天全中学高2014级2016年暑期加课

英语练习题一

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第一节：阅读理解（4*8=32分）

A

This Monday, the nation will start to celebrate Presidents’ Day, just seven days before George Washington’s birthday. Everyone agrees that day is a holiday, but is it just to celebrate George Washington’s Birthday? What about Abraham Lincoln? Some government offices call it Presidents’ Day. Others say the holiday is officially Washington’s Birthday. Confused yet?

George Washington was elected the country’s first President on April 30, 1789. Soon after, Americans began publicly celebrating his birthday. Presidential historians say the actual date of George Washington’s birth is February 11, 1732. But a change in the calendar system 20 years later shifted all dates，making Washington’s birthday February 22, which is now well accepted. In 1879. Congress made Washington’s birthday an official federal holiday. It was the first federal holiday to celebrate an individual’s birthday. In 1968, Congress passed the Monday Holidays Act，which moved the holiday to the third Monday in February. The new law did not change the holiday’s name. It was still called Washington’s Birthday, even though some lawmakers wanted to call it Presidents’ Day to include Abraham Lincoln，whose actual birthday is February 12.

Many people argue that the holiday should celebrate all past Presidents. They feel Lincoln should be honored for his role in preserving the nation during the Civil War and helping to free slaves. Others feel the holiday should only honor Washington, the country’s first President. They say shifting the focus away from Washington would mean future generations of kids would not know about the Father of Our Country.

Laws have been introduced in Congress over the years to require use of the term ＂George Washington’s Birthday.＂but none of those laws have been passed. Meanwhile, many state governments and school districts now use the term ＂Presidents’ Day.＂Many stoles also use it to promote holiday sales.

Should the holiday honor Washington, Washington and Lincoln, or all past Presidents? Write to emailbag@timeforkids.com and tell us what you think.

1. The President’s Day was originally designed to honor______.

A. George Washington B. Abraham Lincoln

C. all presidents D. the Civil War

2. What can we infer from the passage?

A. Washington’s Birthday is the same as Lincoln’s.

B. The change in the calendar system was not wise.

C. The new act changed the holiday’s name.

D. This Monday is the third one of this February.

3. What’s the main argument about this holiday?

A. When to celebrate the holiday. B. How to celebrate the holiday.

C. Which president to honor. D. Where to celebrate the holiday.

4. What’s the best title for this passage?

A. Why people celebrate President Day

B. The history and debate behind Presidents’ Day

C. To celebrate Presidents’ Day or not

D. Colorful activities on Presidents’ Day

B

My father was always a good gardener. One of my earliest memories is standing without shoes in the freshly tilled（翻耕的）soil, my hands blackened from digging in the ground.

As a child, I loved following Dad around in the garden, I remember Dad pushing the tiller（耕作机）ahead in perfectly straight lines. Dad loved growing all sorts of things: yellow and green onions, watermelons almost as big as me, rows of yellow com, and our favorite ― red tomatoes.

As I grew into a teenager, I didn’t get so excited about gardening with Dad. Instead of magical land of possibility, it had turned into some kind of prison. As Dad grew older, his love for gardening never disappeared. After all the kids were grown and had started families of their own, Dad turned to gardening like never before. Even when he was diagnosed with cancer, he still took care of his garden.

But then, the cancer, bit by bit, invaded his body. I had to do the things he used to do. What really convinced me that Dad was dying was the state of his garden that year. The rows and rows of multicolored vegetables were gone. Too tired to weed them, he simply let them be. He only planted tomatoes.

For the first few years after he died, I couldn’t even bear to look at anyone's garden without having strong memories pour over me like cold water from a bucket. Three years ago, I decided to plant my own garden and started out with just a few tomatoes. That morning, after breaking up a fair amount of soil, something caught the comer of my eye and I had to smile, It was my eight-year-old son Nathan, happily playing in the freshly tilled soil.

5. Why did the author like the garden when he was a child?

A. The garden was planted with colorful flowers.

B. The garden was just freshly tilled by his father.

C. He loved what his father grew in the garden.

D. He enjoyed being in the garden with his father.

6. When all the kids started their own families, the author’s father .

A. devoted more to gardening　　　　　　　B. turned to other hobbies

C. stopped his gardening　　　　　　　　　D. focused on planting tomatoes

7. What happened to the garden when the author’s father was seriously ill?

A. The author’s son took charge of it. B. No plant grew in the garden at all.

C. The garden was almost deserted. D. It brought the author a great harvest.

8. We can infer from the last paragraph that .

A. the author’s son played happily in the garden

B. the author’s son reminded him of his own father

C. the author’s son was very glad to help the author

D. the author’s son will continue gardening as well

第二节?：补全短文（5*3=15分）

Life getting you down? Learn to bounce back

＂That which does not kill us makes us stronger.＂ Nietzsche said. There are a number of ways that can get us through tough times, help us to bounce back and make us happier. ____36____

Find something you can control.

____37____ But taking small, positive steps in any area of our life can have a ripple effect, enabling us to move forward in the problem area.

____38____

As a species, we tend to focus on what’s wrong rather than what’s right. But we can benefit a lot from paying attention to what’s going right. Psychologists have shown consciously focusing on these good things helps to increase our experience of positive emotions.

Check your thinking.

____39____ Leading psychologist Martin Seligman found that the way we interpret the causes of everyday setbacks can have a significant impact on our ability to cope and our physical health. He also showed we can learn more resilient(有弹性的) thinking styles.

Distract yourself.

When we are immersed in a problem, it is hard to think creatively about ways to deal with it. It often helps to take time out from the things you are worrying about. ____40____ Not only does this give us a break from what we’re doing and our worries, it’s also great for our minds.

A. Always do something that is right.

B. It’s true that there are lots of things we can’t control.

C. An effective way of taking time out is exercise.

D. Next time you are feeling stressed or stuck, give them a try.

E. Focus on what’s right.

F. Next time something goes wrong for you, pause for a moment.

G. The way we think can destroy our own resilience.

第三节：完型填空（20*2=40分）

When I was a kid, my mum liked to make breakfast food for dinner every now and then. And I remember one night 41 when she had made dinner after a long, hard day at 42 .

On that evening so long ago, my mum 43 a plate of eggs, sausage and extremely burned toast in front of my dad. I remember 44 to see if anyone noticed! 45 all my dad did was reach for his toast, 46 at my mum and ask me how my day was at school… I don’t remember what I told him that night, but I do remember 47 him spread butter and jelly on that toast and eat every bite!

When I got up from the table that evening, I remembered hearing my mum 48 to my dad for burning the toast. And I’II never 49 what he said: ＂Honey, I love 50 toast.＂

Later that night, I went to kiss Daddy good night and I asked him if he really 51 his toast burned. He 52 me in his arms and said, ＂Your Mumma put in a hard day at work today and she’s really 53 . And besides, a burned toast never 54 anyone!＂

55 is full of imperfect things... and imperfect people. I’m not the best at anything, 56 I forget holidays and anniversaries just like everyone else. But what I’ve 57 over the years is that learning to accept each other’s 58 — and 59 to celebrate each other’s differences — is one of the most important keys to creating a healthy, growing, and 60 relationship where a burned toast isn’t a deal-breaker!

41. A. in particular B. in fact C. after all D. in all

42. A. kitchen B. home C. work D. school

43. A. cooked B. placed C. broke D. ate

44. A. waiting B. hoping C. turning D. hesitating

45. A. And B. Thus C. Yet D. Instead

46. A. stare B. smile C. laugh D. shout

47. A. cheering B. admiring C. studying D. watching

48. A. shout B. explain C. talk D. apologize

49. A. believe B. doubt C. forget D. understand

50. A. broken B. buttered C. burned D. baked

51. A. cared B. liked C. knew D. minded

52. A. turned B. wrapped C. beat D. left

53. A. angry B. hungry C. depressed D. tired

54. A. poisons B. hurts C. upsets D. chokes

55. A. Society B. School C. Family D. Life

56. A. but B. and C. or D. so

57. A. remembered B. expressed C. argued D. learned

58. A. concerns B. advice C. faults D. misunderstanding

59. A. choosing B. agreeing C. offering D. helping

60. A. lasting B. changing C. important D. familiar

第四节?：短文改错（10*1.3=13分）

After I finished the school this year, I began to look for work. Now several month

later, I still hadn’t found the job that I was interested. Last Sunday morning I received

a phone call from a man calling him Mr Smith. He said to me on the phone, “I hear

you do very