兰州一中兰州一中 2017 2018 22017 2018 2 学期高二年级期末英语试卷学期高二年级期末英语试卷 说明 本试卷分第 I 卷 选择题 和第 II 卷 非选择题 两部分 满分 120 分 考试时间 100 分钟 答案写在答题卡上 交卷时只交答题卡 第一部分 阅读理解 共两节第一部分 阅读理解 共两节 满分满分 3030 分 分 第一节第一节 共共 1010 小题 小题 每小题每小题 2 2 分 分 满分满分 2020 分 分 阅读下列短文 从每题所给的 A B C D 四个选项中 选出最佳选项 A We re a nation a globe in fact obsessed with our hair Analysts estimate the global hair product industry to be worth 22 6 billion growing at a rate of up to seven percent a year There seems to be no limit on what we ll spend to avoid a bad hair day But for devotees of an underground beauty movement the secret lies in throwing away the shampoo in fact all the hair products for good The no poo method which involves using natural substitutes or just water in place of shampoo and conditioner is supported by several circles Beauty insiders including writers for women s magazines and professional hairdressers speak highly of how hair becomes thicker fuller softer and brighter And environmentalists who are mindful of money feel great joy at the lack of chemicals in and on their bodies not to mention the impact on their budgets Now one devotee is hoping to take it mainstream Lucy Aitken Read whose book Happy Hair The definitive guide to giving up shampoo was released last week hasn t used shampoo for two years and her glowing brown hair is visibly in perfect condition For her the motivation came after reading a study that claimed women put 515 chemicals on their bodies daily I initially thought Ha They didn t research me Aitken Read says Then I looked at the back of my shampoo bottle and realized there were loads of chemical components I didn t recognize in the slightest Strangely it s oily hair that could benefit the most from giving up shampoo The theory behind the no poo method is that shampoo removes the hair from its natural oils which causes the scalp 头皮 to generate more oils to replace them This results in oil overload oily hair which we then attempt to fix with more shampoo It s a vicious 恶性的 circle and quite a brilliant success for the shampoo industry because the more shampoo you use the more you need to use and the more frequently you need to use it Left to its own devices or washed with natural substitutes the scalp eventually theoretically returns to its natural balance The result should be healthier hair that is stronger thicker and fuller as it is less damaged than shampooed hair 1 What can we know from the first paragraph A More and more people produce hair products B More and more people waste money on their hair C More and more hair products are wasted every year D More and more hair products are produced every year 2 According to Para 5 environmentalists are in favor of no poo method because A it has the same chemicals as shampoo does B it helps reduce their budgets on daily expenses in a way C natural substitutes are friendly to the environment D they know shampoo has an impact on their health 3 What can we learn from Lucy s words A She didn t realize shampoo contains so many harmful chemicals B She didn t realize shampoo contains all the necessary chemicals C She couldn t recognize the description on the shampoo bottle D She didn t recognize she was quite different from other women 4 What is the main trouble with shampoo A It adds more oils to the hair B It prevents the scalp producing oils C It badly impacts the shampoo industry D It makes people addicted to using it more often B Along with its neighbors Sweden features near the top of most sex equality rankings The World Economic Forum rates it as having one of the narrowest sex gaps in the world Sweden is not only a good place for a woman but it appears to be one for new dads Close to ninety percent of Swedish fathers take paternity leave 陪产 假 Last year some 340 000 dads took a total of 12 million days leave that is approximately seven weeks each Women take even more leave days to spend time with their children but the gap is shrinking Why do Swedish dads take so much time off work to raise their children Forty years ago Sweden became the first country in the world to introduce a paid parental leave allowance Benefits consisted of ninety percent of wages for 180 days per child and parents were free to share the days between them in whatever way they pleased But the policy was hardly a hit with dads in the policy s first year men took only 0 5 of all paid parental leave Today they take a quarter of it One reason is that the policy has become more generous with the number of paid leave days for the first child increasing from 180 to 480 In 1995 the first so called daddy month was introduced Under this reform families in which each parent took at least one month of leave received an additional month to add to their total allowance The policy was expanded in 2002 so that if the mother and father each took at least two months leave the family would get two extra months Some politicians now want to go further advocating that the present system of shared leave be turned into one of personal righ