2016贵州遵义航天高级中学五模英语试题及答案(2)

  Dan Schnur, a political scientist at the University of Southern California, said that the main argument against the new law is that it rewards illegal behavior. But Professor Schnur argued that young, white Americans generally support immigration reform, including giving driver's licenses to illegal immigrants
  "It's simply because they grow up in a much more multicultural society than their parents or their grandparents did." Professor Schnur says he believes the changes in beliefs about illegal immigrants that have taken place in California will spread throughout the United States.
21. Why did the new law make Mr. Alvarado excited?
A. Because he can request a driver's license.
B. Because he became a legal immigrant of California.
   C. Because he got his driving license as an illegal immigrant.
   D. Because a law went into effect for the new immigrants.
22. What is the difference of the new licenses compared to those given to citizens?
    A. The words “Federal Limits Apply” will abuse illegal immigrants
    B. They can't be used to travel on an airplane or enter a federal building.
    C. They can be used to act against the police and other people.
    D. With the words "Federal Limits Apply", immigrants can enjoy special rights.
23. What's the public's attitude towards the new law released on January 1 in California?
    A. supportive     B. negative       C. neutral          D. controversial

B
When I was nine years old, I loved to go fishing with my dad. But the only thing that wasn’t very fun about it was that he could catch many fish while I couldn’t catch anything. I usually got pretty upset and kept asking him why. He always answered, “Son, if you want to catch a fish, you have to think like a fish.” I remember being even more upset then because, “I’m not a fish!” I didn’t know how to think like a fish. Besides, I reasoned, how could what I think influence what a fish does?
As I got a little older I began to understand what my dad really meant. So, I read some books on fish. And I even joined the local fishing club and started attending the monthly meetings. I learned that a fish is a cold-blooded animal and therefore is very sensitive to water temperature. That is why fish prefer shallow water to deep water because the former is warmer. Besides, water is usually warmer in direct sunlight than in the shade. Yet, fish don’t have any eyelids and the sun hurts their eyes. The more I understood fish, the more I became effective at finding and catching them.
When I grew up and entered the business world, I remember hearing my first boss say, “We all need to think like salespeople.” But it didn’t completely make sense. My dad never once said “If you want to catch a fish you need to think like a fisherman.” What he said was, “You need to think like a fish.” Years later, with great efforts to promote long-term services to people much older and richer than me, I gradually learned what we all need is to think more like customers. It is not an easy job. I will show you how in the following chapters.
24. Why was the author upset in the fishing trips when he was nine?
A. He could not catch a fish. B. His father was not patient with him.
C. His father didn’t teach him fishing. D. He could not influence a fish as his father did.
25. What did the author’s father really mean?
A. To read about fish. B. To love fishing.
C. To go fishing usually. D. To study fishing in many ways.
26. According to the author, fish are most likely to be found   .
A. in deep water on sunny days B. in deep water on cloudy days
C. in shallow water under sunlight D. in shallow water under waterside trees
27. After entering the business world, the author found   .
A. it easy to think like a customer B. his father’s fishing advice inspiring
C. his first boss’s sales ideas reasonable  D. it difficult to sell services to poor people

C
We all know what a brain is. A doctor will tell you that the brain is the organ of the body in the head. It controls our body’s functions, movements, emotions and thoughts. But a brain can mean so much more.
A brain can also simply be a smart person. If a person is called brainy, she is smart and intelligent. If a family has many children but one of them is super smart, you could say “She’s the brains in the family.” And if you are the brains behind something, you are responsible for developing or organizing it. For example, Bill Gates is the brains behind Microsoft.
Brain trust is a group of experts who give advice. Word experts say the phrase “brain trust” became popular when Franklin D. Roosevelt first ran for president in 1932. Several professors gave him advice on social and political issues facing the U.S. These professors were called his “brain trust.”
These ways we use the word “brain” all make sense. But other ways we use the word are not so easy to understand. For example, to understand the next brain expression, you first need to know the word “drain”. As a verb, to drain means to remove something by letting it flow away. So a brain drain may sound like a disease where the brain flows out the ears. But, brain drain is when a country’s most educated people leave their countries to live in another. The brains are, sort of, draining out of the country.
However, if people are responsible for a great idea, you could say they brainstormed it. Here, brainstorm is not an act of weather. It is a process of thinking creatively about a complex topic. For example, business leaders may use brainstorming to create new products, and government leaders may brainstorm to solve problems.