2015揭阳二模英语试题及答案(2)

        21    worries people is that using a keyboard all the time may be affecting the shape of our hands. A new study     22     (carry) out recently in Shandong on the fingers of people under 25 years old, showing that thumbs are taking over from other fingers as the hand's most flexible and strongest fingers. 
        23    (tradition), the Chinese consider handwriting as an indication of a person’s character. Calligraphy(书法) has always been an important part of Chinese culture, but today    24   future is uncertain. We lose our skills altogether. Remember that a letter     25    （write）by hand is worth a thousand times more than a quick email. 

II.阅读（共两节，满分50分） 
第一节  阅读理解 （共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
    In America, where labour costs are so high, “do-it-yourself” is a way of life. Many people repair their own cars, build their own houses. Soon they may also be writing their own books. In Hollywood there is a company that publishes children’s books with the aid of computers. Although other companies also publish that way, this particular company is very unusual. It “personalizes” the books by having the computer make the reader the leading character in the story. Here is how they do it. Let us say that your child is named Jenny. She lives on Oak Drive in St Louis, has a dog named Spot, a cat named Tabby, and three playmates whose names are Betsy, Sandy, and Jody. The computer uses information to fill out a story that has already been prepared and illustrated. The story is then printed with standard equipment as a hardcover book. A child who receives such a book might say, “This book is about me”; the company therefore calls itself the “Me-book Publishing Company”.
    Children like the me-books very much because they like to see in print their own names and the names of their friends and their pets. But more importantly, “personalization” has been found to be an important tool in developing enthusiasm for reading. Me-books are thus helping a child to learn how to read, by appealing to that natural desire to see his own name in print.
26.Why do the children like the “me-books”?
   A. Because the main characters are Jenny, her dog, her cat and her three playmates.
   B. Because the children will see familiar names in the books.
 C. Because in the U.S.A. “do it yourself” is a way of life.
   D. Because the company that publishes the books is unusual.
27.The books will develop the children’s interest in reading by _______.
   A. meeting natural desire of children’s
B. the interesting stories in them
   C. the computers’ well using       
D. fairies
28.We can conclude from the text ________.
   A. if you want to be well-known, you may turn to the company publishing the books
   B. that the company will have to deal with a lot of information
   C. that the other companies will use the same method
   D. that Americans like “do it yourself”
29.What does the underlined word “personalize” in Paragraph1 mean?
   A. realize     B. specialize      C. individualise(赋予个性)       D. civilize


30.What is the purpose of the passage?
   A. To introduce Me-book Publishing Company.
   B. To tell us about a way of life.
   C. To encourage people to “do-it-yourself”.
   D. To tell us something about Me-books.
B
    As the pace of life continues to increase, we are fast losing the art of relaxation. Once you are in the habit of rushing through life, being on the go from morning till night, it is hard to slow down. But relaxation is essential for a healthy mind and body.
　　Stress is a natural part of everyday life and there is no way to avoid it. In fact, it is not the bad thing it is often supposed to be. A certain amount of stress is vital to provide motivation and give purpose to life. It is only when the stress gets out of control that it can lead to poor performance and ill health.
    The amount of stress a person can withstand (经得起) depends very much on the individual. Some people are not afraid of stress, and such characters are obviously prime material for managerial responsibilities. Others lose heart at the first sight of unusual difficulties. When exposed to stress, in whatever form, we react both chemically and physically. In fact we make a choice between “fight” or “flight” and in more primitive days the choice made the difference between life or death. The crises we meet today are unlikely to be so extreme, but however little the stress, it involves the same response. It is when such a reaction lasts long, through continued exposure to stress, that health becomes endangered. Such serious conditions as high blood pressure and heart disease have established links with stress. Since we cannot remove stress from our lives (it would be unwise to do so even if we could), we need to find ways to deal with it.  
31.People are finding less and less time for relaxing themselves because_____.
　 A. they are becoming busier with their work
　 B. they do not believe that relaxation is important for health
　 C. they are traveling fast all the time
　 D. they do not know how to enjoy themselves
32.According to the writer, the most important character for a good manager is his ________.