上海市金山区金山中学2020-2021学年高二上学期期中英语
试题
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一、用单词的适当形式完成短文
Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word, for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.
Stress: Good or Bad?
Stress used to be an almost unknown word, but now that we are used to talking about it, I have found that people are beginning to get stressed about being stressed.
In recent years, stress 1．(regard) as a cause of a whole range of medical problems, from high blood pressure to mental illness. But like so many other things, it is only too much stress 2． does you harm. It is time you 3． (consider) that if there were no stress in your life, you would achieve a little. If you are stuck at home with no stress, then your level of performance will be low. Up to a certain point, the more stress you are under, the 4．(good) your performance will be. Beyond a certain point, though , further stress will only lead to exhaustion, illness and finally a breakdown. You can tell when you are over the top and on the downward slope, by asking yourself 5． number of questions. Do you, for instance, feel that too much is being expected of you, and yet find 6． impossible to say no? Do you find yourself getting impatient or 7．(annoy) with people over unimportant things?... If the answer to all those questions is yes, you had better8．(control ) your stress, as you probably are under more stress than is good for you.
To some extent you can control the amount of stress in your life. Doctors have worked out a chart showing how much stress is involved 9． various events. Getting married is 50, pregnancy 40, moving house 20, Christmas 12,etc. If the total stress in your life is over 150, you are twice as likely 10． (get )ill.
二、选用适当的单词或短语补全短文
Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
In a society, such as the United States or Canada, which has many national, religious and cultural differences, people 11． value individualism--the differences among people. Teachers place a lot of importance on the 12． that make each student special. The educational systems in these countries show these values. Students do not memorize information. Instead, they work 13． and find answers by themselves.There is often discussion in the classroom. At an early age, students learn to form their own ideas and opinions.
In most Asia societies, on the contrary, the people have the same language, history and culture. Perhaps for this reason, the educational system in much of the Orient 14． society’s belief in group goals and purposes rather than individualism. Children in China, Japan and Korea often work together and help one another on assignments. In the classroom, the teaching 15． are often very formal. The teacher lectures, and the students listen. There is not much discussion. Instead, the students recite rules or information that have memorized.
There are advantages and disadvantages to both of these 16． of education. For example, one advantage to the system in Japan is that students there learn much more math and science than American students by the end of high school. They also study more hours each day and more days each year than North Americans do. The system is difficult, but it 17．students for a society that values discipline and self-control. There is, however, a disadvantage.
Memorization is an 18． learning method in Japanese schools, yet many students say that after an exam, they forget much of the information they have memorized.
The advantage of the educational system in North America, on the other hand, is that students learn to think for themselves. The system prepares them for a society that values 19． ideas. There is, however, a disadvantage. When students graduate from school, they haven’t 20． as many basic rules and facts as students in other countries have.
三、完形填空
Just as the stock market rises and falls in response to what people are willing to put their money behind, we have inside ourselves an inner economy that rises and falls in response to our beliefs about what is possible. Sometimes the degree to which we are willing to 21 our belief systems determines the success of our inner economy. For example, imagine that
your family of origin had a belief that musical talent was not something they 22 As a member of that group, you would likely 23 that same belief about yourself. As a result, even if you had a great desire to create music, you might be 24 to really get behind yourself. Because you might fear that your 25 would not pay off. Even if you had the courage to follow your passion, your inner belief that you are not born 26 would probably stop your trying. And that would be a major 27 to invest your energy in your dream.
On the other hand, belief isn’t anything 28 If you found a way to 29 that negative belief, a great flood of energy would pour forth, greatly increasing the possibility of your success. How much energy we are willing to invest in the various ideas and dreams is like the money people are, or are not, willing to invest in the various products available for trade on the stock market. And in both cases, 30 plays a key role in determining how willing we are to get behind something. One way to open up the possibility for greater success in our inner economies is to understand that belief is not the reliable 31 we sometimes think. There are other more reliable things of success that we can put our 32 in, such as passion, feeling, and sense. Some of the most successful investors in the stock market are the ones that go against the grain, trusting their sense over the 33 opinion held by ordinary people about what will work.
In the same way, we can learn to trust our heart’s desires and our sense to guide us, 34 any beliefs that stand in the way of our ability to fully invest in ourselves. As we take out energy from limiting ideas about what is possible, we 35 the resources that have the power to make our inner economy prosper. 21．A．simplify 22．A．possessed 23．A．reject 24．A．willing 25．A．success 26．A．devoted 27．A．obstacle 28．A．important 29．A．enhance 30．A．energy
B．challenge B．trusted B．preserve B．sorry B．knowledge B．talented B．excuse B．fixed B．reserve B．hobby
C．eliminate C．objected C．deny C．reluctant C．profession C．concerned C．chance C．changeable C．release C．expense
D．maintain D．missed D．share D．ready D．investment D．interested D．principle D．stimulating D．follow D．belief
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