高中二册第１７单元练习

曹　洁

Ⅰ.单项选择

1. ____ it with me and Ill see what I can do.

A. When left B. Leaving C. If you leave D. Leave

2. We dont care if a hunting dog smells ____, but we really dont want him to smell ____.

A. well; well B. bad; bad C. well; badly D. badly; bad

3. I can still remember the sitting-room ____ my mother and I used to sit in the evening.

A. what B. which C. that D. where

4. He decided to ____ the meeting though he was still a bit surprised.

A. join B. attend C. present D. take part in

5. Since Stephen Hawking works hard all his life, his dream of being a scientist has ____.

A. turned to reality B. changed reality

C. come true D. come into

6. Last winter, part of South China was struck by snowstorm, from ____ effects the people are still suffering.

A. that B. whose C. those D. what

7. The chairman thought ____ necessary to invite Professor Smith to speak at the meeting.

A. that B. it C. this D. him

8. Are you disappointed not ____ to act in the play?

A. being chosen B. to be chosen C. choosing D. to choose

9. There is no ____ in going to the park now as the sun is setting.

A. reason B. point C. cause D. need

10. My father was once ____ the title of “Advanced Worker” for his

excellent work in his company.

A. rewarded B. awarded C. prize D. paid

11. Since time is ____ we must make the best of our time and try to make even.

A. limiting B. limited C. a limit D. limitation

12. It was in the publishing house ____ Mr Brown worked ____ the girl met his daughter.

A. where; that B. that; where C. which; that D. that; which

13. It was some time ____ we realized the truth.

A. when B. until C. since D. before

14. ——Susan, will you please go and empty that drawer?

——____?

A. What for B. What is it C. How is it D. How come

15. Not having finished his homework, ____ to watch TV.

A. Mother forbade him B. so he was forbidden

C. and he wanted D. he was forbidden

Ⅱ.根据首字母或汉语提示写出所缺单词。

1. Because of the traffic jam, I failed to attend the opening c____ of the sports meet of our school.

2. The island is ____(能进入的) only by boat.

3. She is seen as a ____(可能的,潜在的) leader of the party.

4. Out of s____ for the homeless children, he gave them shelter for the night.

5. The new comer gradually a____ himself to the environment here.

6. Beijing has first-class transportation and communication ____(设施).

7. Her designs have a good v____(视觉的) appeal.

8. Since we cant change the fact that we are disabled, we should learn to live with d____.

9. Ben c____ a lot of experiments and eventually found out the truth.

10. What you said at the meeting gave us great ____(鼓励).

Ⅲ.完形填空

A mining engineer enjoyed flying very much. One day, he was flying his own plane over a lonely island when a __1__ storm came. So he was __2__ to make a forced landing. The plane was in good condition, but his legs and shoulder got __3__ hurt. After getting out of the plane with great __4__, he found nothing but high green hills surrounding the place. He lay there expecting to die.

Soon, __5__, some men appeared from out of the forest, __6__ animal skins. Though curious, they were not __7__ of him. He was then gently __8__ to their village, where he was well treated. His health improved little by little and he became a __9__ of the people there. The place was quiet and __10__ and he was in no hurry to leave.

Several months __11__, he learned some of their language and __12__ them some of his own. They lived mainly __13__ different corns which they grew in the field and __14__ a few goats to get milk.

One morning when he was out walking, he discovered some signs of __15__ mineral deposits(矿藏) in the soil. He decided to __16__ to his country and set up a firm to mine the land.

It was not long __17__ the peaceful land was taken over by strange men and machines. When there was __18__ left to mine, the firm put away. They had made a great deal of __19__ for themselves, but thevillagers land was __20__. Now it is impossible to grow crops there.

1. A. worse B. heavy C. large D. different

2. A. ordered B. forbidden C. obliged D. permitted

3. A. seriously B. slightly C. hardly D. luckily

4. A. difficulty B. pleasure C. attention D. interest

5. A. though B. otherwise C. however D. therefore

6. A. dressing B. getting C. putting D. wearing

7. A. tried B. afraid C. sure D. proud

8. A. forced B. pushed C. pulled D. carried

9. A. slave B. friend C. patient D. neighbor

10. A. pleasant B. terrible C. dangerous D. hot

11. A. ago B. past C. before D. later

12. A. taught B. gave C. showed D. offered

13. A. in B. on C. by D. with

14. A. kept B. supported C. fed D. sent

15. A. poor B. true C. much D. rich

16. A. return B. get C. reach D. walk

17. A. after B. before C. when D. since

18. A. something B. everything C. nothing D. anything

19. A. iron B. dollars C. gold D. money

20. A. bought B. sold C. destroyed D. ploughed

Ⅳ.阅读理解

（A）

No one knows exactly how many disabled people there are in the world， but estimates(估计) suggest the figure is over 450 million. The number of disabled people in India alone is probably more than double the total population of Canada.

In the United Kingdom， about one in ten people have some disability. Disability is not just something that happens to other people： as we get older， many of us will become less mobile， hard of hearing or have failing eyesight．

Disablement can take many forms and occur at any time of life. Some people are born with disabilities． Many others become disabled as they get older. There are many progressive disabling diseases． The longer time goes on， the worse they become. Some people are disabled in accidents． Many others may have a period of disability in the form of a mental illness. All are affected by peoples attitude towards them．

Disabled people face many physical barriers． Next time you go shopping or to work or to visit friends， imagine how you would manage if you could not get up steps， or on to buses and trains. How would you cope if you could not see where you were going or could not hear the traffic？ But there are other barriers： prejudice（偏见） can be even harder to break down and ignorance（无知） inevitably represents by far the greatest barrier of all. It is almost impossible for the able-bodied to fully appreciate what the severely disabled go through， so it is important to draw attention to these barriers and show that it is the individual person and their ability， not their disability， which counts．

1. The first paragraph points out that ____.

A. there are many disabled people in the world

B. the number of disabled people in India is the greatest

C. India has much more disabled people than Canada

D. it is impossible to get an exact figure of the worlds disabled people

2. The key word in Paragraph 4 is ____.

A. disability B. ignorance C. prejudice D. barriers

3. The last word of the passage “counts” most probably means ____.

A. is most important B. is considered

C. is included D. is numbered

4. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the

passage? ____.

A. Even the able-bodied may lose some of their body functions when they get older

B. There are about 10 percent disabled persons in the UK

C. The whole society should pay due attention to the barriers faced by the disabled people

D. There still exists prejudice against the disabled which results mainly from ignorance

5. It can be concluded from the passage that ____.

A. we should try our best to prevent disablement

B. both physical and mental barriers are hard to break down

C. we must take a proper attitude towards the disabled

D. the able-bodies people will never fully understand the disabled

（B）

Perhaps the most famous theory, the study of body movements, was suggested by Professor Ray Birdwhistell. He believes that physical appearance is often culturally programmed. In other words, we learn our looks—we are not born with them. A baby had generally informed face features. A baby, according to Birdwhistell, learns where to set the eyebrows by looking at those around-family members and friends. This helps explain why the people of some areas of the United States look so much alike, new Englanders or Southerners have certain common face features that cannot be explained by genetics(遗传学). The exact shape of the mouth is not set at birth； it is learned after. In fact, the final mouth shape is not found formed until well after new teeth are set. For many, this can be well into grown-ups. A husband and wife together for a long time often come to look alike. We learn our looks from those around us. This is perhaps why in a single country area where people smile more than those in other areas. In the United States, for example, the South is the part of the country where the people smile most frequently. In New England they smile less, and in the western part of New York State still less. Many southerners find cities such as New York cold and unfriendly, partly because people on Madison Adventure smile less than people on Peachtree Street in Atlanta, Georgia. People in largely populated areas also smile and greet each other in public less than people in small towns do.

1. Ray Birdwhistell believes that physical appearance ____.

A. has little to do with culture B. has much to do with culture

B. is ever changing D. is different from place to place

2. According to the passage, the final mouth shape is formed ____.

A. before birth

B. as soon as ones teeth are newly set

C. sometime after new teeth are set

D. around 15 years old

3. Ray Birdwhistell can tell what area of the United States a person is from by ____.

A. how much he or she laughs

C. how he or she raises his or her eyebrows

B. what he or she likes best

D. the way he or she talks

4. This passage might have been taken out of a book dealing with ____.

A. physics B. chemistry

C. history D. none of the above

（C）

After the terrible car accident, the whole world had been completely dark and quiet for Robert Edwards for almost ten years, for he became both blind and deaf after the doctor had saved him. The loss of sight and hearing threw him into such a sorrow that he tried a few times to put an end to his life. His family, especially his wife, did their best to tend and comfort him. By and by he finally regained the courage to live on.

On a hot summer afternoon he was taking a walk with a stick near his house when a thunderstorm started all at once. He stood under a large tree in order not to get himself wet. Unfortunately he was struck down to the ground by a lightning. The witnesses thought him dead but he woke up some 20 minutes later, lying face down in muddy water below the tree. He felt that he was trembling badly, but when he opened his eyes, he didnt dare to believe that he saw a plough（犁子） lying near the wall. When Mrs Edwards came running up to him, she shouted to their neighbours for help. And he saw her and heard her voice for the first time in nearly ten years.

The news of Roberts regaining his sight and hearing quickly spread in his area. And many doctors came to prove the truth of the news. Most of them said that he gained sight and hearing again obviously from the knock of lightning; none of them could give convincing(令人信服的) reasons, however. The only reasonable explanation given by one doctor was that, since Edwards lost his sight and hearing as a result of sudden shock in a terrible accident, perhaps the only way for them to regain was by another sudden shock.

1. What did Edwards see first after being struck down by a lightning? ____.

A. His wife B. The large tree

C. A plough D. The lightning itself

2. Which of the following is NOT true? ____.

A. Edwards had been deaf and blind for nearly ten years

B. Edwards lost all his senses for about 20 minutes after the

lightning had struck him down

C. Doctor held the belief that Edwards was never really blind or deaf

D. Edwards woke up with face in mud

3. What was Edwards doing when he was struck by the lightning? ____.

A. Hiding from the rain under a tree

B. Driving a car

C. Taking a walk

D. Lying on the ground in muddy water

4. How did Edwards get his sight and hearing once more according to the doctor? ____.

A. He regained them from a head injury when he fell from a tree

B. His wifes first visit after almost ten years made him so happy that he regained them

C. The lightning took the feeling from his legs and gave the senses

of sight and hearing to his head

D. The blow that caused him blind and deaf was very severe, so it took another severe blow to regain them

（D）

Forty thousand of the worlds young children die every day. It is 15 million a year. Many of these deaths can be prevented. In fact, experts say, techniques now exist to save the lives of half of these children. The techniques are medically effective(有效的), simple to use and low-cost. The biggest task has been to inform parents about these life-saving techniques.

Diarrhea(腹泻) is the main cause of death among children in developing countries. Diarrhea results when the body tries to clear itself of harmful bacteria(细菌). The body does this by getting out liquids, sometimes uncontrollably. If too much water, sugar and salt are lost in this way, the body cannot work normally. The child may die.

The United Nations International Childrens Fund, UNICF, introduces a technique. It uses a simple mixture of sugar and salt in water. The mixture does not stop diarrhea. But if used often as needed, it keeps fluid(体液) levels normal until the body has fought off the harmful bacteria.

In Egypt, for example, the treatment was used in a childrens health care program in the province of Alexandria. It reduced by one-half the number of deaths caused by diarrhea. The technique has now been used throughout the country.

1. According to the passage, a large number of children can be saved only when ____.

A. the life-saving ways are medically effective

B. their parents are rich enough for the life-saving techniques

C. the life-saving techniques are easy to use

D. their parents learn the life-saving techniques

2. Which of the following situations will cause the death of a child? ____.

A. The child clears its body of bacteria

B. The body loses liquids without any control

C. The child has diarrhea in a developing country

D. The body controls its fluid levels

3. When the mixture is used, it is important to ____.

A. keep sugar and salt in water

B. drink it as often as necessary

C. take it as much as possible

D. use it to kill the bacteria

Ⅴ.短文改错

Do you think animals can tell you how the weather will 1.____

be like? Some people believe the groundhog can, that is 2.____

a small furry animal. There is a special day in America calling 3.____

the Groundhogs Day that fall on February 2. On that day, 4.____

if the groundhog comes of his home in the ground 5.____

and sees his shadow, he will be frightening and 6.____

goes hurried back into his hole. People say this means 7.____

there will be six more of weeks of winter to expect. 8.____

However, if he cant see his shadow this day and stay out 9.____

of his hole, it means whether spring is coming soon. 10.____

Ⅵ.书面表达

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