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天津市滨海新区2019-2020学年高二上学期英语期末考试试卷

阅读短文,并按照题目要求用英语回答问题。

    As a child growing up, I have very few memories of the times when we gathered as a family to sit down and eat dinner together. I grew up in a home where both of my parents worked. My mother taught school, and my father worked during the night at a local chemical plant. There was not much time available for us to sit down to eat dinner together due to my parents' conflicting work schedules and the extracurricular activities in which my sister and I participated.

    It wasn't until I got married and had two children of my own that I began to realize the importance of eating dinner together. In my family there are elements that take us away from each other, day in and day out, but as a mother I feel it is my responsibility to bring us all back together again at the end of the day. In my house, dinner time is a time of thanks. I give thanks for the food we share, but I am more thankful for the family I share it with. Dinner time is a time for us to share our day, and reflect on our thoughts. It is also a time when we learn about honesty, perseverance, courage, sympathy and friendship. Above all it is a time when my family are able to connect with the ones they love.

    As I look at the bread basket which sits on my kitchen table, I am reminded of how the basket's tight weave resembles the tightly woven strands (线)of my family. I believe that through our family dinner, we will not only pass around the meat and potatoes, but we will also hand round virtues that will shape and mold (塑造)us so that we can forever embrace one another just as the basket embraces the bread.

(1)、Why couldn't the author's family eat dinner together when she was young?(No more than 15 words)
(2)、What does the underlined word "it" in Paragraph 2 refer to?(No more than 2 words)
(3)、What does the author think the dinner time actually is for her family?(No more than 10 words)
(4)、What is the author's purpose in writing the passage?(No more than 15 words)
(5)、What do you think of eating dinner together with your family? Please give your reason.(No more than 25 words)
举一反三
根据短文内容,从短文后的七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

    Health is the most important thing in the world.Nothing is more important than health.If one takes away our money, houses, cars, or even our clothes, we can still survive.{#blank#}1{#/blank#} That is why we always try to eat in a healthy way and exercise often.

    How can we keep healthy? In order to eat healthily, I usually avoid eating food high in fat, like French fries or cookies, which are junk foods.{#blank#}2{#/blank#} Besides, I only eat a little meat.

    {#blank#}3{#/blank#} Taking exercise every day helps us build a strong body.Regular exercise is an important part of keeping me healthy.

    What's more, I think friends are important part of one's health.{#blank#}4{#/blank#} I always feel better when I am with friends than I am alone.When I am with my friends, I always laugh.Laughing is also an important part of health.It is good to stay with my friends.

    By eating properly and exercising regularly, I can keep my body at a proper weight and keep healthy.By spending time with my friends, I can keep my mind as well as my body happy.These things sound easy to do, but not many people can manage them.{#blank#}5{#/blank#}

A.Many studies show that people with a narrow range of social contacts often get sick.

B.I think a strong will is necessary if we want to keep healthy.

C.On the other hand, doing exercise is very important.

D.There are some people who like staying alone, but they keep healthy.

E.Some people appear fat because they often eat too much.

F.But if our health is taken away, it is certain that we will surely die.

G.I eat a lot of vegetables and fresh fruit which are full of vitamins.

任务型阅读

    Green is not always referring to the color. In some cases, it is the term used for being environmentally friendly. If you've been looking to replace your furniture, consider going green because environmentally friendly furniture offers many benefits. Here are a few tips to get you started on your hunt for the perfect eco-friendly furniture.

    First, environmentally friendly furniture isn't harmful to your health. Also its manufacturing process doesn't cause damage to the environment in any way. Besides, by purchasing eco-friendly products, you prevent deforestation and global warming to some extent in your own way. You do your part in protecting the environment. Environmentally friendly furniture is cost-effective as well.

    The materials that are used in furniture are what make them green. Materials can be good for the environment either because they are materials that are considered renewable resources or they are all natural. A lack of chemicals and toxins (毒素) in green furniture also means it is a better choice for the environment. It may be hard to imagine that a sofa or a table could actually be a green product but they really can be depending on what they're made of.

There are a lot of renewable sources that manufacturers could use when building the furniture, so you should be keeping an eye out for them. Bamboo can be an excellent replacement for wood and can also replace plastics and metals in some furnishing. Cotton is a sofa fabric that is safe for the environment and it can be replenished (补充) often. Hemp is also a renewable source that can be used for fabric and twine.

    Recycled materials also can be made into green furniture. Metals can be recovered and remade into new things such as frames and foundations for sofas. Recycled plastic can also be made into furniture such as tables and chairs. Touching up old furniture instead of buying new items is very cheap way to be green. Yard sales and second-hand stores sell furniture too and buying the used means new things won't be made, so no more damage has to happen to the earth.

    Therefore, when you want to hunt for the perfect environmentally friendly furniture, you should try to know the type of materials which are used in building the furniture.

Environmentally friendly furniture

{#blank#}1{#/blank#}

●It is {#blank#}2{#/blank#} to your health

●Its manufacturing process{#blank#}3{#/blank#}damaging the environment in any way.

●It prevents deforestation and global warming to some extent

●It helps you{#blank#}4{#/blank#}some money as well.

Requirements of the materials

●The materials should be renewable and natural

●The materials{#blank#}5{#/blank#}fewer chemicals and toxins.

Materials often used in green furniture

Renewable materials

●Bamboo can be used to{#blank#}6{#/blank#}wood, plastics and metals.

●Cotton is a soft fabric which can be often replenished.

●Hemp is also a good material.

Recycled materials

●Metals can be recovered and {#blank#}7{#/blank#}to make new things {#blank#}8{#/blank#}frames and foundations for sofas.

●Recycled plastics can be made into tables and chairs.

●Purchasing{#blank#}9{#/blank#}furniture is also a good idea

conclusion

It is {#blank#}10{#/blank#}to know the type of materials used in the furniture while you're hunting for the perfect eco-friendly furniture.

任务型阅读

    Have you ever lost your temper? Did you yell or scream at those around you, even people you like or love? Did you want to break something or hit someone?

    Everyone gets angry. We have lots of emotions. At different times, we may be happy, sad or jealous{#blank#}1{#/blank#}

It's perfectly okay to be angry at times— in fact, it's important to get angry sometimes. Anger can even be a good thing. When we are treated unfairly, anger can help us stand up for ourselves.

    {#blank#}2{#/blank#}Some people keep their anger buried deep inside. If you do this, you might get a headache or your stomach might start to hurt. You may just feel crummy (糟糕的) about yourself or start to cry. It's not good to hide your anger, so you should find a way to let it out without hurting yourself or others.

    When you start to feel angry, you can count to 10, draw a picture of anger, play a video game, run as fast as you can or do something active. An effective way is to talk to a friend you can trust.{#blank#}3{#/blank#}

    {#blank#}4{#/blank#}Instead, admit to yourself that you are angry and try to figure out why you are angry and what you can do to keep the situation from happening again.

    Never getting angry is impossible. But, you should always remember that how you act when you're angry can make the situation better or worse.{#blank#}5{#/blank#}Take charge of it!

A. Taking it out on others never solves anything.

B. Once you talk about anger, those bad feelings usually start to go away.

C. Here is an important way to deal with anger.

D. Anger is just another way we feel.

E. But anger must be released in the right way.

F. Don't let anger be the boss of you.

G. Every coin has two sides.

任务型阅读

    Our series The Genius Behind will take you inside the minds of people who are making the impossible possible. Whether it is designing the fastest ever land vehicle, helping the blind to see or creating space history, success relies levels of knowledge to new heights . What can we learn about genius from minds? Based on the people and the projects outlined in the series, we've come up with five lessons.

    Lesson one: New challenges require new ways of thinking

    Bloodhound SSC aims to be the first vehicle to break the 1,000 mph barrier. One of the key challenge has been to design the wheels. Thinking twice, Mark Chapman, chief engineer decided to change the way they were trying to solve problems and came up with a wheel design, part car, part jet fighter and part spaceship, which would hold together and was strong enough.

    Lesson two: Let evidence share your opinion

    Geophysicists widely believed that water on Earth originated from comets. But by studying rocks, Steven Jacobsen discovered water hidden inside, suggesting that the oceans gradually made its way out of the planet's interior many centuries ago. “Unfortunately, I had a pretty hard time convincing others,” he admits. Only time can tell whether the new theories are true.

Lesson three: It really is 99% efforts

    Sheila Nirenberg at Cornell University is trying to develop a new prosthetic device(假肢器官)for treating blindness. “Sometimes I'm exhausted and I get burnt out,” she adds. “But then I get an email from somebody saying that they can't see their own children's faces, and it is like, 'How can I possibly complain? Once I thought of this, I couldn't eat, I couldn't sleep—all I wanted to do was work'. It gives me the energy to just go back and keep doing it.”

    Lesson four: The answer isn't always what you expect

    Sylvia Earle has spent decades trying to see the ocean with new eyes. Her “dream machine” is a submarine that could take scientists all the way to the bottom of the deepest ocean floor what sort of material could best withstand the types of pressure y would encounter thousands of miles below the ocean surface?” It could be steel, it could be titanium, it could be some sort of ceramic, or some kind of aluminium system,” says Earle. “But glass is the best choice.”

    Lesson five: A little luck goes a long way

    It was considered as one of the biggest success stories in the history of space exploration—20 years of planning ended earlier this year with the Philae lander landing safely Comet 67P over 300 million miles(480 million kilometers)away from Earth, though Philae's anchoring harpoons(锚定鱼叉)didn't fire as planned.

    As a matter of fact, genius is difficult to define. “Genius is a funny word,” says Nirenberg. “I just sort of ignore it and just go on with life. You just do what you do regardless of whatever label's attached to you. I don't know really how else to explain it.

Title: Give lessons to be a Genius

Passage outlines

Supporting details

Introduction

Our series The Genius Behind will bring you to get close to the real genius and learn lessons from their {#blank#}1{#/blank#}

Five lessons

{#blank#}2{#/blank#}genius

●New ways of thinking for new challenges

To be the first vehicle to break the 1,000 mph barrier, Bloodhound SSC adopted the technologies{#blank#}3{#/blank#}to car, jet fighter and spaceship.

●Evidence of shaping your opinion

It was a common {#blank#}4{#/blank#}that water on Earth originated from comets, so it was hard for Steven Jacobsen to{#blank#}5{#/blank#}other geophysicists of his new discovery.

●{#blank#}6{#/blank#}of hard work

Although exhausted, I would feel {#blank#}7{#/blank#} to work on the new prosthetic device on hearing from the blind saying that they can't see their own children's face.

●The unexpected answer

{#blank#}8{#/blank#}in the ocean, glass is the only best choice to make a submarine that could take scientists all the way to the bottom.

●A little luck for a long way

Philae lander was based on 20 years of planning, with Comet 67P safely {#blank#}9{#/blank#}with a small accident.

Conclusion

In fact, there's no{#blank#}10{#/blank#}definition of Genius. Views on genius differ from one another, so you just do what you do regardless of whatever label's attached to you.

任务型阅读

Just as team members today have assigned doing roles, there should also be thinking roles. By knowing how other members of your learn and organization think—and by others knowing how you think—everyone can be more productive. So how should you evaluate how you and your team think? After a lot of trial-and-error, we developed a three-step method that delivers practical and meaningful results.

    Focus. Do you tend to pay the most attention to ideas, process, action, or relationships? For example, in the morning do you think about the problems you need to solve, the plans you need to make, the actions you need to take, or the people you need to see? This isn't about picking one to the exclusion(排除)of the other. It's about where your focus naturally lands.

    Orientation(方向). A good way to identify your orientation is thinking about what tends to bother you in meetings. Are you more likely to complain about getting dragged into the weeds or about things being too general and not specific enough? These dimensions are complementary(补充的)to personality, skills, and traditional roles.

Combination. By combing these two dimensions you can know about the thinking style at work in whatever context or setting you chose. When you know your thinking style, you know what naturally energizes you, why certain type of problems are challenging or boring, and what you can do to improve in areas that are important to reaching your goals. Once you know your style, it helps to share it with others, and have others share theirs with you. In this way, your thinking style becomes a useful tool—a kind of social currency—for the team. Imaging you put together a team to work on a new initiative(行动). Wouldn't you like to know who is energized by big-picture strategy discussions and who finds them frustrating? Who likes to work on the details of the execution? And who is energized by managing the team dynamics?

    The landscape of business is changing rapidly, and we have to find new and better ways to connect and communicate. We all want to work better together, the challenge is actually making it happen. Understanding collaboration(合作)through the way of thinking rather than doing is a practical and powerful step forward.

What kind of Thinker Are You?

Introduction

●Both assigned doing roles and thinking roles are {#blank#}1{#/blank#}important among team members.

●Team members knowing how each other think can {#blank#}2{#/blank#}productivity.

Three steps in {#blank#}3{#/blank#}thinking styles

●The first step is to identify the focus of your {#blank#}4{#/blank#}in a particular context.

●It is not about making an either-or{#blank#}5{#/blank#}, but about finding where your focus naturally lands.

*The next stop is to identify {#blank#}6{#/blank#}your orientation swings toward the big picture or the details.

*It can help others form a full understanding of you.

*The third step is to {#blank#}7{#/blank#}these two dimensions and see your thinking style at work.

*It {#blank#}8{#/blank#}to the understanding of other team members' thinking styles.

{#blank#}9{#/blank#}

In this rapidly changing world, understanding {#blank#}10{#/blank#}others think instead of what they do can help you work better together.

阅读短文,按照题目要求用英语回答问题。

    Every person has a history of pain and tragedy that includes regret from the situation. At times, it's often hard to explain that pain to someone else. The challenge with a tragedy is the lack of support from someone.

    This has often been my challenge when I try to explain what occurred to me. When I was younger, I was a victim of a tragic accident that changed my life both academically and emotionally. At sixteen months old, due to the neglect of my babysitter I fell off the bed. The injury was so severe that I was rushed to the emergency room and the doctors explained to my mom that I suffered from a blood clot (血块) located on the left side of the brain.

    I was later diagnosed with what is known as a traumatic brain injury (外伤性脑损伤).This accident affects my long term memory and testing ability. I often struggle with understanding information related to school and feel frustrated that I will not pass my tests. The pressure of school is so much, since I must always work harder than most students.

    I become easily disappointed that I study a lot but often flunk or re-take tests. It is hard to imagine, because in my mind I feel prepared for the work; however, the test results do not connect with the information in my brain. Although I always don't pass my tests, I feel like this injury encourages me to work and shows me that I can be confident when it comes to the future. For example, I have been able to maintain my grades, been employed for over a year at a local restaurant, and obtained my driver's license. I look forward to attending college, getting married, raising a family, and being a success. I will continue to live my life to the fullest and prove that an injury does not limit my life journey.

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