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1、精品名师归纳总结2021 年争论生入学统一考试试题（英语二）Section I Use of EnglishDirections：Read the following text. Choose the best word s for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on the ANSWER SHEET. 10 pointsWhy do people read negative Internet comments and do other things that will obviously bepainful. Because humans
2、 have an inherent need to1 uncertainty, according to a recent study in Psychological Science. The new research reveals that the need to know is so strong that people will2 to satisfy their curiosity even when it is clear the answer will 3.In a series of four experiments, behavioral scientists at the
3、 Universityof Chicago and theWisconsin School of Business tested students willingness to 4themselves to unpleasant stimuli in an effort to satisfy curiosity. For one5 each participant was shown a pile of pens that the researcher claimed were from a previous experiment. The twist.Half of the pens wou
4、ld 6an electric shock when clicked.Twenty-seven students were told which pens were electrified;another twenty-seven were told only that some were electrified 7 left alone in the room, the students who did not know which ones would shock them clicked more pens and incurred more shocks than the studen
5、ts who knew what would 8 .Subsequent experiments reproduced this effect with other stimuli, 9 the sound of fingern ails on a chalkboard and photographs of disgusting insects.The drive to 10 is deeply rooted in humans,much the same as the basic drives for 11 or shelter,says Christopher Hsee of the Un
6、iversity of Chicago. Curiosity is often considered a good instinct- it can 12 new scientific advances, for instance-but sometimes such 13 can backfire.The insight that curiosity can drive you to do 14 things is a profound one.Unhealthy curiosity is possible to 15 ,ho wever. In a final experiment,par
7、ticipants who were encouraged to 16 how they would feel after vie wing an unpleasant picture were less likely to 17 to see such an image.These results suggest that i magining the 18 of following through on ones curiosity ahead of time can help determine 19 it is worth the endeavor. Thinking about lo
8、ng-term 20 is key to reducing the possible negative effects o f curiosity.Hsee says.In other words,dont read online comments.1. A. resolveB. protectC. discussD. ignore2.A. refuseB. waitC. seekD. regret3.A. riseB. lastC. misleadD. hurt4.A. alertB. tieC. exposeD .treat5.A. messageB. trialC. reviewD. c
9、oncept6.A. removeB. weakenC. deliverD. interrupt7. A. UnlessB. IfC. ThoughD. When8. A. happenB. continueC. disappearD. change9. A. rather thanB. such asC. regardless ofD. owing to10. A. disagreeB. forgiveC. forgetD. discover11. A. payB. marriageC. foodD. schooling12.A. begin withB. rest onC. learn f
10、romD. lead to可编辑资料 - - - 欢迎下载精品名师归纳总结13.A. withdrawalB. inquiryC. persistenceD. diligence14.A. self-destructiveB. self-reliantC. self-evidentD. self-deceptive15.A. resistB. defineC. replaceD. trace16.A. predictB. overlookC. designD. conceal17. A. rememberB. chooseC. promiseD. pretend18. A. reliefB.
11、planC. outcomeD. duty19.A. whetherB. whyC. whereD. how20. A .limitationsB. investmentsC. strategiesD. consequencesSection Reading ComprehensionPart ADirections:Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on the ANSWER SHEET.（ 40 poi
12、nts）Text 1It is curious that Stephen Koziatek feels almost as though he has to justify his efforts to give his students a better future.Mr.Koziatek is part of something pioneering. He is a teacher at a New Hampshire high school where learning is not something of books and tests and mechanical memori
13、zation, but practical. When did it become accepted wisdom that students should be able to name the 13th president of the United States but be utterly overwhelmed by a broken bike chain.As Koziatek knows, there is learning in just about everything. Nothing is necessarily gained by forcing students to
14、 learn geometry at a graffitied desk stuck with generations of discarded chewing gum. They can also learn geometry by assembling a bicycle.But he s also found a kind of insidious prejudice. Working with your hands is seen as almost amark of inferiority. Schools in the family of vocational education“
15、 have that stereotype, that it for kids who can t maackaediet mically,” he says.On one hand, that viewpoint is a logical product of America s evolution. Manufacturing is notthe economic engine that it once was. The job security that the US economy once offered to high school graduates has largely ev
16、aporated. More education is the new principle. We want more for our kids, and rightfully so.But the headlong push into bachelor desgrees for all -and the subtle devaluing of anythingless-misses an important point: That nsot the only thing the American economy needs. Yes, a bachelor desgree opens mor
17、e doors. But even now, 54 percent of the jobs in the country are middle-skill jobs, such as construction and high-skill manufacturing. But only 44 percent of workers are adequately trained.In other words, at a time when the working class has turned the country on its political head, frustrated that
18、the opportunitythat once defined America is vanishing,one obvious solution is staring us in the face. There is a gap in working-class jobs, but the workers who need those jobs most aren eqt uipped to do them. KoziatekMsanchester School of TechnologyHigh School is trying to fill thatgap.Koziateksscho
19、olis a wake -up call.Wheneducation becomes one-size-fits-all,itrisks可编辑资料 - - - 欢迎下载精品名师归纳总结overlooking a nation s diversity of gifts.21. A broken bike chain is mentioned to show students lack of.A. mechanical memorizationB. academic trainingC. practical abilityD. pioneering spirit22. There exists t
20、he prejudice that vocational education is for kids who.A. are financially disadvantagedB. are not academically successfulC. have a stereotyped mindD. have no career motivation23. We can infer from Paragraph 5 that high school graduates.A. are entitled to more“ educational privilegesB. are reluctant
21、to work in mangfacturi C .used to have more job opportunitiesD. used to have big financial concerns24. The headlong push into bachelor s degrees for all.A. helps create a lot of middle-skill jobsB. may narrow the gap in working-class jobsC. is expected to yield a better-trained workforceD. indicates
22、 the overvaluing of higher education25. The author s attitude toward Koziatek s school can be described as.A. supportiveB. disappointedC. tolerantD. cautiousText2While fossil fuels- coal, oil, gas- still generate roughly 85 percent of theworlds energy supply, its clearer than ever that the future be
23、longs to renewable sources such as wind and solar. The move to renewable is picking up momentum around the world: They now account for more thanhalf of new power sources going on line.Some growth stems from a commitmentby governmentsand farsighted Business to fund cleaner energy sources. But increas
24、ingly the stories about the plummetingprices of renewable, especially wind and solar. The cost of solar panels has dropped by 80 percent and the cost of wind turbines by close to one-third in the past eight years.In many parts of the world renewable energy is already a principal energy source. In Sc
25、otland, for example, wind turbines provide enough electricity to power 95 percent of homes. While therest of the world takes the lead, notably China and Europe, the United States is also seeing a remarkable shift. In March, for the first time, wind and solar power accounted for more than 10 percent
26、of the power generated in the US ,reported the US Energy Information Administration.President Trump has underlined fossil fuels - especially coal - as the path to economic growth. In a recent speech in Iowa, he dismissed wind power as an unreliableenergy source, But that message did not play well wi
27、th many in Iowa, where wind turbines dot the fields and provide 36 percent of the states electricitygeneration - and where tech giants likeMicrosoftare being attracted by the availability of clean energy to power their data centers.The question “ whaht appens when the wind doesnt blow or the sun doe
28、sntshine. has provid ed a quick put-down for skeptics. But a boost in the storage-capacity of batteries is making their ability to keep power flowing around the clock more likely.The advance is driven in part by vehicle manufacturers, who are placing bigbetson battery-powered electric vehicles. Alth
29、ough electric cars are still a rarity on roads now, this massive investment could change the picture rapidly in coming years.While theres a long way to go, the trend lines for renewable are spiking. The pace of change in energy sources appears to be speeding up perhaps: just in time to have a meanin
30、gful effectinslowingclimatechange.What Washington does-or doesnt do- to promote alternative energy may mean less and less a time of a global shift in可编辑资料 - - - 欢迎下载精品名师归纳总结thought.26. The word plummetingLine 3,Para.2 is closest in meaning to A. stabilizingB. changingC. fallingD. rising27. According
31、 to Paragraph 3, the use of renewable energy in America A. is progressing notablyB. is as extensive as in EuropeC. faces many challengesD. has proved to be impractical28. It can be learned that in Iowa,.A. wind is a widely used energy sourceB. wind energy has replaced fossil fuelsC. tech giants are
32、investing in clean energyD. there is a shortage of clean energy supply29. Which of the following is true about clean energy according to Paragraphs 5&6.A. Its application has boosted battery storage.B. It is commonly used in car manufacturing.C. Its continuous supply is becoming a reality.D. Its sus
33、tainable exploitation will remain difficult.30. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that renewable energy.A. will bring the US closer to other countriesB. will accelerate global environmental changeC. is not really encouraged by the US governmentD. is not competitive enough with regard to its
34、 costText 3The power and ambition of the giants of the digital economy is astonishing Amazon has just announced the purchase of the upmarket grocery chain Whole Foods for $13.5bn, but two years ago Facebook paid even more than that to acquire the WhatsApp messaging service, which doesn t have any ph
35、ysical product at all. What WhatsApp offered Facebook was an intricate and finely detaile d web of its users friendships and social lives.Facebook promised the European commission then that it would not link phone numbers toFacebook identities,but it broke the promise almost as soon as the deal went
36、 through. Even without knowing what was in the messages, the knowledge of who sent them and to whom was enormously revealing and still could be. What politicaljournalist,what party whip, would notwant to know the makeup of the WhatsApp groups in which Theresa May s enemies are currentlyplotting. It
37、may be that the value of Whole Foods to Amazon is not so much the 460 shops of owns, but the records of which customers have purchased what.Competition law appears to be the only way to address these imbalances of power. But it isclumsy. For one thing, it is very slow compared to the pace of change
38、within the digital economy. By the time a problem has been addressed and remedied it may have vanished in the marketplace,tobe replaced bynewabuses ofpower. Butthere isa deeper conceptualproblem,too.Competition law as presently interpreted deals with financial disadvantage to consumers and thisis no
39、t obvious when the users of these services don t pay for them. The users of their services are not their customers. That would be the people who buy advertising from them and Facebookand Google, the two virtual giants, dominate digital advertising to the disadvantage of all other media and entertain
40、ment companies.The product they re selling is data, and we, the users, convert ourtloivdeasta for the benefitof the digital giants. Just as some ants farm the bugs called aphids for the honeydew they produce whenthey feed, so Google farms us for the data that our digital lives yield. Ants keep preda
41、tory insectsaway from where their aphids feed 。 Gmail keeps the spammers out of our inboxes. It doesn t feellike a human or democratic relationship, even if both sides benefit.可编辑资料 - - - 欢迎下载精品名师归纳总结31. According to Paragraph1 ，Facebook acquired WhatsApp for its。 A digital products B user informati
42、onC physical assetsD quality service 32 .Linking phone numbers to Facebook identities mayA. worsen political disputesB. mess up customer recordsC. pose a risk to Facebook usersD. mislead the European commission33. According to the author ， competition lawA. should serve the new market powersB. may w
43、orsen the economic imbalanceC. should not provide just one legal solutionD. cannot keep pace with the changing market34. Competition law as presently interpreted can hardly protect Facebook users becauseA. they are no defined as customersB. they are not financially reliableC. these services are gene
44、rally digitalD. the services are paid for by advertisers35. The ants analogy is used to illustrateA. a win-win business model between digital giantsB. a typical competition pattern among digital giantsC. the benefits provided for digital giants customersD. the relationship between digital giants and
45、 their usersText 4To combat the trap of putting a premium on being busy, Cal Newport, author of Deep Work: Rules for F ocused Success in a Distracted World, recommends building a habit of- the ability to focus without distraction.There are a number of approaches to mastering the art of deep work - b
46、e it lengthy retreats“ deep work可编辑资料 - - - 欢迎下载精品名师归纳总结dedicated to a specific task; developin g a daily ritual; or taking a“ journalistic” approach to seizing moments of deep work when you can throughout the day. Whichever approach, the key is todetermine your length of focus time and stick to it.
47、Newport also recommends“ deep schedulingomb”at ctoncstant interruptions and get more done in less time.“ At any given point, I should have deep work scheduled for roughly the nextmonth. Once on the calendar, I protect this time like I would a doctor s appointment or import meeting,” he writes.Another approach to getting more done in less time is to rethink how you priorities your day-in particular how we craft our to-do lists. Tim Harford, author of Messy: The Power of Disorder to