1、第 1 页 共 6 页 高一英语限时练习卷（ 2） 一、 完形填空（共 30 分，每题 1.5 分） Two runners stand side by side at the starting line of a race. Both look every strong and fast. _1_ one runner speeds ahead and wins the race. The other falls behind. Some sportsmen can reach great goals _2_ the achievement of an Olympic gold medal
2、while others _3_ live up to their promise. What kind of _4_ before a race or other event makes the _5_? Everyone knows that sportsmen work out to strengthen (加强 ) their _6_. But research shows that strengthening the mind may be just as _7_. Careful study shows that the best sportsmen win _8_ because
3、 they think they can win. Thinking positive (乐观的 ) thoughts seems to give possibility for _9_ in sports. People who say to themselves over and over, “I know I can do this,” often find they have the _10_ to win. On the other hand, people who think “I cant win” often _11_. One procedure (步骤 ) that hel
4、ps many sportsmen is creating _12_ in the mind. They are told to think of each _13_ they must make to win. Some use pictures that are more fanciful. One skater liked to _14_ a star bursting inside her, _15_ her with energy. Another sportsman who wanted to feel _16_ pictured himself as a _17_ floatin
5、g (漂浮 ) in the air. Next time you want to do something well, try training your _18_ to help you. Perhaps a teacher or other instructor can help you plan your training. If you imagine yourself doing better, you may soon see _19_ in what you _20_ can do. Positive thinking and picture created in your m
6、ind can help you win! 1. A. Therefore B. And C. But D. While 2. A. for example B. so on C. in all D. such as 3. A. always B. never C. sometimes D. not 4. A. preparation B. picture C. plan D. working 5. A. same B. difference C. most D. best 6. A. mind B. thought C. bodies D. legs 7. A. important B. i
7、nteresting C. possible D. correct 8. A. mostly B. almost C. partly D. nearly 9. A. success B. goals C. win D. failure 10. A. disadvantage B. advantage C. luck D. hope 11. A. fail B. succeed C. win D. pass 12. A. ideas B. pictures C. thoughts D. movements 13. A. move B. step C. jump D. place 14. A. t
8、hink B. imagine C. hope D. wish 15. A. giving B. helping C. filling D. supporting 16. A. calm B. excited C. encouraged D. happy 17. A. fish B. bird C. cat D. horse 18. A. body B. mind C. thoughts D. imagination 19. A. improvement B. advantage C. chance D. winning 20. A. usually B. really C. possibly
9、 D. mostly 二、 阅读理解 （共 30 分，每题 1.5 分） A 第 2 页 共 6 页 Driving to a friends house on a recent evening, I was attracted by the sight of the full moon rising just above my friends rooftops. I stopped to watch it for a few moments, thinking about what a pity it was that most city people, myself included, u
10、sually miss sights like this because we spend most of our lives indoors. My friend had also seen it. He grew up living in a forest in Europe, and the moon meant a lot to him then. It had touched much of his life. I know the feeling. Last December I took my seven-year-old daughter to the mountainous
11、jungle of northern India with some friends. We stayed in a forest rest-house with no electricity or running hot water. Our group had campfires (篝火 ) outside every night, and indoors when it was too cold outside. The moon grew to its fullest during our trip. Between me and the high mountains lay thre
12、e or four valleys. Not a light shone in them and not a sound could be heard. It was one of the quietest places I have ever known, a bottomless well of silence. And above me was the full moon, which struck me deeply. Today our lives are filled with glass, metal, plastic and fibre-glass. We have telev
13、isions, cell phones, pagers, electricity, heaters, ovens , air-conditioners, cars and computers. Struggling through traffic that evening at the end of a tiring day, most of it spent indoors, I thought: before long, I would like to live in a small cottage. There I will grow vegetables and read books
14、and walk in the mountains. I may become an old man there, wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled and measure out my life in coffee spoons. I will be able to walk outside on a cold silent night and touch the moon. 21. The best title for the passage would be_. A. Touched by the moon B. The pleasures o
15、f modern life C. A bottomless well of silence D. Break away from modern life 22. The writer felt sorry for himself because_. A. there was too much pollution B. he seldom enjoyed the fullest moon outsides C. he didnt adapt to modern inventions D. there were too many accidents on the road 23. What imp
16、ressed the writer most in the mountainous jungle of northern India? A. No modern equipment B. Complete silence. C. The nice moonlight D. The high mountains 24. Modern things (Paragraph 4) are mentioned mainly to_. A. show that the writer likes city life very much B. tell us that people greatly benef
17、it from modern life C. explain that people have fewer chances to enjoy nature D. show that we can also enjoy nature at home through them 25. The author wrote the passage to_. A. express the feeling of returning to nature B. show the love for the moonlight C. advise modern people to learn to live D.
18、want to share the idea of longing for modern life B Thirteen vehicles (车辆 ) lined up last March to race across the Mojave Desert, seeking a million in prize money. To win, they had to finish the 142-mile race in less than 10 hours. Teams and watchers knew there might be no winner at all, because the
19、se vehicles were missing a key partdrivers. 第 3 页 共 6 页 DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, organized the race as part of a push to develop robotic vehicles for future battlefields, where a fight between two armies takes place. But the Grand Challenge, as it was called, just proved
20、 how difficult it is to get a car to speed across an unknown desert without human help. One had its brake (刹车 ) lock up in the starting area. Another began by throwing itself onto a wall. Another got tied up by bushes near the road after 1.9 miles. One turned upside down. One took off completely in
21、the wrong direction and had to be stopped by remote (远距离的 ) control. One went a little more than a mile and rushed into a fence; another managed to go for six miles but stuck on a rock. The “winner,” if there was any, reached 7.8 miles before it ran into a long hole, and the front wheels caught on f
22、ire. “You get a lot of respect for natural abilities of the living things,” says Reinhold Behringer, who helped design two of the ear-sized vehicles for a company called Sci-Autonics, “Even ants can do all these tasks without any difficulty. Its very hard for us to put these abilities into our machi
23、nes.” Although the robotic vehicles had necessary modern equipment such as advanced (先进的 ) computers and GPS, they had difficulty working out fast enough the blocks (障碍 ) in front of them, which a two-year-old human recognizes immediately. Sure, that very young child, who has just only learned to wa
24、lk, may not think to wipe apple juice off her face, but she already knows that when theres a cookie in the kitchen she has to climb up the table, and that when she gets to the cookie it will taste good. She is more advanced, even months old, than any machine humans have designed. 26. Watchers doubte
25、d (怀疑 ) if any of the vehicles could finish the race because _. A. they did not have any human help B. the road was unknown to the drivers C. the distance was too long for the vehicles D. the prize money was unattractive to the drivers 27. DARPA organized the race in order to _. A. raise money for p
26、roducing more robotic vehicles B. design two of the ear-sized vehicles for Sci-Autonics C. train more people to drive in the desert D. develop the robotic vehicles for future wars 28. From the passage we know “robotic vehicles” are a kind of machines that _. A. can do easily whatever tasks living th
27、ings can B. can take part in a race across 142 miles with a time limit C. can display their ability to turn themselves upside down D. can move from place to place without being driven by a human 29. In the race, the greatest distance one robotic vehicle covered was _. A. about eight miles B. six mil
28、es C. almost two miles D. about one mile 30. In the LAST paragraph, the writer suggests that there is still a lot of work to do _. A. for a robotic vehicle to finish a 142-mile race without any difficulty B. for a little child who has just learned to walk to reach the cookie on the table C. for a ro
29、botic vehicle to deal with a simple problem that a little child can solve D. for a little child to understand the importance of wiping apple juice off its face C 第 4 页 共 6 页 Let children learn to judge their own work. A child learning to talk does not learn by being corrected all the time: if correc
30、ted too much, he will stop talking. He notices a thousand times a day the difference between the language he uses and the language those around him use. Bit by bit, he makes the necessary changes to make his language like other peoples. In the same way, children learn to do all the other things they
31、 learn to do without being taught - to walk , run, climb, whistle, ride a bicycle - compare their own performances with those of more skilled people, and slowly make the needed changes. But in school we never give a child a chance to find out his mistakes for himself, let alone (更不用说 ) correct them.
32、 We do it all for him. We act as if we thought that he would never notice a mistake unless he was made to. Soon he becomes dependent on the teacher. Let him do it himself. Let him work out, with the help of other children if he wants it, what this word says, what the answer is to that problem, wheth
33、er this is a good way of saying or doing this or not. If it is a matter of right answers, as it may be in mathematics or science, give him the answer book. Let him correct his own papers. Why should we teachers waste time on such routine (常规的 ) work? Our job should be to help the child when he tells
34、 us that he cant find the way to get the right answer. Lets end all this nonsense of grades, exams and marks. Let us throw them all out, and let the children learn what all educated persons must some day learn: how to measure their own understanding, how to know what they know or do not know. Let th
35、em get on with this job in the way that seems most sensible (合情理的 ) to them, with our help as school teachers if they ask for it. The idea that there is a body of knowledge to be learnt at school and used for the rest of ones life is nonsense (无意义的 ) in a world as complicated and rapidly changing as
36、 ours. Anxious parents and teachers say, “But suppose they fail to learn something essential (基本的 ), something they will need to get on in the world?” Dont worry! If it is essential, they will go out into the world and learnt it. 31. What does the writer think is the best way for children to think?
37、A. By listening to their parents instructions. B. By asking a great many questions. C. By making mistakes and having them corrected. D. By copying what other people do. 32. What does the writer think teachers should not do? A. Give children correct answers. B. Point out childrens mistakes to them. C
38、. Allow children to mark their own work. D. Encourage children to copy one another. 33. According to the passage, learning to speak and learning to ride a bike are _. A. the most important skills B. the basic skills children should master C. almost the same as learning other skills D. much different
39、 from learning other skills. 34. The writer thinks that childrens progress should only be estimated(评估 ) by _. A. the children themselves B. their parents C. their teachers D. education authorities(权威 ) 35. The writer is afraid that children will grow up into adults who are _. A. too selfish B. too
40、independent C. dependent and unable to use basic skills D. able to think for themselves 第 5 页 共 6 页 高一英语限时练习答题卷 （说明： 1-35 题涂在 答题卡上 。 单词拼写，填空答在答题卷上） 班级 : _ 姓名： _ 学号： _ 三、 单词拼写（共 20 分，每题 2 分） 1. After g_ from college, he set up his own company. 2. When you buy an air ticket, the i_ is often included.
41、3. Dont believe everything on the Internet, some of which is not r_. 4. President Xi had a busy s_ at G20 Hangzhou Summit, because he had met a lot of leaders from the world. 5. He had a very little education, which was a d_ for him to find a good job 6. He has a s_ character and wont change his att
42、itude easily. 7. It is youre a _ to study that determine how much progress you will make. 8. The f_ of the taxi is 100yuan to the airport, so they shared the cost 9. The earthquake is still unable to f_, though technology is advancing greatly. 10. Finally, she was p_ into giving up the idea of going
43、 to Tibet alone. 四、 填空 （ 共 20 分，每题 2 分 ） 1. After the flood, he insisted that he _ (send) to the flood-hit area, because doctors were badly needed there. 2. The girl _ (在意 ) being famous and rich, but she never works hard. 3. Ever since middle school, he_ (梦想 ) going abroad for study. 4. His family
44、was so poor that they _ (买不起 ) buy a small flat. 5. I _ (leave) for Shanghai this Saturday, so I want to know when the earliest plane_ (take) off. 6. It is said that Vietnam has about_ (7 倍人口 ) Cambodia. 7. The old man kept a dog at home_ (陪伴 ) so that he wouldnt feel lonely. 8. People all _ (更想要 )
45、have a blue sky and fresh air, because it is good for health. 9. He is a determined person and never _ (屈服于 ) any difficulty. 10. Half an hour later, the lost boy was found _ (cry) at the corner of the street. 第 6 页 共 6 页 参考答案 15 CDBAB 610 CACAB 1115 ABABC 1620 ABBAB 21-25 ABCCA 2630 ADDAC 31-35 DBCAC 单词拼写： 1. graduating 2. insurance 3. reliable 4. schedule 5. disadvantage 6. stubborn 7. attitude 8. fare 9. forecast 10. persuaded 填空： 1.(should) be sent 2. cares about 3. has dreamed of/ about 4. couldnt afford to 5. is leaving; takes 6. seve
