高四英语周练
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高四英语周练
2017.09.05
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）
阅读下
列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡
上将该项涂黑。
A
Don‘t have plenty of time for reading?
If you are interested in non-fiction books, here
are good
choices for you.
A Room of One’s
Own
This essay by English writer Virginia
Woolf is based on several lectures given to two
women‘s
colleges at Cambridge University in
1928. In it, Woolf describes that it‘s
circumstance not talent
alone that allows men
to be more successful at writing. Women, in other
words, spend so much time
cooking, cleaning,
and tending to their children that they have no
time left for art. To write well,
therefore, a
woman must have a ―room of her own.‖ While on its
surface, this essay appears to be
only about
writing, it is actually about wealth and class,
freedom and imprisonment, and the power
struggle between sexes.
The Art of War
Written by ancient Chinese warrior (武士) Sun
Zi, The Art of War is widely considered to be
one of the best books about military strategy
in human history. Consisting of 13 chapters, each
dealing with a separate aspect about how to
fight a war, the book has been translated into
every
major language and has thousands of
editions. For centuries, it has been used to train
world leaders
for its detailed study of
military strategy (军事策略) and effective leadership.
Letter to My Daughter
This book of essays
and poems by Maya, a respectable American poet, is
written for the
daughter she never had—the
millions of women, both young and old, that she
considers to be her
―family.‖ From the
viewpoint of a caring, older relative, this book
contains lessons selected from her
own life
experiences, including the birth of her only
child, a son, as well as the development and loss
of friendship.
A Brief History of Time
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If you‘re short on
time, then why not read about, well, the creation
of time? This 1998 edition
from brilliant
scientist and mathematician Stephen Hawking
explores mind-bending questions about
the
creation of the universe, including if and when it
will end, and if so, how. Despite its heavy
subject matter, Hawking addresses these
questions in a way that‘s easy to understand, even
for those
who know little about physics.
21. What can we learn about the four books?
A. A Brief History of Time mainly focuses on
the matter of time.
B. Letter to My Daughter
is actually a common family letter.
C. The Art
of War gives advice on how to be world leaders.
D. A Room of One’s Own is more than about
writing.
22. What can be inferred from the
passage?
A. As a physicist, Hawking is equally
famous in writing.
B. Maya devotes herself to
fighting for women‘s rights.
C. The book by
Sun Zi is helpful in policy-making.
D. Woolf
looks down upon men in writing.
23. What is
the purpose of the passage?
A. To make
comparisons between the four books.
B. To
recommend the four books to readers.
C. To
make comments on the four books.
D. To promote
sales of the four books.
B
Jon
Hoffman was sitting at a red light when he saw a
man run out of a store carrying a plastic
donation jar full of cash. Dressed in plain
clothes, Jon Hoffman caught the man and pressed
him
against the hood (引擎罩) of his car. But
Hoffman had trouble controlling the thief, and
they got into
a struggle.
―The
detective has a military background, and he said
he thought the suspect must have a
military
background, too, because he was able to break away
so easily,‖ a local police spokesperson
said.
The detective called out for help as a
crowd gathered. Among those watching were Harvey
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Kirby, two day
laborers.
Harvey did what has become common
these days---he took out his phone and hit record.
―I hate
to say it, but I thought that this
policeman was doing something stupid,‖ Harvey
said. ―But when he
asked for help, I thought,
well, there won‘t be a shooting if I get over
there in time.‖ Harvey jumped
into action---
while he was still recording the video---as did
Sample.
―Harvey caught hold of the
suspect‘s arms, while Kirby seized his legs, and
they were able to
get the suspect to the
ground to help Detective Hoffman put the handcuffs
(手铐) on,‖ said the police
spokesperson. The
27-year-old suspect was charged with resisting
arrest and other offenses. The
charity jar he
stole held less than $$50.
―I‘ve been on
the wrong side of the law several times in my
life,‖ Harvey said. ―It feels good to
be on
the right side and do something positive.‖
After the arrest, the three men got to know each
other at a local steak house---Hoffman‘s treat,
as a thank-you.
24. What made Hoffman
call for help when arresting the suspect?
A. He was not on duty.
B. He couldn‘t
control the suspect.
C. He needed
witnesses to support him.
D. He wanted to
push the thief into the car.
25. Why did
Harvey and Kirby record the scene at the
beginning?
A. To follow the fashion.
B. To record the cop‘s violence.
C. To keep
track of the criminal.
D. To avoid being
involved in the incident.
26. What can be
inferred about Harvey?
A. He was ready to
break the law.
B. He was out of work at
that time.
C. He had a good military
background.
D. He might have had some
illegal deeds.
27. What is Hoffman‘s attitude
towards Harvey and Sample?
A. Grateful.
B. Prejudiced.
C. Skeptical.
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D. Admirable.
C
Some pigs tend to be optimistic while others
are more pessimistic, according to a new research
that is meaningful to animal welfare. The
study, published in the journal Biology Letters,
is the first
to show that mood and personality
interact in an animal, influencing judgment.
Asher, a researcher at the University of
Newcastle‘s Institute of Neuroscience, and her
team
housed groups of pigs in two types of
environment. One reflected standard commercial
conditions
and the other was cushier with more
space and plenty of soft, deep straw. After the
pigs got
accustomed to these new homes over a
few weeks, the researchers picked 18 pigs from
each type to
train and test their judgment.
―To do this, we trained each pig that in one
corner of a training room there would be a bowl
with
chocolate sweets —pigs love them — and at
the opposite side of the room there would be a
bowl
containing coffee beans, which pigs find
bitter-tasting,‖ a researcher said.
Over a
number of training trials, pigs learned to go to
the bowl reliably when it was in the corner
where they had figured out to expect chocolate
sweets. On the contrary, they quickly learned to
avoid the bowl when it was in the corner where
they would expect to find the coffee beans.
The researchers next placed an unfamiliar bowl
in different locations, to see how the pigs would
react. Some gaily dashed to the bowl no matter
what, showing optimism that it would contain their
favorite sweets. Others, however, behaved as
though they expected it to contain coffee beans,
displaying pessimism.
The findings suggest
that a one-size-fits-all answer to animal welfare
issues does not exist.
Even if pigs are just
equal to bacon or other meat for some people,
there is still cause for concern.
Studies have
suggested that how an animal is treated during its
lifetime can directly affect meat
quality and
taste.
28. What was the study trying to figure
out?
A. How to make pigs happier.
B.
The similarities between humans and pigs.
C. How living environment affected pigs‘ mood.
D. How pigs‘ mood and personality affected
their judgment.
29. What does the underlined
word ―cushier‖ in Paragraph 2 mean?
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A. Simple. B. More
comfortable. C. Unpractical. D. Less free.
30. Which bowl can test whether a pig is
optimistic or pessimistic?
A. The bowl with
chocolate sweets.
B. The bowl containing
coffee beans.
C. The bowl full of both sweets
and beans.
D. The bowl unfamiliar to two
types of pigs.
31. What do the findings of the
new research imply?
A. People should treat
pigs equally.
B. People‘s health relies on
meat quality.
C. People should meet pigs‘
various needs.
D. People‘s attitude
toward pigs is totally wrong.
D
―It‘s
a big hammer to crack a nut.‖ This is how one
angry parent described the recent crackdown
(强制措施) by London police on parents who drop
their kids off at school by car. Yes, you read
that
correctly – the very mode of
transportation that many American schools insist
is the only safe way to
deliver kids to school
is now considered illegal in the UK.
The
decision to fine any vehicles seen dropping off or
picking up kids within a particular zone of
east London comes from city councilors‘(议员)
long-term efforts to make the area safer and less
crowded. They say they‘ve been trying for
years ―to encourage reasonable parking‖, but in
vain.
Neighborhood residents complain
frequently about their driveways being blocked by
illegally parked
cars for 15 minutes or more,
often while they‘re trying to get to work, and the
streets are long
overcrowded.
Now the
rules have changed. Some parents are angry. Angie
is a mother who made the ―big
hammer‖ comment
and says the crackdown is ―way over the top.‖ The
nearest drop-off point for her
six-year-old is
now a five-minute walk from the school. Others are
happy with the decision, severe
though it may
seem.
Councilor Jason Frost said: ―Traffic
has clearly reduced, and more children are now
walking to
school, which is a great outcome. I
would rather have complaints that we are slightly
inconveniencing parents than hear that a child
had been seriously injured because nothing was
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done.‖
I
witness daily the chaos (混乱) created by these in-
town drivers, when I walk my own kids to
school. There‘s a parking lot crowded with
vehicles and a slow-moving train of cars moving in
circles, many filling the air with harmful
smokes. Meanwhile, the conversations around child
over-weight and the importance of daily
physical activity continue to stand out in
schools.
32. Why is Angie opposed to the new
rule?
A. She is often fined by London
police.
B. She will lose her job as a
school driver.
C. She has adapted to the
American practice.
D. She thinks it adds
inconvenience to her son.
33. Why has the new
rule been made according to Jason Frost?
A.
On account of many complaints.
C. Owing to
safety concern.
B. Because of heavy
traffic jams.
D. Due to air pollution.
34.
What can be seen after the crackdown is carried
out?
A. Less daily chaos.
B.
Support from all people.
D. Complaints from
neighbors. C. More over-weight children.
35.
What is the main idea of the text?
A.
Parents attempt to resist a school rule.
B.
London police cause widespread anger.
C.
American schools care more about kids‘ safety.
D. Different voices are heard on a new traffic
policy.
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。
How to avoid a boring conversation
What excuses should you use to avoid talking to
people you don‘t want to talk to? Here are tips
and non-offensive ways to get out of unwanted
conversations.
1. Go for a refill.
It
is natural for anyone at a party to be excused to
get a refill (续杯). 36 And once you
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excuse yourself, make a move
fast before the person requests you to get a
refill for him as well.
2. Pretend bad mood.
Cut off the conversation before it starts by
saying something along the lines of ‗I‘m not in a
good
mood. Can I talk to you later if you
don‘t mind?‖ 37 Say it firmly so that people
get the
message loud and clear.
3. Ask
your friend to save you.
38 Simply
text your friend and ask him or her to come for
apparently something important.
You will be
able to skip a boring chat with a seemingly
reasonable excuse.
4. 39
You are
advised to look away from that person and don‘t
make eye contact, so that you can
give
powerful hints (暗示) that you find the conversation
extremely boring. 40 Be sure to tune
in to
the conversation every now and then so you don‘t
come across as rude.
A. Behave in an obviously
careless way.
B. Just be sure that the person
you are talking to does not offer to accompany you
to do so.
C. Don‘t act too polite in an
attempt to draw sympathy.
D. Use body language
to indicate boredom.
E. Your friend is bound
to perform brilliantly in coping with the dull
one.
F. Look elsewhere and pretend that
something else has caught your attention.
G.
Stuck in an unwanted conversation, how do you get
out of it?
第三部分 英语知识运用 （共两节，满分45分）
第一节 完形填空（共 20 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和
D）中，选出可以填入空白
处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
From
childhood, Moira loved to write. Throughout school
she 41 writing, but pursuing (追
求) it 42
was never a possibility. Her father was a doctor,
her mother a nurse. ―Medicine was
a fairly
43 choice,‖ Moira says, ―And writing was a
career where it wasn‘t a 44 that
you‘d
have high income.‖
She became a doctor but
still wanted to do some writing. However, being a
doctor was so 45
that she didn‘t take up
writing until her thirties. She 46 a novel – a
fictionalized version of her
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travel in China after university.
She got excellent 47 . Moira sent it off as
many agents as she
could find, and found one
who wanted to 48 her. Suddenly, it seemed she
was on her 49
as an author.
―I had one
lengthy phone call with the agent where we 50
all possible areas she thought
needed 51 .
I worked on those and sent it back to her but
didn‘t hear anything.‖ It wasn‘t long
52
Moira found another agent who was 53 if she
was willing to rewrite it from the first
person to the third person. She did the hard
work and sent it off again. ―I got back a really
brief letter:
‗Thank you, I‘m no longer
interested.‘ It was really 54 .‖
A decade
went by, and Moira found herself eager to write
again, this time 55 for her own
enjoyment.
She 56 herself the challenge of creating a
thriller and chose Western Australia as
her
setting.
As she was writing just for herself,
something surprising began to happen. ―The
characters
57 a life of their own, they
started doing things I hadn‘t thought about. It
just 58 out.‖ One
day, an agent called
from Australia. Three weeks later, Moira had a
publication deal. Her novel,
Cicada, was
published in March.
― 59 it hadn‘t been
published I still gained so much from the 60 ,‖
says Moira.
41. A. learnt B. avoided C.
considered D. enjoyed
42. A. actively B.
professionally C. energetically D. permanently
43. A. influential B. clear
44. A.
dream B. purpose
C. terrible D. safe
D. certainty
D. interesting
D.
received
C. choice
C. demanding
C. bought
C. reviews
45. A.
promising B. discouraging
46. A. produced
47. A. rewards
48. A. employ
49. A.
own
B. introduced
B. readers D.
praises
B. represent C. trust D.
guide
B. feet C. way D. business
50. A. took off B. went through C. pulled
down D. came over
51. A. deleting B.
adapting C. polishing D. covering
52.
A. before B. after C. since D.
when
53. A. fascinated B. interested C.
anxious D. amused
54. A. common
B. absurd C. terrifying D.
disappointing
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55. A.
purely
56. A. set
57. A. put up
58. A. flew
B. wonderfully C.
instantly D. sadly
B. found C.
made
B. took on
B. brought
D.
permitted
C. went over D. got down
D. carried
D. Even if
D. result
C. broke
C. If only 59. A. Ever since B. As
if
60. A. adventure
B. practice
C. process
第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
Qian
Zhongshu was 1 Chinese scholar and writer,
2 (know) for his wit
and erudition(博学).
Despite failing in Mathematics, Qian was
accepted 3 the Department of Foreign
Languages under Tsinghua University in 1929
because of his excellent 4 (perform) in
Chinese and English languages. In Tsinghua, He
met his wife Yang Jiang, who was 5
(become) a successful playwright and
translator, and 6 (marry) her in 1935. In
the same
year, Qian received government
sponsorship to further his studies abroad.
Together with his wife,
Qian headed for the
University of Oxford in Britain. After 7
(spend) two years at Exeter
College, he
received a bachelor of literature. He then studied
for one more year in the University of
Paris
in France before returning to China in 1938.
Qian lived in Shanghai from 1941 to 1945,
which was then under Japanese
8_________(occupy). Many of his works were
written or published during this period of time. A
collection of short 9 (essay), Written
in the Margins of Life (写在人生边上) , 10
(publish) in 1941. His most celebrated work
Fortress Besieged appeared in 1947. On the Art of
Poetry, written in classical Chinese, was
issued in 1948.
第四部分 写作 （共两节，满分35分）
第一节 短文改错（10 分）
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请
你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共
有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的
增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧), 并在其下面写出该加的词。
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删除：把多余的词用斜线(﹨)划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Nowadays, more and
more Confucius Institutes are being building all
over the world，that
shows our Chinese culture
has become more popular than ever. On one hand,
the ancient Chinese
culture once had a great
influence in other cultures, especially those of
Asian country. On other hand,
our Chinese
culture constant developed throughout the long
history, thus made it more colorful and
more
brilliant. Confucius Institutes are good places
where to learn about the Chinese culture.
Whoever want to know more about it must spend
more time. Therefore, he or she cannot have a
good knowledge of the Chinese culture.
第二节 书面表达（满分25分）
假如你是李华，你的美国好友Alice将近期
来你所在的城市旅游。请给她写信，告诉她
你愿意为她安排住宿及旅游行程。同时，委托她帮你买一个C
oach牌子的小钱包，你打算将
其作为生日礼物送给妈妈。
注意：1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Alice,
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Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
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高四英语参考答案
第一节 A篇21-23 DCB
C篇28-31 DBDC
第二节
完形填空
41-45.
DBDDC 46-50. ACBCB 56-60. ABADC
第二节
61. a
66. married
62. known
63. into 64. performance 65. to become
67. spending 68. occupation 69. essays
published
B篇24-27 BBDA
D篇32-35 DCAD
第一节 短文改错
Nowadays, more and more Confucius
Institutes are being building(built) all over the
world,
that(which) shows our Chinese culture
has become more popular than ever. On one hand,
the ancient
Chinese culture once had a great
influence in(on) other cultures, especially those
of Asian
country(countries). On∧the other
hand, our Chinese culture constant(constantly)
developed
throughout the long history, thus
made(making) it more colorful and more brilliant.
Confucius
Institutes are good places where(去掉)
to learn about the Chinese culture. Whoever
want(wants) to
know more about it must spend
more time. Therefore (OtherwiseOr), he or she
cannot have a good
knowledge of the Chinese
culture.
第二节 书面表达 （满25分）
Dear Alice,
I am delighted to hear that you will come
to my city for sightseeing. I am writing to tell
you
my willingness to make arrangements for
your tour.
As for accommodation, you have the
option of either staying in my home or in a hotel,
which I
can reserve for you in advance if you
like. Besides, I‘d like to help you work out a
travel schedule.
By the way, could you do me a
favor and purchase a Coach purse if it doesn‘t
bother you? With my
mother‘s birthday
approaching, I wish to present it to her as a
birthday gift.
Look forward to meeting you
soon. I hope you will have fun here.
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
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