安徽省六安市舒城中学高二英语下册暑假作业题40.docx

安徽省六安市舒城中学高二英语下册暑假作业题40.docx

《安徽省六安市舒城中学高二英语下册暑假作业题40.docx》由会员分享，可在线阅读，更多相关《安徽省六安市舒城中学高二英语下册暑假作业题40.docx（7页珍藏版）》请在冰豆网上搜索。

安徽省六安市舒城中学高二英语下册暑假作业题40

第二十一天

一．美文阅读

　　Tuckedawayinoursubconsciousnessisanidyllicvision.Weseeourselvesonalongtripthatspansthecontinent.Wearetravellingbytrain.Outthewindows,wedrinkinthepassingsceneofcarsonnearbyhighways,ofchildrenwavingonacrossing,ofcattlegrazingonadistanthillside,ofsmokepouringfromapowerplant,ofrowuponrowofcornandwheat,offlatlandsandvalleys,ofmountainsandrollinghillsides,ofcityskylinesandvillagehalls.

Buttheuppermostinourmindsisthefinaldestination.Onacertaindayatacertainhour,wewillpullintothestation.Bandswillbeplayingandflagswaving.Oncewereachthere,somanywonderfuldreamswillcometrueandthepiecesofourliveswillbefittogetherlikeacompletedjigsawpuzzle.Howrestlesslywepacetheaisles,damningtheminutesloitering,waiting,waiting,waitingforthestation.

"Whenwereachthestation,thatwillbeit",wecry."WhenI'm18","WhenIbuyanew450SLMercedesBenz","WhenIputmylastkidthroughcollage","WhenIhavepaidoffthemortgage","WhenIgetapromotion","WhenIreachtheageoftheretirement,Ishalllivehappilyeverafter."

?

?

?

Soonerorlater,wemustrealizethatthereisnostation,nooneplacetoarriveatonceandforall.Thetruejoyoflifeisthetrip.Thestationisonlyadream.Itconstantlyoutdistancesus.

"Relishthemoment"isagoodmotto,especiallywhencoupledwithethePsalm118:

24:

"ThisisthedaywhichtheLordhathmade,wewillrejoiceandbegladinit."Itisn'ttheburdensoftodaythatdrivemenmad.Itistheregretsoveryesterdayandthefearoftomorrow.Regretandfeararetwinthieveswhorobusoftoday.

Sostoppacingtheaislesandcountingthemiles.Instead,climbmoremountains,eatmoreicecreams,gobarefootmoreoften,swimmorerivers,watchmoresunsets,laughmoreandcryless.Lifemustbelivedaswegoalong.Thenthestationwillcomesoonenough.

二．词汇训练

1．Unfortunately，manyspeciesareindangerof________（灭绝）nowadays.

2．Astheforestsarebeingdestroyed，the________（保护区）forthemisbecomingnecessary.

3．Unlesswecangetmore________（财政，资金），wewillclosethehotel.

4．Thescientists________（计算）usingvariouskindsofdatawhenthespacecraftwouldreachthemoon.

5．Themurdererwas________（判刑）todeathforwhathehaddone.

6．Scientistsare________（宣称）amajorbreakthroughinthefightagainstcancer.

7．We’ve________（分配）accommodationtoreachoftherefugees.

8．Theowner________（威胁）todriveusoutofthepubifwegotdrunk.

9．Thefruitis________（超过）myreach.

10．Westilldon’tknowexactlyhowtheuniversefirstcameinto________（存在）．

三．七选五

Whenyou’repackingforanadventure,what’sthemostimportantthingyou’llneed?

___1__Orbetteryet,aGPS.Whataboutotheranimals,howdotheyknowwherethey’regoing?

Whilehumansdependontechnologytotravel,someanimalshavesomethingfarmoreadvanced.Researchers,mainlyfromOregonStateUniversity,US,foundthatChinooksalmon（鲑鱼）havea“built-inGPS”oftheEarth’smagneticfield.__2__Itactslikeabigmapinsidetheirbrain.

Scientistsplacedsomebabysalmonintoabigswimmingpool.Tosimulate（模拟）theEarth’smagneticfield,theyputmagneticcoils（线圈）allaroundthepool.Then,bychangingthedirectionofthecoils,thesalmonbegantochangetheirowndirection.Theystartedtofaceinthedirectionoftheiroceanfeedingarea.

__3__Whenthescientistschangedthecoilstotheoppositeside,thesalmonalsoturnedintheoppositedirection.Justbyusingtheir“built-inGPS”,thesalmonwere?

abletofigureoutthedirectionoftheirfeedingarea.

__4__Thescientistsbelievethattheirnavigationskillscamethroughevolution.Thefishthatwereabletoreachthefeedingarealivedlonger.__5__Soifyou’reeverlostandinneedofsomehelp,maybeyoushouldaskasalmontopointyouintherightdirection!

A.HowdidChinooksalmongettheir“built-inGPS”?

B.Ifyoudon’twanttogetlost,you’llneedamap!

C.Thisisasafeplaceintheoceanwheresalmoncanfindfoodtoeat.

D.Thentheycouldpassontheirnavigationskillstotheirbabies.

E.However,themagneticfieldislikelynottheonlytoolsalmonusetonavigate.

F.Itturnsoutyoungsalmondon’tjustlearnquickly,theydon’tneedtolearnatall.

G.Thismeansassoonastheyareborntheyareabletodirectthemselvesintheocean.

四．阅读理解

A

　　OnApril10,1815,MountTamborainIndonesiaeruptedwithgreatforce.Fiftycubickilometersofmagma（岩浆）flewfromitspeak（山顶）andablanketofashasthickasonecentimeterfellovermorethan500,000squarekilometersofIndonesiaandtheJavaSea.TheeruptiondestroyedTambora’speakandformedaholesixbysevenkilometerswide.Theeruptionandresultingtsunamiskilled10,000people.Theagriculturallossanddiseasebro