2010—2011学年度新建二中上学期高一英语周练(五) 命题:熊芳审题:高一备课组时间:45分钟总分:100分
一.单项选择(30’)
1. You should have______ good knowledge of English if you want to find a job here. Because English is the working language in_______ most international trade centers.
A．不填；the B. 不填；不填 C. a; 不填 D. a; the
2. China Daily is _____ a newspaper; it helps us improve our English.
A. more than
B. no more than
C. not more than
D. no less than
3. --- You won’t go to Kay’s wedding party, will you?
--- Yes, _______ invited.
A. if
B. unless
C. even if
D. as
4. Steel, brick and cement are all necessary building materials _____ .
A. with which to build a dam
B. which to build a dam with
C. building a dam with
D. to build a dam
5. John said he would pay _______second visit to China_______ next month.
A. the; /
B. the; the
C. a; the
D. a; /
6. I would appreciate ______ back this afternoon..
A. you to call
B. you call
C. your calling
D. you’re calling
7. The president was _____ a speech to senators _____ a group of armed young people burst into the hall.
A. giving; as
B. making; when
C. delivering; while
D. speaking; when
8. How long is it ______ we last spent the holiday in the country together?
A. until
B. before
C. since
D. that
9. Thousands and thousands of people lost their homes in the earthquake and it was impossible to provide
them _____ enough food, clothing and _____at that time.
A. with; shelters
B. for; houses
C. by; housing
D. with; shelter
10. There was an uncovered well on the road and the man couldn’t _______ falling into it in the darkness.
A. avoid
B. help
C. refuse
D. prevent
11. I hadn’t meant_____ you. Instead, what I said really meant______ you to be good.
A. hurting; to advise
B. hurting; advising
C. to hurt; to advise
D. to hurt; advising
12. These students will graduate from the university next summer, _______ they will have studied here
for four years.
A. by then
B. by that time
C. by what time
D. by which time
13. All of the students held the view ________ the teacher advised them to do was reasonable.
A. that what
B. what that
C. that that
D. whether what
14. We should have ourselves _____ if we want to get the work _____ in the given time.
A. organize well; finished
B. well organized; done
C. well organized; to be finished
D. to be organized well; to be done
15. With the boy _____the way, we had no difficulty _______the old man’s house.
A. leads; find
B. leading; finding
C. led; found
D. to lead; to find
二.完型填空(40’)
The day was Thankful Thursday. It’s a weekly _16__ that my two little girls and I began years ago. Thursday has become our day to go out and make a positive _17_ .
My girls shouted “McDonald’s, McDonald’s” as we ____18__ along a busy Houston road. Suddenly I __19__ that almost every crossing I passed through was _20__ by a panhandler(乞丐). And then it hit me all these panhandlers must be hungry too. Perfect! After we ate, I ordered a (an) __21__ fifteen lunches and we set out to deliver them. We would pull_22_ a panhandler, make a contribution, and tell him or her that we hoped things got better. Then we’d say, “ Oh, _23_ … here’s lunch.”
We handed our final contribution to a small woman and then immediately ___24___ back in the opposite direction for home. _25_ , the light caught us again and we were stopped at the same crossing where this small woman stood. I was_26_ and didn’t know quite how to behave.
She made her way to our car, “No one has ever done_27_ like this for me before.”She said with_28_. Feeling uneasy, and wanting to move the conversation along, I asked,” So, _29_ do you think you’ll eat your lunch.？”
She just looked at me with her huge, tired brown eyes and said,” Oh honey, I’m not going to eat this lunch.” I was30_, but before I could say anything, she continued, “You see, I have a little girl and she _31_ loves McDonald’s, but I don’t have money. But you know what…tonight she is going to have McDonald’s!”
I don’t know if the kids _32_ the tears in my eyes. So many times I had questioned whether our acts of kindness were too _33_ or insignificant to really effect change. _34_ at that moment, I recognized the __35_ of Mother Teresa’s words: “We cannot do great things ---only small things with great love.”
16. A. tradition B. ceremony C. custom D. habit
17. A. decision B. choice C. contribution D. plan
18. A. walked B. ran C. wandered D. drove
19. A. reminded B. realized C. understood D. thought
20. A. crowded B. occupied C. discovered D. laid
21. A. additional B. expensive C. cheap D. special
22. A. close B. together C. alongside D. throughout
23. A. in fact B. to tell the truth C. generally speaking D. by the way
24. A. faced B. headed C. took D. looked
25. A. Unfortunately B. Luckily C. Unwillingly D. Hopefully
26. A. excited B. embarrassed C. frightened D. annoyed
27. A. something B. everything C. anything D. nothing
28. A. amazement B. fear C. sorrow D. amusement
29. A. what B. how C. where D. when
30. A. shocked B. confused C. sad D. worried
31. A. really B. even C. just D. never
32. A. watched B. felt C. noticed D. recognized
33. A. many B. small C. big D. simple
34. A. Therefore B. Although C. Meanwhile D. Yet
35. A. promise B. path C. truth D. spirits
三.阅读理解(20’)
A
Most people around the world are right-handed. This also seems to be true in history. In 1799, scientists studied works of art made at different times from 1,500 B.C. to the 1950s. Most of the people shown in these works are right-handed, so the scientists guessed that right-handedness has always been
common through history. Today, only about 10% to 15% of the world’s population is left-handed.
Why are there more right-handed people than left-handed ones? Scientists now know that a person’s two hands each have their own jobs. For most people, the hand is used to find things or hold things. The right hand is used to work with things. This is because of the different work of the two sides of the brain. The right side of the brain, which makes a person’s hands and eyes work together, controls the left hand. The left-side of the brain, which controls the right hand, is the centre for thinking and doing problems. These findings show that more artists should be left-handed, and studies have found that left-handedness is twice as common among artists as among people in other jobs.
No one really knows what makes a person become right-handed instead of left-handed. Scientists have found that almost 40% of the people become left-handed because their main brain is damaged when they are born. However, this doesn’t happen to everyone, so scientists guess there must be another reason why people become left-handed. One idea is that people usually get right-handed from their parents. If a person does not receive the gene(基因) for right-handedness, he / she may become either right-handed or left-handed according to the chance and the people they work or live with.
Though right-handedness is more common than left-handedness, people no longer think left-handed people are strange or unusual. A long time ago, left-handed children were made to use their right hands like other children, but today they don’t have to.
36. After studying works of art made at different times in history, the scientists found _______.
A. the art began from 1,500
B.
C.
B. the works of art ended in the 1950s
C. most people shown in the works of art are right-handed
D. most people shown in the works of art are left-handed
37. How many people in the world are left-handed now?
A. Less than one sixth.
B. More than a half.
C. About 40%.
D. The passage doesn’t tell us.
38. What is the hand for most people used to do?
A. It’s used to find or hold things.
B. It’s used to work with things.
C. It’s used to make a person’s eyes wor k together.
D. It’s the centre for thinking and doing problems.
39. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?
A. No one really knows what makes a person become right-handed.
B. Left-handedness is cleverer than right-handedness.
C. Today children are not made to use their right hands only.
D. Scientists think there must be some reason why people become left-handed.
40. The best title for this passage is _______.
A. Scientists’ New Inventi on
B. Left-handed People
C. Which Hand
D. Different Brains, Different Hands
B
Charlie studied in a famous college for four years. He studied hard and did well in all his subjects. He hoped to become a good teacher. This year he left the college and began to work in a middle school. He likes his students and is strict（严格的）with them. He does his best to make his classes lively and interesting.
One day he carefully explained a chemical reaction（反应）to the students of Grade 2 in the chemistry lab.
“Be careful, everyone, ” he said loudly. “Before I make the experiment, there're twenty five atoms of carbon（碳原子）, but after I finish it, there're twenty four atoms of carbon left！”
He stopped to watch the classroom and hoped his students would go on explaining it. But the young men looked at each other and nobody answered him. He had to ask, “What happens? What makes the atom lost？”
The classroom was very quiet and none of the students looked at their teacher．
“Who can tell us where it has gon e？”
Suddenly a soft voice came from the back row, “We did not see anybody leave the lab！”
41.Charlie began to work in the middle school because ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿．
A. he had been in the school for four years
B. he couldn't do anything except teaching
C. he hoped to become a good teacher
D. he did well in all his subjects
42. Charlie hopes ＿＿＿，so he does his best to make his classes lively and interesting．
A. all his students could understand him
B. his students wouldn't be afraid of him
C. his students carefully watched him making the experiment
D. his students could do well in chemistry
43. That day Charlie wished ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿．
A. his students could learn the chemical reaction
B. his students could find the atom of carbon
C. his students could count（数）he atoms of carbon
D. his students could make the experiment
44．The students couldn't answer Charlie's questions because ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿．
A. none of them had seen the atoms
B. they didn't understand their teacher
C. the chemical reaction was too complicated
D. they all wanted to drop the subject
45. In fact，＿＿＿＿＿＿＿．
A. Charlie failed that day
B. the student in the back row didn't watch her teacher carefully
C. the student in the back row hadn't learned chemistry before
D. Charlie failed in making the experiment
四.对话填空
A: Hey, you are p___46____ the office air again.
B : I am sorry. I can’t h___47___ it.
A : But you can always go out and smoke somewhere w___48 ____ there are no people around.
B : Well, it’s no big deal.
A : Yes, do you know there are more passive smokers in China than a___49__
smokers? They are the victims of polluted air ------- they s____50____ from heart disease and lung cancer. Every year, 60 m____51____ people die from smoking in developed countries.
B : But China is a d____52____ country.
A : That’s the reason why we should cut e___53____ on medical care. In China, 26 cities have banned
cigarette smoking in p____54____ places. We are one of the cities.
B : Well, I apologize and I’ll give up smoking altogether.
A : Well, I hope this is the l____55____ time. You have to give it up.
B : All right. This won’t happen again, I promise.