英语周测一及答案
大庆外国语学校高二年级下学期周测
英语试题
本试卷分Ⅰ、Ⅱ卷，总分150分，考试时间90分钟。
第I卷
第一部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分60分）
第一节：单项填空（共20小题，每题2分，满分40分）
1.—Has Mary come back yet?
—Yes.She has got many books from her elder schoolmates，which ____ 1,000.
A．add up B．add up to C．add to D．add
2. Our bodies are strengthened by taking exercise. ，our minds are developed by learning. A．Probably B．Likely C．Similarly D．Generally
3. You can hardly imagine the difficulty the man had smoking.
A．given up B．giving up C．to give up D．give up
4.The girl left a special impression on the teachers in the contest, because she had a(n) _________ voice.
A. standard
B. original
C. distinctive
D. obvious
5. New technologies have made possible to turn out new products faster and at a lower cost. A．that B．this C．one D．it
6.At school，some students are active some are shy，yet they can be good friends with each other. A．while B．although C．so D．as
7. This is the first time we________a film in the cinema together as a family.
A．see B．had seen C．saw D．have seen
8. Firemen said the fire was under control，but they warned that the change in weather might________a new fire.
A．bring in B．arise from C．result from D．lead to
9.The policeman’s________traffic directions made all the drivers quite________.
A．confused；confused B．confusing；confusing
C．confusing；confused D．confused；confusing
10. Michael’s new house is like a huge palace，________ with his old one.
A．comparing B．compares C．to compare D．compared
11. Leaves are found on all kinds of trees，but they differ greatly________size and shape.
A．on B ．from C．by D．in
12. Everyone arrived late at the party for ________ reasons. Which is wrong?
A. a variety of
B. varieties of
C. various
D. varies
13. The two idioms have something _____ with each other.
A. in common
B. in ordinary
C. in general
D. in normal
14. Does it make any________he accepts or refuses the invitation?
A．difference that B．difference whether C．difference if D．difference
15.. - I_____so busily recently that I ____ no time to help you with your math.
- That’s OK. I can manage it by myself.
A．have been working; have B．have worked; had
C．am working; will have D．had been working; had had
16. How did the rumor ________________ so quickly?
A. get across
B. get over
C. get around
D. get down
17. He will be punished by law because he made no _____ at all to rescue the dying boy.
A. remark
B. attempt
C. action D sign.
18. As for me, I have developed the habit of reading before going to bed. Therefore, I’m ___ Mom’s family
reading suggestion.
A. in favour of
B. for fear of
C. in exchange for
D. in preparation for
19. The worker ________ his ideas to the manager very dearly.
A．preserved B．presented C．provided D．supplied
20. He suggested the boy __________ praised.
A.referred to be
B.referred to was
C. refer to being
D. refer to being
第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）
第一节：（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30 分）
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California has been facing a drought(干旱) for many years now, with certain areas even having to pump freshwater hundreds of miles to their distribution system. Luckily, new research has found deep water reserves under the state which could help solve their drought crisis. Previous drilling of wells could only reach depths of 1,000 feet, but due to new pumping practices, water deeper than this can now be extracted(抽取). The team at Stanford investigated the aquifers(地下蓄水层) below this depth and found that reserves may be three times what was previously thought.
The aquifers range from 1,000 to 3,000 feet below the ground, which means that pumping will be expensive and there are other concerns. The biggest concern of pumping out water from this deep is the gradual settling down of the land surface. As the water is pumped out, the vacant space left is compacted(压实) by the weight of the earth above.
Even though pumping from these depths is expensive, it is still cheaper than desalinating (脱盐) the ocean water in this coastal state. Some desalination factories exist where possible, but they are costly to run and can need constant repairs. Wells are much more reliable sources of freshwater, and California is hoping that these deep wells may be the answer to their severe water shortage.
One problem with these sources is that the deep water also has a higher level of salt than shallower aquifers. This means that some wells may even need to undergo desalination after extraction, thus increasing the cost. The result of a thorough study of groundwater from over 950 drilling logs has just been published. New estimates of the water reserves in the state now go up to 2,700 billion cubic meters of freshwater.
21. How could California’s drought prob lem be solved according to some researchers?
A. By building more reserves of groundwater.
B. By drawing water from the depths of the earth.
C. By developing more advanced drilling machines.
D. By improving its water distribution system.
22. What is mentioned as a consequence of pumping water from deep underground?
A. The sinking of land surface.
B. The harm to the ecosystem.
C.The damage to aquifers.
D. The change of the climate. 23. What does the author say about deep wells? A. They run without any need for repairs. B. They are the final solution to droughts. C. They are entirely free from pollution. D. They provide a steady supply of freshwater. . B
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In one of the old buildings near our school, one could see an old man sitting by a large window on the first floor. His name was James. During the three years at school, I had hardly ever found him missing from his usual position.
He was a high－ranking government official and lived happily with his wife. Once there was a bus accident, in which a number of passengers were seriously injured and were taken to the hospital for treatment. James was responsible for the rescue operation. It was a big hospital, but James was shocked to notice how ill－equipped it was. There were no enough life－saving drugs and life－supporting equipment. The injured and their companions had to struggle there. James attempted to help. However, though he emptied his pockets, many of them died that day.
That was a turning point in his life. He made a decision to devote his life to helping
others，particularly the poor and needy patients and their companions. He began spending much of his income on these people. Since this required a lot of time and energy, he found it difficult to fulfill his official duties and therefore chose to retire, which, in turn, reduced his income considerably.
His wife was deeply worried. Most of the time, James was out and paid least attention to home affairs. Meanwhile, as he was spending a lot helping others, she had to struggle even to meet the household expenses. Though she was not opposed to his helping the poor, she urged him not to overlook his own life and home, but it had no effect on him. One day they had a heated argument and in the end she left him, never to return. Though he continued with his work, this was a great blow and did serious harm to his health and enthusiasm and he was soon forced to stay indoors. That was when he took his position by the window, spending his time looking outside.
A few weeks after my graduation, I returned to school, only to find the buildings gone. I heard that they were torn down. All the people left except James. He refused to go and the next morning, he was found at his usual place by the window, dead.
24．James chose to retire in order to ．
A．take care of the injured passengers. B．find a better job to increase his income.
C．spare more time and energy to help others. D．stay away from the difficult official duties. 25．James’ wife left because．
A．she was strongly against his deeds. B．James paid too little attention to his work.
C．her work to support their daily life was too tiring..
D．James failed to keep a balance between charity and home.
26.The underlined word “this” in Paragraph 4 refers to ．
A．His decision to retire B．The departure of his wife
C．The argument with his wife D．His devotion to helping others
27. What is possibly the reason why James sat by the window every day?
A. He expected his wife to return.
B. He looked forward to going out.
C. He desired to watch the students.
D. He attempted to know the outside life
C
A growing number of smaller companies are adopting a four day workweek. Now the results of a recent trial at Microsoft suggest it could work even for the biggest businesses.
The company introduced a program this summer in Japan called the "Work Life Choice Challenge", which shut down its offices every Friday in August and gave all employees an extra day off each week. The results were promising: while the amount of time spent at work was cut dramatically, productivity—measured by sales per employee went up by almost 40% compared to the same period of the previous year, the company said in a statement last week.
In addition to reducing working hours, managers urged staff to cut down on the time they spent in meetings and responding to emails. They suggested that meetings should last no longer than 30 minutes. Employees were also encouraged to cut down on meetings altogether by using an online messaging app.
The effects were widespread. More than 90% of Microsoft's 2,280 employees in Japan later said they were impacted by the new measures, according to the company. By shutting down earlier each week, the company was also able to save on other resources, such as electricity.
Japan has long battled with a cruel--and in some cases, deadly--culture of overwork. The problem is so severe that the country has even coined a term for it: karoshi death by overwork from stress-induced illnesses or severe depression.
The issue attracted international attention in 2015, when an employee at Japanese advertising giant Dentsu committed suicide on Christmas Day. Tokyo officials later said that the staff had worked excessive amounts of overtime. Two years later, a reporter at a Japanese broadcaster died after working punishing long hours. Her employer said she had clocked in 159 hours of overtime the month before her death.
That has led businesses to start searching for solutions. Sonic companies have begun offering employees more flexibility, and the government has launched a campaign called "Premium Friday", which encourages workers to leave early every last Friday of the month.
28. Microsoft introduced the "Work Life Choice Challenge" program this summer by .
A. holding a long-distance meeting every Friday.
B. giving three days off to its employees every week.
C. shutting down its office areas every weekend.
D. organizing a corporate tour every week.
29. What is the result of adopting a four-day workweek?
A. It is a waste of energy.
B. The workers earned less money.
C. The working efficiency increases greatly.
D. Japan’s unemployment rate is rising.
30. How can the time the staff spent on meetings be reduced?
A. By canceling meeting.
B. By using emails to respond.
C. By cutting down working hours.
D. By using a certain online messaging app.
31. What is the staff’s attitude to the new measures?
A. supportive.
B. negative
C. critical
D. indifferent
D
Anger is an emotion that can be hard to control. Despite this, we should learn how to manage anger in a constructive manner. In the most intense moments of anger, we usually have two choices — to fight or to run. Some choose the option of violence, which is a negative reaction to anger; and others choose to run. But the option of walking away and calming down is the more productive method of handling anger. It is difficult to walk away, especially when your heart is racing, and your anger is boiling over.
There are some other constructive ways of handling anger in any situation. First, you have to stop for a brief moment and think before you act. Take that moment and calm down if you feel yourself being pushed.
At that moment you should admit you are angry. If you refuse to admit you are angry or hurt, or if you make it appear that everything is all right, you are not managing angry in a productive way. You should first admit you are angry and let your feelings out before you blow up. For example, you can stay in a quiet place by yourself and shout; or you can talk to close friends to pour out your rage (愤怒). If you do not
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acknowledge your anger, it only builds up inside you and will eventually explode like a volcano.
Then, in order to manage your angry, you can ask yourself an important question that we all must ask ourselves ― What made me angry? When you get the answer, and then ask yourself ― Why did that made me angry? Through such logical reasoning, one tends to calm down and move towards a sensible solution.
32. The underlined sentence in Paragraph 1 is to ________.
A. provide an example
B. make a comparison
C. introduce a new statement
D. develop a previous statement
33. If people face anger, ________.
A. they know how to manage it
B. it is often quite hard to get away
C. they can only choose to fight or to run
D. they believe running means being a coward
34. It can be inferred from Para. 3 and 4 that ________.
A. one can handle anger by oneself or in groups
B. the first step of handling anger is to calm down
C. a person may handle anger by asking random questions
D. acknowledging anger will do harm to a person’s health
35. The main purpose of the passage is _______.
A. to tell readers what anger is
B. to explain why anger is hard to control
C. to show the importance of handling anger
D. to offer tips on handling anger
第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Five Ways to Work Smarter, Not Harder
No matter how hard we work, it seems that there is never enough time to get all the important tasks done. Rather than working longer, consider working smarter, not harder. Here are some ways to work smarter: Make a careful plan. Just like every organization needs a business plan, an efficient worker needs a work plan. 36 Schedule your tasks throughout the days, weeks, and months, but do it ahead of time.
Set your goals. As a part of your work plan, you should set clear and measurable goals. Goals should state which tasks are to be completed and when they get completed. Rather than setting firm deadlines, which can lead to pressure and stress, allow a period of time to reach goals. 37
38 Develop a consistent daily work schedule and stick to it! If a typical workday consists of some writing tasks（emails, reports）, one-on-one meetings, and processing data, set aside specific time each day to accomplish each kind of tasks.
Delegate（分派工作）effectively. 39 The person who tries to do everything himself or herself not only is overloaded and overstressed, but it is bad for their colleagues, by not allowing them to be challenged and grow by taking on important duties.
Don’t make work harder than it actually is. Much of the pressure is produced by ourselves. 40 We feel like we should do more. Remember that tasks should be completed step by step. Focus on each step rather than on the entire project, which can help us cut down on feelings that we are overwhelmed.
A. Stick to your plan.
B. Organize your workday.
C. Also, take time to reward yourself for achieving a goal.
D.We set unrealistic goals or standards for ourselves.
E. We cannot expect to complete the tasks quickly.
F. Learn which tasks can be delegated and which need personal attention.
G. It is a well-thought-out plan to help guide and direct work activities.
第三部分完型填空（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分）
After a day’s work in the hospital, Jane Hadgson was finally on her way home. While 41 , she noticed there was a car 42 at the side of the road and a crowd gathered around someone who was
43 on the ground. Jane pulled up to see what happened, which turned out to be 44 for the victim.
Describing the 45 , Jane says, “A crowd of onlookers（旁观者）gathered there. Some young men were cream－faced and looking lost. They were 46 terrified. When I walked up, first－aid kit in hand, they said, ‘You’re a first aider. Oh thank God. They were so 47 that they hadn’t even called a 48 yet. ”
A young girl was lying there. She had been hit by a car and fallen from her bike. _ 49 on her head and shoulder. “She had not been wearing a 50 when knocked down, and I thought she should not be 51 in cage of a spinal（脊柱）injury, but after looking her over, in relief, I felt fairly 52 that she had escaped almost unharmed. Even so, __ 53 time passed, the pain she wag suffering wag 54 . To avoid her losing consciousness, I kept 55 to her. We chatted about anything I could think of to keep her 56 off the pain. She squeezed my hand to relieve pain and this 57 , ”describes Ja ne.
Thinking back, Jane says, “Apart from her boyfriend I wasn’t 58 by anyone else, but that’s OK. For me, knowing that in a small way I helped the girl is all the 59__ I need. I felt great that I’d made a 60 . ”
41．A．walking B．driving C．running D．riding
42．A．turned up B．Taken away C．pulled over D．driven off
43．A．lying B．sitting C．standing D．sleeping
44．A．lucky B．uncomfortable C．bearable D．despairing 45．A．reason B．scene C．injure D．action
46．A．slightly B．eventually C．hardly D．completely 47．A．puzzled B．excited C．shocked D．absorbed 48．A．colleague B．doctor C．friend D．guide 49．A．focusing B．lying C．leaning D．landing
50．A．hat B．mask C．helmet D．seat belt 51．A．moved B．treated C．bothered D．saved 52．A．confused B．worried C．disappointed D．confident 53．A．since B．as C．while D．once 54．A．changing B．increasing C．declining D．disappearing 55．A．singing B．smiling C．talking D．signing
56．A．mind B．body C．soul D．shoulder 57．A．occurred B．worsened C．dropped D．helped 58．A．inspired B．thanked C．encouraged D．requested 59．A．reward B．feeling C．devotion D．harvest
60．A．deal B．proposal C．difference D．decision
第二卷
注意：将答案写在答题卡上，在本试卷上答题无效
第四部分：写作（共三节，满分50分）
第一节语法填空（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）
Do you enjoy 61.__________ (explore) the great outdoors? Lately, rock climbing has become
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very popular. As a result, the number of people using cliffs( 悬崖 ) has increased rapidly. Cliff ecosystems
are home 62.__________ many living things, including birds. Since climbing is a 63.__________(fair)
new activity, we don’t know its impact on cliff ecosystems.
Here, we studied how climbers affect birds that nest on cliffs. We 64.__________ (select) cliffs
that face different directions (north, east, west, and south). Half of the cliffs are visited by lots of climbers
and half by very few or no climbers. 65.__________(compare) the number and species of birds on these
different cliffs, we found that east-facing cliffs have the 66.__________ (great) number and diversity of
birds. Our results show that north-facing cliffs are the best option for new climbing routes 67.__________
it comes to protecting wildlife. Our solution may help the area to handle the growing number of
climbers while protecting cliff ecosystems.
Our results show that rock climbing doesn’t impact 68.__________ number of birds on a cliff, but it
does reduce the diversity of birds on each cliff. Our study helps us understand cliff communities and how
living things respond to rock climbing. But we need to keep in mind that each climbing area has
69.__________ (it) own unique conditions. We need to study the combined impacts of natural and human
factors for every 70.__________ (locate).
第二节短文改错（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
假定英语课上英语老师要求同桌之间互相修改作文，请你修改你同桌的以下作文。
文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在该词下面写出该加的词。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1、每处错误及修改均仅限一词。
2、只允许修改10处，多者（从11处起）不计分。
I wanted to visit Hangzhou before returning back to London. One of my tasks were to decide where
to go. I took out my guidebook which there was lots of informations about the city’s famous sights. At that
moment, the attractive young lady came up to me and introduced himself. She offered to show me the city.
She suggested we first go to the West Lake and walk along the Broken Bridge. I liked the idea. Therefore,
I was worried about crossing the Broken Bridge. If it were broken, I would fell in and drown. It was
probable not a good idea, so I politely refused her invitation, closing my book and walked away.
答案
单选（每题2分）
1-20. BCBCD ADDCD DDABA CBABA
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阅读（每题2分）
21-23 BAD24-27 CDBA28-31. BCDA 32-35 CBAD36-40 GCBFD
(一) 本文讲述了面对愤怒时人们通常会使用暴力解决或者逃避，但其实有更有效的方法去控制。
1. C 推理判断题。由上文的Some choose the option of violence和该句的But the option of walking away可知，该句讲的是对待愤怒的第二种方法“to run”。故答案选C正确。
2. B 细节理解题。由第一段最后一句It is difficult to walk away, especially when your heart is racing, and your anger is boiling over.可知答案选B。
3. A 细节理解题。由第三段第四句For example, you can stay in a quiet place by yourself and shout; or you can talk to close friends to pour out your rage (愤怒).可知答案选A。B选项不是第三第四段的内容。
4. D 主旨大意题。由文章结构可知，第一段解释愤怒的内容和人们通常的做法，第二段到结尾都是控制愤怒的方式。因此本文的主要目的是给读者提供处理愤怒的技巧和方法。故答案选D正确。
完型：（每题2分）
36-40 BAAAB 41-45 DCBDC 46-50 ADBBC 51-55 ADBAC
语填（每题1.5分）(改完)
61. exploring 62. to 63. fairly 64.selected 65. comparing
66.greatest 67. when 68.the 69.its 70. location
改错：(1.5分)
1. 去掉returning后的back 因return本身就是“返回”的意思，不与back搭配。
2. were→was 主语是one，故系动词要用单数was。
3. which→where或在which前加in 因where在定语从句中作地点状语。
4. informations→information 因information是不可数名词。
5. the→an 这里是第一次提到young lady，不表示特指，泛指某一位，故要用不定冠词。
6. himself→herself 主语是an attractive young lady，故要用herself。
7. 在the city前加around 由习惯搭配show sb. around意为“带领某人参观”可知。
8. Therefore→However 根据前后语境逻辑可知，此处存在转折关系，故用However。
9. probable→probably 修饰整个句子，要用副词probably。
10. closing→closed 分析句子结构可知，此处close作谓语，和refused, walked构成并列谓语，故时态要保持一致。
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