山东省泰安市宁阳一中2017-2018学年高二上学期阶段性考试二英语试卷_高中英语试卷

山东省泰安市宁阳一中2017-2018学年高二上学期阶段性考试二英语试卷

　　B. They need money to buy medicine.

　　C. They wanted to please the visitors.

　　D. The frogs were easy money.

　　26. What might be the cause of the children's sickness?

　　A. The crops didn't do well.

　　B. The visitors brought in diseases.

　　C. There were too many insects.

　　D. The pesticides were overused.

　　27. What can we infer(推断) from the last sentence of the text?

　　A. Good old days will never be forgotten.

　　B. Health is more important than money.

　　C. Happiness comes from peaceful life in the country.

　　D. The harmony between humans and nature is important.

　　Owls and Larks

　　Larks are most likely to be healthy, wealthy and wise, according to the old saying. But those who are early to bed and early to rise do not always have the upper hand, researchers say. They have found that night owls are generally brighter and wealthier than those able to get up early in the morning.

　　Experts from the University of Madrid carried out tests on around 1,000 teenagers and found that those who preferred to stay up late demonstrated the kind of intelligence associated with honored jobs and higher incomes. ‘Larks’ or ‘morning people’, however, often acquired better exam results, possibly because lessons are held at the wrong time of day for night owls. The researchers examined the habits and body clocks of the youngsters to determine whether they liked to stay up late and sleep in later in the morning, or preferred to go to bed early and were at their peak in the morning. School performance and inductive ( 归纳的) intelligence, or problem solving, were measured and academic grades in the major subjects were also taken into account. The results showed that evening types scored higher than morning types on inductive reasoning, which has been shown to be a good estimate of general intelligence and a strong indicator of academic performance. They also had a greater capacity to think conceptually as well as analytically. Such abilities have been linked to innovative thinking, more admired occupations and better incomes.