高一英语限时练习3

高一英语限时练习3一、阅读理解（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）A“Only in a few years you’ll be an adult!” This statement is usually issued by adults with a wink at my mother. I usually take “the wink（眨眼）” to mean “ or at least that’s what she thinks, right?” It’s true that in two years I’ll be 18, and that will make me legally an adult. But it’s also just a number. It doesn’t come with a fantastic moment when you know all the adults are supposed to know what to do. It doesn’t make responsibilities easier. It just makes it legal for you to enter online sweepstakes（彩票）and work at Walmart.This thought all started back in July when my friend, Dakota, officially flew out of military basic training in Oklahoma. He’s 17. Not an adult by the legal definition, but making a very adult decision. He can’t rent a movie from most places, but he can defend our country. I didn’t realize how much his actual departure would affect me and the way I viewed growing up and when it actually starts.My best friend Madeline is now studying psychology in London. She’s 18. She has been working pretty hard to get the perfect grades. Now, she’s living on her own, doing little things that make her, in my eyes, an adult, and is in complete control of her personal life. I have a basic idea of how a loan works, and apply for one like her? Forget it. I haven’t even had a credit card until now.My other friends are growing up around me, making decisions that will affect the rest of their lives. Where do I fit in? My life is so different from the standard; it’s hard to compare. I’m home-schooled. I’ve been a fashion blogger since I was 13, an occupation that has definitely taught me a lot first-hand about the outside world. Earlier this year, I got my first Teen V ogue feature（专栏）and worked with the Disney Channel. But if you add that up, it doesn’t equal an adult. It equals an accomplished teenager.I made myself a list of “Things to Learn Before I Grow Up”. Number one? Figure out the whole significant thing. Maybe learning to cook something rather than buying ready-made food from the supermarket. But it’s also important for me to enjoy being young. I like having sandwiches my mom made for me, and getting to just be silly sometimes without worry. So in conclusion, my point is this: Being a grown-up is less about your age, but more about what you do with your life.1.What does the author think of the age of 18?A. She can be responsible for herself.B. It is when she still doesn’t know things.C. It is legal for her to do online business.D. She still can’t do things like adults.2. What does the underlined word “it” in paragraph 2 refer to?A. Her growing up.B. Dakota’s departure.C. Her defending the country.D. Dakota’s renting a movie.3. Why did the author mention Madeline?A. To explain the course of applying for a loan.B. To admire Madeline’s growing upC. To stress the importance of a credit card.D. To praise Madeline for her hard work.4. What might be the best title for the passage?A. I will be 18 in two years.B. I can’t learn like my friends.C. Will “18” make you an adult?D. I don’t want to grow up yet.BTo learn to think is to learn to question. Those who don't question never truly think for themselves. These are simple rules that have governed the advancement of science and human thought since the beginning of time. Advancements are made when thinkers question theories and introduce new ones. Unfortunately, it is often the great and respected thinkers who end up slowing the progress of human thought. Aristotle was a brilliantphilosopher whose theories explained much of the natural world, often incorrectly. He was so esteemed by the scientific community that even 1,200 years after his death, scientists were still trying to build upon his mistakes rather than correct them!Brilliant minds can intimidate up­and­coming thinkers who are not confident of their abilities. They often believe they are inferior to the minds of giants such as Aristotle, leading many to accept current paradigms instead of questioning them.I, like many thinkers of the past, once believed in my mental inferiority. I was certain that my parents, my teachers—adults in general—were always right. They were like a textbook to me; I didn't question what was written on those pages. I respected them, and accepted whatever they told me. But that attitude soon changed. My mind’s independence was first stimulated in the classroom.A stern, 65­year­old elementary­school science teacher once told me that light is a type of wave. I confidently went through years of school believing that light is a wave. One day，however I heard the German exchange student mention that light could be made up of particles. As the others laughed at his statement, I started to question my beliefs.Maybe the teachers and textbooks hadn't given me the whole story. I went to the library, did some research and learned of the light­as­a­wave versus light­as­a­particle debate. I read about Einstein's discovery of the dual nature of light and learned the facts of a paradox(悖论) that puzzles the world's greatest thinkers to this day. Light behaves as both a particle and a wave, it is both at once. I realized I had gone through life accepting only half of the story as the whole truth.Each new year brought more new facts, and I formulated even more questions. I found myself in the library after school, trying to find my own answers to gain a more complete understanding of what I thought I already knew. I discovered that my parents and teachers are incredible tools in my quest for knowledge, but they are never the final word. Even textbooks can be challenged. I learned to question my sources, I learned to be a thinker. I once believed that everything I learned at home and at school was certain, but I have now discovered to re­examine when necessary.Questions are said to be the path to knowledge and truth, and I plan to continue questioning. How many things do we know for sure today that we will question in the future? At this moment, I know that our sun will burn for another five billion years, and I know nothing can escape the gravity of a black hole. This knowledge, however, may change in the next 20 years—maybe even in the next two. The one thing we can control now is our openness to discovery. Questions are the tools of open minds, and open minds are the key to intellectual advancement.5．In the first paragraph, Aristotle is taken as an example to show that ______.A. he is the greatest and respected philosopher of all timeB. huge influence of great thinkers may block human thoughtC. advancements are made when thinkers question theoriesD. great thinkers often make mistakes and then correct them6．What does the underlined word “intimidate” in Paragraph 2 mean?A. Frighten.B. Encourage.C. Strength.D. Persuade.7．The author began to question his previous beliefs because ______.A. what he learned from textbooks before turned out to be wrongB. he was inspired by the different ideas from an exchange studentC. he was laughed at by other students for his unacceptable statementD. he was not satisfied with his life and desperate to achieve success8．According to the passage, the author ______.A. looks down upon great thinkers all the timeB. never doubts what he has learned in the textbookC. always throws himself into the laboratoryD. determines to be a thinker and questioner9．We can conclude from the last paragraph that ______.A. the author is not quite sure about his futureB. we human beings don't dare to predict futureC. theory of black holes will change in two yearsD. questioning is necessary to promote advancement10．What does the passage mainly talk about?A. Following rules.B. Challenging yourself.C. Questioning giants.D. Predicting future.二、完形填空（共20小题；每题1.5分，满分30分）Socialization is the way in which children and adults learn from others. We begin learning from others during the early days of life; and most people continue their social learning all through life __11__ some mental or physical disability slows or stops the learning __12__. Sometimes the learning is __13__，as when we learn a new sport, art or musical technique from a friend. At other times, social learning is __14__，as when we learn not to drive too fast by receiving a large fine for __15__．Positive socialization is the type of social learning that is based on pleasurable and __16__ experiences. We tend to like the people who fill our socialization with __17__，loving care，and rewarding opportunities. Negative socialization __18__when others use punishment，harsh criticisms or anger to try to “__19__us a lesson；” and often we come to dislike both negative socialization and the people who __20__ it on us. There are all types of mixes of positive and negative socialization; and the more positive social learning experiences we have, the happier we tend to be—especially if we learn useful information that helps us deal with the __21__ of life.Our __22__ socialization helps explain a majority of who we are at present—what we think and feel, where we plan to go in life. But we are not __23__ by the things given to us by those learning experiences; we can take all our __24__ days and guide our future social learning in directions that we __25__. The more that we know about the socialization procedure, the more effective we can be in __26__ our future learning in the ways that will help us most.Because we were not able to __27__ our parents, we were not able to __28__ much of the first 10 or 20 years of our socialization. However，most people learn to __29__ their own socialization as they gain experience in life. It takes special skills to steer (掌舵) our own socialization, and many of us __30__ some of those skills naturally as we go through life but others may need to take some courses for those skills.11. A. if B. since C. unless D. while12. A. process B. methods C. progress D. period13. A. tiresome B. fun C. burden D. effortless14. A. worthwhile B. boring C. valuable D. painful15. A. speeding B. drunk－driving C. casual－parking D. overload16. A. practical B. exciting C. personal D. beneficial17. A. motivation B. conversation C. information D. conclusion18. A. occurs B. fails C. suffers D. enters19. A. tell B. prepare C. draw D. teach20. A. cheat B. test C. force D. request21. A. opportunities B. conditions C. challenges D. pleasures22. A. previous B. current C. positive D. negative23. A. surprised B. limited C. shaped D. affected24. A. happy B. healthy C. remaining D. past25. A. doubt B. lose C. abandon D. value26. A. directing B. describing C. damaging D. discovering27. A. socialize B. select C. support D. blame28. A. enjoy B. resist C. repeat D. control29. A. influence B. quit C. continue D. break30. A. put up B. pick up C. make up D. turn up三、信息还原(共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）Waste not, want notToday,I live in Manhattan with my husband, Alex. I’m an IT specialist and Alex is a lawyer. Life’s good, but sometimes I look at the way we live it and think of Ellie, my grandmother. Her favorite saying was “ Waste not, want not. ” 31 .Ellie carefully folded the paper from parcels and washed glass jars to use again. Frank, my grandfather, used old socks and pullovers(套头毛衣) to protect the plants in winter. Nowadays, we go to a garden center to buy special felt for that purpose. Have we all gone mad?Such economy seems strange, even ridiculous, in our modem throwaway society, where everything is sold in boxes. 32 , but as a selling feature to make us want to buy them. Ellie and Frank would have seen the very idea of a "gift pack" as a cheat.33 The United States produces about 180 million metric tons of waste per year, 70% of which is packaging materials. The average American family uses up six trees’ worth of paper a year. 34 , they would reach to the moon and back twelve times. “We can’t go on like this,”I said to Alex.” Let’s start at home. If everybody starts at home, then this madness will stop."35 Of course, this meant that we produced a lot of waste, but I was shocked to find that this came to over six kilos per week. “Your grandma Ellie with her ‘Waste not, want not’ was really modern,wasn’t she?” “Not really,” I said. “Ellie and their neighbors were just ordinary, traditional New Englanders. We’ve all gone mad since then.”A. Packaging is not only used to protect goodsB.My grandparents threw almost nothing awayC.In one week alone, we threw away five old magazinesD.We didn't often go shopping and then cook meals at homeE.As young Manhattan professionals, we buy a lot of "convenience food"F.But we pay a high financial and ecological price for our lovely packagingG.If you placed all the cans used in the United States, in one year end to endKeys一、阅读理解DABC BABDDC二、完形填空CABDA BAADC CABCD ABDAB三、信息还原：BAFGE。