2022年2022年深圳實驗學校英語周高一年級閱讀競賽試題

1、精選學習資料 - - - 歡迎下載contest forreadingcomprehension insenior iduringtheenglish week, shenzhen experimental school深圳試驗學校英語周高一年級閱讀競賽試題time 50 mins total 100% 精品學習資料精選學習資料 - - - 歡迎下載name class scores 精品學習資料精選學習資料 - - - 歡迎下載demands:1. be careful when you make up your mind to make a choice,for every one is4

2、points.2. donthesitate when you meet with some puzzling points. be brave to guess its or their meanings. after all、time is limited.3. some new words are given in either chinese or english.ap riscilla ouchid a's “ en ergyefficient ” hou se turn ed out to be a horrible drea m. when sheandh eren gi

3、neerhusbandmarri edafewyearsago、th eybuilta$100、0 00、three - bedroo m ho me in cali fo rnia. ti ghtl y seal ed to prevent air l eaks、 the house was equipped with small doublepan ed 雙 層 玻 璃 windows and several oth er energysavin g features. p roblems b egan as soon as th e coupl e mo ved in、 however.

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5、u m allo wed b y fed eral standard s fo r chemic al wo rkers.the source of th e gas . her new kitchen cabinets and wall -to- wallcarp etin g.th e ouchidas are victims of indoor air pollution、wh ich is not given sufficient attention partl y becau se o fth e n at ion'sdri vetosaveen ergy.theproble

6、mitsel fi sn'tnew.“ the indooren vironmentwasdirt ylon gbeforeenergyconservationca mealong,” says moschandreas、apollutionsci entist at geo met technolo gies in m aryl an d. “ energyconservation hastendedto accentuate（ 強 調(diào) ）the situation in so me cases. ”th e problem appearstobe mo re troublesome

7、 in newl y con stru ctedho mesrat herth an old ones. back in the days wh en en ergywas ch eap、 h ome builders didn't wo rrymuchabout精品學習資料精選學習資料 - - - 歡迎下載unsealed cracks . because of su ch leaks、 th e ai r in an average ho me was rep l aced by fresh outdoor air about once an hour. as a resul t、

8、 th e pol lutants generated in most househo lds seldo m built up to dan gero us levels.1. it can be l earned fro m t he passage th at th e ou chid as' house a. iswellwo rth themoney spent on its con structionb. isal mostfaul tlessform the point of energy conservationc. failedto meet en ergyconse

9、rvation st andardsd. was d esign ed andconst ruct ed in ascientifi c way2. what make the ouchid as' n ew house a horribl e dream.a. lack of freshair.b. p oor quality o f building materials.c. gas l eakage in the kitchen.d. the newly p aint ed walls.3. the word “ accentuate ” p ara.3 mo st prob a

10、bl y means “ . “a. relieveb. acceleratec. worsend. i mp rove4. wh y were cracks in old houses not a bi g con cern.a. because indoorcleanliness was notemph asi zed.b. because energy usedto be inexpensi ve.c. because envi ron mentalprotectionwas gi ven top priority.d. because they were technical l y u

11、navoidable.5. thi s .passage is most probabl y t aken fro m an arti cle entitl ed a. energyconservationb. house building cri si sc. air pollution indoorsd. traps in buildingconstructionbit is hard to get any agreement on the accurate meaning of the term “ socialclass ”in. everyday life、people tend t

12、o have a differentapproach to those they consider their equals from that which they assume with people they consider higher or lower than themselves in the social scale. the criteria we useto“ place a”n ew acquaintance 熟人 、 however、 are a complex mixture of factors. dress、 way of speaking、area of re

13、sidence in a given city or province、 education and manners all play a part.精品學習資料精選學習資料 - - - 歡迎下載in greece、 after the sixthcentury b.c.、 there was a growingconflictbetween the peasants and thelanded aristocrats 貴 族 、 and a gradual decrease in the power of the aristocracy when a kind of “ middle cla

14、ss ”of traders and skilled workers grew up. the population of athens、 for example、 was divided intothree main classses which were politicallyand legallydistinct. aboutonethird of the total were slaves、 who did not count politicallyat all、 a fact often forgotten by those who praise athens as the nurs

15、ery of democracy. the next main group consisted of resident foreigners、 the “ metics ”wh、o were freemen、though they two were allowed no share in politicallife. the third group was the powerful body of精品學習資料精選學習資料 - - - 歡迎下載“ citizensw”ho、were themselves divided into sub-classes.精品學習資料精選學習資料 - - - 歡迎

16、下載in the later middleages、 however、 the development of monetary economy and the growth of citiesand trade led to the rise of another class、 the “ burghers o”r city merchants and mayors. these were thepredecessors（ ancestors） of the modern middle classes. graduallyhigh office and occupation assumed（s

17、upposed） importance in determining social position 、 as it became more and more possible for a person born to one station in life to move to another. this change affected the towns more than the country areas、 where remnants of feudalism （封建主義） lasted much longer.withthe break-up of the feudal econo

18、my、 the increasing divisionof labour、 and the growingpowerof the town burghers 公 民 、 thecommercial andprofessionalmiddle class became moreand more important in europe、and the olderprivilegeclass、 the landedaristocracy、 began to lose some of its power.6. the main idea of the firstparagraph is that .a

19、. to define the term social class does not involvemuch difficultyb. there is much alternation in people ssocial classesc. to evaluate a person social class is a very complex procedured. we can tell which social class a person belongs to by the way he behaves7. in line 5 paragraph 1、 “ criteria mo”st

20、 probably means .a. standards of judgementb. waysc. criticismd. characteristic8. the decline of the greek aristocracypowser in the sixth century b.c. was the result of .a. the conflictsbetween the peasants and the landed aristocratsb. the foreignresidentsc. slaves精品學習資料精選學習資料 - - - 歡迎下載d. the newly

21、emerging middleclass in the sixth century9. which of the followingstatements is not true、according to the passage.a. slaves in greece in the sixth century b.c. were not politicallysignificant.b. the “burghers ”of the later middleages constituted an entirely new social class.c. to some extent、 social

22、 mobilitycan be attributed to the growth of trade.d. the new class made up of traders and executive officialsof the later middle ages made the development of a money economy possible.10. the best title of the passage might be .a. the criteria for classifyingsocial groupsb. social classesc. changes i

23、n social systemd. the evolutionof human societycit is generally accepted that the experiences of the childin his first years largely determine his character andlater personality. every experience teaches thechildsomething and the effects arecumulative. “ upbringing is” normallyused to refer to the t

24、reatment and trainingof the child withinthehome. this is closely related to the treatment and trainingof the child in school、 which is usually精品學習資料精選學習資料 - - - 歡迎下載distinguishedby the term “ educationi”n.asocietysuch as ours、 both parents andteachers are精品學習資料精選學習資料 - - - 歡迎下載responsiblefor the opp

25、ortunities provided for the development of the child、 so that upbringing and education are interdependent.the ideals and practices of childrearing vary from culture to culture. in general、 the more ruralthe community、 the more uniformare the customs of child upbringing.in more technologicallydevelop

26、edsocieties、 the period of childhoodand adolescence 青 春 期 tends to be extended over a long time、 resultingin more opportunityfor education and greater variety in character development.early upbringingin the home is naturally affected both by the cultural pattern of the communityand by the parentsc a

27、pabilities and their aims and depends not only on upbringingand education but also on精品學習資料精選學習資料 - - - 歡迎下載the innate abilities of the child. wide differences of innate intelligence and temperament exist even in children of the same family.intelligentparents、 however、 realize that the particular se

28、tting of each familyis unique、 and there can be no rigid 嚴 格 的 general rules. they use general informationonly as a guide in making decisions and solving problems.allparents have to solve the problems of freedom and discipline. the younger the child、 the morereadily the mother gives in to his demand

29、s to avoid disappointing him. she knows that if his energies are not given an outlet、 her childcsontinuing development may be warped （abnormal / distorted ）.achild must be allowed to enjoy this “messy”b ut tactile（ feeling ） stage of discovery before he isready to go on to the less physical pleasure

30、s of toys and books. similarly、throughout life、 each stage depends on the satisfactory completion of the one before.11. it as general belief that a childlaster character and personality isdecided by his earlyexperiences both at home and in school.a. chieflyb. by chancec. entirelyd. seldom12. the wor

31、d “ cumulative in”l ine 3 most probably means .a. decisiveb. extremely beneficialc. strongd. progressively greater13. it can be seen from the passage that .a. the culturalpattern is the single factor that affects a child supbringingin the homeb. by no means does the technological development of a co

32、mmunitycontribute to the development of childrenchsaracterc. there are advisable rules for parents to go by in bringing up their childrend. upbringingand education are mutuallycomplementary14. a childdsevelopment might well be adversely affected if .a. he were subjected to unusually strict disciplin

33、eb. his mother often gave in to his demandsc. his energies were freely given an outletd. he were brought up in a happy environment精品學習資料精選學習資料 - - - 歡迎下載15. as it is presented in the passage、 rather than a smooth progression the development of the human character and personality is a series of .a. a

34、ctsb. stagesc. functionsd. completionsdit osften hard for those of us who have achieved the status of honoured parent to appreciate quite how spoilt the children of the 1980s are when it comes to tvand films.anythingless than total visual perfection and watch out for trouble as you shuffle out throu

35、gh the doorway marked“ exit” .but we must be firmoccasionally、 so next time your childobserves that、 personally、 he wouldhave expected adecaying body to have had a somewhat greener colour、 seize him by the ear and remind him that when you were young、 people used to run out of the cinema crying witht

36、error as a clothcovered rubber gorillasat on top of a cardboard skyscraper and snatched balsa wood aeroplanes out of the sky.ifany one man may be held responsible for this state of affairs then it must be tony dyson、 creator of r2d2 in the filmthe empire strikes back. if it were not for him、 then fi

37、lmspecial effects would stillbe back in the faroff innocent days of jerky paper dinosaurs. brian johnson、 who was in charge of the special effects ofthe empire strikes back、 ordered not just one、 but eight editions of the robot which was soon to win the hearts of audiences the world over as r2d2. it

38、took the dyson workshop five months of frantic labour but the order was met in time for the start of the shooting of the film.afterthe success of r2d2、 other filmand television work followed;a great deal for the oxfordscientific film series of wildlife documentaries. but tony dyson has always been a

39、n enthusiastic reader of science fiction、 ever since childhood、 and his old interest soon led him back to robots of one kind or another、 and this time to robots for advertising purposes. phil the robot was designed for philipsdomestic appliances and this twometre robot has appeared in childrentvspro

40、grammes、 in stores upand down the country、 at exhibitionsas well as in television commercials.tony has now completed work on harry、 an animated（ vivid ） advertising cartoon with a difference in that he holds conversations with his audiences. but his main interest at the moment is the launching ofdro

41、idfactory ltd;a company set up specially to rent out promotionalrobots to marketing companies.16. children nowadays are differentfrom their parents in the way that .精品學習資料精選學習資料 - - - 歡迎下載a. they cause trouble in cinemasb. they are more visuallyawarec. they have perfect eyesightd. they are more easy

42、 to spoil17. the writersuggests that parents should .a. encourage their children to see old filmsb. control their children by twistingtheir earsc. stand no nonsense from their childrend. scare their children by taking them to horror films18. the importance of tonydyson to the cinema is .a. he was th

43、e first man to produce special effectsb. he changed people sexpectations of special effectsc. he produced models of dinosaurs out of paperd. he created the filmthe empire strikes back19. dyson invented phil the robot to .a. advertise a productb. make appearance on televisionc. be displayed in shopsd

44、. appear at exhibitions20. nowadays dyson is mainly interested in .a. having conversations with robotsb. appearing in supermarketsc. selling promotionalrobotsd. establishing a companyein ancient greece athletic festivals were very important and had strong religious associations. the olympianathletic

45、 festival、 held every four years in honour of zeus、 eventually lost its local character、 became firsta national event、 and then、 after the rules against foreigncompetitors had been waived 、 international. no one knows exactly how far back the olympicgames go、 but some officialrecords date from 776 b

46、.c.the games took place in august on the plain by mount olympus. many thousands of spectators精品學習資料精選學習資料 - - - 歡迎下載gathered from all parts of greece、 but no woman was admitted even as a spectator. slaves、 women anddishonouredpersons were not allowed to compete. the exact sequence of events is uncer

47、tain、 but events included boys g ymnastics、 horseracing、 fieldevents such as discus and javelin throwing、and the very important foot races. there was also boxing and wrestlingand special tests of varied abilitysuch as thepentathlon、 the winner of which excelled in running、 jumping、 discus and javeli

48、n throwingand wrestling. the evening of the third day was devoted to sacrificialofferings to the heroes of the day、 and the fourth day、 that of the fullmoon、 was set aside as a holy day.on the sixth and last day、 all the victors were crowned with holy garlands 花 冠 of wild olive froma sacred wood. so

49、 great was the honour that the winnerof the foot race gave his name to the year of his victory. althougholympicwinners received no prize money、 they were、 in fact、 richly rewarded by their state authorities. the publichonour also made the strict discipline of the tenmonth trainingperiodworthwhile.in spite of the lengthy training、 however, runn