周练九

周口中学高2013级英语周练九命题人：高三备课组领导签字：使用时间：2015-11-02第一部分完形填空。

（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题上将该选项的标号涂黑。

I think we should try to find a happy memory, something to lift us up on those unpleasant days. I’m saying this because I think I have just found mine.I had some work in Glasgow then. I was on a really 1 schedule, which meant I would have no time for myself all day. I was having one of those days, when the train was rather 2 and the conversation around me seemed to be particularly 3 . Besides, I had a bit of headache. 4 quickly across the station hall, I fished some 5 from my pocket. There was usually someone at the exit 6 the Big Issue ( a magazine that helps homeless folk earn a living ) .7 the crowd parted ways at the bottom of the hall, I saw someone selling the Big Issue. She really looked like she had been sleeping 8 . Her clothes were 9 and she obviously hadn’t had a scrub（擦洗）for quite a while .As I 10 the exit, I saw that she was also 11 from side to side. At first I thought she was trying to keep 12 against the piercing wind. But she wasn’t. She was moving in time to a 13 . I couldn’t hear her, but I could see her lips moving.When I got closer, I saw a white 14 hanging from her elbow and noticed that she had sunken eyes. She was 15 , dirty and living on the streets. I came closer and through the 16 of the traffic I could hear her 17 the immortal（不朽的）line, “ … And I think to myself , what a wonderful world ! ”I bought her last magazine for twice what I had originally 18 . She thanked me and 19 her belongings and went tapping off along the pavement—still singing.So, I have my happy 20 for that day, and I think it will stay with me a long, long time.1. A. enjoyable B. refreshing C. tight D. bitter2. A. crowded B. delayed C. crashed D. loaded3. A. priceless B. meaningless C. interesting D. pleasing4. A. Walking B. Wandering C. Slipping D. Hopping5. A. cigarettes B. sweets C. paper D. change6. A. selling B. buying C. distributing D. delivering7. A. With B. Since C. As D. Until8. A. comfortably B. rough C. soundly D. tough9. A. shabby B. casual C. tidy D. fashionable10. A. left B. passed C. approached D. examined11. A. jumping B. climbing C. rolling D. rocking12. A. active B. energetic C. warm D. awake13. A. dance B. tune C. step D. sound14. A. issue B. stick C. log D. arm15. A. deaf B. lame C. blind D. mad16. A. noise B. music C. voice D. sound17. A. recite B. compose C. read D. sing18. A. expected B. intended C. charged D. organized19. A. threw away B. picked up C. turned out D. hid away20. A. decision B. program C. memory D. design第二部分：阅读理解（共9小题，每题2分，共18分。

）AThough the facts that too many people on earth and a too rapid increase in the number added each year are not in argument, we always begin the discussion of "population as global issue" with what most persons mean like this. It was quite right to compare demographic growth to "a long, thin powder fuse(导火线)that bums steadily and hesitatingly until it finally reaches the charge and explodes".To understand the current situation, which is characterized by rapid increases in population, it is necessary to understand the history of population trends. Rapid growth is a comparatively recent phenomenon. Looking back at the 8,000 years of demographic history, we find that populations have been virtually stable or growing very slightly for most of human history. For most of our ancestors, life was hard, often nasty, and very short. There was high fertility(生育)in most places, but this was usually balanced by high mortality(死亡率). For most of human history, it was seldom the case that one in ten persons would live past forty, while infancy and childhood were especially risky periods. Often, societies were in clear danger of extinction because death rates could exceed their birthrates. Thus, the population problem throughout most of history was how to prevent extinction of the human race.This pattern is important to notice. Not only does it put the current problems of demographic growth into a historical perspective, but it suggests that the cause of rapid increase in population in recent years is not a sudden enthusiasm for more children, but an improvement in the conditions that traditionally have caused high mortality.Demographic history can be divided into two major periods: a time of long, slow growth which extended from about 8000 B.C. till approximately 1650 A.D. In the first period of some 9,600 years, the population increased from some 8 million to 500 million in 1650. Between 1650 and 1975, the population has increased from 500 million to more than 4 billion. And the population reached 6.2 billion throughout the world by the year 2000.One way to appreciate this dramatic difference in such abstract numbers is to reduce the time frame to something that is more manageable. Between 8000 B.C. and 1650, an average of only 50,000 persons was being added annually to the world's population. At present, this number is added every six hours. The increase is about 800000,000 persons annually.21. The underlined word "demographic" in Paragraph l means .A. extinction of humanB. statistics of human populationC. death rate of humanD. development of human population22. Which of the following demographic growth patterns is most similar to the long thinpowder fuse?A. A slow growth for a long time and then a period of rapid, dramatic increase.B. Too many people on earth and a few rapid increases in the number added each year.C. A virtually stable or slightly decreasing period and then a sudden explosion ofpopulation.D. A long period when death rates exceed birthrates and then a short period with higherfertility and lower mortality.23. During the first period of demographic history, societies were often in danger ofextinction because .A. only one in ten persons could live past 40B. our ancestors had little enthusiasm for more childrenC. there was higher mortality than fertility in most placesD. it was too dangerous to have babies due to the poor conditions24. The author of the passage intends to .A. warn people against the population explosion in the near futureB. find out the cause of rapid increase in population in recent yearsC. present us a brief and clear picture of the demographic growthD. compare the demographic growth pattern in the past with that after 1650B：七选五（共5小题；每小题2分；满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。