1 1 商丘市商丘市一高一高 20172017 20182018 学年上学期高一年级班级对抗赛学年上学期高一年级班级对抗赛 英语试卷英语试卷 注意事项 注意事项 1 本试卷分 I 卷和 II 卷两部分 满分 100 分 考试时间 80 分钟 2 第 I 卷的答案请用 2B 铅笔涂在答题卡上 第 II 卷请用 0 5 毫米黑色签字笔写在答题卷上 不能答在本试卷上 否则无效 第第 I I 卷卷 第二部分第二部分 阅读理解阅读理解 满分满分 2 20 0 分分 第一节 共 10 小题 每小题 2 分 满分 20 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 When Gustave Eiffel designed the tower to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the French Revolution he had never imagined it to last more than 20 years However the tower has been beyond all expectations While its structure is greatly admired today such wasn t the case when the design was presented Many artists thought the design was ugly but Eiffel didn t change a thing He believed that once it was ready people would love the tower He was true The tower was an instant hit when it opened on March 31st 1889 two years after construction began Over 30 000 people came to admire the new wonder and even tried to climb to the top Though it was famous French officials still considered taking it down Fortunately Eiffel stopped them by convincing 说服 them to use it for scientific experiments and then a few years 2 2 later signals for television broadcasting Over the years the tower was also home to a newspaper office post office theater and even a lab for Gustave Eiffel Today the tower houses many restaurants on its first and second level The third level has been a platform where visitors can see the entire city of Paris While visitors can take the stairs to the first two levels they must take the elevators to the platform which are closely monitored That hasn t stopped attempts by brave people to try to do various performances off the tower from bungee jumping to climbing it with their bare hands To make sure the Iron Lady looks good the tower is cleaned and repainted every eight years Moreover thanks to the fact that it was made of iron that expands in hot weather the tower grows up to 6 75 inches taller every summer 21 What does the author explain about the success of the tower when it opened A It was highly thought of by many French artists B It remains the world s tallest man made structure C The government was planning to take the tower down D It attracted many people to visit it 22 Gustave Eiffel convinced the officials not to tear the tower down by saying A it was a great symbol of France B many other uses could be made of it C it could help scientists do experiments successfully D the government could allow more people to visit it 23 Why does the tower grow every summer A Because the tower is repainted every eight years B Because the iron expands when it s heated in summer C Because the tower is being viewed from different directions D Because people try to do many performances off the tower B 3 3 Searching the Internet may help middle aged and older adults keep their memories sharp US researchers said Researchers at the University of California Los Angeles studied people doing Web searches by recording their brain activity What we saw was that people who had Internet experience used more of their brain during the search Dr Gary Small a UCLA expert on aging said This suggests that just searching on the Internet may train the brain and that it may keep it active and healthy This is the first time that someone has simulated 模拟 an Internet search task while scanning the brain Small said His team studied 24 normal volunteers between the ages of 55 and 76 Half were experienced in searching the Internet and the other half had no Web experience However the two groups were similar in age gender and education Both groups were asked to do Internet searches and book reading tasks while their brain activity was monitored 监视 We found that in the book reading task the visual cortex the part of the brain that controls reading and language was activated Small said In doing the Internet search task there was much greater activity but only in the Internet savvy group He said it appears that people who are familiar with the Internet can engage in a much deeper level of brain activity Activities that keep the brain engaged can preserve brain health and thinking ability Small thought learning to do Internet searches may be one of those activities 24 Researchers when volunteers were doing Web searches A studied the Internet B activated the brain C monitored the brain activity D recorded their memories 25 The two volunteer groups were A of the same age B similar in education C good at the computer D book lovers 4 4 26 According to the passage we can learn that A searching the Web keeps the brain more engaged B reading books keeps the brain more engaged C watching TV keeps the brain more engaged D chatting online keeps the brain more engaged 27 What can we conclude from the last paragraph A Web searching is good for the brain B Web searching damages the brain C Activities are good for the brain D Activities damage the brain C Space travel is definitely bad for astronauts bones reducing their bone density 密度 after only a month of