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1、牛津版高一下（4）12单元练习试题（无听力）江苏省泗阳县众兴中学 李前长二语知题三.完型填空：（20%）The trouble with the TV weather report is that it brings out the worst news to all of us.The other evening I was watching my weatherman on the late night news, and he said, “A cold wind is coming down from Canada and will _36_ across the Great Plai

2、ns, carrying _37_ temperatures, snow and ice.”“What are you smiling at?” my wife wanted to know.“We are _38_.” I said.“But the people in the Great Plains are Americans too.”“Theyre _39_ to it.” I replied. “This kind of weather is soft to them.”The weatherman was waving his hands all over the _40_. “

3、A storm now over the Pacific will _41_ six inches of rain in Southern California and Arizona.”“_42_ them right!” I said. “Theyre always saying how _43_ their weather is and its _44_ they got a taste of the weather.The weatherman continued. “_45_ low temperatures will be brought to Texas.”“Dont cry _

4、46_ Texas,” I said.“Kentucky, Tennessee and Georgia can _47_ freezing rain because of this high pressure system coming up from Mexico,” the weatherman continued.I said, “So the _48_ of their rose garden!”My wife was angry, “Youre being very _49_.”“Look,” I said, “the only reason they tell you about

5、the _50_ in other parts of the country is that people who arent affected by it can _51_ it. Bad news is good news if it doesnt _52_ you.”The weatherman went on saying, “And we can expect two inches of _53_ in the Washington area by tomorrows rush hour.”I couldnt believe what I had just _54_, and loo

6、ked up to heaven, “Why _55_?”36. A. drive B. bringC. jump D. sweep37. A. highB. coldC. hotD. low38. A. tiredB. strongC. luckyD. happy39. A. naturalB. usedC. comfortableD. nice40. A. mapB. screenC. cityD. country41. A. experienceB. pushC. bringD. have42. A. TeachB. PutC. SendD. Serve43. A. pleasant B

7、. badC. exactD. bitter44. A. rightB. necessaryC. chanceD. time45. A. RecordB. ReportC. ServiceD. Nature46. A. to B. inC. forD. at47. A. expectB. hopeC. guessD. believe48. A. beginningB. endC. luckD. fate49. A. meanB. kindC. freeD. busy50. A. weatherB. rainC. temperatureD. snow51. A. understandB. see

8、C. knowD. enjoy52. A. put onB. happen toC. stay withD. point at53. A. fogB. windC. snowD. storm54. A. heardB. listenedC. seenD. watched55. A. usB. themC. youD. him四.阅读理解AA man in a very splendid restaurant started to take off his jacket. Seeing this, the head waiter dashed to his table and said, “Im

9、 afraid I must ask you to keep your jacket on, sir, for it is not good manners to do it in such a smart restaurant.”“Now listen”, said the man, “Ill let you know that the Queen of England gave me permission to remove my jacket here.”“The Queen of England?” said the waiter in great surprise. “Sure,”

10、replied the man, “When I was in England last month, a friend of mine who had a very important position in high society took me to see the Queen. It was rather hot, so I started taking my coat off. The Queen looked over and said, “You may do that in the United States, but you may not do it here.” So

11、I got the Queens permission, right?”56. It is certain that the story happened _. A. in England B. in the Queens partyC. in AmericaD. in an ordinary restaurant57. When the head waiter asked the man not to take off his jacket, the man . A. took his advice immediatelyB. obeyed him without any hesitatio

12、nC. apologized for his bad mannersD. refused to listen to him58. What the Queen really meant was that _. A. people in the U. S. were less politeB. he shouldnt take off his coat in such a formal occasion in EnglandC. she permitted him to take off his jacket in AmericaD. the English and the Americans

13、enjoyed different ways of life59. From the story, you can see the man was _. A. one who didnt have good understandingB. such a man as used to make troubleC. always ready to do what the Queen told him toD. humorous and careless BBend over, take a deep breath and drink some water for 15 seconds! This

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