2016-2017学年辽宁省实验中学分校高一上学期期末考试英语试题.docVIP

PAGE  PAGE 11页 辽宁省实验中学分校2016—2017学年度上学期期末考试 英语学科 高一年级 第Ⅰ卷 第一部分 听力（略） 第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分） 第一节(共15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和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A If you are like most people, your intelligence varies from season to season. You are probably sharper in the spring than you are at any other time of the year. A famous scientist, Ellsworth Huntington(1876-1974), concluded, from his work among peoples in different climates that climate and temperature have a definite effect on our mental abilities. He found that cool weather is much more favorable for creative thinking than summer heat. This does not mean that all people are less intelligent in the summer than they are during the rest of the year. It does mean, however, that the mental abilities of large numbers of people tend to be lowest in the summer. Spring appears to be the best period of the year for thinking. One reason may be that in spring man’s mental abilities are affected by the same factors that bring about rapid growth of everything in nature. Fall is the next-best season, then winter. As for summer, it seems to be good time to take a long vacation from thinking. 21. According to this passage, your intelligence probably________. A. stays the same throughout the year B. varies from day to day C. changes with the seasons D. changes from year to year 22. It seems that the cold of winter _________. A. increases the ability to think B. is the best time for thinking C. is better for thinking than the heat of summer D. decreases the ability to think 23. The two best seasons for thinking seem to be _________. A. spring and fall B. winter and summer C. summer and spring D. fall and winter B Samuel Osmond is a 19-year-old law student from Cornwall, England. He never studied the piano. However, he can play very difficult musical pieces by musicians such as Chopin and Beethoven just a few minutes after he hears them. He learns a piece of music by listening to it in parts. Then he thinks a