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2020高三下學期英語第二周周考第一部分 英語知識運用（共兩節(jié)，共40分）第一節(jié) 單項填空（共10小題；每小題1分，滿分10分）1.Good afternoon, Huarong Hotel?Good afternoon, _?A. Do you still have a room for tonight?B. What would you like, PleaseC. Is there anything I can do for you? D. Who is that speaking2. I walked up to the top of the hill with my friend, _ we enjoyed a splendid view ofthe lake.A. who B. which C. where D. that3. - Silly me! I forget what my luggage looks like.- What do you think of_ over there?A. the one B. thisC. it D. that4. Mike has been appointed _ manager of the engineering department to take_ place of Peter, who got promoted last week.A. /; / B. the; / C. the; the D. /; the5. Have you heard the news that the former South African president Nelson Mandela died on 6th, December?Sorry. With so much work _ my mind, I havent got any time.A. filledB. fillingC. to fillD. being filled6.What does the sign over there read? “No person _ smoke or carry a lighted cigarette, cigar or pipe in this area.”A. will B. may C. shallD. must7. Its nice. Never before _ such a special drink!Im glad you like it.AI have had BI hadChad I D have I had8. By the time he realizes he _into a trap, it will be too late for him to do anything about it.A. walks B. walked C. has walkedD. had walked9. We wanted to get home before dark, but it didnt quite _ as planned.A. make outB. turn outC. go onD. come up10. _ all of them are strong candidates, only one will be chosen for the post.A. While B. Since C. If D. As第二節(jié) 完形填空（共20小題；每小題1.5分，滿分30分）I used to hate being called upon in class mainly because I didnt like attention drawn to myself. And _11_ otherwise assigned（指定）a seat by the teacher, I always _12_ to sit at the back of the classroom.All this _13_ after I joined a sports team. It began when a teacher suggested I try out for the basketball team. At first I thought it was a crazy _14_ because I didnt have a good sense of balance, nor did I have the _15_ to keep pace with the others on the team and they would tease me. But for the teacher who kept insisting on my “_16_ for it”, I wouldnt have decided to give a try.Getting up the courage to go to the tryouts was only the _17_of it! When I first started _18_ the practice sessions, I didnt even know the rules of the game, much _19_ what I was doing. Sometimes Id get _20_ and take a shot at the wrong directionwhich made me feel really stupid. _21_, I wasnt the only one “new” at the game, so I decided to _22_ on learning the game, do my best at each practice session, and not be too hard on myself for the things I didnt _23_ “just yet”.I practiced and practiced. Soon I knew the _24_ and the “moves”. Being part of a team was fun and motivating. Very soon the competitive _25_ in me was winning over my lack of confidence. With time, I learned how to play and made friends in the _26_ friends who respected my efforts to work hard and be a team player. I never had so much fun!With my _27_ self-confidence comes more praise from teachers and classmates. I have gone from _28_ in the back of the classroom and not wanting to call attention to myself, _29_ raising my hand even when I sometimes wasnt and not 100 percent _30_ I had the right answer. Now I have more self-confidence in myself.11. A. as B. untilC. unlessD. though12. A. hoped B. agreedC. meantD. chose13. A. continuedB. changedC. settledD. started14. A. idea B. planC. belief D. saying15. A. rightB. chanceC. abilityD. patience16. A. going B. looking C. cheering D. applying17. A. pointB. halfC. rest D. basis18. A. enjoyingB. preparingC. attendingD. watching19. A. lessB. later C. worseD. further20. A. committedB. motivatedC. embarrassed D. confused21. A. InterestinglyB. Fortunately C. Obviously D. Hopefully22. A. focusB. actC. relyD. try23. A. wantB. do C. support D. know24. A. steps B. orders C. rules D. games25. A. roles B. part C. mind D. value26. A. processB. operationC. movementD. situation27. A. expressed B. improved C. preserved D. recognized28. A. dreaming B. playing C. relaxingD. hiding29. A. by B. for C. with D. to30. A. lucky B. happy C. sure D. satisfied第二部分 閱讀理解 （共兩節(jié)，滿分50分）第一節(jié) 閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。（共20小題；每小題2分，滿分40分）AIf you were to walk up to Arthur Bonner and say, “Hey, Butterfly Man,” his face would break into a smile. The title suits him. And he loves it.Arthur Bonner works with the Palos Verdes blue butterfly, once thought to have died out. Today the butterfly is coming back thanks to him. But years ago if youd told him this was what hed be doing someday, he would have laughed, “Youre crazy.” As a boy, he used to be “a little tough guy on the streets”. At age thirteen, he was caught by police stealing. At eighteen, he landed in prison for shooting a man.“I knew it had worried my mom,” Bonner said after he got out of prison. “So I told myself I would not put my mom through that pain again.”O(jiān)ne day he met Professor Mattoni, who was working to rebuild the habitat(棲息地) for an endangered butterfly called El Segundo blue.“I saw the sign Butterfly Habitat and asked, How can you have a habitat when the butterflies can just fly away?” Bonner recalls. “Dr. Mattoni laughed and handed me a magnifying glass(放大鏡), Look at the leaves. I could see all these caterpillars(蝴蝶的幼蟲) on the plant. Dr Mattoni explained, Without the plant, there are no butterflies.”Weeks later, Bonner received a call from Dr. Mattoni, who told him there was a butterfly that needed help. That was how he met the Palos Verdes blue. Since then hes been working for four years to help bring the butterfly back. He grows astragalus, the only plant the butterfly eats. He collects butterflies and brings them into a lab to lay eggs. Then he puts new butterflies into the habitat.The butterflys population, once almost zero, is now up to 900. For their work, Bonner and Dr. Mattoni received lots of awards. But for Bonner, he earned something more: he turned his life around.For six years now Bonner has kept his promise to stay out of prison. While hes bringing back the Palos Verdes blue, the butterfly has helped bring him back, too.31. When he was young, Arthur Bonner _.A. broke the law and ended up in prisonB. was fond of shooting and hurt his momC. often laughed at people on the streetsD. often caught butterflies and took them home32. Bonner came to know the Palos Verdes blue after he _.A. found the butterfly had died outB. won many prizes from his professorC. met Dr. Mattoni, a professor of biologyD. collected butterflies and put them into a lab33. From the last sentence of the text, we learn that raising butterflies has _.A. made Bonner famous B. changed Bonners lifeC. brought Bonner wealth D. enriched Bonners knowledge34. Which of the following would be the best title for the text?A Promise to Mom B. A Man Saved by ButterfliesC. A Story of Butterflies D. A Job Offered by Dr. MattoniBDiana Jacobs thought her family had a workable plan to pay for college for her 21-year-old twin sons: a combination of savings, income, scholarships, and a modest amount of borrowing. Then her husband lost his job, and the plan fell apart.“I have two kids in college, and I want to say come home, but at the same time I want to provide them with a good education,” says Jacobs.The Jacobs family did work out a solution: They asked and received more aid from the schools, and each son increased his borrowing to the maximum amount through the federal loan program. They will each graduate with $20,000 of debt, but at least they will be able to finish school.With unemployment rising, financial aid administrators expect to hear more families like the Jacobs. More students are applying for aid, and more families expect to need student loans. College administrators are concerned that they will not have enough aid money to go around.At the same time, tuition continues to rise. A report from the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education found that college tuition and fees increased 439% from 1982 to 2020, while average family income rose just 147%. Student borrowing has more than doubled in the last decade,“If we go on this way for another 25 years, we wont have an affordable system of higher education,” says Patrick M. Callan, president of the center. “The middle class families have been financing it through debt. They will send kids to college whatever it takes, even if that means a huge amount of debt.”Financial aid administrators have been having a hard time as many companies decide that student loans are not profitable enough and have stopped making them. The good news, however, is that federal loans account for about three quarters of student borrowing, and the government says that money will flow uninterrupted.35. How did the Jacobs manage to solve their problem?A. They asked their kids to come home.B. They borrowed $20,000 from the school.C. They encouraged their twin sons to do part-time jobs.D. They got help from the school and the federal government.36. Financial aid administrators believe that _.A. more families will face the same problem as the JacobsB. the government will receive more letters of complaintC. college tuition fees will double soonD. Americas unemployment will fall37. What can we learn about the middle class families from the text?A. They blamed the government for the tuition increase.B. Their income remained steady in the last decade.C. They will try their best to send kids to college.D. Their debts will be paid off within 25 years.38. According to the last paragraph, the government will _.A. provide most students with scholarshipsB. dismiss some financial aid administratorsC. stop the companies from making student loansD. go on providing financial support for college studentsCWhen something goes wrong，it can be very satisfying to say, “Well, its so-and-sos fault.” or “I know Im late, but its not my fault；the car broke down.” It is probably not your fault，but once you form the habit of blaming somebody or something else for a bad situation, you are a loser. You have no power and could do nothing that helps change the situation. However, you can have great power over what happens to you if you stop focusing on whom to blame and start focusing on how to remedy the situation. This is the winners key to success.Winners are great at overcoming problems. For example, if you were late because your car broke down, maybe you need to have your car examined more regularly. Or, you might start to carry along with you the useful phone numbers, so you could call for help when in need. For another example, if your colleague causes you problems on the job for lack of responsibility or ability, find ways of dealing with his irresponsibility or inability rather than simply blame the person. Ask to work with a different person, or dont rely on the person. You should accept that the person is not reliable and find creative ways to work successfully regardless of how your colleague fails to do his job well.This is what being a winner is all aboutcreatively using your skills and talents so that you are successful no matter what happens. Winners dont have fewer problems in their lives; they have just as many difficult situations to face as anybody else. They are just better at seeing those problems as challenges and opportunities to develop their own talents. So, stop focusing on “whose fault it is.” Once you are confident about your power over bad situations, problems are just stepping stones for success.39. According to the passage, winners .A. deal with problems rather than blame othersB. meet with fewer difficulties in their livesC. have responsible and able colleaguesD. blame themselves rather than others40. The underlined word remedy in Paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to .A. avoidB. acceptC. improve D. consider41. When your colleague brings about a problem, you should .A. find a better way to handle the problemB. blame him for his lack of responsibilityC. tell him to find the cause of the problemD. ask a more able colleague for help42. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?A. A Winners Secret.B. A Winners Problem.C. A Winners Opportunity.D. A Winners Achievement.DAn idea that started in Seattles public library has spread throughout America and beyond. The concept is simple: help to build a sense of community in a city by getting everyone to read the same book at the same town.In addition to encouraging reading as a pursuit to be enjoyed by all, the program allows strangers to communicate by discussing the book on the bus, as well as promoting reading as an experience to be shared in families and schools. The idea came from Seattle librarian Nancy Pearl who launched the If All of Seattle Read the Same Book project in 1998. Her original program used author visits, study guides and book discussion groups to bring people together with a book, but the idea has since expanded to many other American cities, and even to Hong Kong.In Chicago, the mayor appeared on television to announce the choice of To Kill a Mockingbird as the first book in the One Book, One Chicago program. As a result, reading clubs and neighborhood groups sprang up around the city. Across the US, stories emerged of parents and children reading to each other at night and strangers chatting away on the bus about plot and character.The only problem arose in New York, where local readers could not decide on one book to represent the huge and diverse population. This may show that the idea works best in medium-sized cities or large towns, where a greater sense of unity can be achieved. Or it may show that New Yorkers rather missed the point, putting all their energy and passion into the choice of the book rather than discussion about a book itself.As Nancy points out, the level of success is not measured by how many people read a book, but by how many people are enriched by the process or have enjoyed speaking to someone with whom they would not otherwise have shared a word.43. What is the purpose of the project launched by Nancy?A. To invite authors to guide readers. B. To encourage people to read and share.C. To involve people in community service. D. To promote the friendship between cities.44. According to the passage, where would the project be more easily carried out?A. In large communities with little sense of unityB. In large cities where libraries are far from homeC. In medium-sized cities with a diverse populationD. In large towns where agreement can be quickly reached45. The underlined words “shared a word” in Paragraph 5 probably mean .A. exchanged ideas with each otherB. discussed the meaning of a wordC. gained life experienceD. used the same language46. According to Nancy, the degree of success of the project is judged by .A. the careful selection of a proper bookB. the growing popularity of the writersC. the number of people who benefit from readingD. the number of books that each person readsEThe term “multitasking” originally referred to a computers ability to carry out several tasks at one time. For many people, multitasking has become a way of life and even a key to success. In fact, some excellent mental aerobic exercises (大腦訓練) involve engaging the brain in two or more challenging activities at a time. Although checking e-mail while talking on a phone and reading the newspaper may be second nature for some people, many times multitasking can make us less productive, rather than more. And studies show that too much multitasking can lead to increased stress, anxiety and memory loss.In order to multitask, the brain uses an area known as the prefrontal cortex (前額葉腦皮層). Brain scans of volunteers performing multiple tasks together show that as they shift from task to task, this front part of the brain actually takes a moment of rest between tasks. You may have experienced a prefrontal cortex “moment of rest” yourself if youve ever dialed (撥電話) a phone number and suddenly forgotten who you dialed when the line is answered. What probably occurred is that between the dialing and the answering, your mind shifted to anther thought or task, and then took that “moment” to come back. Research has also shown that for many volunteers, job efficiency (效率) declines while multitasking, as compared to when they perform only one task at a time.Multitasking is easiest when at least one of the tasks is habitual, or requires little thought. Most people dont find it difficult to eat and read the newspaper at the same time. However, when two or more attention-requiring tasks are attempted at one time, people sometimes make mistakes.We often dont remember things as well when were trying to manage several details at the same time. Without mental focus, we may not pay enough attention to new information coming in, so it never makes it into our memory stores. That is one of the main reasons we for