高二英语限时训练35.doc

限时训练
一、 单选
1. _________ parents’ complaints, some cities have significantly cut school hours to give children more time for leisure and play.
A. In exchange for B. In response to C. In harmony with D. In terms of
2. Difficult as rumors on micro blog, or Weibo, are ________, the authorities will step up supervision so that people will not be easily misled.
A. preventing B. to be prevented C. to prevent D. being prevented
3. _________ to supporting the growing number of students seeking odd jobs, we will provide them with the information they need.
A. Committing B. Committed C. Being committed D. Having committed
4. Living in _______ ever increasingly fast-paced world, we are facing greater competition, so we must take _______ advantage of every opportunity to develop.
A. an; the                       B. an; 不填                  C. the; an                     D. the; 不填
5. Sometimes, _______ we show our gratitude for a person is reflected in the kind of food we serve him or her.
A. when                         B. whether                    C. why                  D. how
6. I adore my English teacher because he can always create an atmosphere ______ all the students feel respected and cared for.
A. that                           B. when                       C. where               D. which
7. —I hear that you have won the lottery.
—Not once in my life ______ until now.
A. good luck turned up B. turned up good luck
C. up turned good luck D. has good luck turned up
8. All the government leaders and policemen in Thailand must see to ______ that every citizen should stay safe and sound in the terrible flood.
A. all B. everything C. it D. themselves
9．—What has made him look like lacking sleep?
— his wife is ill and he has to get up several times a night to attend to her.
A．For B．Because C．That D．What
10．—Life be very hard for people living in the north of Canada as it is very cold there in the winter.
—Yes, the weather there be as low as 60℃ below zero.
A．must; can B．shall; must C．will; should D．has to; can

二、 完型
When my son, Justin, was four, he found a caterpillar (毛虫) and put it in a jar. Each day he fed it with fresh grass and leaves. In a few weeks we discovered it   11   in a cocoon (茧).
Justin was excited. He knew a moth (蛾) or butterfly was about to be   12  , but he didn’t know what kind. He was   13   to know what gift nature was about to give him.
“Dad!” shouted the boy while running to me one day. “Something’s   14  . Come see!”
He led me to his room. The cocoon had become half transparent and we could   15   the wings of the unborn. Soon, a moth broke free from the cocoon, and laid eggs completing the life   16   of the little caterpillar.
The next day, I convinced Justin it was time to set the moth free. He took it   17  , opened the jar, and the little moth flew out. It   18   the yard twice, came back, and landed on Justin’s arm. He picked it up, tossed it in the air, and the moth repeated its   19   pattern. He tried over and over, but each time it would   20   to his arm.
Justin   21 _. He put his little pet back to the jar. The next day he attempted to set it free again, and after a few repetitions of the same behavior, the moth   22   flew off into the grass.
Like a   23  , I believe the moth was afraid to leave what it was comfortable with. It wanted to stay with something   24  , scared to move on and experience something unknown.
I was once that little moth. My cocoon was my mother’s   25  , in which I was comfortable. Like the moth, I didn’t want to fly too far away from it. I was   26   when my first job required me to move to a new city. What would I find there? I liked   27   I was.
Humans are creatures of   28  . We resist change. However, if I hadn’t moved, I would not have experienced many   29   and wonderful things or met many of my friends. So each move gave me the   30   to learn and experience, but best of all, I met friends.
11. A. trapped                       B. wrapped           C. developed               D. protected
12. A. born                         B. changed                  C. raised                     D. created
13. A. upset                      B. content                     C. lucky                      D. curious         
14. A. disappearing                B. happening                 C. spreading               D. cracking   
15. A. identify                      B. feel                           C. count                        D. imagine
16. A. plan                          B. task                          C. cycle                        D. project
17. A. back                          B. down                        C. aside                        D. outside
18. A. explored                     B. searched                    C. circled                       D. abandoned
19. A. flight                          B. game                        C. adventure                D. communication
20. A. stick                           B. cater                        C. turn                       D. return
21. A. kept up                      B. gave up                     C. looked around           D. turned around
22. A. carelessly                    B. successfully               C. finally                      D. hesitatingly  
23. A. human                      B. butterfly                    C. caterpillar               D. pet
24. A. friendly                      B. similar                     C. pleasant                  D. familiar
25. A. love                           B. instruction              C. requirement           D. expectation
26. A. thrilled                    B. crazy                        C. afraid                      D. annoyed    
27. A. what                           B. where                       C. how                         D. who
28. A. emotion                        B. conscience                 C. habit                         D. ambition
29. A. odd                           B. new                          C. funny                       D. vital         
30. A. courage                        B. pleasure                C. motivation               D. opportunity

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三、 阅读
A
Harii Jordean, 8, is "the world's youngest CEO"
For the past two year, 8-year-old Harii Jordean from Stoke Newington, London, has been selling marbles（弹珠）．His successful marble company．Marble King, Sells all things marble-related—from affordable tubs of the glass playthings to significantly expensive items like Duke of York solitaire tables —sourced, proclaimed and processed by the mini-CEO himself．
"I like having my own company．I like being the boss," Harii told The Mirror． With profits now in the thousands, "the world's youngest CEO" has had to get his mother and older brothers to help him meet the growing demand．
Harli launched Marble King after swapping marbles at school led to schoolchildren depleting （削减） his marble collection．Yes, he literally "lost his marbles．'' Harli and his mother, Tina, turned to the Internet to find replacements．
Harli saw an empty space online: the marbles he wanted were hard to find．Within months, Harli had his own marble-selling website and orders started pouring in．
Tina says her son's obsession （迷恋） with marbles started when lie was just 6．
"His obsession became so big we started calling him the Marble King, so when he wanted to set up a website it was the natural name for it," she told The Sun．
"I never thought it would become so popular—we are struggling to cope with the number of orders at times．"
The 8-year-old boy has his sights set on expanding his business and launching his own brand of marbles．
Sometimes his ideas are so grand we have to scale them back a bit．But his dream is still to own Britain's biggest marble shop and open stores around the world．" Tina told The Daily Mail．
"At the minute he is annoying me by asking about creating his own Marble King marbles, so that could well be the next step for him．"
31．Wily did Harli's marble company become popular as soon as he launched it?
A．Because it was run by "the world's youngest CEO"．
B．Because it filled the gaps of marble business．
C．Because Harli was fascinated with marble collection．
D．Because his mother and brothers helped him a lot．
32．Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined expression "scale back"?
A．make smaller B．carry out C．turn down D．frighten away
33．What message do the last two paragraphs carry?
A．Conflicts often occur between Harli Jordean and his family．
B．Harli's mother and brothers are worried about Marble King's future．
C．Marble King marbles will be more popular with marble fans around the world．
D．The "Marble King" has great ambitions for his Marble King Company．

B
Once when I was six years old I saw an amazing picture in a book called True Stories from Nature about the primeval forest. It was a picture of a boa constriotor（大蟒蛇）in the act of swallowing an animal. In the book it said: "Boa constrictors swallow their prey whole, without chewing it. After that they are not able to move, and they sleep through the six months that they need for digestion."
I thought deeply then over the adventures of the jungle. And after some work with a colored pencil I succeeded in making my first drawing. My Drawing Number One. I showed my masterpiece to the grown-ups, and asked them whether the drawing frightened them. But they answered: "Frighten? Why should any one be frightened by a hat?"
My drawing was not a picture of a hat. It was a picture of a boa constrictor digesting an elephant. But since the grown-ups were not able to understand it, I made another drawing: I drew the inside of a boa constrictor, so that the grown-ups could see it clearly. They always need to have things explained. That’s my Drawing Number Two.
The grown-ups' response, this time, was to advise me to lay aside my drawings of boa constrictors, whether from the inside or the outside, and devote myself instead to geography, history, arithmetic, and grammar. That is why, at the age of six, I gave up what might have been a great painter. I had been disheartened by the failure of my Drawing Number One and my Drawing Number Two. Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them.
So then I chose another profession, and learned to pilot airplanes. I have flown a little over all parts of the world; and it is true that geography has been very useful to me. At a glance I can distinguish China from Arizona. If one gets lost in the night, such knowledge is valuable.
In the course of this life I have had a great many encounters with a great many people. And that hasn't much improved my opinion of them. Whenever I met one of them who seemed to me at all clear-sighted, I tried showing him my Drawing Number One, which I have always kept. I would try to find out if this was a person of true understanding. But, whoever it was, he, or she would always say: That is a hat. Then I would never talk to that person about boa constrictors, or primeval forests, or stars. I would bring myself down to his level. I would talk to him about bridge, and golf, and politics and neckties. And the grown-up would be greatly pleased to have met such an intelligent man.
34．The writer drew his first picture in order to .
A．show the grown-ups what the book was about
B．frighten the grown-ups trying to enter the forest
C．remind himself of the adventures of the jungle
D．illustrate a boa constrictor’ act of digesting an animal
35．How did the writer understand the grown-ups’ response to his second drawing?
A．He was actually only good at academic study.
B．It was a waste of time for him to keep on drawing.
C．He has difficulty in communicating with the adults.
D．He was good at anything but geography.
36．The underlined word disheartened in Paragraph 4 could most probably be replaced by .
A．discouraged B．dissatisfied C．discriminated D．disturbed
37．Which of the following statements is true?
A．The writer could have become a pilot if encouraged when young.
B．The writer finally changed his opinion of grown-ups.
C．The writer has been showing his two pictures to others ever since.
D．The writer felt nobody could have really understood him.

四、任务型阅读 (共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
On our journey to finding our true self and achieving our full potential, we sometimes get into hard times. However, we must never lose hope for only through determination and discipline will we be able to reach personal growth. The following tips may help you to achieve your goals for personal growth.
Find challenges
If you don’t find any challenges to your life, don’t just let it be but find them yourself. You should understand that staying too much in your comfort zone would just cause you to remain where you are and therefore never improve. So try to find new challenges that would further develop your strengths and therefore achieve their peak performance.
Always have a positive mindset (思维模式)
You should develop a positive mindset, as this would be useful when you face any challenge along the way. Through this type of mindset, you will be able to continue with your life no matter how hard the challenge you face is. You should always find a reason to be happy, which would fuel you to go on further and further until you reach your destination.
You are not alone and you shouldn’t let yourself be
This is a very important factor. Sometimes we are so stubborn about doing things on our own that we don’t ask others for help. Generally speaking, doing things by yourself is not wrong, and, in fact, it’s even preferred to be independent. However, there are really instances in our life that we need to ask others for help. You shouldn’t see this as being weak, and other people won’t think less of you if you do this. We humans are communal individuals and we could achieve more in this world if we help one another. So don’t hesitate to ask for help if you need it, and also lend a hand to others when they need you.
Plan
When you want to achieve something, don’t be in a rush. You need to make good preparations before doing it, that is, to plan your overall course of action in advance. Create a goal that you are ready to bet your life on, and check it to see if it is really the goal you want to attain before you give it your all without any second thoughts. When you’re sure about it, plan the ways to achieve it, and to evaluate if your process is effective while still along the way. You can change your course of actions while you still have time. Make sure that your goals are specific, attainable and time limited. In this way you can make sure you are not planning to fail, but to be successful in your search for personal growth.
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