山西省临汾一中20xx-20xx学年高二上学期期中考试英语试题(编辑修改稿)

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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。 A Michele Langlois is a young Canadian who works for the police as a handwriting expert. She has helped catch many criminals by using her special skill. When she was only fourteen, Michel was already so interested in the differences in her school friends39。 handwriting that she would spend hours studying them. After finishing college, she went to France for a special twoyear class to learn how to analyze handwriting at the School of Police Science. On her return, she began her work for the Quebec police. Michele says that it is impossible for people to disguise (伪装 ) their handwriting. She can discover most of what she needs to know simply by looking at the writing with her own eyes, but she also has machines that help her analyze different kinds of paper and ink. This knowledge is often of help to the police. Michele also believes that handwriting is a good sign of the kind of person the writer is. I wouldn39。 t go out with a fellow if I didn39。 t like his handwriting, she says. But she adds that she fell in love with her future husband, William Smith before she studied his handwriting. It later proved to be all right, however. （ ） 56. Where did Michele learn to analyze people39。 s handwriting? A. At a police station B. In France C. In a middle school D. In Canada （ ） 57. Besides helping the police, Michele uses her skill to __________. A. teach her friends B. look for a husband C. decide if a person will do something wrong D. tell what kind of person the writer is （ ） 58. The underlined word it in the last sentence refers to _________. A. Michele39。 s job B. Michele39。 s analyzing skill C. William39。 s handwriting D. William39。 s love for Michele B Grownups are often surprised by how well they remember something they learned as children but have never practiced ever since. A man who has not had a chance to go swimming for years can still swim as well as ever when he gets back in the water. He can get on a bicycle after many years and still ride away. He can play catch and hit a ball as well as his son. A mother who has not thought about the words for years can teach her daughter the poem that begins Twinkle, twinkle, little star or remember the story of Cinderella or Goldilocks and the Three Bears. One explanation is the law of overlearning , which can be stated as follows: Once we have learned something, additional learning trials increase the length of time we will remember it In childhood we usually continue to practice such skills as swimming, bicycle riding, and playing baseball long after we have learned them. We continue to listen to and remind ourselves of words such as Twinkle, twinkle, little star and childhood tales such as Cinderella and Goldilocks. We not only learn but overlearn. The multiplication tables(乘法口诀表 )are an exception to the general rule that we fet rather quickly the things that we learn in school, because they are another of the things we overlearn in childhood. The law of overlearning explains why cramming (突击学习 )for an examination, though it may result in a passing grade, is not a satisfactory way to learn a college course. By cramming, a student may learn the subject well enough to get by on the examination, but he is likely soon to fet almost everything he learned. A little overlearning, on the other hand, is really necessary for one39。 s future development. （ ） 59. What’s the main idea of Paragraph 1? A. People remember well what they learned in childhood. B. Children have a better memory than grownups. C. Poem reading is a good way to learn words.“ D. Stories for children are easy to remember. （ ） 60. The author explains the law of overlearning by__________. A. presenting research findings B. setting down general rules C. using examples D. making a parison （ ） 61. According to the author, being able to use multiplication tables is ______ . A. a special case of cramming B. a result of overlearning C. a skill to deal。