2019-2020年高二英语下学期第4周周练试题.doc

2019-2020年高二英语下学期第4周周练试题第一节：阅读理解（8*3=24分） AIf Confucius（孔子）were still alive today and could celebrate his September 28 birthday with a big cake, there would be a lot of candles. Hed need a fan or a strong wind to help him put them out. While many people in China will remember Confucius on his special day, few people in the United States will give him a passing thought. Its nothing personal. Most Americans dont even remember the birthdays of their own national heroes. But this doesnt mean that Americans dont care about Confucius. In many ways he has bee a bridge that foreigners must cross if they want to reach a deeper understanding of China. In the past two decades, the Chinese studies programs have gained huge popularity in Western universities. More recently, the Chinese government has set up Confucius Institutes in more than 80 countries. These schools teach both Chinese language and culture. The main courses of Chinese culture usually included Chinese art, history and philosophy（哲学）. Some social scientists suggest that Westerners should take advantages of the ancient Chinese wisdom to make up for the drawbacks of Westerners philosophy. Students in the United States, at the same time, are racing to learn Chinese. So they will be ready for life in a world where China is an equal power with the United States. Businessmen who hope to make money in China are reading books about Confucius to understand their Chinese customers. So the old thinkers ideas are still alive and well. Today China attracts the West more than ever, and it will need more teachers to introduce Confucius and Chinese culture to the West. As for the old thinker, he will not soon be forgotten by people in the West, even if his birthday is. 1. The opening paragraph is mainly intended to _A. provide some key facts about Confucius B. attract the readers interest in the subjectC. show great respect for the ancient thinker D. prove the popularity of modern birthday celebrations2. We can learn from Paragraph 4 that American students_A. have a great interest in studying Chinese B. take an active part in Chinese petitionsC. try to get high scores in Chinese exams D. fight for a chance to learn Chinese3. What is the best title for the passage?A. Forgotten Wisdom in America B. Huge Fans of the Chinese LanguageC. Chinese Culture for Westerners D. Old Thinker with a Big Future4. The passage is likely to appear in _. A. a biography B. a history paper C. a newspaper D. a philosophy textbook B I left university with a good degree in English Literature, but no sense of what I wanted to do. Over the next six years, I was treading water, just trying to earn an ine. I tried journalism, but I didnt think I was any good, then finance, which I hated. Finally, I got a job as a rights assistant at a famous publisher. I loved working with books, although the job that I did was dull. I had enough savings to take a year off work, and I decided to try to satisfy a deep-down wish to write a novel. Attending a Novel Writing MA course gave me the structure I needed to write my first 55,000 words. It takes confidence to make a new start theres a dark period in-between where youre neither one thing nor the other. Youre out for dinner and people ask what you do, and youre too ashamed to say, “Well, Im writing a novel, but Im not quite sure if Im going to get there.” My confidence dived. Believing my novel could not be published, I put it aside. Then I met an agent（代理商）who said I should send my novel out to agents. So, I did and, to my surprise, got some wonderful feedback. I felt a little hope that I might actually bee a published writer and, after signing with an agent, I finished the second half of the novel. The next problem was finding a publisher. After two-and-a-half years of no ine, just waiting and wondering, a publisher offered me a book deal that publisher turned out to be the one I once worked for. It feels like an unbelievable stroke of luck of fate, really. When you set out to do something different, theres no end in sight, so to find myself in a position where I now have my own name on a contract（合同）of the publisher to be a published writer is unbelievably rewarding（有回报的）.5. What does the underlined part in Paragraph 1 mean?A. I was waiting for good fortune. B. I was trying to find an admirable job.C. I was being aimless about a suitable job. D. I was doing several jobs for more pay at a time.6. The author decided to write a novel _ .A. to finish the writing course B. to realize her own dreamC. to satisfy readers wish D. to earn more money7. How did the writer feel halfway with the novel?A. Disturbed. B. Ashamed. C. Confident. D. Uncertain.8. What does the author mainly want to tell readers in the last paragraph?A. It pays to stick to ones goal. B. Hard work can lead to success.C. She feels like being unexpectedly lucky. D. There is no end in sight when starting to do something.第2节 ：完型填空（20*2.5=50分） The teacher sat crosslegged in front of the gathering of fourth grade students. She asked them what kinds of things would _1_ world peace. Immediately they began offering such_2_ as “Get rid of all the bombs.” “There ought to be a _3_ against war.” The teacher rose to note each offering on the board. Once the list was _4_， she sat again with the children and asked them if there was anything _5_ war in their lives.They were _6_ at first but eventually they seemed to begin to _7_ that the teacher meant “war”as a metaphor (暗喻). One student said, “My brother declares war on me when I _8_ his things.” “My dad blows up at bad drivers，” offered one girl. _9_ said she did war with one of her dishonest friends._10_ the thought appeared that all violence was in conflict with the idea of _11_. Through the discussion the teacher _12_ the concept that they could decrease violence and increase peace in their own lives by giving up the idea of _13_ with others. She asked them to _14_ the rest of the week keeping track of the times when they would choose to carry out peace _15_ violence.By the end of the week the students had experienced dozens of examples _16_ violence and conflict had been avoided in their _17_ lives.Eventually the class created a peace movement in the school. They helped rewrite school _18_ that decreased conflict. Homework became more inventive and _19_. Parent-teacher meetings always _20_ activities of the students (adance, or an art or science exhibit). Cooperation became the primary path to peace.1A. break Bignore Cincrease Dwitness2A. cases Bevents Cchances Dsuggestions3A. law Bwill Cdeal Dduty4A. missing Bnecessary Csimple Dplete5A. but Blike Cagainst Dafter6A. puzzled Bfrightened Cexcited Dencouraged7A. state Bprove Crealize Dguess8A. receive Bbother Ccollect Dreserve9A. Each BAnother CThe one DThe other10A. Luckily BSuddenly CHopefully DFinally11A. peace Bpower Cculture Dwealth12A. returned Bpassed Cintroduced Dmoved13A. joking Bfighting Cdiscussing Dworking14A. waste Bappoint Cspend Dfinish15A. aside from Baway from Cregardless of Dinstead of16A. that Bwhere Cwhether Dwhose17A. political Btraditional Cpersonal Dnatural18A. rules Bdecisions Crecords Dintroductions19A. similar Bfamiliar Cconfusing Dinteresting20A. started with Bbelonged to Cput up with Dcame up to第三节语法填空(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)Once there lived a rich man31wanted to do something for the people of his town.32first he wanted to find out whether they deserved his help.In the centre of the main road into the town, he placed33very large stone. Then he34(hide ) behind a tree and waited. Soon an old man came along with his cow.“Who put this stone in the centre of the road?” said the old man, but he did not try to remove the stone. Instead, with some difficulty he passed around the stone and continued on his way.35man came along and did the same thing; then another came ,and another. All of them plained about the stone but not tried to remove36. Late in the afternoon a young man came along. He saw the stone,37(say) to himself: “The night38(be) very dark. Some neighbors will e along later in the dark and will fall against the stone.”Then he began to move the stone. He pushed and pulled with all his39(strong) to move it. How great was his surprise at last!40the stone, he found a bag of money.第四节：短文改错（10*1.1=11分） Dear Mom, Mothers Day is ing. Im sorry that I was abroad and cant send your flowers, so Im writing to you. Mom, I know I have never expressed my thank to you before. But on today, at this special time, I just want to tell you loudly: I love you, Mom! Thank you so much by not only giving me life, but also teach me how to be a good person. Thank you for all you had done for me. Mom, though I may often say it, I do love you. Nobody can take your part in my heart. Whenever I am, I will always love you. Hope you good health and much happiness every day! Your little girl, Jennifer英语参考答案第一节：阅读理解（8*3=24分）A篇【文章大意】本文阐述了西方学生学习中国的文化的现象，并告诉我们中国古代伟大的思想家孔子的思想仍然受到人们的追捧。1.【答案】B【试题解析】目的意图题。第一段选说如果孔子仍然活着并能庆祝生日的话，将会有很多的蜡烛，他需要一个扇子或很大的风才能吹灭，是为了吸引读者的注意力，让读者继续读下去。【难度】一般2.【答案】A【试题解析】推理判断题。根据第四段第一句“In the past two decades, the Chinese studies programs have gained huge popularity in Western universities.”和第四句中的“are racing to learn Chinese可知，美国学生对中国文化很感兴趣。【难度】中等3.【答案】D【试题解析】主旨大意题。本文主要向我们介绍了孔子思想对西方的影响，以用将来可能产生的影响，所以选D。【难度】一般4.【答案】C【试题解析】文章出处题。本文向我们介绍了孔子思想对西方的影响，以用将来可能产生的影响，应该是出自报纸，所以选C。【难度】一般【长难句解析】B篇 【本文要点】文章叙述了作者从英语文学专业毕业之后，几经周折，最终幸运地找到自己喜爱的写书这门职业的事情。5. C 推理判断题。根据前后文“but no sense of what I wanted to do”“just trying to earn an ine. I tried journalism, then finance, which I hated. Finally, I got a job”可知作者对于找怎样的一份适合自己的工作这件事漫无目的。故选C。6. B 细节理解题。根据第二段话“I decided to try to satisfy a deep-down wish to write a novel”可知作者决定写小说的目的只是满足自己内心深处的愿望，实现自己的梦想。故答案为B。7. D 推理判断题。根据文章第三段话“It takes confidence to make a new start”“ My confidence dived”“ Believing my novel could not be published, I put it aside”及本段叙述了作者回答别人问题时提到“Im writing a novel, but Im not quite sure if Im going to get there”可知，此时他的感觉应该是还不完全确定他现在是否还要继续写他的小说。故答案选D。8. A 推理判断题。本段作者表达他刚刚开始时“theres no end in sight”到后来的“an unbelievable stroke of luck” “to be a published writer is unbelievably rewarding（有回报的）”是想要告诉读者，坚持自己的目标是值得的，总会碰到运气的降临。B项“刻苦努力是成功之路”，不符合文章意思。C、D项停留于文章表面意思。故答案为A。第二节：完型填空（20*2.5=50分）语篇解读：本文主要介绍的是老师如何向学生解释“war”这个词的含义，并使学生们明白在生活中他们应该减少冲突，加强合作。1解析：由第一段第三句中学生们的回答可知，老师问的是如何能促进世界和平，故C项正确。答案：C2解析：根据该空后面学生们的回答可知这是学生根据老师提出的问题说出的一些解决“建议”，故选D项。 答案：D3解析：制定一部“法律”来制止战争。故选A项。 答案：A4解析：根据空处后的内容可知老师已经把清单列完了，故选D项。plete表示“已完成的，已结束的”。 答案：D5解析：根据第二段第一句中的“the teacher meant war as a metaphor (暗喻)”可知，老师问学生的是在他们的生活中有没有遇到“像”战争一样的事情，故用like。 答案：B6解析：刚开始学生们感到很“困惑”，但是最终他们“意识到”老师说的“战争”是一个暗喻。故选A项。 答案：A7解析：参见上题解析。realize意为“意识到”。 答案：C8解析：一个学生说：“当我打扰我的哥哥做事情时，他就向我宣战。”bother表示“打扰，烦扰”，符合语境。 答案：B9解析：由“One student said”和“offered one girl”可知此处是指又一个女孩说，故选B项。答案：B10解析：由第二段学生们的回答可知任何暴力都是与和平理念相冲突的，这也是对上文的总结，故用副词finally。 答案：D11解析：peace与上半句的violence相对应，任何暴力都与“和平”相冲突，故A项正确。答案：A12解析：根据学生的谈论，老师进行总结，并且“引出”了一个理念，故选C项，其他三项均不符合语境。答案：C13解析：根据该空前面的“decrease violence and increase peace in their own lives”可以推知是通过放弃武力的方式来减少暴力，增加和平，故选B项。 答案：B14解析：她要求学生记录一下在这周余下来的时间里用和平而不是暴力的方式来处理问题的次数。spend some time doing sth.表示“花费时间做某事”，故C项符合语境。 答案：C15解析：见上题解析。instead of表示“而不是”。前三项分别表示“除了”“远离”“不顾，不管”，均不符合语境。 答案：D16解析：where引导定语从句修饰先行词examples，且where在从句中作状语，故选B项答案：B17解析：由第三段第二句中的“in their own lives”提示可知应选C，此处表示“个人生活”。答案：C18解析：根据该空后面的“that decreased conflict”可知应该是重新制订了学校“规则”，故选A项。答案： A 19解析：家庭作业变得更加有创造性和趣味性。故D项正确。其他三项分别表示“相似的”“熟悉的”“令人迷惑的”，均与语境不符。 答案：D20解析：家长教师交流会也总是以学生们的活动开始的，故选A项。后三项分别表示“属于”“忍受”“达到”，均不符合语境。 答案：A第三节语法填空(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)31. who32.But33. a34. hid35. Another 36. it 37. saying 38. will be 39. strength40. Under第四节：短文改错（10*1.1=11分） 1. was改为am 2. your改为you 3. thank改为thanks 4. 去掉on 5. by改为for 6. teach改为teaching 7. had改为have 8. may后加not 9. Whenever改为Wherever 10 Hope改为Wish