2019-2020英语第二次周练卷

（考试时间：90分钟 试卷满分：120分）

第一部分阅读理解

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If you'd like to go travelling，the following World Heritage Sites may be your best choices.

Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historic Interest Area

Jiuzhaigou Valley，which lies in the northern part of Sichuan Province，China，reaches a height of more than 4，500m，with a series of different forests ecosystems. It's especially famous for its narrow landforms and excellent waterfalls. Some 140 kinds of birds also live in the valley，as well as a number of endangered plants and animals，including the giant panda. Jiuzhaigou Valley was recognized as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1992.

Khami Ruins National Monument

The city of Khami，which developed after the capital of Great Zimbabwe had been given up in the mid-16th century，is of great archaeological（考古的）interest. The discovery of objects from Europe and China shows that Khami was a centre for

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trade over a long period of time. It joined the World Heritage List in 1986.

Henderson Island

Henderson Island，which lies in the eastern South Pacific，is one of the few atolls in the world whose ecology（生态）has been untouched by humans. It is famous for the 10 plants and 4 birds that can only be seen on the island. It was recorded in the World Heritage List in 1988.

Old City of Jerusalem

As a holy city for three different religions（宗教）in the Middle East，Jerusalem has always been of great religious importance. It was given a World Heritage status in 1981 and placed on the \"List of World Heritage in Danger\" the following year.

1. What can be learned about Jiuzhaigou Valley？

A. Wonderful waterfalls can be seen there. ancient objects.

B. It is famous for many

C. It has been untouched by human beings. Pacific.

D. It lies in the eastern South

2. What can we learn about Jerusalem？

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A. It was damaged in the mid-16th century. B. It was once a business centre for trade.

C. It has over 140 kinds of birds living there. D. It is a holy city for three religions.

3. According to the passage，which World Heritage Site was most recently set？

A. Henderson Island. B. Khami Ruins National Monument.

C. Old City of Jerusalem. Interest Area.

D.Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historic

4. In which part of a newspaper can we read the passage？

A. Industry. B. Travel. C. Science. D. Business.

B

Robyn Lee, a 15-year-old teenage girl who studies at York Community High School, US says she has four friends. But she also has 15 to 20 other friends she considers part of her regular social circle.

\"It's like a bad thing to have only one, friend,\" explained Robyn. \"If you have one friend, it means only one person likes you. That's not cool,\" she said.

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For many years, experts studying teen friendships have known that teenagers prefer to travel in groups. In studies conducted in 1963 and in 1995, researchers found teen friendship groups averaged six people. In 2005, when teens were asked about how many friends they kept in touch with regularly, the average answer was 20.

The change to bigger-group friendships has advantages, such as increasing more connections and improving teens' self-pride by giving them a place to belong.

However, the change also has some disadvantages, say psychologists. \"The meaning of friendship is becoming much more complicated,\" said Bernardo Carducci, a professor of psychology at Indiana University Southeast.

MaryRose Moss, a 17-year-old in Chicago, knows how she could get more friends. She created a Facebook page when she was 14 and within months, she had her group of 500 friends.

Text messaging has opened the door to many new connections, she says. \"I'm friends with some people that I wouldn't be as close to if it weren't for technology,\" said Moss. \"It's so easy to send a text to somebody even if you don't know him very well.\"

Some psychologists wonder whether social-networking technology is affecting some skills children once got from making friends in the old-fashioned

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way.

\"In the past, you argued, discussed and reached an agreement, but if somebody disagrees with you now, you can 'defriend' him with the click of keys,\" said Carducci.

Marianne Boe, a social studies teacher in Chicago, sees signs of changing friendships in the hallways. Ten years ago, she could easily know groups of girls who stayed friends through all four years of high school. \"Today, it's harder,\" Boe said.

5. Robyn is introduced at the beginning _____________.

A．to show how today's teenagers make friends

B．to give an example of modern teen friendship patterns

C．to show that today's teenagers are afraid of loneliness

D．to give an example of teen addiction to social networks

6. What is behind the change to bigger-group friendships，according to the passage?

A．Text messaging. B．Changes in teen taste.

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C．Modern technology. D．Social-networking culture.

7. What can we learn from the last paragraph?

A．Teenagers don't know how to develop really close friendships.

B．Teenagers change their friends more often than before.

C．True friends no longer appear in the school hallways.

D．Teenagers respect others' privacy more than before.

C

Life can be so wonderful, full of adventure and joy. It can also be full of challenges, setbacks(挫折) and heartbreaks. Whatever our circumstances, we generally still have dreams, hopes and desires — that little something more we want for ourselves and our loved ones. Yet knowing we can have more can also create a problem, because when we go to change the way we do things, up come the old patterns and pitfalls(陷阱)that stopped us from seeking what we wanted in the first place.

This tension between what we feel we can have and what we’re seemingly able to have is the niggling(烦人的) suffering, the anxiety we feel. This is where we usually think it’s easier to just give up. But we’re never meant to let go of the part of us that knows we can have more. The intelligence behind that knowing is

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us — the real us. It’s the part that believes in life and its possibilities. If you drop that, you begin to feel a little ＂dead＂ inside because you’re dropping ＂you＂.

So, if we have this capability but somehow life seems to keep us stuck, how do we break these patterns?

Decide on a new course and make one decision at a time. This is good advice for a new adventure or just getting through today’s challenges.

While, deep down, we know we can do it, our mind — or the minds of those close to us — usually says we can’t. That isn’t a reason to stop, it’s just the mind, that little man or woman on your shoulder, trying to talk you out of something again. It has done it many times before. It’s all about starting simple and doing it now.

Decide and act before overthinking. When you do this you may feel a little, or large, release from the jail of your mind and you’ll be on your way.

8. It can be inferred from the first two paragraphs that we should ___________.

A. slow down and live a simple life change

B. be careful when we choose to

C. stick to our dreams under any circumstances we already have

D. be content with what

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9. What is the key to breaking the old patterns?

A. To focus on every detail. action.

B. To decide and take immediate

C. To listen to those close to us. D. To think twice before we act.

10. Which of the following best explains the underlined part in the last paragraph?

A. Punishment for your action. B. Realization of your dreams.

C. Freedom from your tension. expectations.

D. Reduction of your

11. What does the author intend to tell us?

A. It’s easier than we think to get what we want.

B. It’s important to learn to accept sufferings in life.

C. It’s impractical to change our way of thinking.

D. It’s harder than we expect to follow a new course.

D

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When it comes to friends, I desire those who will share my happiness with me. When I was in the eighth grade, I had a friend. We were shy and ＂too serious＂ about our studies when it was becoming fashionable with our classmates to learn acceptable social behaviors. We said little at school, but she would come to my house and we would sit down with pencils and paper, and one of us would say: ＂Let’s start with a train whistle today.＂ We would sit quietly together and write separate poems or stories that grew out of a train whistle. Then we would read them aloud. At the end of that school year, we, too, were changed into social creatures and the stories and poems stopped.

When I lived for a time in London, I had a friend. He was in despair (失望) and I was in despair. But our friendship was based on the idea in each of us that we would be sorry later if we did not explore this great city because we had felt bad at the time. We met every Sunday for five weeks and found many excellent things. We walked until our despairs disappeared and then we parted. We gave London to each other.

For almost four years I have had remarkable friends. We write long letters in which we often discover our strangest selves. Each of us appears, sometimes in a funny way, in the other’s dreams. She and I agree that, at certain times, we seem to be parts of the same mind. In my most interesting moments, I often think: ＂Yes, I must tell...＂ We have never met.

It is such comforting companions I wish to keep. One bright hour with their kind is worth more to me than the lifetime services of a psychologist (心理学家),

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who will only fill up the healing (愈合的) silence necessary to those darkest moments in which I would rather be my own best friend.

12. In the eighth grade, what the author did before developing proper social behavior was to __________.

A. become serious about her study regularly

B. go to her friend’s house

C. learn from her classmates at school her friend

D. share poems and stories with

13. In Paragraph 2, ＂We gave London to each other＂ probably means __________.

A. our exploration of London was a memorable gift to both of us

B. we were unwilling to tear ourselves away from London

C. our unpleasant feelings about London disappeared

D. we parted with each other in London

14. According to Paragraph 3, the author and her friend __________.

A. call each other regularly

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B. have similar personalities

C. enjoy writing to each other D. dream of meeting each other

15. In the darkest moments, the author would prefer to __________.

A. ask for professional help B. be left alone

C. stay with her best friend D. break the silence

第二节 (共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

After the age of 25, the number of friendships we maintain begins to fall. 16 . Learn to identify opportunities.

\"We let chances to make friends pass us by every day,\" says Kate Leaver in her book The Friendship Cure. 17 . \"Instead of forcing a little small talk with your kind neighbours,\" she says, \"ask them in for a cuppa and get to know them.\"

18 .

Joining a group, club or class is an effective way to meet people. \"Teaming up for a shared activity, project or goal is an experience that can promote bonding

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and closer connections,\" says therapist Miriam Kirmayer. Pursue a challenge or skill you are interested in, because then you will have a good time and feel more at ease in starting a conversation.

Allow yourself to be vulnerable（脆弱的）.

19 . What if your offers are rejected? Leaver and Kirmayer say that a degree of vulnerability is needed in trying to start friendships. Keeping to yourself isn't going to help you. Sharing recommendations or letting others in on plans, says Kirmayer, is a simple way to share, which will help build closeness and trust. Don't put too much pressure on it.

As we age, our friendships change. According to a 2016 study, we hit our peak number of friendships at the age of 25. 20 , clinical psychologist Linda Blair advises not putting too much pressure on any new connections and not expecting too much from one person.

A. Follow your interests

B. Ask questions and listen

C. It can be scary to try to make friends

D. When people are trying to make friends as an adult

E. As you are calculating your number of friendships

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F. But forming new, lasting connections can be simple

G. She advises having the courage to take small steps when opportunities arise

第二部分 语言知识运用(共两节，满分45分)

第一节 完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)

Friendship

Twenty-one years ago, my husband gave me Sam, an eight-week-old dog, to help me ease the loss of our daughter. Later my husband and I moved from New York to New Jersey where our neighbor, whose cat had __21__ had kittens, asked us if we would like one. We were afraid that Sam would not be __22__, but we made up our __23__ to take a kitten.

We picked a little, gray, playful cat. She __24__ around running after imaginary mice and squirrels and jumped from table to chair very __25__, so we named her Lightning(闪电).

At __26__, Sam and Lightning were not close to each other. But slowly, as the days went on, Lightning started __27__ Sam. They slept together, ate together and played together. When I took __28__ one out of the house, the other was always __29__ by the door when we returned. That was the __30__ it was for years.

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Then, without any __31__, Sam suddenly died of a weak heart. This time, there was no Sam for Lightning to greet and no way to __32__ why she would never see her friend again.

In the __33__ that followed, Lightning seemed heart-broken. She could not __34__ me in words that she was __35__, but I could see the pain and __36__ in her eyes whenever anyone opened the front door. Then weeks __37__ by, and the cat’s sorrow seemed to be lifting. One day as I walked into our living room, I __38__ to have a look at the floor next to our sofa __39__ we had a sculptured replica(雕塑复制品) of Sam that we had bought a few years before. Lying next to the statue, one arm wrapped around the statue’s neck, was Lightning, sleeping with her best __40__.

21. A. recently B. lastly C. firstly D. never

22. A. sad B. excited C. disappointed D. glad

23. A. minds B. hearts C. heads D. brains

24. A. walked B. climbed C. raced D. hid

25. A. slowly B. quickly C. carefully D. bravely

26. A. last B. noon C. night D. first

27. A. leaving

B. following

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C. hating D. catching

28. A. neither B. both C. either D. any

29. A. waiting B. sleeping C. crying D. barking

30. A. road B. path C. way D. street

31. A. words B. diseases C. fear D. warning

32. A. talk B. explain C. think D. write

33. A. days B. months C. seasons D. years

34. A. express B. tell C. report D. missing

35. A. enjoying B. doing C. suffering D. missing

36. A. disappointment B. anger C. hungry D. fun

37. A. came B. went C. gathered D. walked

38. A. seemed B. appeared C. happened D. meant

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

40. A. friend B. enemy C. sofa D. chair

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第二节 (共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)

阅读下面短文，在空白处填入 1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

With the rapid development of the Internet, more and more teenagers make friends online nowadays. Some people say it's good to do that, while others think it's 41 (harm ) especially to school pupils.

Some consider that making friends online is a modern way to share friendship 42 others. They can express their thoughts 43 (free) to improve social skills and fluency in English. On the contrary, some strongly believe it is 44 waste of time to make friends through online communication and what's worse, those so-called “friends” are likely to cheat you after 45 (gain) your trust.

In my opinion, 46 the Internet is good or not depends on how we use it. If it 47 (use) properly, we can communicate with people 48 come from every corner of the world, and share life experiences. Of course, however, since the Internet was born, many bad men 49 (make) use of it to do something bad. So we must learn to determine true or false and avoid being hurt.

In conclusion, every coin has two 50 (side) . So does the Internet. If used in a proper way, the Internet has more advantages in seeking friendship.

第三部分 写作(共两节，满分35分)

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第一节 短文改错(共10小题；每小题l分，满分10分)

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：

1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2. 只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

Last Sunday, my father go to see a film. But in our surprise, he came back soon. He told us about the funny thing what had happened. He was sitting in his seat while a woman came to her and said the seat was hers. So they looked at their tickets careful, only to find the seats were the same while the color were different. After while, my father apologized to the woman, saying, ＂Sorry, I make a mistake.＂ The fact was that his ticket found out under the glass on his desk was for the film a month ago.

第二节 书面表达(满分25分)

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古语有云：＂有朋自远方来，不亦乐乎？＂在生活中，人人都需要朋友。但如何与朋友和谐相处才能使我们的友谊长存呢？请根据下面的提示，写一篇英语短文。

1. 诚实：谎言会使朋友远离我们；2. 倾听：理解朋友的心声；

3. 虚心：如果在朋友面前骄傲，就会失去朋友的尊敬；

4. 无私：在朋友有困难时帮助朋友。

注意：

1. 词数100左右；

2. 可以适当发挥想象，增加细节以使行文连贯，但不要逐句翻译。

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