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河南省南阳市六校2025-2026学年高一上学期第二次联考英语试题

第一部分听力(略)

第二部分阅读(共两节，满分50分)

第一节(共15小题;每小题2.5分，满分37.5分)

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

A

Manysuccessfulpeoplewritebooks,allowingustoreadabouttheirfailuresandvictoriesandlearnfromtheirmistakesandachievements.Perhapsyouwillfindsomethingvaluableforyourselfinthesebooks.

Business@theSpeedofThoughtbyBillGates

Inthisbookpublishedin1999,Gatespredictedthatbusinesswouldchangemoreinthenexttenyearsthaninthelast50years.Didthispredictioncometrue?Well,yes,itdid,andthatisagreatreasontorereadthisbook.Init,BillGatesshareshisknowledgeaboutsuccessfulbusinessprinciplesandteacheshowtousemoderninformationtechnologiescorrectly.Heprovidespersonalexamplesfromhisowncompany,makingthisbookevenmoreinteresting.

OpenSociety:ReformingGlobalCapitalismbyGeorgeSoros

GeorgeSoroshasmademorethan$19billionsofar.Thatmakeshisbookreallyworthreading.Criticscallthisbookthedeclarationofthenewcapitalism.Histhoughtsandideasareveryfresh,cleverandunusual.Everyonewhoisinterestedinpolitics,businessandsocialproblemsneedstoreadit.

21.WhichofthefollowingisTRUEaboutBusiness@theSpeedofThought?

A.Itcameoutin1996.

B.ItwaswrittenbyWarrenBuffet.

C.Itspredictionaboutbusinesschangedidnotcometrue.

D.BillGatesusesexamplesfromhisownbusinessinthebook.

22.FromthedescriptionofOpenSociety:ReformingGlobalCapitalism,wecaninferthatGeorgeSoros’sideasareprobably______.

A.old-fashionedandboring B.newandthought-provoking

C.onlyfocusedonmakingmoney D.difficulttounderstandformostpeople

23.Whatisthecommonpurposeofthebooksmentionedinthepassage?

A.Topredictfuturechangesintechnology.

B.Totellfunnystoriesabouttheauthors’childhood.

C.Toteachstudentshowtogethighscoresinexams.

D.Tosharetheauthors’success