学科自习综合检测题

1、C. CSF winners.D. MIT artists.C. On March 15thD. On April 21st.C. An announ ceme nt.D. An official report.学科自习綜合检测题（一）友情提示：该试题分两节。满分 42分。时限35分钟。难易度适中。预祝同学们得满分。第一节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。As a general rule, all forms of activity lead to boredom

2、when they are performed on a routine（常规）basis. As amatter of fact, we can see this 1 at work in people of all 2. For example, on Christmas morning, childre nare excited about 3 with their new toys. But their 4 soon wears off and by January those 5toys can be found put away in the baseme nt. The worl

3、d is full of6 stamp albums and unfini shed models, eachsta nding as a monument to some one7 s in terest. When pare nts bring home a pet, their child 8 bathesit and brushes its fur. With in a short time, however,the 9of cari ng for the ani mal is han ded over to the pare nts.Adolesce nts en ter high

4、school with great 10 but are soon look ing forward to11. The same is true of theyoung adults going to college. And then, how many 12,who now complain （ 抱怨）about the long drives to work,13 drove for hours at a time when they first 14 their driver 'license （执照）? Before people retire, theyusually 1

5、5 to do a lot of 16thin gs, which they n ever had 17 to do while work ing. But 18after retirement, the golfing, the fishing, the reading and all of the other pastimes become as boring as the jobs they 19. And , like the child in Janu ary, they go search ing for new 20.1. A. prin cipleB. habitC. weak

6、erD. power2. A. partiesB. racesC. coun triesD. ages3. A. worki ngB. livi ngC. playi ngD. goi ng4. A. con fide nceB. i nterestC. an xietyD. sorrow5. A. sameB. extraC. funnyD. expe nsive6. A. well-orga ni zedB. colorfully-pri ntedC. n ewly- collectedD. half-filled7. A. broadB. pass ingC. differe ntD.

7、mai n8. A. sile ntlyB. impatie ntlyC. gladlyD. worriedly9. A. promiseB. burde nC. rightD. game10. A. courageB. cal mn essC. con fusi onD. exciteme nt11. A. graduati onB. in depe ndenceC. resp on sibilityD. success12. A. childre nB. stude ntsC. adultsD. retirees13. A. carefullyB. eagerlyC. n ervously

8、D. bravely14. A. requiredB. obta inedC. no ticedD.discovered15. A. needB. lear nC. startD. pla n16. A. greatB. stro ngC. difficultD. correct17. A. timeB. moneyC. skillsD. kno wledge18. A. onlyB. wellC. evenD.soon.19. A. lostB. choseC. leftD. quit20. A. petsB. toysC. friendsD. colleagues第二节 阅读理解（共11小

9、题；每小题2分，满分22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，并在题卡上将该项涂黑。AThe Cambridge Science Festival Curiosity Challenge Dare to Take the Curiosity Challenge!The Cambridge Science Festival （CSF）is pleased to inform you of the sixth annual Curiosity Challenge. The challenge invites , even dares school studen

10、ts between the ages of 5 and 14 to create artwork or a piece of writing that shows their curiosity and how it in spires them to explore their world.Stude nts are being dared to draw a picture, write an article, take a photo or write a poem that shows what they are curious about. To en ter the challe

11、 nge, all artwork or pieces of writ ing should be sent to the Cambridge Science Festival, MIT Museum, 265 Mass Avenue.Cambridge 02139 by Friday,February 8th.Students who enter the Curiosity Challenge and are selected as winners will be honor at a special ceremony duri ng the CSF on Sun day, April 21

12、st. Guest speakers will also prese nt prizes to the stude nts. Winning en tries will be published in a book. Student entries will exhibited and prizes will be given. Families of those who take part will be in cluded in celebrati on and brunch will be served.Betwee n March 10th and March 15h, each wi

13、nner will be give n the specifics of the clos ing cere mony and theCuriosity Challenge celebration. The program guidelines and other related information are available at :http:/ cambridgescie .21. Who can take part in the Curiosity Challenge?A. School stude nts.B. Cambridge locals.22.

14、 When will the prize-giving ceremony be held?A. On February 8thB. On March 10th.23. What type of writ ing is this text?A .An exhibiti on guide. B. An art show review.Passe nger pige ons 旅鸽）once flew over much of the Un ited States in un believable nu mbers. Writte n acco unts from the 18thand 19th c

15、enturies described flocks （ 群）so large that they darkened the sky for hours.It was calculated that when its population reached its highest point ,they were more than 3billlion passenger pigeonsa number equal to 24 to 40 percent of the total bird population in the United States, making it perhaps the

16、 most abundant bird in the world. Eve n as late as 1870 whe n their nu mbers had already become smaller, a flock believed to be 1 mile wide and 320 miles （about 515 kilometers） long was see n n ear Cincinn ati.Sadly the abundance of passenger pigeons may have been their undoing. Where the birds were

17、 most abundant, people believed there was an ever-lasting supply and killed them by the thousands, Commercial hunters attracted them to small clearings with grain, waited until pigeons had settled to feed, then threw large nets over them, taking hundreds at a time. The birds were shipped to large ci

18、ties and sold in restaurants.By the clos ing decades of the 19th cen tury ,the hardwood forests where passe nger pige ons n ested had bee n damaged by American' s need for wood, which scattered散）the flocks and forced the birds to go farther north,where cold temperatures and spring storms contrib

19、uted to their decline. Soon the great flocks were gone, never to be see n aga in. In 1897, the state of Michiga n passed a law prohibit ing the killi ng of passe nger pige ons but by the n, no sizable flocks had bee n see n in the state for 10 years. The last con firmed wild pige on in the Un ited S

20、tates was shot by a boy in Pike Coun ty, Ohio, in 1900. For a time , a few birds survived un der huma n care. The last of them, known affectionately as Martha, died at the Cincinnati Zoological Garden on September 1, 1914.24. In the 18th and early 19th cen turies, passe nger pigeons.A. were the bigg

21、est bird in the worldB. lived mainly in the south of America【知识清单】C. did great harm to the n atural en vir onmentD. were the largest bird populati on in the US25. The un derli ned wordundoing ” probably refers to the pige ons' .A. escapeB. rui nC. liberati onD. evoluti on26. What was the main re

22、as on for people to kill passe nger pige ons?A. To seek pleasure. B. To save other birds.C. To make mon ey. D. To protect crops.27. What can we infer about the law passed in Michiga n?A. It was ign ored by the public.B. It was declared too late.C. It was un fair.D. It was strict.C (B班可选做)A typical l

23、i on tamer (驯兽师)in people ' s mi nd is an en tertai ner holdi ng a wh鞭0 and a chair. The whip gets单词检测 n.镭 n.画家；油漆匠 adj.传染的 vt.打败；战胜；使受挫n.失败 n.专家；行家 n.爆发;发作（尤指疾病或战争）adj.致命的adj.科学的n.霍乱adj.熟练的；经验丰富的；vt.照顾;护理;出席渗加n.受害all of the attention, but it tamer holds a chair n front of the lions mostly for s

24、how. In reality, its the chair that does the importa nt work. Whe n a lion考占巩固face, the lion tdes to focus on all four legs of the chair at the same time.八'考点巩固With its focus divided, the lion becomes con fused and is un sure about what to do n ext. Whe n faced with so many1. characteristic n.:o

25、pti ons, the lion chooses to freeze and wait in stead of attack ing the man holdi ng the chair.How often do you find yourself in the same position as the lion? How often do you have something you want to achieve (e.g. lose weight., start a bus in ess, travel more) only to end up con fused by all of

26、the opti ons in front of you and n ever make progress?character n.:2. put forward:put up :This upsets me to no end because while all the experts are busy debating about which option is best, theput up with put offpeople who want to improve their lives are left con fused by all of the con flict ing i

27、n formatio n. The end result is thatwe feel like we can not focus or that we' re focused on the wrong things, and so we take less action, make less_put aside progress, and stay the same whe n we could be improv in g. It does not have to be that way. Any time you find the world wav ing a chair in

28、 your face, remember this: All you n eed to do is focus on one thi ng,. You just n eed to getput out :put away :3. draw/come to/arrive at/reach a/the con clusi onin con clusi on (= to con clude)conclud clear with/ by doing sth.started. Starting before you feel ready is one of the habits of successful people. If you have somewhere you want to go, some thi ng you want to accomplish, some one you want to become- - take immediate acti on. If youabout where you want to go, the rest of the world will either help you get there or get out of the way.28. Why does the