He ________ whether to set aside the minor differences，then he did．
A．debated B．predicted
C．plotted D．calculated
发散思维新课堂系列答案科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年湖北黄冈蕲春县高二上期中考试英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
You either have it, or you don’t — a sense of direction, that is．But why is it that some people could find their way across the Sahara without a map, while others can lose themselves in the next street?
Scientists say we’re all born with a sense of direction, but it is not properly understood how it works．One theory is that people with a good sense of direction have simply worked harder at developing it．Research being carried out at Liverpool University supports this idea and suggests that if we don’t use it, we 1ose it．
“Children as young as seven have the ability to find their way around, ’’ says Jim Martland, research director of the project．“However, if they are not allowed out alone or are taken everywhere by car, they never develop the skills．’’
Jim Martland also emphasizes that young people should be taught certain skills to improve their sense of direction．He makes the following suggestions：
1．If you are using a map, turn it so it relates to the way you are facing．
2．If you leave your bike in a strange place, put it near something like a big stone or a tree—something easy to recognize．Note landmarks on the route as you go away from your bike．When you return, go back along the same route．
3．Simplify the way for finding your direction by using lines such as streets in a town, streams, or walls in the countryside to guide you．Count your steps so that you know how far you have gone and note any landmarks such as tower blocks or hills which can help to find out where yon are．
Now you will never get lost again!
1.Scientists have the belief that__________．
A．some people have a sense of direction when they are born
B．a sense of direction is developed with ages
C．people have their sense of direction all their life
D．everybody has a sense of direction from birth
2.What is true about 7-year-old children according to the passage?
A．Their sense of direction does not work without maps．
B．They should be allowed indoors if they lack(缺乏)a sense of direction．
C．They have the ability to find their way around
D．They can develop a good sense of direction if they are driven around in a car．
3.If you leave your bike in a strange place, you should___________．
A．plant a tree beside the bike so that you can know where the bike is
B．on the map mark where the bike is
C．find the stone which is beside the bike
D．remember something easily recognizable on the route
4.According to the passage, the best way to find your way around is to___________．
A. take a bike as a landmark
B. use walls, streams, and streets to guide yourself
C. remember your route by asking a policeman for help
D. remember the number of landmarks that you see
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He recommended that in order for things ________, we ________ quickly.
A. being done, should act B. to be done, act
C. to be done, acted D. being done, would act
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阅读理解。
There are many older people in the world and there will be many more. A littleknown fact is that over 60 percent of the older people live in developing countries. According to the World Health Organization，by 2020 there will be 1 billion，with over 700 million living in developing countries.
It is a surprising fact that the population ageing is particularly rapid in developing countries. For example，it took France 115 years for the proportion of older people to double from 7 percent to 14 percent. It is estimated(估计) to take China a mere 27 years to achieve this same increase.
What are the implications(暗指) of these increased numbers of older folk？One of the biggest worries for governments is that the longer people live，the more likelihood there is for diseases and for disability. Attention is being paid to the need to keep people as healthy as possible，including during old age，to lessen the financial burden on the state.
Another significant problem is the need for the younger generations to understand and value the older people in their society. In some African countries，certainly in Asia，older people are respected and regarded as the ones with special knowledge. Yet traditions are fading away daily，which does not ensure the continued high regard of older people. As society changes, attitudes will change.
Much needs to be done to get rid of age discrimination (歧视) in employment. Lifelong learning programs need to be provided to enable older people to be active members in a country’s development.
Social security policies need to be established to provide adequate income protection for older people. Both public and private schemes are vital in order to build a suitable safety net.
To achieve equality in such matters will take considerable time and effort. One thing is sure：there is no time to be lost.
1.The proportion(比例)of older people________.
A. is bigger in developed countries than in developing countries
B. is one seventh of the population in developing countries
C. will increase much faster in China than in France
D. will be sixty percent in developing countries by 2020
2.According to the passage，which of the following are governments most worried about?
A. The diseases and disability of older people.
B. The longer life and good health of people.
C. The loss of taxes on older people.
D. The increasing respect for older people.
3.Which of the following measures is NOT mentioned to solve the population ageing problem?
A. Getting rid of age discrimination in employment.
B. Ensuring adequate income protection for older people.
C. Providing free health care for sick older people.
D. Supplying lifelong learning programs to older people.
4.The author concludes in the last paragraph that________.
A. governments have spent lots of time in solving the ageing problem
B. population ageing is a hard problem，but it needs to be solved urgently
C. people are too busy to solve the population ageing problem
D. much time and effort will be lost in solving the ageing problem
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B Want to add some hours to your day? Ok，you probably can't change the fabric of time．But a new study suggests that the way you feel about your goal can change your concept of time and that some simple strategies could make you feel less rushed．
In a series of experiments，Jordan Etkin，a professor of marketing at Duke，and her co?authors，Loannis Evangelidis and Jennifer Aaker，looked at what happens when people see their goals as conflicting with one another．In one，they asked some participants to list two of their goals that they felt were in conflict，and others simply to list two of their goals．Those who were forced to think about conflicting aims felt more time pressure than those who weren't．In another experiment，the researchers gave participants a similar prompt regarding goal conflict，but this time measured their anxiety levels as well as their attitudes toward time．They found that participants who thought about conflicting goals had more anxiety than those who didn't，and that this，in turn，led to feelings of being short on time．
“Stress and anxiety and time pressure are closely linked concepts，” D．Etkin explained．“When we feel more stress and anxiety in relation to our personal goals，that manifests(表现) as a sense of having less time．”
Technological advances that allow people to do lots of things at once may increase the feeling of goal conflict，she said．
“I think the easier it is for us to try to deal with a lot of these things at the same time，” she said，“the more opportunity there is for us to feel this conflict between our goals．”
She isn't the first to suggest that actual busyness isn't the only thing that can make us feel busy．At the Atlantic，Derek Thompson wrote that “as a country，we're working less than we did in the 1960s and 1980s．” He offered a number of possible reasons some Americans still feel so overworked，including “the fluidness(不固定性) of work and leisure．” As he put it:
“The idea that work begins and ends at the office is wrong．On the one hand，flexibility is nice．On the other，mixing work and leisure together creates an always?on expectation that makes it hard for white?collar workers to escape the shadow of work responsibilities．”
And Brigid Schulte writes in her 2014 book Overwhelmed: How to Work，Love，and Play When No One Has the Time that some researchers believe “time has no sharp edges．What often matters more than the activity we're doing at a moment in time，they have found，is how we feel about it．
Our_concept_of_time_is,_indeed,_our_reality．”
Fortunately，Dr．Etkin and her team did find ways of making us feel better about time—or，at least，of reducing the negative influence of goal conflict．When participants performed a breathing exercise that reduced their anxiety，the impact of such conflict on their perception of time was less pronounced．Reframing anxiety as excitement (by reading the phrase “I am excited！” aloud several times) had a similar effect．
Breathing and reframing may not solve everyone's time problems—Ms．Schulte writes that some Americans are indeed working more than they used to．She cites the work of the sociologists Michael Hout and Caroline Hanley，who have “found that working parents combined put in 13 more hours a week on the job in 2000 than they did in 1970．That's 676 hours of additionally paid work a year for a family．And that's on top all the unpaid hours spent caring for children and keeping the house together．” Sometimes，we may feel short on time because we actually are．However，Dr．Etkin believes her findings suggest we may “have the ability to influence our experience of time more than we think we do．”
“We're all going to have times in our lives when our goals seem to be in more conflict than others，” she said．But with techniques like the ones her team tested，“we really can help ourselves feel like we have more time．”
1.What makes people feel rushed today?
A．Goal conflict．
B．High pressure．
C．Too much expectation．
D．Lack of exercise．
2.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A．Most people are having less work to do nowadays．
B．People under a lot of stress have a better sense of time．
C．Technological advances allow people to feel less stressed．
D．The flexibility of work increases white?collar workers' pressure．
3.The underlined sentence “Our concept of time is，indeed，our reality．” means ________．
A．we should make full use of time
B．we value time more than the way we live
C．we can feel better about time if we want to
D．we don't have the time to enjoy life in reality
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We work during the week，but weekends and evenings are usually ________．
A．vacant B．casual C．empty D．clear
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Different cultural features of ethnic groups are ________ one another and work out a melody．
A．in tune with B．in parallel with
C．in contrast to D．in response to
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年浙江台州书生中学高二下期中考试英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
Douglas Florian teaches readers about bees in a new book of poems called UnBEElievables. In his latest book, each poem is paired with a colorful image that illustrates(图解) a different type of bee and its role in the group. Every page is full of fun and interesting facts about these social insects.
TFK: When you brainstorm for a story, which comes first: the images or the poems?
FLORIAN: Usually the poems come first. For a book of 21 poems, for example, I'll actually write about 50 poems first. Although I sometimes have images in my mind to go along with the words, I have to choose which ones I want to include in the book.
TFK: Many of your books, including UnBEElievables, are about insects and animals. How did these become your favorite subjects?
FLORIAN: There is so much humor in the animal world. People have a lot of knowledge about animals and ideas about animals that are fun to explore in writing. Animals are just so interesting. When I research, I find out so many new and amazing facts. The poem is often half written by the time I have done with my research.
TFK: Why did you choose bees as the subject of your latest book?
FLORIAN: I saw recently in the news that many bees are dying out. Scientists believe this to be caused by various diseases. I wanted to create awareness and learn more about bees after hearing this. So many of the fruits and vegetables we eat are dependent on pollination(授粉) by honeybees. If bees disappear, so will much of our food.
TFK: Do you have a favorite bee?
FLORIAN: One of my favorites is the poem and painting about the worker bees. I wanted the painting to be very playful and light. These bees have to work all day, and it's kind of like a factory. And even though these bees have to work very hard, they manage to smile.
1.UnBEElievables is a book about .
A. insects B. images C. stories D. fruits
2.Why did Douglas Florian choose bees as the subject of his latest book?
A. Because bees are easy to explore in writing.
B. Because he wants people to protect bees.
C. Because he has no idea about bees.
D. Because bees are going to die out.
3.Douglas Florian likes the worker bees best mainly because of their .
A. hard work B. great contribution
C. dangerous situation D. attitude towards working
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（B）
Is there link between humans and climate change or not? This question was first studied in the early 1900s. Since then, many scientists have thought that our actions do make a difference. In 1997, the Kyoto Protocol explained our role in the Earth’s changing atmosphere and set international limits for gas emissions(排放) from 2008 to 2012. Some countries have decided to continue these reductions until 2020. More recently, the Paris Agreement, stuck by nearly 200 countries, also aims to limit global warming. But just now how much warmer it will get depends on how deeply countries cut carbon emissions.
1. It can be concluded from paragraph 1 that _______.
A. the problem of global warming will have been quite solved by 2020
B. gas emissions have been effectively reduced in developed countries
C. the Paris Agreements is more influential than the Kyoto Protocol
D. humans have made continuous efforts to slow down global warming
2. If nations could only keep the initial promises of the Paris Agreement, what would happen by the year 2100?
A. The human population would increase by one third.
B. Little over 50% of all species would still exist.
C. Nations would not need to tighten their emissions targets.
D. The Agreement’s minimum goal would not be reached.
3. If those island nations not far above sea level are to survive, the maximum temperature rise, since the start of the industrial age, should be_______.
A. 0.8℃ B. 1.5℃
C. 2℃ D. 3.5℃
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