发布时间 : 星期一 文章浙江省台州市2017-2018学年高二英语下学期起始考试题更新完毕开始阅读c6a85655ef06eff9aef8941ea76e58fafab04581
浙江省台州市书生中学2017-2018学年高二英语下学期起始考试题
满分：120 考试时间：100分钟
第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分35分）第一节（共10小题；每小题2.5分，满分25分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。
A
In 2013, Bezos, the CEO and founder of Amazon Inc., made headlines when he announced that within a few years, the company would use unmanned drones (无人机) to deliver packages within 30 minutes after an order was placed. Since Amazon Prime Air was publicized the night before “Cyber Monday,” Some just regarded it as a publicity stunt (噱头) designed to draw attention to the company. It turns out they were wrong.
On December 7, 2016, Amazon showed that it had completed its first Prime Air delivery in Cambridge, UK. The package, containing a bag of popcorn and an Amazon Fire TV, were loaded on to the unmanned vehicle from a local fulfillment center and delivered to a two-story farmhouse several miles away --- all within 13 minutes after the items were bought!
The company also announced that the service is now available within the five-square-mile range of the Cambridge area, seven days a week during daylight hours. The thinly populated rural area, with few dozen residents distributed amidst vast areas of farmland and fields, is perfect for testing the drones.
Unfortunately, even if the trial is wildly successful, many challenges still remain before drone delivery becomes a reality for most of us. While the drone may do fine in rural areas, they remain untested in crowded urban cities where they would bump into barriers like buildings or trees. There is also fear that the autonomous flying vehicles could injure people as they come down to drop their packages. The drones and their load are also damaged by destroyers. Then there are the delivery logistics (后勤保障). Amazon will not only have to ensure that every Prime Air customer has a special landing flat surface, but also
come up with a practical solution for apartment residents who do not have access to an open space where the drone can land. Hence, while Amazon Prime Air may someday be a reality, for now, we will just have to wait for two “long” days to receive our packages!
1. Why was the trial carried out in Cambridge area?
A. Amazon couldn’t find drone landing space in crowded urban cities. B. Drone flight was prohibited where there were impassable barriers. C. The vast rural areas with smaller population were perfect test sites. D. The company had many logistics to guarantee service quality there. 2. It can be inferred from the text that ________.
A. the new service will save customers more time and money B. universal drone package delivery has still a long way to go C. Amazon is the early pioneer of drone flight in the world D. the injuries by drones have got the local residents in panic 3. What is the main idea of the text?
A. Amazon drone delivered packages to its first customers. B. Bezos tried to expand its delivery service in Cambridge. C. Amazon ran a marketing campaign through drone delivery. D. Drone delivery reached customers in a shorter time.
B
Phrases like “good sharing!” and “great job on the slide!” echo across American playgrounds. Coaches pass out ribbons to every participant. Scholar publishes a series called “I’m Special!” assuring readers that the ability to play with friends and sing songs makes them special indeed.
We’ve been told that high self-esteem is the key to children’s happiness and success, and we’ve been praising and protecting them ever since. But has the self-esteem movement gone too far? Many experts argue that instead of raising healthy high achievers, maybe we’re raising a generation of narcissists(自我陶醉者). “Our old concepts of self-esteem(自尊) are old-fashioned, and parents need to send the concept to the trash heap of all things outdated and useless,” says Aaron Cooper,
co-author of I Just Want My Kids to be Happy.
While experts used to blame low self-esteem for everything from bad grades to criminal behavior, research has shown that inflated (膨胀的)self-esteem is more often the criminal. An article called “Rethinking Self-Esteem” by Roy made a stir when he supposed that criminals and drug abusers actually had higher self-esteem than the general population. Martin and Ervin found that the modern habit of constant praise was turning kids skeptical and unmotivated. And esteemed child development expert T. Barry recently wrote in The New York Times that the phrase “self-esteem” had lost its meaning. Parents just want their children to have a positive self-image. And while it’s easy to make fun of the extremes of the self-esteem movement, it’s difficult to walk the fine line between acquiring self-respect and self-centeredness.
Anyway, make it clear that while you have expectations for their behavior, you love and accept them unconditionally. True self-esteem isn’t about a steady stream of applause; it develops when children know their limits and responsibilities are given enough opportunities to challenge themselves, and feel secure that they’re loved even when they fail.
4. What’s the purpose of using phrases like “good sharing!” and “great job on
the slide!”?
A. To attract readers’ attention. B. To give the author’s opinion. C. To introduce the topic. D. To tell readers the key to happiness and success.
5. According to the text, which of the following statements is true? A. Children with high esteem are likely to be high achievers.
B. In children’s development high self-esteem plays a positive role. C. High self-esteem does harm to kids in a way. D. High self-esteem makes kids motivated nowadays.
6. The proper way to develop children’s true self-esteem is to_______.
A. give them constant praise unconditionally. B. let them shoulder all their responsibilities.
C. have high expectations for their behavior. D. offer them support even though they fail.
C
It was an autumn morning shortly after my husband and I moved into our first house. Our children were upstairs unpacking, and I was looking out the window at my father moving around mysteriously on the front lawn. My parents lived nearby, and Dad had visited us several times already. “What are you doing out there?” I called to him.
He looked up, smiling. “I’m making you a surprise.” Knowing my father, I thought it could be just about anything. A self-employed jobber, he was always building things out of odds and ends. When we were kids, he always created something surprising for us.
Today, however, Dad would say no more, and caught ups in the busyness of our new life, I eventually forgot about his surprise.
Until one gloomy day the following March when I glanced out the window. Any yet… I saw a dot of blue across the yard. I headed outside for a closer look. They were crocuses (番红花), throughout the front lawn. Lavender, blue, yellow and my favorite pink ---- little faces moved up and down in the cold wind.
Dad! I smiled, remembering the things he had secretly planted last autumn. He knew how the darkness and dullness of winter always got me down. What could have been more perfectly timely to my needs?
My father’s crocuses bloomed each spring for the next four or five seasons, bringing the same assurance every time they arrived: Hard times almost over. Hold on, keep going, light is coming soon.
Then a spring came with only half the usual blooms. The next spring there were none. I missed the crocuses. I would ask Dad to come over and plant new bulbs. But I never did.
He died suddenly one October day. My family was in deep sorrow, leaning on our faith. I missed him terribly.
Four years passed, and on a dismal spring afternoon I was driving back when I