甘肃省天水市秦州区2020-2021学年高二下学期第一阶段检测英语试题

2020—2021学年度第一学期第二阶段考试 高二英语试卷 第I卷（选择题） 第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分） 第1节 ： (共15题：每小题2分，满分30分) A Five years ago, when I taught art at a school in Seattle, I used Tinkertoys as a test at the beginning of a term to find out something about my students. I put a small set of Tinkertoys in front of each student, and said:”Make something out of the Tinkertoys. You have 45 minutes today - and 45minutes each day for the rest of the week.” A few students hesitated to start. They waited to see the rest of the class would do. Several others checked the instructions and made something according to one of the model plans provided. Another group built something out of their own imaginations. Once I had a boy who worked experimentally with Tinkertoys in his free time. His constructions filled a shelf in the art classroom and a good part of his bedroom at home. I was delighted at the presence of such a student. Here was an exceptionally creative mind at work. His presence meant that I had an unexpect