2015-2016学年吕梁学院附属中学高一上学期第三次月考
英语试题
此试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分
第I卷 （选择题，满分100分）
第一部分 听力 （略）
第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分60分） 第一节 共15小题；每小题3分，满分45分
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Research has shown that music has an important effect on one’s body and mind. In fact, there is a growing field of health care known as music therapy（疗法）, which uses music to treat diseases. Even hospitals are beginning to use music therapy. This is not surprising, as music affects the body and mind in many powerful ways.
Research has shown that quick music can make a person feel more alert（警惕的）, while slow music can produce a calm, deep thinking state. Also, research has found that music can change brainwave activity levels. This can help the brain to change speeds more easily on its own as needed, which means that music can bring lasting benefits to your state of mind, even after you’ve stopped listening.
Breathing and heart rates can also be influenced by music. This can mean slower breathing, slower heart rate. This is why music and music therapy can help reduce the damaging effects of long-term stress, greatly promoting (促进) not only relaxation, but health.
Music can also be used to bring about a more positive state of mind by helping to keep worries at bay. Music has also been found to bring many other benefits, such as lowering blood pressure and reducing the risk of strokes. It is no surprise that so many people are considering music as an important tool to help the body become or stay healthy. 21. According to the passage, what is music therapy?
A. It is a type of music. C. It is a kind of musical effect on diseases. B. It is the research about music. D. It is the use of music to help treat diseases.
22. The reason why music can help deal with stress is that ________. A. it is used by many hospitals B. it can help change brainwaves
C. it does good to breathing and heart rates D. it can bring a more positive state of mind
23. According to the passage, music can help deal with all the following EXCEPT ________. A. nervousness B. lung diseases C. strokes 24. The passage is mainly about _________. A. the importance of music therapy C. research on the effect of music
B
People realize that, although animals may not have the same intelligence as human beings, they are smart enough to learn certain things.
Dogs are extremely useful as companions for blind people. When a dog has been properly trained, he will always lead his blind master in the right direction and keep him out of danger. For example, seeing-eye dogs learn never to cross a busy road when cars are coming, even if their master ordered them to do so.
Horses are also able to learn many things. Horses that are used for guard or police duty must learn never to be frightened of noises, traffic, and other disturbances. Racing horses are able to run much faster than other horses, but they are also quite high strung (易紧张). Therefore, it is necessary for those people who train them to be very patient and understanding.
The moving pictures and television can use trained animals too. Some animals, such as monkeys and foxes, are easy to film. All you have to do is make a trail in front of the camera by dragging something that smells good to the animals over the ground. Big animals, such as lions and tigers, can be photographed as they bound happily back to their families and dinner. If a movie actor is nearby, the well-trained animal will pay no attention to him. However, the audience may imagine that the actor escaped a terrible death by the skin of his teeth. 25. Dogs who help blind people must learn . A. to obey all orders
B. to obey only safe orders
B. benefits music can bring D. diseases music can help heal
D. high blood pressure
C. never to cross roads D. to cross road when ordered to do so
26. Race horses are hard to train because they are . A. faster than other horses
B. smaller than other horses
C. clever than other horse D. more nervous than other horses 27. What does “make a trail” mean here in the last paragraph?
A. place something to attract the animal B. give the animal a certain task C. order the animal to do things D. follow the animal to hunt 28. Lions can be photographed easily when _____.
A. they are following a trial of something that smells good to them B. they are returning to their families
C. they have been trained to work with other animals D. they do not know a movie-actor is nearby
C
Guide to Hiking on the Appalachian Trail How do I “Leave No Trace (痕迹) on the Appalachian Trail?”
At about 2,189 miles, the Appalachian Trail is the longest single unit of the National Park System. With the number of people visiting this place increasing each year, the chances are great that any of us may damage the natural environment along the Trail and affect the experience for others. So please do your part by following these hiking and camping practices, and encourage others to learn about and adopt these techniques.
1. Plan ahead and prepare.
Evaluate the risks associated with your outing, identify campsites and destinations in advance, and use maps and guides. Prepare for extreme weather, dangers, and emergencies – especially the cold – to avoid impacts (影响) from searches, rescues, and campfires. Learn when areas are most crowded and try to avoid those times.
2. Dispose of waste properly.
Pack out all trash and food waste, including that left behind by others. Don’t bury trash or food, and don’t try to burn packaging materials in campfires. Use the privy (茅房) for human waste only. Do not add trash. If there is no privy, dispose of human waste by burying it in a hole, a hole at least 200 feet (80 steps) from campsites, water sources and shelters, and well away from
trails.
3. Leave what you find.
Leave plants, cultural artifacts (器物) and other natural objects where you found them for others to enjoy. Do not damage live trees or plants; green wood burns poorly. Collect only firewood that is dead, down, and no larger than your wrist. Leave dead standing trees and dead limbs on standing trees for the wildlife.
4. Minimize campfire impacts.
Use stoves for cooking – if you need a fire, build one only where it’s legal and in an existing fire ring. Keep fires small. Never leave your campfire unattended, and drown it when you leave. Do not try to burn trash, including plastic, glass, cans, tea bags, food, or anything with food on it. These items do not burn thoroughly. They create harmful fumes (烟雾), and attract wildlife like skunks and bears.
29. Before you hike on the Appalachian Trail, you are advised to _______.
A. keep everything that you find there B. bring some food for the wildlife there C. prepare for bad weather and emergencies
D. avoid crowded periods and book a hotel in advance 30. If you need a fire on the Appalachian Trail, you should _______.
A. collect firewood that is larger than your wrist B. keep it small and put it out with water when leaving C. burn or bury your trash before you leave D. use it to drive away wildlife like skunks and bears 31. The text is most probably intended for _______.
A. dog lovers
B. outdoor explorers D. environment protectors
C. cultural lovers
D
“For university I have to get a summer job.” I heard a secondary-school student telling his friend. “But it won’t be a factory job. What would I learn from a factory job?”
I’d like to tell him about the lessons I learned from a factory job the summer before my last year in secondary school, many years ago. On my first day on the job, in a paint factory, the plant
manager said to me, “I need another pair of sky hooks. Would you go into the next department and get some?” Off I went. There was no sky hook in that department. I was sent to another one, then another. I ended up visiting every department in the factory. When I returned empty-handed, I was told with much laughter there was no such thing as a sky hook. This is the way the factory used to get to know a new hire. Learning the social skill of accepting good-natured hazing (捉弄) was my first lesson.
Before working inside the paint factory, a new hire had to scrape (刮去) and paint the outside of the building. After working in the hot sun, I returned home with tired hands, and I learned to respect the honest factory worker, man or woman. When I started painting the next day, I was not sure how to do it because of my experience. The managers knew that. When I finished the first side of the wall, all the nearby workers came out and cheered for me. The memory of that day is still with me. I learned that the fruit that we get from honest labour is one of the sweetest of all pleasures.
On certain days, when the ship came, six workers were picked to unload 50-pound bags of paint ingredients. We started at 7 a.m., and when we finished we could go home. If everyone worked hard, the afternoon was free time. It was a great management tool. I learned it is possible to make a difficult task into a good exercise in teamwork.
I learned so much that summer. I hope the secondary-school student would not refuse a factory job if he is offered one.
32. The writer wrote down his experience in a factory in order to show that _______. A. life is hard in a factory
B. it is valuable to work in a factory C. the secondary-school student was foolish D. factory people are very kind and honest
33. The manager who sent the writer to get sky hooks would be satisfied if the writer _______. A. came back with some sky hooks
B. visited all the departments and met many workers C. realized it was a joke and did not get angry D. tried to get some sky hooks from another place
34. After the writer did the unloading with five other workers he thought _______. A. the factory could have sent only three workers for the job B. unloading heavy bags was a good exercise for him C. it was clever of the manager to make them work as a team D. good tools were important even for unloading work 35. The writer learned from his time in the factory that _______? A. no job is easy in the world
B. honest labour can be a real pleasure C. workers should respect one another