高二年级第一次周练英语试卷
命题：詹先建
（限时40分钟，必答题每题2.5分，卷面书写3分，共100分。选做题每题5分，共20分）一：阅读理解：
Tencent announced yesterday that it will limit the daily time for youngsters to play its popular King of Glory game after parents and schools in Shanghai and other areas complained their children had become addicted to playing it.
From tomorrow, children younger than 12 will only be allowed to play the game for a maximum(最大值) of one hour a day, and after 9 pm, they will be banned from logging into it, said Tencent. Those older than 12 will be able to play a maximum two hours a day.
The game system will remind players the time they have been playing and young players will be forced to log out when the time is up.
Tencent claimed these were the strictest measures in China’s game industry to prevent addiction and the company expected they would ease parents’ anxiety.
The company also said it had updated its system for parents to keep tabs on their children using its games.
Since February, parents can receive messages when children log in and spend money on the game after they connect children’s game accounts with their mobile phone numbers.
Now, parents can connect phones, tablets or computers that their children use to play games, so that they can keep an eye on the children even if they have several game accounts, Tencent said.
Song Zhe, a father of a Shanghai high school student, welcomed the measures but was not sure if they would be sufficiently effective. “I like the system that could lock up the devices as children can register many accounts,” he said, “but children are so clever that they can always think out counter measures.”
1. What can we infer from Paragraph 2?
A. Kids under 11 could play the game for at most 7 hours in a week.
B. Girls under 8 are able to log in the game at 10 pm.
C. Those older than 16 are able to play the game all the time.
D. Children over 13 can log in the game after playing 3 hours in a day.
2. The underlined phrase “keep tabs on” is closest in meaning to “_________”.
A. be careful with
B. be in control of
C. have an eye on
D. keep contact with
3. What can we learn about the game system according to the passage?
A. Parents can monitor their children even if they try to register different game accounts.
B. Parents need to connect their tablets or computers to the game accounts of their children.
C. Parents can be reminded of the time their children have been playing the games.
D. Parents should pay attention to their phones all the time in case they miss any message.
4. What did Song Zhe’s father think of the game system?
A. The game system was absolutely welcomed by him.
B. Children were too dull to break out of the system.
C. He was uncertain about the effectiveness of the system.
D. Children could register lots of accounts to unlock the devices.
二、七选五
Throughout my schooling, I have met many teachers. 1
Ms. Davis was my 6th grade teacher at Powell Elementary in Jackson, Mississippi. I can remember it as if it were yesterday; I can remember all the stories she would tell the class while she sat on the edge of her desk. 2 During this period of my life, I always kept a scowl (愁容) on my face. One day, she told a story about a friend of hers, who also kept a frown on her face. She said that the only time her friend would smile was while she was singing and how pretty she was when she smiled. While she told this story, she was looking directly at me. 3 She didn’t fuss (大惊小怪) like others, she simply told a story.
I also remember going on a field trip and the bus not having enough seats for all the
children. 4 While in the car, we talked about my home life. She told me that she had once lived in Colorado. I remember wanting to share things in my life with her because she always told us about things in hers.
I felt that Ms. Davis was showing me favoritism, giving me rides, talking about my
family. 5 I guess she just had a personal touch that made each one of us feel as if we were her favorite. Thanks a lot, Ms. Davis.
A. Ms. Davis chose me to ride with her.
B. Ms. Davis convinced me that I could run.
C. Her friend had been killed in an accident.
D. The one that stands out the most would be Ms. Davis.
E. From that point on I have been cautious of my expression.
F. There was one particular story I felt she was directing at me.
G. But looking back, she just didn’t do special things for me but for the entire class.
三、完形填空
I was a single parent of four small children, working at a low-paid job. Money was always tight, but we had a 1 over our heads, food on the table, clothes on our backs, and if not a lot, always 2 . Not knowing we were poor, my kids(孩子们) just thought I was
3 . I've always been glad about that.
It was Christmas time, and although there wasn't 4 for a lot of gifts, we planned to celebrate with a family party. But the big 5 for the kids was the fun of Christmas 6 .
They planned weeks ahead of time, asking 7 what they wanted for Christmas. Fortunately, I had saved $120 for 8 to share by all five of us.
The big 9 arrived. I gave each kid a twenty-dollar bill and
10 them to look for gifts of about four dollars each. Then everyone scattered(散开). We had two hours to shop; then we would 11 back at the “Santa's Workshop”.
Driving home, everyone was in high Christmas spirits, 12 my younger daughter, Ginger, who was unusually 13 . She had only one small, flat bag with a few candies—fifty-cent candies! I was so angry, but I didn't say anything 14 we got home. I called her into my bedroom and closed the door, 15 to be angry again. This is what she told me.
“I was looking 16 thinking of what to buy, and I 17 to read the little cards on the ‘Giving Trees.' One was for a little girl, four years old, and all she
18 for Christmas was a doll. So I took the card off the tree and 19 the doll
2019年全国普通高等学校招生统一考试(全国Ⅰ卷) 英语答案 答案速查： 第一部分听力 1–5 BABCA 6–10 CBACC 11–15 BACAB 16–20 ACBAC 第二部分阅读理解 21–25 BDDBA 26–30 ACDCB 31–35 DCABA 36–40 EAGCD 第三部分语言知识运用 41–45 DCCBA 46–50 CDCAB 51–55 DABDA 56–60 CBDAB 61．that 62．poorly 63．of／for 64．to perform 65．have reported 66．belief 67．noting 68．higher 69．the 70．are 第二部分阅读理解 第一节 A 体裁：应用文题材：广告主题：兼职活动 【文章大意】本文介绍了学生在暑期可以兼职的四个项目。 21．B【解析】根据Summer Company中的“Summer Company provides students with hands-on business training and awards of up to $3，000 to start and run their own summer businesses” 可知，这个项目给创业的学生提供高达三千美元的奖金。Summer Company并没有提到在工作前不需要培训，故可排除A项；Summer Company没有提到工作环境，因此可排除C项；对比四个项目可知，这四个项目都是关于暑期工作的信息，Summer Company并没有提供更多的工作信息，因此可排除D项。 22．D【解析】本题问Stewardship Youth Ranger Program要求的参与活动的学生的年龄范围。 根据本部分中的“Who is eligible：Students aged 16 or 17 at time of hire, but not turning 18 before December 31 this year”可知，学生的年龄应该在16–17岁，故选D。选项A 的15–18是Jobs for Youth的年龄要求；选项B的15–24属于Summer Employment Opportunities某些职位对参与者年龄的要求；选项C的15–29是Summer Company对参与者年龄的要求。这三项都不符合题目的要求。 23．D【解析】题干问：哪一个项目对残疾人特别照顾？根据文章的最后一句“Some
江西省安义中学2017-2018学年度上学期高二英语第二次周练试卷 第一节阅读理解 Life is not easy in senior high school. You’ve got the pressure of studies and exams. From time to time, you may feel depressed and frustrated. When depression strikes, you have to take measures to fight it. One of the strangest ways to fight depression is to eat salt, scientists have found. Salt acts as a natural anti—depressant (抗抑郁剂), researchers say. While too much can lead to high blood pressure and heart disease, not enough can cause “psychological(心理的) d epressions”, a study has reported. The study, by researchers at the University of Iowa in the US, discovered that when rats are deficient in salt, they don’t do activities they normally enjoy. The recommended daily salt intake for an adult is four grams, although experts say the body needs only half as much. However, most adults in the developed world consume（消耗）around ten grams a day, mainly because their diets contain high salt amounts. Today, 77 percent of US salt intake comes from processed and restaurant foods, like frozen dinners and fast food. The minerals in salt are required by the body—in small quantities—to help move liquid in and out of cells. But too much can cause diseases, for example high blood pressure. Today scientists are finding that salt is an addictive substance—almost like a drug. One s ign of addiction is using a substance even when it’s known to be harmful. Many people are told to eat less salt due to health concerns, but they have trouble doing so because they like the taste and find low-salt foods tasteless. Humans have a long histor y of eating salt. In the Stone Age, people didn’t need to find salt, because they hunted most of their food, and ate a lot of red meat, which has plenty of salt in it. But when people began to farm, about 10,000 BC, they started to eat mainly grains like rice and wheat, and very little meat. Then they had to find another way to get salt. 1. What does the underlined word "deficient" in the third paragraph mean? A. enough B. far from enough C. more than enough D. plenty 2. The major role of salt is to ____________. A. help the body work well B. help fight against depression C. help people get rid of an addiction to drugs D. help people enjoy sugary substances 3. Which of the following statements is true? A. People have trouble reducing salt because they don't know it is harmful to eat too much of it. B. Before 10,000 BC, human beings did not need salt. C. The richer the country is, the more salt is eaten there. D. Taking more than 4 grams of salt a day can be harmful for an adult's health. 4. What kind of food should people eat more of? A. Frozen food B. Fast food C. Red meat D Low--salt food 第二节：七选五 Everyone knows that the Frenchmen are romantic, the Italians are fashionable and the Germans are serious. Are these just stereotypes(刻板印象) or is there really such a thing as national character? And if there is, can it affect how a nation succeed or fail? At least one group of people is certain that it can. A recent survey of the top 500 entrepreneurs (企业家) in the UK found that 70% felt that their efforts were not appreciated by the British public. Britain is hostile (敌意的) to success, they said. It has a culture of jealousy(嫉妒)．__5__ Jealousy is sometimes known as the “green－eyed monster” and the UK is its home. Scientists at Warwich University in the UK recently tested this idea. They gathered a group of people together and gave each an imaginary amount of money.__6__ Those given a little were given the chance to destroy the large amount of money given to others— but at the cost of losing their own. Two thirds of the people tested agreed to do this. __7__. But there is also opposite evidence. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development recently reported that the UK is now the world's fourth largest economy. That is not bad for people who are supposed to hate success. People in the UK also work longer hours than anyone else in Europe. So the British people are not lazy, either. “It is not really success that the British dislike,” says Carey Cooper, a professor of management at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology. “It’s people using their success in a way that seems proud or unfair or which separates them from their roots.” _8__ They set out to do things in their way. They work long hours. By their own efforts they become millionaires.__9__ It hardly seems worth following their example. If they were more friendly, people would like them more. And more people want to be like them. A. This seems to prove that the entrepreneurs were right to complain. B. The one who owns most money in the end is the winner.
高二英语周练 第一节完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分) 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意。然后从各题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项Nowadays many people enjoy 1 activities—walking, cycling or mountaineering. People often 2 the act of climbing high and difficult mountains to be astonishing. Why are men and women 3 to suffer cold and hardship, and to 4 on high mountains? This astonishment may be caused by the difference between mountaineering and other forms of activities to which men 5 their leisure time. There are no man-made rules, as there are for 6 sports as golf and football. There are, of course, principles of different kinds. It would be dangerous if you 7 them. But it is this freedom from man-made rules 8 makes mountaineering attractive to many people. Those who climb mountains are free to choose their own 9 . If we 10 mountaineering with other more familiar sports, we might think that one big difference is that mountaineering is not a kind of 11 work at all. 12 , it is only our misunderstanding. There are n o “matches” 13 “teams” of climbers, but when climbers are on a rock face linked by a rope which their lives may 14 , there is obviously teamwork. A mountain climber knows that he may have to fight with natural 15 that are stronger and more powerful than man. A mountain climber 16 to improve his skill year after year. A skier has probably passed his best by the age of thirty, and most tennis champions 17 in their early twenties. But it is not 18 for men of fifty or sixty to climb the highest mountains in the Alps. They may take more 19 to do that than younger men, but they probably climb more skillfully and with less effort, and they certainly experience equal 20 . 1. A. physical B. easy C. difficult D. mental 2. A. find B. respect C. treat D. consider 3. A. scared B. willing C. afraid D. suitable 4. A. have a break B. make sense C. take a risk D. lose weight 5. A. give B. hope C. discover D. receive 6. A. so B. various C. different D. such 7. A. applied B. worried C. ignored D. noticed 8. A. which B. that C. how D. why 9. A. methods B. tradition C. styles D. activities 10. A. contact B. relate C. replace D. compare 11. A. pair B. complex C. team D. simple 12. A. Otherwise B. Therefore C. Furthermore D. However 13. A. between B. within C. from D. beyond 14. A. keep on B. go on C. depend on D. focus on 15. A. storms B. forces C. energies D. strengths 16. A. tries B. wants C. continues D. decides 17. A. will be B. are C. appear D. is 18. A. unusual B. normal C. common D. frequent 19. A. gifts B. means C. brains D. time 20. A. astonishment B. ambition C. concern D. enjoyment 第二部分阅读理解阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A, B, C, D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。(共20小题, 每小题2分, 满分40分) A
福建省福州市高二英语上学期期末考试试题 （完卷时间：120分钟，总分：150分） 第Ⅰ卷 第一部分听力（共两节，满分 30 分） 做题时，现将答案标在试卷上，录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。第一节（共 5 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 7.5 分） 听下面 5 段对话，每段对话后有一个小题。从题中所给的 A,B,C 三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有 10 秒钟的时间回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。 1. What gift will the woman probably get for Mary? A. A schoolbag. B. A CD. C. A movie ticet. 2. What is the man doing? A. Watching TV. B. Enjoying a party. C. Looing for his clothes. 3. What does the man mainly do in his spare time? A. He plays sports. B. He plays the piano. C. He learns a language. 4. Which flavor is the most popular? A. Strawberry. B. Chocolate. C. Lemon. 5. What are the speaers taling about? A. A movie they just saw. B. A favorite actor. C. Weeend plans. 第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分） 听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A,B,C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。 6. What is the relationship between the speaers? A. Former classmates. B. Teacher and student. C. Old teammates. 7. What is the woman more interested in now? A. Playing tennis. B. Playing the piano. C. Playing basetball. 听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。 8. What caused the woman’s problem?
绝密★启用前 2019年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试(全国卷I) 英语 注意事项： 1.答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。 2.回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。 3.考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。 第一部分听力(共两节，满分30分) 做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。 第一节 (共5小题;每小题1.5分，满分7.5分) 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
例：How much is the shirt? A. ￡19.15. B. B. ￡9.18. C. C. ￡9.15. 答案是C。 1.Where does this conversation take place? A. In a classroom. B. In a hospital. C.In a museum. 2.What does Jack want to do? A. Take fitness classes. B. Buy a pair of gym shoes. C. Change his work schedule. 3.What are the speakers talking about? A. What to drink.
丰城中学xx学年下学期高二英语周练试卷 2021年高二下学期英语周练试卷（尖子班重点班5.25）含答案 一、完形填空（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分） Before my year abroad, everyone advised me to say “yes” to everything. They weren’t 1 . However, here in Germany, “I don’t mind” doesn’t seem to be an acceptable 2 . Neither does “I’ll do whatever you want to do” nor “Really, either way is fine by me”. It really is 3 yes or no. Despite having a huge smile on your face, most Germans will look at you 4 you’re unable to make a 5 , which of course isn’t true; we’re just bei ng really typically British. My first encounter (遭遇) of this was when I 6 the hotel for my first two nights in Germany. The 7 asked when I would like my breakfast in the morning. Being typically British, I replied saying whenever was 8 for her. She gave me a(n) 9 look and asked again. “No, when do you want to have 10 ? Er, OK ... err .... 8 am?” she smiled and I 11 quickly, “Only if that is12 for you though.” I knew about the British stereotype (模式化的形象) of 13 before I came abroad. However, I didn’t 14 how much truth there was to it until
2019-2020学年度第一学期高二英语周练试卷 第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分） 第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 A Well, parents, surprise! Lots of us are using Twitter and Facebook to find rides, and not just to school. It’s awkward to call a friend and ask for a ride, and half the time they’ll say, “Sorry, my car is full.” But with Twitter, you just tweet #Ashleys Pool Party and look for other people heading the same way. It may sound risky, but many teens stay within their own social circles to find rides, and don’t branch out beyond friends when asking on Twitter. For me, I only rideshare with people I know, but to some young people, especially those taking longer trips, stranger danger is less of a concern. The sharing economy got big during the recession（经济衰退）. It allows people to access more goods and services using technology, while also allowing them to share cost. And that technology, for me, is what the car was for my mom, a gateway to more freedom. According to the researchers at the University of Michigan, 30 years ago, eight in ten American 18-year-olds had a driver’s license. Today it’s six in ten. So it’s not that surprising that on my 16th birthday I wasn’t rushing to get a license. All I wanted was an iPhone. Juliet Schor (Sociology professor at Boston College) knows people of my age love being connected and for young people driving means they have to disconnect from their technology, and that’s a negative. So if they could sit in the passenger side and still be connected, that’s going to be a plus. To me, another plus is ridesharing represents something more than trying to save money. I see it as evidence that people still depend on each other. My generation shares their cars and apartments the way neighbors used to share cups of sugar. For the system to work, some of us still need our own cars. But until I get my own version of the silver Super Beetle, you can find me on Twitter. 21 The writer usually rideshares with _____. A. anyone heading the same way B. people he knows
试卷类型：A 2019-2020年高二上学期期末统考英语试题含答案本试卷分第1卷（选择题）和第ll卷（非选择题）两部分二第1卷l至10页。第II卷1 l 至12页。 第1卷（共100分） 注意事项： 1. 答第1卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号、考试科目涂写在答题卡上。 2. 每小题选出答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。不能答在试卷上。 第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分） 做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。 第一节（共5个小题，每小题1.5分，满分7.5分） 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一道小题，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置，听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。 1. What are they talking about? A. Driving in England. B. How to drive a car. C. When to drive a car in England. 2. What does the woman mean? A. Marv is il1. B. Mary thinks well of the concert. C. She has no chance to talk to Mary. 3. Does Jane know Arid Brown? A. She doesn't know him. B. She knows something about him. C. She kuows him very Well. 4. Whatcan we learn from the conversation? A. They are neighbors. B. Thev are classmates. C. They are not from the same country. 5. Where cloes the conversation probaly take place? A. In a clothing store. B. At the woman's home. C. In the sitting room. 第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分） 听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白渎两遍。
2019年高考英语试题及答案（全国1卷） 2019年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试英语 本试卷分第一卷（选择题）和第二卷（非选择题）两部分。 考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。 第一卷 注意事项： 1. 答第一卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在本试卷和答题卡相对应的位置上。 2. 选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对于题目的答案标 号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。不能答在本试卷上，否则无效。 第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分） 做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两 分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。 听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回来有关小题和 阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。 例：How much is the shirt? A. ￡19.15. B. ￡9.15 C. ￡9.18. 答案是B。 1. What does the man like about the play?
A.The story. B.The ending. C.The actor. 2.Which place are the speakers trying to find? A.A hotel. B.A bank. C.A restaurant. 3.At what time will the two speakers meet? A. 5:20 B. 5:10 C.4:40 4.what will the man do ? A.Change the plan B.Wait for a phone call C.Sort things out 5.What does the woman want to do ? A.See a film with the man. B. Offer the man some help C.Listen to some great music. 第二节（共15小题：每小题 1.5分，满分22.5分） 请听下面5段对话。每段对话后有几个小题，从题中所给出 的A、B、C三个选项种选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应 位置。听每段对话前，你将有时间阅读各个小题。，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话读 两遍。 听第6段材料，回答6、7题。 6.Where is Ben？ A. In the kitchen. B. At school. C. In the park. 7.What will the children in the afternoon? A. Help set the table. B. Have a party. C. Do their homework. 听第7段材料，回答第8、9题
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novels, plays, travel books, and so on. And in reading books of this kind the important thing is to get on with the reading; to try to grasp (领会) __50__ the writer is going to tell you in the book as a whole (整体而言). This is __51__ if you stop and think over the meaning of every single word which happens to be unfamiliar (不熟悉). You can not enjoy a story if you stop lots of times on every page for __52__ words in the dictionary. You may even prevent __53__ from understanding the story as a whole by doing this. V. Complete the following sentence as required. 64. Tell Jerry the news when you see him, please. （否定句） Please ______ ______ Jerry the news when you see him. 65. I was born on June 4, 1992. （对划线部分提问） ______ ______ you born? 66. The detective discovered some important clues for the case. （改为被动语态） Some important clues for the case ______ ______ by the detective. 67. The poor child was so lucky that she received many books from the charity. (改为简单句) The poor child was ______ ______ to receive many books from the charity. 68. To stop wild animals getting close to us, we lit a fire in the forest. (保持句意不变) To ______ ______ wild animals, we lit a fire in the forest. 69. Did they forget to turn off the lights before leaving? I don’t know.(改为宾语从句) I don’t know ______ they ______ to turn off the lights before leaving. 70. Brush your teeth at least twice every day. （改为反义疑问句）
山西省××市和诚高中2018-2019学年高二英语上学期周练8 时间：60分钟总分100分出题人： 2018年10月21日 一、完形填空（每题2分，共40分） A cactus(仙人掌)stood all alone in the desert, wondering why it was stuck in the middle of nowhere． “I do nothing but 1 here all day,” it sighed．“What 2 am I ? I'm the ugliest plant in the desert. I can't 3 any passing traveler with shade or juicy fruit．I don't see what I can do 4 ．”All it did was stand in the sun day after day, growing taller and fatter．Its spines grew longer and its leaves tougher…It truly was st range-looking． “I wish I could do something useful,” it 5 ．By day, eagles circled high overhead．“What can I do with my life?” the cactus called．Whether they heard or not, the eagles sailed 6 ． At night, the moon floated into the sky and 7 its pale light on the desert．“What good can I do with my life?” the cactus called．The moon only stared coldly as it went on its way． A lizard（蜥蜴）moved by, 8 a little trail （痕迹）in the sand with its tail．“What worthy thing can I do?” the cactus called．“You?” the lizard laughed, pausing a moment．“Worthy deed? Why, you can't do 9 ! You do nothing but get uglier every day．” And so it 10 year after year．At last the cactus grew 11 , and it knew its time was short．“Oh, God” it cried out, “I've 12 so long, and I've tried so hard． 13 me if I've failed to find something worthy to do．I am afraid that now it is too 14 .” But just then the cactus felt a strange stirring and unfolding．A flow of joy drove away all 15 . At its very tip, like a sudden crown, a beautiful 16 suddenly opened. 17 had the desert known such a blossom. Its fragrance went through the air far and wide and brought 18 to all passing by． In the desert, a voice was sounding．“You have waited long, and the heart which seeks（寻求）to do good will always bring something 19 to the world, something for which all can be happy ---- 20 for only a moment.” 1. A. lie B. sit C. sleep D. stand 2. A. good B. advantage C. use D. help 3. A. provide B. lend C. offer D. make 4. A. after all B. at last C. at all D. in all 5. A. smiled B. stated C. announced D. sighed 6. A. away B. out C. up D. down 7. A. turned B. threw C. lit D. burnt 8. A. sweeping B. running C. leaving D. passing 9. A. anything B. nothing C. something D. everything