河北省定州市高二英语下学期周练试题(1)-人教版高二全册英语试题

河北定州2016-2017学年第二学期高二英语周练试题〔1〕
一、阅读理解
1．Would it surprise you to learn that, like animals, trees communicate with each other and pass on their wealth to the next generation?
UBC Professor Simard explains how trees are much more complex than most of us ever imagined. Although Charles Darwin thought that trees are competing for survival of the fittest, Simard shows just how wrong he was. In fact, the opposite is true: trees survive through their co-operation and support, passing around necessary nutrition “depending on who needs it〞. Nitrogen〔氮〕 and carbon are shared through miles of underground fungi〔真菌〕networks, making sure that all trees in the forest ecological system give and receive just the right amount to keep them all healthy. This hidden system works in a very similar way to the networks of neurons〔神经元〕in our brains, and when one tree is destroyed, it affects all. Simard talks about “mother trees〞, usually the largest and oldest plants on which all other trees depend. She explains how dying trees pass on the wealth to the next generation, transporting important minerals to young trees so they may continue to grow. When humans cut down “mother trees〞 with no awareness of these highly complex “tree societies〞 or the networks on which they feed, we are reducing the chances of survival for the entire forest.
“We didn't take any notice of it.〞 Simard says sadly . “Dying trees move nutrition into the young trees before dying, but we never give them a chance.〞 If we could put across the message to the forestry industry, we could make a huge difference towards our environmental protection efforts for the future.
【小题1】What would be the best title for the passage?
A. Old Trees Communicate Like Humans
B. Young Trees Are In Need Of Protection
C. Trees Are More Complex Than You Think
D. Trees Contribute To Our Society
【小题2】In Simard's opinion, trees _______ .
A. depend on each other
B. protect their own wealth
C. compete for survival
D. provide support for dying trees
【小题3】We can learn from the passage that
A. “mother trees〞 are usually of no use to other trees.
B. Charles Darwin had the same thought as Simard.
C. people know much about the complex “tree societies〞.
D. if “mother trees〞 are cut down, the survival for the entire forest will be affected. 【小题4】The underlined word “it〞 in the last paragraph refers to .
A. how trees grow old
B. how “tree societies〞 work
C. how forestry industry develops
D. how young trees survive
English, as we all know, is considered as the universal language. It is spoken all over the world. However, you will also notice that people all over the world are using different types of English. Let’s take a closer look at these two popular types: UK and US English. Even if both types of English are wildly used, there are some differences that will be worth knowing to find out the type of English that you are using.
US English is what we know as the American English which is wildly used in the United States. UK English, on the other hand, is known as the British English. Some also call it the BBC English since it is the English used by British reporters, and another name for it is the Queen’s English.
In terms of vocabulary, some words in US English may mean something different in the UK English. For example, the word biscuit for the British means baked sweet or salty cake that
is hard when baked and softened over time; while in the US it is a quick bread served with salty foods.
With regards to pronunciation, American English is more nasal (鼻音的). Stress (重音) is also another difference to consider. Just like in the word princess, British stress the second syllable (音节) while Americans stress the first.
Spelling is another area of difference. American English spelling is more simple. Example of which includes, color for the US and colour for the UK, same goes with honor and honour. The doubling of letters in words is another good example. It will be traveler in the US and traveller in the UK. The use of “-og〞 instead of “-ogue〞 in word such as dialog and dialogue or catalog and catalogue.
2．What can be the best title for the passage?
A.Similarity between US English and UK English
B.Difference between US English and UK English
C.The future of US English and UK English
D.The history of US and UK English
3．What does the underlined word “it〞 refer to according to Paragraph 2?
A The British English.
B The American English.
C The BBC.
D The Queen of UK.
4．he word biscuit in UK English refers to the cake which may be finally.
A.sweet and hard
B.salty and sweet
C.hard and salty
D.salty and soft
5．Which of the following may belong to UK English?
A. Color.
B. Traveler.
C. Dialog.
D. Catalogue.
Many people earn their living with their hands. Ed earns his living with his feet! And a very good living it is, too.
Ed’s story began in a very small town in Braz il. His father and mother were very poor. Seven people lived in their tiny house. Ed’s father often played football. Little Ed wanted to play football too. So his father made a soft ball for him to kick. It was a sock filled with soft materials. The little boy kicked it every day.
At last Ed learned to kick a real football. By the time he was 11, he played football very well.
One day Ed was playing with some men. A man passing by saw how fast the boy ran. He stopped to watch. How well Ed kicked the ball!
After the game, the man called Ed to him. “My name is Mr. Dee,〞 he said. “I used to play football for a living. Will you let me teach you what I know?〞
“Oh, yes!〞 Ed answered.
In the next four years, Mr. Dee trained Ed to be a fine player. The boy worked hard. At last Mr. Dee talked to Ed’s father. “This boy is ready to play with the big teams,〞 he said. “Let me take him to a city that has a good team.〞
Mr. Dee took Ed to Santos, Brazil. There, the boy joined the Santos Football Club.
In his first big game, Ed helped his team win by seven points. He made four of the seven points!
Many people thought he was the best football player in the world. He was “The King of Football〞
6．What is said about Ed’s family when he was a little child?
A. There were seven people in his family.
B. His father made soft balls for a living.
C. His parents liked playing football.
D. His parents bought him a football.
7．When he first saw Ed playing football, Mr. Dee was attracted by .
A. his young age
B. his running speed
C. his love for football
D. his playing with men
8．What can we know about Mr. Dee from the text?
A. He joined the Santos Football Club.
B. He and Ed used to live in the same town.
C. He had been the best football player in Brazil.
D. He happened to find a very good football player.
二、
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最优选项，并在答题纸(卡)上将该项涂黑。

Today the scientific community is in almost total agreement that the earth’s climate is changing and that this represents a huge threat to the planet and to us. According to a survey, with only 69% accepting the earth is warming— only 1 in 4 Americans see global warming as a major threat, public opinion ________ the scientific conclusion.
Climate scientists and campaigners have long debated how to better communicate the message to nonexperts so that climate science can be ________ into action. According to Christopher Rapley, the usual tactic(策略) of climate experts to provide the public with information isn’t________ because “it does not address key potential causes.〞 We are all exposed to the evidence of climate change on an almost a daily basis. The information is almost ___________.
Then what’s wrong? _______our brains.
Daniel Gilbert mentioned our brains’ failure to accurately notice gradual change. Robert
Gifford also _________the p oint about our brains’ difficulty in grasping climate change because of limited cognition and social ______ with other people (“Why should we change if X won’t?〞) “ A more powerful barrier is the ___________ of perceived 〔感知的〕behavioral control; ‘I’ m only one person; what can I do ?’ is certainly a big one. For many, the first challenge will be in recognizing barriers _____ they can overcome them〞But for those of us who understand that climate change is a problem yet make little effort to cut the number of overseas trips we make or the amount of meat we consume, neither the uncaring attitude nor denial really explains the _________between our actions and beliefs. Lertzman has come to the conclusion that the conflict between ________ both the planet and our way of life is too painful to bear. “When we don’t ________ the pain of that, that’s when we get ______and can’t move forward.〞 Lertzman refers to this ________ as “environmental melancholia(忧郁症),〞and points out that there’s a lot to be said for providing a means______ acceptable to talk about.〞
Rosemary Randall suggests that climate change is such a(n) __________ subject that it “can raise fears and anxieties that people feel have no_________ in polite conversation.〞Lertzman says the community has been slow to realize the value of psychology. Gifford says otherwise,________—“ climate change, and not mental health, is the biggest psychological problem〞
Despite the pain, shame, difficulty in fully addressing climate change, both Lertzman and Gifford are still _______ about our ability to face up to the challenge. “There can’t be anything about the human mind that stops us struggling with these issues , given that so many people ______ are —maybe that’s what we should be focusing on instead.〞 says Lertzman.
9．A. accounts for B. falls behind C. wishes for D. leaves behind
10．A. translated B. sprung C. forced D. sent
11．A. revolutionary B. detailed C. popular D. enough
12．A. unreliable B. unbearable C. unacceptable D. unavoidable
13．A. Submit B. Control C. Blame D. Curse
14．A. picks up on B. gets down to C. throws back on D. looks up to
15．A. connections B. comparisons C. competence D. development
16．A. sense B. problem C. lack D.effect
17．A. if B. though C. before D. since
18．A. relationship B. disagreement C. gap D. balance
19．A. caring about B. taking on C. fighting against D. putting away
20．A. feel B. process C. remember D.hide
21．A. hit B. puzzled C. stuck D. stressed
22．A. conflict B. event C.hesitation D. inability
23．A. socially B. environmentally C. culturally D. morally
24．A. complex B. controversial C. awkward D. disturbing
25．A. idea B. goal C. place D. choice
26．A. somehow B. however C. therefore D. either
27．A. optimistic B. concerned C. cheerful D. encouraged
28．A. equally B. still C. especially D. already
三、短文改错
29．短文改错 (共10小题；每一小题1分，总分为10分)
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号〔^〕,并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线〔\〕划掉。

修改：在错词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

My neighbor Li Hai is going to graduate college soon and he hasn’t found the job yet. He was once advising to learn computer skills, so he thought it was difficult. When he saw others learning English, he shook his head, says it was too hard to remember new word. He
enjoyed watching TV, playing cards, smoking and so on. He felt it was hard for him to give up all this habits. Not long ago, he went to look for a job. When he knew talents were great needed, he sighed and regretted the time that what he had wasted. He told me how he wished he has worked hard in college and asked me not to copy his example.
四、阅读填空
Society today tells us that automatic pencils are a lot better than manual ones which you have to sharpen every 5 seconds. Maybe this is true. However, there are some benefits from using an old-fashioned traditional pencil which you cannot get with an automatic one. To be honest, it is quite convenient to use an automatic pencil with an easy press on the button. Meanwhile a manual pencil doesn’t enjoy any plus point. But it is sort of strange that manual pencils should be used in standardized tests today. Chances are that the manual pencil makes the line of grey look nicer.
Nowadays, it is always a battle of who has the newest, most high-tech gadget(小装置), from pencils, cars to clothes. The newer it is, it seems the more popular it becomes. If you walk around school, you will for sure find at least three out of ten people walking around with the latest iPhone 4S. If you are one of the luckier ones walking around with the newest Nokia phones, you will get laughed at.
Maybe an automatic pencil is better at the moment, but after using it for a while, usually the pencil will break. Most people lose them and don’t remember to carry extra lead(铅芯) to fill them up with, as it sometimes can do so much that it needs a lot of lead, just like an iPhone 4S needs to be charged after it has done so much work. As for the manual pencil, the lead will also run out but unlike the mechanical pencil it will last longer. Besides, the automatic pencil and the iPhone 4S are more likely to get stolen while the manual pencil along with the Nokia phone will be left alone and most likely-returned to you.
五、七选五
In America, seldom do you go anywhere without hearing a principle called WIN-WIN.__ 40．___ However, as time goes by, I have gradually comprehended the meaning of WIN-WIN principle---it is the attitude of seeking mutual(相互的) benefit.
When I was little, I used to play Chinese checkers(跳棋) which include two basic tactics(战术): ___41．___ The other is to block the passages of your rival. Players may apply these two totally different approaches in the game, but the key for the player to win is to continuously create paths for himself even if his opponent〔对手〕 may take advantage of
it. ____42．_____ Meanwhile, some player may take another approach to prevent his opponent from moving forward at all costs. By this he may get a short-term benefit, but coul dn’t fix attention on the final goal, thus he would never truly develop further.
___43．____ Its core is to achieve your objective while giving other people some benefits, so there is no real loser. One example of applying the WIN-WIN principle is the voluntary system in the US. __44．__
It is quite usual that some people are too selfish and never take other people’s interests into consideration, while someone who really has courage to do something for the public is often called “foolish〞 or “stupid〞. Actually helping other people can be of great delight to the helper, for he can also learn something important for his life such as sympathy, care, devotion, etc. So taking other people’s interests into earnest consideration can you assure your own gain.
A.Playing Chinese checkers really needs skill.
B. In the 1990s, a strategy〔策略〕 called WIN-WIN became widespread in the western world.
C. It was important for me after I knew its meaning.
D. One is to create paths for yourself.
E. Most Americans advocate〔提倡,拥护〕the spirit of social service and voluntary contribution.
F. It sounded strange to me at first.
G. Finally he can always reach the destination a few steps ahead of the other player.
六、作文
45．写作。

教师节即将降临，请你根据以下提示给你的英语教师Mr. Smith 写一封感谢信，并表示节日的问候。

〔1〕表示感谢
〔2〕描述他的教学〔讲故事，教唱歌，做游戏，举行晚会…课堂生动有趣，使我们对英语产生兴趣〕〔3〕表示节日问候
word 字数：100左右
参考答案1．
【小题1】C
【小题2】A
【小题3】D
【小题4】B
2．B
3．A
4．D
5．D
6．A
7．B
8．D
9．B
10．A
11．D
12．D
13．C
14．A
15．B
16．C
17．C
18．B
19．A
20．B
21．C
22．D
23．A
24．D
25．C
26．B
27．A
28．D
29.
【小题1】graduate 后加from 【小题2】the→a
【小题3】advising→advised 【小题4】so→but
【小题5】says→saying
【小题6】word→words
【小题7】this→these
【小题8】great→greatly 【小题9】去掉what
【小题10】has→had
30．or
31．attitudes/reactions 32．popular/fashionable 33．laughed
34．pressing/pushing 35．likely 36．disadvantages 37．break
38．forget
39．compared
40．F
41．D
42．G
43．B
44．E
45．
Dear Mr. Smith,
I haven’t seen you for a long time. Is everything ok with you? I miss you very much. I’m writing to say thank you for your constant help to me.
As we all know, the Teachers’ Day is just around th e corner and I also offer congratulations to you for your special festival from the bottom of my heart. It’s true that teachers have a great influence on their students. We all like your teaching activities, such as telling us English stories, teaching us how to sing English songs, playing games with us, holding parties and so on. What’s more, we have great fun and get relaxed in your class. All in all, your class is so lively and interesting that we all are interested in English. As a result, we have made great progress with you teaching us.
Again, I want to say thank you and offer congratulations to you for your special festival from the bottom of my heart. Only in this way can I show my sincere thank and respect to you.
Yours Ever,。