发布时间 : 星期六 文章2018-2019学年广东省广州大学附属中学等三校高一下学期期中联考英语试题(word版)更新完毕开始阅读c91525d46d85ec3a87c24028915f804d2b1687af
making changes to my brain. I’m not thinking the way I used to think. I can feel it most strongly when I’m reading. Involving myself in a book or a lengthy article used to be easy. That’s rarely the case anymore.
I think I know what’s going on. For over a decade, I’ve been spending lots of time online. The Web has been a godsend to me as a writer. Research that once required days in the rooms of libraries can now be done in minutes by a few Google searches. Even when I’m not working, I’m scanning headlines or just tripping from link to link.
The Net is becoming a universal medium where information flows through my eyes and ears and into mind. The perfect recall of silicon memory (硅制存储器) can be a blessing to thinking. But that comes at a price. As the media theorist Marshall Mcluhan pointed out media are not just passive channels of information. They supply the stuff of thought, but they also shape the process of thought. And what the Net seems to be doing is weakening my ability for concentration. Once I was a driver in the sea of words. Now I zip along the surface like a flying swallow.
I’m not the only one. When I mention my troubles with reading to acquaintances, Bruce Friedman, a blogger, also has described how the Internet has changed his mental habits. His thinking has taken on a “staccato (破碎)” quality. “I can’t read War and Peace anymore”, he admitted, “I’ve lost the ability to do that.”
A recently published study suggests that when reading online, we tend to become “more decoders (解码器) of information”. We are not only what we read; we are how we read. 22. According to the passage, the author thinks_______ A. the Net is merely a headache.
B. he can no longer die but swim shallowly.
C. the once naturally deep reading has become a struggle. D. other people around rarely have similar feelings like him. 23. What is the author’s attitude towards the Internet? A. Thoroughly passive. B. Totally puzzled. C. Gladly approving. D. Evidently worried.
24. From the passage, the more people use the Web, _________ A. the more mental habits can be improved.
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,B. the more they have to fight to stay focused. C. the more they are influenced in shape. D. the more online activities they can enjoy.
25. Which of the following can best summarize the text? A. Is the Net gradually changing us? B. Long articles are hard to read nowadays. C. Do people lack concentration to cover Web pages?
D. More Web involvement results from attention distraction(分心). 【答案】22. C 23. D 24. B 25. A 第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的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。
Tips for Procrastinators (拖延者)
You manage to finish and hand the project in on time, but you feel exhausted. Then, your teacher says, “Get ready. We will start the test in 5 minutes.” ___26___
Many of us are guilty of delaying doing what we should do. At the same time, we might risk missing a deadline and not getting a good mark. It is also very stressful. Here are some tips for procrastinators on how to get your work done ahead of time.
Create a to-do list. Creating a list will help organize your work and ideas while keeping you on track. ____27____ Keep it up to date by checking off completed tasks as you go along. This will keep you focused and orderly.
___28___ Chances are, you won’t be able to get a lot of work done when you’re tired. Finding a time of day when you are full of energy will get you to be more productive.
Choose reliable study partners. Working with study partners will encourage you to complete the task at hand and ensure that you remain focused. ___29___
Divide the work into smaller parts. Procrastination is often a reaction to feeling overwhelmed (无法对付的). Dividing work into smaller parts will make it easy to handle. ____30____ You will find your ability and be more likely to finish what you need to do.
Hopefully these tips will help you do away with the stressful, last-minute efforts of a procrastinator.
A. Work when you’re feeling energetic. B. Remind yourself to turn off all the devices.
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C. You forgot that there’s also an examination today. D. Try to encourage yourself to stick to your work plan.
E. Deal with your tasks a bit at a time instead of wasting time wondering where to start. F. Put the tasks that you feel less confident about or are likely to avoid on the top of the list. G. You know that others are relying on you and they think that you deserve trust and are responsible. 【答案】26. C 27. F 28. A 29. G 30. E
第四部分 语言知识运用（共两节，满分40分） 第一节 （共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I’m someone who never went to university but always thought about it．The only way I ___31___ was listening to my children talk about the interesting classes they were ___32___ . University was just a life-long ___33___ of mine．I just turned sixty-four years old in September. I still thought about that old dream ___34___ one day when there was an Advanced-Age ___35___ at the local university. I decided to ___36___.
The day finally arrived—my first day of school. As I ___37___ there，my mind was filled with ___38___ thoughts, “What am I doing? I’m not smart enough to go to university. The ___39___ will laugh when they see me in class. I probably won’t live long enough to get a ___40___. Maybe I should just turn the car around and go home.”
Then, ___41___ , I saw it! A large billboard on the side of the road with a picture of Kermit the Frog. I ___42___ a little and read the words next to his picture. “Live your dreams.” Was Kermit speaking me? I didn’t turn the car around.
I drove a little ___43___ on up the highway and there was another ___44___ . This one had a picture of Albert Einstein with his tongue ___45___ out．A line read, “As a student，he was no Einstein.” And there was a word in red, “Confidence”. A new attitude was ___46___ inside me．
I was now ___47___ the gate of the university and there ___48___ still another billboard. This one showed a photograph of a proud ___49___ in a cap and gown. Under the picture was her name, Nola Otis, aged 95, the oldest University Graduate. Below it was the words, “Live Life”.
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At that moment, my outlook changed ___50___ . 31. A. attended 32. A. learning 33. A. goal 34. A. since 35. A. program 36. A. sign up 37. A. walked 38. A. negative 39. A. tutors 40. A. degree 41. A. finally 42. A. sped up 43. A. higher 44. A. billboard 45. A. breaking 46. A. holding 47. A. approaching 48. A. stood 49. A. man 50. A. slightly
B. acquired B. taking B. idea B. before B. system B. turn up B. stepped B. attractive B. kids B. praise B. immediately B. slowed down B. further B. picture B. giving B. arriving B. squeezing B. lived B. teenager B. accidentally
C. consulted C. teaching C. advice C. until C. theme C. keep up C. ran C. active C. professors C. skill C. suddenly C. cut down C. closer C. portrait C. pulling C. setting C. arriving C. lay C. woman C. differently
D. contained D. using D. dream D. after D. process D. make up D. drove D. optimistic D. fellows D. reputation D. exactly D. went up D. lower D. cartoon D. sticking D. making D. staying D. sat D. youth D. completely
【答案】31. B 32. B 33. D 34. C 35. A 36. A 37. D 38. A 39. B 40. A 41. C 42. B 43. B 44. A 45. D 46. B 47. A 48. A 49. C 50. D 第二节 （共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Today I will introduce some new teachers in our class. Mrs. Li is my English teacher. My first impression ___51___ her was that she was nervous and shy. But now, I find she’s kind and patient, who explains grammar ___52___ (clear). I’ve always hated making mistakes or ___53___(pronounce) a word incorrectly when I speak English, but she just smiles, ___54___ makes me feel easy.
Being almost sixty, Mrs. Chen is ___55___experienced physics teacher, but she is very strict. All of us are afraid of her, and no one dares to be late for her lessons. Some of our classmates
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