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　　15-16学年度上学期省五校高三期初考试英语试卷
　　时间：100分钟 满分：150分
　　第二部分  阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）
　　第一节（共15小题；每题2分，满分30分）
　　A
　　My name is Chelsea Chowderhead. A chowder is a kind of soup. I was laughed at because of my last name as soon as I started school. So when my family moved to South Carolina, I asked my dad if I could change my name.
　　“You shouldn’t change who you are. Let people get to first and your name later. When you meet someone new, ask them a good question, something you’re really interested in. Once people start talking about themselves, they don’t judge you.”
　　Two days later I headed to my new school for the first day of class. At lunch, I noticed that there were twin brothers who were talking to each other. I remembered my dad’s advice, so I decided to try.
　　I noticed that their lunchboxes were identical. “What’s it like being a twin?” I asked.
　　They loorprised. Then one said, “No one has ever ass that!”
　　“Most of the time it’s good,” the other said. “When you’re a twin you always have someone to talk to and have lunch with.”
　　In no time we were laughing and talking. Then one of the brothers said, “I’m Nicholas, and this is my brother, Nathaniel. What’s your name?”
　　I took a deep breath and said, “I’m Chelsea Chowderhead.”
　　“Chowder? Like the soup?” asked Nathaniel.
　　“Yes,” I replied, looking down.
　　“Hey, cool! Do you want to come over after school and play basketball with us?” Nathaniel asked. I nodded. And that is how I became friends with the twin brothers.
　　21. Why did the writer want to change his name?
　　A．People made fun of it.      
　　B．He wanted to make more friends.
　　C．It was hard to remember.         
　　D．He wanted to be cool in the new school.
　　22. The underlined word “identical” in Paragraph 4 probably means _____________.
　　A．big          B．beautiful      C．same         D．full
　　23. When the twin brothers asked his name, the writer felt ________________.
　　A． surprised      B．nervous         C．angry            D．proud
　　24. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
　　A．At last the writer changed his name.
　　B．The twins said hello to the writer first.
　　C．The twins also didn’t like the writer’s name.
　　D．One can order a chowder in some restaurants.
　　B
　　A new study shows students who write notes by hand during lectures perform better on exams than those who use laptops（笔记本电脑）.
　　Students are increasingly using laptops for note-taking because of speed and legibility (清晰度). But the research has found laptop users are less able to remember and apply the concepts they have been taught.
　　Researchers performed experiments that aimed to find out whether using a laptop increased the tendency to make notes “mindlessly” by taking down word for word what the professors said.
　　In the first experiment, students were given either a laptop or pen and paper. They listened to the same lectures and were told to use their usual note-taking skills. Thirty minutes after the talk, they were examined on their ability to remember facts and on how well they understood concepts.
　　The researchers found that laptop users took twice as many notes as those who wrote by hand. However, the typists performed worse at remembering and applying the concepts. Both groups scored similarly when it came to memorizing facts.
　　The researchers’ report said, “While more notes are beneficial, if the notes are taken mindlessly, as is more likely the case on a laptop, the benefit disappears.”
　　In another experiment aimed at testing long-term memory, students took notes as before but were tested a week after the lecture. This time, the students who wrote notes by hand performed significantly better on the exam.
　　These two experiments suggest that handwritten notes are not only better for immediate learning and understanding, but that they also lead to superior revision in the future.
　　25. More and more students favor laptops for note-taking because they can_________.
　　A. understand lectures better B. digest concepts better
　　C. get higher scores