高二英语练一练

I. 完形填空

The house next door was empty for so long that we had quite forgotten what it was like to have neighbors. One day, however, a truck 1 up near our front gate, and in a short time, tables, chairs, pictures and a lot of other things were 2 by the roadside. A small car arrived, out of which came a man, a woman and five children of 3 ages. The children laughed happily as the whole family went into the house. It was our first 4 to the Robinsons.

Though we became friends with our new neighbors, we were often made 5 by them. We lent them so many things that we 6 knew whether something had been lost or borrowed. Our garden became an unsafe place; little boys 7 cowboys or fighters would jump up from behind bushes, 8 wooden guns at us and order us to put our hands up. Even more dangerous were the 9 that sometimes came sailing over the garden fence.

But we didn’t have to be scared. The Robinsons were friendly and helpful and when we 10 our house for the holidays, we knew we had 11 to worry so long as our neighbors were around. We understand what it was to have 12 in the long, friendless winter evening when Mrs. Robinson would 13 for a cup of tea and chat; or when Mr. Robinson would 14 over the fence and talk endlessly with Father about 15 topics.

1. A. rose B. got C. drove D. went

2. A. carried out B. taken up C. thrown away D. piled up

3. A. the same B. different C. many D. some

4. A. impression B. imagination C. information D. introduction

5. A. happy B. angry C. thankful D. ill

6. A. might B. could C. never D. did

7. A. regarded as B. dressed up as C. followed by D. caught by

8. A. shoot B. put C. hit D. point

9. A. arrows B. ships C. birds D. voices

10. A. entered B. left C. sold D. searched

11. A. nothing B. everything C. something D. anything

12. A. neighbors B. companies C. roommates D. gentlemen

13. A. break into B. throw up C. drop in D. head for

14. A. climb B. ride C. hold D. lean

15. A. gardening B. selling C. buying D. cooking

II. 阅读理解

A

I must have been about fourteen then, and I treated the incident with the easy carelessness of youth. But the words, Carl Water spoke that day, came back to me years later, and ever since have been of inestimable（不可估量的）value to me.

Carl Walter was my piano teacher. During one of my lessons he asked how much practicing I was doing. I said three or four hours a day.

“Do you practise in long stretches, an hour at a time?” “I try to.” “Well, don’t.” he exclaimed, “When you grow up, time won’t come in long stretches. Practise in minutes, whenever you can find them, five or ten before school, after lunch, between chores. Spread the practice through the day, and piano-playing will become a part of your life.”

When I was teaching at Columbia, I wanted to write, but recitation, theme-reading, and