河南省安阳市第三十六中学2016-2017学年高二上学期第二次月考英语试题 Word版含答案.docVIP

2016-2017学年高二第一学期第二次月考英语试卷 满分150分 时间100分钟 第I卷 第一题 听力理解。（略）注意：答题卡1—20不填涂。 第二题：阅读理解（共两节，每小题2分，满分40分） 第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A Examinations have a longer history in China than in any other country, yet it is today an issue around in which controversy flourishes（活跃）. At each stage of their school lives children are faced with exams: exams to enter junior middle school, senior middle school, vocational school（职业学校）, colleges and universities. As a result of having constantly to think of these hurdles(障碍) facing them children find themselves under constant pressure, unable to take time off from studying exam-oriented subjects to relax with friends or to develop other interests. Within school the concentration on exam success leads to the neglect（疏忽） of courses which are not central to the examinations and a method of teaching and learning which emphasizes training the ability to do well in tests but neglects developing the ability to think creatively. 　　Despite such criticisms the examination system still has its defenders. Without it, they argue, how can we test students’ abilities and evaluate the effectiveness of teachers and schools? They believe that they provide the only objective way of selecting students and reduce the exercise of unfair back-door practices to gain advantage for children on the basis of influence or corruption（贪污）. Examinations are also felt to offer the impetus（动力） to students to master their subject in a way in which they otherwise might not. While too much anxiety can be a bad thing, a little anxiety can stimulate students to learn better than if left without any test to pass, says Li Jie, a leading advocate（提倡者） of the value of testing. I can remember things now which give me great pleasure which I doubt I would have learned at the time if I had not had to do so for the examinations. 21. Which of the following statements about examinations i