北京市清華大學附屬中學豐臺學校2014-2015學年高二10月月考英語試題

1、高二上學期高二上學期10月月考月月考英語試題英語試題2014.1010第一部分：閱讀理解（共兩節(jié)，滿分40分）第一節(jié)（共15小題；每小題2分，滿分30分）閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項中，選出最佳選項。AWithlittlerainancientEgyptiansreliedmostlyontheNileRivertowatertheircropssotheycouldonlygrowcertainkindsoffood.Theym

2、ainlygrewwheatbarley(大麥).TheEgyptiansmadethewheatintobreadsouppridgetheyalsoaddedhops(啤酒花)tomakethebarleyintobeer.InfactsomepeoplethinkthattheEgyptianswouldnothavebegungrowinggrainiftheyhadn’tlikedbeersomuch.ManyEgyptian

3、modelsofbeerjarshavebeenfoundwhichtheEgyptiansputintogravesofdeadpeoplesothattheywouldhavebeerinthenextwld.TheEgyptiansalsoatemeat.Theywenttoabutchershopboughtmeattherejustaspeopledotoday.ButbecauseitrarelyrainsinEgyptth

4、eycouldhavethemeatoutsideintheyardofthesteinsteadofinside.Clickontheleftyouwillseeamodelofabutchershopwhichwasalsofoundinsomebody’sgrave.CanyouseethedifferentcutsofmeatalllaidoutThereisawholelegofmuttonattheverybottom.Ho

5、weverEgyptiansthoughtpigscarriedinfectiousdisease.Theyatebeefmuttonduckgoose.FdesserttheEgyptianshadagreatinterestindates.HereisapictureofsomerealEgyptiandateswhichwereputintopeople’sgravesfthemtoeatinthenextwldwhichwere

6、keptinthedryclimatefthreethousyearsuntilarchaeologistsdugthemup.ArchaeologistshavealsofoundseedswhichshowthattheEgyptiansgrewwatermelonotherkindsofmelon.1.Insomepeople’sopinionstheancientEgyptiansstartedtogrowgrainbecaus

7、e_______.A.theywereshtoffoodB.theycouldsellthegrainfmoneyC.theywantedtoproducebeerwiththegrainD.theywantedtotradethegrainfbeer2.ConcerningtheancientEgyptiansallofthefollowingaretrueEXCEPTthat_______.A.theymainlyusedtheir

8、rigationwaterfromtheNileRivertowaterthecropsB.theylikedputtingmodelsofbeerjarsintothegravesoftheirdeadrelativesC.theyhadtogoinsidethebutchershopstobuymeataspeopledotodayD.theybelievedtherewasanewlifeinanotherwldafterthei

9、rdeath3.InancientEgyptwewouldNOTfind_______onthedinnertable.A.breadB.watermelonC.muttonD.pk4.WhereisthispassagemostprobablytakenfromA.Newspaper.B.Histybook.C.Website.D.Travelguide.BAttimesMartymadeitsoundtooeasy.Onavisit

10、tohishomeIheardhimsay“Peopleneedtodecidetobehappy.”Ipressedhim.“Whatdoyoumeanbythat”Hisfacetookonanskepticallook.“Youhavetosalespeopletochoosecidatesbasedonemotionalintelligence.TheresultSalespeoplehiredwiththenewsystemh

11、avesoldonaverage$91000methansalespeopleedundertheoldsystem.Emotionalintelligenceistheabilitytorecognizeyouremotionsunderstwhattheyaretellingyourealizehowyouremotionsaffectpeoplearoundyou.Emotionalintelligencealsoinvolves

12、yourperceptionofothers:whenyouundersthowtheyfeelthisallowsyoutomanagerelationshipsmeeffectively.Peoplewithhighemotionalintelligenceareusuallysuccessfulinmostthingstheydo.WhyBecausethey’retheonesthatotherswantontheirteam.

13、WhenpeoplewithhighEIsendanemailitgetsanswered.Whentheyneedhelptheygetit.Becausetheymakeothersfeelgoodtheygothroughlifemuchmeeasilythanpeoplewhoareeasilyangeredupset.Thegoodnewsisthatemotionalintelligencecanbetaughtdevelo

14、ped.ManybookstestsareavailabletohelpyoudetermineyourcurrentEIidentifywhereyoumayneedtodosomewk.9.Accdingtothepassagewe’reallprobablyimpressedbypeoplewho_____.A.arereadytohelpothersB.areverysuccessfulintheirlivesC.havehig

15、hemotionalintelligenceD.knowhowtocontroltheirtemper10.Bymentioningthecosmeticscompanytheauthtriesto_____.A.stresstheimptanceofemotionalintelligenceB.speakhighlyofitsnewsalespeopleC.showitseffectivehiringsystemD.explainwh

16、atimprovementsithasmade11.Theunderlinedwd“they”inthefourthparagraphrefersto“_____”.A.youremotionsB.peoplearoundyouC.effectiverelationshipsD.youropinionsofothers12.What’smostlikelytobediscussedintheparagraphthatfollowsA.W

17、hatemotionalintelligenceis.B.Howemotionalintelligencecanbeimproved.C.Manybooksonemotionalintelligence.D.Mepeoplewithhighemotionalintelligence.DLifewillprobablybeverydifferentin2050.FirstofallitseemsthatTVchannelswillhave

18、disappearedby2050.Insteadpeoplewillchooseaprogrammefroma“menu”acomputerwillsendtheprogrammedirectlytothetelevision.TodaywecanusetheWldWideWebtoreadnewspaperstiesseepicturesonacomputerthoussofkilometersaway.By2050musicfil

19、msprogrammesnewspapersbookswillcometousinthisway.Inmanyplacesagricultureisdevelopingquicklypeoplearegrowingfruitvegetablesfexpt.Thisusesalotofwater.Therefetherecouldbeseriousshtages.Somefuturologistspredictthatwatercould

20、bethecauseofwarifwedon’tactnow.Infuturecarswillrunonnewcleanfuelstheywillgoveryfast.Carswillhavecomputerstocontrolthespeedofthemtherewon’tbeanyaccidents.Todaymanycarshavecomputersthattelldriversexactlywheretheyare.By2050