2017年曙光中学2019届高二开学考练习(含答案)

曙光中学2019届高二英语第一学期开学练习
II. Grammar and vocabulary
Section A
Most of us are used to _____1_____(see) traffic lights above eye level. Whether we are driving, biking, or walking, traffic signals help us know when to stop and when _____2____ is safe to proceed.
Crossing signs that flash “WALK” and “DON’T WALK” are ___3______ (place) at intersections to tell pedestrians when it is safe to cross a busy intersection on foot and prevent pedestrians from ____4_____( strike) by motorists.
Pedestrians may become impatient and attempt to cross against the light if they have to wait too long for a WALK sign. _____5___ _________, some signals do now allow enough time for pedestrians to cross an intersection safely.
The prevalence of people talking on cells phones is posing _____6____ new distraction however. Pedestrians who are talking on the phone or sending text messages are typically staring at their phones rather than looking for traffic signals. They are often too ____7_____(distract), leading to an increase in pedestrian texting accidents.
The connection between cellphone use and pedestrian accidents is clear.
____8_____ (combat) the problem, two cities in Germany are trying an innovative approach: installing traffic lights in the ground.
The German city of Augsburg installed traffic lights in the sidewalk ____9_____ face up at pedestrians to create a whole new level of attention.
New Jersey lawmakers have even proposed legislation that would ban distracted walking, ___10______ (fine) those who use their cellphones while walking $50.
Section B
Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
Seventeen years ago, when I was in military college, I was known as “the worrying wreck from Virginia Tech”. I worried so _____11_____ that I often became ill. In _____12_____, I poured out my troubles to Professor Baird, professor of business administration. The fifteen minutes that I spent with Professor Baird did more for my ____13_____ and happiness than all the rest of the four years I spent in college. “Jim,” he said, “you ought to sit down and face the facts. If you _____14_____ half as much time and energy to solving your problems as you do to worrying about them, you wouldn’t have any worries. ”
I figured that I had failed physics because I had no interest in the subject. But now I changed my attitude. I said to myself, “If the college _____15_____ demand that I pa ss my physics examination before I obtain a degree, who am I to question their wisdom?”
So I ______16____ for physics again. This time I passed because instead of wasting my
time in worrying about how hard it was, I studied _____17____.
I solved my ____18_____ worries by taking on some additional jobs, such as selling punch at the college dances, and by borrowing money from my father, which I paid back soon after ____19______.
As I look back at it now, I can see that my problem was one of _____20_____, a lack of willingness to find the causes of my worry and face them realistically.
III. Reading Comprehension
Section A
Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
A new research suggests that animals have a much higher level of brainpower than once thought. If animals do have intelligence, how do scientists measure it? Before defining animals’ intelligence, scientists defined what is not intelligence. Instinct is not intelligence. It is a skill 21 into an animal’s brain by its genetic heritage (基因遗传). Tricks can be learned by repetition, but no real thinking is 22 . Cuing, in which animals learn to do or not to do certain things by following outside signals, does not demonstrate intelligence. Scientists believe that insight, the ability to use tools, and communication using human language are all 23 measures of the mental ability of animals.
When judging animal intelligence, scientists look for insight, which they define as a flash of sudden understanding. When a young gorilla (大猩猩) could not reach fruit from a tree, she noticed crates (木板箱) on the lawn near the tree. She 24 the crates into a pyramid, then climbed on them to reach her 25 . The gorilla’s insight allowed her to solve a new problem without trial and error.
The ability to use tools is also an important sign of intelligence. Crows (乌鸦) use sticks to pry (撬开) peanuts out of cracks. The crow 26 intelligence by showing it has learned what a stick can do. 27 , otter (水獭) use rocks to crack open crab shells in order to get at the meat.
Many animals have learned to communicate using human language. One chimp can recognize and correctly use more than 220 28 symbols on a keyboard. These symbols 29 human words. An amazing parrot can 30 five objects of two different types. He can understand the difference between the number, color, and kind of object. The ability to 31 is a basic thinking skill. In addition, he seems to use language to express his needs and 32 . When ill and taken to the animal hospital for his first overnight stay, this parrot turned to go. “Come here!” he cried to a scientist who works with him. “I love you. I’m sorry. Wanna go back?”
The research on animal intelligence raises important questions. If animals are smarter than 33 thought, would that change the way humans interact with them? Would animals still be used for food, clothing, or 34 experimentation? Finding the answer to these tough questions makes a difficult 35 even for a large-brained,
problem-solving species like our own.
21. A. developed B. admitted C. programmed D. injected
22. A. inherited B. involved C. instructed D. intended
23. A. realistic B. unusual C. accurate D. effective
24. A. piled B. assembled C. supported D. divided
25. A. potential B. reward C. standard D. top
26. A. explores B. expands C. explains D. exhibits
27. A. Likewise B. Therefore C. However D. Otherwise
28. A. magical B. flexible C. abstract D. permanent
29. A. substitute for B. stand for C. appeal to D. carry out
30. A. foresee B. determine C. combine D. distinguish
31. A. classify B. justify C. qualify D. simplify
32. A. satisfaction B. emotions C. gratitude D. beliefs
33. A. objectively B. professionally C. previously D. scientifically
34. A. electrical B. physical C. medical D. logical
35. A. decision B. translation C. choice D. puzzle
Section B
Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.
(A)
In most people’s opinion, the tiger is not an animal that we would ordinarily think of as being chicken. However, one tiger, which lives in an English zoo, turned out to be more cowardly( 胆小的) than his keepers could ever have imagined.
Tanvir, a two-year-old Bengal tiger, got stuck at the top of a new 5m-high activity tower in the zoo, after climbing it for the first time.
The wooden tower had been designed to provide mental exercise for Tanvir by testing his ability of dealing with troublesome situations, but after climbing it in just a few seconds, he lost his courage when it came to coming back down. Tanvir went on to spend nearly two days at the top of the tower trying to collect the courage to attempt to get down.
A spokesperson for the zoo said that several days before Tanvir had taken half an hour to get down a lower tower only 1.5m high, and the taller tower had clearly been too much challenging for him.
“Every time he got to the edge, he looked out, put a paw over, and thought, ‘no, I cannot make it!’” laughed Samantha Cordrey, Tanvir’s keeper. In the end Tanvir’s hunger defeated his fear, and after almost 48 hours he made his way down. Burying himself in a big meal just like a hungry pig, Tanvir seemed to forget such a shameful experience for a while.
It appears that his experience would not be the worst in Tanvir’s life if he continued to act like a chicken. It is not known whether he will take courage to go back up his exercise tower again.
The whole episode(插曲) only serves to show the difficulties faced by zoo staff in creating
environments that will improve animals’ living ability in enclosed space.
36. When speaking of Tanvir’ s shameful experience, Samantha Cordrey might feel it was_____. A．funny B．surprising C．exciting D．unbelievable
37. What made Tanvir get down the 5m-high activity tower at last?
A．The coldness of the weather. B．The direction from his keepers.
C．The sufferings of being hungry D．The fear of being alone
38. Why does the author say “this experience would not be the worst in Tanvir’s life if…”(Paragraph 6)?
A．Because Tanvir’s keepers will design more difficult exercise for him.
B．Because Tanvir is so cowardly that he has little courage to meet greater
challenges.
C．Because Tanvir’s bad health will bring him much trouble in practice.
D．Because Tanvir is always careless and often causes trouble by accident.
39. The zoo designed the 5m-high activity tower to______.
A．make Tanvir become brave
B．improve Tanvir’s performance skills
C．let tourists watch Tanvir better
D．improve Tanvir’s living ability
(B)
It is difficult to give a description of American laws concerning alcohol because they vary from state to state and city to city. The following, though, may be noted.
Some towns, even state are totally is sold at all except that they allow the sale of very weak (3.2 percent alcohol) beer, known as "three- two" beer. Some places do not allow the sale of alcohol on Sundays, even in shops — you may find a bar locked over the alcohol shelves. You can see it but not buy it! Other places permit alcohol to be sold on Sunday afternoons and evenings, but not on Sunday mornings. (Note that this means sales have to stop at midnight on Saturday.)In many parts of America, you are not allowed to drink alcohol in a public place. That is, you may not sit in a parlor walk along a street drinking beer, and you cannot even take a nice bottle of wine on your picnic. In some places, people can be seen taking drinks in public places from cans wrapped in brown- paper bags. These are not cans of Coca- Cola. And in many states you are not allowed to drink alcohol while driving, or even have an opened alcohol container in the car. Some bars have a license(执照) only for beer and wine. Others are also allowed to sell spirits(烈性酒) and thus, as Americans say, "mixed drinks".
Many bars have a period known as "happy hour", often longer than an hour, when they sell drinks at lower-than-usual prices. This is usually around 5 p.m. and may be only on certain days of the week.
Legal drinking age varies from place to place but is generally between 18 to 21. Some places permit the consumption(消费) of beer at 18 but spirits only at 21. Others permit the consumption only of "three-two" beer from 18 to 21. (Young people therefore often drive from one place to another with more liberal drinking laws.) In any case, in some parts of the USA young people are allowed to vote, marry, raise children, keep full-time jobs, be tried in courts as adults, join the army and even buy guns—but NOT have a glass of beer. In some places people aged between 18
to 21 are allowed to go into bars but not allowed to drink.
Another even more interesting aspect of American drinking-age laws is that in some places people below legal drinking age are not even allowed to sell alcohol.
40. If people are seen drinking in public from brown-paper bags, it is for sure that they are_______.
A. very thirsty
B. not having sprits
C. not having Coca-Cola
D. having Coca-Cola
41. “happy hour” in many bars refers to __________.
A. certain days of the week when people are happy.
B. a certain time usually around 7 pm in a bar
C. an hour during which people feel happy
D. a period of time when some bars sell drinks at lower than usual prices
43. Which of the following is a part of American drinking-age laws?
A. In some parts of the USA, young people can buy guns and have a glass of beer.
B. Legal drinking age is 21
C. In some places people below legal drinking age are not allowed to marry
D. Legal drinking age varies from state to state.
(C)
Thousands of people began pouring into Pennsylvania from other states. They wanted to buy lottery tickets. The tickets cost only $0．9 each ．But that small spending could bring them a reward of $90 million. That was the second largest lottery jackpot（积累奖金）in history.
More than 87 million tickets were bought for the Pennsylvania lottery drawing. Those who bought tickets had to choose seven numbers from 1 to 80. The chance of winning was one in 9．6 million. But that little chance certainly didn’t affect ticket sales. In the last few days before the drawing, tickets were selling at the unbelievable rate of 500 per second.
Experts say many people buy lottery tickets because they just want to have a piece of the action. Others say the lottery is a stock market for poor people. It allows them to dream about w ealth they’ll probably never have.
But many people believe lotteries are no better than legalized gambling. Some critics note that most people who play are poor and may not be able to afford the tickets. There are also many addicts who take the game seriously. They may pour their life savings into lottery tickets. Some clubs have been formed to help them kick the habit.
Politicians like lotteries because they provide money that would otherwise have to some from new taxes. The profits from lotteries are usually used to pay for education or programs for senior citizens. But critics say this arrangement just allows states to legalize vice（恶习）, under the name of social progress. No matter whether you regard state lotteries right or not, you cannot refuse to accept their extreme popularity with many Americans.
44. The main idea of the passage is that ______________________.
A．lotteries are of great benefit to everyone who buys them
B．playing a lottery is just like investing in the stock market
C．a lot of people buy lottery tickets , but lotteries cause disagreement
D．lotteries are just legalized vice
45. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage ?
A．Politicians like lotteries because they don’t have to pay extra tax.
B．The popularity of lotteries in America actually is social progress.
C．Some critics don’t like lotteries because many poor people waste their money on them.
D．People love the lottery because it is a stock market.
46. In just one hour in the last few days , the Pennsylvania lottery sold tickets totaling ．
A．$1．62 million B．$90million C．$9．6million D．$87million
47. People who are addicted to playing lotteries should____________________>
A．join a club B．save every cent
C．win the Pennsylvania D．kick the habit
Section C
Directions:Read the passage carefully. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need.
A．The products which contain real fruit are popular with people.
B．Even products advertised as more natural often contained no fruit.
C．They found that about 60 percent of them didn’t contain any fruit at all.
D．If companies can cut their costs by using flavoring, they are likely to do so. E. It is important and necessary to demand a small amount of flavoring in the products.
F. Actually the product contains just a tiny percentage of strawberry or even no fruit at all.
Most drinks stating that they are fruit-flavored（水果味道的）contain no fruit at all, while most of the rest contain only a small quantity of fruit, according to a study carried by the British Food Commission.
“Shoppers need to check the labels（标签）before buying drinks, though sometimes the actual content can be non-existent,”said Food Commission spokesperson Lan Tokelove. “Food production is highly competitive. _______48______. It will increase profits, and consumer s won’t always realize they are being tricked.”
Flavorings are focused on the flavors of natural food products such as fruits, meats and vegetables, or creating flavor for food products that do not have the desired flavors. Researchers analyzed the contents of 28 strawberry-flavored products sold in stores. ________49_______. Of the 11 products that did contain strawberries, five of them contained less than one percent real fruit. In addition, each juice box contained nearly eight teaspoons of sugar.
_________50___________. Let’s take jam as an example. Some strawberry-flavored jam was labeled as containing no artificial colors, flavors, or sweeteners, but it contained absolutely no strawberries at all.
The Food Commission suggested all flavors used in a product should be listed on the packaging.
Consumers have the rights to know clearly about what they have bought. Under current UK law, Food packages do no not have to distinguish between natural and artificial flavoring.
“Describing a product as strawberry flavor and covering the surface of the packed with pictures of strawberries is misleading.______________51_____________. Unfortunately, it is also legal and widespread,” Takeover said.
IV. Dictation.
1. acquire
2. conceal
3. considerable
4. evident
5. prospect
6. portrait
7. 居民
8. 灭绝的
9. 社交的
10.毫无疑问的是
11. 满足某人的需求
12. 从疾病中恢复
13.认为…….是理所当然的
V .Translation.
1. 在考试中作弊的学生应受严厉惩罚。

( punish)
2. 他不得不放弃比赛的理由是没有做好充分的准备。

(why)
3. 直到上了校车我才发现把钥匙落在办公室。

（Not until 倒装句）
参考答案：
1. seeing
2. it
3. placed
4.being struck
5.In addition
6. a
7. distracted
8. To combat
9. that 10. fining
11-15 FAKIB 16-20ECGJD
21-25 CBDAB 26-30 DACBD 31-35 ABCCD
36-39 ACBD
41-42 BDD
44-47 CCAB
48-51 DCBF
1. 获得
2. 隐藏
3. 相当大的
4. 明显的
5. 前途
6. 肖像
7. resident 8. extinct 9. social 10. there is no doubt that 11. meet one’s needs
12. recover from illness 13. take …..for granted
1. The students who cheat in exams should be severely punished.
2. The reason why he had to give up the game was that he had not made full preparations.
3. Not until did I get on the school bus that I found I had left keys in the offices.。