河南省鹤壁市淇滨高级中学学年高二英语下学期第一次周考试.docx

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河南省鹤壁市淇滨高级中学学年高二英语下学期第一次周考试

河南省鹤壁市淇滨高级中学2017-2018学年高二英语下学期第一次周考试题

第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分60分）

第一节（共15小题;每小题3分，满分45分）

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，并在题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Algae（水藻）areverysimpleplants.Theygrowinfreshwaterorsaltywater.Seaweedisalgaethatgrowinsaltywater.Seaweedisredorbrownincolor.TheJapanesepeopleusetheseplantsfromtheseainmanyways.Fromit,theymakeafoodcalledKombu.Kombuisseaweedthathasbeendried,cookedandpressedtogether.Thenitisdriedagainandcutintolongpieces.TheJapaneseeatalotofKombuandlikeitverymuch.

Japanesefarmersoftenuseseaweedasfertilizer.Itmakestheirplantsgrowbetter.Manyfarmersalsofindseaweedmakesafinefoodfortheiranimals.

FromseaweedtheJapanesealsogetiodine（碘）,whichtheyselltoothercountries.Iodineisusedinmanywaysallovertheworld.Itisusedinmakingmedicine.Itisaddedtothesaltweuseatthetable.Scientistsevenuseoneformofiodineto“seedclouds”whentheywantraintofall.

21.Kombuisakindof____accordingtothetext.

A.plantB.medicineC.foodD.fertilizer

22.Inthelastsentenceofthetext,“seedclouds”means____.

A.cloudsspreadinglikeseeds

B.theseedslikeclouds

C.tomakerainfallwithhumanpower

D.droppingseedsbyclouds

23.Themainideaofthestoryisthat____.

A.TheJapaneseeatseaweedwhentheywantraintofall.

B.Kombuismadeintomedicineforfarmers.

C.TheJapaneseuseseaweedinmanyways.

D.TheJapaneseeatalotofKombu.

B

Oncetherewasapoorfarmerandhisfarmbelongedto（属于）arichman.Onedayhebroughtabasketofapplestotherichman’shouse.Onthedoorsteps,hemettwomonkeysdressedlikechildren.Theyjumpedontothebaskettoeattheapplesandthrewsomeontheground.Thefarmerpolitelytookoffhishatandaskedthemonkeystogetoff.Theyobeyed（服从）andthefarmerwentintothehouse.Heaskedtoseetherichman.Aservanttookhimtotheroomwheretherichmanwassitting.

"Ihavebroughtyouthebasketofapplesyouaskedfor,"hesaid.

"Butwhyhaveyoubroughtahalf-emptybasket?

"therichmanasked.

"Imetyourchildrenoutside,andtheystole（偷）someoftheapples."

24.Whydidthefarmerbringapplestotherichman?

Because

A.hewaspoor

B.helikedtherichman

C.hisfarmbelongedtotherichman

D.therichman’schildrenlikedapples

25.Whatdidthemonkeysdowhenthefarmerwasonthedoorsteps?

A.Theyjumpedandjumped.

B.Theyplayed.

C.Theyranaway.

D.Theyatesomeoftheapples.

26.Themonkeysleftthebasketbecause

A.theyhadthrownapplesontheground

B.thefarmerhadpolitelyaskedthemtogetoff

C.theywereafraidofthehat

D.thefarmerwasangrywiththem

27.Howdidtherichmanfeelwhenhesawthebasket?

Hefelt

A.pleasedB.unhappyC.excitedD.moved

C

Ifwewereaskedexactlywhatweweredoingayearago，weshouldprobablyhavetosaythatwecouldnotremember.Butifwehadkeptabookandhadwritteninitanaccountofwhatwedideachday，weshouldbeabletogiveananswertothequestion.Itisthesameinhistory.Manythingshavebeenforgottenbecausewedonothaveanywrittenaccountofthem.Sometimesmendidkeeparecordofthemostimportanthappeningsintheircountry，butoftenitwasdestroyedbyfireorinawar．Sometimestherewasneveranywrittenrecordatallbecausethepeopleofthattimeandplacedidnotknowhowtowrite．Forexample，weknowagooddealaboutthepeoplewholivedinChina4,000yearsago,becausetheycouldwriteandleavewrittenrecordsforthosewholivedafterthem．Butweknowalmostnothingaboutthepeoplewholivedeven200yearsagoincentralAfrica,becausetheyhadnotlearnedtowrite.Sometimes,ofcourse，evenifthepeoplecannotwrite，theymayknowsomethingofthepast．Theyhaveheardaboutitfromolderpeople，andoftensongsanddancesandstorieshavebeenmadeaboutthemostimportanthappenings，andthesehavebeensungandactedandtoldformanygenerations.Formostpeopleareproudtotellwhattheirfathersdidinthepast.Thiswemaycall“rememberedhistory”．Someofithasnowbeenwrittendown.Itisnotsoexactorsovaluabletousaswrittenhistoryis，becausewordsaremuchmoreeasilychangedwhenusedagainandagaininspeechthanwhencopiedinwriting.Butwheretherearenowrittenrecords，suchspokenstoriesareoftenveryhelpful．

28.Whichofthefollowingideasisnotsuggestedinthepassage?

A．“Rememberedhistory”，comparedwithwrittenhistory，islessreliable

B．Writtenrecordsofthepastplaythemostimportantroleinourlearningofthehumanhistory．

C．AwrittenaccountofourdailyactivitieshelpsUStobeabletoanswermanyquestions．

D．Wheretherearenowrittenrecords．thereisnohistory．

29.WeknowverylittleaboutthecentralAfrica200yearsagobecause________.

A．therewasnothingworthbeingwrittendownatthattime

B.thepeoplethereignoredtheimportanceofkeepingarecord

C.thewrittenrecordswereperhapsdestroyedbyafire

A.thepeopletheredidnotknowhowtowrite

30.“Rememberedhistory”refersto__________．

A．historybasedonaperson'simagination

B.storiesofimportanthappeningspasseddownfrommouthtomouth

C.songsanddancesaboutthemostimportantevents

D.bothBandC

31.“Rememberedhistory”isregardedasvaluableonlywhen____________.

A.itiswrittendown

B.nowrittenaccountisavailable

C.itprovestobetime

D．peopleareinterestedinit

D

ForanyEnglishman，therecanneverbeanydiscussionastowhoistheworld'sgreatestdramatist（剧作家）．Onlyonenamecanpossiblysuggestitselftohim：

thatofWilliamShakespeare.EveryEnglishmanhassomeknowledge，howeverslight，oftheworkofourgreatestwriter．AllofUSusewords，phrasesandquotationsfromShakespeare'swritingsthathavebecomepartofthecommonpropertyoftheEnglish-speakingpeople．Mostofthetimeweareprobablyunawareofthesourceofthewordsweused，ratherliketheoldladywhowastakentoseeaperformanceofHamletandcomplainedthatitwasfullofwell-knownproverbsandquotations．Shakespeare，moreperhapsthananyotherwriter，makesfulluseofthegreatresourcesoftheEnglishlanguage．MostofUSuseaboutfivethousandwordsinournormaluseofEnglish；Shakespeareinhisworksusedabouttwenty-fivethousand．ThereisprobablynobetterwayforaforeignertoappreciatetherichnessandvarietyoftheEnglishlanguagethanbystudyingthevariouswaysinwhichShakespeareusedit．Suchastudyiswellworththeeffort（itisnot，ofcourse，recommendedtobeginners）eventhoughsomeaspectsofEnglishusage，andthemeaningofmanywords，havechangedsinceShakespeare'sday．

32.Englishpeople_____________

A．haveneverdiscussedwhoistheworld'sgreatestdramatist

B．neverdiscussanyissueconcerningtheworld'sgreatestdramatist

C．aresurewhoistheworld'sgreatestdramatist

D．donotcarewhoistheworld'sgreatestpoetanddramatist

33.EveryEnglishmanknows__________

A．moreorlessaboutShakespeare

B．Shakespeare，butonlyslightly

C．allShakespeare'swritings

D．onlythenameofthegreatestEnglishwriter

34.Whichofthefollowingistrue?

A．Weuseallthewords，phrasesandquotationsfromShakespeare'swritings．

B．Shakespeare'swritingshavebecomethepropertyofthosewhoarelearningtospeakEnglish．

C．Itislikelytobetruethatpeopleoftendonotknowtheoriginsofthewordstheyuse

DAllthewordspeopleusearetakenfromthewritingsofShakespeare

35.Whatdoestheword“proverb”mean?

A．Familiarsayings

B．Shakespeare'splays．

C．Complaints．

D．Actorsandactresses．

第二节（共5小题；每小题3分，满分15分）

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。

选项中有两项为多余选项。

Learningaforeignlanguageisachallenge,butitcanalsobefun.Hereissomeadviceonhowtolearnanotherlanguage.

Spendthetime.

Themoretimeyouspendonthelanguage,thefasteryouwilllearn.Thismeanslistening,reading,writing,speakingandstudyingwordsandphrases.Thisdoesnotmeansittinginclasslookingoutofthewindow,norlisteningtootherstudentswhodonotspeakwell,norgettingexplanationsinyourownlanguageabouthowthelanguageworks.36

Listenandreadeveryday.

ListenwhereveryouareonyourMP5player.Readwhatyouarelisteningto.Listentoandreadthingsthatyoulike,thingsthatyoucanmostlyunderstand,orevenpartlyunderstand.Ifyoukeeplisteningandreading,youwillgetusedtothelanguage.37

Focusonwordsandphrases.

Buildupyourvocabulary,andyou'llneedlots.Starttonoticewordsandhowtheycometogetherasphrases.Learnthesewordsandphrasesthroughyourlisteningandreading.Readonline,usingonlinedictionaries,andmakeyourownvocabularylistsforreview.38Graduallyyouwillbeabletousethem.Donotworryabouthowaccuratelyyouspeakuntilyouhaveaccumulatedplentyofwordsthroughlisteningandreading.

39

Ifyoudonotwanttolearnthelanguage,youwon't.Ifyoudowanttolearnthelanguage,takecontrol.Choosethecontentofinterestthatyouwanttolistentoandread.Seekoutthewordsandphrasesthatyouneedtounderstandyourlisteningandreading.Donotwaitforsomeoneelsetoshowyouthelanguage,nortotellyouwhattodo.Discoverthelanguagebyyourselflikeachildgrowingup.Talkorwritewhenyoufeellikeit.Ateachercannotteachyoutobecomefluent,butyoucanlearntobecomefluentifyouwantto.

Relaxandenjoyyourself.

40Itdoesn'tmatter.Youarelearningandimproving.Thelanguagewillgraduallybecomeclearerinyourbrain,butthiswillhappenonaschedulethatyoucannotcontrol.Sositbackandenjoy.Justmakesureyouspendenoughtimeonthelanguage.