高考英语专题检测卷(十六)阅读理解

专题检测卷(十六)阅读理解(建议用时: 25分钟)A(2013·潍坊模拟)People have wondered for a long time how their personalities and behaviors are formed. It’s not easy to explain why one person is intelligent and another is not, or why one is cooperative and another is competitive.Social scientists are, of course, extremely interested in these types of question. They want to explain why we possess certain characteristics and exhibit certain behaviors. There are no clear answers yet, but two distinct schools of thought on the matter have developed. As one might expect, the two approaches are very different from each other, and there is a great deal of debate between proponents of each theory. The argument is often conveniently referred to as nature vs. nurture. Those who support the“nature”side of the conflict believe that our personalities and behavior patterns are largely determined by biological and genetic factors. That our environment has little, if anything, to do with our abilities, characteristics and behavior is central to this theory. Taken to an extreme, this theory maintains that our behavior is predetermined(注定)to such a great degree that we are almost completely governed by our instincts(本能).Proponents of the“nurture”theory, or, as they a re often called, behaviorists, claim that our environment is more important than our biologically based instincts in determining how we will act. Behaviorists see humans as beings whose behavior is almost completely shaped by their surroundings. Their view of the human being is quite mechanistic; they maintain that, like machines, humans respond to environmental stimuli(something that helps sb. /sth. to develop better and more quickly)as the basis of their behavior.The social and political connections of these two theories are significant. In the United States, for example, blacks often score below whites on standardized intelligent test. This leads some“nature”proponents to conclude that blacks are genetically worse than whites. Behaviorists, in contrast, say that the differences in scores are due to the fact that blacks are often robbed of many of the educational and other environmental advantages that whites enjoy, and that, as a result, they do not develop the same responses that whites do.Neither of these theories can yet fully explain human behavior. In fact, it is quite likely that the key to our behavior lies somewhere between these two extremes. That the argument will continue for a long time is certain.1. The author is mainly concerned about solving the problem.A. why our personalities and behaviors differB. what makes different stages of intelligenceC. how social scientists form different theoriesD. what causes the“nature/nurture”argument2. The underlined word“proponents”can best be re placed by.A. approachesB. advocatesC. principlesD. characters3. Which of the following statements may be supported by the“nature”school?A. We are born with certain personalities and behaviors.B. Environment has nothing to do with our personalities.C. Abilities and characteristics are showed by behaviors.D. Only extreme behaviors are determined by instincts.4. What can we learn about the behaviorists?A. They believe human beings are mechanical.B. They compare our behaviors to the machines.C. They suggest that we react to the environment as the machines do.D. They agree that the mechanistic theory can be applied on us as well.5. The“nature”theorists believe that the blacks’ low scores.A. are the result of the educational disadvantagesB. are a display of the blacks’ poor intelligenceC. have nothing to do with their true intelligenceD. have nothing to do with factors other than heredityB体裁议论文话题教育孩子词数291When a child is told he is“uncool”, it can be very painful. He may say he doesn’t care, and even act in ways that are opposite of cool on purpose. But these are simply ways to handle sadness by pretending it’s not there.Helping a child feel better in school h ad to be careful. If you say, “Why are youworried about what other children think about you? It doesn’tmatter! ”Children know that it does matter. Instead, an active way may bebest. You could say, “I’m going to do a couple of things for you to help you feelbetter in school. ”If a boy is having trouble making friends, the teacher can help him. Theteacher can arrange things so that he has chances to use his abilities tocontribute to class projects. This is how the other children learn how to value his good qualities and to like him. A teacher can also raise a child’s popularity in the group by showing that he values that child. It even helps to put him in a seat next to a very popular child, or let him be a partner with that child in activities, etc.There are things that parents can do at home, too. Be friendly when your child brings others home to play. Encourage him to invite friends to meals and then serve the dishes they consider. When you plan trips, picnics, movies, and other shows, invite another child with whom your child wants to be friends.What you can do is give him a chance to join a group that may be shutting him out. Then, if he has good qualities, he can start to build a real friendship of his own.6. A child who has been informed of b eing“uncool”may.A. care nothing about itB. do something uncool on purposeC. develop a sense of angerD. pretend to get hurt very much7. A teacher can help an unpopular child by.A. seeing the child as the teacher’s favoriteB. asking the child to do something for partnersC. forcing other children to make friends with the childD. offering the child chances to show his good qualities8. How can parents help their child fit in better?A. By cooking delicious food for him.B. By being kind to his schoolmates.C. By forcing him to invite friends home.D. By taking him to have picnics in the park.9. Which of the following is TRUE?A. Children don’t care others’ comments on them.B. It’s only teachers’ work to make children popular.C. Parents should take their children out for picnics and shows more often.D. Inviting children’s friends to family activities is good for them to make friends.10. The text is mainly about.A. how an unpopular child can be helpedB. why some children are unpopularC. what good qualities unpopular children haveD. who care about unpopular children体裁应用文话题职场“分手”礼仪词数360 (2013·东莞模拟)How Many Ways Can You Say Goodbye to a Job?As talk of a thaw in hiring freezes rises above a whisper, many people are already planning to look for a new position when the job market picks up. But the way you quit canhave a long term impact on your career. How to resign on good terms:Be prepared.Review your employee handbook or employment contract before announcingyour decision, so you know what company policy is regarding resignations,severance, the return of company property and pay for unused vacation time.If you have another job lined up, be sure to have your offer in writing beforeyou resign.Use it or lose it.If you haven’t used vacation time and will lose it if you quit, you might want to use your time before leaving or link it to your resignation date. But if you don’t want to burn any bridges, don’t take vacation and announce your departure just after you return.Make an appointment.Be formal and make an appointment with your boss. Prepare what you want to say. Be direct and be transparent. After the discussion, put your resignation in a hardcopy letter that includes your last day and any transitional hel p you’ve offered. Keep a copy. Two weeks advance notice is still standard but experts recommend offering more time if you’ve worked at the company for more than five years. You also need to be prepared to leave right away some companies require it. Scrub your digital footprint.Clear your browser cache, remove passwords to Web sites you use from work, such as yourpersonal email or online bank account and delete any personal files on your work computer that aren’t relevant to work. Don’t delete anything work related if you’re required to keep it.Stay close.Consider joining an employee alumni association, which often serves as a networking group for former employees. It can be a good way to keep up with changes in the company and industry and find leads to new jobs down the road. Keep in touch with coworkers you worked closely with; they may end up in management roles.11. What’s the main idea of the passage?A. How to hunt for a job.B. Some tips on how to resign on good terms.C. Some ways of making an appointment with your boss.D. How to keep in touch with your colleagues.12. What does the underlined sentence in the passage mean?A. You don’t want to continue to work here.B. You don’t want to be fined.C. You want to take a vacation.D. You want to leave room for necessity.13. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?A. You can resign without hesitation if you don’t like your job.B. You should ignore your boss when presenting your resignation.C. Y ou’d better keep in touch with your coworkers after resignation.D. You must delete anything in the computer you once used when you resign.14. You should notice the company in advance if you have worked in the company for more than five years.A. more than two weeksB. less than two weeksC. only two weeksD. only one moment15. How many ways of resigning are mentioned in the passage?A. Three.B. Four.C. Five.D. Six.【拓展训练】阅读C篇, 写出文中出现的以下短语。