2018-2019学年上海市西南位育高一上英语周练

高一年级周练一

I. Listening Comprehension

II. Grammar and Vocabulary

Section A

The Good and the Bad of Rain and Clouds

This week we’ll explore some useful expressions about rain and clouds in American English. Some are very common. For example, you may have heard of the expression “raining cats and dogs”. We use it when it (21)_________ (rain) very, very hard. In other words, when it is pouring!

Thus, we have another useful expression about heavy rain: “(22)________ it rains, it pours!” This means that when something bad happens, other bad things usually happen at the same time. We often use this saying after someone describes a lot of bad things, one (23)________ the other.

If a person is under a cloud, they (24)________ (think) to have done something bad or dishonorable.

A person (25)_________ even be under a certain type of cloud. If you are living under a cloud of suspicion(嫌疑), for example, other people believe that you have done something wrong.

However, if you add a few extra words to the phrase the meaning changes greatly. If I am living under (26)________ dark cloud, it means I (27)_________ (depress) and sad all the time. We can make this phrase even (28)_________ (descriptive) by saying “living under the dark cloud of depression” or “living under the dark cloud of poverty.” So, there are different types of dark clouds you can live under.

(29)________ even when people are living under a dark cloud, there is hope. There is always hope. And (30)________ brings us to the last expression: Every cloud has a silver lining. A silver lining on a cloud shows that the sun is behind it. This expression means there is always something hopeful in even the most difficult or unhappy situation.

Section B

(A)

31.He walked away without a backward _______.

32.The meeting should be chaired by the most ________ person present.

33.He made a number of rude _______ about the crippled teacher.

34.The girl _______ me of her father when she speaks.

35.The company is being actively _______ as a potential partner.

36.It _______ only reasonable to ask students to buy a dictionary.

37.What worries our parents most is that, they think, we are generally _______ in self-discipline.

38.I am ________ happy to take you to the concert.

39.Despite his cries, no one came to his _______.

40.He was eager to ________ his ideas to the group.

(B)

A. injected

B. attention

C. examining

D. sensation AB. conditions

AC. target AD. danger BC. affect BD. attracted CD. explain ABC. interest

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