2015成都外国语学校12月月考英语试题及答案(3)

35. Which of the following ideas can be financially wise?
A. Driving your own car.    B. Buying used books.
C. Renting an apartment.    D. Attending activities.
36. In the text, freshmen are repeatedly warned against ______.
A. academic failures B. physical problems 
C. traffic accidents D. social activities
37. The “freshman 15” tells the fact that some freshmen ______.
A. attend limited activities on campus B. have little regular physical exercise
C. focus less on their academic work D. take relaxed attitudes to their diets
38. The underlined phrase “having too much on your plate” probably refers to ______.
A. using too much money for meals              B. eating too many unhealthy foods
C. taking part in too many after-class activities     D. taking an elective that has too many students
C
Based on new analysis, we are rapidly approaching major climate change and the effects on society and the environment could be quite severe. Geographers predict that within the next eighty years, current world climate zones could shift and some could completely disappear. Polar regions will get colder while tropical regions will get even hotter, forcing animals to migrate  (迁徙) north.
   Climate changes like these could lead to the spread of diseases. Tropical storms and hurricanes will not only increase but may also become more intense. If the changes come too quickly, animal and plant species may not be able to adapt fast enough and could disappear.
   According to Science Daily, a new study predicts that by the year 2100, many of today’s familiar climates will be replaced by climates unknown in today’s world. It is urgent that we reduce the risks of these far-reaching consequences for the whole world. The planet itself has been showing signs of change. In 2004, a serious tsunami created by a major earthquake killed thousands in Sumatra and in 2008, thousands died in China because of another severe earthquake. Egypt was hit in 2009 with a major earthquake and Haiti was devastated in 2010 by yet another massive earthquake. 
   Within just the last few months, new reports from around the world have been coming in and most agree that our climate situation is much worse than previously thought. At this point, it doesn’t matter what is causing it, but rather, what can be done about it. What’s more, our world is getting more and more unstable every year. There is war and threat of war everywhere. Natural disasters are becoming more frequent and serious.
  However, other planets are experiencing global warming as well as our own and some scientists believe there may be some connection between this. No one knows anything for sure at this point because there is simply not enough data.
39. Which of the following would be the best title for the Passage ?
   A. Ways to protect our planet.                 B. Solutions to climate change.
   C. Be prepared for climate change.             D. Climate change and its effects.
40. What is the author’s purpose in using the examples of earthquakes?
A. To show the damage earthquakes caused. 
B. To remind people to prevent future earthquakes.
C. To show major changes are taking place on the planet.
D. To tell us more earthquakes will happen in the future. 
41. What does the underlined word “devastated” in Paragraph 3 mean?
A. Separated.      B. Destroyed.     C. Removed.          D. Affected.
42. What can be inferred from the Passage?
A. Animals and plants won’t die out as long as climate changes slowly.
B. There’s enough data for us to predict the future of climate change.
C. The world is getting more unstable because of animal migration.
D. The earth is not the only planet that is experiencing climate change.
D
I am a strong believer that if a child is raised with approval, he learns to love himself and will be successful in his own way. Several weeks ago, I was doing homework with my son in the third grade and he kept standing up from his chair to go over the math lines. I kept asking him to sit down, telling him that he would concentrate better. He sat but seconds later, as if he didn’t even notice he was doing it, he got up again. I was getting frustrated, but then it hit me. I started noticing his answers were much quicker and accurate when he stood up. Could he be more absorbed while standing up?
This made me start questioning myself and what I had been raised to believe. I was raised to believe that a quiet, calm child was a sure way to success. This child would have the willpower to study hard, get good grades and become someone important in life. 
    Now those same people perhaps come to realize that their kids are born with their own sets of DNA and personality qualities, and all you can do is loving and accepting them. As parents, throughout their growing years and beyond that, we need to be our kids’ best cheerleaders, guiding them and helping them find their way.
I have stopped asking my son to sit down and concentrate. Obviously, he is concentrating just in his own way and not mine. We need to learn to accept our kids’ ways of doing things. Some way may have worked for me but doesn’t mean we need to carry it through generations. There is nothing sweeter than being personal and unique. It makes us free and happy and that’s just the way I want my kids to live their own life.  
43. Time and again the author got his son seated in order to make him ______.
A. work fast B. go polite      C. stay relaxed D. keep attentive
44. The underlined “it” (in the first paragraph) probably refers to ______.