1、 第第 2017-2018高一 课堂练习姓名 班级 学号 命题人:魏军霞 校对人:杨雪第 9 期来源:学科网 K完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分) Zxxk Zxxk Zxxk ZxxkSmall moments sometimes last a very long time. And a few words - though they mean _21_ at the time to the people who say them-can have great power. Zxxk ZxxkI recently heard a story from Malcolm Dalk
2、off, who has been a professional_22 for the last 24 years, mostly in advertising. Zxxk ZxxkAs a boy, Dalkoff was terribly shy and_23 _. He had few friends and no self-confidence. Then one day, his high-school English teacher , Ruth Brauch, asked the class to write their own chapter that would_24 the
3、 last chapter of the novel since they had been reading To Kill a Mockingbird. Dalkoff wrote his chapter and turned it in. Today he cannot recall anything_25_ about the chapter he wrote, or what_26 Mrs. Brauch gave him. _27 , what he does remember is the four words in the paper:“This is good writing
4、.”Four words. They_28 his life . Zxxk Zxxk“_29 I read those words , I had no idea of who I was or what I was going to be , ”he said . “After reading her _30 , I went home and wrote a short story, _31 I had always dreamed of doing but never_32 I could do. ” Zxxk Zxxk_33 the rest of that year in schoo
5、l, he wrote many short stories and always brought them to Mrs. Brauch for_34 ,“She was encouraging, helpful and honest. She was just what I needed”Dalkoff said. Zxxk ZxxkLater he was_35 as a co-editor of his high-school newspaper. His_36 grew; his knowledge broadened; he_37 on a successful life with
6、 great achievements. Dalkoff_38 that none of this would have happened if that woman had not written those four words. Zxxk ZxxkFor his 30th high-school reunion, Dalkoff went back and visited Mrs. Brauch, who had retired, he told her what great_39 the four words had had upon his life and because she
7、had given him the confidence to be a writer , he had been able to_40 that confidence on to the woman who would become his wife , who became a writer herself . Zxxk Zxxk来源:学科网21AmuchBlittleCwellDill Zxxk Zxxk22AreporterBdesignerCwriterDteacher Zxxk Zxxk23AslowBindependentCtroublesomeDhelpless Zxxk Zx
8、xk24AfollowBchangeCconnectDexpect Zxxk Zxxk25ApleasantBimportantCdifferentDspecial Zxxk Zxxk26Ahelp BencouragementCgradeDwords Zxxk Zxxk27AThereforeBHoweverCMeanwhileDBesides Zxxk Zxxk28AimprovedBdevelopedCchangedDenriched Zxxk Zxxk29AUntilBAfterCSinceDWhile Zxxk Zxxk30AchapterBnovelCnoteDexplanatio
9、n Zxxk Zxxk31AeverythingBsomethingCnothingDanything Zxxk Zxxk32AmeantBdoubtedCprovedDbelieved Zxxk Zxxk33AWithBBeyondCOverDFrom Zxxk Zxxk34AappreciationBchangingCinformationDinstruction Zxxk Zxxk35AchosenBregardedCconsideredDtreated Zxxk Zxxk36AexcitementBconfidenceCdeterminationDexperience Zxxk Zxx
10、k37Akept up Bcaught upCstarted offDshowed off Zxxk Zxxk38ArealizedBwishedCexpectedDdreamed Zxxk Zxxk39AprogressBsuccessCcourageDeffect Zxxk Zxxk40AholdBbringCpassDcarry Zxxk Zxxk阅读理解 Zxxk ZxxkAOne night I was sitting in my room half listening as my 15 year old brother fought with my 12 year old brot
11、her KevinI didnt pay attention when Kevin rushed up the stairs with the hurt on his faceAbout 20 minutes later, as I was walking upstairs I heard Kevin crying inside the bathroomI knocked on the door and asked, “Hey Kevin, do you want to talk?”No responseI tried again, “Why dont you come out of ther
12、e?”Again, no responseSo, joking around, I grabbed a stack of index cards and a pencil and wrote, “If you dont want to talk, we can write notes to each other”An hour later I was still sitting on the floor outside the bathroom with two stacks of index cards in front of meOne was blank and one was cars
13、 from Kevin on which he had translated all his yucky feelings into words for meAs I read one of Kevins notes, tears came to my eyesIt said, “Nobody in this family cares about meIm not the youngest, and Im not the oldest, and Im not talentedTommy thinks Im stupid and Dad wishes he had the other Kevin
14、 as a kid because hes better at basketballAnd youre never around to even notice me”Tears came to my eyes again as I wrote back to him“You know Kevin, I really do love you and Im sorry I dont always show itI am here for you and you are loved in this family”There was no response for a while, but then
15、I heard a tearing sound coming from inside the bathroomKevin, who had run out of index cards wrote on a torn up paper cup, “Thanks”I wrote back “For what?” It returned to me with “Loving me” written on itSince then, I try my best never to half notice my family members anymoreKevin and I have closer
16、relationship now, and sometimes when one of us notices that the other is upset well smile and say “Write it on a paper cup”41Why did Kevin stay inside the bathroom alone crying?ABecause he lost in the fight with TommyBBecause the author didnt help him win TommyCBecause he felt no love from the famil
17、y membersDBecause he hurt him when rushing up the stairs42The underlined word “yucky” (Para6) most probably means “ ”AunpleasantBexcitingCdoubtfulDfrightening43What could be the reason that Kevins Dad doesnt like him?AKevin likes fighting with othersBKevin is not good at playing basketball来源:学|科|网Z|
18、X|X|KCKevin doesnt want to talk to othersDKevin is not talented as his brother44What did the author learn from the incident?AIts hard to comfort young brothers at homeBIts dangerous to half notice someone in the familyCIts important for family members to show their loveDThe best way to communicate w
19、ith family members is by writingBFor many years, I was convinced that my suffering was due to my sizeI believed that when the weight disappeared, it would take old wounds, hurts, and rejections with itMany weight conscious people also mistakenly believe that changing our bodies will fix everythingPe
20、rhaps our worst mistake is believing that being thin equals being loved, being special, and being cherishedWe fantasize about what it will be like when we reach the long awaited goalWe work very hard to realize this dreamThen, at last, we find ourselves there来源:学#科#网Z#X#X#KBut we often gain back wha
21、t we have lostEven so, we continue to believe that next time it will be differentNext time, we will keep it offNext time, being thin finally fulfill its promise of everlasting happiness, self worth, and, of course, loveIt took me a long while to realize that there was something more for me to learn
22、about beautyBeauty standards vary with cultureIn Samoa a woman is not considered attractive unless she weighs more than 200 poundsMore importantly, if its happiness that we want, why not put our energy there rather than on the size of our body? Why not look inside? Many of us try hard to change our
23、body, but in vainWe have to find a way to live comfortably inside our body and make friends with and cherish ourselvesWhen we change our attitudes toward ourselves, the whole world changes45The passage seems to emphasize the importance of Abody size Battitudes toward life Ccultural differences Ddiff
24、erent beauty standards46What does the underlined part “in vain” in the last paragraph mean?AWithout successBWithout purposeCIn doubt DIn trouble47What can be inferred about the author?AThe author is a SamoanBThe author succeeded in losing weightCThe author has been troubled by her / his weightDThe a
25、uthor probably got wounded in wars or accidents48According to the author, what is the common view of those who have lost some weight first and gained it back later?AThey feel angry about the regained weightBThey pay little attention to the regained weightCThey feel optimistic about future plans on w
26、eight controlDThey think they should give up their future plans on weight controlCReading poems is not exactly an everyday activity for most peopleIn fact, many people never read a poem once they get out of high schoolIt is worth reminding ourselves that this has not always been the case in AmericaI
27、n the nineteenth century, a usual American activity was to sit around the fireside in the evening and read poems aloudIt is true that there was no television at the time, nor movie theaters, nor World Wide Web, to provide diversionHowever, poems were a source of pleasure, of self-education, of conne
28、ction to other people or to the world beyond ones own communityReading them was a social act as well as an individual one, and perhaps even more social than individualWriting poems to share with friends and relations was, like reading poems by the fireside, another way in which poetry has a place in
29、 everyday lifeHow did things change? Why are most Americans no longer comfortable with poetry, and why do most people today think that a poem has nothing to tell them and that they can do well without poems?There are, I believe, three culprits(肇事者):poets, teachers, and we ourselvesOf these, the leas
30、t important is the third: the world surrounding the poem has betrayed us more than we have betrayed the poemEarly in the twentieth century, poetry in English headed into directions unfavorable to the reading of poetryReaders decided that poems were not for the fireside or the easy chair at night, th
31、at they belonged where other difficult-to-read things belongedPoets failed the reader, so did teachersThey want their students to know something about the skills of a poem, they want their students to see that poems mean somethingYet what usually occurs when teachers push these concerns on their hig
32、h school students is that young people decide poems are unpleasant crossword puzzles49Reading poems is thought to be a social act in the nineteenth century because Ait built a link among peopleBit helped unite a community来源:学科网Cit was a source of self-educationDit was a source of pleasure50The under
33、lined word “diversion”(in Paragraph 2) most probably means “ ”AconcentrationBchangeCamusementsDstories51According to the passage, what is the main cause of the great gap between readers and poetry?AStudents are becoming less interested in poetryBStudents are poorly educated in high schoolCTV and the
34、 Internet are more attractive than poetryDPoems have become difficult to understand52In the last paragraph, the writer questions Athe difficulty in studying poems Bthe way poems are taught in schoolCstudents wrong ideas about poetry Dthe techniques used in writing poemsD“Americas No1 Health Problem”
35、 So reads the headline of an article published by the American Institute of Stress that claims the biggest threat to health today is neither cancer nor AIDSThe report says: “It has been estimated(估计)that 75 to 90 percent of all visits to primary care physicians are for stress related problems” It is
36、 no exaggeration(夸张)to say that people today are being attacked by stressAccording to the National Consumers League, “Work is the top source of stress for adults who have problems and stress in their lives (39%), followed by family (30%)Other sources include health (10%), concern about the economy (
37、9%) and concern about international conflict and terrorism (4%)”However, stress is hardly unique to the United StatesA British survey in 2005 estimated that “over half a million individuals in Britain believed in 2004 that they were experiencing work-related stress at a level that was making them il
38、l” As a result of “work-related stress, depression or anxiety,” there are “an estimated thirteen and a half million reported lost working days per year in Britain” The picture is no less bleak in mainland EuropeAccording to the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work, “work-related stress has
39、been shown to affect millions of European workers across all types of employment sectors” One survey revealed that there are “about 41 million workers affected by work-related stress each year” What about Asia? A report issued by a conference held in Tokyo concluded: “Job stress is a common concern
40、among many countries in the world, both developing and industrialized countries” The report observed that “several countries in East Asia, including China and Korea, have rapidly industrialized and economically grownThese countries now have a lot of concerns on job stress and its harmful effects on
41、workers health” 53The author quoted “Americas No1 Health Problem” (Para1) in order to _ Atalk about health problems in America Bintroduce the topic of stress Cemphasize the stress in AmericDtell readers something about American Institute of Stress 54From the passage we can learn that Aboth cancer an
42、d AIDS are not as serious as the threat of stress to healthBstress is mainly from working and living pressureCAmericans never care about international conflict and terrorismDpeople in mainland Europe are more optimistic than English people55It can be inferred from the last paragraph that _ AAsian pe
43、ople are more willing to develop their countriesBthe rapid economic development is the main reason for stress Csome people in Asian countries have health problems from employment stress DAsian countries have a better situation of stress than Europe 56Whats the main subject of the passage? AStress at
44、tacking healthBHow to deal with stressCA survey on working stressDHealth problems around the worldEA sunflower is a sunflowerA mobile phone is a mobile phoneBut can you combine the two to do something for your local environment? As early as next year it may well be possibleWhen you have finished wit
45、h your mobile phone you will be able to bury it in a garden or a plant pot and wait for it to flowerA biodegradable(生物所能分解的)mobile phone was, this month, introduced by scientistsIt is hoped that the new type of phone will encourage consumers to recycleScientists have come up with a new material over
46、 the last five yearsIt looks like any other plastic and can be hard or soft, and is able to change shapeOver time it can also break down into the soil without giving out any poisonous chemicalsBritish researchers used the new material to develop a phone cover that contains a sunflower seedWhen this
47、new type of cover turns into waste, it forms fertilizersThese feed the seed and help the flower growEngineers have designed a small transparent(透明的)window to hold the seedThey have made sure it only grows when the phone is thrown away“Weve only put sunflower seeds into the covers so farBut we are wo
48、rking with plant experts to find out which flowers would perform bestMaybe we could put roses in next time,” said one scientistAs phone technology is developing so quickly, people are constantly throwing their mobiles awayThis means manufacturers are under pressure to find ways of recycling themSome
49、 650 million mobile phones have been sold this yearMost of them will be thrown away within two years, adding plastic, heavy metal and chemical waste to the environmentA biodegradable cover can offer some relief(缓解)for nature , according to the scientists“The seed comes out and the flower grows in th
50、e pot so you dont have to concern yourself with the phone when you have finished using it,” said Kerry KirwanShe leads the research team, which is based at the University of Warwick in Britain57What is the purpose of this passage?ATo tell the popularity of biodegradable cell phonesBTo persuade the r
51、eader to buy the biodegradable cell phoneCTo discuss the development of phone technologyDTo introduce an environmental-friendly cell phone to readers58People throw away their cell phones most probably because Athere is something wrong with them Bno sunflowers can grow out of themCthey are out of fas
52、hion Dthey are becoming cheaper and cheaper59It could be learned from the passage that Adeveloping the new type of phone is mainly to protect the environmentBphone-makers will benefit much more from the new type of phoneCthe new type of phone will certainly be popular with users all over the worldDt
53、he phones that can be recycled are available only in Britain now60What might be the most suitable title for this passage?ASunflower and Phone BPlant Your PhoneCProtect Our Environment DNo Worry about Phone假设你是李华,作为选派的交流学生在美国某中学学习了一年,寄住在Mr. Brown家里,刚回到国内。回国后你发现自己的一本英语词典遗忘在他家,因此给他写一封信,请他帮助寄回词典。信的主要内容如
54、下: 感谢在美国期间他所提供的帮助。* 一本英语词典忘记带回。* 词典是美国老师送的,非常珍贵。* 词典很可能丢在卧室的书架上。* 邮资自己付。Dear Mr. Brown,I am now safely back home , Thank you very much for all the kindness I got from you during my stayHope everything is fine with you thereNow I wonder whether I could ask you a favor When I came back I suddenly real
55、ized that I had left my English dictionary behind at your place It is a precious gift from my American teacherWould you please be so kind as to send it back to me ?I will pay for the postage The dictionary must be on the bookshelf in my bedroom It is the one with a red coverThanks and all the best Yours , Li Hua5u完形填空 21-40 BCDAD CBCAC BDCDA BCADC Zxxk阅读4145CABCB 4650ACCAC 5155DBBB 5660ADCAB