高二年级英语热身练(二)

滑县六中

2017--- 2018

学年度第一学期

高二年级英语热身练（二）

审题人：

冯文丽

命题人：袁志军

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阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（

A. B. C

和

D

）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该

项涂黑。

A

Modern life can be stressful. It’s full of pressure and hardships, worries and annoyances. But

after years of

being

dosed

(

给

…

服药

)up

by

doctors

and

seeking

solutions

on

the

self-help

shelves,

can

most

common

complaints be cured through your next holiday?

The festival doctor will see you now.

Complaint

Prescription (

处方

)

Dosage (

剂量

)

A weekend at any Wanderlust Festival should

Restart

yourself

at

the

Wanderlust Fes

tival.

restrain some of the shame you are feeling. Empty

your

mind

with

meditation

(

冥想

)

sessions

in

the

mountains of America or adjust your feelings with

a sound bath in Santiago, Chile.

Have

fun

at

the

largest

comedy

festival,

A

healthy

dose

of

laughter

which attracts more than two million ha-ha hunters

Sad

at

Just

for

Laughs

in

every summer. Apart from 250 comedy acts, there

Montreal, Canada in July.

will

be

walkabout

theatre,

circus

acts

and

lots

of

new comedy films to make you laugh to tears.

Spend

a

week

or

so

in

the

company

of

Get

nourishing

food

for

like- minded

individuals

and

you

will

see

you

are

Over- thinking

your

thought

at

the

UK’s

not

the only one overthinking things. The world’s

HowTheLightGetsIn

May.

in

largest

philosophy

festival,

held

in

Hareous

Wye,

will

have

talks,

debates

and

classes

on

culture,

philosophy, politics, art and science.

A

week

at

Liverpool’s

matchmaking

festival

Find

one

of

your

favorite

could

be

a

choice

as

Ireland’s

mythical

Heart-broken

fish

in

the

sea

at

Ireland’s

matchmakers

(

媒

人

)

have

been

pairing

lovers

matchmaking

festival

in

together

for

centuries.

Try

to

find

Willie

Dally,

a

June.

fourth-generation

matchmaker,

for

your

best

chance

of

everlasting

love.

Those

who

touch

his

Guilty

1

lucky

book

are

said

to

fall

in

love

and

marry

within six months.

21. When celebrating the festival Just for Laugh in Montreal, you will __________.

A. empty your mind with meditation sessions

B. burst into tears by watching comedy films

C. be thrilled and your depression will be removed

D. have discussions on the meaning of life

22. If you

are thinking too much about work, you can spend a few days at __________.

A. the Wanderlust Festival

C. Just for Laughs

B. Ireland’s matchmaking festival

D. HowTheLightGetsIn

23.

According to the passage, we can learn the festival doctor specializes in __________.

A. offering a cure through the festival form

B. celebrating the festivals with the patients

C. treating people falling ill during festivals

D. listening to people’s complaints during festivals

B

Last

week,

my

granddaughter

started

kindergarten,

and I

wished

her

every

success.

But

part

of

me

didn’t. I actually wanted her to fail in some ways because I believe that failure can be good for our learning

process.

Success

is

proving

that

you

can

do

something

that

you

already

know

you

can

do,

or

doing

something

correctly

the

first

time,

which

can

often

be

a

problematic

(

存在问题的

)

victory.

First-time

success is usually a fluke (

侥幸

). First-time failure, however, is supposed to be the natural order of things.

Failure is how we learn.

In Africa t

hey describe a good cook as “she who has broken many pots”. If you’ve spent enough time

in the kitchen to have broken a lot of pots, probably you know a fair amount about cooking. I once had

dinner with a group of cooks, and they spent time comparing knife wounds and burn scars. They knew how

much credibility (

可信

) their failures gave them.

I earn my living by writing a daily newspaper column. Each week I know that one column I write is

going to be the worst column. I try my best every day. I have learned to love that column. A successful

column usually means that I am discussing my familiar topic, writing in a style I am used to or saying the

same things as anyone else but in a better way.

My younger daughter is a trapeze artist (

荡秋千演员

). She spent three years practising a show, and

she did it successfully for years. There was no reason for her to change it but she did anyway. She said she

was

no

longer

learning

anything

new

and

she

was

bored.

And

if

she

was

bored,

there

was

no

point

in

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subjecting (

使……服从于

) her body to all that stress. She risked failure and great public embarrassment in

order to feed her soul.

My granddaughter is a perfectionist. She will feel her failures, and I will want to comfort her. But I

will also, I hope, remind her of what she learned, and how she can do better next time. I hope I can tell her,

though, that it’s not the end of the world. Indeed, with luck, it is the beginning.

24. Why did the author want his granddaughter to fail?

A. She would learn more from failure.

B. He wanted her to be strong enough to face hardships.

C. It’s impossible to do everything successfully.

D. Success is boring though good.

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. What’s the author’s attitude toward his daughter changing her show?

A. Negative.

C. Anxious.

B. Worried.

D. Positive.

26. The author develops the article mainly by

.

A. following the time order

C. giving examples

B. comparing different opinions

D. giving a cause and analyzing its effects

27. The writer talked about his own experience to show that

.

A. we should try every possible way to avoid failure

B. the thought of failure will make you work even harder

C. past failures made him dare not take risks in writing

D. we cannot depend on luck to live a good life

C

Studying abroad will shape you in various ways. You will learn things you never would have if you

had stayed home. When you are young and unattached, you should travel. Besides, you just might save a

large sum of money. College is expensive in the United States. It’s cheap or free in other count

ries even for

foreigners, so why not get out of here and come back smarter?

More

and

more

American

students

are

currently

studying

at

German

colleges.

That

number

has

increased 20% over the last three years. Living costs are about $$7,000 a year, which is even lower than in

other

European

countries.

Germany

encourages

international

students.

They

create

a

multicultural

landscape that benefits German students as well. According to a new report, Ger

many is home

to six of

the world’s 100 best universities. Th

ese schools offer around 900 degrees completely in English and many

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German students speak the language.

You

could

be

part of

Finland’s

excellent

education

system.

The

Finns

charge no

tuition

and offer a

number of courses purely in English. They would be happy for you to add flavor to their school scene. Cost

of living there is high. Be prepared for frosty winters that far north, but you will get that sweet midnight

sun in the summer.

Many other European nations offer cheap or free college for foreign students, but if South America is

more your thing, try Brazil. Most of the education will take place in Portuguese, so if that is in your plan

you

can

study

near

beautiful

beaches

and

jungles.

The

University

of

Sao

Paulo

and

State

University

of

Campinas are both highly ranked internationally. Your money will go a long way there, too.

Many of the lessons you will learn will be outside the classroom. Living on the economy in a foreign

country

will

keep

you

on

your

toes.

You

will

learn

new

customs,

how

to

bargain,

stay

safe,

budget

and

become more flexible with people. There is no better way to learn a language than by immersing yourself

in it. At first, it will be the toughest thing you have ever done. Eventually, it will become second nature.

28. German universities are popular among US students mainly because __________.

A. they offer a multicultural landscape

C. the cost of living there is reasonable

B.

they belong to the world’s best ones

D. the students can get their degrees easily

29. The fourth paragraph suggests that __________.

A. students can learn to earn some money after class

B. many universities are surrounded by beautiful sceneries

C. Brazil provides excellent education to foreign students

D.

students needn’t worry about their expense in Brazil

30. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE according to the passage?

A. Foreign students are welcomed in Finland.

B. Studying abroad wisely can reduce your expense.

C. Students can learn English well only by learning abroad.

D. Cost of living in Finland is high because of its special climate.

31. What is the author’s attitude in the last paragraph?

A. Critical.

B. Encouraging.

C. Doubtful.

D. Objective.

D

Oceanography has been defined as “The application of all sciences to the study of the sea”.

Before

the

nineteenth

century,

scientists

with

an

interest

in

the

sea

were

few

and

far

between.

Certainly Newton considered some theoretical aspects of it in his writings, but he was reluctant to go to the

sea to further his work.

For

most

people

the

sea

was

remote,

and

with

the

exception

of

early

intercontinental

travelers

or

others who earned a living from the sea, there was little reason to ask many questions about it, let alone to

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ask what lay beneath the surface. The first

time that q

uestion “What is at the bottom of the oceans?” had to

be answered with any commercial consequence was when the laying of a telegraph cable from Europe to

America was proposed. They had to know the depth and profile (

起伏形状

) of the route to estimate the

length of cable that had to be manufactured.

It was to Maury of the US Navy that the Atlantic Telegraph Company turned, in 1853, for information

on this matter. In the 1840s, Maury had been responsible for encouraging voyages during which soundings

(

测深

)

were

taken

to

investigate

the

depths

of

the

North

Atlantic

and Pacific

Ocean.

Later,

some

of

his

findings aroused much popular interest in his book The Physical Geography of the Sea.

The cable was laid, but not until 1866 was the connection made permanent and reliable. At the early

attempts,

the

cable

failed

and

when

it

was

taken

out

for

repairs,

it

was

found

to

be

covered

in

living

growths, a fact which defied contemporary scientific opinion that there was no life in the deeper parts of the

sea.

Within a few years oceanography was under way. In 1872 Thomson led a scientific expedition (

考察

),

which lasted for four years and brought home thousands of samples from the sea. Their classification and

analysis occupied scientists for years and led to a five-volume report, the last volume being published in

1895.

32.

The

proposal

to

lay

a

telegraph

cable

from

Europe

to

America

made

oceanographic

studies

take

on

.

A. an academic aspect

C. an international aspect

B. a business aspect

D. a military aspect

33. The aim of the voyages Maury was responsible for in the 1840s was

.

A. to conduct some sounding experiments in the oceans

B. to calculate the length of cable that was needed

C. to measure the depths of the two oceans

D. to collect samples of sea plants and animals

34. It was that asked Maury for he

lp in oceanographic studies

.

A. the American Navy

B. some early intercontinental travelers

C. those who earned a living from the sea

D. the company which proposed to lay an undersea cable

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35. This passage is mainly about

.

A. the beginnings of oceanography

B. the laying of the first undersea cable

C. the investigation of ocean depths

D. the early intercontinental communications

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