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     Scientists have tried to come up with biological explanations for the difference between boys and girls.
However, none were believable enough to explain the general picture. As one scientist points out, "There
are slight genetic(遺傳的) differences between the sexes at birth which may affect the subjects boys and
girls choose. But the difficulty is that by the time children reach school age, there are so many other effects that it is almost impossible to tell whether girls are worse at science and maths, or whether they've been brought up to think of these subjects as boys'' territory".
     Statistics(統(tǒng)計(jì)數(shù)據(jù)) show that in mathematics, at least, girls are equal to boys. A recent report
suggests that girls only stop studying mathematics because of social attitudes. One of the reports' authors
says, "While it is socially unacceptable for people not to be able to read and write, it is still acceptable for women to say that they are 'hope-less' at maths. Our research shows that, although girls get marks which
are as good as the boys', they have not been encouraged to do so."
     The explanation for the difference, which is very clear during the teenage years, goes as far back as
early childhood experiences. From their first days in nursery school, girls are not encouraged to work on
their own or to complete tasks, although boys are. For example, boys but not girls, are often asked to
'help' with repair work. This encouragement leads to a way of learning how to solve problems later on in
life. Evidence shows that exceptional mathematicians and scientists did not have teachers who supplied
answers; they had to find out for themselves.
A further report on maths teaching shows that teachers seem to give more attention to boys than to girls.
Most teachers who took part in the study admitted that they expect their male students to do better at
mathematics and science subjects than their female students. All of this tends to encourage boys to work
harder in these subjects, gives them confidence  and makes them believe that they can succeed.    
      Interestingly, both boys and girls tend to regard such 'male' subjects like mathematics and science as
difficult. Yet it has been suggested that girls avoid mathematics courses, not because they are difficult, but
for social reasons.
     Mathematics and science are mainly male subjects, and therefore, as girls become teenagers, they are
less likely to take them up. Girls do not seem to want to be in open competition with boys. Neither do
they want to do better than boys because they are afraid to appear less female and so, less attractive.

1. The underlined word "territory" in the second paragraph most probably means "      ".
A. interest  
B. area of land  
C. special field  
D. district

2. According to scientific studies,             .
A.  maths is not fit for girls to learn  
B.  boys have a special sense of maths
C.  girls are poorer at maths because they are the weaker sex
D.  girls can learn maths as well as boys if given enough encouragement

3. Those who made extraordinary contribution in mathematics and science         .
A.usually had good teachers to help them
B. had the abilities to solve problems by themselves
C. usually worked harder than others
D. were encouraged to repair things when young

4. Which of the following is not true according to the text?
A. It seems socially acceptable for a girl not to be able to read and write.
B. It is a social problem rather than a problem of brains that girls are poor at maths
C. Mathematics and science are no easy subjects to either girls or boys.
D. There is no connection between a girl's ability in maths and her appearance.

5. What would be the best title for the text?
A. Who's Afraind of Maths Anyway?
B. Are Boys Cleverer than Girls?
C. Boys Are Better at Maths than Girls by Birth
D. Maths-A Difficult Subject
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科目：高中英語 來源：浙江省杭州二中2011-2012學(xué)年高一上學(xué)期期中考試英語試題 題型：050

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　　Phone producers show us every year some really superb concept phones and even if 99％ of those phones never see the production line, they give us a small glimpse(一瞥)of what the phones will look like in the near future．We’ve made a list of what we think are the coolest concept phones presented in 2010．This is not a top, so the order is random(隨機(jī)的)．Oh, and one more thing, remember, these are concept phones, which means they are not in production and are not for sale, so please don’t ask us where you can get them and what the prices are．

　　1．LG Flutter Concept Smart-phone

　　The LG Flutter has a face like the iPhone．The only difference is that the LG Flutter looks more like a fan or a killer’s tool which we see in sci-fi movies．

　　In spite of this, this design does seem fit for the future of mobile phones but looks a bit difficult to use．

　　2．Nokia 888 Communicator

　　The phone has an amazing design．You can fold it in many ways according to your needs．You can wear it as a bracelet(手鐲), roll it, bend it, and wear it as a clip on your clothes．

　　Nokia 888 Concept is mostly targeted at teenagers that are very active and take part in a lot of different activities．

　　3．Window Phone

　　It is a product to throw on the face of the shameless weather officials．Whenever they predict sunny day be sure it would rain．So we have thought of gifting them this：“Window Phone” that makes accurate predictions and even changes its display(顯示)according to the climate condition outdoors．

　　4．Nokia Morph

　　The Nokia Morph is created by Finnish company Nokia．The concept was the product of a joint study by the Nokia Research Center and the University of Cambridge’s Nanoscience Center．

　　The phone could be bent into numerous shapes, so it can be worn around the wrist(手腕)or held up to the face．The transparent(透明)phone would allow it to be see-through yet functional．It has a self-cleaning surface that can absorb solar energy to recharge the phone battery(電池)．

　　5．Clover Phone

　　On looks it is just another ordinary phone type, but made in recycled material, which allow the device to be upgraded to meet the latest advancements in technology．We guess the green aspects on the high-end tech will be a selling point for this phone．

(1)

Which phone would probably be most popular among young people?

[　　]

A．

LG Flutter Concept Smart-phone．

B．

Window Phone．

C．

Nokia 888 Communicator．

D．

Clover Phone．

(2)

How many environmentally friendly phones are listed in the text?

[　　]

A．

One．

B．

Two．

C．

Three．

D．

Four．

(3)

Which of the following is true?

[　　]

A．

Window Phone can broadcast weather．

B．

Nokia 888 can clean its surface by itself．

C．

Nokia Morph may always keep latest technology．

D．

LG Flutter Concept Smart-phone looks like a bracelet．

(4)

The writer wrote this text in order to _______．

[　　]

A．

make advertisements for the new phones

B．

attract businessmen to make money from them

C．

compare them and help you find the best one

D．

introduce new ideas about phones

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　　Superman, Spider-Man, Batman and Iron Man…．There is no shortage of superheroes．You find them in comic books, on the TV and the big screen．

　　In a survey of fans by the sci-fi and fantasy website, SFX．co．uk, Batman, 70 years old this year, was voted Britain's favorite superhero．

　　Unlike many crime-fighting superheroes Batman has no special powers．He can't fly like Superman or shoot a sticky web like Spider-Man．

　　Bruce Wayne is born to a wealthy Gotham City business family．However, when his parents are murdered his life changes completely．

　　Wayne feels anger at their deaths and guilty that he did not prevent them．He travels around the world learning how to fight．Upon returning to Gotham, he creates a disguise(偽裝)to enable him to fight crime without being recognized．

　　A childhood fear of bats leads him to choose to dress as one．His idea is that through the bat person he can prove to himself that he has overcome his childhood fears．

　　Wayne is the CEO of the company he inherits(繼承)from his father．He seems to live the lifestyle of a millionaire playboy．But this is a ruse(計(jì)策)．He works hard at the image to allow himself the freedom he needs to do his work as a crime fighter．"Bruce Wayne, playboy" is the disguise Batman is the real person．

　　"Wayne is not a born superhero．Instead, he is a real, complex person," said Dace Golder, editor of the website．"He is the most realistic of all the superheroes．I am particularly interested in the emotional process by which a boy becomes a hero．His superhero qualities come from within．"

(1)

What is the article mainly about?

[　　]

A．

How Bruce Wayne develops into a superhero．

B．

How to overcome childhood fears．

C．

What makes a superhero．

D．

Why superheroes enjoy great popularity in Britain．

(2)

Bruce Wayne decides to dress like a bat because of ________．

[　　]

A．

his curiosity about bats

B．

his childhood fear of bats

C．

his parents' sudden death

D．

his unusual travel experiences

(3)

Why does Wayne live like a playboy?

[　　]

A．

He prefers the lifestyle of a playboy．

B．

He doesn't know how to run a company．

C．

He loves freedom more than anything else．

D．

He needs to disguise his crime fighting activities．

(4)

Which of the following statements is true about Batman?

[　　]

A．

Batman is a born superhero

B．

He has special powers

C．

The turning point of his life is due to his parents' sudden death

D．

He actually lives the lifestyle of a millionaire playboy

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閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的A、B、C和D項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該選項(xiàng)涂黑。

Thirteen vehicles lined up last March to race across the Mojave Desert,seeking a million in prize money.To win,they had to finish the 142-mile race in less than 10 hours.Teams and watchers knew there might be no winner at a11,because these vehicles were missing a key Part—drivers.

DARPA,the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency,organized the race as part of a push to deve10p robotic vehicles for future battlefields. But the Grand Challenge, as it was called,just proved how difficult it is to get a car to speed across an unfamiliar desert without human guidance One had its brake 10ck up in the starting area.Another began by throwing itself onto a wall.Another got tied up by bushes near the road after 1.9 miles.

One turned upside down. One took off in entirely the wrong direction and had to be disabled by remote control. One went a little more than a mile and rushed into a fence;another managed to go for six miles but stuck on a rock.The "winner",if there was any,reached 7.8 miles before it ran into a long,narrow hole,and the front wheals caught on fire.

"You get a lot of respect for natural abilities of the living things,"says Reinhold Behringer,

who helped design two of the car—size vehicles for a company called Sci—Autonics."Even ants

(螞蟻) can do a1l these tasks effortlessly.It's very hard for US to put these abilities into our machine".

The robotic vehicles,though with necessary modern equipment such as advanced computers

and GPS guidance, had trouble figuring out fast enough the blocks ahead that a two-year-old human recognizes immediately. Sure, that very young child, who has just only learned to walk, may not think to wipe apple juice off her face, but she already knows that when there's a cookie in the kitchen she has to climb up the table, and that when she gets to the cookie it will taste good. She is more advanced, even months old, than any machine humans have designed.

41. Watchers doubted if any of the vehicles could finish the race because ______.

   A. they did not have any human guidance

   B. the road was not familiar to the drivers

   C. the distance was too long for the vehicles

   D. the prize money was unattractive to the drivers

42. DARPA organized the race in order to ______.

   A. raise money for producing more robotic vehicles   

   B. push the development of vehicle industry

   C. train more people to drive in the desert

   D. improve the vehicles for future wars

43. From the passage we know "robotic vehicles" are a kind of machines that ______.

   A. can do effortlessly whatever tasks living things can

   B. can take part in a race across 142 miles with a time limit

   C. can show off their ability to turn themselves upside down

   D. can move from place to place without being driven by human beings

44. In the race, the greatest distance one robotic vehicle covered was ______.

   A. about eight miles      B. six miles   C. almost two miles      D. about one mile

45. In the last paragraph, the writer implies that there is a long way to go ______.

   A. for a robotic vehicle to finish a 142-mile race without any difficulties

   B. for a little child who has just learned to walk to reach the cookie on the table

   C. for a robotic vehicle to deal with a simple problem that a little child can solve

   D. for a little child to understand the importance of wiping apple juice off its face

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     What happens to a teenage kid when the world he thought he knew suddenly changes? Find out in Little
Brother by American author Cory Doctorow. It is a fascinating book for a new generation of sci-fi readers.
     Marcus Yallow, 17, from San Francisco is much more comfortable in front of a computer than obeying
the rules of society. Smart, fast and wise to the ways of the networked world, he has no trouble outwitting
(騙過) his high school's monitoring system. This way he and his friends get to head off to play a popular
online game in real life.
     While they are playing, a bomb explodes on the Bay Bridge. Marcus stops a military vehicle to get help for
his injured friend, but this simple act throws him into a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) secret prison.
There he is treated as a possible terrorist. He is eventually let go after four days, but his injured friend
disappears.
     When he returns, Marcus discovers that there are many "security measures" in place and that now all
citizens are treated like potential terrorists. While some consider this government action necessary for public
safety, Marcus sees this as a complete destruction of the rights he is supposed to have as a citizen.
     He knows that no one will believe his story, which leaves him with only one thing to do: to take down the
DHS himself. He helps organize a large network called Xnet to spread the truth, anonymously (匿名地).
     The book presents a young man who is irresponsible, but learns about himself, and grows, in the course
of the story. As part of this learning and growing he becomes aware of very serious issues about his society.
1. What kind of article does this passage belong to?
A. A fascinating story.
B. A book review.
C. News report
D. A TV programme
2. The underlined word destruction in the passage means _____.
A. damage
B. reward
C. ruin
D. protection
3. Marcus Yallow was sent to prison because _____.
A. he killed his friend
B. he bombed a military vehicle
C. he did something that a possible terrorist could do
D. his injured friend disappeared
4. From the second paragraph we can infer that _____.
A. Marcus Yallow is much more comfortable obeying the rules of society
B. Marcus Yallow is smart, fast and wise in real life
C. Marcus Yallow always plays online games in real life
D. Marcus Yallow is expert at the network world

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      Thirteen vehicles lined up last March to race across the Mojave Desert, seeking a million in prize
money. To win, they had to finish the 142-mile race in less than 10 hours. Teams and watchers knew
there might be no winner at all, because these vehicles were missing a key part －drivers.
     DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, organized the race as part of a push
to develop robotic vehicles for future battlefields. But the Grand Challenge, as it was called, just
proved how difficult it is to get a car to speed across an unfamiliar desert without human guidance. One
had its brake lock up in the starting area. Another began by throwing itself onto a wall. Another got tied
up by bushes near the road after 1.9 miles.
     One turned upside down. One took off in entirely the wrong direction and had to be disabled by
remote  control. One went a little more than a mile and rushed into a fence; another managed to go for
six miles but stuck on a rock. The "winner," if there was any, reached 7.8 miles before it ran into a long,
narrow hole, and the front wheels caught on fire.
     "You get a lot of respect for natural abilities of the living things," says Reinhold Behringer, who helped
design two of the car-size vehicles for a company called Sci-Autonics. "Even ants  can do all these tasks
effortlessly . It's very hard for us to put these abilities into our machines."
     The robotic vehicles, though with necessary modern equipment such as advanced computers and
GPS guidance, had trouble figuring out fast enough the blocks ahead that a two-year-old human
recognizes immediately, Sure, that very young child, who has just only learned to walk, may not think to
wipe apple juice off her face, but she already knows that when there's a cookie in the kitchen she has to
climb up the table, and that when she gets to the cookie it will taste good. She is more advanced, even
months old, than any machine humans have designed.

1. Watchers doubted if any of the vehicles could finish the race because        .

A. the road was too rough for the drivers      
B. they did not have any human guidance
C. the distance was too long for the vehicles
D. the prize money was unattractive to the drivers

2. DARPA organized the race in order to         .

A. raise money for producing more robotic vehicles
B. train more people to drive in the desert
C. build up body.
D. improve the vehicles for future wars

3. From the passage we know "robotic vehicles" are a kind of machines that         .

A. can do effortlessly whatever tasks living thing can
B. can take part in a race across 142 miles with a time limit
C. can move from place to place without being driven by human beings
D. can show off their ability to turn themselves upside down

4. In the race, the greatest distance one robotic vehicle covered was          .

A. about eight miles    
B. six miles 
C. almost seven miles    
D. about nine mile

5. In the last paragraph, we can conclude that____

A.  a long way to go for a robotic vehicle to finish a 142-mile race without any difficulties
B.  a long way to go for a little child who has just learned to walk to reach the cookie .
C. a long way for a robotic vehicle to deal with a simple one that a little child can solve
D. a long way for a little child to understand the importance of wiping apple juice off its face

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