江苏省阜宁中学高二英语周练试卷(十)

1江苏省阜宁中学高二英语周练试卷（十）命题人：孙政审核人：核心备课组2008.11.12Ⅰ．单项选择（10分）1．—_______tothesun,theflowerswillbecomedrysoon．—Whatyousaiddoesmake________．A．Exposed;senseB．Exposing;senseC．Exposed;sensesD．Exposing;asense2．Hewilltakeup_______onesifhehasalotofdifferenttaskstochoosefrom．A．toughB．tenseC．badD．instant3．Allthethings_________mustbedonewell．A．worthtodoB．worthyofbeingdoneC．worthydoingD．worthofdoing4．I’mbeginningtoregretthatI______thejob,forI’mworkingovertimeeveryevening．A．takeonB．takedownC．takeinD．takeout5．Iliketo_______aloneaboutthetownaftersupper.A.wonderB.wanderC.moveD.float6．Nowthatsheisoutofwork,Lucygoingbacktoschool,butshehasn’tdecidedyet.A．hadconsideredB．consideredC．hasbeenconsideringD．willconsider7．Sheisaneasy-goinggirl．_______youmeether,shewillsmiletoyou．A．AsB．EverytimeC．WhileD．Since8．_______,thecarstoppedallatonce．A．SeeingaboylyingonthegroundB．OnseeingaboysittingonthegroundC．ThedriversawaboystandingontheroadD．Theminutethedriversawaboyseatedontheroad9．Althoughshedoesn’tliketoliveinthecountry,_______,shegoesthereforapicnic．A．onceinawhileB．forawhileC．atthemomentD．fromnowon10．He______theagreementatthemeetinginpublicandleftangrily．A．toreintoB．toredownC．toreupD．toreapart2II.完形填空（20分）Haveyouheardthestory？Awell-knownspeakerstarted1hislecturebyholdingupa$20bill.Inthehallof2000,heasked.Whowouldlikethis$20bill?Handsstarted2.Hesaid,Iamgoingtogivethis$20tooneofyou-butfirst,letmedothis.Hebegantocrumple（弄皱）the20dollar3.Hethenasked.Whostillwantsit?Stillthehandswereup4theair.Well,hereplied,5Idothis?He6itonthegroundandstartedtogrind(磨,碾)itintothefloorwithhis7.Hepickeditup,nowcrumpledanddirty.Now,whostillwantsit?8thehandswentup.Myfriends,youhaveall9averyvaluablelesson.10Ididtothemoney,youstillwanteditbecauseitdidnot11invalue.Itwasstillworth$20.Manytimesinour12,wearedropped,crumpled,andground（grind的过去式）intothedirtbythe13wemakeandthecircumstances(环境)thatcomeourway.Wefeel14weareworthless;butnomatterwhathappenedorwhat15happen,youwillneverloseyour16.Dirtyor17,crumpledorfinelycreased,youarestill18tothosewholoveyou.Theworthofourlivescomes,notin19wedoorwhoweknow,butby...WHOWEARE.Youare20---don'teverforgetit！1.AupBforCoffDover2.AgoingupBliftingupCpullingupDcomingup3.AnoteBpaperCmoneyDcoin4.AonBinCintoDby5.AevenifBasifConlyifDwhatif6.AplacedBputClaidDdropped7.AheadBhandCfootDshoe8.AHoweverBStillCSoDBecause9.AhadBtookClearnedDheld10.AWhateverBHoweverCWhicheverDWherever11.AloseBdecreaseCincreaseDexist12.AworldBlivesCheartDbrain13/AdecisionsBmistakesCcommentsDmoney14.AasforBasthoughCaswellDasaresult15.AwillBcanCwouldDcould16.AlifeBmoneyCvalueDconfidence17.AmuddyBmeanCfoulDclean18.AvaluelessBworthlessCpricelessDhelpless319.AthatBwhereCwhichDwhat20.AcommonBspecialChelpfulDunforgettableⅡ．III.阅读理解（16分）AEverycityintheworldhastaxistotaketouriststointerestingplaces.Londonistheonlycityintheworldwheretakingataxiisaninterestingexperiencefortourists.Thisispartlybecauseofthespecialblackcabs（出租车）,whicharefoundinnoothercountry.Butitisalsobecauseofthedriversthemselves.WhileBritishpeoplearefamousforbeingpoliteandreserved,Londontaxidriversarewellknownoftheirwillingnesstotalk.Somecustomerssaythatoncethedoorshutsandthecabmovesofftheyarecaptiveaudience.Itisimpossibletogetthetaxidriverstostoptalking.“They’reself-confidentandfreethinking,”saysMalcolmLinskey,theauthorofahistoryoftaxidriversinLondon.“Theyanswertonobodybutthemselvesandthatcomesacrossintheirconversation.”Theyarealsoexpensive.LondonhasthemostexpensivetaxisofanycityintheworldexceptTokyo.That’swhyKenLiving-stone,themayorofLondon,isplanningtomaketaxidriversdiscusstheirfareswithcustomersbeforetheytakearide.Driversagreethattheirfaresareexpensive.That’sbecausetheirblacktaxiscostmorethanothercars,theysay.Andthecustomerisalsopayingforamoredrivingexpertisethananywhereelseintheworld.BeforesomeonecanqualifyasaLondontaxidriver,thatpersonhastopassatestknownas“TheKnowledge”.ThisinvolvesmemorizingthenameandlocationofeverystreetwithinsixmilesofapointintheexactcenterofLondon.Thetraineemustalsolearntheexactlocationofeveryimportantbuildingwithinthesestreets.Finallyheorshemustbeabletousethisknowledgetoworkouttheshortestdistancebetweenanytwodestinationswithinthisarea.Itcantakeupthethreeyearstopass“Theknowledge”.EverydayitispossibletoseetraineetaxidriversonthestreetsofLondon,takingcarefulnotesofpopulardestinationsbeforefindingtheroutetotheirnextstop.Cabdrivingisajoboftenhandeddowninfamilies.Manytaxidriverstaketheirchildrenoutintheirsparetimetomemorizeroutestheywillneedtoknowwhenitistheirturntodo“TheKnowledge”.TheeffectofthisistomakeLondontaxidriversexpertsattheirjob.Theyalsohavebiggerbrains.RecentresearchbyscientistsattheInstituteofNeurologyinLondonfoundthatthehippocampus—thepartofthebrainthatremembersthings—waslargerandmoredevelopedincabdrivers.TheyhavetofitthewholeofLondonintotheirheads,sotheirbrainsgrowbigger.1．TakingataxiinLondonisaninterestingexperiencefortouristsbecauseofthefollowingstatementsexceptthat_______.A．thespecialblackcabscan’tbefoundinothercountries4B．thedriversarepoliteandreservedC．thedriversaretalkativeD．thedr