2018届高三下学期3月第二次周考英语试卷命题人：审核人：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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

AFew of us haven’t read Cinderella, the story of a young woman living in poverty who meets theprince of her dreams. Some might not want to admit it, but there is a hidden Cinderella in everyone’s heart—we all wish we could achieve recognition or success after a period of obscurity (默默无闻).Mary Santiago has that secret dream, too. Her story is featured in Another Cinderella Story, afilm set in a US high school.Mary is shy but loves to dance. Compared with other girls, she is invisible. However, her worldchanges completely when a famous teenager pop singer, Joey Parker, appears.Joey is everything the rest of the boys in her class are not—kind, handsome and desirable. Maryand Joey’s paths cross at a ball. They meet and fall in love with each other. But when Mary has torush back home, she leaves behind her MP3 player, which becomes the only clue Joey has to find thegirl of his dreams. Of course, there is a wicked stepmother, who turns out to be Dominique Blatt andshe takes in Mary after her dancer mother dies. Dominique treats Mary like a maid and doeseverything she can to make sure Mary doesn’t get into the top danc e school. Her two daughters areequally determined to stop Joey falling for Mary, even if that means embarrassing her.The story, though it mostly follows Cinderella, does add a few modern day twists to the classicfairy tale. Refreshingly, the film, unlike many high school films, does not focus on looks, althoughthe actors are all beautiful. There is also a lot less materialism in Another Cinderella Story than inmany similar movies.―The movie takes the Cinderella fairytale as its jumping off point,‖ writes movie critic AmberWilkinson. ―Yet the focus is firmly on following your dream.‖21. The first paragraph is mainly to _________.A. inform us of the importance to marry a princeB. remind us why Cinderella is popular all the yearsC. build interest and lead us to Mary’s secret dreamD. tell us how interesting the fairy tale Cinderella is22. What can we infer from the passage?A. Joey is just like other boys in Mary’s class.B. The MP3 player helps Joey in finding Mary.C. Not many people have a dream to be realized.D. Mary’s mother influences her a lot in singing.23. What does movie critic Amber Wilkinson mean by his words about Another Cinderella Story?A. The movie is exactly another copy of the Cinderella fairytale.B. The movie is as good as the story Cinderella.C. The movie and Cinderella both focus on following your dream.D. The movie is based on the story Cinderella while a little different from it.24. 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Alvernia'sSummer Session is an ideal option for students who:●Want to lighten their course load for coming semesters（学期）.●Stay on track to complete their degree on time.●Plan to earn additional credits now to graduate a semester early.●Had trouble with a course during a past semester and need to retake it.●Just want to take a course for fun.To find out what financial aid options might be available to you, contact the Office ofStudent Financial Planning by emailing financialaid @alvernia. Edu or calling 610-796-8356.We offer several flexible sessions to help fit your busy lifestyle. You can take classes andalso enjoy your summer!（See courses for specific dates by visiting alvernia. edu/ financialaid）25. What do we know about Alvernia's Summer Session?A. It offers courses in three forms.B. It includes high school courses.C. It takes place in three countries.D. It's open to students only.26. What if you attend Alvernia's Summer Session?A. You will not fail in an exam.B. You may face no course load.C. You can be admitted to Alvernia.D. You may complete a semester ahead.27. What can you do by visiting the mentioned website?A. Get financial aid information.B. Register for Alvernia's Summer Session.C. Check the course schedule.D. Apply for courses free of charge.28. In which column of a website may we read the passage?A. Entertainment.B. Lifestyle.C. Education.D. Vacation.CSome of the best research on daily experience is rooted in rates of positive and negativeinteractions, which has proved that being blindly positive or negative can cause others to befrustrated or annoyed or to simply tune out.Over the last two decades, scientists have made remarkable predictions simply by watchingpeople interact with one another and then scoring the conversations based on the rate of positiveand negative interactions. Researchers have used the findings to predict everything from thelikelihood that a couple will divorce to the chances of a work team having high customersatisfaction and productivity levels.More recent research helps explain why these brief exchanges matter so much. When youexperience negative emotions as a result of criticism or rejection, for example, your bodyproduces higher levels of the stress hormone, which shuts down much of your thinking andactivates（激活）conflict and defense mechanisms（机制）. You assume that situations are worsethan they actually are.When you experience a positive interaction, it activates a very different response. Positiveexchanges increase your body's production of oxytocin, a feel-good that increases your ability tocommunicate with, cooperate with and trust others. But the effects of a positive occurrence areless dramatic and lasting than they are for a negative one.We need at least three to five positive interactions to outweigh every one negativeexchange. Bad moments simply outweigh good ones. Whether you're having a conversation, keep this simple short cut in mind:At least 80 percent of your conversations should be focusedon what's going right.Workplaces, for example, often see this. During performance reviews, managers routinelyspend 80 percent of their time on weaknesses and ―areas for improvement‖. They spendroughly 20 percent of the time on strengths and positive aspects. Any time you have discussionswith a person or group, spend the vast majority of the time talking about what is working, anduse the remaining time to address weaknesses.29. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined part ―tune out‖ in Paragraph l?A. stop listening.B. change one's mind.C. lose temper.D. be at a loss.30. What will happen if you experience negative emotions?A. The situations are sure to become worse.B. Much of your thinking will be prevented.C. You will feel an urge to improve and become better.D. You'll be motivated to resolve conflicts with people.31. What can we infer from Paragraph 4?A. We need a positive feeling to beat one negative feeling.B. Positive interactions have greater effects than negative ones.C. Our conversation should center on what needs improvement.D. The effect of negative feelings lasts longer than that of positive ones.32. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?A. Ways to prevent negative thoughtsB. Positive interactions make the differenceC. Why negative thinking is unnecessaryD. How to promote workplace productivityDAverage humans can consume 15 or more drinks in plastic bottles a month. If you wereborn after 1978, and live until 80 years old, you will leave behind a minimum of 14, 400 plasticbottles on this planet. These bottles take hundreds of years to break down into tiny pieces ofplastic, never to completely disappear. Most of the waste is consumed by fish and birds, whichhas shortened their lifespan（寿命）greatly.The Plastic Bottle Village is just a great idea that might finally save us from being buried inplastic. It's a community in Panama that is going to be made of used bottles. The designprocess begins with building steel frames, which are then filled with these bottles. Once thisstep is complete, and electrical and plumbing（管道装置）lines are put inside, the plastic wallsare covered by concrete--both inside and outside. So no one will actually be able to tell that thewalls are made of plastic. Besides, the material will keep the house17℃cooler than theoutside, which is the biggest benefit to people living inside.The village is the brainchild（主意）of RobertBezeau with the intention of setting upseveral environmental projects. Having started a recycling program four years ago, duringwhich a number of plastic bottles were collected, he started to think of how they could be putto use. Soon enough, he decided to use them to build houses, and came up with a basic idea forthe construction process.The project hopes to make people conscious of the waste that these bottles create so thatthey can do more to protect the environment. The village will also create an education centerthat will teach individuals from the world how to reuse plastic bottles as construction materialsfor shelter. Recycled bottles could neutralize the negative effect of your passage on this planet, and move closer to leaving only your ―f ootprints‖.33. What do the figures in the first paragraph show?A. The reason for buying fewer drinks.B. The seriousness of plastic pollution.C. The amount of plastic waste.D. The difficult situation of wildlife.34. Which word can best describe Robert?A. Responsible.B. Considerate.C. Creative.D. Sensitive.35. What does the project want to do through these homes?A. Provide shelter for locals.B. Reuse all deserted plastic bottles.C. Popularize the use of plastic bottles.D. Raise people's environmental awareness.第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10 分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。