1、山西重点中学协作体高二下学期暑假英语作业5一、单项选择题1、Linda Grayson said: There is nothing better than a friend,_ it is a friend with chocolate.”A. unless B. none C. if D. but 2、Poems on Army Life(从军行)：We _come back till we destroy the hostile State.A. cant B. wont C. Shouldnt D. must3、Are you still thinking about yesterda
2、ys game?Oh, that is _.A. what makes me feel excited B. whatever I feel excited aboutC. how I feel about it D. when I feel excited4、Home is _ somebody notices when you are no longer there. A. that B. when C. how D. where5、It cost the lady much to have broken the law. I wonder why she stole things _ s
3、he could easily afford them.A. in case B. so that C. when D. unless6、The machine, primitive and old-fashioned _ it looks, works in every kind of weather, even on snowy or rainy days. A. as if B. as C. even though D. while二、阅读理解7、任务型阅读Just get on with it!Do you ever have ataskyou need to complete but
4、 however urgent it may be, you just dont get on and do it? From doing the housework to writing an assignment, theres always something I canput offuntil tomorrow.Being aprocrastinatoris quite easy. There are so many other more interestingdistractionssuch as watching funny cat videos on the internet o
5、r catching up with friends on social media! But Benjamin Franklin, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, once wisely said that: You may delay, but time will not, in other words, the time we waste now is gone forever so maybe I shouldpull my socks upand get on with what I should be doing.
6、The reason why many of us delay doing something is that welive for the presentnot the future. We arereluctanttoengagein tasks that relate to the future sorting something out now that will benefit us in the future doesnt seem like apriority. Daphna Oyserman, Professor of Psychology at the University
7、of Southern California, says that many things that are quite important about the future require that we start doing things now rather than waiting for later to happen . waiting till later means that we wont have much time. So get on with it now rather than have alast-minutepanic later!But its hardto
8、 musterany enthusiasm when there are tedious chores to be done, so how can I control my lack of focus andknuckle downto what really needs to be done? One idea istemptation bundling doing two activities together one that is boring but essential and one that you enjoy but isnt soproductive. Planning i
9、s essential too and we should neverunderestimatehow long things will take us. However, Dr Catherine Loveday from Westminster University warns us about a planningfallacy thinking we can get something done quickly. She says We never seem to get any better at judging time in the future and how long thi
10、ngs will take us.Maybe for now, Ill make a cup of tea, andponderon these thoughts before Icrack onwith some important tasks anyway, theres always tomorrow.阅读前：词汇表：补充空缺处task 任务_延后，拖延procrastinator _distraction分心的事，分散注意力的东西pull my socks up _活在当下reluctant勉强的，不情愿的_参与priority 优先考虑的事情，重要的事情last-minute 最后一
11、刻的muster激起（某种感情）knuckle down _temptation bundling 诱惑捆绑_有效率的underestimate 低估fallacy谬论，谬见ponder_ to crack on赶快加速继续（工作）测验与练习1. 听音频，阅读课文并回答问题。1. Is this true or false?A procrastinator is someone who wontdelay things that must be done.2. Why do many people tend to live for the present not the future?3. W
12、hat word used in the article describes an excited feeling of being very interested in something?4. According to Dr Catherine Loveday, how good are we at judging how long things take to complete?5. What thing mentioned in the article will not stop or wait for anyone?2. 请你在不参考课文的情况下完成下列练习。选择一个意思合适的单词填
13、入句子的空格处。1. I was _ to go to Greece for my holiday because of the heat, but once I got there, I loved it.distracted reluctant put off productive2. I had to do some _ Christmas shopping because Id forgotten to buy my mother a present!last-hour less-minute last-minute last-minutes3. I cant go to the mo
14、vies tonight, Ive got to make studying for my exams a _.priority productive fallacy procrastinator4. Ive got to _ and get on with tax return otherwise Ill get a big fine.knockdown knuckle it knee cap knuckle down5. I think she _ how much work there was to do it took her weeks to decorate her house.u
15、nderstated underwear underestimated underestimates8、七选五阅读Recently some American scientists have given a useful piece of advice to people in industrialized nationsThey say people should eat more of the same kind of food eaten by humans living more than 10,000 years ago_1_ The scientists say that the
16、human life has changed greatlyOur bodies have not been able to deal with these changes in lifestyle and this had led to new kinds of sicknesses_2_ So they are called diseases of civilizationMany cancers and diseases of the blood system are examples of such diseases. Scientists noted that people in b
17、oth the Old Stone Age and the New Stone Age enjoyed very little alcohol or tobacco, probably none_3_ However, a change in food is one of the main differences between life in ancient times and that of today. Stone Age people hunted wild animals for their meat, which had much less fat than domestic on
18、esThey ate a lot of fresh wild vegetables and fruitsThey did not have milk or any other dairy products, and they made very little use of grains_4_ We eat six times more salt, sugar and fat than our ancestors without using our bodies more_5_ But scientists say that we would be much healthier if we ea
19、t much the same way the ancient people d id, cutting the amount of fatty, salty and sweet food.AStone Age people lived a simple life.BBut today, we enjoy having a lot of these.CIn that case, they would live much healthier.DAncient people also got lots of physical exercise.EThese new sicknesses were
20、not known in ancient times.FPeople today probably dont want to live like our ancestors.GModern people used to suffer from diseases of civilization.作业5答案1-6ABADCB 8、CEBDF7/阅读前：词汇表：补充空缺处task 任务put off 延后，拖延procrastinator 托拉的人distraction分心的事，分散注意力的东西pull my socks up 努力加油干，加把劲儿live for the present 活在当下r
21、eluctant勉强的，不情愿的engage 参与priority 优先考虑的事情，重要的事情last-minute 最后一刻的muster激起（某种感情）knuckle down 开始努力工作temptation bundling 诱惑捆绑（把一件需要做但枯燥的事情和一件有趣的事情连在一起做，合二为一）productive 有效率的underestimate 低估fallacy谬论，谬见ponder沉思，考虑to crack on赶快加速继续（工作）1. 阅读课文并回答问题。1. Is this true or false?A procrastinator is someone who wo
22、nt delay things that must be done.False: A procrastinator is someone who keeps delaying things that must be done.2. Why do many people tend to live for the present and not plan for the future?The future doesnt seem like a priority.3. What word used in the article describes an excited feeling of bein
23、g very interested in something?Enthusiasm4. According to Dr Catherine Loveday, how good are we at judging how long things take to complete?Not very good. She said We never seem to get any better at judging time in the future and how long things will take us.5. What thing mentioned in the article wil
24、l not stop or wait for anyone? Time.2. 请你在不参考课文的情况下完成下列练习。选择一个意思合适的单词填入句子的空格处。1. I wasreluctantto go to Greece for my holiday because of the heat but once I got there, I loved it.2. I had to do somelast-minuteChristmas shopping because Id forgotten to buy my mother a present!3. I cant go to the movies tonight, Ive got to make studying for my exams apriority.4. Ive got toknuckle downand get on with tax return otherwise Ill get a big fine.5. I think sheunderestimatedhow much work there was to do it took her weeks to decorate her house.
