四川省宜宾市一中2020学年高二英语上学期第6周试题

四川省宜宾市一中高2020级2020学年上期第6周英语试题一、完形填空(共20小题，30分)阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从各题A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。Dont Take the Fun Out of Youth SportsWhen I joined a private football league a few years ago, the sport meant everything to me. My coach said that I had lots of potential, and I became captain of my1 . That was before all the fun was taken out of2 .At first, everyone on the team got3 playing time. Then the team moved up to the top division after winning all its games, and the4started. Some parents, who had paid the coach extra so their daughters could have5 one-on-one training, got angry when she didnt give them more playing time in our6. The coach was replaced. The new coach, however, took all the fun out of the game: all we did during practice was7. I always wished to God that it would rain so we would not have the8. Of course, all teams run drills; they are9 . But we ran so much that, afterwards, we had trouble10. Younger people shouldnt be doing exercises11 for 18-year-olds. I was very thin12I started football, but as a member of this team I wouldnt eat much, because I was afraid of being too 13to run. I feared making mistakes, and the added pressure caused me to make more than my usual14. Is all this pressure necessary? I15up leaving the football team. Four other girls did the same, and two of them stopped playing football completely. Thats16, because they had so much potential. They were just burned-out with all the pressure they17from the coach or their parents. I continued playing football at school and18my love for it. I joined a private team coached by my school coach. When I started playing19 him, he told me I needed to relax because I looked nervous. After I20down, I played better.When you enjoy something, its a lot easier to do it well.1. A. class B. club C. team D. board2. A. playing B. living C. learning D. working3. A. great B. equal C. right D. extra4. A. business B. struggle C. attempt D. pressure5. A. free B. private C. good D. basic6. A. matches B. courses C. lessons D. programs7. A. jump B. play C. run D. shoot8. A. duty B. meeting C. operation D. training9. A. necessary B. boring C. scientific D. practical10. A. speaking B. moving C. sleeping D. breathing11. A. used B. intended C. made D. described12. A. till B. since C. before D. because13. A. full B. tired C. lazy D. big14. A. size B. share C. space D. state15. A. gave B. kept C. ended D. picked16. A. sad B. shameful C. silly D. serious17. A. received B. suffered C. brought D. felt18. A. reconsidered B. rediscovered C. re-formed D. replaced19. A. at B. by C. for D. around20. A. fell B. stepped C. slowed D. calmed二、阅读理解(共计8小题，每题2分）Almosteverymachinewithmovingpartshaswheels,yetnooneknowsexactlywhenthefirstwheelwasinventedorwhatitwasusedfor.Wedoknow,however,thattheyexistedover5,500yearsagoin ancientAsia.Theoldestknowntransportwheelwasdiscoveredin2002inSlovenia.Itisover5,100yearsold.Evidencesuggeststhatwheelsfortransportdidntbecomepopularforawhile,though.Thiscouldbebecauseanimalsdidaperfectlygoodjobofcarryingfarmingtoolsandhumansaround.Butitcouldalsobebecauseofadifficultsituation.Whilewheelsneedtorollonsmoothsurfaces,roadswithsmoothsurfaceswerentgoingtobeconstructeduntiltherewasplentyofdemandforthem.Eventually,roadsurfacesdidbecomesmoother,butthisdifficultsituationappearedagainafewcenturieslater.Therehadbeennoimportantchangesinwheelandvehicledesignbeforethearrivalofmodemroaddesign. Inthemid-1700s,aFrenchmancameupwithanewdesignofroadabaselayer(层)oflargestonescoveredwithathinlayerofsmallerstones.AScotsmanimprovedonthisdesigninthe1820sandastrong,lastingroadsurfacebecameareality.Ataroundthesamelime,metalhubs(thecentralpartofawheel)cameintobeing,followedbythepneumatictyre（充气轮胎）in 1846. Alloy wheels were invented in 1967, sixty years after the appearance oftarmackedroads（柏油路）.Aswheeldesigntookoff,vehiclesgotfasterandfaster.21.Whatmightexplainwhytransportwheelsdidntbecomepopularforsometime?A.Fewknewhowtousetransportwheels.B.Humanscarriedfarmingtoolsjustaswell.C.Animalswereagoodmeansoftransport.D.Theexistenceoftransportwheelswasnotknown.22.Whatdoweknowaboutroaddesignfromthepassage?A.Itwaseasierthanwheeldesign.B.Itimprovedafterbigchangesinvehicledesign.C.Itwaspromotedbyfast-movingvehicles.D.Itprovidedconditionsforwheeldesigntodevelop.23.Howisthelastparagraphmainlydeveloped?A.Bygivingexamples.B.Bymakingcomparisons.C.Byfollowingtimeorder.D.Bymakingclassifications.24.Whatisthepassagemainlyabout?A.Thebeginningofroaddesign.B.Thedevelopmentoftransportwheels.C.Thehistoryofpublictransport.D.Hisinventionoffast-movingvehicles.三、语法填空。（10分）In the small towns of the United States in the _(nineteen) century, the general store was _ everyone bought the things he couldnt make _ grow at home. What the stores sold _(tell) a great deal about _ life at that time. People bought tools that they needed for farm work; salt, sugar and _ foods that the farm didnt produce; articles of clothing that they couldnt make _; shirts for the men; or clothes for the children. Life was simple then. One feels that people were _(thank) for what they had and that they looked _ with courage to whatever the future brought. It would be interesting to know how they would feel about the life today. Would it seem to them that life is too complex? Would they enjoy _(live) a life as we do now?四、改错（15分）Everyoneofuscanmakeagreateffortstocutofftheuseofenergyinourcountry.Tobeginwith,allofuscanstartreducingtotheuseofoilbydrivingonlywhen