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　　宇华教育集团2015-2016学年上学期抽考试卷
　　高二英语
　　考试时间90分钟  满分l20分
　　第二部分：阅读理解(共两节；满分40分)
　　第一节  (共1 5小题，每小题2分，满分3 0分)
　　A
　　Everywhere I lootside my home I see people busy on their high—tech devices，while driving，walking，shopping，even sitting in toilets．People have been influenced to become technology addicted．One study found that people had a harder time resisting the allure of social media than they did for sleep，cigarettes and alcohol．
　　The main goal of technology companies is to get people to spend more money and time on their products，not to actually improve our quality of life．They have successfully created a cultural disease．Consumers willingly give up their freedom，money and time to catch up on the latest information，to keep pace with their peers or to appear modern．
　　I see people trapped in a pathological(病态的)relationship with time—sucking technology，where they serve technology more than technology serves them．I call this technology servitude．I am referring to a loss of personal freedom and independence because of uncontrolled consumption of many kinds of devices that eat up time and money．
　　What is a healthy use of technology devices? That is the vital question．Who is really in charge of my life? That is what people need to ask themselves if we are to have any chance of breap false beliefs about their use of technology．When we can live happily without using so much technology for a day or a week，then we can regain control and personal freedom，become the master of technology and discover what there is to enjoy in life flee of technology．Mae West is famous for proclaiming(声明)the wisdom that “too much of a good thing is wonderful．’’But it’s time to discover that it does not work for technology．
　　Richard Fernandez，an executive coach at Google acknowledged that “we can be swept away by our technologies．’’To break the grand digital connection，people must consider how life long ago could be fantastic without today’s overused technology．
　　21．The underlined word “allure’’ in Paragraph 2 probably means       .
　　A．advantage    B．adaption    C．attraction        D．attempt
　　22．From the passage，technology companies aim to          .
　　A．deal with cultural diseases          B．provide the latest information
　　C．improve people’s quality of life      D．attract people to buy their products
　　23．It can be inferred from this passage that people          .
　　A．consider too much technology wonderful
　　B．may enjoy life better without overused technology
　　C．can regain freedom without high-tech devices
　　D．have realized the harm of high-tech devices
　　24．What’s the author’s attitude towards the overusing of high-tech devices?
　　A．Disapproving．  B．Sceptical．   C．Neutral．   D．Sympathetic．
　　B
　　My family has a tradition of holding garage sales(出货出售)．On a Saturday afternoon back in 2002，just when my aunt Lorraine was starting to pack up，I discovered my very own treasure—a pair of black boots．Although they weren’t anything fashionable，they caught my eye．Plus they were only two dollars．She noticed me eyeing them up and said I could have them for fifty cents.
　　Even better! I thought to myself as I pulled them on．They were the perfect fit．
　　When I handed over the money little did I know that these boots would accompany me on some of my greatest adventures．Each year I marney overseas and that year，I was making arrangements to visit Helsinki(the capital of Finland)，so naturally，I packed the boots．It was winter，but the boots protected my feet from the cold weather．I wore them everywhere．The boots even accompanied me as l walked through the night to find live music．I felt right at home among old friends．
　　In 2009，I went to Aunt Lorraine’s home to attend my cousin Jason’s birthday party．While we were talking，Jason stared at my boots．
　　He asked, “Where did you get those boots?’’
　　“I bought them at your family’s garage sale，’’I responded．