太原五中2016—2017学年度第二学期阶段性检测高一英语I.阅读理解(共两节；满分30分)第一节阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项(共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分)AThehumanathletehasaspecialtrickthatnootheranimalhas.Itiscalledself-talk.Athletestalktothemselvestowarmup,tofocusandtohelpthemselvesbelievetheywillwin.Afewsimplewordslike“Icandoit!”and“Itisnowornever!”canmakethedifferencebetweenwinninggoldornot.Self-talkisalsousedbyspeakers,actorsandotherperformers.Beforeaspeech,politiciansbelievethattheirwordswillwinvotes.And,self-talkhelpsstudentsstaycalmevenwhenstumpedbyhardexamquestions.Self-talkisalifeskillyoucanusewhereveryouare,wheneveryouneedit.Thewholeideaoftalkingtothemselvesseemsstrangetomanypeople.Imagineyourteachersaying,“Forhomework,talktoyourselfforhalfanhourtonight.”Youmightthinkheisplayingajokeonyourclass.Instead,adultsteachkidsallabouttalkingtootherpeople.Therearemanybooksonwhy,when,whatandhowtocommunicatewiththerestoftheworld.Thus,youcangrowupknowingalotmoreaboutpeoplearoundyouthanaboutyourself.Itisgoodtospeakandlistentoothers.Butthereisgreatvalueinmakingtimetolistentoyourself.Whenyoudo,yougettoknowyourselfbetter.Alongtheway,youmaydiscoverthepoweryouhaveforusingwordswell.Suchideasaresoexcitingtopsychologiststhattheyhavebeentryingtolearnmoreaboutself-talk.Inthestudy,peoplefoundcertainlostitemsathomemoreeasilywhentheytalkedtothemselveswhilesearchingforthethings.1.Bysaying“Itisnowornever!”,theathletemeansthat“________”.A.thetimeisvaluableB.itispossibletowingoldC.ImusttrymybesttowinD.itisnevertoolatetolearn2.Whatisthemainideaofparagraph2?A.Self-talkmakesaspeechwonderful.B.Self-talkishelpfulfordifferentpeople.C.Self-talkhelpsthestudentspasstheexam.D.Self-talkisespeciallyimportantforperformers.3.Whydomanyofuslearnlessaboutourselves?A.Wedon’tlikedoingthehomework.B.Wedon’tknowhowtotalktoourselves.C.Therearenobooksaboutourselves.D.Wespendtoomuchtimeinlearningotherpeople.BAmericansdrovemoremilesin2015thananyyearsincetheU.S.governmentstartedkeepingrecords45yearsago.TheU.S.DepartmentofTransp