Unit18 Senior Two
I. 单项填空（10分）
1. _________ you’ve got a chance, you might as well make full use of it.
A. Now that B. After C. Although D. As soon as
2. I was ___________ moved by the play that I couldn’t fall asleep __________ into the night.
A. deep; deeply B. deep; deep
C. deeply; deep D. deeply; deeply
3. Mr. Smith, _________ of the ____________ speech, started to read a novel.
A. tired; boring B. tiring; bored
C. tired; bored D. tiring; boring
4. I'll never forget the days ___________ I stayed in your beautiful country.
A. when B. which C. that D. for which
5. Lincoln said that it was not right for the South ___________ the Union.
A. to break out B. to break into
C. to break away from D. to break with
6. Is this factory _________ you worked in when you were young?
A.that B. which C. where D. the one
7. The reason __________ I'm writing to you is to tell you about a party on Saturday.
A.because B. why C. for D. as
8. They rely on themselves, ____________ is much better.
A. what B. that C. who D. which
9. The continent _________ I visited last year was not the one _________ I once worked.
A. which/where B. which/which
C. where/which D. where/where
10. Carol said the work would be done by October, _________ personally I doubt very much.
A. it B. that C. which D. when
11. The passenger was tired and walked more slowly but he got home_________.
A. after all B. at all
C. above all D. in all
12. Don’t be late for school again; __________, I’ll report you to your parents.
A. therefore B. otherwise C. however D. but
13. ___________ your own idea. I support you and I’m sure of your success.
A. Hold on B. Put up C. Go on with D. Stick to
14. Africa is __________ with Asia at the spot where the Suez Canal was dug.
A. joined B. united C. connected D. content
15. --- Shall I come tomorrow?
--- I’d rather you _________.
A. didn’t B. won’t C. don’t D. wouldn’t
16.Mr Smith, of the speech,started to read a novel.
A.tired;boring B.tiring;bored
C.tired;bored D.tiring;boring
17.I will make your name in the telephone book so that everyone in our companywill find you at any time.
A.has listed B.listed C.list D.listing
18.After the new technique was introduced，the factory produced tractors in 1988 as the year before.
A.as twice many B.as many twice
C.twice as many D.twice many as
19.Would you please put the book it belongs?
A.to whom B.to which
C.into which D.where
20.Which of you can think of a situation this idiom can be used?
A.where B.which
C.that D.in that
II．完形填空（20分）
Making friends is a skill.Like most skills,it improves with 21 .If you want to meet people and make friends,you must be able to take 22 .You must first go 23 there are people.You won’t make friends staying home alone.
24 a club or a group,for talking with those who 25 the same interests as you do is easier.
26 join someone in some activity.
Many people are 27 when talking to people. 28 meeting strangers means facing the unknown.And it’s human 29 to feel a bit uncomfortable about the unknown.
Most of our fears about dealing with new people come from 30 about ourselves.We 31 other people are judging us,finding us too small or too short,too this or too that. 32 don’t forget that they must be feeling the same way.Try to accept yourself 33 you are,and try to put the other person at ease.You’ll never feel more 34 .Try to act self-confident even if you don’t feel that way when you enter a room full of
35 such as a new classroom.Walk tall and straight,look 36 at other people and smile.If you see someone you’d like to speak to 37 something to him.Don’t wait for the other person to start a conversation.
Just meeting someone 38 doesn’t mean that you will make friends with that person—friendship is 39 on mutual liking and “give and take”.They take time and 40 to develop.And there are things that keep a new friendship from growing.
21.A.age B.practice C.skill D.everything
22.A.photos B.actions C.place D.troubles
23.A.where B.that C.which D.when
24.A.From B.Buy C.Use D.Join
25.A.have B.share C.keep D.like
26.A.So B.Or C.However D.But
27.A.afraid B.fearful C.nervous D.familiar
28.A.Above all B.In all C.To all D.After all
29.A.nature B.need C.habit D.custom
30.A.facts B.doubts C.wonders D.beliefs
31.A.suggest B.consider C.doubt D.imagine
32.A.And B.Therefore C.But D.So
33.A.what B.who C.that D.as
34.A.dangerous B.useful C.familiar D.comfortable
35.A.strangers B.people C.classmates D.students
36.A.anxiously B.friendly C.curiously D.directly
37.A.speak B.talk C.say D.tell
38.A.strange B.new C.familiar D.tiresome
39.A.depend B.laid C.taken D.based
40.A.money B.energy C.effort D.trouble
III．阅读理解(40分)
A
A nurse
and her elderly uncle were waiting for a bus at a corner in downtown Chicago. Buses
came by, but not the one they wanted. The woman finally half-entered one of the
buses and asked the driver if the bus she wanted stopped at that corner .
The
driver looked at her but made no answer ,so she repeated the question .To her
surprise ,he then closed the door ,on her arm ,and drove off.
The
woman ,her arm stuck in the door, ran alongside the bus, shouting .Passengers
said the driver stopped after almost a block only because they, too, were
shouting.
When
the driver finally did stop and open the door, the woman jumped on the bus to get
his bus number .Then he took off again and went another couple of blocks before
other shouting passengers persuaded him to stop and let the woman off.
After
the driver’s bosses at a tax-supported governmental company （CTA）heard of
the incident ,they looked into it and set his punishment : a five-day
suspension（停职）without pay .That struck me as
rather light .
But
Bill Baxa ,the company’s public-relations man ,said ,"That’s a pretty
serions punishment."
Five
days off work is a serious punishment for dragging a woman alongside a bus by
her arm? Baxa said,"Any time you take money away from someone ,it is a
terrible punishment .The driver makes $ 14 an hour. Multiply that by 40 and you
can see what he lost."
Yes, that
comes to $ 560, a good sum.Bot we know that people in the private company are
fired for far less serious mistakes every day. If the people who run bus
company think that the loss of a week’s pay is more than enough. I offer them a
sporting suggestion: Give me a bus. Then have their wives stick their arms in
the doorway of the bus, and I’ll slam the door shut, start the bus quickly and
take them for a fast one -block run.
And
I’ll pay $ 560 to anyone who is bold enough to try it .Any takers ?Mr .Baxa ？Anyone ？
I
didn’t think so .
41. The nurse half -entered one
of the buses because _____ .
A．the bus
they wanted didn’t stop there
B．she wanted
the driver to stop the bus
C．she wanted
to get some information from the driver
D．she and
her uncle couldn’t wait any longer at the corner
42. How many blocks was the
woman away from the corner where she
waited when the bus driver finally let her off ？
A．Almost one block B．Almost two
blocks
C．Probably
three blocks D．Probably five or six blocks
43. Why did the author offer a sporting
suggestion？
A．Because
the CTA paid little attention to the incident .
B．Because
the bus driver had not been fired .
C．Because he
wanted to threaten the CTA people .
D．Because he
thought the punishment was unreasonably too light.
44．Which of the following is NOT true ？
A．The
company is a bus company supported by the government .
B．The writer
and Mr .Baxa disagreed with each other on the bus
company’s
decision .
C．The driver
finally stopped the bus under the pressure of the
passengers.
D．The writer
asked the bus company to give him a bus if his suggestion
was refused.
B
Whenever we are involved in （投入）a creative
type of activity that is self rewarding, a feeling overcomes （takes
control of ）us -a feeling that we can call
"flow". When we are flowing, we lose all sense of time and awareness
of what is happening around us ;instead ,we feel that everything is going just
right .
A rock
dancer describes his feeling of flow like this ："If I
have enough space ,I feel I can radiate an energy into the atmosphere .I can
dance for walls .I dance for floors .I become one with the atmosphere
.""You are in an extremely happy state to such a point that you don’t
exist,"says a composer ,describing how he feels when he
"flows".Players of any sport throughout the world are familiar with
the feeling of flow ;they enjoy their activity very much ,even though they can
expect little reward like money .The same holds true for surgeons （外科医生）,cave
explorers and mountain climbers.
Flow
provides a sort of physical sensation along with a changed state of being .One
man put it this way ："Your
body feels good and awake all over .Your energy is flowing".People who
flow feel part of this energy; that is ,they are so involved in what they are
doing that they do not think of themselves as being separate from their
activity .They are flowing along with their enjoyment .
Besides, they concentrate intensely（keep all
their attention）on their activity .They do not
try to concentrate harder, however, the concentration comes automatically （自动）.A chess
player compares this concentration to breathing. As they concentrate, these
people feel immersed（专心致志）in the action, lost in the
action. This sense of time is changed and they skip meals（don’t eat）and sleep
without noticing their loss. Sizes and spaces also seem changed :successful
baseball players see and hit the ball so much better because it seems larger to
them .They can even recognize the seams（线缝）on the
ball approaching them at 165 kilometers per hour .
45．To
experience the feeling of "flow",a person should_____ .
A. enjoy
an activity
B. want rewards like money or
other things
C．feel that
his or her body is alive
D．feel like a fish swimming in water
46．Many
people who experience "flow"say it _____.
A．causes a
change in their lives
B．makes them
feel separate from their activities
C．is a
special state of mind and body
D．helps them breathe well and do everything successfully
47．"Flow"causes
people to _____ .
A．think
deeply B．forget
things easily
C．sleep a
lot D．forget to
eat and sleep
48．The
word"put"in the sentence "One man put it this
way."means_____.
A．dealt with
B．showed C．explained D．made out
C
People had known about steam power : for hundreds of years. But they did not know how to apply it to machines. About 300 years ago, some engineers discovered that they couldn’t use steam power to force water out of deep mines. This helped miners dig deeper than ever. But little more was done with steam power until one man, James Watt, discovered to make steam turn a wheel.
When he was a boy, James Watt's parents had scolded(责骂 ) him for playing with mechanical things. There were few advanced machines then And almost nobody could make a living by fixing them. So Wart's parents thought that playing around with machines was a waste of time. But someone asked Watt to repair a steam coal-mine pump. Watt fixed the pump and he began to build models of other pumps.
Once Watt had built his first steam engines, steam power was used to do many things. Machines were built that could weave(编织), grind(磨) flour, drive a boat or a train, and even make other machines.
Nearly anything that needed pushing or turning could be powered by steam. Within 50 years of Watt's invention, steam engines were producing and transporting things in ways that were impossible by hand, wind, or water power.
49. Steam power was not used to turn a wheel until
A. three hundred years ago
B. it was applied to the mining industry
C. James Watt grew into a very clever boy
D. James Watt found out a way of doing so
50. As a boy, James Watt
A. was fond of playing with mechanical things
B. was often scolded for playing with steam
C. was often scolded for playing with complicated machines
D. couldn't make a living by fixing complicated machines
51. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage'?
A. To Watt, playing around with machines was a waste of time.
B. Nobody asked watt to repair steam coal-mine pumps.
C. When Walt was young, his parents didn't allow him to play with machines.
D. Fixing machines was beyond Watt's power.
52．Since the invention of James Watt’s steam engines， ．
A．wind power has been of no use to man
B．water power has not been used any longer
C．everything has been able to be powered by steam
D．steam power ’has been widely used
D
It is commonly believed in the United States that school is where people go to get an education．Nevertheless(虽然如此)，it has been said that today children interrupt their education to go to sch001．The difference between schooling and education implied(暗指，含有)by this mark is important．
Education is nine more open-ended and all-inclusive than schooling．Education knows no limits．It can take place anywhere，whether in the shower or on the job，whether in a kitchen or on a tractor．It includes both the formal learning that takes place in schools and the whole universe of informal learning．The agent of education can vary from respected grandparent to the people arguing about politics on the radio from a child to a famous scientist．Whereas schooling has a certain predictability(可预料性)，education quite often produces surprises．A chance conversation with a stranger may lead a person to discover how little is known of other religions．People receive education from infancy(婴幼儿)on．Education， then，is a very broad，inclusive term．It is a lifelong process，a process that starts long before the start of school，and one that should he a necessary part of one’s entire life．
Schooling，on the other hand，is specific，formalized process，whose general pattern varies little from one setting to the next．3Nroughout a country，children arrive at school at about the single time，take the assigned(指定的)seats，are taught by Ekrt adult，use similar textbooks，do homework，take exits，and so on．The pieces of reality that are to be learned，whether they are the alphabet or an understanding of the workings of government，have been limited by the subjects being taught．For example，high school students know that they are not likely to find out in their classes the truth about political problems in their society or what the newest filmmakers are experimenting with．There are clear and undutiful conditions surrounding the formalized process of schooling．
53．The passage is organized by ．
A．giving examples of different schools
B．telling a story about excellent teachers
C．1isting and discussing several educational problems
D．telling the difference between the meanings of two related words
54． Which of the following statements does the passage support?
A．Education systems need to be changed as soon as possible．
B．Without formal education，people won’t be able to read mad write．
C．Going to school is only part of how people become educated．
D．Schooling is of no use because students do similar things every day．-
55．What does the writer mean by using the expression “children interrupt their education to go to school ”in Paragraph 1 ?
A．All of life is an education．
B．Learning takes place everywhere．
C．Education is totally destroyed by schooling．
D．Schooling prevents people from discovering new things．
56．What is the main idea of this passage?
A．The best schools teach a variety of subjects．
B．Education and schooling are quite different experiences．
C．The more years students go to school，the better their education is．
D. Students benefit from schools，which require long hours and homework．
E
The agriculture revolution in the nineteenth century involved two things：the invention of labor-saving machinery and the development of scientific agriculture．Labor-saving machinery naturally appeared first where labor was scarce(not widely seen)。“In Europe，”said Thomas Jefferson，“the object(purpose)is to make the most of their land，labor being more than enough．”It was in the United States．There-fore，that the great adventures in nineteenth—century agriculture machinery first came.
At the opening of the century，with the exception of a crude plow(铸铁犁)，farmers could have carried practically all of the existing agricultural tools on their backs；by 1860，most of the machinery in use today had been designed in an early form．The most important of the easy inventions was the iron Dlow．As early as 1790 Charles Newbold of New Jersey had been working on the idea of a eastern plow and spent his entire fortune in introducing his invention．The farmers，however，were not interested in it，claiming that the iron poisoned the soil and the weeds grew．Nevertheless，many people devoted their attention to the plow，until in 1869 James Oliver of South Bend，Indiana，turned out the first chilled—steel plow．
57. What is the main topic of this passage?
A．rule need for all agriculture advances to help feed a growing population．
B．rule development of saver machinery demanded by the labor movement．
C．Machinery that contributed to the agriculture revolution．
D．New Jersey as a leader in the agricultural revolution．
58．The underlined word “ naturally ”in the first paragraph is closest in meaning to ．
A. unsurprisingly B．gradually C．quickly D．safely
59．Which of the following Call be inferred from what Thomas Jefferson said in the first paragraph?
A．Europe was changing more quickly than the United States．
B．Europe had greater need of farm machinery than the United States did．
C．The United States was finally miring out of good farmland。
D．There was a shortage of workers on United States farms．
60．Why did the farmers reject Newbold’s plow?
A．Their horses were frightened by it． B．They preferred lighter tools．
C．It was too expensive． D.They thought it would destroy the land．
Ⅳ．短文改错（10分）
What may be sound like noise to some people is 61. .
great music to others. Rock and roll is that kind music. 62. .
You either love it and hate it. Rock and roll is not always 63. .
played by a band. Performers of this music is often 64. .
called a "group". There are such many rock 65. .
groups that each one has to do something specially to 66. .
become famous. They try look and sound different 67. .
from all the others groups. Rock groups are so popular 68. .
that they do not give concerts in small theaters but in 69. .
parks or stadiums that thousands of fans can attend at the 70. .
same time.
V．书面表达（20分）
根据下列提示，用英语介绍“海燕”牌洗衣机。要点如下：
1．海燕牌洗衣机是海燕电器集团(Haiyan Electric Group，corp)的最新产品，该公司有20年生产洗衣机的历史。
2．该机是公司经十年研制而成，由先进的电脑控制，使用简单。
3．该机身由不锈钢(stainless steel)制成。经5000次使用，情况良好。
4.价格比同类国内外产品便宜，公司对出售的产品实行终生保修，拥有海燕牌洗衣机是最佳选择。
keys:
I. 单项选择：
1—5ACAAC 5—10DBDAC 11—15ABDCA 16—20 ABCDA
Ⅱ.完形填空
21~25 BBADA 26~30 BCDAB 31~35 DCDDA 36~40 DCBDC
III．阅读理解
41—45 CCDDA 46—50 CDCDA 51—55 CDDC A 56—60 BCADD
Ⅳ．短文改错
61．去掉be 62．kind后加0f 63．arId→or 64．is→are
65．such→SO 66．specially—special 67．try后加to 68．others→other
69．√ 70．that→where
One possible version：
The Haiyan washing-machine is the latest product of Haiyan Electric Group Corp．The corporation has a history of twenty years in making washing-machines．The Haiyan washing-machine is controlled by an advanced computer and easy to operate．The boay of the washing-machine is made of stainless steel．Having been tested more than 5，000 times，it remains in good condition．Anyone who owns a Haiyan washing machine will enjoy it very much．
The price is lower than that of the same kind both at home and abroad．You Can also enjoy free repair service'all the time．It’S certainly a wise choice to buy Haiyan washing-machine．
（命题人 何定军）