2015-2016年宁夏长庆高级中学高三年级第三次月考试卷

　　第二部分：阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)

　　第一节：阅读下列短文,选出最佳答案(共15小题，每小题2分，共30分)

　　A

　　One afternoon last week, I saw three tearful children from my son’s school being comforted by teachers. That morning, my 11-year-old had stomach pains, retching(干呕)into a bowl. Talking to other mothers later, I heard about other children with stomachache or difficulty sleeping the night before.

　　What caused so much pain? Sports day. Sports day might be necessary at a highly-competitive independent school, but not at a village primary school. For the children who can fly like the wind, sports day causes no problem. For those who are overweight or just not good at sport, it is a nightmare(噩梦). Even for those who enjoy running but fall halfway down the track in front of the entire school and their

　　Team games at the end of sports day produced some close races, wild enthusiasm, lots of shouting—and were fun to watch. More importantly, the children who were not so fast or quick at passing the ball were hidden a little from everyone’s eyes. Some of them also had the thrill of being on the winning side.

　　I wish that sports day could be abandoned and replaced with some other less-competitive event. Perhaps an afternoon of team games, with a few races for those who want them, would be less stressful for the children and a lot more fun to watch.

　　21.What can we learn about the author’s son from Paragraph 1?

　　A. He talked with some mothers. B. He comforted his classmates.

　　C. He had difficulty in sleeping. D. He suffered from stomachache.

　　22.Sports day is still an annual event in this school probably because　　　　. 

　　A. this is an independent school B. it is a tradition of the school

　　C. it helps children lose weight D. children enjoy watching sports

　　23.What does the author think about team games?

　　A. They should include more stressful races.

　　B. They are acceptable to different children.

　　C. They should be abandoned at primary schools.

　　D. They are less fun for those who love running.

　　24. What is the author’s attitude towards sports day?

　　A. Critical. 　　　B. Neutral. C. Positive. D. Ambiguous.

　　B

　　With around 100 students scheduled to be in that 9 am Monday morning lecture, it is no surprise that almost 20 people actually make it to the class and only 10 of them are still awake after the first 15 minutes; it is not even a surprise that most of them are still in their pyjamas(睡衣). Obviously, students are terrible at adjusting their sleep cycles to their daily schedule.

　　All human beings possess a body clock. Along with other alerting(警报)systems, this governs the sleep/wake cycle and is therefore one of the main processes which govern sleep behaviour. Typically, the preferred sleep/wake cycle is delayed in adolescents, which leads to many students not feeling sleepy until much later in the evenings. This typical sleep pattern is usually referred to as the“night owl”schedule of sleep.

　　This is opposed to the“early bird”schedule, and is a kind of disorder where the individual tends to stay up much past midnight. Such a person has great difficulty in waking up in the mornings. Research suggests that night owls feel most alert and function best in the evenings and at night. Research findings have shown that about

　　20 percent of people can be classified as“night owls”and only 10 percent can be classified as“early birds”—the other 70 percent are in the middle. Although this is clearly not true for all students, for the ones who are true night owls this gives them an excellent excuse for missing their lectures which unfortunately fall before midday.

　　25. What does the author stress in Paragraph 1?

　　A. Many students are absent from class.

　　B. Students are very tired on Monday mornings.

　　C. Students do not adjust their sleep patterns well.

　　D. Students are not well prepared for class on Mondays.

　　26. Which of the following is true according to Paragraph 2?

　　A. Most students prefer to get up late in the morning.

　　B. Students don’t sleep well because of alerting systems.

　　C. One’s body clock governs the sleep/wake cycle independently.

　　D. Adolescents’delayed sleep/wake cycle isn’t the preferred pattern.

　　27. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined word“classified”?

　　A. Criticised. B. Grouped. C. Organised. D. Named.

　　28.What does the text mainly talk about?

　　A. Functions of the body clock.

　　B. The“night owl”phenomenon.

　　C. Human beings’sleep behaviour.

　　D. The school schedule of“early birds”.