辽宁省本溪市第一中学2018_2019学年高一英语上学期期末考试试题.doc

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1、辽宁省本溪市第一中学2018-2019学年高一英语上学期期末考试试题第I卷第二部分阅读理解（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。ANext timeyouraiseaneyebrowattheviewsofyourpartner,friend,sibling(兄弟姐妹)orcolleague,remembertheycouldbehelpingtomakeyousmarter.Newresearchshowsthatintelligenceisnotfixedbutcanbeimprove

2、dthroughoutadulthoodbyfamilymembers,brightmatesandintellectuallychallengingcareers.Thestudychallengesthecommonlyheldbeliefthatintelligenceis fixed bytheageofabout18.Scientificconsensussuggeststhatintelligenceiscontrolledbygenes,withenvironmentalfactorssuchasschoolingandnutritionplayingapartialro

3、leuptothisage.Afterthispoint,IQscoresbecomesteady(稳定的).ButJamesFlynn,professorofpoliticalstudiesandpsychologyatthe University of Otago in NewZealand,arguesthatpeoplecan“upgrade”theirownintelligencethroughouttheirlives.Hebelievesintellectualstimulation(刺激)fromothersisimportantasthe“brainseemstobe

4、ratherlikeamuscle–themoreyouuseit,thestrongeritgets”.However,theoppositeisalsotrue–sopeoplesharingahomeorworkplacewiththosewhoareintellectuallychallengedriskseeingtheirIQlevelsnosediveasaresult.ProfessorFlynnanalyzedUSintelligencetestsfromthelast65yearsandcreatednewIQ“agetables”.Hefoundabrightte

5、n-year-oldwithbrothersandsistersofaverageintelligencewillsufferafivetotenpointIQdisadvantagecomparedtoasimilarchildwithequallybrightbrothersandsistersandspecialeducationaltreatmenttohelppullthemup.ProfessorFlynnalsoconcludedthatalthoughgeneticsandearlylifeexperiencesdetermineabout80%ofintelligen

6、ce,theremaining20%islinkedtolifestyle.ThismeansthatpeoplecanraisetheirIQ,orallowittofall,bytenpointsormore.HesuggestedthebestwaytoimproveIQlevelsistomixwithbrightfriends,find-13-anintellectuallychallengingjobandmarrysomeonecleverer.21.Accordingtothetext,itiscommonlybelievedthat________.A.people’

7、sIQlevelfallsastheyageB.itiswisetosharefamilymembers’viewsC.peoplecannotimprovetheirintelligenceduringadulthoodD.doingsomethingchallengingisgoodforone’sintelligence22.Theunderlinedword“nosedive”in paragraph2probablymeans____