麻城市三中高一英语寒假作业（二）
第一节：多项选择（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
1．After gunshots fired on campus, there is a growing _________ about safety among teachers and students.
A. power B. devotion C. concern D. identity
2． I’d love to join in your visit to a local museum today, but I’m on a very tight ________ -I’ve got a lot of work to do today.
A. identity B. schedule C. attitude D. command
3．When the mother realized what had happened to her child, she ________ her face in her hands. So no one could see her expression.
A. ignored B. damaged C. buried D. recovered
4． If you’d like to gain more contents from that website, you have to answer some messages ________ personal information.
A. recognizing B. requesting C. preferring D. expressing
5． I think we should ________all the toys to the local children hospital where the children are badly in need of them.
A. give away B. give out C. give up D. give in
6．Hundreds of brightly colored balloons were _______ and used as party toys or party decorations on New Year’s Day.
A. come up B. taken up C. built up D. blown up
7．They offered a lot of useful information for your report; I can understand how ________ you must be feeling to them now.
A. grateful B. helpful C. peaceful D. hopeful
8．German electronic products are popular in China, where they have the reputation(名声) of being ________ and of good quality. A. generous B. stubborn C. reliable D. straight 9．Countries in Southeast Asia have ________ become familiar with Chinese brands, but there is still a long way to go.
A. actually B. gradually C. frequently D. entirely 10． Fishing and seafood harvesting has been forbidden along the coast of Galicia, forcing many fishermen ________.
A. out of order B. out of touch C. out of sight D. out of work
第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
A woman came out of her house and saw three old men with long white beards sitting in her front yard. She did not 11 them. She said, “I don’t think I know you, but you must be 12 . Please come in and have something to eat.” “Is the man of the house home?” they asked. “No,” she said, “he’s out.” “Then we cannot come in,” they 13 .
In the evening when her husband came home, she told him what 14 . “Go to tell them I am home and invite them in!” The woman went out and invited them in. “We do not go into the house 15 ,” they replied. “Why is
that?” she wanted to know. One of the old men explained, “His name is 16 ,”pointing to one of his friends ,and then pointed to another one and said, “He is Success ,and I am Love.” Then he added, “Now go in and 17 with your husband which one of us you want in your home.”
The woman went in and told her husband what was said. Her husband
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out laughing. “How nice!” he said, “ If so, let us invite 18 . Let him come and 19 our home with wealth!” His wife 20 , “My dear, why don’t we invite Success?” Their daughter was 21 from the other corner of the house. She jumped in with her own suggestion, “Daddy , I 22 to invite Love, so our home will be filled with love!”
“Let us take our daughter’s 23 ,” said the husband to his wife , “Go out and invite Love to be our guest.” The woman went out and asked the three old men, “Which one of you is Love? Please come in and be our 24 .” Love got up and started walking 25 the house. The other two also got up and 26 him.
27 , the lady asked Wealth and Success, “I only invited Love , why
are you coming in?” The old men replied together, “If you had invited Wealth Success, the other two of us would have stayed out , but since you invited Love , wherever he goes, we go with him. 28 there is Love, there is also Wealth and Success!”
11．A. meet B. invite C. recognize D. see 12．A. thirsty B. hungry C. sleepy D. tired
13．A. replied B. promised C. thought D. agreed 14．A. appeared B. meant C. followed D. happened 15．A. alone B. together C. only D. separately 16．A. Love B. Wealth C. Health D. Success
17．A. discuss B. agree C. fight D. quarrel 18．A. burst B. shocked C. dug D. came 19．A. Wealth B. Success C. Love D. all
20．A. put B. start C. leave D. fill
21．A. disappeared B. disagreed C. disordered D. demanded 22．A. writing B. speaking C. listening D. watching 23．A. prefer B. persuade C. dislike D. devote 24．A. expression B. order C. decision D. advice 25．A. host B. friend C. guest D. servant 26．A. towards B. from C. against D. into
27．A. refused B. followed C. supported D. encouraged 28．A. Surprised B. Excited C. Pleased D. Disappointed 29．A. and B. but C. or D. with
30．A. However B. Whatever C. Whenever D. Wherever
第三部分：阅读理解(共20小题；每小题2分，满分4 分) A
Many years ago, when I was fresh out of school and working in Denver, I was driving to my parents’ home in Missouri for Christmas. I stopped at a gas station about 50 miles from Oklahoma City, where I was planning to stop and visit a friend. While I was standing in line at the cash register I said hello to an older couple who were also paying for gas.
I took off, but had gone only a few miles when black smoke poured from the back of my car. I stopped and wondered what I should do. A car pulled up behind me. It was the couple I had spoken to at the gas station. They said they would take me to my friend’s. We chatted on the way into the city, and when I got out of the car, the husband gave me his business card.
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I wrote him and his wife a thank-you note for helping me. Soon afterward, I received a Christmas present from them. Their note that came with it said that helping me had made their holiday meaningful.
Years later, I drove to a meeting in a nearby town in the morning. In late afternoon I returned to my car and found that I’d left the lights on all day, and the battery was dead. Then I noticed that the Friendly Ford dealership --- a shop selling cars --- was right next door. I walked over and found two salesmen in the show room.
“Just how friendly is Friendly Ford?” I asked and explained my trouble. They quickly drove a pickup truck to my car and started it. They would accept no payment, so when I got home, I wrote them a note to say thanks. I received a letter back from one of the salesmen. No one had ever taken the time to write him and say thank you, and it meant a lot, he said.
“Thank you”--- two powerful words. They’re easy to say and mean so much. 31．The author planned to stop at Oklahoma City ________. A. to pay at the cash register B. to see his parents
C. to visit a friend D. to make a plan with his friend
32．The words “took off” underlined in Paragraph 2 means “_________”. A. put up B. turned off C. moved off D. set up
33．What happened when the author found smoke coming out of his car? A. The couple offered to help him. B. The couple sent him a business card
C. He had it pulled back to the gas station. D. He called his friend for help.
34．How does the author explain the importance of expressing thanks in the passage?
A. By telling his own experiences B. By doing an experiment C. By explaining cause and effect D. By using quotations(引语)
B
As computers become all the more popular in China, Chinese people are increasingly depending on computer keyboards to input Chinese characters. But if they use the computer too much, they may end up forgetting the exact strokes（笔画）of each Chinese character when writing on paper. Experts suggest people, especially students, write by hand more.
Do you write by hand more or type more? In Beijing, students start using a computer as early as primary school. And computer dependence is more wide-spread among university students. Almost all their homework and essays are typed on a computer.
All the students interviewed say they usually use a computer. It’s faster and easier to correct if using a computer. And that’s why computers are being applied more and more often to modern education. But when people are taking stock in computers increasingly, problems appear.
“When I'm writing with a pen, I find I often can't remember how to write a character, though I feel I’m familiar with it.”
“I’m not in the mood to write when faced with a pen and paper.”
Many students don't feel this is something to worry about. Now that it's more
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convenient and quick to write on a computer, why bother to handwrite?
Many educators think differently. Shi Liwei , the headmaster of a famous primary school in the capital said “Chinese characters enjoy both practical and aesthetic(审美的) value. But those characters typed with computer keyboards only have their practical value. All the artistic beauty of the characters is lost. And handwriting contains the writer’s emotion(情绪). Through one’s handwriting, people can get to know one's thinking and personality. Beautiful writing will give people a better first impression of them.”
To encourage students to handwrite more, many primary schools in Beijing have made writing classes compulsory(必修的)and in universities, some professors are asking students to turn in their homework and essays written by hand.
35．The students interviewed prefer to write using a computer mainly because______.
A. they can correct the mistakes they make quickly and conveniently B. they are usually asked to e-mail their homework and essays C. they find it not easy to remember how to write a character D. computers have become popular in China
36． Which of the following statements of the advantages of handwriting is NOT TRUE ?
A. Chinese characters enjoy both practical and aesthetic value.
B. Handwriting can impress people well and build up one’s self-confidence. C. Handwriting contains the writer’s emotion.
D. The writer’s thinking and personality are shown in his or her handwriting. 37．The underlined expression “taking stock in”(Paragraph 4) probably means __________.
A. getting bored with B. getting curious about C. becoming crazy about D. getting dependent on 38．We can infer from the passage that __________.
A. writing by hand will give way to typing by computer one day B. more and more students will give up writing on a computer C. more and more students will pay attention to handwriting
D. the typed article better expresses one’s emotion and quality
C
Gunman Adam Lanza shot and killed 20 children in two classes of Grade One in Sandy Hook Elementary School. The only survivor(幸存者) is a six-year-old girl. She escaped by lying on the floor pretending to be killed.
After the accident , she ran out of the school building covered from head to feet with blood (血). The first thing she said to her mother was, “ Mommy, I was OK, but all my friends were dead,” Pasrtor(牧师) Jim Solomon told the ABC news’s Lara Spencer this weekend , “I thought it was impossible for her to escape from being killed without others’ help. She could behave so calmly in such a dangerous and frightening situation. She has wisdom beyond her age, for sure.”
The girl, whose name is not being written out for special reasons, was the first student to run out of the accident place at Sandy Hook, Solomon said. He said the young girl described the gunman to her mother in a way that only a young
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child could. “Well, she saw someone who she felt was angry, and someone who she felt was mad,” Solomon said. “Somehow, at that moment, thank God, she was able to act as if she were already dead and saved herself. And that is very unusual and admirable (令人钦佩的) for so young a girl.” she said.
There were 20 students killed on Friday in Sandy Hook Elementary School, eight boys and 12 girls. Six teachers were also killed. “Her parents told me that they couldn’t stand the feeling of a survivor’s guilt（ 负罪）, because so many of their friends no longer have their children but they have theirs.” Solomon said.
“I think you can understand their feelings as well,” he said how the girl’s mother and father were feeling about the disaster. “I don’t know whether I would have the kind of feeling that they have if the same thing happened to me.”
39．How did the six-year-old girl escape from being killed?
A. By fighting against the killer B. By pretending to be killed
C. By running away quickly D. By getting protection from teachers 40．According to the passage, which word can best show the quality of the girl? A. Strong B. Friendly C. Wise D. Curious 41．From the passage, we can know that___________________. A. all students in Sandy Hook were killed
B. Solomon didn’t remember the name of the girl C. eight other children escaped the accident
D. people didn’t know the six-year-old girl’s name 42．Why did the girl’s parents feel guilty?
A. Because they had some relationship with the gunman.
B. Because they didn’t tell the skills of escaping to other children. C. Because their daughter survived while their friends didn’t. D. Because they didn’t report the terrible accident ahead of time.
D
We don’t know how different our future will be in the future. We can only try to imagine it.
At first we think about human relationship. In the year 2050, we will use computers almost every day. We will be making new friends through the Internet----even our husbands or wives will be met in this way. It will be much faster and easier for us. On the other hand, our relationships with people won’t be as important as they are today----we will feel a little lonely.
Computers will also help us in many other activities in 2050. For example, they will be used by the children at school to make their learning easier. In addition, there will be much more other machines which will play a similar role as computers, like robots which will do the housework for us.
Spending holidays will also be completely different. Traveling to other planets or to the moon will be available for everyone. Means of transport will, of course, change, too. We will be using solar-powered cars, which will be much more environmentally friendly.
We could expect that the faster technological progress would lead to a more polluted environment. But it isn’t true. We will pay more attention to
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