（湖北专用）高中英语 Unit13 Great Scientists The United Kingdom Life in the future测试题(1).doc

（湖北专用）2014-2015学年高中英语 unit1-3 great scientists the united kingdom life in the future测试题class: name: marks: 满分（120）第一部分 词汇知识运用 (共两节，满分30分)第一节 多项选择 (共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)1. i was bored with my job in shanghai and i thought i needed a new , so i went to chongqing, together with my two friends, to start a new business. a. combinationb. conflict c. conclusion d. challenge2. my first of david was that he was very cold and proud, but i changed my mind as time went by. a. impression b. expression c. poster d. understanding3. the only way susan can imagine to her competitors in a competitive environment is to become stronger by making great efforts. a. defeat b. guide c. handle d. tolerate4. in order to more visitors, some tourist resorts of henan will reduce admission prices on some important days, such as the national day. a. arrange b. attract c. attend d. cure 5. at first, miss jenny made a short summary of what we had learned last time, and then we a new lesson about the civil war. a. took up b. sped up c. swept up d set up 6. henrys company went under because of its running out of cash after his wife left him. no one knew whether he would under constant pressure.a. break away b. break down c. break out d. break up7. thanks to the traffic rules, there has been a marked reduction in the number of the accidents in most parts of our country in the past six months. a. splendid b. strict c. consistent d. negative 8. our manager, mr. smith, as well as several vice-managers, is having a meeting to talk about your problem, because they know you are waiting for the answer. a. positive b. cautious c. instant d. previous9. with the word “pm2.5” appearing in media reports recently, the public pay greater attention to health problems. a. roughly b. gradually c. entirely d. constantly 10. when asked about her trip to yunnan in august, mrs. lee said everything was perfect the guides negative attitude towards her work. a. apart fromb. free from c. thanks to d. because of第二节 完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)a little boy was standing outside the mall in the cold spring wind, collecting donations for cancer research. i noticed he had no 11 .i checked my purse, but didnt find any 12 . it is a principle of mine to always 13 money to cancer researchi have 14 dear friends and family members to the disease, and want to do my little part to help find a 15 .“ill bring you some money when i come back,” i 16 the boy. “thank you!” he smiled and let out a loud sneeze.“youll get yourself a 17 ! come inside the mall,” i asked him. “sorry, i 18 ,” he stated. “the guard there said no one is 19 to gather money in the mall.” i could not believe my 20 . i looked inside, 21 could not see a guard. if i had i would have told him what i thought of such 22 .i did my shopping quickly and bought 23 a pair of gloves. “ok, now give me your list,” i said to the boy. i looked at the empty lines. “do you need to get all these lines 24 ?” “no. i dont have to, but i want to. my best friend pete has cancer. i want to help him,” he said 25 . deeply moved, i took the gloves out. “these are for you.” “thank you!” he said, and he 26 bowed. “now i can stand here a lot longer than i 27 !”i asked, “will the organization give you something to 28 you for doing this?” “they sure do!” “what do you get then?” i asked, 29 to hear he got some nice toys or perhaps a certificate (证书). he was smiling broadly now. “i get a new, 30 list!”11. a. chances b. clothes c. gloves d. feelings12. a. coins b. cards c. tips d. drugs13. a. earn b. give c. owe d. save14. a. met b. asked c. visited d. lost15. a. cure b. result c. job d. goal 16. a. invited b. reported c. promised d. advised17. a. flu b. drink c. pay d. meal18. a. wont b. may not c. cant d. neednt19. a. supposed b. allowed c. proved d. believed20. a. senses b. ears c. eyes d. words21. a. when b. so c. if d. but22. a. customers b. guards c. rules d. advices23. a. himself b. me c. myself d. him24. a. filled b. pulled c. attached d. handled25. a. weakly b. sadly c. quietly d. secretly26. a. gradually b. actually c. possibly d. hardly27. a. judged b. expressed c. announced d. thought 28. a. direct b. employ c. defend d. thank29. a. starting b. imagining c. hoping d. realizing 30. a. empty b. full c. long d. short第二部分 阅读理解 (共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)athe mother of the 13-year-old dutch girl laura dekker, whose plans to make a solo sailing trip around the world have recently made world headlines, has spoken out against the trip. “it breaks my heart to think that because of this i could lose contact with my daughter,” she said in an interview. “i have never before made such a difficult decision. but i must accept the consequences. i would rather have a live daughter who i will never see again than a dead daughter.”it is the first time that lauras mother, babs mller, has spoken out against the trip. lauras parents are divorced and the girl has lived with her father since she was six. her father dick dekker supports lauras plans. however, the dutch child protection board has decided to place the girl under supervision (监督) for two months to ascertain whether she is mentally and physically capable of undertaking the journey.ms mller says she is confident that laura is technically capable of making the journey. “she can sail like the devil. thats not the problem.” however, she is afraid of the problems a 13-year-old girl can encounter in the harbors of third-world countries and of the psychological (心理上的) pressure of being alone for such a long period on the ocean. “the most important thing, in my eyes, is that she is not yet an adult.” ms mller says she told laura once before that she was opposed to the idea. her daughter replied, “if you forbid me, you will have ruined my entire life. then ill never want to see you again.” however, lauras mother says that reports that a camera team is planning to follow her around the world could change her opinion about the trip.31. it can be inferred that laura dekker and her mother .a. are angry with dick dekkerb. had a quarrelc. lost touch with each otherd. are all good sailors32. we can learn that the dutch child protection board .a. will train laura for two months b. will help laura realize her dreamc. cares about lauras safetyd. doesnt believe in laura at all33. laura dekkers mother is confident about .a. her daughters sailing abilitiesb. her daughters psychological state c. her relationship with her husbandd. her relationship with her daughter 34. what does the underlined part “opposed to” mean?a. against.b. shocked by.c. beyond.d. satisfied with.bamericans do many different things during their vacations. some people stay at home and enjoy time with their families. they may go to a local swimming pool, zoo or museum. other people travel to enjoy large national parks, the mountains, the ocean, or large amusement parks. many people visit interesting american cities or historic areas. some people visit family members in other states. still other americans visit foreign countries. recently there is a new use for vacation time learning about a new kind of job. this program is called vocation vacations. people pay between six hundred and five thousand dollars to work at a job for a few days or a week. brian kurth of portland, oregon, started vocation vacations. he says it serves a valuable purpose. it gives people a chance to try out a job they always wanted without leaving their present job.people use vocation vacations to try many kinds of jobs around the united states. these are jobs that anyone can learn to do. for example, they can learn how to make beer, wine, cheese or cakes. they can help train dogs or horses. they can learn how to be a hunting and fishing guide or a gardener. they can work with a sports announcer, television producer, wedding planner or photographer. or they can learn how to operate a very small hotel, called a “bed and breakfast”. vocation vacations recently added several new jobs. they include comedians, dog-sled (雪橇) drivers and hair stylists. the company says the most popular job so far is winemaking.the vocation vacations website recently asked visitors what prevents them from working at their dream job. more than two thousand people answered. forty-two percent said the main block is money. lack of the right education or experience was the answer given by twenty-five percent. other answers included fear of failure and lack of family support.35. what is “vocation vacations” according to the passage?a. the best way of enjoying time with ones family.b. a program of learning a new job on holiday.c. a chance to learn how to operate a hotel.d. the most popular jobs around the us.36. it seems that most of the jobs in vocation vacations are .a. difficultb. boringc. expensived. enjoyable37. which of the following jobs in vocation vacations is the most popular in america?a. training dogs.b. hairdressing. c. making wine. d. making cakes.38. when people take the jobs in vocation vacations, .a. they can choose many kinds of themb. they can get some money for their workc. they must have much experienced. they must have a lot of moneyca 400-pound adult male gorilla (大猩猩) escaped from his cage at the buffalo zoo on monday. he bit a female zookeeper before being caught. the 24-year-old gorilla came out of his living quarters through an unlocked door on monday morning. he ran into the space which was used by zoo workers but closed to the public.a keeper who has cared for koga since he arrived in 2007 was bitten on her hand and leg. zoo officials said it was an act of excitement. “he was probably just as surprised coming face to face with her as she was with him,” buffalo zoo president donna fernandes said. the keeper took refuge (庇护) inside the habitat of a female gorilla and her newborn baby. the keepers decision to lock herself inside the separate habitat likely kept her from being further harmed. the keeper had a good relationship with the mother who, like koga, is a west lowland gorilla, native to west africa and the congo river basin, according to fernandes. several locked doors prevented koga from running wildly through the zoo and beyond. the police sent in a team to make sure the area was safe while a vet (兽医) used a pipe to sedate (给服镇静剂) koga. the gorilla was dragged by the zoo staff back to his cage once the drugs took hold. visitors to the zoo were moved indoors and stayed there for about 45 minutes while the team was trying to catch the gorilla and send it back to his cage. “that was the scariest thing ive ever done in my career,” said the teams captain mark maraschiello. “its a 400-pound gorilla. nobody knew what harm he could do to us. he could have bitten my arm off easily,” maraschiello added.39. according to donna fernandes, the gorilla bit the zoo keeper because . a. he was too angry to see the zoo keeper b. he was too excited to see the zoo keeper c. he didnt want to be sent back to the cage d. he wanted to find some delicious food40. what did the zoo keeper do after being bitten by the gorilla? a. she asked another gorilla to protect her. b. she tried her best to comfort him. c. she locked herself in a cage of another gorilla. d. she called the police and asked them to rescue her.41. the gorilla was taken into his cage after . a. a zoo keeper calmed him down with words b. he was sedated by a policeman with a gun c. a vet calmed him down by using some drugs d. he became tired from running around the zoo42. according to the last paragraph, how did mark maraschiello feel when he was trying to catch the gorilla? a. excited. b. calm. c. angry. d. frightened. dfor the past week, hundreds of firefighters have been battling a wildfire that started on march 26 in the mountains southwest of denver, colorado. the fire quickly burned through 4,140 acres of land an area the size of more than 3,000 football fields. it killed three people, destroyed at least 25 houses, and forced hundreds of people to evacuate their homes.investigations have found that the fire was likely caused by a controlled burn started one week earlier by the colorado state forest service (csfs). a controlled burn is a fire ignited (点燃) by professionals to clear the ground of built-up fuel such as dead wood, thick layers of pine needles (松叶), and overcrowded trees that can cause dangerous wildfires. hundreds of controlled burns have been safely managed in colorado forests over the past few months. fire professionals take many measures to make sure that burns can be controlled. before starting a burn, the professionals look carefully at weather forecasts, how close the fire will be to houses and roads, and other factors. they plan how they will ignite and contain the fire and arrange for resources such as fire trucks and firefighters to be present.csfs officials say fire crews followed all safety procedures (步骤) before starting the controlled burn near denver on march 19. the fire died down four days later. but on march 26, high winds blew embers (余烬) onto unburned land, starting the deadly flame. unusually warm temperatures and dry conditions helped it spread. fire crews now have the flame almost fully contained, and most families have been allowed to return to their homes. colorado governor john hickenlooper has issued a temporary ban on controlled burns on state land and has called for a complete review of the rules for these types of fires.43. according to the passage, csfs officials may agree that .a. fire crews carelessness led to the fireb. firefighters should be present when the burn was started c. burning wood in the forest will be bannedd. the weather factor was blamed for the fire44. which of the following is not mentioned in the passage?a. how serious the wildfire was.b. what probably caused the wildfire?c. the facts about controlled burns.d. the changes of the rules for controlled burns.45. from the passage, we can learn that .a. hundreds of people were injured in the wildfire.b. the wildfire is an unexpected event.c. no measures were taken to control the burn.d. the wildfire has been completely put out.46. where can the article probably appear? a. in a tv guide.b. on a website.c. in a science book.d. in a tour booklet.eamerican psychologists have found that knowing an experience is about to come to an end makes people enjoy it even more.“endings affect us in lots of ways, and one is this kind of positive effect,” said researcher ed obrien. “itll give you motivation (激励). you think, id better gain the benefits of this experience even though its going to end, or i want to get something good out of this while i still can. when you simply tell people something is the last, they may like that thing more.”in the study, fifty-two students were asked to pick five chocolates of different flavours in random (任意的) order from a hidden pocket inside a bag, and rank how much they enjoyed it on a scale (等级) of one to five. some of the students were told when they were about to eat the last chocolate, while others were not given any warning. the last chocolate was found to be the favourite among the students 64% of the time, regardless of the flavour. among the students who didnt realize they were on their last chocolate, the last one was ranked favourite just 22% of the time.“many experiences have happy endings from the movies we watch to dessert at the end of a meal and so people may have a general expectation (期望) that things end well,” mr. obrien said. but he added that the findings of the “little chocolate test” could have wider implications (暗示). for example, the professor marking the last exam paper may give it a higher grade even if its not as good as the ones previously marked. and employers may be more likely to give a job to the applicant (求职者) who was interviewed last.47. the second paragraph tells us that knowing something is ending, . a. people will feel disappointed b. people will become proud c. people will become inspired d. people will become nervous48. we can learn from the text that . a. those students were divided into three groups b. about forty-two students took part in the study c. those who werent warned didnt like the last chocolate d. those who were warned liked the last chocolate better49. who may be most likely to cause the positive effect? a. the student who is latest for school. b. the last passenger who gets on the bus. c. the last employee who finishes the project. d. the last person who gives a performance.50. which of the following might be the best title for the text? a. the last chocolate tastes best b. the best chocolate is in the box c. the ending of an experience makes people happier d. the latest study helps solve a puzzling problem