2015-2016届高一下学期英语周末练习七
班级________姓名________学号________ 一、完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
The Write Feeling
Growing up in a military family, I moved a lot. I mostly went to school with other kids whose parents were also in the military. But when my dad __1__ from the Marines after twenty years of service, I found myself __2__ a civilian school with twelve-year-olds who shared no similar life experience with me.
I was a stranger in a strange land. Everyone in my class had grown up together, and they had no room to __3__ for a newcomer. I wore different clothes, had different thoughts, and spoke with an accent. I __4__ for the first few weeks of school. I had no friends, no activities, and no __5__ of a bright future. To deal with it all, I began __6__ in my diary every day---stories of adventure, of old friends, of feelings that I could not speak. I wrote as if my life depended on it, as if the very next breath I took could not happen __7__ I wrote down words. One day, my teacher, Mrs. Bush, came to me and asked why I always sat there writing instead of playing with others. I told her I enjoyed writing and __8__ writing to playing. She smiled at me and walked away. About three weeks later, Mrs. Bush gave us a writing assignment. I was __9__ that I could now participate in something I knew I excelled in. That night I worked and worked on the essay. I wrote with great __10__. It was my one chance to feel important and __11__ by the class. A few days after we handed in our assignments, Mrs. Bush called me up to the __12__ of the classroom. I stood before thirty pairs of eyes looking at me, and I got __13__. Was I in trouble? Did I do something wrong?
Then Mrs. Bush told the class how much she __14__ all the work that went into the essay and everyone had done a great job. But, she said, one student stood __15__ as an excellent writer, one with imagination, creativity, and word mastery. That student was me!
The class clapped politely and Mrs. Bush handed me my paper, with the following __16__ on it: \ 17 your paper with the breathings of your heart. Please keep on writing and share your __18__ of writing with the world. I am proud of you and glad you are in my class.\
Mrs. Bush helped me feel a sense of __19__, a place of purpose, and a way to survive a transition in life. She helped me gain __20__ in myself that stayed with me beyond sixth grade. 1. A. separated B. withdrew C. quit D. retired 2. A. visiting B. attending C. running D. leaving 3. A. build B. preserve C. take D. spare 4. A. struggled B. played C. fought D. exercised 5. A. memory B. control C. promise D. need 6. A. reading B. drawing C. writing D. copying 7. A. unless B. once C. while D. after 8. A. compared B. applied C. turned D. preferred 9. A. astonished B. satisfied C. excited D. embarrassed 10. A. anxiety B. curiosity C. wonder D. passion 11. A. impressed B. accepted C. challenged D. envied 12. A. front B. corner C. door D. outside 13. A. annoyed B. disappointed C. worried D. surprised 14. A. appreciated B. expected C. recognized D. enjoyed 15. A. off B. up C. by D. out 16. A. descriptions B. remarks C. suggestions D. accounts 17. A. fill B. occupy C. connect D. present 18. A. advantage B. purpose C. gift D. idea
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19. A. responsibility B. belonging C. devotion D. relief 20. A. interest B. imagination C. creativity D. confidence 二、 单项填空（共25小题；每小题1分，满分25分）
21. Smith, ____ boy who is outgoing and handsome, has been elected ____ monitor of our class. A. a; the B. a; / C. the; / D. the; the
22. It is widely believed that ________ has necessary good qualities is more ______ to achieve success in their career.
A. whoever; possible b. who; likely C. who; possible D. whoever; likely 23. As common sense, students’ involvement in various activities as well as academic achievements ______ of great value to their future.
A. is B. are C. was D. were
24. ---Where are you living now? Are you still living in a town ______ two roads meet? ---I’ve moved to _______ you know my grandpa once lived.
A. which; what B. where; where C. where; what D. that; where
25. With advanced technology introduced, this year, our factory can produce ______ last year. A. twice as more bicycles as B. more bicycles than twice
C. more than twice bicycles as D. more than twice as many bicycles as 26. ---Have you handed in your report? ---Yes. I _____ on it the whole morning.
A. have worked B. had worked C. worked D. have been working 27. With the ______ of the mid-term examinations, the majority of the students are becoming
more and more nervous.
A. approach B. access C. march D. appearance
28. If you don’t know what you want, you might _______ getting something you don’t want. A. take up B. put up C. end up D. pick up
29. There is a widespread belief that those who lack determination and diligence tend to go
_______ in almost everything.
A. nowhere B. anywhere C. somewhere D. everywhere 30. ---______ by your expression, you are sure to attend his party. ---Well, I won’t unless _________.
A. Judged; invited B. Judging; being invited C. Judged; to be invited D. Judging; invited
31. We don’t think it is wise to depend heavily on the Internet for everything ____ it serves as a useful tool to us.
A. now that B. in that C. even though D. as though
32. Last fall, I went to the US as an exchange student, I’ll never forget my stay there ______ I became more and more independent.
A. where B. when C. what D. which 33. ---Jack didn’t achieve high grades in the exams and is in low spirits these days. ---It serves him right. I ______ him more than once to take his study seriously.
A. reminded B. have reminded C. had reminded D. was reminding 34. _______ raises concerns among the public is that more and more buildings have gone up in _____used to be farmland.
A. It; where B. What; what C. What; where D. What; which 35. He recommended that in order for things ______, we _______ quickly. A. to be done, act B. are done, should act C. were done, acted D. being done, would act
36. Accompanied by Peng Liyuan, Chairman Xi Jinping visited France last year. His wonderful speech in Paris left a deep ___________ on the French people. A. impression B. expression C. presentation D. comprehension
37. The Olympic Games, the world’s greatest sporting event, advocate the principle that ______
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matters is not winning but participating. A. that B. which C. what D. How
38. He wrote many children’s books, nearly half of _________ published in the 1990s. A. whom B. which C. that D. them 39. the damage is done, it will take many years for the farmland to recover. A. Until B. Unless C. Once D. Although
40. The question of ______ English will keep on changing in the future is easy _________. A. if; to answer B. whether; to be answered C. if; to be answered D. whether; to answer 41. --- Did you go to the show last night?
--- Yeah. Every boy and every girl in the area______ invited.
A. were B. has been C. have been D. was
42. You’d better go there by train. The train ticket is________ the plane ticket. A. as cheap three times as B. as three times cheap as C. three times cheaper than D. cheaper three times than
43. Countries in Southeast Asia have ______ become familiar with Chinese brands, but there is
still a long way to go.
A. instantly B. actually C. gradually D. frequently
44. Everyone wants to live in a beautiful, comfortable and livable place, but not_____ know
where it is.
A. both B. all C. either D. some 45. Tom was born in China, but he can’t speak Chinese. _______________ A. So was his sister. B. Neither can his sister. C. So it is with his sister. D. So can his sister. 三、阅读理解 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)
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B
Spending as little as $ 5 a day on someone else could significantly boost happiness, the team at the University of British Columbia found.
Their experiments on more than 630 Americans showed they were measurably happier when they spent money on others — even if they thought spending the money on themselves would make them happier.
“We wanted to test our theory that how people spend their money is at least as important as how much money they earn,” said Elizabeth Dunn, a psychologist at the University of British Columbia. They asked their 600 volunteers first to rate their general happiness, report their annual income and detail their monthly spending including bills, gifts for themselves, gifts for others and donations to charity.
“No matter how much income each person made, those who spent money on others reported greater happiness, while those who spent more on themselves did not,” Dunn said in a statement.
Dunn's team also surveyed 16 employees at a company in Boston before and after they received an annual profit sharing bonus of between $ 3,000 and $ 8,000. “Employees who devoted more of their bonus to prosocial spending experienced greater happiness after receiving the bonus, and the manner in which they spent that bonus was a more important predictor of their happiness than the size of the bonus itself,” they wrote in their report, published in the journal Science.
They gave their volunteers $ 5 or $ 20 and half got clear instructions on how to spend it. Those who spent the money on someone or something else reported feeling happier about it.
“These findings suggest that very minor changes in spending allocations — as little as $ 5 — may be enough to produce real gains in happiness on a given day,” Dunn said. 48. The underlined word “boost” in the first paragraph probably means________. A. help to find B. help to increase C. help to bring D. help to get 49. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Researchers think that how people spend their money is at least as important as how much
money they earn.
B. People usually think spending money on themselves will make them happier. C. Those who spend more money on others can get much more bonus.
D. Very small changes in spending your money may be enough to gain happiness. 50. What is the general idea of the passage?
A. The more you earn, the greater happiness you will get.
B. If you spend money on someone else, you will feel happier. C. You can spend only $ 5 a day on someone else to get happiness.
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D. Spending more money on yourself will make you happier. 51. It can be inferred from the 6th paragraph that ________.
A. the volunteers not given $ 5 or $ 20 spent their own money on themselves B. the volunteers were given $ 5 or $ 20 as a reward for the experiment.
C. those who spent the money on someone or something else felt happier about it D. half of the volunteers could spend the money as they liked.
C
China says 16 endangered finless porpoises(江豚) have been found dead since the beginning of the year and experts blame water pollution and climate change for pushing the species toward extinction.
The freshwater porpoise — popularly known in Chinese as the “river pig” — mainly lives in China’s Yangtze River and two lakes linked to the river.
Authorities (官方) have discovered 10 dead porpoises in Dongting Lake in the central province of Hunan since March, according to a statement by the government of Yueyang City, which is located on the lake’s shore. Another six dead porpoises have been found in Poyang Lake in the eastern province of Jiangxi since the beginning of the year. Experts warn that the species will be extinct within a matter of years.
Wang Kexiong, a researcher at China’s Institute of Hydrobiology, said water pollution, shipping and sand dredging (挖掘) were all possible contributing factors to the recent deaths. Many rivers in China have become heavily polluted with poisonous waste from factories and farms — pollution blamed on more than three decades of rapid economic growth and slow enforcement of environmental protection laws.
The report said climate change also could be to blame as the dry weather has caused water levels to drop and makes it more difficult for the porpoises to find food. Tests have shown that some of the porpoises are believed to have died of starvation.
In 2006, China was estimated to have only 1,200 finless porpoises left. That same year, the Baiji — a freshwater dolphin also native to the Yangtze River — was declared extinct. Earlier this year, a survey found just 65 “river pigs” in Dongting Lake and 300-400 in Poyang Lake. Following the recent deaths, Yueyang City promised to investigate and increase protection of the remaining porpoises in Dongting Lake.
52. How many river pigs are estimated to live in Dongting Lake now? A. 55. B. 49. C. 59. D. 65.
53. The following factors of river pigs’ deaths are mentioned EXCEPT .
A. water pollution B. climate change C. illegal fishing D. food shortage 54. We can learn from the text that .
A. climate change is likely to stop economic growth in China
B. river pigs’ deaths are completely caused by human beings’ activities C. river pigs’ deaths can be reduced if measures are taken in advance D. economic growth always has a negative effect on the environment 55. The numbers of river pigs are listed in Paragraph 7 to .
A. call for more effective protection B. show they are on the edge of extinction C. show they have become extinct D. show the importance of raising them in labs
D
In 1974, after filling out fifty applications, going through four interviews, and winning one offer, I took what I could get — a teaching job at what I considered a distant wild area: western New Jersey. My characteristic optimism was alive only when I reminded myself that I would be doing what I had wanted to do since I was fourteen — teaching English.
School started, but I felt more and more as if I were in a foreign country. Was this rural area really New Jersey? My students took a week off when hunting season began. I was told they were also frequently absent in late October to help their fathers make hay on the farms. I was a
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