夸克学习打开夸克扫码有夸克就有解查看试卷解析云南民大附中2017-2018学年秋季学期高二期中考试（文科）(英语)阅读理解1.The traditional Chinese lumar calendar()divides the year into 24 solar terms.Major Snow,the 21s solarterm of the year,begins the year on Dec.7 and ends on Dec.20.Here are three things you should know aboutMajor Snow.Snowy winterThe snow in North China may last a whole day,breaking tree branches and blocking the road.I the South,the snowflakes fly and the world turns white.A saying goes that a timely snow promises a good harvest.Asthe snow covers the ground pests will be killed by the low temperature.originated in China and is highly appreciated in Chinese culture for its toughness in severe winters.With pineand bamboo,it is referred to as one of the Three Friends of Winter.Eating porridgeWarm porridge could help increase one's personal heat and nourish the body in cold weather.In China,on thefirst day of Winter Solstice()there is a custom to eat red bean porridge and eight-treasure porridge on theeighty day of the last month of the lunar year,which is considered of much benefit to health.(1)Why does a timely snow promise a good harvest?B.Because the snow breaks down the old branches.C.Because pests will be suffering from starvation.D.Because the heavy snow supplies enough water.(2)For what is wintersweet admired?A.Beauty.B.Fragrance.C.Character.D.Blossoms.(3)What does the underlined word "nourish"in the last paragraph probably mean?A.Hide.B.Strengthen.C.Eramine.D.Twist.(4)In which section of a magazine could the text be found?A.Culture.B.Health.C.Science.D.Literatureworking for the tech company when she gets older."Dear Google boss,my name is Chloe and when I ambigger I would like a job with Google,"she wrote."I also want to work in a chocolate factory and do第1页/共15页夸克学习有夸克就有解swimming in the Olympics."The student said she liked computers and had a tablet she played games on.Sheeven showed off a robot game that her dad gave her.It wasn't long before Sundar Pichai,CEO of Google,replied wit his own letter on Google website.In a letterdated Feb.3,Pichai wrote,"Dear Chloe,I'm glad that you like computers and robots,and hope that you willcontinue to learn about technology.I think if you keep working hard and follow your dreams,you canaccomplish everything you set your mind to.I look forward to receiving your job application when you arefinished with school!"Her father,Andy Bridgewater told ABC News he was completely shocked that his daughter received a reply.But he wasn't surprised that she decided to write the letter in the first place."She's got determination.Shedoesn't see the barriers that we face every day,"he erplained."If she wants to do it,she will set out to do itand nothing will stop her."The father remarked that his daughter began jumping up and down after receiving the letter.Still,he's not ina rush to send his eldest daughter off to work."Now,my daughter is confident,although she hasn't yet fullyunderstood that it will take more efforts than finishing her study to make it with Google,"he said.A.expects to be one of the Google membersB.has a talent for making robotsC.makes up her mind to study hardD.buries herself in computer games(2)We can know from the tert thatA.the girl wrote the letter to Pichai on February 3B.there are two children in Bridgewater's familyD.Google is sure to hire Chloe after her graduation(3)What is the main idea of the tert?A.At 7-year-old girl gets a job with GoogleB.CEO of Google responds to a girl's letterC.A father forbids his girl to work for Google3.You know that squeak(you hear from your pet mouse or the pest mouse?It turns out that it is notreally a squeak,but a sweet song by male mice to attract females.This is the conclusion reached by biologistDustin Penn and his team at the Veterinary University of Vienna.recording the high-pitched(sounds male mice made the moment they sensed a female mouse around.What they discovered when they played them back to females was that the ladies could tell between those made第2页1共15页夸克学习有夸克就有解by their brothers and the ones made by unrelated males.Just like human,they tended to ignore the ones madeby their brothers.The researchers then took the erperiment one step further and analyzed the squeaks.To their surprise theydiscovered that while the squeaks sounded similar,they each had a different"tume".The biggest surprise of allHowever,not all scientists agree with this finding.Some like Kurt Hammer.a scientist at the German PrimateCenter believe that the test sample was too small to make such a conclusion.The researcher's nert plan to test if the females care about the quality of the"song".In some bird species,males that can sing the most complex tues seem to get the most attention.So why do we care whether mice can sing or not?Clearly,since they are being used as laboratory testers,itwill help us make advances in human speech disorders like the ones found in people suffering from autism((1)According to Dustin Pen,the squeak made by a male mouse isC.a terrible noise D.a pleasant sound(2)The underlined word"them"in Paragraph 2 refers toA.the male miceB.the female miceC.the squeaks made by the male miceD.the squeaks made by the female mice(3)What might be Kurt Hammer's idea?A.More studies should be made.B.Mice are intelligent animals.C.the conclusion is reasonable.D.Mice shouldn't be studied.(4)One benefit of the study on mice squeaks is that it canA.find ways to kill miceB.inspire musicians with their workC.help treat human speech disordersD.find ways to select intelligent mice.4.A record 6.15 million trips were made by Chinese mainland tourists to overseas destinations during the seven-day Spring Festival holiday,which ended on Thursday,according to the China National TourismAdministration.That is an increase of 7 percent compared with last yearns Spring Festival.About 374,000 tripswere organized by travel agencies,a 2.5 percent increase.第3页1共15页