2019-2020学年高二英语寒假学考复习题4.doc

2019-2020学年高二英语寒假学考复习题4学生签字： 家长签字： 效果自评：In the 19th century, Charles Dickens, the English novelist, wrote excitedly of a carriage, pulled along by a team of horses, that could1more than twenty miles of road2sixty minutes. To us in the twenty-first century, in which man is able to move and municate so rapidly, the 3of the carriage seems nothing at all. Planes fly many hundreds of miles in an hour. And even without4,we can, by wireless or telephone, municate within5with people on the other side of the6 . The benefits of the these increased speeds are countless. Businessmen say travelling from Europe to America can7much time, for the journey that would once have taken weeks8 now, by air, only twenty-four hours. Members of one family separated from each other by long9can have talks with each other by telephone as10as if they were sitting in the same room. Not all the effects of speed,11, are beneficial. People who are in the12of using a motor car 13they want to move half a mile bee lazy and14the power of enjoying an active15 . Those who travel through a country at eighty miles an hour do not16much of the life to that country as they17.They bee18 anxious about moving quickly from one 19 to another that they are20able to relax and enjoy a happy journey. 1. A. cover B.discover C. move D. pull 2. A. by B.for C. within D. over 3. A. movementB.running C. speed D. travel 4. A. moving B.seeing C. speaking D. talking 5. A. months B.seconds C. weeks D. years 6. A. country B.globe C. street D. village 7. A. save B.cost C. waste D. take 8. A. spends B.has C. makes D. takes 9. A. ways B.periods C. distances D. journeys 10.A. easily B.firmly C. nearly D. quietly 11. A. thus B.otherwiseC. however D. meanwhile 12. A. positionB.habit C.group D. rest 13. A. in whichB.whenever C.wherever D. why 14. A. get B.have C.lose D. want 15. A. activityB.driving C.walk D. training 16. A. findB.know C.listen D. see 17. A. awayB.out C.back D. past 18. A. moreB.so C. too D. very 19. A. familyB.floor C. person D. place 20A. no longer B.no more C. for ever D. for something C Education is not an end but a means to an end. In other words, we do not educate children 1 for the purpose of educating them; our purpose is to fit them for life.2 we realize this fact, we will understand that it is very important to 3 a system of education which will really prepare children for life. In many modern countries it has 4 been accepted that ,by free education for all whether rich or poor, clever or stupid one can solve 5 of society and build a 6 nation. But we can already see that free education for all is not7: we find in such countries8people with university degrees than9jobs for them to do Because of their degrees, they refuse to do 10 “low” work. But we have only to think11 to understand that the wok of a pletely uneducated12 is far more important than13: we can live 14 education, but we 15 if we have no food. If no one cleaned our streets and took the16 away from our houses, we should get terrible diseases in our towns. In countries where there are.17 because everyone is ashamed to do such work ,the scientists have to waste much of their time doing18. In fact,19 we say that all of us must be educated to fit20 for life, it means that we must be educated 21 that each of us can do whatever job22him, and that we can realize that all jobs are23to society, and that it is very bad to be ashamed to do ones work, or to laugh at24.Only such a type of education can be25 valuable to society. 1. A. quite B. only C. almost D. greatly 2. A. Before B. In order that C. As soon as D. Though 3. A. choose B. learn C. master D. publish 4. A. in the past B. sometimes C. for some time D. not yet 5.A. part of the matters B. all the questions C. some of the affairsD. all the problems 6. A. free B. perfect C. polite D. famous7. A. enough B. food C. fair D. useful 8. A. a far great number of B. much more C. a far larger number of D. a good more 9. A. they are B. it is C. they have D. there are 10. A what they think B. which they believe C. that they think D. those they believe 11. A. an hour B. a week C. a moment D. a day12. A. citizen B. farmer C. worker D. soldier 13.A.the one of a professorB.that of a professor C.a professor D.that of a professors 14. A. without B. by C. in spite of D. because of 15. A. are beaten B. are hanged C. die D. bee dead 16. A. poison B. rubbish C. waste water D. worms 17. A. many waiters B. no doctors C. some teachers D. no servants 18. A. housework B. research work C. homework D. mental work 19. A. since B. after C. when D. before 20A. them B. him C. ones D. us 21. A. in such a way B. in a way C. in such the way D. in the way 22. A. fit B. is fit for C. which fits D. is fit for 23. A. ordinary B. necessary C. harmless D. practical 24. A. others B. someone else C. someone elses D. others 25. A. called B. said C. regarded D. treated as D I did not know the city at all1 what is more, I could not speak a word of the language. After having spent my first day sightseeing in the town center. I decided to lose my way deliberately（故意地）2 ,since I believed that this was the surest way of getting to3 around. I went to a suburb(郊区)and arrived at marketplace. Then I decided to get back to my4 for lunch. After walking about aimlessly for some time, I began to 5.The trouble was that the only word I knew6 was the name of the street in which I lived -and 7I pronounced badly. I stopped 8 a friendly-looking newspaper seller. He smiled and handed me a paper. I shook my head and9the name of the street and he thrust(硬塞) the paper into my hands. 10 that it would be 11 to argue about the matter, I gave him some 12 and went on my way. The next person13 was an old lady who was buying vegetables. She was very hard of14 and I repeated the word several times. When she 15 heard me, she seemed to get angry and began shouting and shaking her walking-stick 16 me. I hurried away quickly and saw a policeman on a corner. He certainly would be able to 17me. The policeman listened attentively to my 18 ,smiled, and gently look me 19 the arm. I nodded politely and began walking 20 he pointed. About an hour passed and I noticed that the houses were getting 21 and green fields were appearing on 22 side of me. I had e all the way into the 23 .The only thing 24 for me to do was to find the 25 railway station!. 1. A. so B. and C. but D. then 2. A. on my second day B. in my life C. for a year D. tomorrow 3. A. know the people B. ask the peopleC. ask my way D. know my way 4. A. city B. home C. hotel D. office 5. A. lose the way B. get a map C. ask the way D. look for people 6. A. from my parents B. when I learnt C. in the dictionary D. of the language 7. A. even that B. except that C. so that D. because of that 8. A. asking B. for asking C. in order to ask D. in order that he asked 9.A. repeated B. rewrote C. gave D.