第八次周练及答案

崇仁一中2015届高三上学期第八次英语周练试题命题人：审题人：高三英语备课组时长：100分钟满分：120分第Ⅰ卷第一部分: 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节: （共15小题；每小题2分，满分30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，并将答案填写到答题卷上。

AName: Sam ChampionHot job: TV WeathermanWhere: W ABC-TV, New York CityWhen you were a child, did you plan to forecast wind, rain, and snow on TV?I wanted to be a foreign journalist. I took courses in weather science at Eastern Kentucky University, but I majored in broadcasting newsHow did you finally become a weatherman?My first job in the early 80’s was at the local TV station in Paducah, Kentucky. I did everything from turning on the lights in the morning to writing and delivering morning news. I put together weather forecasts, and become interested in them.Back then, how did you forecast weather?Independent companies collected computer information that showed, for example, how a single weather system might split into snow or snow mixed with rain. The information was often opposite and the job of a weather man was to study the information and make the best educated guess about the stormHas weather forecasting changed much with new technology?Advanced computers, satellites, and Doppler radar（sound waves used to track storms）have made forecasting more exact. But we still know very little about how weather is shaped. So far, we just have theories.Any advice for children who’d like to become weather scientists?To me, weather is the most exciting field in the world. There are still so many more questions about weather than answers. After all, if we can’t foresee floods or hurricanes, how safe a society are we? Weather forecasting is wide open for scientists who love to solve puzzling problems. The next generation of meteorologists will unlock many of Earth science, and study meteorology in collegeThanks, Sam1. Judging from the writing style, the text is_______.A. a diaryB. an interviewC. a news storyD. an announcement2. As a child, ABC-TV’s Sam Champion wanted to be a _______.A. space scientistB. weathermanC. news reporterD. meteorologist3. Present weather forecasting technology_______.A. has made weather report more exact than everB. is still not perfectC. hasn’t changed much in the last 50 yearsD. both A and BBMy husband and I had just opened up a pet sitting business earlier that year. Our customers had slowly risen from three to thirty a month. We were busy through those hot summer months, driving between visits. Our services were strictly held at the pet owner’s home. It was almost too busy for the two of us, but we were making good money!We asked pet owners new to our services to phone two weeks ahead so we had enough time to meet the owners and pets at their homes and make any following meetings before the owner leaves.One day, we decided to take on a new customer just two days before they would leave. We met the family, filled in a form, and spent some time with their dog, Hercules. He playfully jumped on us and touched our hands and arms using his tongue. The family laughed as he did this, showing us that he was very loving.Two days later I appeared at the house, alone. I came up to Hercules and said hello happily. I filled up his water bowl and cleaned any messes he made. Meanwhile, he was so lovely sitting beside. I thought this would be the good picture to send to the owners, a usual service. After the light and “click” sound went off, Hercules rushed at me. I didn’t know what had just happened until I noticed the drops of blood. I ran out and did the only thing — calling my husband.Then I went to neighbors for help. My husband arrived after ten minutes. The helpful neighbor and my husband led Hercules back into his pen (圈). Then my husband and I took off to the hospital.I must have looked like I was shot when I walked into the hospital. The nurses quickly moved me to a room. I asked the doctor in a weak but playful manner, “ Am I going to die？” He replied, “Finally.”4. According to the text, the author’s work was .A. tiring and dangerousB. easy and freeC. well paidD. done outdoors5. What did the author often do during her work?A. Cleaning the clients’ house.B. Walking the pets outside.C. Bringing the pets to her own house.D. Taking a photo of pets to the owners.6. It can be inferred from the text that the author was attacked because .A. Hercules feared the sound and the flashB. the author attacked Hercules firstC. Hercules was very hungry thenD. the author treated Hercules badly7. The doctor’s answer gave us a sense of .A. angerB. humorC. carelessnessD. patienceCAlthough man has known asbestos(石棉) for hundreds of years, it was not until 160 years ago that it was mined for the first time on the North American continent. H.W.Johns, owner of a New York City Supply Shop for roofers，was responsible for the opening of that first mine.Mr. Johns was given a piece of asbestos which had been found in Italy. He experimented with the material and then showed its surprising powers to his customers. After putting on a pair of asbestos gloves，which looked much like ordinary work gloves，he took red-hot coals from the fireplace and played with them in his hands. How astonished the customers were to discover that he was not burned at all. You can well imagine that he had increased business in asbestos roofing materials. However，because it was very expensive to transport them from Italy to the United States, Mr. Johns sent out a young scientist to seek a source nearer home. This young man found great vein, in the province of Quebec in Canada.Ever since 1881 Quebec has led the world in the production of this unusual mineral，which is made up of magnesium, silicon, iron, and oxygen. When it is mined, the asbestos is heavy, just asyou would expect a mineral to be. When it is separated，a strange thing happens; the rock breaks down into fine, soft, soapy fibers.Scientists do not know why the rock can be separated easily into threads(线)，but they have found thousands of uses of this fireproof material, of the so- called “cloth of stone.”8. Which title best expresses the main idea of this passage?A. Asbestos mined in CanadaB. Fireproof materialC. A “wonder” materialD.A new roofing material9. Johns proved his ability as a salesman by___.A. going into roofing businessB. carrying asbestos from ItalyC. sending out a trained scientistD. showing the use of asbestos gloves10. Which is an important character of asbestos that the author wants to show us?A. It can be separated into threadsB. It feels soapyC. It burns easilyD. It is unusually heavy11. T he author’s main purpose in writing the passage was to___.A. show the need for more scientistsB. compare asbestos with other materialsC. increase the sales of asbestosD. present facts about asbestosDA new study suggests that sad music might actually arouse positive emotions. The finding helps to explain why people enjoy listening to sad music, say Ai Kawakami and her colleagues from Tokyo University of the Arts and the RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Japan. Ai Kawakami and her colleagues asked 44 volunteers, including both musicians and nonspecialists, to listen to two pieces of sad music and one piece of happy music. Each participant was required to use a set of keywords to rate both their perception(观念) of the music and their own emotional state.The sad pieces of music included Glinka’s La Separation in F minor and Blumenfeld’s Etude Sur Mer in G minor. The happy music piece was Granados’s Allegro de Concierto in G major. To control the “happy” effect of major key, they also played t he minor key(小调) pieces in major key, and vise versa.The researchers explained that sad music aroused contradictory emotions because the participants of the study tended to feel sad to be more tragic and less romantic than they felt themselves while listening to it.“ In general, sad music causes sadness in listeners, and sadness is regarded as an unpleasant emotion. If sad music actually arouses only unpleasant emotion, we would not listen to it,” the researchers wrote in the study.“Music that is believed as sad actually causes romantic emotion as well as sad emotion. And people, regardless of their musical training, experience this ambivalent(矛盾的) emotion to listen to the sad music,” added the researchers.Also, unlike sadness in daily life, sadness experienced through art actually feels pleasant, possibly because the latter does not cause an actual threat to our safety. This could help people to deal with their negative emotions in daily life, concluded the authors.“Emotion experienced by music has no direct danger or harm unlike the emotion experienced in everyday life. Therefore, we can even enjoy unpleasant emotion such as sadness. If we suffer from unpleasant emotion aroused through daily life, sad music might be helpful to alleviate negative emotion,” they added.12.People enjoy listening to sad music because _______.A. sad music may help arouse positive emotionsB. sad music can make people relaxC. Sad music has a positive effect on people’s healthD. many experts recommend people to listen to sad music13. We can learn from the passage that _______.A. sad music only causes sadness in listenersB. Only musicians were invited to take part in the surveyC. The volunteers were asked to listen to three pieces of music in allD. Granados’s Allegro de Concierto in G major can cause positive emotions14. The underlined word “alleviate” in the last paragraph means “ ”.A. addB. strengthenC. causeD. reduce15. What is the main idea of this passage?A. People should listen to sad music.B. Happy music can make people sad.C. Sad music may actually cause positive emotions.D. Sad music is really bad to people.第二节（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。