DOC《浙江绍兴一中2016-2017学年高二上期中考试英语试卷（解析...》

s voice;

I could hear fear in it. It was late and we were all alone. We didn'

t have any cell phones on us. I never saw Dad as worried as he was then and I knew that something was terribly wrong. The sense of fear started to overwhelm Mom and me. We had had such a good time in town. Now, the night was rapidly turning into a dangerous situation.??? We could hear the man'

s footsteps getting closer. Dad'

s face was almost pale. The so-called intruder (侵入者) had moved nearer and nearer when all of a sudden, the nearby vending (自动贩卖) machine started going crazy and spitting out cans of soda! The noise actually scared the intruder and he ran out of sight. My parents were shaking, but we all turned around to see who had put money into the vending machine downstairs, and actually saved us, but no one was around at all. Not a soul.??? It'

s one vacation I will never forget.根据短文内容,选择最佳答案,并将选定答案的字母标号填在题前括号内. (1)Where did the author spend her vacation? A、Near a lake.B、At the seaside.C、In a village.D、In a mountain. (2)What does the underlined word overwhelm in Paragraph

2 mean? A、move.B、impress.C、control.D、excite. (3)What helped them get out of the trouble? A、Their quick action.B、Other people'

s kind help.C、The young man'

s warning.D、The noise from the vending machine.

3、阅读理解??? Science has a lot of uses. It can reveal (揭示) laws of nature, cure diseases, make bombs, and help bridges to stand up. Indeed science is so good at what it does that there'

s always a temptation (诱惑) to drag it into problems where it may not be helpful. David Brooks, author of The Social Animal, The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement, appears to be the latest in a long line of writers who have failed to resist the temptation.??? Brooks gained fame for several books. His latest book The Social Animal, however, is more ambitious and serious than his earlier books. It is an attempt to deal with a set of weighty topics. The book focuses on big questions: What has science revealed about human nature? What are the sources of character? And why are some people happy and successful while others aren'

t???? To answer these questions, Brooks surveys a wide range of subjects. Because of this, you might expect the book to cover a variety of facts. But Brooks has structured his book in an unusual, and perhaps unfortunate way. Instead of introducing scientific theories, he tells a story, within which he tries to make his points, perhaps in order to keep the reader'

s attention. So as Harold and Erica, the hero and heroine in his story, live through childhood, we hear about the science of child development and as they begin to date we hear about the theory of sexual attraction. Brooks carries this through to the death of one of his characters.??? On the whole, Brooks'

s story is acceptable if uninspired. As one would expect, his writing is mostly clear and, to be fair, some chapters stand out above the rest. I enjoyed, for instance, the chapter in which Harold discovers how to think on his own. While Harold and Erica are certainly not strong characters, the more serious problems with The Social Animal lie elsewhere. These problems partly involve Brooks'

s attempt to translate his tale into science.根据短文内容,选择最佳答案,并将选定答案的字母标号填在题前括号内. (1)The author mentions the functions of science at the beginning of the passage to A、show the value of Brooks'