高二英语晚自修专练（四）.doc

高二英语晚自修专练（四）第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分35分）第一节：单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分） 请认真阅读下面各题，从题中所给的A、B、C、D两个选项中，选出最佳选项。21. -Hi, Tom! Could you spare me a minute? I want to have a word with you. -Sure, Jean. _. A. You must be worried. B. It doesnt matter.C. Whats up? D. Why me?22. -Has anything caught your eye in todays newspaper? -Yes. A new eight-kilometer-long road is under _ that links the port area with the motorway system. A. consideration B. construction C. conservation D. constitution23. The greatest pleasure I know is to do a good action quietly, and to have it _ by accident. A. find out B. finding out C. found out D. be found out24. Adrians hard work _. He graduated with good grades and got into a top high school. He also achieved a lot in life outside school. A. paid off B. paid back C. paid for D. paid out25. -Would you please repeat the grammar rules again? -Of course, but I am sure that you _ to me carefully, as I have told you twice already. A. dont listen B. wouldnt listen C. werent listening D. arent listening26. Jane is determined to go to France for further education _ all the possible consequences. A. instead of B. regardless of C. in addition to D. in response to 27. As a manager, I know my emotions will affect people around me, so Im going to make a _ effort to be more cheerful. A. precious B. curious C. mysterious D. conscious28. -Do you have any news about Bob? -Yeah. We _ each other quite a lot recently. A. have been seeing B. had been seeing C. see D. have seen29. Officials in Victoria said on Monday that it would be days _ the fires were brought under control, even if temperatures stayed down. A. since B. when C. before D. after30. -Why couldnt you tell me how you felt about things? -Thats because I grew up in a family _ we didnt talk about feelings. A. where B. which C. when D. why31. -What did Kincaid say just now? -He said he _ a dog if he hadnt been away from home too much. A. had had B. had C. would have D. would have had32. Were looking for an English teacher, especially _ with patience and imagination. A. that B. one C. the one D. it33. Research findings show we spend about two hours dreaming every might, no matter what we _ have done during the day. A. should B. would C. may D. must34. -_ one and a half months enough for the project to be finished? -I am afraid not. The professor is ill and only after he recovers _ go on with it. A. Is; he can B. Are; he can C. Is; can he D. Are; can he35. -You should make good preparations before you set off for Nanjing next week. -Yes, I know. _. A. If you fail to plan, you plan to fail B. Failure is the mother of successC. Do nothing by halves D. Kill two birds with one stone第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分） 请认真阅读下面短文，然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。When Julie was a child, she was a very big fan of animals. As a result, all she ever heard 36 was “Julie, you should be a vet. Youre going to be a great vet. Thats what you should do.” 37 when she got to the Ohio State University, she started studying to be a vet.A scholarship allowed her to spend her 38 year studying abroad in Manchester, England. Away from the family 39 back home, she found herself one day sitting at her desk, surrounded by biology books and staring out the window, when it suddenly hit her: “Im in total 40 . I dont want to be a vet!” 41 she thought back over all the things shed done in her life and what had made her happy. And then it hit herit was all of the youth leadership conferences that she had volunteered 42 , and the communications and leadership courses she had taken as elective courses back at Ohio State. “How could I have been so 43 ? Here I am in my fourth year at school and just finally realizing Im on the 44 path. I just never took the time to 45 it until now, ” she thought.Inspired by her new 46 , Julie spent the rest of her year in England taking courses in communications and media studies. When 47 to Ohio State, she was eventually able to 48 the administration to let her create her own program in “leadership studies”, 49 it took her 2 years longer to finally graduate. She 50 to become a senior management consultant in leadership training and development for the Pentagon. She 51 founded a drug-prevention organization that 52 the message “Lead your own life with the skill and the 53 to say no.”So, never live someone elses 54 . If you limit your 55 only to what seems possible or reasonable, you disconnect yourself from what you truly want.36.A. showing up B. growing up C. ending up D. cheering up37.A. So B. But C. Or D. For38.A. final B. usual C. next D. past39.A. routines B. warnings C. complaints D. pressures40.A. confidence B. silence C. misery D. surprise41.A. Perhaps B. Instead C. Then D. Often42.A. of B. to C. on D. at43.A. internal B. innocent C. intellectual D. intelligent44.A. clear B. wrong C. short D. wide45.A. acknowledge B. accomplish C. include D. criticize46.A. discovery B. information C. understanding D. research47.A. returning B. referring C. relating D. responding48.A. prepare B. convince C. forbid D. force49.A. as B. if C. once D. though50.A. hesitated B. failed C. retired D. continued51. A. still B. again C. also D. only52. A. leaves B. promotes C. confirms D. acquires53.A. will B. chance C. fact D. pride54.A. promises B. decisions C. successes D. dreams55.A. choices B. reasons C. smiles D. mistakes第三部分：阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。AIn Africa, listening is a guiding principle. Its a principle thats been lost in the constant chat of the Western world. From my own past experience, I noticed how much faster I had to answer a question during a TV interview. Its as if we have completely lost the ability to listen. We talk and talk, and we end up frightened by silence.Everywhere, people on the African continent write and tell stories. Even the nomads(流浪者)who still live in the Kalahari Desert are said to tell one another stories on their daylong wanderings, during which they search for roots and animals to hunt.A number of years ago I sat down on a stone bench outside the Teatro Avenida in Maputo, Mozambique, where I worked as an artistic consultant. It was a hot day, and we were taking a break, hoping that a cool gentle wind would move past. Two old African men were sitting on that bench, but there was room for me, too. In Africa people share more than just water. Even when it comes to shade, people are generous.I heard the two men talking about a third old man who had recently died. One of them said, “I was visiting him at his home. He started to tell me an amazing story about something that had happened to him when he was young. But it was a long story. Night came, and I decided that I should come back the next day to hear the rest. But when I arrived, he was dead.”The man fell silent. I decided not to leave that bench until I heard how the other man would respond to what hed heard. Finally he, too, spoke. “Thats not a good way to diebefore youve told the end of your story.”What separates us from animals is the fact that we are storytelling creatures and we can listen to other peoples dreams, fears, joys, sorrows, desires and defeatsand they in turn can listen to ours. Many people make the mistake of confusing information with knowledge. They are not the same thing. Knowledge involves the interpretation of information. Knowledge involves listening.Many words will be written on the wind and the sand, or end up in store. But the storytelling will go on until the last human being stops listening. Then we can send the great record of human out into the endless universe.Who knows? Maybe someone is out there, willing to listen56. From the very beginning of the passage, we can know Europeans _. A. actually lose the ability to listenB. seldom chat constantly with each otherC. feel frightened when they are alone and silentD. tend to talk more and listen less57. It can be inferred from the passage that if you are in Africa, you will _. A. suffer hot weather and lack of water B. be certainly helped when in trouble C. often hear the stories told by strangers D. have no choice but to listen during a talk58. According to the last three paragraphs, we can know _. A. no one knows exactly why Africans are willing to listenB. information is hard to understand without interpretationC. listening makes the difference between information and knowledgeD. the existence of humans recordings totally depends on the way of storytelling59. The passage mainly talks about _. 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The buyers can keep the books for 15 days.CScientists who discovered a new way of generating electricity from water say they may have come across an alternative source of clean energy to rival wind and solar power.The breakthrough, which scientists say is the first new way to generate electricity in 160 years, could lead to batteries that use water instead of poisonous substances.The scientists made the discovery when they were investigating what happens when tap water is forced through extremely narrow glass tubes. Water squeezed down the tubes, each of which was narrower than a tenth the thickness of a human hair, generating a small electric current that ran the length of the tube. To produce a larger electric current, the team tried forcing water through a glass water filter(滤水器)that contained thousands of narrow channels lined up side by side. “When we took a syringe(注射器)of water and squeezed it through the filter, we got enough power to light a light bulb,” said Larry Kostiuk of the University of Alberta in Canada. “The harder you push the syringe, the more electric current you get.”The current is produced because of an effect in the glass tubes. When they are filled with water, positively charged ions(阳离子)fixed in the tubes are washed away, leaving a slight negative charge on the glass surface. When water is then forced along the tube, the surface repels negatively charged ions in the water while positively charged ions are attracted down the tube. The result is a net flow of positively charged ions that sets up an electric current.According to Dr Kostiuk, no one has ever thought to use water to produce electricity in this way. “The last time someone came up with a way of generating electricity was Michael Faraday in 1839,” he said. “So this is the first new way of generating electricity in 160 years, which is why we are so excited about it.”Dr Kostiuk says water batteries might one day be used to power mobile phones and calculators, but admitted that the engineering challenges might make other applications more realistic. “Youd need to be sure it wouldnt leak, and youd need to make sure it wouldnt freeze,” he said.More likely would be to install the electricity-generating devices where water is already being pumped, such as at city water filtration sites, he said. “It could compete with wind and solar power,” he added.63. What does the passage mainly want to tell us about? A. A kind of solar power discovered by scientists.B. A kind of new energy source found in tap water.C. The breakthrough to generate electricity 160 yeas ago.D. A kind of new battery invented without poisonous substances.64. The underlined word “repels” in Paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to _. A. rejects B. identifies C. attracts D. rebels65. Why were the scientists extremely happy about their new discovery? A. They were the first to find a new way to produce electricity.B. They could make an electric current to light a light bulb.C. Their discovery could be used to invent water batteries.D. Their discovery was made 160 years earlier than Faradays.66. What can we infer about potential water batteries? A. They must be used to power mobile phones and calculators.B. They have some possible disadvantages like water leaking.C. They would be needed greatly at city water filtration sites.D. They would be better than wind and solar power.DViolent winds swept the ocean, and waves thundered to shore, shaking the lookout tower at Pea Island Rescue Station. Surfman Theodore Meekins was on watch that evening of 11 October 1896. A hurricane had struck the Outer Banks of North Carolina, and the tide was so strong that beach patrols(巡逻)had been canceled. Still, Meekins paid close attention to the horizon. This was the type of weather that could blow ships hundreds of miles off course.Offshore, the ship E.S. Newman was caught in the storm. The captain, whose wife and child were on the ship, feared the Newman would soon break up. He made the decision to beach his ship, then fired a signal, praying that someone onshore would see it.Meekins, whose eyes were trained to cut through rain and surf mists, thought he saw the signal, but so much spray(水雾)covered the lookout windows that he could hardly make sure. Still, he took no chances. After summoning(召集)the station keeper, Captain Richard Etheridge, Meekins set off a coston signal, a signal made by using lamps of different colors. Together, the two men searched the darkness for a reply. A few moments later, they saw a flash of light to the south and knew a shop was in distress. Even before the return signal burned out, Etheridge had summoned his men and begun rescue operations. For the lifesavers, the rescue of the Newman was nothing unusual. Over the years, so many ships had foundered off the Outer Banks that sailors called the region the Graveyard of the Atlantic. Noting the dangerous surf and wind conditions, Captain Etheridge quickly decided the surf boats would be impossible to control. Instead, he decided to use another way to help the survivors.The crew set off on the long journey down the beach to the scene of the wreck(海滩). Captain Etheridge hoped to fire a line from a gun to the ships mast(船桅). After the ships crew dragged the line onboard, the surfmen would fire a second line and carry survivors safely to shore.The surfmen crossed three miles of sand to reach the ship Newman. The water was freezing, and the men often sank up to their knees in sand. Captain Etheridge noted in his diary that “the voice of gladdened hearts greeted the arrival of the station crew,” but that “it seemed impossible for them to do anything under such circumstances. The work was often stopped by the sweep