周測(cè)一

英語周測(cè)訓(xùn)練一

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，從每題所給的A、B、C和D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)；答案寫在答題框內(nèi)，方便老師批改。             

A

There are apps for almost everything. Here are some of the best free apps that are well received by smartphone users.

StorySign

StorySign is designed to help deaf children learn to read. With a book in hand, just point your phone's camera at the page and an animated character in StorySign will read the page in sign language. And children will both enjoy the books and learn to read in the process. Even in its limited form, StorySign is well worth trying if you have a deaf child young enough to appreciate it, but we expect this app will keep getting better as its library grows.

PlantNet

Wherever you are, chances are there are hundreds of different plant species within walking distance, and most of us have no idea what all but the most common are called. PlantNet aims to make identifying them easier--simply take a photo and the app will attempt to identify what kind of plant you’re seeting.

Google Photos

Google Photos stands out among hundreds of photo apps, as it gives you unlimited storage for photos and videos. But with basic editing tools and the ability to make albums, it's more than just photos and video storage. It aims to be your first and last stop after taking a picture. To achieve that, it will need a few more steps, but it's well on its way.

Soon

Soon is an app that lets you create lists of books you want to read. movies you want to watch, restaurants you want to try and more. You can select from a number of categories, including games, shops, bars, museums and TV shows, and then make a list of the ones that interest you. It's a great app for anyone struggling to remember the things they want to watch, visit, read, play and listen to .

1. Who is Story Sign mainly intended for?

A Children interested in sign language.      B. Any child fond of stories.

C.Children with hearing loss.              D. Any child who enjoys reading.

2. What do Google Photos and StorySign share?

A. They both focus on photos and videos.

B. They both need improving.

C. They both allow users to share.

D. They both offer unlimited storage.

3. What can we learn about the apps listed in the text?

A. PlantNet helps users research into plants.

B. Users can learn to write and talk through StorySign.

C. Soon is especially suitable for forgetful people.

D. Google Photos can only be used to store data.

B

It was about 10:15 p.m. Janice Esposito got off the train at the Bellport, New York, got into her car and began driving home. She had traveled the route so many times that she almost drove automatically: a left onto Station Road, then a left on Montauk Highway, and then—bang! Out of nowhere a car crashed into Esposito’s car, pushing her backward some 100 feet onto the railroad tracks. Injured and mostly shocked by the crash and by the airbags that popped up, she got stuck in the vehicle.

As it happened, Pete DiPinto was getting ready for bed when he heard the crash coming from not far outside his bedroom window.

A volunteer firefighter and retired teacher, DiPinto, 64, never stopped to think. He grabbed a flashlight and rushed out. “Any firefighter would have done what I did,” he said. “We’re always on duty. ”

The first car he came upon, 2,000 feet from his front yard, was the one that had hit Esposito. Once making sure the driver was OK, he looked around and spotted Esposito's car straddling (騎跨) the railroad tracks. And then he heard a bell sound, which signaled a coming train.

DiPinto rushed to Esposito’s car and hit on the driver’s side window. She just looked at him, “I don’t know where I am,” she said.

“You’re on the railroad tracks,” DiPinto yelled. “We have to get you off right now!” The train was traveling at a speed of 65 miles per hour toward them. The driver’s door couldn’t be opened due to the crash, so DiPinto ran to the passenger side. He threw open the door, pushed aside the airbags, seized Esposito’s arms, and pulled her toward him across the passenger seat until he finally got her out and walked her to safety as quickly as he could.

Within seconds, the train crashed into the car. “It was like a Hollywood movie, ” DiPinto told reporters the next day.

“Last night, ” said Greg Miglino Chief of the South Country Ambulance, “the hero arrived in pajamas, not in a fire truck. ”

4. What can we know about the accident from the first paragraph?

A. Esposito was not familiar with the road.

B. Esposito was driving too fast.

C. The crash was violent.

D. It should have been avoided.

5. Why was the situation so dangerous?

A. Esposito was badly injured.

B. Esposito was to be hit by the train.

C. Esposito was firmly stuck in the car.

D. The driver’s door couldn’t be opened.

6. What does Greg Miglino really mean?

A. He is praising DiPinto’s heroic action.

B. DiPinto didn’t act as professionally.

C. A firefighter should be ready any time.

D. Fire trucks are not enough for emergencies.

7. What is the best title of the passage?

A. A woman had an accident on the way home at night.

B. A woman had a narrow death escape.

C. A firefighter managed to become a hero overnight.

D. A firefighter saved a woman from a further accident.

C

Black rhinos(犀牛) have terrible eyesight. Even so, these African giants easily fend off hungry predators such as lions and hyenas. Their basic body plan has proved to be good enough to survive on African grasslands full of large predators, being very large, thick-skinned, big sword-like horns.

But those protective traits(特征) are no match for humans with guns. Today
the species is critically endangered largely due to poaching. But the rhinos may have an unlikely ally against poachers: the red-billed oxpecker. The chatty, sociable birds often hang out on the backs of rhinos, feasting on parasitic ticks(寄生蟲).And actually, research has shown that the tick is the favorite diet of an oxpecker.

The birds also get nutrients by picking at sores on the rhinos’ bodies. Victoria University of Melbourne behavioral ecologist Roan Plotz suspected that the rhinos put up with this indignity because the oxpeckers make loud alarm calls whenever they see humans approach, giving the rhinos an early warning to flee.

To test whether the oxpeckers do, in fact, act as noisy lookouts, Plotz and his team implanted(植入) radio transmitters in the rhinos’ horns. This didn’t hurt the rhinos
and allowed the researchers to track the animals.

“And approach them undetected, when the oxpeckers were on the back and when the oxpeckers were not on their backs, to get an idea of if the birds do alarm them
and if the rhinos do listen.”

The researchers found that rhinos without oxpeckers detected an approaching human only 23 percent of the time, at an average distance of 27 meters. But when oxpeckers were present, the birds alarmed the rhinos 100 percent of the time. And they detected the human 61 meters away on average. And the more oxpeckers on the scene , the greater the detection distance.

“It makes sense because the more eyes you have on your back, looking out for you, the more chance that they can pick up anything coming. There can be no doubt that the rhino is listening on the oxpecker alarm call.”

8. What does the underlined phrase in the first paragraph mean?

A. Defend against.                    B. Feed.

C. Hide from.                        D. Attract.

9. Why do the birds hang on the back of rhinos?

A. To protect rhinos from poachers.

B. To seek protection from rhinos.

C. To find food over the rhino’s body.

D. To let rhinos carry them around.

10. What do the researchers find?

A. Rhinos have poor eyesight.

B. The birds alarm and rhinos listen.

C. There are many ticks on rhinos.

D. The birds have sharp eyes.

11. What can best describe the relationship between the birds and rhinos?

A. They protect each other from dangers.

B. They are food source for each other.

C. They depend on each other for survival.

D. They have win-win partnership.

D

Next time you find yourself tending to your flower garden, you may want to stay quiet. The flowers are listening.

According to Israeli scientists, the plants could hear bees approaching and attempt to attract them with sweeter nectar(花蜜). In several experiments, they found that playing audio recordings of buzzing bees around certain flowers would cause the sugar concentration in the nectar to rise by about 20% in less than five minutes. Such a rapid reaction by plants to sound had never previously been reported. Just to compare, the researchers also tried a higher frequency noise-like that made by a mosquito or a bat and the flowers did not respond.

This is not the first time that they’ve reacted to what they’re hearing around them. In a 2009 study. Britain’s Royal Horticultural Society found that women’s voices helped make plants grow faster. In that experiment, tomato plants were found to grow up to two inches taller when they were tended to by a female gardener. More recently, an Australian study found that some flowers were able to sense noises, such as the flow of water through a pipe.

The ability of inanimate(無生命的) objects to hear what' s around them may seem like something out of a science fiction novel, but it's real. What if we told you that a potato chip bag left on the floor of a break room could listen in an office gossip? You'd think we were crazy, right? Think again. Researchers found that as people were talking around the potato chip bag, they were sending teeny-tiny sound vibrations(振動(dòng)) into the air. Those vibrations then hit inanimate objects around the room. So next time you're at the gardens or in a grocery, be careful with what you say. Something might be listening.

12. What did Israeli scientists discover in their research?

A. What plants do to sense their environment.

B. How plants respond to certain sounds.

C. How plants make their nectar sweeter.

D. What plants do to protect themselves.

13. Why are the two studies mentioned in Paragraph 3?

A. To indicate that plants can actually hear what's around them.

B. To stress the environment is important to plants' survival.

C. To tell us many scientists are interested in plant research.

D. To show that Israeli scientists aren’t the most experienced.

14. What does the underlined word" something "in the last paragraph refer to?

A. Some plants.                  B. Sound vibrations.

C. Inanimate objects.            D. Potato chip bags.

15. What's the best title of the text?

A. Flowers can actually hear your voices

B. Wildlife has amazing survival skills.

C. Bees can talk with garden flowers.

D. Chip bags can uncover your secrets.

第二節(jié)（共5小題,每小題2分，滿分10分）

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項(xiàng)中選出能填人空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。選項(xiàng)中有兩項(xiàng)為多余選項(xiàng)。

Technology has done wonders for society. Healthcare, transportation, and communication have also improved dramatically in recent years. However, it can’t be denied that the fast-paced, convenience-oriented mindset of modern society has significantly shortened attention spans.    16   .The following ways may help you improve your focus so you can better seize every moment.

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It’s already been determined that electronics are causing many to lose focus. There are almost too much information and entertainment for us to handle with easy access to social media. To get your screen time under control, remove social media apps and games from your phone.

Remove distractions

Your mobile device won’t be the only thing calling for your attention. Any number of distractions can squeeze your attention. Even minor distractions, such as background noise can cause you to lose focus.    18   .

Take notes

If you find yourself in a particularly boring meeting or classroom environment, you may as well be begging for something to distract you. This attitude carries over to even the most important of meetings, where you could miss vital information   19   . This activity demands your focus, which will help with that short attention span.

Get proper sleep

To improve your attention span, make sure you’re getting the right amount of sleep every night. Develop a consistent sleep schedule that helps you get to bed at a decent time each night. This will help you stay well-rested each day. Too little sleep stretches you thin, while too much can make you feel weak and inactive.    20   .

A. Control your screen time

B. Get involved in real-world activities

C. Both are extremes that you’ll want to avoid

D. You can start taking notes to change this mindset

E. It can negatively affect your work and personal life

F. Figure out what they are, and you can work on removing them

G. It improves memory provides physical reminders for those important details

第二部分 語言知識(shí)運(yùn)用（共兩節(jié)，滿分45分）

第一節(jié) 完形填空（共20小題；每小題1.5分，滿分30分）

閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的A、B、C和D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出可以填入空白處的最 佳選項(xiàng)。

Life is full of surprises. Happily, this was the   21   for 18-year-olds Odin Frost and Jordan Granberry. The two boys from Texas were both given low chances of        22   at birth due to brain damage, but they went beyond doctors highest 23   to become high school graduates.

Their story was actually sweet, as their strong   24 came about after meeting at a school for children with   25   needs at age 3. Sitting together, the two boys became   26 , even though they couldn’t speak, Odin's dad Tim said.

Tim also shared that when Odin came out, he was   27   breathing. It was a really hard labor (分娩).The doctors gave their son a high chance of death. Jordan had a   28   story at birth: Unable to breathe due to lack of oxygen, he   29 brain damage. His mom Donna shared how doctors believed he’d not   30   it beyond his seventh birthday.

31   , both boys went from strength to strength. At school, although both were non-verbal（非用言語的）, music was a way for them to 32   with each other.

" When my son started walking and Jordan didn't, they still had a connection. My son would try to   33   and push Jordan's wheelchair. "Tim said.

34   , alter 15 years of fighting against the difficulties, the two best friends got to graduate and walked on the stage.   35 by his dad and wearing matching shirts, Odin went to have his hard work   36 . Although he couldn't express verbally how he was feeling, Tim said he could feel his   37   as he held his hand. Then Jordan also appeared on the stage. After the   38   the boys sat together for a group photo.

Their   39   is a testimony（見證） to the encouragement and devotion of the boy’s families. It also   40   that where there's life, there’s always hope.

21.A. discovery        B. chance      C. result         D. case

22.A. productivity    B. recovery      C. survival         D. success

23.A. expectation     B. demand        C. level        D. standard

24.A. interest         B. relationship  C. position  D. ability

25.A. social  B. immediate  C. basic  D. special

26.A. insensitive  B. independent  C. inseparable  D. intelligent

27.A. barely  B. deeply  C. softly  D. quickly

28.A. strange  B. similar  C. familiar  D. particular

29.A. treated  B. avoided  C. defeated  D. experienced

30.A. get  B. take  C. make  D. keep

31.A. However  B. Besides  C. Therefore  D. Otherwise

32.A. compare  B. call  C. deal  D. reason

33.A. pick up  B. give up  C. catch up  D. stand up

34.A. Generally  B. Temporarily  C. Eventually  D. Normally

35.A. Accompanied  B. Influenced  C. Noticed  D. Informed

36.A. finished B. acknowledged C. reminded D. expanded

37.A. confusion B. embarrassment C. excitement D. enthusiasm

38.A. ceremony B. discussion C. performance D. presentation

39.A. decision B. achievement C. contribution D. promise

40.A. ensures B. seems C. happens D. proves

第2   （共10小題;每小題1.5分，滿分15分）

閱讀下面短文，在空白處填入適當(dāng)?shù)膬?nèi)容（1個(gè)單詞）或括號(hào)內(nèi)單詞的正確形式。

A new study has discovered that alcohol is a more   41   (danger) drug than heroin and cocaine. The report is from Britain’s Independent Scientific Committee on Drugs. Its research classified drugs on   42   basis of the harm they do to our society, Alcohol came top of the list, with heroin second and cocaine third. Researchers created nine   43   (category ) of harm that drugs can do" from death to damage to mental functioning and loss of relationships" and seven types of harm they do   44   others. Experts in Britain are now calling for new laws   45   (control) alcohol. The research   46   (conduct) by Professor David Nutt, a former government drug adviser. He has been calling for a change in the way Britain classifies drugs for many years. He was fired in 2009 for his views and claimed that the government was more   47   (interest)in politics than scientific evidence. "Any law that makes alcohol a harmful drug would cause harm to any government   48   (try) to win an election. "he said. Now, the current study   49   (strong)suggests he was right to call for a reclassification. One suggested change is    50   cigarettes are put in the same category as cocaine, for they cause as much harm to the individual and society.

41          42.          43.          44.          45.           

46.          47.           48.          49.          50.           

第三部分

短文改錯(cuò)（共10小題：每小題1.5分，滿分15分）

注意：1.每處錯(cuò)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(jì)分。

I rare saw my father before I was 8. For this reason, I feel somewhat lonely and almost never opened my mouth at school. So this made you unpopular throughout my schooldays. But I had the habit of making up stories and hold conversations with imaginary persons. This created a world of my own which I could enjoy myself to the full. Then I knew when I grew up, I would be a writer. However, the amount of serious writing producing through my childhood was less than half a dozen page. At an age of 17, I nearly abandoned the idea. Fortunately, I encouraged by my mother to face with unpleasant facts. From then on, I tried to settle down and write books.

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