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高二英语周练
Dec.18
命制人：单晓玲
审核人：审核组
一、完型填空
In
a
village
near
Nuremberg
lived
a
family
with
eighteen
children.
Merely
to
keep
food
on
the
table,
the
goldsmith
father
worked
eighteen
hours
a
day.
Despite
their
1
condition,
two
of
Durer's
children
had
a
dream to seek their talent for 2 , but
they knew well their father would never
be able to send
3
of them to
Nuremberg to study at the Academy.
The two boys finally worked out an
agreement. They would
toss
（
扔）
a
coin. The 4 would work in
the nearby mines to support his brother. Albrecht
Durer
__5
the
toss
and
went
off
to
Nuremberg.
Albert
went
into
the
dangerous
mines
and,
for
the
next
four
years,
financed
his
brother,
6
work at the academy was almost an
7
success. Albrecht's woodcuts and
oils were 8
better than those of his professors and
he soon was earning
considerable fees 9
his works.
When the young 10 returned
home, the Durer family held a festive dinner.
Albrecht rose to
toast to his beloved
brother,
All heads turned to the far
end of the table,
12
Albert sat, tears streaming
down his pale
face,
while
he
sobbed
and
repeated,
Finally,
Albert
rose
and
13
the
tears
from
his
cheeks.
He said softly,
for me. Look 14
four
years in the mines have
done
to my hands! The bones
in every finger have been smashed at least
once, and I cannot even hold a glass to
15 your toast.
Today,
Albrecht
Durer's
masterful
works
16
in
every
great
museum
in
the
world,
but
chances are great 17
you, like most people, are familiar
with only one of them. Albrecht Durer
drew his brother's abused hands with
palms together and thin fingers stretched skyward.
He
18
it
Next time you
see that touching creation, take
19
second look.
Let it be your reminder, if
you still
need one, that no one ever makes it 20
!
1.
A. hopeful
B.
lucky
C.
disappointed
D. hopeless
2.
A. music
B. farming
C. mining
D. art
3.
A. all
B. neither
C. each
D. either
4.
A.
painter
B. loser
C.
winner
D. failure
5.
A. lost
B. got
C. won
D. beat
6.
A. who
B. his
C. whom
D. whose
7.
A. obvious
B. immediate
C. attractive
D. ordinary
8.
A.
far
B. quite
C.
very
D. a lot of
9.
A. for
B. after
C. out
D. at
10.
A.
miner
B. worker
C. artist
D. professor
11.
A. luck
B. turn
C. move
D. moment
12.
A. where
B. which
C. there
D. when
13.
A. recovered
B.
wept
C. wiped
D.
handed
14.
A. what
B. that
C. where
D. how
15.
A.
hold
B. return
C. move
D.
turn
16.
A. hang
B.
represent
C. present
D. visit
17.
A. when
B. that
C. which
D. as
18.
A. said
B. loved
C. told
D. called
19.
A. its
B. the
C. a
D.
不填
20.
A. yet
B. out
C. alone
D. before
二、阅读理解
(
共
15
小题；每小题
< br>2
分，满分
30
分
)
A
The other day I
heard a few local musicians talking:
“I
hate all the terrible
pianos in this town.
I hate that
rubbish they play on the radio. They
can
’
t even understand a bit
of music.
”
“I’
m never playing in that
club again. Too many drunks and nobody listens to
us.
”
But, one
younger musician said,
“
There are a few clubs that
book my band a few nights a
month,
and
I’
m
trying
to
find
other
places
to
play.
I’
m
also
looking
to
book
a
few
summer
festivals this
year.
”
I’
ve heard that you are the
average of the five people whom you spend the most
time with, or
to put it another way,
you are who your friends are.
Attitudes
are important. Whether
they
’
re positive or
negative, they
’
re rubbing
off on you. If
you
’
re around
people who complain about lack of work and about
other musicians, or
blame
(
责
怪
)others, and you
play the role of
victim
(
受害者
), chances are you will start
to as well. So
it’
s
time to take a look at the people you
call
“
friends
”
.
This is an easy exercise:
Make a list of the people who you hang out with,
and simply stop
spending
time
with
the
negative
people
on
your
list.
Set
a
new
standard
(
标准
)f
or
yourself
and
don
’
t become
friends with people who fall below that standard.
Keep successful people around you and
your own chances for success will be much better.
Ask them how they do it. Ask if they
will help you get the work
you
’
re looking for, or maybe
give
you some advice to help you on
your career path.
21. Which of the
following would be the best title for this
passage?
A. A friend in need is a
friend indeed
B. How to make friendship
last for ever
C. You are who your
friends are
D. Friends are
the most important in one
’
s
success
22. The underlined sentence
“
they
’
re
rubbing off on you
”
in
Paragraph 6 means
.
A.
th
ey’
ll push you ahead
B.
they
’
ll influence you
C. they
’
ll cover
your shortcomings
D. they
’
ll help
you achieve your goal
23. The
musician
s’
words at the
beginning are written mainly to show
.
A.
the musicians
’
living
conditions are quite poor
B. people
have poor taste in music
C. people have
different attitudes towards the same thing
D. young people have greater chances of
succeeding
B
People who work
at night learn to sleep during the day and eat at
night.
Students who fly
halfway across the world to study in
another country get used to the new
time
zone
(
时区
)after a
few days. When they go home, they
change back again. Our bodies are controlled by a
biological
clock, but we can learn to
reset it at a different time.
If you
have to fly quite often all over the
world, try the following pieces of
advice.
●
Try not to become
exhausted before you leave, get plenty of sleep,
and leave enough time
to get to the
airport and check in without having to hurry.
●
Wear loose clothes, and
take your shoes off while you are in your seat.
●
Walk around the plane and
move around in your seat.
●
Figure out breakfast time
in the time zone you are flying to. Four days
before your flight,
start a feast and
fast schedule. On the fourth day before you fly,
eat three heavy meals. If you drink
coffee, tea or cola drinks that contain
caffeine, have them only between 3:00 and 5:00 p.
m. On the
third
day
before
your
flight,
eat
very
lightly
—
salad,
light
soups,
fruits,
and
juices. Again,
have
drinks with caffeine only between 3:00
and 5:00 p.m. On the next to the last day before
you leave,
feast again. On the day
before you leave, fast. If you are flying west,
drink caffeinated drinks in
the
morning; if you are going east, drink them between
6:00 and 11:00 p.m.
On
the
day
you
leave,
have
your
first
meal
at
the
time
people
in
the
new
time
zone
eat
breakfast. If it is a long flight,
sleep on the plane until the new breakfast time,
and don
’
t drink any
alcohol. When you wake up, have a big
meal. Stay awake and active, and eat at the new
time zone
hours.
24. The
passage is mainly written for those who
.
A.
work at night
B. travel abroad
C. work on the plane
D.
have eating problems
25. Which of the
following can explain
“
a
feast and fast
schedule”
?
A. Eat three heavy meals and eat very
quickly for four days.
B. Eat a lot one
day and then eat lightly the next day.
C. Drink coffee, tea or cola drinks
only between 3:00 and 5:00 p.m.
D. Eat
very lightly
—
salad, light
soups, fruits, and juices for four days.
26. What should you do during a long
flight?
A. Wear loose clothes and
don
’
t wear any shoes.
B. Keep walking around the plane during
the flight.
C. Drink caffeinated drinks
to keep awake and active.
D. Sleep on
the plane until the new breakfast time.
C
Feeling satisfied with
yourself and your life can actually protect
against cancer
，
strokes
(
中
风
),accidents and more .Happiness
not only makes you good, but
it
’
s good for you.
Being happy can
prevent
—
Cancer
.One Swedish study
showed that people who were unhappy at work had a
5.5 times
greater risk of getting colon
cancer than happier ones. Why? Recent research
suggests
depression
（沮丧）
weakens the body
’
s
disease-fighting defenses.
Strokes
.Happy people are less likely to
develop high blood pressure, a major risk factor
for
strokes, says Lyle H. Miller, Ph.D.
Diabetes
(
糖尿病
).
The
unhappiness
that
results
form
stress
can
sometimes
bring
about
diabetes, according to
Miller
’
s research .If stress
is a long time ,this can wear out the
p
ancreas
(
胰
腺
) and possibly cause it to produce too little
insulin .That
’
s why people
can suffer diabetes.
Here are a few
ways to stay happy and healthy:
1) Fix attention on the positive, like
good health and a loving family .If you start
enjoying
what you have,
you
’
ll feel happier.
2)
Stop
wishing
for
what
you
don
’
t
have.
People
who
feel
satisfied
are
happier
with
their
lives.
“
Satisfaction
isn
’
t getting what you want;
it
’
s wanting what you
have,
”
says David G. Myers,
Ph. D.
3)
Choose
to
be
happy.
“
Happiness
is
a
belief,
so
make
up
your
mind
to
be
happy,
”
says
Wayne Dyer.
4) Stay connected with other people you
love.
“
Social support
–
feeling liked and
encouraged
by friends and family
–
develop happiness and good
health,
”
says Myers.
5) Get
“
high
”
on exercise.
27. Being happy can
prevent all the following EXCEPT
A. cancer
B. strokes
C. diabetes
D. insulin
underlined phrase
“
wear out
”
in Paragraph 4 probably
means
A .make something dangerous
B. make something thin or
damaged