江西省信丰中学2011-2012学年高一上学期周练（二）英语试题

信丰中学 2011 2012 学年第一学期英语周练 二 第一部分 单词拼写 共 10 小题 每小题 1 分 满分 10 分 根据各题所给首字母或中文意思提示写出英语单词的完整 正确形式 使句子通 顺 1 Parents are always c much about their children 2 The old man went through many wars and s a lot from them 3 This publishing firm is planning a new s of school textbooks 4 He thought I had known the fact But a I knew nothing about it 5 The giant panda is n to China 6 Wide reading will enlarge your v 词汇 7 Many students attended the lecture 包括 our monitor 8 Though I haven t met him for many years I could r 辨认 him immediately when I saw him in the crowd 9 The mother i that he finish his homework first which made his son very angry 10 The salesman p us into buying his product yesterday 第二部分 完形填空 共 20 小题 每小题 1 5 分 满分 30 分 阅读下列短文 掌握其大意 然后从每小题所给的四个选项 A B C 和 D 中 选出最佳选项 Are dreams of any use to the dreamer or to anybody else We may remember the traveler who 11 the ship Waratah at Durban because of his terrible 12 The Waratah later disappeared entirely with everyone on 13 The traveler s dreams helped him and saved him from 14 but they didn t help the other people Why was this man treated 15 from everyone else Another man 16 had a dream about the Black Forest in Germany In his dream he was walking in the forest 17 two men ran out and tried to throw him to the 18 He ran off as fast as he could but they followed He reached a place 19 he saw two 20 roads in front of him one to the right and the other to the left Which road ought he to 21 He heard the two men 22 him getting nearer and at the same time he heard a voice in his ear It told him to go to the 23 and he did so He ran on and soon came to a small hotel He was 24 here kindly and given a room and so he was 25 from the two men That was the dream Twenty years later he was 26 in the Black Forest and as it 27 in the dream long before two men ran out and tried to throw him down He ran off and came to a place with two roads as in the dream He 28 the dream and took the road to the right He soon 29 a small hotel was taken in and so was safe His dream of twenty years 30 had saved his life 11 A leftB got C droveD enter 12 A ideas B suggestions C dreams D words 13 A boardB ship C seaD deck 14 A lifeB death C illness D disease 15 A similarly B differently C strangely D unfortunately 16 A alone B once C stillD even 17 A while B as C before D when 18 A floorB earth C soilD ground 19 A whichB that C where D who 20 A sameB separate C divided D crossed 21 A takeB bring C carry D go 22 A next toB in front of C beside D behind 23 A houseB hotel C leftD right 24 A acceptedB received C refused D closed 25 A killed B murdered C saved D robbed 26 A exactly B really C sincerely D actually 27 A happened B performed C acted D chose 28 A forgot B remembered C missed D noticed 29 A arrivedB left C reached D got 30 A agoB before C later D after 第三部分 阅读理解 共 5 小题 每小题 2 分 满分 10 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 The number of speakers of English in Shakespeare s time is estimated 估计 to have been about five million Today it is estimated that some 260 million people speak it as a native language mainly in the United States Canada Great Britain Ireland South Africa Australia and New Zealand In addition to the standard varieties of English found in these areas there are a great many regional and social varieties of the language as well as various levels of usage that are employed both in its spoken and written forms In fact it is impossible to estimate the number of people in the world who have acquired an adequate 足够的 working knowledge of English in addition to their own languages The purpose for English learning and the situations in which such learning takes place are so varied that it is difficult to explain and still more difficult to judge what forms an adequate working knowledge for each situation The main reason for the widespread demand for English is its present day importance as a world language Besides serving the indefinite needs of its native speakers English is a language in which some of important works in science technology and other fields are being produced and not always by native speakers It is widely used for such purposes as meteorological and airport communications international conferences and the spread of information over the radio and television networks of many nations It is a language of wider communication for a number of developing countries especially former British colonies Many of these countries have multilingual populations and need a language for internal communication in such matters as government commerce industry law and education as well as for international communication and for entrance to the scientific and technological developments in the West 31 What would be the best title for this passage A The Difficulties of Learning English B International Communications C The Standard Varieties of English D English as a World Language 32 Which of the following statements is NOT true A Some 260 million people in the world have an adequate working knowledge of English B There are some 260 million native speakers of English in the world C It is almost impossible to estimate the number of people with an adequate working knowledge of English D People learn English for a variety of reasons 33 According to the passage what is the main reason for the widespread use of English A It was popular during Shakespeare s time B It is used in former British colonies C It serves the needs of its native speakers D It is a world language that is used for international communication 34 What forms an adequate working knowledge of English A The ability to read a newspaper B It is difficult to judge because it differs for each situation C Being a multilingual D Being a native speaker 35 What type of developing countries would be most likely to use English A Those geographically close to the United States B Those interested in the culture of the United States C Former colonies of Great Britain D Countries where international conferences are held 第四部分 阅读表达 共 5 小题 每小题 2 分 满分 10 分 阅读下面短文并回答问题 然后将答案写到答题卡相应的位置上 请注意问题后 的词数要求 1 The university students today may spend less of their time studying than students decades ago but I see no evidence that they re lazier On my campus I ve seen all manner of students None of these student types strike me as remotely lazy Like my other classmates they fill their days with their studies but they also have jobs hold internships 实习 participate in student clubs or work for campus publications 2 I ve spent much of my time at college at the student newspaper where unpaid editors often put in 50 hours a week Sometimes after a late night at the paper an editor will sleep in maybe missing a class or two Sometimes he ll skip his course reading or throw a paper together at the last moment 3 As a student that editor may be studying less But he s not working less Many editors at the paper hope to find jobs in journalism They aren t lazy they re just pre professional A lot of students today are pre professional The most common undergraduate major at four year colleges isn t philosophy or English or astrophysics it is business The increasing focus on internships often unpaid is another symptom of this trend 4 You might think it s a pity that students are increasingly focused on life after college But it has less to do with the modern university or the modern students than it has to do with modern America Every year this country pumps out more and more college graduates f