湖北省黄冈中学高二英语上学期期中试题及答案(编辑修改稿)

湖北省黄冈中学高二英语上学期期中试题及答案(编辑修改稿)内容摘要：

an attractive woman has an advantage in traditionally female jobs, but an attractive woman in a traditionally manly position appears to lack the “manly” qualities required. This is true even in politics, “When the only clue is how he or she looks, people treat men and women differently,” says Anne Bowman, who recently published a study on the effects of attractiveness on political candidates(候选人 ). She asked 125 undergraduate students to rank two groups of photographs, one of men and one of women, in order of attractiveness. The students were told the photographs were of candidates for political offices. They were asked to rank then again, in the order they would vote for them. The results showed that attractive males pletely defeated unattractive men, but women who had ranked most attractive unchangeably received the fewest votes. 55． The underlined word “liability” (Para, 1) most probably means “_______”. A. disadvantage B. advantage C. misfortune D. trouble 56． In traditional female jobs, attractiveness _______. A. makes women look more honest and capable B. strengthens the feminine qualities required C. is connected with inability D. helps women in their jobs 57． Bowman’s experiment shows that when it es to politics, attractiveness _______. A. turns out to be a disadvantage to men B. is more of a disadvantage than an advantage to women C. affects men and women alike D. has as little effect on men as on women 58． The author writes this passage to _______. A. give advice to jobseekers who are attractive B. discuss the disadvantages of being unattractive C. say something for attractive female executives D. state the importance of appearance 高中英语辅导网 京翰教育 C As is known to all, colors appear in every language to express people’s feeling and thoughts. Then, what is the situation in American English? Red is a hot color. Americans may say they are red hot about something unfair. They are red hot when they are very angry about something. The small hottasting peppers found in many Mexican foods are called red hot for their color and their fiery taste. Fast loud music is popular with many people. They may say the music is red hot, especially the kind called Dixieland Jazz. Pink is a lighter kind of red. People sometimes say they are in the pink when they are in good health. The expression was first used in America at the beginning of the twentieth century. It es from the fact that many babies are born with nice pink skin that shows that they are in good health. The color black is often used in expressions. People describe a day on which everything goes wrong as a black day. People or things on a blacklist are connected with things illegal now. But at one time, some businesses refused to employ people who were on a blacklist for belonging to unpopular anizations. The color green is natural for trees and grass. But it is an unnatural color for humans. A person who has a sick feeling in his stomach may say he feels a little green. A passenger on a boat who is feeling very sick from high waves may look very green. Sometimes a person may be upset because he does not have something as nice as a friend has. That person may say he is green with envy. Some people are green with envy because a friend has more dollars or greenbacks. Dollars are called greenbacks because green is the color of the back side of the paper money. 59． Americans use “red hot” to describe the following EXCEPT _______. A. something unfair B. small hottasting peppers C. the person who is very angry D. popular music like Dixieland Jazz 60． People use “in the pink” to express they are in good health because _______. A. the expression has a very long history B. the color pink makes people feel happy C. people think the color pink is gentler than red D. healthy babies are born with nice pink skin 61． When we say someone feels a little green, it means he/she _______. A. enjoys himself in boating B. is hit by a high wave C. has a stomachache D. likes trees and grass 62． In the writer’s eyes, what is related to a black day? A. Being sent a beautiful gift. B. Passing a very difficult test. C. Failing in an important interview. D. Being invited to an exciting party. D A child who has once been pleased with a tale likes, as a rule, to have it retold in almost the same words, but this should not lead parents to treat printed fairy stories as formal texts. It is 高中英语辅导网 京翰教育 always much better to tell a story than read it out of a book, and, if a parent can produce what, in the actual circumstances(情况 ) of the time and the individual child, is an improvement on the printed text, that’s much better. A charge made against fairy tales is that they harm the child by frightening him or making him sad thinking. To prove the latter, one would have to show in a controlled experiment that children who have read fairy stories were more often guilty of cruelty than those who had not. As to fears, there are, I think, some cases of children being dangerously terrified by some fairy story. Often, however, this arises from the child who has heard the story once. Familiarity with the story by repetition turns the pain of fear into the pleasure of a fear faced and mastered. There are also people who are opposed to fairy stories in that they are not true, that giants, witches, twoheaded dragons, magic carpets, etc. do not exist。 and that, instead of being fond of the strange side in fairy tales, the child should be taught how to adapt to reality by studying history and mechanics. I find such people, I must say so strange that I do not know how to argue with them. If their cases were sound, the world should be full of mad men attempting to fly from New York to Philadelphia on a stick or covering a telephone with kisses in the bel。