1、活页练(十)单项填空1Have you had a(n) _ to your letter?NoI checked the mailbox almost every hourAanswer BresultCsettlement Dsolution2How do you find yesterdays performances?I sat through all performances but _of them was any goodAnone Bneither Cboth Deach3Father _ goes to the gym with us although he dislikes
2、 going there(2010湖南，22)Ahardly BseldomCsometimes Dnever4Was it _ it snowed last night _ he didnt come?Abecause；when Bwhy；thatCthat；because Dbecause；that5He seems to be quite _ about the economic development of China，saying that the worst time is overAoptimistic BgratefulCconfused Dconsiderate6We _on
3、 this project for four hoursLets have a restAare working Bhave been workingCworked Dhad worked7I cant stand himHe always talks as if he _ everythingAknew BknowsChas known Dhad known8Chile has experienced _ number of big quakes over its history，including _ most powerful one in the world that occurred
4、 in May 1960A/；a Bthe；a Cthe；the Da；the9Ive passed the driving test!_AWell done! BIm afraid notCThat will do! DIm glad to help10How much one enjoys himself travelling depends largely on _ he goes with，whether his friends or relativesAwhat Bwho Chow Dwhy11Children who are not active or _ diet is high
5、 in fat will gain weight quicklyAwhat Bwhose Cwhich Dthat12What impresses me most is _ he appears in front of others，he wears a sincere and charming smileAwhen BthatCwhere Dthat whenever13_ the meeting room，he found all the parents already _ thereATo enter；sitting BEntering；to seatCEntered；seat DEnt
6、ering；seated14After decades of effort，the city is still trying to _ how to ban smoking in public placesAlook through Bget throughCfigure out Dtake out15I found I could easily make myself _ by using sign languageAunderstood BunderstandCto understand Dbeing understood完形填空My first memories of acts of k
7、indness are from when I was about 12 years oldFrom then on I always _1_ at home and with friendsThat winter I noticed that many _2_ people had difficulty getting to the _3_ store after a snowstormSo I started to spend part of a _4_ Saturday knocking at apartment doors to ask if anyone needed _5_ fro
8、m the storeThe grocery store was down a huge hill and I would bring _6_ a couple of bags of groceries for themI liked it and it made them so _7_It started with _8_ alone and then the number grewA short time later，my _9_ in the building asked what I was doing and a couple of them _10_ and it became a
9、 routineI _11_ asked for or took money for itSometimes the ladies _12_ slip the change in my pocketI would just buy something the next time to give to them，_13_ flowers or a cardI did this every _14_ up to when I left to go to collegeWhen I was away at _15_，many people asked my mom how I was doingTh
10、rough those conversations she _16_ what I used to doI had never told herNow，Im a teacher and teaching my students the art of true _17_：Everyone in the world needs help，and everyone can also _18_ helpThe image of those old peoples happiness caused by my _19_ of goodwill appears in my mind every time
11、I have the chance to do something _20_This is the power of charity1Alook around Brun aboutChelp out Dact up2Alazy ByoungCelderly Ddisabled3Agrocery BclothesCfood Dmedicine4Asunny BcloudyCrainy Dsnowy5Aanything BnothingCall Dfew6Aforwards BbackwardsCback Dout7Asurprised BinterestedCashamed Dhappy8Amy
12、self BmeCthemselves Dthem9Aclassmates BstudentsCrelatives Dfriends10Agave up Bjoined inCpaid up Dturned away11Asometimes BnotCneither Dnever12Awould BshouldCcould Ddared13Alike Bas Cby Dfor14Aday Bweek Cmonth Dwinter15Aschool Bcollege Cleisure Dwork16Arecognized BfollowedClearned Dproved17Afriendshi
13、p BusefulnessCsuccess Dkindness18Aoffer BownCaccept Dreward19Aacts Bwords Cthought Dtest20Aunusual BsuccessfulChard Dnice阅读理解The amount of water in the world is finite (有限的)The number of people is growing fast and water use is growing even fasterGlobal water consumption rose six times between 1900 a
14、nd 1995more than double the rate of population growthAs important as quantity is qualitywith pollution increasing in some areas，the amount of usable water declinesAnd the wider effects of water shortages are just as frightening as the prospect of having too little to drinkSeventy percent of the wate
15、r used worldwide is used for agricultureMuch more will be needed if we are to feed the worlds growing populationAnd consumption will rise further as more people expect Westernstyle lifestyles and dietsone kilogram of grainfed beef needs at least 15m3 of water，while a kilo of cereals (谷物) needs only
16、up to 3m3New technology can help，however，especially by cleaning up pollution and so making more water usable，and in agriculture，where water use can be made far more efficientDroughtresistant (抗旱的) plants can also helpThe optimists say “virtual water” may save the daythe water contained in crops whic
17、h can be exported from waterrich countries to dry onesBut the amounts involved would be huge，and the energy needed to transport the water would be enormousIn any case，it is not just us who need water，but every other species that shares the planet with usWe have to rethink how much water we really ne
18、ed if we are to learn how to share the earths supplyWhile dams and other largescale schemes play a big role worldwide，there is also a growing recognition of the value of using the water we already have more efficiently rather than harvesting ever more from our riversFor millions of people around the
19、 world，getting it right is a matter of life and death1Which of the following statements on water consumption is NOT true?AAgriculture consumes more than half of the water used in the worldBThe growing population worsens the water shortage situationCLifestyles play an important role in water consumpt
20、ionDThe Western way of agriculture uses more water than the Asian way2“Virtual water” refers to “the water that _”Ais hidden in cropsBis saved in agricultureCcan be transportedDcan be reused with the aid of the Internet3In the last paragraph，the author mainly _Acriticizes big projects such as damsBc
21、riticizes the use of river waterCcalls for the protection of other speciesDcalls for the more efficient use of water4Whats the main idea of the passage?AWater is mainly wasted in agricultureBWater pollution is threatening our healthCShortage of water is a very serious problemDPopulation growing influences water use答案1A2A3C4D5A6B7A8D9A10B11B12D13D14C15A1C2C3A4D5A6C7D8A9D10B11D12A 13A14D15B16C17D18A19A20D1D2A3D4C
