2017成都石室中学二诊英语试题及答案(2)

23. The underlined word “detrimental” probably mean .
A. disadvantageous B. common C. beneficial D. accessible
24. What is the main idea of this passage?
A. The messier the desks are, the more efficient the employees are.
B. Messy desks in the office can have a positive effect on employees.
C. We should make our office messy to improve our work efficiency.
D. Clean desks can promote the employees’ productivity and creativity.B
While it is expected that students come to university with the ability to take a good set of notes, this is not always the case. High school may not have demanded it, so good listening and
note-taking skills may need to be developed.

TRY	Being a positive, active listener.
HOW?	Sit down front and do not read or talk. Pay particular attention during the second 20 minutes (when you tend to lose it) and to the last minutes when a summary might be given or conclusions drawn.
TRY	Being a positive, active learner.
HOW?	Come to class with an interest in the material and with questions to be answered. You can develop these by thinking about and anticipating the lecture and by pre-reading the text (the latter is especially helpful if you find yourself having difficulty keeping up with the material).
TRY	Getting accurate notes, with special attention to the main ideas.
WHY?	There may be an overhead projector; if so, get that material down. In addition, look for points of emphasis---from the prof’s verbal language, body language, or careful reading of his notes. If you still feel you’re missing the main points, try showing your notes to a classmate or the prof.
TRY	Leaving lots of space between ideas.
WHY?	Because you want lots of room to continue to add notes in your own words; this will help you learn the material on a deeper level by integrating it with what you already know. Also, the extra space will make it easier for you to find material when you are studying.
TRY	Going over new notes---10 minutes for each class---within 24 hours
WHY?	Because you lose 50—80% of the material if you don’t.
TRY	Setting your notes up so you can study effectively from them.
HOW?	Leave wide left margins (页边空白):here you will write questions from which to study your notes. Leave the back of the page blank, so you can fold the page, cover the notes, and answer the questions when studying.

25. During a listening lesson .
A. the students might lose interest after 20 minutes
B. most students might be absent-minded
C. students prefer to talk to each other
D. students don5t have to pay attention to the last part of the lesson
26. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Pre-reading what you read might help you understand the material better.
B. Taking notes in class can help you master the main idea better.
C. The writer of the passage is not quite satisfied with high school education.
D. One should learn to go over one’s lessons within 24 hours.
27. The article is probably written for .
A. high school students B. grown-ups
C. university students D. teachers of EnglishC
Olaf Stapledon wrote a book called First and Last Men, in which he looked millions of years ahead. He told of different men and of strange civilizations, broken up by long “dark ages” in between. In his view, what is called the present time is no more than a moment in human history and we are just the First Men. In 2,000 million years from now there will be the Eighteenth or Last Men.
However, most of our ideas about the future are really very short-sighted. Perhaps we can see some possibilities for the next fifty years. But the next hundred? The next thousand? The next million? That’s much more difficult.
When men and women lived by hunting 50,000 years ago, how could they even begin to picture modern life? Yet to men of 50,000 years from now, we may seem as primitive in our ideas as the Stone-Age hunters do to us. Perhaps they will spend their days gollocking to make new spundels, or struggling with their ballalators through the cribe. These words, which I have just made up, have to stand for things and ideas that we simply can’t think of.
So why bother even to try imagining life far in the future? Here are two reasons. First, unless we remember how short our own lives are compared with the whole human history, we are likely to think our own interests are much more important than they really are. If we make the earth a poor place to live because we are careless or greedy or quarrelsome, our grandchildren will not bother to think of excuses for us.
Second, by trying to escape from present interests and imagine life far in the future, we may arrive at quite fresh ideas that we can use ourselves. For example, if we imagine that in the future men may give up farming, we can think of trying it now. So set you imagination free when you think about the future.
28. A particular mention made of Stapledon’s book in the opening paragraph .
A. serves as a description of human history B. serves an introduction to the discussion
C. shows a disagreement of views D. shows the popularity of the book
29. The text discusses men and women 50,000 years ago and 50,000 years from now in order to