DOC《2016-2017学年度上学期高三年级“红河谷”三校联考》

s job? A. A student. B. A reporter.C. A chef. 第二部分:阅读理解 (共两节, 满分40分)

第一节(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. A Learning something new about yourself is always interesting and entertaining. While psychological personality tests are a very popular tool for showing people'

s characters and qualities, it'

s not the only way to discover more about your own personality. As a matter of fact, even your handwriting can also tell a lot about you. Today, we offer you a chance to display complicated details of your personality by analysing some handwriting styles. By the way, please bear it in mind that it often happens that a person'

s handwriting changes greatly in extreme situations and in such cases we have difficulty in telling a person'

s characters and qualities. How to tell what someone is like from their handwriting? The handwriting styles below are likely to satisfy your curiosity and make a response to your question. Writing Style Writing Type Characters and qualities (Personalities) Pointed Letters You tend to be selfish and ambitious. Rounded Letters You are kind-hearted and sensitive. Heavy Pressure You are hard working and possess a strong will. Copperplate Handwriting You are a responsible, orderly and dependent person. 21. _____ is more often used to show a person'

s character and qualities. A. A person'

s handwriting. B. A person'

s willpower. C. A test about psychological personality. D. A test about knowledge. 22. What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph

2 indicate? A. It is easy to judge one'

s personality by handwriting in an extreme situation. B. It is hard to tell a person'

s personality from his handwriting in an extreme situation. C. A person'

s handwriting tends to change greatly in most cases. D. A person often goes to the extreme if his handwriting changes suddenly. 23. The possible handwriting style of your diligent and strong-willed English teacher is_____. A. Pointed Letters B. Copperplate Handwriting C. Rounded Letters D. Heavy Pressure B Generally, a student without questions needs to acquire as much knowledge as possible through whatever means it takes. Asking teachers for help to solve a student'

s questions is a common practice. However, teachers and professors are human beings and are therefore not perfect. No one knows the correct answer to every question even when you limit the questions to a certain field of study. Having certain questions about what they are being taught can help students to make the teachers even better by correcting mistakes and misinformation. Students certainly have a huge role in their own abilities to learn. Teachers should act more as guides along the way rather than try to force each student to learn. The best teachers in the world cannot teach an unmotivated student. If the teacher, for whatever reason, cannot motivate the student, then the student must somehow find a way to motivate himself or herself. One method of doing this is by becoming an active rather than a passive student. The more the student involves himself or herself in studying, the better he or she can learn. One of the best ways to become more active is simply to ask the teacher or professor questions. Students who passively sit in a classroom and take everything that the teacher says for granted are not fully using their mental capacities (abilities) to learn. Better education comes from teachers who are able to get their students to think about a subject rather than merely absorb a certain amount of information. Having a healthy questioning attitude can improve a student'