江苏省大丰市南阳中学2020学年高二英语上学期 学科限时作业8

大丰市南阳中学2020年秋学期高二年级英语学科限时作业8一单项选择填空1.Though having lived abroad for years, many Chinese still _ the traditional customs.A perform B possess C observe D support2. The company _ that they would deliver my order within two days, which made me satisfied.A attempted B guaranteed C impressed D predicted3.The naughty boy played a trick _ Lucy; he pretended to be tearing her letter _ pieces.A. on, intoB. with, into C with, to D. on ,off4. The food that this restaurant serves _ delicious.A. is smelling B. has smelled C. will smell D. smells5. Please dont punish him._ he didnt do it deliberately.A. At all B. After all C. In all D. First of all6. They were not prepared to _ the olive branch to their enemies.A. hold on B. hold out C. hold back D. hold up7. _ the big earthquake, the local government tried every means to provide shelters for the victims.A. Before long B. Soon after C. Long before D. As soon as8. He again made a mistake in solving the maths problem _.A. somewhat B. anyhow C. somehow D. anyway9. Dont trust him; he will take you _ if he gets the chances.A up B on C away D in10 He is so tired, so I think he cant he cant _ any more work.A take in B take on C take off D take down11 I hate _ my classmates make fun of me in public.A you when B it when C them that D it that12 Eyes are known _ a powerful part of human body, known as the window of the heart.A being B having been C to be D to have been13 There is a small group of words which even some native speakers and writers of English find _.A confusing B confused C to confuse D being confused14 He was bored at home, so he began to _ himself by playing computer games.A enjoy B play C amuse D treat15 Though they stopped their fight, they still stood there, _ each other.A staring at B gazing at C glaring at D looking at第二部分：完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）。If you have ever been discouraged because of failure, please read on.For often, 21 what you set out to do is not the 22 thing. Let me explain.Two brothers decided to dig a deep hole behind their house. As they were working, a couple of older boys stopped 23 to watch.What are you doing? asked one of the 24 .We plan to dig a hole all the way through the earth! one of the brothers volunteered 25 .The older boys began to 26 , telling the younger ones that digging a hole all the way through the earth was 27 .After a long silence, one of the diggers 28 up a jar full of spiders, worms and a wide variety of insects. He 29 the lid and showed the wonderful contents to the scoffing visitors.Then he said quietly and confidently, Even if we dont dig all the way through the earth, look what we found 30 !Their 31 was far too ambitious, but it did cause them to dig. And that is what a goal is 32 to cause us to move in the direction we have chosen; in other words, to 33 us to digging!34 not every goal will be fully achieved. Not every job will 35 successfully. Not every relationship will endure(持久). Not every hope will come to pass. Not every love will 36 . Not every endeavor(努力) will be completed. Not every dream will be realized.But when you 37 your aim, perhaps you can say, Yes, but look at what I found along the way! Look at the wonderful things which have come into my 38 because I tried to do 39 !It is in the digging that life is lived. And I believe it is joy in the 40 , in the end, that truly matters.21. A.finishing B. completing C. remembering D. achieving22. A. necessary B.important C. valuable D. correct23. A. by B. away C. outside D. off24. A. villagers B. people C. visitors D. students25. A. calmly B.excitedly C. surprisingly D. coldly26. A. laugh B. smile C. cry D. scream27. A. probable B. possible C. impossible D. incredible28. A. got B. raised C. carried D. picked29. A. removed B. opened C. knocked D. striked30. A. all the way B. along the way C. in the way D. on the way31. A. work B. labour C. task D. goal32. A. in B. on C. forD. about33. A. make B. set C. let D. put34. A. And B. However C. But D. Besides35. A. end B. complete C. finish D. work36. A. continue B. remain C. stay D. last37. A. make up of B. make use of C. catch hold of D. fall short of38. A. dream B. expectation C. life D. imagination39. A. everything B. something C. anything D. nothing40. A. journey B. beginning C. result D. middle第三部分：阅读理解（共10小题，每小题2分，满分20分）。AIn July 2020, John Smith got a notice from a billing agency for a hospital near Los Angeles , California. The hospital wanted payment for surgery totaling $41,188. John had never set foot in that hospital. Obviously there was some mistake. “I thought it was a joke,” says John.But when John phoned the agency, nobody laughed. Someone, whos also named John Smith, using Johns Social Security number, had indeed been admitted for surgery. He figured clearing this up would take just a few phone calls.Two years later, John continues to suffer from the damage to his credit rating and still doesnt know if his medical record has been cleared of wrong information.John Smith was the victim of a little-known but frightening type of consumer cheating that is on the rise：medical identity theft, which involves using your name to get drugs, expensive medical treatment and even cheating insurance payments.As John discovered, money isnt the half of it. When someone steals your name to receive health care, his medical history becomes part of your record and setting the record straight can be extremely difficult. Thats because, in part, the information is handed out among dozens of care-givers, from doctors to medicine stores to insurance companies and labs.“I wanted to help straighten this out,” says John, “so I went to the hospital, and they had a three-inch-thick record for me, but they wouldnt let me see it. I showed them my ID, and they said thats not John Smiths signature. Well , of course not! They had this other guys signature. ”John had fallen into a victims Catch-22：If your record doesnt appear to be yours, you may not have the right to read it, much less change it.John s next step was a visit to the police department. But the police said that there was not much they could do, that the local law enforcement has little experience with medical ID theft, and cases like this can end up being considered a civil matter.41. The billing agency sent John Smith a notice to _.A. play a joke on him for medical treatmentB. inform him of the payment for a surgeryC. correct the mistakes about payment for a surgeryD. clear up the wrong information in his medical record42. John Smith at first thought the solving of his problem was _.A. easyB. difficultC. impossible D. unnecessary43. The number of medical identity theft cases is _.A. increasingB. decreasingC. unbelievable D. stable44. An even worse consequence of medical ID theft is _.A. some trouble in obtaining paymentB. a big loss of money and damage to credit ratingC. the widely spread medical information of the victimD. the difficulty in changing the wrong medical history45. The expression “Catch-22” in the passage actually means _.A. John was caught 22 times cheating B. John was involved in 22 casesC. John got no way out D. John got angryBThere is an English saying: “Laughter is the best medicine.” Until recently, few people took the saying very seriously. Now however, doctors have begun to study laughter and the effects it has on the human body. They have found the facts that laughter really can improve peoples health. Tests were carried out to study the effects of laughter on the body. People watched funny films while doctors checked their heart rate, blood pressure, breathing and muscles. It was found that laughter has similar effects to physical exercise. It increases blood pressure, the heart rate and the rate of breathing; it also works several groups of muscles in the face, the stomach, and even the feet. If laughter exercises the body, it must be beneficial（有益的）. Other tests have shown that laughter appears to be able to reduce the effect of pain on the body. In one experiment doctors produce pain in groups of students who listened to different radio programs. The group which tolerated（忍受） the pain for the longest time was the groups which listened to a funny program. The reason why laughter can reduce pain seems to be that it helps to produce endorphins in the brain. These are natural chemicals which diminish （消除）both stress and pain. There is also some fact to suggest that laughter helps the bodys immune（免疫） system, that is, the system which fights infection（感染）. In an experiment, one group of students watched a funny video while another group of students served as the control group in other words, a group with which to compare the first group. Doctors checked the blood of the students in both groups and found that the people in the group that watch the video had an increase in the activity of their white blood cells, that is, the cells which fight infection. As a result of these discoveries, some doctors and psychiatrists in the United States now hold laughter clinics, in which they try to improve their patients condition by encouraging them to laugh.They have found that even if their patients do not really feel like laughing, making them smile is enough to produce beneficial effects similar to those caused by laughter.46. According to the passage, _.A. All the people have realized the positive effect laughter has on usB. Nobody knows the positive effect laughter has on usC. Not many people have realized the positive effect laughter has on usD. Only doctors know the positive effect laughter has on us47.It can be learnt from the passage that laughter can _.A. make people feel younger B. change peoples habitsC. improve peoples health D. make people love their lives48. Laughter can improve peoples health because _.A. people who like to laugh can have more white blood cellsB. laughter can help fight infection, exercise our body, and reduce stress and painC. the more endorphins our body produces in the brain, the less stress and pain we haveD. laughter helps fight infection, people with more laughter will not catch a cold49.Smiling can produce _.A. more effects than laughter B. the same effects as laughterC. less effects on the human body D. no effects on the human body50. The main idea of this passage is that _.A. there are several ways of studying the benefits of laughterB. laughter and physical exercise have the same effects on human bodyC. the doctors should learn how to make people laughD. tests show that laughter can produce beneficial effects on human body第四部分 任务型阅读（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）注意：每空限填1个单词。Young people are definitely less courageous (勇敢的) than they were 30 years ago. Why is this? Its because they are spoiled, and take for granted everything that they have or are given.Thirty years ago, there wasnt nearly as much blatant (公然的) disrespect for elders, peers, or other people in general. At that time, young people were taught that to get anything or get anywhere in life, theyd have to work for it and earn it.If young people arent being taught the basics of respecting others, and arent being taught that they need to work to make a living, then where are they to learn courage?Courage isnt necessarily about risking your life, for whatever reason. It is about being able to face any kind of hardship, and to make decisions and face the consequences of those decisions.Courage means being able to learn from hard times, and to take those lessons with you through life. It means having the resourcefulness (足智多谋) to find ways to deal with your problems yourself, and not being afraid to do so.Too many young people now rely on parents, siblings, older relatives and others to get them through life. Too often they turn to these figures whenever they get into trouble, and expect to have their problems solved for them.If we are to help our young people become more courageous, we should stop spoiling them, stop doing everything for them, and teach them the skills necessary to make basic life decisions on their own.Once these basic principles are instilled (灌输) in our young people, I think well find that they are more courageous than we could have dreamed, and more like the young people of thirty years ago than we had ever imagined.Its time to go back to older values and ideas, and to bring courage back into our young people and society.Theme(1)_with young people 30 years ago, those are less courageous.The behavior of young people today*They generally show (2) _for elders and other people.*They take for granted whatever they have or receive.*Many of them are too (3) _ on their parents or other relatives to get them through life.(4)_*They are not (5) _ of the basics of respecting others.*They are not taught to work hard to (6) _ their dreams*They dont have the (7) _ to make wise decisions and overcome difficulties independently.*They tend to expect others, such as their parents or siblings, to help them out when they are in (8) _.Tips*Never (9) _ them; only help them when necessary.*Teach them the skills they need to make basic life decisions by themselves.ConclusionIts time we went back to older values and ideas, and (10) _ cou