高二英语上册期末考试试卷

However, May arrived fifteen minutes late to the competition. “It’s the taxi driver’s fault,” she said. “I told him to head east, but he was in one ear and thought I said Bread Cheese. You know, Bread Cheese is the name of our neighboring town.”

I thought May would certainly lose because she was late, but to my surprise, she turned out to be this year’s winner. The judges liked her answer to their last question, “If you could have anything in the world, what would it be?” Sara replied, “World peace.” May, on the other hand, said, “Better market to have our eggs sell well”.

56. What does the underlined sentence “You know what they say about the early bird.” mean?

A. she liked the early bird very much.

B. she was sure that she would succeed.

C. she lived nearby, so she should get there early.

D. she wanted to show off her good language knowledge.

57. Why was May chosen in the end?

A. Because she arrived late and gave enough explanation.

B. Because she gave a different answer from Sara’s.

C. Because she looked more beautiful than Sara.

D. Because her answer was more practical than Sara’s.

58. According to the passage, which of the following maps is correct?

B

The unquestioned role of a student is to learn as much as possible through whatever means it takes to acquire knowledge. Teachers and professors are human beings and are therefore not perfect. No one knows the correct answer to every question even when you limit the questions to a certain field of study. Having certain skepticism (质疑) about what they are being taught can help students to make the teachers even better by correcting mistakes and misinformation.

Students certainly have a huge role in their own abilities to learn. Teachers should act more as guides along the way rather than try to force each student to learn. The best teachers in the world cannot teach an unmotivated student. If the teacher, for whatever reason, cannot motivate the student, then the student must somehow find a way to motivate himself or herself.

One method of doing this is by becoming an active rather than a passive student. The more the student involves himself or herself in the act of studying, the better he or she can learn. One of the best ways to become more active is simply to ask the teacher or professor questions. Students who passively sit in a classroom and take everything that the teacher says for granted are not fully using their mental capacities to learn.

Better education comes from teachers who are able to get their students to think about a subject rather than merely absorb a certain amount of information. Having a healthy skepticism can improve a student's ability to both think and absorb knowledge in a learning situation.

Teachers are human beings and no one is one hundred percent right all of the time, even in a classroom situation. Perhaps a teacher would simply unconsciously say the wrong word or pass on some misinformation that the teacher truly believed was correct. A student's question could prevent an entire classroom from becoming confused or misinformed.

There is of course a fine balance between a student having a healthy skepticism, and just being a downright skeptic. But with the proper attitude toward learning and a little skepticism, both the students and teachers can improve upon the learning process and maximize learning efficiency.

59. Which of the following is the author's main argument?

A. Passive learning results from passive teaching in class.

B. A student's ability plays a huge role in the learning process.

C. A healthy skepticism fully depends on students' motivation and ability.

D. A healthy skepticism and proper attitude contribute to effective learning.

60. Being passive learners, the students _______________.

A. use little of their mental ability while studying

B. seldom involve themselves completely in learning

C. can hardly tell the right from the wrong in class

D. simply ask their teachers questions without thinking

61. According to the passage, a good teacher should _________.

A. help the unmotivated students patiently

B. instruct students in the learning process

C. make no mistakes in the teaching process

D. answer all the questions raised by students

62. The author will most probably agree that ___________.

A. keeping skepticism to a certain degree is important

B. having a good attitude can ensure the learning process

C. taking everything for granted makes a student learn nothing

D. a teacher's ability can be improved by encouraging doubts

C

The world hasn’t seen a pandemic (流行疾病) in 41 years，when the “Hong Kong” flu crossed the globe and killed about one million people worldwide.If H1N1 flu reaches pandemic levels，what would happen next? ks5u

The outbreak of SARS in 2003 rang alarm bells as potential pandemics.Although it jumped

the “animal-to-human” barrier，neither disease changed enough to enable human-to-human infection.Strictly speaking，SARS did not become pandemics because it was too good at killing their hosts.For a pandemic，it needs to be able to maintain human-to-human contact without killing its host off.

H1N1 flu is already a man-to-man disease，which makes it much more difficult to manage.And H1N1 flu appears much more infectious than SARS.ks5u

But the WHO warns，it cannot say whether or not it will indeed cause a pandemic.According to experts，here’s what the world might see if there is another pandemic，based on past experience.

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