安义中学2014-2015学年下学期高二第五次周练英语试卷

高二第五次周练英语试卷

Ⅰ.阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A.B.C和D项中，选出最佳选项。

One man tells of driving on a long and lonely road, the last 65 miles of it unpaved, in order to watch Indian dances in the state of Arizona. After the dances, he returned to his car only

to find that it had a flat tire. He put on the spare and drove to the only service station in that town. “Do you fix flats?” he inquired of the attendant.

“Yes,” came the answer.

“How much do you charge?” he asked.

With a twinkle in his eye, the man replied, “What difference does it make?”

This is what has been called a “Hobson’s choice”. A Hobson’s choice is a situation that forces a person to accept whatever is offered or go without.

According to Barbara Berliner, the phrase was inspired by sixteenth-century entrepreneur (企业家) Thomas Hobson. There was no choice by the customer —it was strictly Hobson’s choice.

But often we really have a choice, and the choice does make a difference. We may not always believe it. We may feel as if we have no choice, but almost always there is a choice in the matter. And when we realize that we do most things by choice, then we are taking control of our own lives.

Someone challenged me to try an experiment that completely changed my perspective. “For the next seven days,” he said, “eliminate the words ‘I have to’ from your vocabulary and say ‘I choose to’. Don’t say, ‘I have to work late tonight’. Instead, say, ‘I choose to work late’. When you choose to do it, you take control of your life. Instead of saying, ‘I have to stay home’, try ‘I choose to stay home’. The way you spend your time is your choice. You are responsible. You have control.”

In just seven days I was no longer saying “I have to” and I felt better about my decisions. I learned that there is very little in my life I actually have to do. You and I decide to do certain things because we believe that it will be for the best. When we eliminate “I have to” from our vocabularies, we take control.

Try it for a week and you see what happens. I think you’ll see it’s a change for the better.

1. What did the attendant mean by saying “What difference does it make”?

A. The man didn’t need to pay for the work.

B. It was unnecessary for the man to ask about the price.

C. There was no need for the man to have the tire fixed.

D. The man should keep silent.

2. The author learnt from the experiment that he .

A. could become more challenging

B. could spend more time relaxing himself

C. should take pleasure in helping others

D. actually changed his attitudes towards life

3. What does the underlined word “eliminate” mean?

A. Remember.

B. Repeat.

C. Remove.

D. Recite.

4. What is the situation where we have a “Hobson’s choice”?

A. We have no choice but to follow.

B. We should often change our choice.

C. We should make preparations before a journey.

D. We should think twice before taking action.

5. The purpose of writing this text is to .

A. advise us to become active in life

B. explain what Hobson’s choice is

C. tell an interesting story about the author

D. accept others’ advice modestly

Ⅱ. 完形填空

Don't Take the Fun Out of Youth Sports

When I joined a private football league a few years ago, the sport meant everything to me. My coach(教练)said that I had lots of potential(潜力), and I became captain of my__6_. That was before all the fun was taken out of__7__.

At first, everyone on the team got__8__playing time. Then the team moved up to the top division after winning all its games, and the__9_started. Some parents, who had paid the coach extra so their daughters could have__10_one-on-one training, got angry when she didn't give them more playing time in our__11__. The coach was replaced.

The new coach, however, took all the fun out of the game. All we did during practice

was__12__. I always wished to God that it would rain so we would not have the__13__. Of course, all teams run drills; they were__14__. But we ran so much that, afterwards, we had trouble__15__. Younger people shouldn't be doing exercises__16__for 18-year-old.

I was very thin__17__I started football, but as a member of this team I wouldn't eat much , because I was afraid of being too__18__to run. I feared making mistakes, and the added pressure caused me to make more than my usual__19__.

Is all this pressure necessary? I__20__up leaving the football team. Four other girls did the same, and two of them stopped playing football completely. That's__21__，because they had so much potential. They were just burned-out with all the pressure they__22__from the coach or their parents.

I continued playing football at school and__23__my love for it. I joined a private team coached by my school coach. When I started playing__24__him, he told me I needed to relax