精品解析：广东省陆丰市东海新龙中学2022-2023学年高二下学期月考二英语试题

2022-2023学年度东海新龙中学高二英语月考二考试卷 本试题共10页，考试时间120分钟，满分120分 注意事项： 1.答题前，考生先将自己的信息填写清楚、准确，将条形码准确粘贴在条形码粘贴处。 2.请按照题号顺序在答题卡各题目的答题区城内作答，超出答题区域书写的答案无效。 3.答题时请按要求用笔，保持卡面清洁，不要折叠，不要弄破、弄皱，不得使用涂改液、修正带、刮纸刀。考试结束后，请将本试题及答题卡交回。 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 Albert Einstein laid the foundation for modern physics, but he may not be the man your kids should try hard to be. That man would be the productive Thomas Alva Edison — he of the “inspiration is perspiration (汗水)” school of thought. Researchers came to that conclusion after doing a series of studies with college students. They found students were more inspired by the hard-working Edison type than Einstein’s “genius is my birthright” model. “There’s a misleading message out there that says you have to be a genius in order to be a scientist,” study co-author Danfei Hu explains. “This just isn’t true and may be a big factor in discouraging people from working on science. Struggling is a normal part of doing science and talent is not the only prerequisite (先决条件) for succeeding in science. It’s important we help spread this message in science education.” The researchers hope that more Edison appreciation will draw more people to the sciences — especially at a time when increasing numbers of students are dropping out of those careers. To help turn that tide (趋势), Hu and Janet N. Ahn of William Paterson University did another study. For this study, participants read the same story — about the difficulty faced by a scientist over the course of a career. Half the students were told the story’s main character was Einstein; the other half were told it was Edison. It may have been the same story, but knowing it involved Einstein caused students to think that he overpowered his struggles using his smart brain. But when Edison was the hero of the story, students believed that he outworked his problems. Indeed, the latter students were more motivated to complete a series of problems. “This inf