2019-2020年高一（承智班）上学期周练（12.16）英语试题 含答案.doc

2019-2020年高一（承智班）上学期周练（12.16）英语试题 含答案一、阅读理解The sun is shining when I get on No. 151 bus. We passengers sit jammed together in heavy clothes. No one speaks. Thats one of the unwritten rules of Chicago muting. Although we see the same faces every day, we prefer to hide behind our newspapers. The phenomenon is striking: people who sit so close together are using those thin sheets of newsprint to keep their distance.As the bus approaches the Magnificent Mile, a voice suddenly rings out: “Attention! Attention!” Papers rattle (发出细小声). Necks crane (伸长). “This is your driver speaking.”We look at the back of the drivers head. His voice has authority.“All of you put your papers down.”The papers e down, an inch at a time. The driver waits. The papers are folded and placed on our laps.“Now, turn and face the person next to you. Go ahead.”Amazingly, we all do it. Still, no one smiles.I face an older woman, her head wrapped tightly in a red scarf. I see her nearly every day. Our eyes meet. We wait, unblinking, for the next order from the driver.“Now, repeat after me” It is a mand, delivered in the tones of a drill sergeant (教官). “Good morning, neighbor!”Our voices are weak and timid. For many of us, these are the first words we have spoken today. But we say them at the same time, like schoolchildren, to the strangers beside us.We smile and cant help it. We have said it; the barrier has been broken. Good morning, neighbor. It is not so hard after all. Some of us repeat it. Others shake hands. Many laugh.The bus driver says nothing more. He doesnt need to. Not a single newspaper goes back up. I hear laughter, a warm sound I have never heard before on bus No. 151. This day is starting off better than most.1On hearing the sudden utterance of “Attention!”, the passengers _.A. stopped reading and put down their newspapers immediatelyB. looked up from the newspapers to see who was speakingC. sat still without responseD. were frightened2The underlined word “muting” in Paragraph 1 most probably means _.A. daily traveling between home and workB. long-distance rideC. munication technologyD. behavior patterns3Which of the following is true according to the passage?A. The passengers on the crowded bus were so absorbed in reading their newspapers that no one spoke.B. The passengers were physically close together but mentally they kept each other at a terrible distance.C. The passengers didnt follow the drivers instruction at first.D. When the bus driver said nothing more, the passengers picked up and read their newspapers again.4What would be the best title for the text?A. The Warmth of municationB. The Exchange of InformationC. The Power of ObservationD. 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To buy a drink at a Starbucks on weekends.6With the Starbucks App, you can _.A. change the prices B. earn a StarC. pay for rewards D. view current offers7With a Starbucks Card of Green level, you will get _.A. a free cakeB. personalized Green CardC. free in-store refillsD. all purchases 15% off My neighbor Mrs. Gargan first told me about it. “Have you seen the tree?” She asked as I was sitting in the backyard enjoying the autumn twilight （暮色）. “The one down at the corner,” she explained. “Its a beautiful treeall kinds of colors. All the passers-by stop to have a look. You ought to see it.” I told her I would, but I soon forgot about the tree. Three days later, I was jogging down the street when a splash of bright orange caught my eyes. For an instant, I thought someones house had caught fire. Then I remembered the tree.I approached the tree to look at it closely. There was nothing remarkable about the shape of the tree. It was a medium-sized maple. But Mrs. Gargan had been right about its colors. Like the mess of an artists palette（调色板）, the tree blazed a bright crimson（深红色）on its lower branches and burned with vivid yellows and oranges in its center, and deep red at its top. Through these colors were light green leaves as yet untouched by autumn.Walking closer I noticed several bare branches near the top, their small black branches scratching the air like claws. The fallen leaves lay like a red carpet around the trunk.As I was amazed at this beauty, I thought of Ralph Waldo Emersons ments about the stars. “If the constellations（星座）appeared only once in a thousand years, imagine what an exciting event it would be. But because theyre up there every night, we barely give them a look,” he made a remark in Nature.I felt the same way about the tree. Because its beauty will last only a week, it should be especially precious to us. And I had almost missed it.Once in the 19th century when a man noticed a brilliant display of northern lights（北极光）in the sky over Massachusetts, he rang a church bell to alert the whole towns people. Thats what I felt like doing about the tree. I wanted to awake the countryside to its wonder.I didnt have a church bell, but as I walked home, I did ask each neighbor I passed the same simple but important question Mrs. Gargan had asked me: “Have you seen the tree?”.8What did the authors neighbor remind him?A. To appreciate the beauty of the sunset.B. To find what happened at the street corner.C. To draw a picture of a tree.D. To enjoy the beautiful tree in all colors.9 From the passage we know _.A. the author felt it precious to see the beauty of the treeB. the author thought of the stars as beautiful as the treeC. the remarkable scene of the tree only appeared in a thousand yearsD. People never had a close look at the tree10 How did the author call on people to enjoy the wonder?A. He rang the church bell.B. He passed on the same question.C. He awakened all neighbors up.D. He required people to the corner.11The best title of the passage can be _.A. Have You Seen the Tree?B. The Most Beautiful TreeC. One of the Wonders in NatureD. The Precious Moment in Life二、阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各小题所给的四个选项 (A、B、C、D) 中，选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。A group of graduates got together to visit their old university professor.The conversation soon turned into plaints about _ in work and life. To offer his _ coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and _ with a large pot of coffee and a _ of cupsporcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain-looking, some expensive, some beautifultelling them to _ themselves to the coffee.When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said, “if you have _, all the nice-looking expensive cups have been taken up, _ the plain and cheap ones. While it is _ for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the _ of your problems and stress.”“Be assured that the cup itself _ no quality to the coffee. _ it is just more expensive and in some cases _ hides what we drink.”“_ all of you really want is the coffee, not the cup, _ you consciously went for the best cups And then you began _ each others cups.”Now consider this: _ is the coffee; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and _ life, and the type of cup we have does not define, nor change the _ of life we live. Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we _ to enjoy the coffee. Value the coffee, not the cups! Dont let the cups _ you enjoy the coffee instead.12A. stressB. dreamC. sorrowD. truth13A. friendsB. customersC. fellowsD. guests14A. carriedB. returnedC. arrivedD. reached15A. kindB. varietyC. sortD. number16A. devoteB. exposeC. helpD. absorb17A. searchedB. witnessedC. noticedD. discovered18A. leaving behindB. leaving overC. falling aboutD. falling behind19A. strangeB. normalC. wonderfulD. important20A. purposeB. answerC. sourceD. result21A. takesB. linksC. passesD. adds22A. At no timeB. At all timesC. In no caseD. In most cases23A. everB. evenC. neverD. hardly24A. WhatB. ThatC. WhichD. Whether25A. butB. soC. andD. for26A. suspectingB. likingC. praisingD. eyeing27A. LoveB. LifeC. FutureD. Failure28A. containB. createC. supportD. own29A. quantityB. styleC. qualityD. standard30A. haveB. manageC. planD. fail31A. envyB. driveC. forceD. assess三、请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。注意：每个空格只填1个单词。请将答案写在答题纸上相应题号的横线上。Disability aids are vital to those who suffer problems with executing work with two handsThese are people who have been disabled due to some major sickness or some other problemsIn order to help them carry on their work in the normal way, disability aids are manufacturedThis helps them make their life a lot easier than what it would have been without these aidsThe kind of disability aids that an individual might require depends on the person onlyIt is the problem that a person faces that decides the aids that he/she will use for carrying out their respective jobsThe following is the list of a few disability aids that e of significant useThe first and foremost aid is the stocking aid, aiding the individuals suffering from the problem of bending down to reach the foot and wear their own socksThese stocking aids have a gutter(槽) that is made up of plastic materialThese gutters are shaped in a certain way along with the attachment of cotton tapes in itThe sock is then put over the gutterThe foot is placed inside the gutterThe cotton tapes help in pulling the socks up the leg and subsequently the sockIn this manner, the sock is worn by a person who has problems wearing it by bending ones back and reaching the footThere are openers that help the people who have problems with their hands or wrists to open bottles of ketchup, jam and other such bottles and jars that necessitates the use of hands and fingersThe third type of disability aids that es to our minds are liftsNow what are lifts? Lifts are certain machines that help in lifting people from specific areas, such as a bathtub or a set of stairsThese lifts are of varied types and e for numerous applicationsIt is for the individual to decide the type that he/she requires to useFor people, who have problems in balancing their upper bodies in a stable manner, there is something known as grab railsThese grab rails are installed for those who have mobility problems in their upper bodiesThese rails e in varieties of shapes, sizes and anglesThese grab rails are available to home users as well, in their different variationsOne can purchase and fix one to their homes according to ones specificitiesThese grab rails require the act of screwing and drilling in order to fix them to their appropriate placeThe prices of these rails also vary according to the variation of their shapes and sizesA portable book holder is a much sought-after disability aidIt can be used by anybody for that matter, not just the disabledThese portable book holders are light-weight and can be easily moved aboutThese holders relieve the strains on ones hands, necks and shoulders that might occur due to the handling of a bookThe holders are provided with extended legs that help in placing the reading material at suitable distanceThus with the help of these disability aids, the old and disabled people can make their lives much more convenient and fortable that would otherwise have been a cumbersome and plex oneDisability AidsThemeDisability aids are important to people with disabilities 32from some major sickness or other problems.Different 33of aidsStocking aidsThey can be used to help individuals whose bodies are not 34enough to reach their feet to put on socks by themselves.OpenersThey can be used to aid the disabled to open the bottles when the use of hands or wrists is a 35LiftsThey can be used to lift people from specific areas.They e in 36of types and are 37numerously.Grab railsThey can be used to keep their balance in a stable manner after proper 38Book holdersThey can be used to help with the 39of strains on ones hands necks and shoulders when reading.4041these disability aids,the life of the old and disabled would bee cumbersome and plex四、七选五Choosing the right job is probably one of the most important decisions we have to make in life, and it is frequently one of the hardest decisions we have to make. One important question that you might ask yourself is: “How do I get a good job?” _42_.There are people who can answer an insignificant advertisement in the local paper and land the best job in the world; others write to all sorts of places all over the country, and never seem to get a reply at all. Still others believe that the in person, door-to-door approach is by far the best way to get a job; and then there are those who, through no active decision of their own, just seem to be in the right place at the right time. _43_. He used to spend a lot of his free time down by the sea watching the tall ships, but never thinking that he might one day sail one of them. His father was a farmer, and being a sailor could never be anything for the boy but an idle dream. One day, on his usual wandering, he heard the captain of the ship plaining that he could not sail because one member of his crew was sick. Without stopping to think, the lad (少年) offered to take his place. _44_._45_. If the lad had gone home to consider his decision for a week, he may have missed his chance. It is one thing to be offered an opportunity; it is another thing to take it and use it well.Sometimes we hear stories about people who break all the rules and still seem to land good jobs. When you go for a job interview or fill out an application, you are expected to say nice things about the pany to which you are applying. _46_. And within a year this person had bee general manager of the pany.A. This story also illustrates the importance of seizing an opportunity when it presents itself.B. People find jobs in an infinite number of ways.C. its almost impossible to find a good job by answering advertisement in newspapersD. Take for example the young man who wanted to be a sailor.E. But there was one person who landed an excellent job by telling the interviewer all the panys faults.F. He spent the rest of his life happily sailing the ships he had always loved.G. It is very important to seize an opportunity when it presents itself.五、书面表达47假定你是李华，想去一家敬老院(nursing home)当志愿者。请给该院负责人Ms Wang写封信。信的内容包括：1.为什么要当志愿者；2.有什么技能和特长；3.如何当好志愿者。注意：1. 词数100左右；2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。参考答案 1B2A3B4A5A6D7C8D9A10B11A12A13D14B15B16C17C18A19B20C21D22D23B24A25A26D27B28A29C30D31B32resulting33types / kinds34flexible35necessary / must36varieties37applied38installation39relief40Conclusion41Without42B43D44F45A46E47One possible version:Dear Ms Wang,Respecting the age is a traditional virtue in China. I want to bee a volunteer in your nursing home to do something for them. I am sure I can do the work well because I have learnt some knowledge about nursing care. I am also good at singing, dancing and playing games.I will take good care of them. I must be patient with them. I will also have some fun together singing, dancing and playing games, which I hope will make them happy. I will be honored if I realize my dream.Looking forward to your early reply.Yours,Li Hua