江西省樟树市2016-2017学年高二英语下学期周练试题（1）（一部）
第一节、阅读理解（共10个小题；每小题2分，满分20分）
Right in front of the Minneapolis Central Library, a row of green bikes sits parked in a special stand. Each bike is designed with the logo " Nice Ride"-the name of the city's bike-share program.
Nice Ride bikes are a lot like the library books that people come here to borrow. To rent a bike ,you simply use your membership card at a Nice Ride bike station. Members can rent one of l,200 bikes from 138 stations throughout Minnesota's largest city. People use the Nice Ride bikes to go to work, to go out on business ,or just to enjoy the city's many bike paths.
The rise of bike-share programs like Nice Ride is encouraging more people than ever to choose biking over driving. Rising gas prices and concerns about the environment have also gotten people to dust off their bike helmets ,pump air into flat tires ,and hit the road.
Why ride? Not only is biking good exercise but switching from a car to a bike also reduces the amount of pollution in the air. Carbon dioxide , a greenhouse gas linked to climate change , is one of the many polluting substances that come out of a car's tail pipe.
Bike-share systems are found around the world in cities like London, Paris, Barcelona, and Melbourn , Australia. The largest program-with 70,000 bikes-is in Wuhan, China.
To make roads friendlier to non-motorists, the U. S. Department of Transportation has invested more than a billion dollars in cycling and pedestrian projects in recent years. The money went toward building thousands of miles of on-street bike lanes and pedestrian- only passages called green ways.
1. If one wants to use the bike ,it's a must to _____.
A. give away a bicycle
B. know Nice Ride well
C. pay the cost in advance
D. get a membership card
2. Which of the following can people do with the bikes?
A. Earn a living.
B. Enjoy bikeways.
C. Compete in a race.
D. Rent them out to others.
3. Paragraph 4 is mainly about ______ .
A. benefits of biking
B.
pollution caused by cars
C. methods to use the bikes
D. ways to reduce pollution
4. Which of the following is true of Nice Ride?
A. It will take the place of taxi companies.
B. China has better public bike systems.
C. It attracts more people to choose biking.
D. The government lacks money to support it.
5. The author's purpose in writing this text is to ______.
A. raise money for bike-share programs
B. seek advice for Nice Ride
C. compare Nice Ride with libraries
D. introduce the public bike system
B
My friend Robert started a new job this week and he's been in the training class for two days. The employer has a very strict dressing code-dark blue shirts and pants.
On the first day, an older gentleman in his class did not have the proper clothes and he was strictly told that he would be fired if he didn't have the right clothes the next day. He explained, "Sir, I had been told about this, but because of my larger size, it's sometimes difficult to find the right clothing for a price I can afford."
Last night, Robert and I decided that this old man shouldn't lose the chance of work simply because he couldn't afford the clothes. I had some cash on hand and Robert took it with him this morning just in case it was needed.
When training started this morning, the trainer was ready to fire the older gentleman. "You have 10 minutes to be in proper clothes," he was told. At this point, Robert spoke up and asked if he could have 10 minutes to get him the clothes. He then ran out to the store and bought the proper-sized pants and a shirt; he returned with both and gave them to the older man.
The older gentleman began to cry and told him that he couldn't accept such a gift from a stranger. Robert told him he had to because he had lost the receipt(收据) and couldn't return them---a little white lie. The pants were a perfect fit, the shirt was a bit tight but he was able to keep his job.
"My wife and I tried to gather together some money last night, but we didn't have enough to buy the clothes," he told Robert. "It's unbelievable to me that a person would do such a thing for only knowing me a day!"
More unbelievable is how good it has made Robert and me feel to do this.
6. If the older man did not have the proper clothes, he would _____.
A. be punished
B. be offered another job
C. put off the training class
D.
lose his job
7. The money which was spent buying the clothes belonged to _____.
A. the trainer's
B. the older man's
C. the writer's
D. Robert's
8. How did Robert persuade the older man to accept the clothes?
A. He told the older man that he would lose his job if he didn’t take them.
B. He told a lie that the clothes didn't fit himself.
C. He told the older gentleman that he could save money and return it later.
D. He told the older gentleman that he had no way to send them back.
9. Why didn’t the older gentleman wear the right clothes as required b y the trainer?
A. He didn’t care about the job opportunity.
B. He was too fat to find the right size for himself
C. He didn’t have enough money to buy proper clothes
D. He hadn’t been told about it
10. What might be the best title for the passage?
A. Proper Clothes for a Stranger
B. Fight Against Strict Rules
C. A Strange Employer
D. The Importance of Dressing
第二节．“七选五”型阅读（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
Based on a study in 40 countries over 23 years, a group of researchers found that if the basic needs are covered, wealth does not lead to more happiness. They explained that with an increasing income, demands and expectations are rising as well.
In Germany, for example, real income rose from 20, 000 euros in the 1980s to today's 34,000 euros, without an exact rise on happiness. My mother was born in the 1950s. She worked in a factory for more than 20 years without annual holidays for an income of 1, 500 yuan per month. 11 It’s unthinkable today for most of the young people in China. Even if wealth is rising in China, it doesn’t necessarily mean you will be happier. So what can we do to contribute to our happiness?
Set meaningful goals for yourself. Take a good long look at your life, your values, and the person you want to be. Set goals that are meaningful to you. 12 Face the world around you openly with a smile and in a good mood. A great way to train your brain to be happier is to actively acknowledge the beauty of small moments and turn them into memorable “experiences.” Notice a gorgeous sunny day or a compliment from
a friend, then take a photo, write a journal or Facebook entry or make a short video.
13 Researchers compared people who had the same number of close friends and found those who had similar interests were more satisfied with their lives.
Stay close to family. We live in a mobile society, where people follow jobs around the country and sometimes around the world. Why is it so? 14 But in fact our relationships with family members have a far greater impact on happiness.
Look for the positive in all your experiences. It works like an echo：you get back what you send. 15 There’s always something we can worry about, but with the positive attitude “I will make it” you have made the first step.
A. But she felt happy and contented.
B. Make friends with those who share similar interests.
C. We should smile to friends who are ready to help others.
D. It isn’t important for people to do things in a positive way.
E. We do this because we think salary increases make us happier.
F. To be positive can help you experience more positive things.
G. Research suggests you’re more likely to achieve these goals and feel happier having done so.
第三节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
Some tough but useful lessons we face are from our failures. Here I’ll 16 with you one of my experience.
In 1990,I became certified（授予证书）as a Level I ski 17 by the Canadian Ski Instructors Alliance. I always 18 to achieve a higher level, which is more 19 .So I decided to take the certification course. 20 it was a tough five-day program with both on snow and indoor lessons and the conductors constantly 21 us about what we performed, it turned out the most 22 one I had ever taken and the conductors. Once the course started,I found that my ski technique on the slopes（斜坡）was not up to the 23 .My