高二英语限时训练七.doc

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高二英语限时训练（七）
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一、完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
Coming home from school, I was filled with excitement. But I was 36 into stillness by what I saw. Mother, seated at the end of the sofa, 37 , with the second-hand green typewriter on the table. She told me she couldn’t type fast and she was out of work. My shock at finding mother in tears was a perfect 38 of how 39 I understood the pressures on her. Sitting beside her on the sofa, I began very 40 to understand. I could 41 her pain and the tension (压力) of 42 the strong feeling that were interrupted by my arrival. Suddenly, something inside me 43 . I reached out and put my arms around her. She broke then. She put her face 44 my shoulder and sobbed. I held her 45 and didn’t try to talk. I knew I was doing what I should, and that was enough. At that moment, 46 mother’s back with feelings, I understood for the first time her being so easy to 47 . She was still my mother, 48 she was something 49 : a person like me, capable of fear and 50 and failure. I could feel her pain as she must have felt mine on a thousand occasions when I sought 51 in her arms.
A week later mother took a job at half the salary the radio station 52 . “It’s a job I can do, though.” She said 53 . But the evening practice on the old green typewriter continued. I had a very 54 feeling now when I heard her tapping away across the paper at night. I knew there was something more going on in there than a woman learning to 55 .
36. A. lazy
B. shocked
C. ashamed
D. tired
37. A. smiling
B. thinking
C. crying
D. whispering
38. A. proof
B. feeling
C. excuse
D. explanation
39. A. little
B. much
C. eagerly
D. worriedly
40. A. suddenly
B. slowly
C. proudly
D. quickly
41. A. watch
B. recognize
C. look
D. sense
42. A. putting away
B. stopping from
C. sitting up
D. holding back
43. A. turned
B. lit
C. increased
D. rose
44. A. through
B. against
C. up
D. to
45. A. carefully
B. politely
C. tightly
D. thoughtfully
46. A. feeling
B. reaching
C. watching
D. sensing
47. A. break
B. content
C. understand
D. fall
48. A. still
B. therefore
C. yet
D. however
49. A. much
B. huge
C. little
D. more
50. A. cut
B. hurt
C. defeat
D. wound
51. A. memory
B. support
C. comfort
D. kindness
52. A. offered
B. paid for
C. contributed
D. supplied
53. A. sadly [来源]
B. simply
C. excitedly
D. worriedly
54. A. hard
B. pleasant
C. serious
D. different
55. A. work
B. write
C. type
D. sell
二、 阅读理解
A
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Somewhere in the world, there’s a place where stress isn’t allowed and peace and genuine relaxation are the only demands of the day. If you could go there, you would thoroughly enjoy yourself. There are not too many places in the world like this, but this is one of them. It’s luxurious. It’s ultra-private.
Welcome to Villa Nicoletta
Villa Nicoletta is a 4-bedroom luxury villa and an oasis(绿洲) of rest and rejuvenation（恢复活力）in a land of unspoiled peace. Located on a 70-foot cliff overlooking the north shore of the island of St. Thomas and the pretty waters of Caret Bay, Villa Nicoletta offers the finest accommodations in the Caribbean for those seeking a vacation of elegance, peace and privacy. You’ll see how the sun blankets the landscape and water in shimmering brilliance by day and how the sky twinkles like billions of bright diamonds at night.
Completed in 2000, the 3,300-square-foot Villa Nicoletta is fully equipped with state-of-the-art electronics.
When you book Villa Nicoletta, you shall book the entire villa.
Off Season: April 16 to December 14
★4 bedrooms — ＄5,700/week (8 people max)
Sleep sofa can add additional 2 people ＄200/night
Peak Season: December 15 to April 15
★4 bedrooms — ＄6,300/week (8 people max)
Sleep sofa can add additional 2 people ＄200/night
56. The villa can be rented to a maximum of _______ people at a time.
A. five B. eight C. thirteen D. ten
57. If a family with 6 people spends a fortnight’s Christmas holiday in the villa, how much will they pay?
A. ＄12,600. B. ＄15,400. C. ＄11,400. D. ＄13,200.
58. Villa Nicoletta is most likely to be popular with tourists who _______.
A. like adventure
B. want to escape the noisy life of the city
C. enjoy the winter sports
D. seek excitement in the sea
59. We can infer that _______.
A. you can share the villa with other tourists
B. the island of St. Thomas is famous for the ocean theme amusement park
C. fewer tourists stay in Villa Nicoletta in autumn than in spring
D. you can go in for extreme sports in Villa Nicoletta

B
How would you like to sleep with one half your brain asleep and the other half awake? Dolphins sleep this way. Recently, scientists at Indiana State University have discovered that ducks sleep this way too. They found that ducks sleep half awake so they can rest and watch for danger at the same time.
After putting their ducks in a row and videotaping them, some researchers found ducks on the end of each row spent more time asleep with one eye open, apparently looking for predators.
“The more the ducks felt threatened, the more they slept with one eye open,” said lead author Niels C. Rattenborg, a graduate student at Indiana State University,Terre Haute.”the unique aspect is not that they do it,but that they control it. When they sleep at the edge of a group,they tend to realize greater danger, so they spend more time sleeping with one half of their brain.” Ducks with one eye open were still awake enough to detect predators, said the authors of the study, which appears today in the journal Nature.
The researchers studied four groups of four ducks held in plastic boxes, which were arranged in a row. Ducks on the end were found to sleep with one eye open 31.8 per cent of the time, compared to 12.4 percent of the time for ducks in the central position.
Also, ducks in the central position did not open one eye more than the others, while ducks on each end kept the eye facing away from the group open 86.2 per cent of the time. Brain wave readings of the ducks showed that the half of the brain receiving signals from the closed eye indicated that half of the brain was sleeping. Signals from the half of the brain receiving signals from the open eye showed a state between fully awake and asleep.
60. It was discovered that .
A. most people would like to be half asleep
B. ducks can sleep half awake
C. dolphins sleep on their way
D. ducks have different sleeping habits from each other
61. A predator is most likely to be .
A. an animal that hunts,kills and eats other animals
B. a human being who looks after and feeds ducks
C. a scientist who does research work on animals
D. an animal that is likely to be friends with ducks
62. Ducks at the end of each row sleep with one eye open because .
A. they are looking for food
B. they want to enjoy the scenery
C. they are watching out for danger
D. they are unique in their sleeping habit
63. Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A. Ducks on the northern end of a row would keep their eye facing the south open.
B. Ducks with less sense of duty usually choose to stay in the center of a row.
C. Ducks with one eye open at the edge can still enjoy a certain degree of sleep.
D. A video tape recorder was the only electronic device used in the experiment.
C
In the age of reality television, success isn’t the only way to the public eye. Failure can also create fame, just like William Hung, 21, a native of Hong Kong.
Hung recently has made an agreement with US-based entertainment firms Koch Records and Fuse Music Network. They will publish a full-length record, titled “The True Idol” on April 6.
The idol (偶像) is a civil engineering student at the University of California at Berkeley. He did a version (改写本) of Ricky Martin’s “She Bangs” on the television show “American Idol 3", on January 27. The Fox TV singing contest searches for pop stars among ordinary people. In the case of Hung, however, his act was so bad that the judges cut him off in mid-act. Hung’s response? “I already gave my best, so I have no regrets at all.” That’s interesting, because any common person would have found plenty to regret: the off-key singing, the blue Hawaiian shirt worn with pants pulled up too high, the terrible dancing, the hips jerking (摇摆) to a beat that did not belong to the song, maybe not even to this planet. It was, by all accounts, bad.
But it was this very bad act that sold well.
Marc Juris, president of Fuse, explained it this way: “Every one of us is happily guilty of singing our favorite song at the top of our lungs with complete freedom, completely off-key and completely unworried. That’s what William did and immediately won the hearts of America.”
Whatever it is, for the moment it’s big. Three websites devoted to Hung have gone up on the Internet in the past few weeks. Versions of his performance have been remixed with hip hop and techno music and have made it to the top 10 request list at a Chicago radio station.
So, what does Hung think of this?
“There were all these people saying things about me. A lot were saying I was very courageous and that I was great on the show, but some didn’t have much respect for me and some were kind of mean.”
Now he says he’s not so sure whether to distance himself from the glamour (魅力) or to accept it. Returning to normal hasn’t been easy.
64. Hung was popular in American for all the following reasons EXCEPT .
A. his shirt and pants　　　　 B. his off-key singing
C. his jerking hips　　　　 D. his excellent version
65. Which of the following shows the correct order of what happened to Hung?
a. The entertainment firms made an agreement with Hung.
b. The judges cut Hung off in mid-act in the singing contest.
c. Hung became popular among Americans.
d. Hung gave a terrible performance though he tried his best.
e. Three websites put Hung’s funny performance on the Internet.
A. d, b, e, c, a B. a, c, d, b, e　 C. a, d, b, c, e　 D. d, b, a, e, c
66. What is the main idea of this passage?
A. Sometimes an idol behaves quite foolishly.
B. Hung's performance attracted the public eye.
C. How an unsuccessful person became famous.
D. Success sometimes does not require hard work.
67. Why was Hung able to win the hearts of America?
A. His success was based on luck rather than his own hard work.
B. He attracted people’s attention and won wide praise in the contest.
C. He was good-looking in his pants and shirt though he didn’t sing well.
D. In the contest he did what every one of us is happy to do in daily life.
D
If you have a chance to go to Finland, you will probably be surprised to find how “foolish” the Finnish people are.
Take the taxi drivers for example. Taxis in Finland are mostly high-class Benz with a fare of two US dollars a kilometer. You can go anywhere in one, tell the driver to drop you at any place, say that you have some business to attend to, and then walk off without paying your fare. The driver would not show the least sign of anxiety.
The dining rooms in all big hotels not only serve their guests, but also serve outside diners. Hotel guests have their meals free, so they naturally go to the free dining rooms to have their meals. The most they would do to show their good faith is to wave their registration card to the waiter. With such a loose check, you can easily use any old registration card to take a couple of friends to dine free of charge.
The Finnish workers are paid by the hour. They are very much on their own as soon as they have agreed with the boss on the rate. From then on they just say how many hours they have worked and they will be paid accordingly.
With so many loopholes(漏洞) in everyday life, surely Finland must be a heaven to those who love to take “petty advantages”. But the strange thing is, all the taxi passengers would always come back to pay their fare after they have attended to their business; not a single outsider has ever been found in the free hotel dining rooms. And workers always give an honest account of the exact hours they put in. As the Finns always act on good faith in everything they do, living in such a society has turned everyone into a real “gentleman”.
In a society of such high moral practice, what need is there for people to be on guard against others?
68. While taking a taxi in Finland, a passenger_______.
A. can go anywhere without having to pay the driver
B. only pays two US dollars for a taxi ride
C. can never be turned down by the taxi driver wherever he wants to go
D. needs to provide good faith demonstration before leaving without paying
69. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Generally, in Finland, workers can get more pay by working long hours.
B. The bosses are too busy to check the working hours of their employees.
C. The workers are always honest with their working hours.
D. The workers and their bosses will make an agreement in advance about the pay.
70. The underlined word “those” in Para.5 probably refers to people _______.
A. who are on guard against others B. who are dishonest
C. who often have meals in big hotels D. who often take taxis
71. It can be concluded that _______.
A. Finnish people are really foolish in daily life
B. the Finnish society is of very high moral level
C. Finland has been a good place for cheats
D. all the Finns are rich and therefore honest
E
You are from a middle-class family, and live in a normal size home without any showy possessions, but you are surrounded by surprising consumption (消费). This contrast is beginning to bother your 6-year-old son. You are worried that he will want to live as they do and wonder if you should move.
Sometimes big pocket money, joyful birthday parties, special playrooms and super-big houses tell you that your neighbors probably have more money than you do, and that they’re not as careful as you are with money, but you may find that they cook and dig in the garden with their children just as often as you do, talk with them freely and read to them every night.
Or you may find that some of these parents stay in one wing of their big house while their child plays by himself, way off in a wing of his own. In that unfortunate case, he is basically growing up alone without being looked after properly, but this can happen to a child who lives in a normal size house, too, if he has a TV, a computer and a few video games in his room. Even the most caring parent doesn’t walk in and out of it to see what show her child is watching, what Internet site he has found and if he’s still playing that video game.
Too much uncontrolled screen time may lead to a