海南省2015-2016学年高一下学期期末考试英语试题 Word版（含答案）.docVIP

2015—2016学年度第二学期[Z-X-X-K] 高一年级英语科期考试题 本试卷分第Ⅰ卷(选择题)和第Ⅱ卷(非选择题)两部分 满分：150分 考试时间：120分钟 第Ⅰ卷 选择题 第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）（略） 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） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中，选出最佳选项。 (A) There is something very wrong with the system of values in a society that has only unkind terms (措辞) like nerds and geeks for the intellectually curious and academically serious people. We all know what a nerd is: someone who wears thick glasses and ugly clothes; someone who knows all the answers to the chemistry or math homework but can never get a date on a Saturday night. And a geek, according to Webster’s New Word Dictionary, is a street performer who shocks the public by biting off heads of live chickens. It is an obvious fact about our language and our culture that someone who is devoted to pursuit (追求) of knowledge is compared to such a strange person. Even at a famous educational institution like Harvard, anti-intellectualism (反智主义) is widespread: Many students are ashamed to admit, even to their friends, how much they study. The same thing happens in U.S. primary and high schools. [Z-x-x-k.Com] Enough is enough. The anti-intellectual values that have spread throughout American society must be fought. There are very few countries in the world where anti-intellectualism runs as high in popular culture as it does in the US. In the most industrialized nations, especially in East Asia, a kid who studies hard is praised. But in America, average professional ballplayers are much more respected and better paid than professors of the best universities.[Z-x-x-k.Com] How can a country where typical parents are ashamed of their children studying mathematics instead of going dancing be expected to compete in the technology race with Japan? How long can America remain a world-class power if we constantly put social skills and physical strength over academic achievement and intellectual ability? Do we really expect to stay afloat largely by bringing in our scientists