1、 高三英语周练六十六.语法填空阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(不多于3个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。M：Can you get a babysitter for tonight?W：I dont know. Why?M：Well, I _1_(think) we could go out for dinner and go to a movie afterwards.W：I _2_(call) Susan and see if she has time.M：Who is Susan?W：She lives next _3_ to us. She is a university stud
2、ent.M：Do you think she _4_(agree)?W：Well, we harent asked her yet. She once mentioned that she didnt like to sit during the weekend.M：But today is the weekend.W：Thats _5_ I say she may be able to come.M：All right. Do that, and _6_ call me at the office if you have any luck.W：Okay, _7_ dont get your
3、hopes too high. Its hard to find _8_ good babysitter these days. When do you expect her _9_(come)?M：Will six oclock be too early?W：No. She needs a while to get _10_ with our baby.完形填空体裁：记叙文话题：友好相处词数：260难度：建议用时：15分钟To celebrate the end of our exams，my friends and I went to a fast food restaurant.We _
4、1_ hamburgers and Coca Cola at the counter.When our _2_ came，I started walking towards an empty table.By bad luck，my purse strap(带子) got _3_ on a chair and the tray(托盘) that I was holding slipped _4_ my hands and went flying in the air.The tray，and its contents，_5_ on a man who was just about to _6_
5、 a bite of his sandwich.I stared，greatly _7_，as the drinks soaked(浸湿) his white shirt.Then I_8_ my eyes and prepared myself for his burst of _9_.Instead，he said “Its OK” to _10_ me before he disappeared into the washroom.Still shaky and unsure _11_ to do next，my friends and I went to a table and sat
6、 there，trying our best to look _12_.A moment later，the man came out of the washroom and _13_ our table.My heart almost stopped _14_.I thought he was going to ask for my father s _15_ and call him.To my surprise，he merely smiled at us，handed us some cash and said，“_16_ yourself new hamburgers.” He th
7、en walked _17_without even finishing his food.He could have made what was already an uncomfortable situation worse，_18_ he chose a different way and gave us a reason to believe that there is still _19_ in this world.Ill never _20_ his actions.【解题导语】文章叙述了发生在快餐店里的一件小事，使“我”感受到在我们生活的世界里仁慈友好的行为一直存在于我们之中。
8、1A.ordered Bmade Carranged Ddemanded2A.food Bturn Cbill Dmenu3A.fixed Bcaught Ccut Dtied4A.by Bin Cfrom Dout5A.knocked Bfell Cstood Dhung6A.take Btaste Cswallow Dchew7A.discouraged Bdisappointed Cshocked Dannoyed8A.rolled Brubbed Cnarrowed Dclosed9A.bitterness Banxiety Canger Dsorrow10A.satisfy Bcom
9、fort Cencourage Dpraise11A.how Bwho Cwhat Dwhich12A.mild Bhonest Ccalm Dmodest13A.pushed Bapproached Cdrew Dlaid14A.beating Bbreaking Csinking Dtrembling15A.help Bposition Cnumber Djob16A.Prepare BBuy CFind DCook17A.on Baround Cup Daway18A.so Bsince Calthough Dbut19A.kindness Bhappiness Cpoliteness
10、Dbrightness20A.forget Brefuse Coppose Dignore.阅读理解A体裁：说明文话题：产品介绍词数：332难度：建议用时：7分钟Theres an old dream shared by artificial intelligence researchers：a method that can create perfect translation of any text，in any language，at the press of a button.And then there is todays automated translation technolo
11、gy.Services like Google Translate can provide the main idea of a passage of a text.Computers learn to translate by searching for correlations in texts that have been translated by humans.But if youre a newspaper publisher seeking foreign readers or an expert wanting to educate speakers of another la
12、nguage，human translation remains the only option.Martin Benjamin wants to change that.His attempt is called Kamusi and its a multilingual dictionary that contains all the worlds languages.Unlike other online dictionaries, Kamusi is built around concepts as well as words.So the word“spring”， for inst
13、ance，is linked to several concepts，including the season that comes before summer and a sudden upward or forward motion.This structure could solve one of the biggest challenges for machine translation.Asked to translate “spring in her step” into French，for example，Google chooses printempsthe seasonfo
14、r “spring”The inability of computers to deal with homonymswords that are spelled the same but have different meaningsis one reason why machine translations are often so misrepresented.Kamusi avoids this problem by recognizing that “spring” is associated with multiple concepts and prompting the user
15、to say which is relevant.Kamusi has come this far by relying on volunteers and money from the US National Endowment for the Humanities.Benjamin thinks that speakers of minority languages will be motivated to add more terms for free，since they will gain the ability to translate their language into th
16、ose that are already represented in the dictionary.Benjamin is also trying to get some topdown support：companies that do business in Africa，a continent that is poorly served by existing dictionaries，for instance，might be motivated to pay for large numbers of local words to be added to Kamusi.1By usi
17、ng automated translation technology，we can_.Aknow the general meaning of a textBread a newspaper published in another languageCeducate speakers of another languageDdistinguish different concepts of a word2Which is the biggest challenge for machine translation according to the passage?ALearners cant
18、learn a language through it.BIt cant offer completely right translation.CIt cant deal with homonyms.DUsers cant search the proper meaning of a word.3The advantage of Kamusi is that_.Ait is mainly based on concepts of wordsBit focuses on the origin of wordsCit can recognize the proper meaning of a wo
19、rdDit has enough words and terms needed4Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?AKamusi can translate some of the worlds languages.BThe word “spring”has more than one meaning.CKamusi cant be used by newspaper publishers who seek foreign readers.DIn Africa，there are a variety of langu
20、ages as well as dictionaries.B体裁：说明文话题：科学发现词数：365难度：建议用时：7分钟Scientists may have discovered the worlds oldest dinosaurnot buried under the earth，but sitting on a shelf.A team led by Sterling Nesbitt found the beasts bones in the Natural History Museum in London.They decided to take a second look at t
21、hese forgotten fossils，which consist of six vertebrae(椎骨)and an upper arm bone.The scientists studied minerals from the earth where the bones were discovered and compared them with rocks from around the globe.They found that the bones were from the Middle Triassic period,10 million to 15 million yea
22、rs before the oldest known dinosaurs were thought to have existed.The upper arm fossil had traits(特点)seen in dinosaurs and their closest relatives.The shape of the arm bone also matched that of early dinosaurs.Nesbitts team concluded that the specimen was most likely a new species of dinosaur, which
23、 they called Nyasasaurus parringtoni.This species was about the size of a large dog.It had a long tail and stood upright on two legs.The newly discovered species proves that the earliest dinosaurs lived in the southern hemisphere.These dinosaurs probably developed alongside several other reptile spe
24、cies before finally taking their place as the dominant life forms on Earth.The fossilized bones were first found near Lake Nyasa in Tanzania by FRex Parrington.Parrington gave the bones to his student Alan Charig.Charig studied the fossils for 40 years.He named the unknown species Nyasasaurus，or “Ny
25、asa lizard”Charig believed the bones were either from the earliest dinosaur or from a very close relative.Others didnt agree with him，so he never published his findings.The fossilized bones were tucked_away in a storeroom at the Natural History Museum，where Nesbitt and his team recently found them.“
26、Whats really neat about this specimen is that it has a lot of history，”Nesbitt said.“Found in the 30s，first described in the 1950s but never published，then its name pops up but is never validated(证实)Now 80 years later，were putting it all together.”Nesbitts team is now planning to do further research
27、 on Nyasasaurus parringtonithis time in the field，not in a storeroom!5What do we know about the species of dinosaur“Nyasasaurus parringtoni”？AIt was as big as a large dog.BIt could stand on two of its legs.CIt lived 10 million to 15 million years ago.DIt had a long neck in its early time.6Nesbitt ju
28、dged the fossils in the museum depending on_.Athe rocks from Lake NyasaBthe minerals in the earthCthe length of the tailDthe weight of the upper arm bone7Why didnt Charig publish his findings?ABecause they werent discovered by himself.BBecause he was afraid of being laughed at.CBecause other scienti
29、sts had different ideas.DBecause his teacher didnt allow him to do it.8The underlined phrase“tucked away”in Paragraph 7 can be replaced by_.Athrown Bcovered Cburied Dplaced.书面表达假如你是李华，上周在英国参加了你校组织的“中学生文化交流周”活动，并住在Kelly家里。请你给在英国期间认识的新朋友Kelly写封感谢信，内容包括：1交流活动中的收获；2难忘在Kelly家的美好日子；3感谢她送你的英文词典。注意：1.词数100左
30、右；2可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；3开头语和结束语已为你写好(不计入总词数)。提示词汇：文化交流周Cultural Exchange WeekDear Kelly，Ive been back home safely from England._ _Welcome to China when its convenient for you!Yours，Li Hua答案：.1.thought2.can call3.door4.will agree5why6.then7.but8.a9.to come10.along/on. 1. A2 A3 B4 C5 B6 A7 C8 D9 C10 B11 C
31、12 C13 B 14 A15 C16 B17 D18 D19 A20 A. 1 A2 C3 A4 B5 A6 B7 C8 D. 【参考范文】Dear_Kelly，Ive_been_back_home_safely_from_England.Thank you for the warm help during my stay in England.Last week, I participated in the Cultural Exchange Week.I enjoyed myself in your country.We visited the city museum and some
32、places of interest, which made me have a better understanding of the English society, culture and history.Of course, I also made many new friends.xkb1Whats more, I was lucky enough to stay at your home.And Ill never forget the days we spent together.Here I especially thank you for the dictionary you offered me as a gift.Its a great help for me to learn English well.I will treasure and make full use of it.Welcome to China when its convenient for you!Yours，LiHua
