课时训练(十五) Units1—2(九全)

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Ⅰ。单项填空

1。[2018·益阳改编] themountainis, theairis。 A。Thehighest;thethinnest C。Thehigher;thethinner

B。Higher;thinner D。Highest;thinnest

2。StephenHawking,whohasdiedattheageof76,wasnotonlyoneofthegreatestscientistsbutalsoshowedthe ofthehumanspirittoriseabove(克服)seriousillness。 A。reply

B。prize

C。ability

D。effort

3。IttakesuslesstimetogotoShanghaibecausethe oftrainshasincreasedalot。 A。price

B。speed

C。space

D。service

4。—HowcanyoulearnEnglishwell?

—WeoftenlearnEnglishwords makingwordcards。 A。by

B。with

C。as

D。of

5。[2017·长沙改编]Notonlymyparentsbutalsomysister crazyabouttheTVplayIntheNameofPeople。 A。is

B。are

C。havebeen

D。has

6。 sweetmusic!AndIreallylikeTheVoiceofChinaTVprograms。 A。What

B。Whata

C。How

D。Howa

7。—Whydidyourmother you? —BecauseIbrokeherbikeyesterday。 A。praise

B。admire

C。encourage

D。punish

8。Neverforget andyourmissioncanbefinished(不忘初心,方得始终)。 A。whydidyoustart Ⅱ。完形填空

(i) 阅读下面短文,从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

Nowadays,moreandmoreteenagershavetoomuchpressure。Theyfindtheir 9 aregettingheavierandthehourstheyspendontheirhomeworkarebecoming 10 。

Theythinktheyshouldbeallowedtopracticetheirhobbies。Buttheirparentsthinkthehobbiescan 11 theirschoolwork。Shouldparentsallowtheirchildren 12 theirowndecisions?

B。whyyoustarted

C。whydoesyoustart

D。whyyoustart

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LiuYing,afifteen-year-oldgirl,isasingingstaratschool。Shealwayswantedtobeaprofessional 13 whenshegrowsup。

14 ,herparentsdon’twanthertopracticesinging,becausetheythinktheirdaughtershouldstudyhardtogetgood 15 andgotoagooduniversity。“Sheneedstospendmoretime 16 herhomework,becauseit’s 17

tobecomeaprofessionalsingingstar,” saysherfather。ButLiuYingreally 18 。“Iknowmyparents 19 me。AndtheyhopethatIwillhaveabetterlifeinthefuture。ButIam 20 singing。

Ishouldbeallowedtomakemyowndecision。OnlythenwillIhaveachanceto 21 mydream,” saysLiuYing。

Doctorssaylotsofpressure 22 badforchildren’sdevelopment。

Societyshouldpaymoreattentiontothehealthofteenagers。Parentshavetoownthe 23 attitude(态度)towardsthestudents’development。

Althoughit’snormaltowantsuccessfulchildren,it’sevenmoreimportanttohavehealthyandhappychildren! 9。A。schools 10。A。longer 11。A。putdown 12。A。make 13。A。runner 14。A。However 15。A。jobs 16。A。with 17。A。easy 18。A。agrees 19。A。careabout 20。A。angrywith 21。A。miss 22。A。are 23。A。wrong

B。schoolbags B。shorter B。putout B。tomake B。player B。Though B。books B。for B。interesting B。minds B。takeafter B。seriousabout B。know B。were B。correct

C。suggestions C。less C。getoutof C。making C。singer C。But C。grades C。in C。possible C。dislikes C。lookfor C。sorryfor C。achieve C。is C。hard

D。requires D。fewer D。getinthewayof D。made D。writer D。So D。dreams D。on D。difficult D。disagrees D。looklike D。pleasedwith D。change D。was D。simple

(ii)[2018·青岛改编] 阅读下面短文,用方框中所给词的适当形式填空。

something,quick,visit,because,different,like,clock,warm,through,million

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TheBritishMuseumisthebiggest。oneintheworld。Inside,youfeelsmallerthanusual。Thereareaboutahundredthingsinthemuseumtosee:24。

whichhavebeentellingthetimeforsixhundredyears,Romanmoney,someoftheearliestbooksintheworld,includingShakespeare’sownworks…

TheBritishMuseumwassetupnearly300yearsagobyadoctor,SirHansSloane。Theman25。

tocollectsuchthingsasbooks,drawings,clothes,money,animals,flowers,andalsohopedthathisthingswouldbewellkeptandsovisitedbypeopleafterhisdeath。

Hiswishcametrue,andthemuseumopenedin1759,sixyearsafterSirHansSloanedied。

Later,moreantiques(古董)arrivedatthemuseum,morebooks,oldandnew,cametoit,andmorepeoplewanted26。 it。ThemuseumhadafamousroundReadingRoom。Therewas27。 unusualintheroom。Coolaircameup28。 smallholesinthetables。Hotairflowingunderthefloorkeptreaders’feet29。 。Sinceitsopening,manyfamousmenhavewrittenandstudiedthere,likeKarlMarx。

Andthelibraryisgrowingfasterandfaster—therearefourkilometersofnewshelveseachyear,30。 itattractsincreasingnumberoftouristseachyear。

Itisnowopeneverydayoftheyear,exceptfortwoholidays(NewYear’sDayandChristmas)。Entrance(入场)isfree。Therearelotsofspecialexhibitionsandeverydaythereare31。 filmsandtalks,someofthemforchildren。Smallmachinestellyouaboutthemuseumandasyouwalkaroundit,youcanlookandlistenatthesametime。

SoifyouareoneoftheBritishMuseum’stwo32。 visitorsthisyear,don’ttrytoseeitalltoo33。 。ThereisalifetimeoflookingintheBritishMuseum。 Ⅲ。阅读理解

Justlikericeandnoodlesaredifferentfrombread,snacksinChinaareaworldapartfromthoseintheUKandtheUS。Foronething,Ineverimaginedthatsunflowerseeds(瓜子)wouldbesopopularhere。

Ispottedpeoplehavingthemwhilewaitingfortablesoutsiderestaurants,beforedinnerand,ofcourse,whilewatchingTV。IalsosawthataplateofsunflowerseedsisalwaysonofferduringtheSpringFestivalholidays。

IhadseldomtriedsunflowerseedswhenIcametoChina。IntheUK,though,youngpeoplelovetheirsnacks。Infact,youngpeopleinBritaineatmoresnacksthanpeopleofthesameageinotherEuropeancountries。

Arecentsurveyhasdiscoveredthat64percentofunder20-year-oldssnackbetweenmeals,accordingtoanarticleontheBritishCouncilwebsite。Incomparison,58。7percentofyoungpeoplesnackinGermany,53percentinFrance,andonly40。7percentinSpain。

Britishsnacksaregenerallyunhealthy。

Ourfavoritesareprobablypotatochips,whichwecallcrisps,andchocolatebars。

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Fromaveryyoungage,wealwayslookedforwardtoourcrispsandchocolatebarsafterschool,perhapsevenincludedwithsandwichesandfruitinourschoollunchesthatourparentsmadeforus。

SnacksarealsopopularintheUS。OneofthethingsthatIfoundthemostextraordinary(特别

的)whenIfirstvisitedtheUSwasthenumberofsnacksintheirsupermarkets;Iwassurprisedtofindhugeaisles(过道)justforsnacksthatwerebiggerthansomestoresI’dbeentointheUK。

SnacktastesintheUSaremuchthesameasthoseintheUK,exceptthere’smuchmorechoice—everykindoffatty,sugaryfoodisavailabletoeveryoneallthetime。

Allinall,it’sprobablybestforyourhealthifyoulikesunflowerseedsratherthanpotatochipsandchocolate。Buteatingthesedelicioustreatsattimescouldn’tpossiblybewrong,couldit? 34。Accordingtothearticle,wherearesnacksthemostpopularamongyoungpeople? A。InBritain。

B。InGermany。

C。InFrance。

D。InSpain。

35。WhatsurprisedtheauthorwhenhewenttosupermarketsintheUS? A。Howthesnackstasted。

B。Thesizeofthesnacks’packages。 C。Thelackofchoicewhenitcametosnacks。 D。Thelargenumberofsnacks。

36。Whatdoestheauthorthinkofpotatochipsandchocolate? A。Theydon’ttasteasgoodassunflowerseeds。 B。Theyareunhealthy,sopeopleshouldstopeatingthem。 C。It’sbettertoeatthemwithsandwichesandfruit。

D。It’sfinetoenjoythemfromtimetotimealthoughtheyareunhealthy。

37。Whatisthearticlemainlyabout? A。ThemostpopularsnackinChina。 B。SnacksintheUKandtheUS。 C。Snacksyoungwesternpeoplelike。 D。SometipsforchoosingsnacksintheUK。

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