河北省临漳县第一中学2015-2016学年高一下学期第八次周考英语试题 缺答案

高一第八次英语周考
成绩______
一、完形填空30分
The year when I went to college was a very difficult transition（过渡期) for me。

1 is probably true with many people，I got a lot of homework and
2 thought about going home.
Although the 3 time for many students is getting 4 from home，my mailbox was frequently 5 . One day when I went to the mailbox, there was a postcard 6 out at me. I sat down to read it, 7 a note from someone back home。

8 I became increasingly puzzle as 9 postcards were like this: It was a full news report about a woman named Mabel and her newborn baby。

I took the card back to my room and 10 about it。

Several days later I 11 another postcard, this one 12 news about Maybelline, Mabel’s cousin. Soon after，another card arrived and then another, 13 full of news of different people. I began to 14 look forward to the next one, 15 to see what this author would come up with 16 。

I was never 17 .
Finally, the card 18 coming，right about the time I had begun to feel
19 college life. They had been such a happy distraction（调剂）that I have
20 all the postcards and still bring them out to read whenever I need a lift。

1. A. If B. So C. As D. What
2。

A。

often B. carefully C. seldom D。

merely
3. A. hard B. last C。

busiest D。

happiest
4。

A。

visitors B。

letters C。

calls D。

directions
5. A。

empty B. full C。

closed D. open
6。

A. pouring B. reaching C. staring D。

rolling
7。

A。

describing B. considering C。

enjoying D。

expecting
8. A。

But B. Thus C. Also D. Even
9. A. any B. no C。

some D. such
10. A. joked B. talked C. forgot D. cared
11。

A。

mailed B. accepted C. wrote D. received
12. A. delivering B。

demanding C. discovering D. developing 13。

A。

one B. each C。

either D. both
14. A. nearly B. possibly C。

usually D. really
15。

A. promising B。

surprised C。

interested D。

pretending 16。

A。

below B。

lately C。

next D。

behind
17. A. frightened B. disappointed C. excited D. pleased
18。

A. continued B。

stopped C。

started D. avoided
19. A。

easy B。

safe C. tired D. anxious
20. A。

lost B。

collected C. torn D。

saved
二、阅读理解10分
Poet William Stafford once said that we are defined more by the detours(绕行路）in life than by the narrow road toward goals 。

I like this image. But it was quite by accident that I discovered the deep meaning of his words。

For years we made the long drive from our home in Seattle to my parents' home in Boise in nine hours。

We traveled the way most people do：the fastest, shortest, easiest road, especially when I was alone with four noisy，restless kids who hate confinement（限制）and have strong opinions about everything.
Road trips felt risky，so I would drive fast, stopping only when I had to。

We would stick to the freeways and arrive tired.
But then Banner, our lamb was born。

He was rejected by his mama days before our planned trip to Boise。

I had two choices: leave Banner with my husband，or take him with me。

My husband made the decision for me。

That is how I found myself on the road with four kids, a baby lamb and nothing but my everlasting optimism to see me through。

We took the country roads out of necessity. We had to stop every hour，let Banner。