高二英语Unit 13
一、单项填空
1. The scientist is content _____ here but he isn’t content _____ this small success.
A. to work; to B. working; to
C. to work; with D. working; with
2. The policy the Chinese government stuck to _____ correct.
A. proving B. proved C. be D. being proved
3. He was very pleased ______ the Nobel Prize______ Physics.
A. to be won; of B. to have won; for
C. having won; on D. to win; at
4. The suit fitted him well _____ the color was a little bright.
A. except for B. except that C. except when D. besides
5. If the meeting is put off, _____ notice will be given.
A. other B. any C. further D. farther
6. He is disappointed. He appears ____ what has happened to his competition.
A. knowing B. to know C. having known D. to have known
7. He received world wide _______ his scientific research; though he won the Nobel __ physics, he cared little _____ money.
A. prize for; Prize for; for B. prize for; Praise for; to
C. praise for; Prize for; for D. praise for; Prize in; for
8. _______ fashion differs from country to country to country may reflect the cultural differences from one aspect.
A. What B. That C. This D. Which
9. By the end of last year, another new gymnasium_____ in Beijing.
A. would be completed B. was being completed
C. has been completed D. had been completed
10. _____ made the school proud was _____ more than 90% of the students had been admitted to key universities.
A. What; because B. What; that
C. That; what D. That; because
11. ______ we’ll go camping tomorrow depends on the weather.
A. If B. Whether C. That D. Where
12. ______ we can’t get seems better than ______ we have.
A. What; that B. What; what C. That; that D. That; what
13. _______ he will go to work in a mountain village surprises all of us.
A. What B. That C. Whether D. If
14. Whatever you say, I shall _____ my opinion.
A. carry out B. keep up C. insist on D. stick to
15. By the time he _____ the station, the bus _______
A. got to, left B. reached, had left
C. arrived, has been away D. comes to, had left
16. Hard work________ success and failure often _____ laziness.
A. leads to, lies in B. lies in; lead to
C. lies to, leads to D. leads in; lies in
二、完形填空
My friend Jason is fourteen now. He has two brothers and three sisters. His father works in a 1 factory and his mother is a nurse. They work harder but are paid 2 and they’re often worried about the 3 and clothes.
Jason always wears old clothes and 4 a broken bag. He has to help his mother to do some washing and cleaning and has no 5 to do his lessons at home. So he usually 6 the teachers carefully in class and asks them some questions. It’s 7 for him to finish his homework at school and he tries to do more 8 after school. But it doesn’t interfere with (影响) his studies and he’s always the top of our 9 .
Barry, whose father is a dentist (牙科医生), always wears expensive and 10 clothes. He likes to show off his riches(炫耀富有) to us though he often 11 in the examinations. He is jealous of (妒忌) Jason’s 12 and tries his best to make fun of him. My friend knows him well and doesn’t 13 it.
Winter has come and we all wear new and 14 coat. But Jason’s coat is old and his shoes are 15 .
“How miserly(吝啬的)your father is?” Barry 16 Jason in the classroom one day. “He’s a shoemaker 17 you wear such shoes!”
“But I think your father is 18 miserly, ” said Jason. “He’s a rich dentist but your eight-month-old brother has only a few 19 !”
Having heard this, Barry’s face turned red and 20 .
| 1. | A. paper | B. shoe | C. lock | D. TV |
| 2. | A. much | B. more | C. few | D. less |
| 3. | A. food | B. drinks | C. salt | D. fruit |
| 4. | A. lends | B. buys | C. uses | D. sells |
| 5. | A. energy | B. money | C. interest | D. time |
| 6. | A. listens to | B. hears | C. looks at | D. sees |
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| 7. | A. impossible | B. hard | C. necessary | D. difficult |
| 8. | A. games | B. housework | C. exercises | D. experiments |
| 9. | A. world | B. family | C. grade | D. county |
| 10. | A. bad | B. old | C. simple | D. modern |
| 11. | A. fails | B. passes | C. appears | D. does well |
| 12. | A. spelling | B. success | C. luck | D. pronunciation |
| 13. | A. mind | B. punish | C. hate | D. discover |
| 14. | A. thin | B. thick | C. strange | D. cheap |
| 15. | A. small | B. strong | C. nice | D. worn-out |
| 16. | A. thanked | B. helped | C. laughed at | D. looked after |
| 17. | A. and | B. but | C. or | D. then |
| 18. | A. more | B. the most | C. much | D. little |
| 19. | A. noses | B. ears | C. mouths | D. teeth |
| 20. | A. stood up | B. got up | C. hurried off | D. smiled |
三、阅读理解
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The first person to reach the South Pole was Roald Amundsen, a Norwegian explorer. Amundsen was born in Borge, near Oslo, Norway. He attended the University of Christiania and then joined the Norwegian navy.
Amundsen made a three- year expedition in the Arctic beginning in 1903. He was the first to navigate the Northwest Passage, a northern water route from the Atlantic to the Pacific. But Amundsen’s great voyage began in 1910, at the other end of the Earth.
He intended to go to the North Pole, but he heard that Robert Peary had already reached it. So instead Amundsen headed to the South Pole in his ship, Fram. He learned that a British expedition, led by Robert would start for Antarctica in January, 1911. He and his men had to wait out the bitter could, windy winter on the edge of the ice before they could head for the South Pole.
In October (Antarctica’s spring), they set out, with 52 well- trained dogs to pull their sledges. On the way to the pole, they climbed glaciers (冰山), went around huge cracks in the ice, and survived freezing blizzards(暴风雪). Finally, on December 14,1911, Amundsen placed the Norwegian flang at the South Pole. Scott and his men found the flag there when they reached the Pole a month after Amundsen’s party .
1. The best title of the passage is _____
A. Amundsen, the First Explorer to Reach the South Pole
B. Amundsen’s Adventure
C. A Brave Person D. Never Stop Searching
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2. Why did it take them a whole year from Antarctica to reach the South Pole?
A. It is a long way from Antarctica to the South Pole.
B. The road was too icy to walk.
C. They didn’t prepare enough dogs for their sledges.
D. They had to wait until the winter had gone.
3. From the passage we may infer that ______
A. at the beginning of this century, many explorers had been or were trying to reach the South and the North Pole.
B. you can’t reach the South Pole until winter
C. the purpose for those who want to reach the South is only to place their country flag there
D. Scott and his men might feel excited and happy when they finally got to the South Pole and found someone had already been there
B
SPORTS EVENTS
| BASKETBALL Central Sports Center, City Road All Stars vs. Rockets, Sat. 8:30 p.m.$ 12 Northerners vs. Tigers, Sun. noon, $10 |
BUSHWALKINGMeet at Wanda Station, Sat. 9:00 a.m. sharp for hr. walk to Canary Mountain $5, ph. Meet at Westley Station, Sun. 9:00 a.m. sharp for full day walk to Wombat Valley $5, ph. . Bring your own lunch. |
FOOTBALLSt. Martins Sports Center Martins vs. Doonsburg, Sat. 2:00 p.m.$8 Eastside Central vs. Light Hill, Sun. 2:00 p.m., $8 Neill park Recreation Center Neill Park vs. Robinson, Sat. 2:00 p.m. $11 Essen vs. Springwood, Sun. 2:00 p.m. $11 |
LAWN BOWLSTans Town B.C. Tans Town vs. White Vale, Sun. 9:00 a.m. Wake Hill B.C. Wake Hill vs. Colls, Sat, 2:00 p.m. |
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4. Which of the following events can be viewed by the same person?
A. St. Martins vs. Doonsburg and Wake Hill vs. Colls.
B. Northerners vs. Tigers and Neill Park vs. Robinson.
C. Essen vs. Springwood and Eastside Central vs. Light Hill.
D. Neill Park vs. Robinson and Martins vs. Doonsburg.
5. Which of the following events is the most expensive to attend?
A. Martins vs. Doonsburg. B. Eastside Central vs. Light Hill.
C. All Stars vs. Rockets. D. Neill Park vs. Robinson.
6. Which day and time is the most popular for sporting events?
A. Sat. 8:30 B. Sun. noon C. Sat. 2:00 p.m. D. Sun. 2:00 p.m.
C
Einstein was the greatest scientist of his age. But he was almost as strange as his Theory of Relativity(相对论).
Once, while riding a street car in Berlin, he told the conductor that he hadn’t given him the right change. The conductor counted the change again and found it to be correct, so he handed it back to Einstein, saying, “The trouble with you is, you don’t know your figures.”
Einstein said that there were only twelve people living who understood his Theory of Relativity, although a good many books had been written to explain it.
He himself explained relativity in this very simple way: When you sit with a pretty girl for an hour, it seems like a minute; but when you sit on a hot stove(烤炉) for a minute, it seems like an hour.
He had nothing but contempt (轻视) for the things most people set their hearts on – for fame and money. He didn’t want money or praise. He made his own happiness out of such simple things as his work and playing the violin and sailing his boat. Einstein’s violin brought him more joy than anything else in life.
He led a very simple sort of life, went around in old clothes that needed pressing, seldom wore a hat. He shaved (刮胡子) with the same soap that he used for his bath. The man who was trying to solve the most difficult problems of the universe said that using two kinds of soap made his life completely too complicated (复杂的).
7. From this passage we know Einstein was ________
A. the greatest scientist of his age B. a strange man
C. a simple but noble man D. all of the above
8. From the 2nd paragraph we know ______
A. Einstein didn’t care about money at all
B. Einstein didn’t know his figures
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C. Einstein met with a trouble in figures
D. Einstein didn’t get along well with the conductor
9. In this passage Einstein took an example to explain ______
A. the relationship between a boy and a girl
B. the relationship between a man and a thing
C. relativity
D. time
10. Einstein’s happiness came from _______
A. fame and money B. money and praise C. simple things D. work
12. “…using two kinds of soap made Einstein’s life completely too complicated” suggests that _______
A. Einstein wanted to live a simple life B. Einstein was a man of humor
C. Einstein didn’t listen to others D. Einstein has his own freedom of choice
D
Phyllis Persil was born in Britain in 1907. She stayed there until she left school. Then, she travelled around France. She earned money by painting people’s pictures and writing for a newspaper in Paris. She married an artist and went with him to paint in Spain.
In the 1930s, she left Spain and returned to London. She worked for her father’s company and made maps of the world. She thought there was a need for new street maps of London and started working on a book of maps. She collected a lot of information. She walked along every street in London and wrote down the names, the important buildings and even the house numbers. She kept the information about the streets on cards in small boxes. One day a box with cards on all the streets beginning with “Tr” fell out of her window. She found most of her cards, but some landed(落在) on top of a bus and she never saw those cards again. When she sent everything to the painter, someone asked her, “Why isn’t Trafalgar Square in your book?” It was because she had lost the card! She called her book A to Z. The first A to Z was in the shops in 1936 and sold very well. Now it is the most popular book of London street maps. Besides the street names, it shows important buildings like government offices, museums, theatres and schools; parks and public gardens; sports facilities; train and underground stations.
Later Phyllis Persil returned to the streets of London to paint pictures of many of the city’ famous buildings.
13. When did Phyllis travel a lot ?
A. In her teens. B. In her 20s. C. In her childhood. D. In her 30s.
14. What nationality was Phyllis?
A. Spanish. B. British. C. French. D. American.
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15. What nationality was Phyllis?
A. Books. B. Photos. C. Maps. D. Newspapers.
16. How did Phyllis get to know about roads so well?
A. By getting first – hand information. B. By making cards.
C. By falling out of her window. D. By taking pictures.
17. What’s an A to Z ?
A. It’s a map. B. It’s a book of maps.
C. It’s a map of theatres. D. It’s a map of buildings.
| 1.___________ 2.___________ 3.___________ 4.___________ 5.___________ 6.___________ 7.___________ 8.___________ 9.___________ 10.__________ |
五、短文改错
During the summer holiday, I think I should do something
meaningful instead touring. So I got a job at a fast
food restaurant and worked there for a cleaner. I worked 7 hours a day
for three weeks. The job was hard and bored and seemed endless,
it made me so tired that I nearly left it half any through the summer.
In the end, I stuck it with determination. Every day I started
off for work early in the morning and got to home late in the
evening. Final, I finished the job before the new school term
began. Now, I understand that labor means. I think it was really
a successful experience, which is worth remembering for ever.
六、书面表达
假定你是张小梅，大学生，请你根据下列提示，介绍你的家庭情况。
父亲张伟生，1954年出生于吉林，现在是吉林大学的化学教授，他在科学界（World of sciece）非常有名；
母亲王丽，中学音乐教师，会唱歌，会弹钢琴。喜欢音乐，热爱教学工作，学生都非常喜欢她；
哥哥张广明，第一汽车厂（No. 1 Automobile Factory）的工程师。工厂离家很远。他喜欢打篮球。
注意：总词数为120个左右，开头已经给出，不计入总词数。
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参考答案
一、 1-5 CBBBC 6-10 DCBDB 11-16 BABDBA
二、 1-5 BDACD 6-10 ACBCD 11-15ABABD 16-20CBBDC
三、 A） ADA B）BCC C） DACDA Ｄ）ＢＢＣＢＢ
四、1、think改为thought ２、instead 后加of ３、for 改为 as
４、bored 改为boring ５、it 改为 which 6、stuck 后加to
７、去掉to ８、Final改为Finally ９、that 改为 what
10、正确
五、
My name is Zhang Xiaomei. I’m a college student. I’d like to tell you something about my family.
There are four people in my family: my father, my mother, my elder brother and me, myself.
My father is Zhang Weisheng. He was born in Jinlin in 1954. He is now a professor of chemistry in the university of Jinlin. He is famous in the world of science.
My mother’s name is Wang Li. She is a music teacher in a middle school. She is good at singing and playing the piano. All the students in the school love her very much.
My elder brother is Zhang Guangming, an engineer in No.1 Automobile Factory. His factory is far from our home. He seldom comes home. He likes playing basketball.