1、第 1頁 共 7頁高二年級(jí)英語限時(shí)作業(yè)（五）（ 2020.2.29 滿分：95）第一部分閱讀理解（共 12 小題，每題2.5 分，滿分30 分）AAs New York City parents debate how to give all students fair access to good public schools, some advocates in Brooklyn want to abolish middle schools use of academic criteria to select students.Some supporters of the proposal

2、for District 15 from its Diversity Plan Working Group are optimistic they will win, partly because New York City Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza has questioned the principle for accepting students by ability. Other parents are cautious, saying they want their hard-working children to have the ch

3、ance to earn their way into desirable schools.District 15, which includes low-income immigrant neighborhoods such as Sunset Park and more-affluent （ 富裕的 ） areas like Park Slope, is one of the first in the city trying to change its admission system to better integrate （ 整合 ） all of its middle schools

4、. Its Diversity Group, which includes parents and city Department of Education officials, has tried to drum up support by hosting workshops and seeking community input.Michele Greenberg, a District 15 parent, calls the proposal more fair than the current selective system, which she said discriminate

5、s against students with few resources.“ Children shouldn t be rejected because they donsaid.Department officials said they will decide on the proposal this summer. If approved, the plan would mark a huge change from today s method. Now, students rank the schools they want to attend, and schools rank

6、 students they want to enroll, based on varying criteria such as course grades, test scores, behavior, attendance, punctuality and auditions. The department makes matches. Many parents complain this complex process brings massive anxiety.Alina Rodriguez, a special-education teacher who works and liv

7、es in District 15, feels torn. As a mother, she believes her daughter would get into a strong middle school through selective admissions. But as a teacher, she worries many of her students aren t prepared for more severe choices.“ I want them to be pushed but don t want them to faScreened （篩選的） admi

8、ssion has led to enrollment disparities （ 差異 ） by income and race. About 70% of the districtwhite students clustered at three top-performing, low-poverty middle schools last year, including M.S.51, Math & Science Exploratory School and New Voices, according to state data. At two lower-performing sch

9、ools, by contrast, nearly all students were poor and Hispanic. Andrew Robertson, a District 15 parent, said the proposal would equalize the playing field. “ The people so frightened by the concept are the modern-day version of people worried about civil rights,According to the passage, the present s

10、elective system of competitive public schools .equalizes the playing field for students rich or poordoubts the principle for accepting students by abilityabolishes middle schools use of academic standardsattaches importance to students school performanceWho holds a conflicting attitude towards the p

11、roposal?A. Alina RodriguezB. Richard CarranzaC. Andrew RobertsonD. Michele GreenbergWhat is the best title of the passage?Students get equal access to educationThe new proposal gains great currencySchool entry plan draws mixed reactionScreened admission should be canceledBAs autumn slides into winte

12、r every year, many birds in Europe and Asia pack up and fly south to sun themselves in thetropical （熱帶的）African sunshine. When spring rolls around, they return to the temperate Palearctic zone （古d匕區(qū)，歐亞4口匕音B） to mate and raise their children. Researcherswanted to know why these long-distance fliers d

13、o not get travelers“Whenwe go abroad on holiday, we need all sorts of vaccinations, says Emily O Connor, an ecologist at Lund University in Sweden. But birds donprotection. It puzzled us: How is it they can cope so well with something so difficult for cope with?To find out, O Connorand her colleague

14、s classified more than 1,300 songbirdspecies as migratory （遷徙的）,sedentary 懷遷徙的）African or sedentary Palearctic an example of the last is the meadpipit. They then trapped wild birds from a representative group of 32 species, taking blood samples for genetic analysis.The researchers were looking for g

15、enes that encode （ 把 編碼）a class of immune system proteins called MHC-I, which are involved in recognizing pathogens （ 病原體）.The greater the number of such genes, the more kinds of pathogens an animal s immune system can detect, O Connor says.By this measure, sedentary African birds had the strongest

16、immune systems. Because most Palearctic birds first evolved in the tropics and later spread northward, the researchers suspect these species developed less MHC-I diversity. The results were published in May in Nature & Evolution.“Migratory birds, because of the lifestyles they have, have to deal wit

17、h two separate sets of pathogens, says. I was expecting them to have the highest gene diversity of all the groups, so I was really surprised to find it was really similar to that of the European birds.”Young birds are ripest targets for pathogens just after hatching, and the stress of reproduction m

18、akes their parents more likely to get sick then, too. For both reasons, O Connor suspects that evolution may have pushed migratory speciigenes associated with resistance to pathogens common in the north, where they are born, at the expense of those that protect against tropical germs （病菌）.Alternativ

19、ely, migratory species may have invested in other forms of immunity that are not pathogen-specific, saysUniversity of Exeter evolutionary biologist Camille Bonneaud, who was not involved in the study.”explore whether migratory species invest less in fighting pathogens, Bonneaud says, and “ more in o

20、_ processes.The example of humans going abroad mentioned in Paragraph 2 is to introduce.A. the issue confusing the researchers B. the topic on migration of songbirds C. the cause of songbirds fighting flu D. the difference made in vaccinationsAccording to O Connor s study, migratory species may.sacr

21、ifice some immunity to favor another based on realityevolve into the advanced groups with less MHC-I diversitydevelop best immune systems due to the lifestyles they havecontain more genes recognizing pathogens than sedentary onesThe purpose of Paragraph 6 is to.show how evolution leads to powerful g

22、enesexplain why the result of study is unexpectedexplore the similarities of birds fighting germsanalyze the reasons for different gene diversityWhat s the possible conclusion made about O Connor s study?Birds could handle the flu hard for human beings to deal with.Birds ability to fight germs may d

23、epend on migration patterns.第2頁共7頁第 頁共7頁There is other possibility involved in forming birds immunity.MHC-I diversity determines if birds migrate as season changes.CLight and bright, cheap and cheerful: IKEA s 400-plUsJoutieis4（3 countries all run on the same centralprinciple. Customers do as much o

24、f the work as possible, in the belief they are having fun and saving money. You drive to a distant warehouse, built on cheap out-of-town land. Inside, you enter a maze （迷宮）no shortcuts allowed where every twist reveals new furniture.Compared with the prices of other outlets, IKEA s are much lower. Y

25、ou load up your trolley with7impi）lse （buys - a clock, storage boxes, tools and more chairs than you will ever use. You drag cardboard boxes, cupboards and tables into your car and reward yourself for your economy and good taste. Then you drive home and put your prizes together. You are satisfied wi

26、th the bargains. IKEA is satisfied with your money.The company s name was a do-it-yourself job, too. IKEA stands for Ingvar Kamprad, from Elmtaryd farm - in Agunnaryd. That village is in the Smaland region of southern Sweden. Mr Kamprad founded IKEA aged 17. Well before that, he spotted a principle

27、which would make him one of the richest men in the world: that customers like buying goods at wholesale prices （批發(fā)價(jià)）.First he bought matches in large quantities and sold them by the box. Aged ten, he sold pens in the similar way.Drawbacks inspired him. Facing a price war against his low-cost mail-or

28、der furniture business, he defeated competitors by opening a showroom. Dealers tried to crush Mr Kamprad and banned him from their trade fairs. He slipped in, hiding in a friend s car. When they tried to threaten his suppliers, he relied on his own workers, and secretly sold his production to commun

29、ist Poland. Decades later, east Europeans freed from the planned economy drove hundreds of miles to newly opened outlets in Moscow and Warsaw.His self-discipline was world-famous. As a child, he removed the off button from his alarm clock to soversleeping. He rarely took a first-class seat. The wine

30、 didn t get you there any earlier, he sniffed; having lotwas no reason to waste it. He bought his clothes in second-hand markets, and for years drove an elderly V olvo until he had to sell it on safety grounds. He had his haircut in poor countries to save money. Visitors admired the views, but were

31、surprised that his house was so shabby. He worked well into his eighties.His industry and simple way of life set a good example to his 194,000“ co-workers ” . But he was ncof cutting costs was to make goods affordable, not to compromise quality. He urged his staff to reflect constantly on ways of sa

32、ving money, time and space. An improved design that allows easier piling means shipping less airCulture was more important than strategy. He disliked言速xaggeratedanning” , along with financialmarkets and banks. Better to make mistakes and learn from them. And use time wisely: You can do so nBut ten m

33、inutes once gone are gone for good. This did not apply to customers. The longer they stayed the better.Mr Kamprad s impact on modern life can be compared with that of Henry Ford and the mass-produced motor car. Furniture used to be expensive, dark and heavy. For many people, decorating a home could

34、cost many months made furniture not just affordable and functional, but fun. The mission was civilizational, he felt, changing how people lived and thought.His approach drew some fire. The company values struck some as unpleasant. At IKEA s Corporate Culots of pictures of Mr Kamprad with his mottos

35、can be seen everywhere. What s worse, some parts of the su|seemed to have serious problems to overcome.What can we learn about IKEA in Paragraph 1?IKEA prefers rural areas for its location.IKEA has 400 outlets throughout the world.IKEA likes to store new furniture in a maze.IKEA provides a lot of wo

36、rk for its customers.The underlined two sentences in Paragraph 2 imply that.IKEA tricks you into spending more moneyyou may buy bargains with impulse in IKEAboth you and IKEA are pleased with the dealboth you and IKEA are happy with the bargainBy mentioning Mr. Kamprad s experiences before he founde

37、d IKEA, the author intends to tell us that Mr Kampradwas likely to become a successful businessmanpreferred selling matches and pens by low priceshad been a well-off merchant due to his principleenjoyed doing something promising with disciplineWhat can be inferred from paragraph 5 and 6 about Mr. Ka

38、mprad?He never overslept due to his alarm clock being set.He was against drinking but for sniffing at the wine.He sold the old V olvo with the purpose of saving money.He didn t sacrifice the quality of furniture for more profit.Which of the following has nothing to do with Mr. Kamprad s success in b

39、usiness?the pictures and mottos of Mr. Kampradthe drawbacks Mr. Kamprad experiencedMr. Kamprad s principles of managementMr. Kamprad s self-discipline and industry第二部分 七選五閱讀（共5小題，每小題2分，滿分10分）閱讀下面短文，從短文后的選項(xiàng)中選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。選項(xiàng)中有兩項(xiàng)為多余選項(xiàng)。Things only people who have worked overseas can understandIf you ha

40、ve ever worked or lived overseas, I m pretty sure you can understand the following things!We do not automatically become fluent （ 流禾 1 的）in another language. A lot of people believe that changing your geographic location can improve your language learning skills quickly. 13 Language application take

41、s time and has a number of factors that play into a person s level of fluency.We feel extremely lonely at times. Yes, living abroad can be wonderful. 14 Sometimes, we think that no one back at home understands our true feelings and life challenges, but a lot of other people travel long term and work

42、 abroad. Maybe they are not facing the same problems as you, but they know exactly how you feel.We don t really like our birthdays. Usually, your special day ends with the last phone call you get from home and then you can look through all your greetings on social media. 15 You may throw a small par

43、ty with some of your new friends, but it s going to be nothing compared with the good-old feasts you used to have with your loved ones back at home.16 Too often we simply can t tyo u if we will be coming home for holidays this season. Sometimes, our working/living permits require us to stay in the c

44、ountry for at least a year. Adding up the flight costs and additional travel expenses, traveling home becomes quite a challenge for us.We will change. 17 You become more mature, independent and open-minded. Usually, you return home as a better person than the one you left as.The truth is: it isn t l

45、ike that.We may not plan to move back home.We don t know when we ll come home next.However, it can get extremely lonely on some days too.Living abroad makes us value the little things a lot.G. After that, you just act as if itLiving and working abroad shape your personality a lot.s another ordinary

46、day in your life yet.第三部分.完型填空（共20題，每小題1.5分，滿分30分）請(qǐng)認(rèn)真閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。It was a severe winter. With a serious winter storm 18, I headed to Walmart to stock up on a few 19in advance.While waiting to 20, the man ahead of me asked Sherry, the cashier 畋專艮員）,how her night wa

47、s going. Sherry21 the cash register, saying that her day was not going very well. She was working the overnight 22 , and on her way to work the side window of her car broke and would not 23 . She had 24 a plastic bag over the open window, but now she was afraid that the storm was going to break thro

48、ugh the bag.After he finished paying, the man told Sherry he was sorry to hear about her 25 and that he hoped her night would get better. Sherry thanked him and then began 26 and bagging the groceries.A few minutes later, the man and the store manager walked towards Sherry. It 27 , when the man left

49、 the store, he walked to the bank next door where he persuaded the bank manager to close one of his covered drive-through （ 無需下 車即可接受服務(wù)的 ）28 and allow Sherry to park her car 29 during the night. The bank manager also agreedto keep the lane closed until Sherry was off work, 30 that meant the lane wou

50、ld 31 closed during business hours. The man then walked back and spoke to Sherry s manager who agreed to give her a few minuses so that she could move her car to the 33 bank drive-through.As the man was 34 all this to Sherry, Sherry just stood there 35 . The man just smiled at Sherry, told her to ha

51、ve a great night and then walked out of the store.Some things done in daily life, trivial （ 微不足道的 ）as they seem to be, may 36 unexpected results. Therefore, never 37 to give a helping hand when needed. Even the smallest act of kindness can make a difference.18. A. occurringB. approachingC. marchingD

52、. attacking19. A. possessionsB. resourcesC. essentialsD. materials20. A. check outB. go outC. rush outD. set out21. A. looked intoB. looked throughC. looked upD. looked over22. A. taskB. shiftC. laborD. period23. A. rise upB. hang upC. roll upD. go up24. A. securedB. placedC. stuckD. wrapped25. A. p

53、ainB. workC. bagD. window26. A. spottingB. inspectingC. scanningD. loading27. A. came outB. turned outC. broke outD. worked out28. A. lanesB. roadsC. placesD. spots29. A. behindB. beyondC. aboveD. underneath30. A. only ifB. if onlyC. even ifD. as if31. A. becomeB. remainC.appearD. seem32. A. breakB.

54、 breathC. sessionD. delay33. A. desertedB. closedC. preservedD. reserved34. A. excusingB. explainingC. examiningD. expressing35. A. in disbeliefB. in alarmC. with reliefD. with pleasureA. promoteA. declineB. provideB. quitC. promiseC. shrinkD. progressD. hesitate第四部分.短文填空（共10小題；每小題1.5分，滿分15分）閱讀下面材料，

55、在空白處填入適當(dāng)?shù)膬?nèi)容（1個(gè)單詞）或括號(hào)內(nèi)單詞的正確形式。A Bite of ChinaNo trip would be complete without experiencing the local food culture. Actually China has various kinds of delicious food, 38 （include） a wide variety of local snacks （ 小吃）.Without a doubt, for the majority of the foreigners I contacted, and myself include

56、d, Peking Duck, Dim Sum, Mongolian Hot Pot were the favorite Chinese 39 （dish）. China is a place 40 the food is not only delicious, but the 41（cheap） I ve ever found.42 my last night in Beijing before returning to the States, I went to a Peking Duck restaurant that had been suggested for me to try. What a beautiful place! Splendid woodblock prints on the walls, fresh flowers in the vases on the table, 43 （attract） silverware （鍍專艮餐具 ）and beauti