广州圆玄中学高一下学期期中考试
英语试卷
（本试卷120分钟完成，满分120分）
第一部分阅读理解
（共15小题；每小题2分,满分30分）
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
It is not only praise or punishment that determines a child’s level of confidence. There are some other important ways we shape our kids—particularly by giving instructions and commands in a negative or positive choice of words. For example, we can say to a child “Don’t run into traffic!” or “Stay on the footpath close to me.” In using the latter, you will be helping your kids to think and act positively, and to feel competent in a wide range of situations, because they know what to do, and aren’t scaring themselves about what not to do.
Why does such a small thing make a difference? It is all in the way the human mind works. What we think, we automatically rehearse. For example, if someone offered you a million dollars not to think of a blue monkey for two minutes, you wouldn’t be able to do it. When a child is told “Don’t fall off the tree,” he will think of two things: “don’t” and “fall off the tree”. That is, he will automatically create the picture of falling off the tree in his mind. A child who is vividly imagining falling off the tree is much more likely to fall off. So it is far better to use “Hold on to the tree carefully.”
Clear, positive instructions help kids to understand the right way to do things. Kids do not always know how to be safe, or how to react to the warning of the danger in negative words. So parents should make their commands positive. “Sam, hold on firm to the side of the boat” is much more useful than “Don’t you dare to fall out of the boat?” or worse still “How do you think I’ll feel if you drown?” The changes are small but difference is obvious.
Children learn how to guide and organize themselves from the way we guide them with our words, so it pays to be positive.
1．Positive choice of words helps kids to ________.
A．do things carefully
B．build up their confidence
C．improve their imagination
D．learn in different situation
2．What can we infer from Paragraph 2?
A．A child will act on what is instructed.
B．One can’t help imagining what is heard.
C．A child will fall off the tree when told not to.
D．One won’t think of a blue monkey when given money.
3．Which of the following commands helps kids to be safe?
A．Fasten your seat belt.
B．Don’t play by the lake.
C．How do you think I’ll feel if you get hurt?
D．Don’t you dare to walk through the red light.
4．The main idea of the passage is that ________.
A．praise makes kids confident
B．right instructions keep kids safe
C．clear commands make kids different
D．choice of words can make a difference
【解析】
试题分析：本文主要是告诉人们如何去教育孩子。要给孩子提供积极正面的指导，而不是负面消极的各种不准不要。
1．B 推理判断题。根据第一段It is not only praise or punishment that determines a child’s level of confidence. There are some other important ways we shape our kids—particularly by giving instructions and commands in a negative or positive choice of words.可知，积极正面的话语会让孩子们树立信心。
2．B 推理判断题。根据第二段What we think, we automatically rehearse. For example, if someone offered you a million dollars not to think of a blue monkey for two minutes, you wouldn’t be able to do it.可知，越叫不要去想的动词人们越禁不住会去想，故选B。
3．A 推理判断题。根据文章描述，应用积极正面的指导来帮助孩子，故选A。后面三个选项都是负面的。
4．D 主旨大意题。文章主要是告诉人们要给孩子提供积极正面的指导，而不是负面消极的各种不准不要，差别很小的话但最后作用差的很大。故选D。
B
When men get together, they seldom talk about their feelings or inner thoughts. However, they talk about a lot, like their newest computer, how to repair their car, or even business.
Talk might move to the best place to find fish or women, jump to computer games, then continue to the sport of the season. They also like to tell jokes each other and spend a fair amount of time playing one-up and boasting (吹牛). Men seldom call each other to chat.
When man meets woman, he usually wants to make a good impression. Many single man try hard to carry on amusing, fun, and pleasant conversations. They use conversation to discover her interests and feelings in order to learn how to be attractive to her.
Some men, either out of nervousness or ignorance, spend most of the time talking about themselves, often appearing to brag about their achievements or talk endlessly about their problems or work. Even the quietest man talks to his woman when love is new.
When women get together, they talk about feelings and relationships, their work, and their family. They enjoy talking but also want the give and take of talk, then listen. Women often call each other to chat. Conversation is an important part of most women’s lives.
As relationship progress, however, many turns on the television and forgets how to talk. This raises anger and cry from his woman partner who says,“You never talk to me any more.”Some man start talking. Many, however, mainly discuss their own achievements and problems.
When the woman starts talking about her favorite subjects: feelings, family, relationships, friends and her work, many men lose interest or bring the conversation back to themselves, pretty soon, the man is back to starting at the television each night, wondering where his relationship has gone. The woman is talking to her friends, mom, sister or neighbor, often about that very relationship and how she is hurting.
5．What can we know about men from the first two paragraphs?
A．They like to talk about practical matters.
B．They are willing to expose their inner thoughts.
C．They prefer to take adventurous travels.
D．They often call each other to chat about work.
6．Which of the following can replace the underlined part“brag about”in Paragraph 4?
A．Show off. B．Dream about.
C．Put forward. D．Care for.
7．What is the same topic in both men’s and women’s talk?
A．Family. B．Work. C．Friends. D．Jokes.
8．What is the best title of this passage?
A．How a man makes a good impression to a woman
B．Good relationship between men and women
C．Talking, the women’s main tool in communication
D．Men talk; women talk; do they talk together?
【解析】
试题分析： 本文主要讲述了男性和女性谈话的内容是不一样的，并且告诉我们很多情况下，男性和女性很难有共同的话题。
5．A 推理判断题。根据文章第一段最后一句However, they talk about a lot, like their newest computer, how to repair their car, or even business.可知，男性在一起谈论的话题是电脑，如何修车或生意上的事情，都是一些很实用的事情。故选A。
6．A 词义猜测题。根据本句....often appearing to brag about their achievements or talk endlessly about their problems or work中their achievements可知，男性在谈话的时候很喜欢谈论他们的个人成就，使用该词意为“炫耀”，故A正确。
7．B 细节理解题。根据第四段...talk endlessly about their problems or work.和第五段When women get together, they talk about feelings and relationships, their work and their family.可知，男性和女性都很喜欢谈论自己的工作。故B正确。
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