2019-2020年高二英语寒假作业第二天.doc

2019-2020年高二英语寒假作业第二天一美文晨读 Each spring brings a new blossom of wildflowers in the ditches along the highway I travel daily to work. There is one particular blue flower that has always caught my eye. Ive noticed that it blooms only in the morning hours, the afternoon sun is too warm for it. Every day for approximately two weeks, I see those beautiful flowers. This spring, I started a wildflower garden in our yard. I can look out of the kitchen window while doing the dishes and see the flowers. Ive often thought that those lovely blue flowers from the ditch would look great in that bed alongside other wildflowers. Every day I drove past the flowers thinking, Ill stop on my way home and dig them. Gee, I dont want to get my good clothes dirty. Whatever the reason, I never stopped to dig them. My husband even gave me a folding shovel one year for my trunk to be used for that expressed purpose. One day on my way home from work, I was saddened to see that the highway department had mowed the ditches and the pretty blue flowers were gone. I thought to myself, Way to go, you waited too long. You should have done it when you first saw them blooming this spring. A week ago we were shocked and saddened to learn that my oldest sister-in-law has a terminal brain tumor. She is 20 years older than my husband and unfortunately, because of age and distance, we havent been as close as we all would have liked. I couldnt help but see the connection between the pretty blue flowers and the relationship between my husbands sister and us. I do believe that God has given us some time left to plant some wonderful memories that will bloom every year for us. And yes, if I see the blue flowers again, you can bet Ill stop and transplant them to my wildflower garden. 二词汇训练1. By a_ the reasons of his success, we can find that hard-work is so important.2. If you failed the exam, you will only b_ yourself.3. How to use money depends on your a_ towards it.4. After an interview, the pany decided to e_ him.5. The prisoner a_ to escape, but failed at last.6. Reforming the education system will be a difficult p_ .7. When the police caught the thief, he p_ an ordinary person.8. He is so good a teacher that every student r_ him.9. I couldnt drink because I havent reached the l_ age.10. With the e_ of my friends, I overcame the difficulty.三七选五 Ali is from a Middle Eastern country. He now stays in the USA. He smokes a lot of cigarettes every day. He has smoked for nine years. Ali says, “ I tried to quit smoking in my hometown, but it was impossible. My parents smoke. My brothers smoke. All my friends smoke. At parties and at meetings, almost all the men smoke. Here in the United States, not as many people smoke._1_ ” Many smokers are like Ali: they want to stop smoking._2_They know it can cause cancer and heart disease. But it is difficult for them to give up smoking because cigarettes have a drug in them. The drug is nicotine. People who smoke a lot need nicotine. _3_The nicotine makes him sick. In a few days, the smokers body is used to the nicotine, and he feels fine. Later, the smoker needs nicotine to keep feeling fine. Without nicotine, he feels bad. _4_Many people who quit will soon smoke again. At a party or at work they will decide to smoke “just one” cigarette. Then they will smoke another cigarette, and another. Soon they bee smokers again._5_A. It is very hard to quit smoking.B. It will be easier to change the smoking habit here.C. Thus nicotine makes smokers addicted to cigarettes.D. The smokers know that smoking is bad for their health.E. When a person first begins to smoke, he usually feels terrible.F. Maybe there is only one easy way to quit smoking: never start.G. But it is said that medicine is needed to stop them from smoking.四阅读理解A Popular music is very popular with American students. Almost every student carry small radios with earphones and listen to music before class, after class, and at lunch. Students with cars buy large speakers and play music loudly as they drive on the street. Adult drivers listen to music on the car radio as they drive to work. They also listen to the news about sports, the weather, and the life of American people. Most of the radio programmes are music. Pop or popular music singers make much money. They make CDs or tapes which radio stations in many places broadcast. Once the popular singer is heard all over the country, young people buy his or her tapes. Some of the money from these tapes es to the singer. Wherever the singer goes, all the young people want to meet him or her. Now the singer has bee a pop star. There are other kinds of music that are popular among Americans. One is called folk music. It tells stories about the mon life of Americans. Another is called western or country music. This was started by cowboys who would sing at night to the cows they were watching. Today, any music about country life and the love between a country boy and his girl is called western or country music.1. _ kinds of music are mentioned in this passage. A. Two B. ThreeC. Four D. Five2. When pop singers _, they are regarded as pop stars. A. make much money B. make a CD or tape C. bee popular with their fans D. are wanted to sing on the radio3. From the passage we know that country music is about the_. A. mon life of Americans B. country life and love stories C. life of cowboys D. school life in America 4. Which of the following is true? A. Few students in America like popular music. B. Students with cars in America like to listen to music while driving. C. Adult drivers in America only listen to music while driving. D. Everyone in America wants to meet pop singers wherever they go.5. What would be the best title for this passage? A. American Music B. Popular Music C. History of Music D. Western MusicB I was walking along the main street of a small seaside town in the north of England looking for somewhere to make a phone call. My car had broken down outside the town and I wanted to contact the AA pany. Low grey clouds were gathering across the sky and there was a cold damp wind blowing off the sea which nearly threw me off my feet every time I crossed one of the side streets. It had rained in the night and water was dropping from the bare trees that lined the street. I was glad that I was wearing a thick coat. There was no sign of a call box, nor was there anyone at that early hour whom I could ask. I had thought I might find a shop open selling the Sunday papers or a milkman doing his rounds, but the town was pletely dead. The only living thing I saw was a thin frightened cat outside a small restaurant. Then suddenly I found what I was looking for. There was a small post office, and almost hidden from sight in a dark narrow street. Next to it was the towns only public call box, which badly needed a coat of paint. I hurried forward, but stopped in astonishment when I saw through the dirty glass that there was a man inside. He was fat, and was wearing a cheap blue plastic raincoat. I could not see his face and he didnt raise his head at the sound of my footsteps.Carefully, I remained standing a few feet away and lit a cigarette to wait for my turn. It was when I threw the dead match on the ground that I noticed something bright red trickling from under the call box door.6. At what time was the story set? A. An early summer morning. B. A cold winter afternoon. C. An early winter morning. D. A windy summer afternoon.7. Which of the following words best describe the writers impression of the town? A. Cold and frightening. B. Empty and dead. C. Dirty and crowded. D. Unusual and unpleasant.8. The underlined word “trickling” in the last paragraph means _. A. rushing out suddenly B. shining brightly C. flowing slowly in drops D. appearing slowly9. Why didnt the man raise his head when the writer came near? A. He was annoyed at being seen by the writer. B. He was angry at being disturbed by the writer. C. He was probably fast asleep. D. He was probably murdered. 五书面表达假定你叫王华，你的英国笔友James在给你的e-mail中询问你上高中以来的学习和生活情况。 请给他写一封回信，包括以下要点： 你所就读学校的情况； 学生和老师的情况：学生勤奋、老师敬业； 学习情况：课程增多、作业量变大、娱乐活动减少； 你未来的打算。 注意：1.开头已给出，不计入总词数。2.包括上述所有要点, 要求连贯流畅，不要逐字逐句翻译。3.词数：120词左右。Dear James,Thanks for your e-mail. Im glad to tell you something about my life and study at senior high school. _Best wishes. Yours, Wang Hua第二天二词汇训练 1.analysing 2.blame 3.attitude 4.employ 5.attempted 6.process 7.pretended 8.respects 9.limited 10.encouragement三 七选五 BDEAF四阅读理解1-5.BCBBA 6-9.CBCD五书面表达Dear James,Thanks for your e-mail. Im glad to tell you something about my life and study at senior high school. Now Im studying inMiddle School, a beautiful school with 50 classes and over 3,000 students. Most of us students work hard at our lessons and all the teachers do their best to help us. As a senior student, I have more subjects to learn than ever before. Therefore, more time has to be spent on my homework and less time on sports and puter games. But all this, I think, will be worth it because I want to go to a good university in the future and you know, only with hard work and great efforts can I make my dream e true. Best wishes. Yours, WangHua