高二英语上册期末模拟试题练习

38.A.disappointing      B.right            C.terrible           D.good

39.A.encouraged      B. destroyed C.helped       D.hurt

40.A.taking;        B.losing         C.making        D.doing

第二部分  阅读理解(满分30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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。(共15小题;每小题2分，满分30分)

A

Research shows that humans switch from selfish to unselfish behavior when they are watched. Do you?

A picture of a set of eyes on a computer screen can cause a change in the way people act. Even images of eyes on a charity donation, collection box encourage people to be unselfish, because people put more money in a collection box that has a picture of eyes on it than they do when a flower symbol is on the box.

Manfred Milinski from the Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology in Germany and Bettina Rockenbach of the University of Berlin, the authors of a new study, found that people act better when they are being watched because they feel they will be rewarded for good behavior. Their report also referred to other research showing that this response of behaving well when watched is somehow coded into humans and people respond this way unconsciously, or without realizing it.

It is not just humans that act unselfishly when they are being watched. A fish called the grooming fish cleans other fish. When other fish are around, it is gentler. When no other fish are around, however, the grooming fish bites chunks from the fish it is supposed to be cleaning. The researchers suggest that the best way to get people to behave in the correct way is to make them feel watched. This could be the reason for the success of a famous American army poster. On it was a picture of an elderly man staring fiercely and pointing, it appeared, to the person who was looking at the poster. Under the picture was the caption 'I Want You' It encouraged hundreds of thousands of young American men to join the army during the Second World War to fight the Germans and Japanese.

41.According to the report, why does a person behave better when he feels he is being watched?

A.He does not want to be shamed by others.

B.He needs to show he is a good person.

C.He desires others to like him more.

D.He feels he will receive some social reward.

42.What is the text mainly about?

A.It describes changed behavior when observed.

B.It details ways to control people's behavior.

C.It tells how to make people work harder.

D.It discusses different advertising methods.

43.According to the text, which of the following statements is true?

A.People pretend to behave worse when they are watched.

B.Fish bite other fish in a fish tank when they are alone.

C.People donate more money when they feel they are watched.

D.Soldiers fought better during World War II because of a poster.

44. The underlined word “coded” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to _____

A. hidden    B. programmed   C. forgotten   D. learnt

45.Where would the study described in the text most likely be found?

A.In a newspaper.                  B.In a scientific journal.

C.In an advertising magazine.     D.In a science textbook.

B

The interview has been going on for about 20 minutes and everything seems to be going well.Then, suddenly, the interviewer asks an unexpected question, “Which is more important, law or love?”

Job applicants in the West increasingly find themselves asked strange questions like this.And the signs are that this is beginning to happen in China.

Employers want people who are skilled, enthusiastic and devoted.So these are the qualities that any reasonably intelligent job applicant will try to show no matter what his or her actual feelings are.In response, employers are increasingly using the questions which try and show the applicant’s true personality.

The question in the first paragraph comes from a test called the Kiersey Temperament Sorter.It is an attempt to discover how people solve problems, rather than what they know.This is often called aptitude (天资) test.

According to Mark Baldwin of Alliance, many job applicants in China are finding this type of questions difficult.“When a Chinese fills out an aptitude test, he or she will think there is a right answer but they may fail because they try to guess what the examiner wants to see.”

This is sometimes called the prisoner’s dilemma(窘境).Applicants are trying to act cleverly in their own interest, but they fail because they don’t understand what the interviewer is looking for.Remember that in an aptitude test, the correct answer is the honest answer.

46. What is the purpose of the passage?

A. To give a piece of advice to job interviewees.

B. To tell you how to deal with job interviews.

C. To advise you how to find a good job.

D. To describe an aptitude test.

47. According to the writer, in an aptitude test, Chinese job applicants should ________.

A. not tell the truth                    B. offer a complete answer

C. learn to tell what they really think    D. find out what the examiner wants to know

48. From the passage we know that ________.

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