2016届高三英语课外练习五

2016届高三英语课外练习五第一节：单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）1. — Jennifer, you seem to be overjoyed— ______? I have just received the offer from the National University of Singapore.A. So whatB. Guess whatC. What ifD. What for2. Zinio is ______ platform for digital magazines, with more than 5,500 magazines from ______ wide range of publishers.A. a; aB. a; theC. the; aD. the; the3. It would be a good idea to use a plastic bottle, _____ cut off, as a container to grow young plants in.A. of which topB. whose topC. the top isD. its top4. Sherry has taught me that no matter how bad things seem they can ______ in the end.A. figure outB. make outC. work outD. pick out5. Over 1.8 million of Hong Kong’s residents have sent out a clear message against the movement______ they want an end to disorders and a return to normal life.A. whatB. thatC. whichD. where6. A recent study shows that being pulled into the world of a fascinating novel ______ make someactual, measurable changes in the brain.A. canB. needC. shallD. should7. Why ____________ I drive so many miles away for a supper when I can easily have it at one of therestaurants nearby?A. mightB. couldC. wouldD. must8. To help children become independent, parents should ______ children to figure out how to solve problems on their own.A. permitB. guideC. commandD. expect9. When he realized the police had spotted him, the man ____ the exit as quickly as possible.A. made offB. m ade forC. made outD. made up1-10 BADCB ADBBA BCCBD BDCAD10. The old man insisted that I _______his wallet and that I _______to the police station with him.A. had taken; goB. take; should goC. would take; had goneD. should take; go11. _______in his stu dy, the boy didn’t know that all the others had left.A. Having buriedB. BuriedC. BuryingD. To be buried12. Not far from the club, there is a garden, its owner ______ in it _______bridge with his childrenevery afternoon.A. seated; playsB. seats; playsC. seated; playingD. seats; playing13. The engineers are so busy that they have no time for outdoor sports activities, _______they have the interest.A. whateverB. wheneverC. even ifD. as if14. We should have ourselves _______ if we want to get the work______ in the given time.A. organize well; finishedB. well organized; doneC. well organized; to be finishedD. to be organized well; to be done15. It was the training _____ he had as a young man _____ made him such a good engineer.A. what; thatB. that; whatC. that; whichD. which; that16. ---You mean he won’t come to our party?----Yeah,_____. He has a very important meeting to attend.A. that’s all rightB. you got itC. it doesn’t matterD. it depends17. Body language can a lot about your mood, so standing with your arms folded can send outa signal that you are being defensive.A. take awayB. throw awayC. put awayD. give away18. Much time ______ sitting at a desk, office workers are generally troubled by health problems.A. being spentB. having spentC. spentD. spending19. How would you like ______ if your partners ignore you and don’t remind you the conference hasbeen called off?A. itB. thatC. oneD. /20. There has also been the problem of theft, as some people have ___ parts of the sculptures for souvenirs.A. broken outB. broken downC. broken upD. broken off第二节：阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）AWarner Brothers has announced more Harry Potter movies are on the way. The studio is working with Potter author J. K. Rowling to create a new franchise (特需经营权) of movies based on “Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them”, which is a fictitious textbook in the Harry Potter world. The story will also follow the adventures of the book’s author, Newt Scamander. Rowling, for the first time, will pen the screenplay.It comes as no surprise that Warner Brothers is trying to keep the Harry Potter franchise going. The films alone have earned $7.7 billion at the box office. The franchise has probably almost doubled those earnings on home video and TV sales. Then there’s the many Harry Potter products that fans still snatch up.But at s ome point, Harry Potter could seem old hat and that’s not something Warner Bro thers wants to see happen. So executives had three choices: restart the franchise, come up with continuations or spin off part of the Potter world into a new movie.Without books to support the new stories, the upcoming movies could be a tougher sell for Warner Brother s. Harry and friends won’t appear at all in the new movies which will be set in New York 70 years before Harry Potter heads to Hogwarts.The new stories will also net video games, products and enhance Rowling’s website.Here’s Rowling on the upcoming franchise:It all started when Warner Brother s came to me with the suggestion of turning “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” into a film. I thought it was a fun ide a, but the idea of seeing Newt Scamander, the supposed author of “Fantastic Beasts”, realized by another writer was difficult. Having lived for so long in my fictional universe, I feel very protective of it and I already knew a lot about Newt. As Harry Potter fans will know, I liked him so much that I even married his grandson, Rolf, to one of my favourite characters from the Harry Potter series, Luna Lovegood.As I considered Warners’ proposal, an idea took shape that I couldn’t get rid of. That is how Icould express my own idea for a film to Warner Brothers.Although it will be set in the worldwide community of wizards (巫师) where I was so happy for sevente en years, it is neither a previous work nor a continuation to the Harry Potter series, but an extension of the wizarding world. The laws and customs of the hidden magical society will be familiar to anyone who has rea d the Harry Potter books or seen the films, but Newt’s story will start in New York, seventy years before Harry gets underway. (456words)21.The phrase “snatch up” in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to “_____”.A. rush to purchaseB. give up reluctantlyC. make profits fromD. take away by force22.What made Rowling accept Warner Brothers’ proposal?A. Her eagerness to try writing for the screenplay.B. Her unwillingness to see others write the story.C. The attraction of earning more at the box office.D. The film company’s promise to enhance her website.23. What is the passage mainly about?A. Warner Brothers’ expanded partnership with Harry Potter author.B. Warner Brothers’ success and development in Harry Potter series.C. Rowling’s view on the upcoming franchise of Harry Potter movies.D. Rowling’s creative ideas for the cooperation with Warner Brothers.21-23 ABA 24-27BDCD 28-31 ACBC 32-35 CDCABJeff, like me, is a writer, a speaker, and the head of a cons ulting company. As far as I can tell, he’s professional, well respected, capable, honest, and has a popular following. Someone we both know has asked us to cooperate on a project and there’s clearly a mutual benefit to our working together. It all sounds g reat except for one thing: I don’t like Jeff. I mentioned that to the person who wants us to work together. She told me, essentially, to get over it. “You don’t have to like him,” she said, “but you’d be smart to work with him.”The typical advice you hear about working with people you don’t like is simply to just conduct whatever business you need to with them and move on. In other words, smile and bear it. But I have found that almost impossible to do. The people we don’t like drive us crazy and we waste a great amount of time complaining about them, or stressing about a conversation we need to have with them.And that’s not the worst of it. The deeper problem is that if you don’t like someone, chances are they know it, which will cause them not to like you. And if you think working with someone you don’t like is hard, try working with someone who doesn’t like you.It’s simple, really. According to research, the more people like you, the easier, more productive, and more profitable, your life will be; the people you don’t get along with will find ways to bother you — even if you smile and bear it.So if smiling and bearing is a losing strategy, what’s the alternative?Consider, for a moment, the reason you don’t like someone. Maybe you think they have some character weakness or disagreeable quality that bothers you. Like my view of Jeff as self-serving, self-centered and self-satisfied.Now —and here’s the hard part —think about whether you can discover that disagreeable quality in yourself. You really d on’t like that part of yourself, right? You wish you could distance yourself from that side of you. Just like you wish you could distance yourself from that disliked person.In other words, chances are, the reason you can’t stand that person in the first place, is that they focus you on what you can’t stand about yourself.Suddenly, working with people you don’t like becomes a lot more interesting. Because getting to know them better, and accepting the parts of them you don’t like, is actually getting to k now yourself better and accepting the parts of yourself you don’t like.So the way to overcome your dislike of someone else? Overcome your dislike of yourself.(448words)24. The author mentions Jeff in the first paragraph in order to _________.A. offer his viewB. introduce a topicC. describe a partnerD. complain about his job25. What does the author think is the real reason why we don’t like the person we work with?A. We’re self-serving, self-centered and self-satisfied.B. We can discover disagreeable qualities in the person.C. We waste a great amount of time complaining about him.D. We actually have the disagreeable qualities the person has.26. It seems that the best way to work with someone you don’t like is to _________.A. point out his shortcomingsB. smile, bear it and move onC. accept what you think of himD. tear yourself away from him27. The passage is mainly about _________.A. trying to deal with work conflictsB. the difficulty of living with people you dislikeC. the disadvantages of working for the same companyD. reflecting on working with people you don’t appreciate41-45 BDCDCRelax. He is the same little boy you loved yesterday. I smiled trying to hold back the tears. “No he isn’t. Yesterday I dreamed he would be an astronaut. Today I am hoping he will learn to talk.”It was like some sort of unexpected joke. I could still recall the day that determined my fate. It was October in Ottawa and the summer breezes had given way to the autumn rainfall of leaves. The snow would begin soon. My casually mentioning Wyatt’s behavior to Dr. Martin aroused his worries.He started asking me questions about Wyatt’s activities, speech pattern and emotions. I still see clearly in my mind the cleanness of the room and all its belongings when the doctor turned to me and said, “He almost sounds autistic(自闭的).”I couldn’t bear that picture in my mind. I had to run to get away from this all too painful place that was telling me what was to be my child’s life — being strange.I could not r emember how many times I told myself, “This is normal. He is a little boy who is not talking yet,” when my asking questions met with his blank-eyed response in a restaurant; how many times I would say, “He loves to play on his own for hours at a time and he never gets into trouble,” when Wyatt was playing games that no one else could think of, let alone join in while other boys in the park were playing together or in small groups. My life was changing direction. So was Wyatt’s.I started to hide Wyatt from my friends and neighbors especially from good friends. It was too painful to let others know about my boy acting strange.It was a Thursday afternoon and I found one half of a great pair of kitchen scissors was missing, which was unbelievably sharp. I knew Wyatt had taken the missing blade(刀片).“Wyatt,” I began as patiently as I could, “Do you see this?” I held up the blade. “Do you know what this is?”Wyatt put a bunch of fruit loops in his mouth. No response.“Wyatt!” I forced eye contact with him. “Where is the other blade? See this!” I showed him the half pair.He smiled big. Ate fruit loops. Turned the TV on and off. Still no response.I didn’t know what to do. It was really hard. “Wyatt,” I tried once more, “Mommy wants these scissors. Can you go get them for Mommy? It will mak e Mommy so happy if you do that.”“Watch TV.” Wyatt asked as he slid down from his kitchen stool and ran off, leaving me shaking my head and wondering in exactly which way this situation was going to end badly.Five minutes later, I turned my head to see Wyatt coming downstairs with his favorite doll in one hand, the missing half pair of kitchen scissors in the other. I immediately ran over and took it from him.“Wyatt!” I hugged him. “Thank you for bringing me the scissors! Good job! You did it! Thes e scissors need to stay in the kitchen. These are Mommy’s scissors!”Wyatt laughed, looked me straight in the eye and said, “Mommy so happy!”I came close to tears. A realization dawned on me that he was the best gift I had ever gotten even though he was not as normal as other children. And why did I hide him from others as if he were some dark and terrible secret? No! He was my pride. It was a long, hard battle to get him to this point, expressing his wants and needs without turning to violence in frustration. With love and patience I have found the beautiful, happy boy who would teach me more about life.And that is the solution.(640words)28. From the first part of the story we can get to know that the son’s problem was _________ to themother.A. a heavy blowB. a white lieC. an unforgettable lessonD. a ridiculous experience29. Why could the mother recall the day so clearly when the doctor told her his son’s illness?A. The questions the doctor asked puzzled her.B. The cleanness of the doc tor’s room struck her.C. His son’s illness was beyond her wildest expectation.D. The sudden change of weather left her a deep impression.30. According to the passage, which of the following indicates that Wyatt is not normal?A. He never gets into trouble.B. He responds with blank eyes.C. He plays with others for hours.D. He likes watching TV programmes.31. What seems to be the solution at the end of the passage?A. Never hiding Waytt from normal kids.B. Turning to violence in disappointment occasionally.C. Making Wyatt a kind and joyful boy with great care.D. Helping Wyatt learn to talk and become an astronaut.ACBCDResearchers in the psychology department at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) have discovered a major difference in the way men and women respond to stress. This difference may explain why men are more likely to suffer from stress-related disorders.Until now, psychological research has maintained that both men and women have the same “fight­or­flight” reac tion to stress. In other words, individuals either react with aggressive behavior, such as verbal or physical conflict (“fight”), or they react by withdrawing from the stressful situation (“flight”). However, the UCLA research team found that men and women have quite different biological and behavioral responses to stress. While men often react to stress in the fight-or-flight response, women often have another kind of reaction which could be called “tend and befriend.” That is, they often react to stressfu l conditions by protecting and nurturing their young (“tend”), and by looking for social contact and support from others—especially other females (“befriend”)．Scientists have long known that in the fight-or-flight reaction to stress, an important role is played by certain hormones (激素) released by the body. The UCLA research team suggests that the female tend-or-befriend response is also based on a hormone. This hormone, called oxytocin, has been studied in the context of childbirth, but now it is being studied for its role in the response of both men and women to stress. The principal investigator, Dr. Shelley E. Taylor, explained that “animals and people with high levels of oxytocin are calmer, more relaxed, more social, and less anxious.” While men also secrete (分泌) oxytocin, its effects are reduced by male hormones.In terms of everyday behavior, the UCLA study found that women are far more likely than men to seek social contact when they are feeling stressed. They may phone relatives or friends, or ask directions if they are lost.The study also showed how fathers and mothers responded differently when they came home totheir family after a stressful day at work. The typical father wanted to be left alone to enjoy some peace and quiet. For a typical mother, coping with a bad day at work meant focusing her attention on her children and their needs.The differences in responding to stress may explain the fact that women have lower frequency of stress-related disorders such as high blood pressure or aggressive behavior. The tend-and-befriend regulatory (调节的) system may protect women against stress, and this may explain why women on average live longer than men.(424words)32. The UCLA study shows that in response to stress, men are more likely than women to ________.A. turn to friends for helpB. solve a conflict calmlyC. find an escape from realityD. seek comfort from children33. Which of the following is true about oxytocin according to the passage?A. Men have the same level of oxytocin as women do.B. Oxytocin used to be studied in both men and women.C. Both animals and people have high levels of oxytocin.D. Oxytocin has more of an effect on women than on men.34. What can be learned from the passage?A. Male hormones help build up the body's resistance to stress.B. In a family a mother cares more about children than a father does.C. Biological differences lead to different behavioral responses to stress.D. The UCLA study was designed to confirm previous research findings.35. Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?A. How men and women get over stressB. How men and women suffer from stressC. How researchers overcome stress problemsD. How researchers handle stress-related disordersCDCA。