题型：任务型阅读 题类：常考题 难易度：困难
2016-2017学年河北省正定中学高二下学期第二次月考(期中)英语试卷
Before you begin studying English, ask yourself one question: “ ” Is it because you want to, or because someone else wants you to? Like every decision in life, studying English must be something you want to do. Here are some tips to help you learn English well.
●Set goals.
If you know why you want to study, setting goals is easy. For example, maybe you want to travel to an English-speaking country. Great! Perhaps you have already known many useful phrases, but you want to improve your listening skills and pronunciation. Whatever your goals are, you should write them down,
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How long do you need to study to achieve your goals? This answer is different for every student. If you work 40 hours per week，don't plan on spending another hours a week studying English. Start off slow, but study regularly. Use material that is challenging, but not too difficult. Find out what works for you. After you have studied for a few weeks, adjust your study schedule accordingly.
●Make a commitment.
Learning English requires a lot of motivation. Nobody is going to take your attendance when you aren't in class. If you are sure that you are ready to begin studying, make a commitment.
●Have fun learning English.
If you aren't having fun learning English, you're not studying the right way! You can be a serious student who has fun at the same time. Make up your own reward program to give yourself encouragement to stay on a task.
A. Make an arrangement.
B. Why do I want to study English?
C. Your goal might be to learn “Survival English”.
D. The important thing is to be realistic and reliable.
E. What is the most effective way of learning English?
F. The things we do best in life are what we enjoy doing.
G. Make every moment of your English learning meaningful.
The art of growing dwarf trees, or "bonsai"（盆景） as their Japanese planters call them, is increasing in popularity in the United States. Growing bonsai can make a fascinating hobby for anyone who enjoys plants and creating beautiful effects with them.{#blank#}1{#/blank#}．
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The last thing one must do is to be careful to keep the tree well-watered. Because bonsai are grown in smaller-than-usual containers, they often need more water than ordinary houseplants do.
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A. Then one must be careful in choosing the size of the container. B. How can we meet the goal of making such a kind of art? C. Why do so many people take a fancy to the art of bonsai-growing. D. But one must get well prepared before starting bonsai-growing. E. The satisfactions that growing bonsai brings can be great, however. F. The ideal for bonsai plants are trees just like normal trees in everything but size. G. Not all species of trees can be made into bonsai. |
Dogs Don't Tell Jokes-By Louis Sachar
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Shackleton's Incredible Voyage-By Alfred Lansing
| The Alchemist-By Paulo Coelho
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A. With each distinct look comes a good blessing B. Playing football and flying kites are popular activities. C. It is popular in the southern regions of the Yangtze River. D. Family members gather together to celebrate and taste the food. E. The tradition of tomb sweeping originates from the Qin Dynasty. F. Many traditional customs are practiced to show respect for our ancestors. G. The two main activities over the festival include tomb sweeping and going on a spring outing. |
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Traditional customs
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Spring outing. The time around the Qingming Festival is one of the most suitable seasons for a spring outing, as plants are thriving and flowers are blooming. People can have a great time outdoors with their friends and family. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}
Traditional food
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Twelve-year-old Gary Boone knows he was born to be a comedian. He never stops joking, regardless of the fact that nobody laughs much and his classmates think he is stupid. Therefore he had no real friends at school. Due to being laughed at by his classmates, Gary Boone thought winning the school talent show would be his dream of proving himself to be a real comedian, but on the big night his dream went wrong with funny results.
Mia Hamm, American soccer champion, tells a true-to-life inspiring story of learning that winning and losing aren't as important as being part of a team. More than anyone, soccer superstar Mia Hamm knows the value of teamwork. She shares this lesson, paired with energetic pictures by Carol Thompson, and this story is perfect for soccer kids and their soccer moms.
The astonishing adventure of polar explorer Ernest Shackleton's survival for over a year on the ice-bound Antarctic seas, as Time t magazine put it, "defined heroism". To write the authoritative story, Lansing consulted with ten of the surviving members and gained access to diaries and personal accounts by eight others. The book has a first-hand account, expanded with maps and illustrations especially for this edition.
The Alchemist, by Paulo Coelho, continues to change the lives of its readers forever. It tells the magical story of Santiago, an Andulusian shepherd-boy(牧童) who desires to travel in search of treasure. The story of the treasures Santiago finds along the way teaches us about the essential wisdom of listening to our hearts and above all, following our dreams.