2017年度高二文科月考试题.docx

高二文科下学期月考试题编：华晔审：胡刚珍第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节：（共15小题;每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列材料，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。A“Did you hear what happened to Adam Last Friday?”Lindsey whipers to Tori. With her eyes shining, Tori brags，“You bet I did,Sean told me two days ago.” Who are Lindsey and Tori talking about?It just happens to be yours truly,Adam Freedmam,I can tell you that what that what they are saying is not nice and not even true.Still,Lindsey and Tori aren’t very different from most students here at Linton Higt School,including me.Many of our conversations are gossip(闲话)。I have noticed three effects of gossip:it can hurt people,it can give gossipers a strange kind of satisfaction,and it can cause social pressures in a group.An important negative effect of gossip is that it can hurt the person being talked about.Usually,gossipspreadsinformation about atopic-breakups,trouble at home,even dropping outthat a person would rather keep secret.The more embarrassing or shameful the secret is,the juicier the gossip it makes.Probably the worst type of gossip is the absolute lie.People ofen think of gossipers as harmless,but cruel lies can cause pain. If we know that gossip can be harmful,then why do so many of us do it?The answer lies in another effect of gossip:the satisfaction it gives us.Sharing the latest rumor(传言)can make a person feel important because he or she knows something that others don’t.Similarly,hearing the latest rumor can make a person feel like part of the “in group.”In other words,gossip is satisfying because it gives people a sense of belonging or even superiority(优越感). Gossip also can have a third effect:it strengthens unwritten,unspoken rules about how people should act.Professor David Wilson explains that gossip is important in policing behaviors in a group.Translated into high school terms, this means that if everybody you hang around with is laughing at what John wore or what Jane said,then you can bet that wearing or saying something similar w