江西省豐城中學高四上學期英語周練試卷9含答案

1、豐城中學2016-2017學年上學期高四周練試卷英語命題人：劉浩鴻 審題人：高四英語備課組2016.09.07第一部分閱讀理解（共兩節(jié)，滿分 40分）第一節(jié)（共15小題；每小題2分，滿分30分）閱讀下列短文，從各題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項。AShould parents ever hit their children?Research suggests many of us are likely to respond , and publicno! pport for spanking （打屁股） has been falling over the years. But

2、 surveys also show that 75 percent to nearly 90 percent of parents admit to spanking their child at least once .I was raised in a zero-tolerance home for disrespect, and my parents often turned to physical punishment . And, no, I don t feel I was damaged by it.Nothing is more annoying than watching

3、ill-mannered behavior from children .But there is data to suggest that a return to old-school spanking isnt the answer.Two years ago, Newsweek reported that it had found data suggesting that teens whose parents used physical punishment were more likely to become aggressive.Murray Straus, professor a

4、t the University of New Hampshire in America, has studied the topic of children and spanking for decades . He said that children who were physically punished have lower IQs than their peers . It may be that children with lower IQs were more likely to get spanked, but the punishment may have been cou

5、nterproductive（反作用的）to their mental development, as well .Some researchers make the argument that occasional open-handed smacks （用 巴掌打）on the bottom are not only harmless but can have some benefit .Last year, Marjorie Gunnoe, a psychologist at Calvin College, studied teens who have never spanked. Th

6、ere are a greater number of children growing up without ever having been physically punished. Gunnoe s research suggests they don t turn out any better than those who were sometimes spanked .There are some parents who simply cannot control their tempers （脾氣）.But I still believe that the best parents

7、 are the ones who are able to offer fair and firm discipline without ever turning to physical punishment .According to the first three paragraphs, the author was probably hit by her parents when.they were dissatisfied with her gradeshe showed no respect for the elderthey cannot control their tempert

8、heir discipline turns out to be not strict enoughAccording to Murray Straus, children who are physically punished are less aggressive toward others when they get olderhave slower physical developmentbenefit from occasional spankingmay develop lower IQs than their peerWhich of the following statement

9、s is TRUE according to the article?40 percent of children grow up without ever being spankedChildren who suffer less physical punishment are better studentsOccasional open-handed spanking on the bottom are mentally harmfulResearchers disagree over whether smacking is mentally harmful to childrenHave

10、 you ever wondered why birds sing? Maybe you thought that they were just happy .After all ,you probably sing or whistle when you are happy.Some scientists believe that birds do sing some of the time just because they are happy .However ,they sing most of the time for a very different reason .Their s

11、inging is actually a warning to other birds to stay out of their territory.Do you know what a a territory is ?A territory is an area that an animal ,usually the male, claims （聲稱） as its own .Only he and his family are welcome there .No other families of the same species are welcome .Your yard and ho

12、use are your territory where only your family and friends are welcome . If a stranger should enter your territory and threaten you ,you might shout .Probably t his would be enough to frighten him away.If so ,you have actually scared the stranger away without having to fight him .A bird does the same

13、 thing. But he expects an outsider almost any time ,especially at nesting （筑巢）season. So he is screaming all the time ,whether he can see an outsider or not .Thjs screaming is whatwe call a bird s song ,and it is usually enough to keep an outsider away.Birds sing loudest in the spring when they are

14、trying to attract a mate and warn others not to enter the territory of theirs.You can see that birds have a language all their own .Most of it has to do with attracting mates and setting up territories.Some scientists believe that mostof the time birds singihg is actuallyA. an expression of happines

15、sB. a way of greetingC. an expression of angerD.a way of warningWhat is a bird s a territory ?A place where families of other species are not accepted.An area which a bird considers to be its own .An area for which birds fight against each other.A place where a bird may shout at the top of its voice

16、.Why do birds keep on singing at nesting season?Because they want to invite more friends.Because their singing helps get rid of their fears.Because they want to find outsiders around.singing?Because their singing helps frighten outsiders away.How does the writer explain birdsA. By describing birds d

17、aily life.B. By reporting experiment results.C. By comparing birds with human beings.D. By telling a birdstory. sCEverybody has had at least one experience from which he knows the meaning of life. This time, which took place several years ago, but seems as if it just happened.On an afternoon several

18、 years ago, my brother-in-law opened the bottom drawer of my sister s dress and picked out a beautiful skirt. Jan bought this the first time we went to NewYork, at least 8 or 9 years ago. She never wore it. She was savi ng it for a special occasion. hesaid. I guess this was the occasion: it was the

19、funeral of my sister, after her unexpected death.He took the shirt and put it on bed, with the other clothes we were taking to the funeral.Then he closed the drawer and turn ed to me, Don t ever save anything for a special occasion.Every day you re alive is a special occasion.”I thinking about his w

20、ords, and they vehanged the way I live my life. I ispending more time with my family and friends and less time in committee meetings. Whenever possible, life should be a kind of experience to enjoy, not to suffer. Someday and “ oneof these days are losing their importance on my vocabulary. If it s w

21、orth seeing or hearing ordoing, I want to see and hear and do it now.Ever since that day, I have been trying very hard not to put off, hold back or save anything that would add laughter and color to our lives. Every morning when I open my eyes, I tell myself that every day, every minute, every breat

22、h, truly is a gift. So cherish every day and find the true meaning of your life.Why did Jan buy the beautiful skirt but didn t wear it ?She waited for a special occasion to wear it on.She wanted to keep it for someone else.She saved it till she grew up.She would give it to herself as a gift some day

23、.From this experience, the author learns that.everybody can have a happy life through effortsevery day in our lives is worth cherishingenjoying ourselves is the most important thing in our liveseverybody will have some things left to do after his death 30. What does the author write this passage for

24、?To tell people to cherish every day and find the meaning of life.To explain the true meaning of his brother-in- law s words.To show how to make good use of everyday in life.To encourage people to waste time and enjoy themselves in life.What s the best title for this passage?What Is the Meaningful L

25、ife likeMy Sister JanEvery Day IS a GiftThe Most Important Time in Your LifeDThe government of Norway is planning to build an unusual storage center on an island in the Arctic Ocean. The place would be large enough to hold about twomillion seeds. The goal is to present all crops known to scientists.

26、 The British magazine New Scientist published details of the plan last month. The structure will be designed to protect the world s food supply against nuclear war, climate change and other possible threats. It will b e built in a mountain on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen. The mountain is less

27、 than one thousand kilometers from the North Pole, the northernmost position on earth.An international group called the Global Crop Diversity Trust is working on the project. The director of the group, Cary Fowler, spoke to New Scientist. He said the project would let the world rebuild agriculture i

28、f, in his word,“the worst came tthe worst ” . Norway is expected to start work next year. The project is expected to cost three million dollars. Workers will drill （鉆孑L） deep in the side of a sandstone mountain. Temperatures in the area never rise above 0oC. The seeds will be protected behind walls

29、a meter thick and high-security door.The magazine report says the collection will represent the products of ten thousand years of farming. Most of the seeds at first will come from collections at seed banks in Africa, Asia and Latin America. To last a long time, seeds need to be kept in very low tem

30、peratures. Workers will not be present all the time. But they plan to replace the air inside the storage space each winter. Winter temperatures on the island are about eighteen degrees below 0oC. The cold weather would protect the seeds even if the air could not be replaced.Mr. Fowler says the propo

31、sed structure will be the world sksaHest gene basays the plant seeds would only be used when all other seeds are gone for some reason. Norway first put forward the idea in the 1980s. But safety concerns delayed the plan. At that time, the Soviet Union was meeting in Rome of the Food and Agriculture

32、Organization.The project is meant to.increase the world s food output in the futurecarry out some scientific experiments on plant genesbuild an exhibition centre of the world s plant seedsprotect crop seeds from dying out in case of possible disastersWhich of the following statements is TRUE accordi

33、ng to the above passage?The government of Norway will perform the project alone.Seeds to be collected there were produced ten thousand years ago.Spitsbergen is chosen because it is free of the nuclear war forever.Temperature is a major consideration when choosing the storage place. 34. We can infer

34、from the text that.Norway had meant to build the storage centre about 30 years before.The storage center will greatly promote world agriculturePeople will get newly-developed seeds from the center every year.There haven t been any seed storage centers in the world before.35. What is probably the bes

35、t title of the passage?The Best Place to Store SeedsNoah s Ark諾亞方舟）of Plant Seeds in PlanConcerns of World Food SupplyA New Way to Feed the World 第二節(jié)（共5小題；每小題2分，滿分10分） 根據短文內容，從短文后的選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項。選項中有兩項為多余選 項。 .Being angry doesn really solve much, but what people do when they feel angry is importan

36、t. The goal is to calm down and try to solve what is bothering you. This is hard for some kids and adults, too. Instead of calming down, some kids might keep getting more and more upset until they explode like a volcano!.Their anger might be so strong that they lose control of their temper. They may

37、 act in ways unacceptable and hurtful. People may say that someone has trouble controlling their temper. _38Some kids might get so angry that they scream at their parents, break something , or even worse , hit their brothers or sisters._39.However, it s not OK for a kid to do any of those things .Ki

38、ds don want to act in this way , but sometimes angry feelings can be hard to manage. So what to do?Well, the good news is that kids don tust have to keep making the same mistakes over and over again. 40 .Imagine your temper as a puppy inside you that needs some training. The puppy is not bad - it wi

39、ll probably turn out a great dog. It just needs to learn some rules because, right now, that puppy is causing some problems to you.In fact, they usually mean that a kid behaves badly when feeling angry.You don t want to cause trouble.Kids should be allowed to express their feelings, even angry ones.

40、Some kids get angry more often or more easily than some other kids.You can train you temper.Instead of thinking of the person you re angry with, think of something else.Everybody gets angry sometimes.第二部分：英語知識運用（共兩節(jié)，滿45分）第一節(jié)：完形填空（共20小題；每小題1.5分；滿分30分）Switzerland。帚士） is famous for its watches. However

41、, this country didn t 41 the watch. It was the British 42_ did it. Here is a story of 43 the watch was 44 to Switzerland. Many years ago, an Englishman was 45 to Italy. 46 his way he stopped in a small town in south Switzerland. This Englishman travelled in a carriage inside 47 there was a carriage

42、watch. This was the 48_ kind of watch. A native shop assistant 49 to see the watch. He 50. what it was and asked the Englishman _51 it. It is a carriage watch. said the man. This machine_52 the time but now it isn t working.”At once the shop assistant 53_ to try to repair it. So the traveller 54 him

43、 the watch. The assistant was a very wise man. So it was not 55 that he managed to repair it. He 56 remembered how it was made. As soon as the traveller had 57 on his journey, he made a watch of_58 the same type. 59 the watch-making was 60 in Switzerland. Today Swiss watches are sold in stores all o

44、ver the world.A.make B. invent C. produce D. developA.which B. who C. where D. they43. A.whyB. thatC. howD. when44.A.carriedB. sold C. sailedD. brought45.A.travellingB. riding C. walkingD. running46.A.OnB. InC. AtD. From47.A.whichB. thatC. itD. whom48.A.properB. smallestC. earliestD. biggest49.A.wan

45、tedB. seemedC. happened D.discovered50.A.wonderedB. thoughtC. understood D.discovered51.A.onB. aboutC. ofD. with52.A.givesB. tellsC. strikesD. counts53.A.failedB. helpedC. insistedD.offered54.A.servedB.sharedC.showedD.handed55.A.surpriseB.surprisedC.surprisingD.surprises56.A.howeverB.besidesC.butD.e

46、ven57.A.goneB.doneC.comeD.spent58.A.correctlyB.speciallyC.exactlyD.naturally59.A.ThusB.SoC.OtherwiseD.However60.A.openedB.startedC.doneD.returned第二節(jié) （共 10 小題；每小題1.5分，滿分15 分）閱讀下面材料，在空白處填入適當?shù)膬热荩? 個單詞）或括號內單詞的正確形式。請將答案寫在答題卡上，寫在本試卷上無效。How did zebras get their stripes? It s hard to get a black-and-white a

47、nswer. Some scientists say the stripes are a form of camouflage （偽裝 ）， _61_ protects zebras from hungry lions. Others say they re key to zebras mating rituals. Research_62_ （publish） last year, suggesting that the stripes drive biting flies, thus_63_ （protect） the animals from diseases flies sometim

48、es carry.But a peculiar new study offers yet another possible_64_ （explain）: the stripes help the zebras stay cool in their sometimes hot habitats.“ It was discovered_65_ temperature is an important predictor of how stripy plains zebrasare, ” Dr. Brenda Larison, _66_ assistant researcher at the Univ

49、ersity of California, Los Angeles_67_ the study s lead author, told The Huffington Post in an email. “ Zebras in areas with seasonal cold temperatures are less stripy than_68_ in areas with continuous warm temperatures. ”For the study, the researchers analyzed variations in the stripes seen in plain

50、s zebras at 16 sites in Africa. The researchers then examined the relationship _69_ the stripe patterns and 29 environmental variables.What did the analysis show? The extent of stripes is related more _70_ （close） to hot weather than to other environmental variables. In other words, the hotter their

51、 habitats are, the more stripes zebras tend to have.第三部分：短文改錯（共10 小題；每小題1 分，滿分10 分）假定英語課上老師要求同桌之間交換修改作文，請你修改你同桌寫的以下作文。文中共有 10 處錯誤，每句中最多有兩處，錯誤涉及一個單詞的增加、刪除或修改。增加：在缺詞處加一個漏字符號（A）,并在其下面寫出該加的詞。刪除：把多余的詞用斜線（）劃掉。修改：在錯的詞下畫一橫線，并在該詞下面寫出修改后的詞。注意：1.每處錯誤及其修改均僅限一詞。2.只允許修改10處，多者（從第11處起）不計分。Dear Sir,I am writing to t

52、ell you something about the people doing the square dance in their community, that has made most of us students terrible upset. While square dancing is popular exercise for citizens, the long-time dancing and the noise pollution causing by the loudspeaker really bring up unbearable inconveniences to

53、 us students.However, we sincerely hope you can take some measure to improve this situation. First, you better adjust the frequency for dancing and turn down the volume of music. Besides, you will as well make another choice of dancing places. Only by this way can we concentrate more attentively on

54、our study.Sincerely yours,Li Ming豐城中學2016-2017學年高四周練答題卡英語班級 姓名一、選擇題（共70分）2122232425AAAABBBBCCCCDDDD2627282930AAAABBBBCCCCDDDD3132333435AAAABBBBCCCCDDDD4142434445AAAABBBBCCCCDDDD4647484950AAAABBBBCCCCDDDD5152535455AAAABBBBCCCCDDDD3637383940AAAABBBBCCCCDDDDEEEEFFFFGGGG5657585960AAAABBBBCCCCDDDD二、語法填空（

55、共15分）9.70.三、短文改錯（共 10分）Dear Sir,I am writing to tell you something about the people doing the square dance in their community, that has made most of us students terrible upset. While square dancing is popular exercise for citizens, the long-time dancing and the noise pollution cau

56、sing by the loudspeaker really bring up unbearable inconveniences to us students.However, we sincerely hope you can take some measure to improve this situation. First, you better adjust the frequency for dancing and turn down the volume of music. Besides, you will as well make another choice of dancing places. Only by this way can we concentrate more attentively on our study.Sincerely yours,2