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高二英语第十七周自主提升练习 注意事项： 1、 本试卷考试时间为40分钟，满分62.5 2、 本试卷所有试题须作答在答题卡上 第一部分 阅读（共两节，满分32.5分） 第一节（共8小题；每小题2.5分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A Kendall Griffith is a student at Bard College majoring in both the pipa, a four-stringed Chinese lute, and Asian studies. Born and raised in Boston, Griffith started her journey into Chinese culture nine years ago, when she began learning Chinese for its writing system and tones. While learning Chinese, she was captivated by traditional Chinese music in a drama she was watching. Griffith did some research and discovered that the instrument she was drawn to was the pipa. “I like the sound of the pipa, especially the techniques that are incorporated with it,” Griffith says, adding that her parents and friends have been very supportive of her learning Chinese traditional music. Griffith’s father helped her discover the instrument and she found her first pipa teacher, who was part of the Boston Chinese Ensemble. Sometimes, after performances, people would tell her, “I’ve never seen a non-Chinese person play this before. That’s very cool.” Last semester, Griffith studied at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing. Learning the pipa in the city, where “Chinese music is happening”, Griffith felt pushed beyond her comfort zone and learned more about her passion. “There was an interesting lecture that talked about how most Chinese music emulates things in calligraphy. There’s a lot of empty space, and I can now incorporate that feeling into a lot of the music I play,” she says. “Chinese music also emulates nature in a way. The sound it makes can resemble a horse; you can visualize it. There are many techniques not seen in Western instruments, such as bending the strings or using your five fingers to create a tremolo. I enjoy telling my friends about it,” she says. Griffith’s friends, who were amazed by her impressions, started attending more Chinese music concerts, wanting to learn more. Diving into another culture through music makes Griffith value the culture more. She said, “When you learn about a different type of music, it makes you appreciate the culture more. It makes you realize how important it is to be open-minded. I feel more open-minded about why things are the way they are.” 1．How did Griffith begin to learn the pipa? A．Inspired by her Asian studies. B．Influenced by her friends. C．Attracted by its unique sound. D．Encouraged by her father. 2．What do some people think of Griffith’s pipa playing? A．Amazing. B．Odd. C．Shocking. D．Curious. 3．Why does Griffith mention the calligraphy in Paragraph 6? A．To explain the Chinese writing system. B．To display its link with Chinese music. C．To show different forms of Chinese arts. D．To explore the origin of Chinese music. 4．What benefit does Griffith get from learning Chinese music? A．It has promoted her Chinese learning. B．It makes her abandon western music. C．It has developed her critical thinking. D．It makes her love Chinese culture more. B Dancing lowers the depression associated with Parkinson’s disease, and the benefits can be seen in multiple ways, a new study shows. “It was very cool to see dance had a positive effect on the mood circuits in the brain, which we could see in the imaging from MRI brain scans (扫描),” says Joseph DeSouza, author of the study. “These improvements were also reported by the participants via survey. Our study is the first to demonstrate these benefits across these two detection methods.” The study followed 23 participants with Parkinson’s disease from the Sharing Dance Parkinson’s program at Canada’s National Ballet School, along with family members or caregivers. Participants took weekly dance classes for 8 months, progressing from simple leg and foot work to more complex movements like waltzes and more. The research team focused on the subcallosal cingulate gyrus (SCG), a brain region linked to depression. They measured mood and depression before and after each class using the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) (老年抑郁量表) and conducted regular MRI scans. The researchers found that after each dance class, reported depression rates dropped, and the effect was increasing from class to class, with significant improvements after 8 months. “We showed that SCG’s BOLD (blood oxygen level dependent) signal decreases while dancing, which means the SCG was not functioning as fast as it would if you had depression,” says DeSouza. “Parkinson’s disease is often accompanied by depression long before motor symptoms (症状) appear.” Dance is thought to have a double benefit, with music activating the brain’s reward centers, and the movement acting on sensory and motor circuits. DeSouza, dancing with participants for 14 years, says that while dancing is not a treatment for Parkinson’s disease by itself, the benefits are clear. “We’re not trying to cure it with dance,” he says. “What we’re trying to do is to have people live a better quality of life. This goes for both the patients, and their families that take care of them.” 5. What do we know about the results of the two detection methods? A. They fall short of expectations. B. They are more accurate than before. C. They are distinct from each other. D. They show consistent conclusions. 6. How did the researchers conduct the study? A. By referring to previous studies. B. By making pre-post comparisons. C. By employing computer modeling. D. By conducting drug experiments. 7. What did the researchers find about the SCG? A. It is in charge of motor system. B. It can be measured by the GDS. C. Dancing slows down its functioning. D. Depression weakens its BOLD signal. 8. What is the best title of the text? A. Dancing Away Parkinson’s Blues B. Dancing: Multiple Benefits To Be Seen C Dancing With Your Mood Circuits D. Dancing: A Journey To Mental Well-being 第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分） How to appreciate a classic Classics are often seen as books read by literature majors or intellectuals. They carry a certain air of snobbery (势利) in them.____9____ The classics and I began as acquaintances, eventually to friends, and then to close confidantes (密友) with private jokes between us. So how does one approach a classic? Find your classic (era). The term classic applies to a wide range of books across a long period of time.____10____ Not every classic is as thick as Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina. Like all forms of literature, there are genres within the classics selection of a bookstore. By finding your era, there’s always something that may appeal to you. Read slow and get immersed (沉浸的). Classics aren’t written in our modern tongue.____11___ As challenging as it may be, I suggest reading your first classic slow. Allow the book and the language to grow with you. It’s like immersing yourself in a different world. It would take a few interactions to get the hang of it, but you do get it eventually. ____12____ Once immersed, you rather get a hang of the language, and it is best to read another one. Maybe read a book from the same author. In this way, the next book becomes easier to read. The case in the language and the context is reward itself and may motivate you to read more classics. Try again. If the first classic you got was a miss, find another one. You can even start with thinner books like Peter Pan or a child’s classic such as Alice in Wonderland or even Anne of Green Gables. Don’t jump from “I don’t read classics” to “Brother Karamazov” all too sudden.____13____ A. Learn more about the author. B. Reading classics requires pacing. C. Follow through with another classic. D. My love for classics was a gradual affair. E. They are written with every mark of the period they were published. F. It’s wrong to assume that all classics are created equal. G. You should treat classics like vegetables and eat them quickly. 第二部分 语言运用（共两节，满分30分） 第一节 （共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分） 阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 Callie Clemens received an emergency message on her Facebook page at around 11 pm.last July 26th. A tiny black puppy had been 14 rushing across a road in Spring Branch, Houston and 15 from a nearby storm drain(下水道)suggested more were 16 down there. As an animal lover, Clemens 17 to the scene. She grabbed her son's toy flashlight from her car, 18 the drain cover and wormed down." I was not 19 to go into the 20 .But somebody's got to do it." she admitted. Then, Clemens 21 through about 10 feet of a 24-inch-wide tunnel 22 she reached an area where she could crouch and search. She pointed her 23 and saw two sets of eyes looking at her. Then the dogs 24 . Around midnight, staffers from the local Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA)arrived and 25 Clemens, trying to track down the dogs. They were not able to find the two dogs that Clemens had seen underground, 26 they did find a female black puppy outside under a dustbin. Besides, early the next morning, a tiny black-and-white pup was seen running out of the tunnel, which the SPCA 27 later. However, Clemens wouldn't give up because there was still one dog left underground. But the fact that Clemens found an exit hole and had stopped hearing the dog's cries makes her 28 that the puppy had found its way out." Once she becomes focused on a rescue situation, she is unstoppable," commented a staff of SPCA. 14.A.caught B.watched C.spotted D.chased 15.A.puppies B.messages C.cries D.water 16.A.stuck B.abused C.hidden D.buried 17.A.ran B.walked C.drove D.flew 18.A.moved B.removed C.pushed D.broke 19.A.fearing B.struggling C.pretending D.expecting 20.A.cover B.drain C.car D.dustbin 21.A.marched B.jumped C.swam D.squeezed 22.A.before B.after C.because D.although 23.A.finger B.phone C.flashlight D.camera 24.A.ran off B.slipped over C.stood by D.stormed in 25.A.led B.joined C.rescued D.accompanied 26.A.or B.and C.so D.but 27.A.brought up B.took in C.cared about D.drove away 28.A.worried B.proud C.shocked D.confident 第二节（共10小题；每小题1. 5分, 满分15分） 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或所给单词的正确形式。 Among many changes the COVID-19 pandemic has brought 29 the U. S., one is a possible move closer to a cashless society. Since more people decided to stay home when the coronavirus outbreak spread, they were spending 30 (little) money than before. If people were out, fear of catching the virus kept them from 31 (touch) many things, including loose change at the register. Unfortunately, a move to a cashless society could cause problems for some communities. About 8% of Americans don’t have a checking account. About 18% of Americans rely on alternative banking 32 (solution), like a check cashing location, even though they have a savings or checking account. So these people rely on cash 33 (purchase) goods and services. “For those 34 have the option to move away from cash to credit cards, there will be fewer problems,” said Harvard business professor Shelle Santana. “But there are 35 number of people who don’t have the ability to do that substitution (替换), and those are the vulnerable (易受影响的) people in the community.” While 36 (convenient) is an advantage of using a card or electronic payment, everything someone purchases 37 (track) and documented. Cash, however, 38 (protect) the user’s privacy and doesn’t leave a footprint behind. 2 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$ 1-8 CABD DBCA 9-13 DFECB 14-28 CCACB DBDAC ABDBD 29．to 30．less 31．touching 32．solutions 33．to purchase 34．who /that 35．a 36．convenience 37．is tracked 38．protects 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$