1 林州一中林州一中 20172017 级高二开学检测级高二开学检测 英语试题英语试题 第一部分第一部分 阅读理解 共两节 阅读理解 共两节 满分满分 4040 分 分 第一节 共 15 小题 每题 2 分 共 30 分 A Most students spend their school days sitting at desks learning Aurelious Woolfolk however does a lot more than sit at a desk when he is in school He scrambles up high ladders walks down the sides of buildings and rides in a fire engine He is learning to be a firefighter at the New Haven Fire Academy Woolfolk and 28 other students are currently learning what it takes to become a firefighter Classes at the fire academy which is in Connecticut last for about 22 weeks For two days each week the students sit in a classroom to learn science math and emergency medicine They learn the science of fires how to calculate water pressure and how to treat medical emergencies During the other three days the students go outside and learn how to hook hoses to fire hydrants 消防栓 climb buildings rescue people trapped in burning buildings and many other things Firefighters have to know lots of different things said Pablo Menendez an instructor at the school We have to treat medical emergencies know how to handle dangerous chemicals and rescue people who have fallen from cliffs Teamwork is one of the most important lessons students learn at the school Working together saves lives said Capt William Seward the director of the academy Students need to learn that they are part of a team Fighting fires is not easy The suits and equipment a firefighter wears weigh about 40 pounds Firefighters are very busy In New Haven they respond to 32 000 emergency calls a year Each time firefighters go out they know they might not come back Across the United States about 100 firefighters die each year That s why 2 the lessons learned here at the academy are so important said Seward What they learn here can save their lives Firefighters know how dangerous their jobs are Their training helps them overcome their heights and fires When you re up there on the ladder looking down it s scary said one student To do this job you ve got to wipe out the fear Firefighters overcome their fear for one reason I wanted to help other people said Leah Harwin I think it is important to help other people whenever you can 21 According to the passage which activity must a student at the Fire Academy complete A handling dangerous chemicals B swimming under pressure C jumping from a building D sitting in the classroom 22 Why is it important for students at the Fire Academy to have lessons inside and outside the classroom A Firefighters need to practice emotional skills to calm people down B Firefighters need to practice mental and physical skills to succeed C Firefighters need to practice wearing heavy gear to get used to the weight D Firefighters need to practice climbing a ladder to overcome a fear of height 23 What is the purpose of the passage A to describe the activities at the New Haven Fire Academy B to inform the reader of the dangers of being a firefighter C to compare the New Haven Fire Academy to public school D to force students to attend the New Haven Fire Academy 3 B Some colors people see late at night could cause signs of clinical 临床 的 depression 沮丧 That was the finding of a study that builds on earlier study findings They show that individuals 个人 who live or work in low levels of light overnight 整夜 can develop clinical depression Doctors use the word clinical depression to describe severe form of depression Signs may include loss of interest or pleasure in most activities low energy levels and thoughts of death or suicide In the new study American investigators designed an experiment that exposed hamsters 仓鼠 to different colors The researchers chose hamsters because they are nocturnal which means they sleep during the day and are active at night The animals were separated into four groups One group of hamsters was kept in the dark during their night time period Another group was placed in front of a blue light a third group slept in front of a white light while a fourth was put in front of a red light After four weeks the researchers noted how much sugary water the hamsters drank They found that the most depressed animals drank the least amount of water Randy Nelson heads the Department of Neuroscience at Ohio State University He says animals that slept in blue and white light appeared to be the most depressed What we saw is that these animals didn t show any sleep uneasiness 不安 at all but they did mess up biological clock genes and they did show depressive sign while if they were in the dim 微弱 red light they did not Randy Nelson notes that photosensitive 感光 cells in the eyes have little to do with eyesight He says these cells send signals to the area of the brain that controls what has been called the natural sleep wake cycle He says there s a lot of blue in white light This explains why the blue light and white light hamsters appear to be more depressed than the hamsters seeing red light or darkness 24 Researchers use hamsters in the experi