2018年4月22日 每周一测-学易试题君之每日一题君2017-2018学年下学期高二英语人教版（期中复习）.doc

Ⅰ. 阅读理解 A I’ m sure we’ve all done something a little dishonest in our lives—maybe copying?someone’ s?work,?or being given too much change in a shop and keeping quiet about it.?Or maybe I’ m wrong—maybe you’re a good,?upstanding?citizen who believes that honesty is the best policy. We may agree that admitting our mistakes and behaving in a genuine and?decent?way is the?right way to lead our lives but is there something in our human nature that makes us?unscrupulous??For example, in some shops and car parks you can find an honesty box—a box where you pay for?something by putting money in it. But it does provide a temptation(诱惑) to get away with not paying?the full amount. Philip Graves, a psychologist, suggests that this temptation is part of our?evolution.?He says:?we have evolved with the ability to be dishonest.?It’ s part of our evolutionary psychological make?up—because if we can gain an advantage over the people around us,?we have a greater chance of?surviving. So why?do we place such importance on being honest if we benefit from being dishonest? It’s?because it is selfish?behavior.?If everybody acted selfishly and dishonestly all the time,?the world?would be a very?unpleasant place. So, for societies to work together we need?to?trust each other and?therefore we need?to be honest. Being?trustworthy?with?money is of course extremely important for an economy to survive and?there are laws to protect us?from?dishonest?practices.?But?being?honest?with?words is another matter; saying what we think to someone can be embarrassing. Is honest?always the best policy? 1. Which?of?the underlined?words?is?similar?todishonest?in?meaning? A. upstanding (P1) B. decent (P2) C. unscrupulous (P2) D. trustworthy (P5) 2. If there?is?an?honesty?box?in?a?shop,?what?should?a?customer?do? A. Take some?money?out?if?in?need. B. Donate?some?money?to?the?charities. C. Get?away?without?paying?the?right?amount. D. Put?in?the amount of money?one?should?pay?for his?buying