高二英语寒假作业8文档格式.docx

1、 he hunted polar bears in the North Pole and tigers in the rain forests of India. But he had never hunted Russian bears.So the Russians decided to organize a bear hunt for Mr. Bayer to sweeten the talks. This wasnt a simple task. Some people in the west still believe that bears may be found and seen

2、 everywhere in Russian cities just like squirrels may be seen in our back yards. This is not true. The closest place one may find bears in the wild is maybe 2,500 miles away from Moscow. However, a solution was quickly found. The Russian businessmen went to Moscow Circus（马戏团）and for $2,000 bought a

3、very old bear. This bear used to amuse and amaze audiences in many countries for 30 years, but got and looked too old, and was retired.“Be careful, the Russian bears are very dangerous, and frightening,” they told to Mr. Bayer. “If compared to the Russian bears, your African lions are nothing more t

4、han harmless cats.” The bear was brought to a forest 50 miles from Moscow and was left there. Mr. Bayer was told that bears were plentiful in that forest and that many cattle and even people had been eaten in the surrounding villages.Meanwhile, an 18-year old female drove through the forest on a mot

5、orcycle and suddenly saw a bear （no bears had been seen in those places for 200 years）. She was frightened, fell, left her helmet and her motorcycle and ran away.Mr. Bayer was excited and ready to hunt. This could become the most successful part of his extraordinary hunting experience. The next mome

6、nt Mr. Bayer saw a bear in a helmet driving on a motorcycle through the forest in front of him. The bear had a happy expression on his face, as he was doing something he had been doing in the circus for 30 years: circling on a motorcycle!Mr. Bayer lives in a private mental institution near Hamburg h

7、appily ever after. The equipment was never sold to Russia. It was sold to Iraq instead.21. Why did the Russians invite Mr. Bayer to hunt bears?A. Russian bears are famous for their cruelty.B. They managed to find a bear for hunting.C. They expected the trade to be successful.D. There was a bear in M

8、oscow Circus.22. Why did the Russians say “Be careful, the Russian bears are very dangerous, and frightening”?A. To tell Mr. Bayer that many people had been killed by bears.B. To make Mr. Bayer feel the hunting really challenging.C. To warn Mr. Bayer to mind his safety while hunting.D. To tell Mr. B

9、ayer that the bear is really dangerous.23. We can infer from the last paragraph that _.A. Mr. Bayer has gone madB. the bear injured him badlyC. he has worked in a mental institution since thenD. the trade has gone smoothly between Russian and Iraq B My son has poliomyelitis （小二麻痹症） and he suffered f

10、rom it a lot. When he was young, my wife and I took him to see so many doctors and got different kind of treatments. But still, he couldnt walk like a normal kid.So he was laughed at by his classmates for his walking style and he was very sad. Then he became afraid of going to school. He wouldnt go

11、anymore. One night, my wife had a breakdown and shouted at him, “I tell you, my kid, you might be like this forever. You are a freak in others eyes, and perhaps it would never change. But in my eyes, in your dads eyes, you are not a freak! You are not! Even if you are, we love you and will love you

12、forever!” My son spoke nothing for two days. He didnt eat or sleep. We could read he was hurt. We hoped something wonderful would fall in our family. On the third morning, he struggled to walk to my car, with his school bag in his hand of course. He raised his head high and hugged me, saying “I want

13、 to go to school. Nothing will beat me.”You know, from then on, he was never afraid of being laughed at any longer. If he couldnt avoid these looks, he chose to look at them in the eyes. Later, something nice really happened and my son went to Harvard University. When he was asked how he managed to

14、bear the pressure, he said, “Because of my parents.” My dear fellows, if you care too much about how other people look at you or what their opinions are, you will never become what you want to be. 29. The authors son was laughed at by his classmates, because _. A. he didnt do well in his lessons B.

15、he walked in a strange wayC. he was from a poor family D. he often burst into tears30. After hearing what the mother said, the son _. A. quarreled with his mother and left home angrilyB. went to school unwillingly with speaking anythingC. burst out crying complaining about his bad experienceD. didnt

16、 say anything without eating or sleeping for two days31. Which of the following is NOT right according to the passage?A. The boy was brave to face any difficulty after being encouraged by his mother. B. The boy achieve success and was admitted to a famous university.C. The boy finally could walk lik

17、e a normal child after some treatments.D. The boy owed his success to his parents and was grateful to them 32. From the passage we can say that the boy is _. A. confident and outgoing B. brave and hard-workingC. wise and easy-going D. determined and brave CWith the development of science and technol

18、ogy, new inventions, especially new electronic products, have made peoples lives easy and convenient. But as the saying puts: A coin has two sides.One day, I was walking in the park with a friend and his cell phone rang, interrupting our conversation. There we were, walking and talking on a beautifu

19、l sunny day andI became invisible, absent from the conversation.The telephone used to connect you to the absent. Now it makes people sitting next to you feel absent. Why is it that the more connected we get, the more disconnected I feel? Every advance in communications technology is a tragedy to the

20、 closeness of human interaction. With email and instant messaging over the Internet, we can now communicate without seeing or talking to one another. With voice mail, you can conduct entire conversations without ever reaching anyone. If my mom has a question, I just leave the answer on her machine.A

21、s almost every contact we can imagine between human beings gets automated, the alienation（疏远） index goes up. You cant even call a person to get the phone number of another person any more. Directory assistance is almost always fully automated.Pumping petrol at the station? Why say good morning to th

22、e attendant when you can swipe（刷）your credit card at the pump and save yourself the bother of human contact?Making a deposit at the bank? Why talk to a teller who might live in the neighborhood when you can just insert your card into ATM?Pretty soon you wont have the burden of making eye contact at

23、the grocery shop. Some supermarket chains are using a self-scanner so you can check yourself out, avoiding those check-out people who look at you and ask how you are doing.I am not against modern technology. I own a cell phone, an ATM card, a voice mail system, and an email account. Giving them up i

24、snt wisetheyre a great help to us. Its some of their possible consequences that make me feel uneasy.More and more, I find myself hiding behind e-mail to do a job meant for conversation. Or being relieved that voice mail picked up a call because I didnt really have time to talk. The communications in

25、dustry devoted to helping me keep in touch is making me lonelier.So Ive put myself on technology restriction: no instant messaging, with people who live near me，no cell phoning in the presence of friends, no letting the voice mail pick up when Im at home.32. Which of the following would be the best

26、title of the passage?A. The Advance of Communications TechnologyB. The Consequences of Modern TechnologyC. The Process of Communications RevolutionD. The Automation of Modern Communications33. Paragraphs 5 to 7 are listed as examples, which show that the use of modern communications is _.A. encourag

27、ing B. disappointing C. satisfying D. embarrassing34. The passage implies that _.A. modern technology is bridging the peopleB. modern technology is separating the peopleC. modern technology is developing too rapidlyD. modern technology is interrupting our lives35. What does the writer think to do wi

28、th the modern technology?A. We may use them no matter what others are doing.B. We can throw them away and return to the ancient.C. We can be far away from them forever.D. We can use them less and communicate with the people around us.D I was 16 when my father finally decided he would send me to wild

29、erness camp for several months. He had threatened to do it many times before, but my mother had always managed to prevent him from doing so. This time he insisted on doing it.The latest incident was the last straw. Impulsively（冲动地）, I had pushed Mr. Ford, my math teacher, down a flight of steps at s

30、chool. He broke his arm in two places. Anyway, he had agreed not to accuse me as a favor to my dad, who was in the middle of a tight race for sheriff（执法官） in our town. But my reckless behavior had my dads closest advisor talking.“John, hes your son and hes a kid, but he is dragging you down,” I heard Jake Hutch tell my dad through his closed office door the nigh