure time, he said. Displaying (how busy you are at work) and a lack of leisure time operates as a visible signal of status in the eyes of others. The researchers pointed out that the Wall Street Journals 2016 advert campaign fea
6、tured celebrities (名人) complaining about their busy lives, with the slogan (标语). People who dont have time, make time to read the Wall Street Journal. The report, which was published in the Journal of Consumer Research, also found that brands that marketed themselves as timesaving were becoming incr
7、easingly high-status, because of the people who used them. According to the authors, this trend of humblebragging is due to peoples shit of focusthey now value the preciousness und scarcity (稀缺) of individuals more than the preciousness and scarcity of goods. Busy individuals possess desirable chara
8、cteristics, leading them to be viewed as scarce and in demand, the authors concluded.(1)The main idea of this article is about _.A.the trend of humblebraggingB.characteristics of people who lead a busy lifeC.why people today are becoming increasingly busyD.why some people like to brag about their so
9、cial status(2)People today prefer to _ to display their social status.A.share their passion for tennis or skiingB.show how fast-paced their work life isC.tell people about the wonderful holidays they takeD.show off their abundance of money and leisure time(3)The Wall Street Journals 2016 advert camp
10、aign implies that_.A.busy people always have a better life than othersB.its important to read newspapers however busy you areC.busy individuals should learn to manage their time betterD.a lack of time is a typical characteristic of people of high social status(4)From the article we can conclude that
11、 America people today_.A.all brag about themselvesB.value individuals, the preciousness and scarcityC.order food and shop online to show they are richD.work long hours and dont have enough leisure time2(8分) Good news for people who have difficulty in remembering things. A memory technique invented b
12、y the ancient Greeks has recently been proved to be able to greatly improve ordinary peoples memory ability. You may even become a memory champion if you practice hard enough. This is according to a study published in the journal Neuron. Researchers fromRadboud University Medical Center in the Nethe
13、rlands found that memory champions arent all that different to us. People with an average memory can greatly improve their memory ability by using whats known as the mind palace method. The method is the secret weapon (武器) of the fictional (虚构的) character Sherlock Holmes. In order to do this, you ne
14、ed to picture a place youre familiar with, such as your living room. Then, you have to remember this place in as much detail as possible as this is your own mind palace. Suppose you want to remember a shopping list. You can start by spreading out all the items around your living room in your mind. T
15、his means each item on your list is connected with a remembered place in your living room. You travel to that remembered place as you recall the list. To explore the effects of this method on the brain, researchers gathered 51 participants with average memory levels and no previous memory training. After 40 days of daily 30-minute training sessions (一段时间), participants doubled the amount of words they could rem
