河南省洛阳市20xx届高三上学期期中考试英语无答案(编辑修改稿)

河南省洛阳市20xx届高三上学期期中考试英语无答案(编辑修改稿)内容摘要：

, standing next to his prize possession, a motorbike. Elena and Nicos exchanged s for a while, but suddenly Nicos stopped writing. While not heartbroken, Elena was nevertheless hurt. A year later, when Christine announced that she too was going to visit Greece, Elena begged her to visit Santorini and say hello to Maria and Nicos. Christine agreed to do so. When she flew into Athens on an unseasonably cold day in September, she quickly realized that she hadn’t brought enough warm clothes. Walking through the streets of the Greek capital, she happened to see a nice coat in a shop window and went in to ask about the price. The coat was too expensive, but as Christine was about to leave the shop, the woman asked her where she was from. When Christine answered Australia, the woman agreed to reduce the price because she knew a nice girl from Australia called Elena. Christine then noticed a photo of a young man standing next to a motorbike. Her eyes opened wide with astonishment. It was Nicos! Indeed the young man was Nicos, and the woman in the shop was Maria. She had e to Athens from Santorini to look after the shop for a friend. Sadly, the story has a tragic ending. Nicos had been killed in a motorcycle accident. “I wanted to tell Elena,” said Maria. “But I didn’t know how. Now that I have met you, I know that it’s time to tell her.” 56． Elena went to Greece in order to visit . A． her parents B． Christine C． Nicos. D ． her grandparents 57． Why did Nicos stop writing to Elena? A． He had moved away. B． His mother forbade him to do so. C． He h ad died in an accident. D． They had lost touch with each other. 58． What can be inferred from the fact that Christine and Maria had a talk in the shop? A． They two had planned the talk before. B． They met each other accidentally. C． They were business partners. D． They recognized each other. B People playing puter games to train their brains might as well be playing Super Mario, a new research suggests. In a sixweek study, experts found people who played online games designed to improve their cognitive skills didn’t get any smarter． Researchers recruited（招募） participants from views of the BBC’s science show Bang Goes the Theory． More than 8,600 people aged 18 to 60 were asked to play online brain games designed by the researchers to improve their memory, reasoning and other skills, for at least 10 minutes a day, three times a week． They were pared to more than 2,700 people who didn’t play any brain games, but spent a similar amount of time surfing the Inter and answering general knowledge questions. All participants were given an “ IQ test” before and after the experiment． Researchers said the people who did the brain training didn’t do any better on the test after six weeks than people who had simply been on the Inter． On some sections of the test, the people who surfed the Net scored higher than those who played the games. The study was published online by the journey Nature. “ If you are playing these games because they’re fun, that’s absolutely fine,” said Adrian Owen, assistant director at Britain’s Medical Research Council, the study’s lead author．“ But if you’re expecting these games to improve your IQ, our data suggests this isn’t the case．” 59． What’s the purpose of online brain games according to the designers? A． To take part in the study. B． To draw public attention to puter. C． To provide free service to teenagers. D． To improve players’ IQ. 60． How many people were inveolved in the study made by the researchers? A． About 60. B． Only 2700. C． 8600 or so. D． Around 11,300. 61． What’s the result of the study about online games? A． Those who didn’t play online games felt disappointed. B． Those who played online games proved smarter. C． Online games don’t improve the players’ skills at all. D． Online games will be more popular than before. 62． The best title for the passage may probably be . A． Don’t Play Games Any More B． New Study of IQ C． Brain Games Don’t Raise IQ D． Brain Games and Super Mario C Kids are far better than adults at learning how to speak multiple languages. Research now shows that very young infants might have some of the best language skills of all． A new study suggests that babies between 4 and 6 months old can tell the difference between two languages just by looking at the speaker39。 s face． They don39。 t need to hear word． Some。