衡水万卷2021届高三英语二轮复习作业卷三十六.doc

2016衡水万卷作业三十六
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一 、完形填空
Unexpected things may happen every day but no one can tell when and where. People usually get surprised or frightened by such things.
One day I 1a taxi to go to a meeting. As it came near the corner, the taxi stopped suddenly.The 2got out looking very puzzled(迷惑). A big 3which had been following the taxi stopped, too. The taxi driver was now 4at the corner looking up 5the sky and the truck driver got out and 6him. A number of cars behind them were 7to stop as well and a large crowd of people had 8at the corner.
The cause of all this 9was a very strange noise. It 10as if thousands and thousands of 11were chirping（鸣叫）.The sound of so 12birds toghter was quite surprising and many people looked 13. The most extraordinary thing was that,except one or two 14, there was not a bird in 15. No one was able to know why — 16two policemen arrived on the scene. They walked all around the area for a while and then went over near the railroad tracks beside a big board advertisement(广告)for a 17. Since the noise seemed to be coming from around there, they climbed up and found that two loudspeakers had been 18behind the advertisement.The bird noises were being broadcast to 19attention to the film advertisement.
The cinema that made this advertisement was 20to take the loudspeakers away, because they caused trouble and people were tired of them.
1.A.ran B.drove C.took D.rode
2.A.travellers B.passagers C.driver D.conductor
3.A.truck B.bus C.car D.bike
4.A.riding B.moving C.sitting D.standing
5.A.for B.after C.over D.at
6.A.prevented B.joined C.watched D.left
7.A.told B.ordered C.forced D.driven
8.A.appeared B.gathered C.aimed D.covered
9.A.accident B.thing C.matter D.trouble
10.A.heard B.looked C.felt D.sounded
11.A.animals B.people C.birds D.beasts
12.A.big B.wild C.strange D.many
13.A.disappointed B.frightened C.wondered D.worried
14.A.stars B.trees C.snakes D.sparrows
15.A.distance B.snow C.sight D.silence
16.A.after B.until C.as D.since
17.A. shop B.film C.factory D.notice
18.A. hidden B.kept C.broken D. fixed
19.A. direct B.pay C.give D.call
20.A. suggested B.advised C.ordered D.persuaded

二 、阅读理解
A
Cool Cats－Cheetahs
Cheetah cubs（babies） are cute, furry, energetic, and downright lovely． And when they get older, they'll run faster than any other animal on the planet．
Five cheetah cubs were born in the summer of 2005 at the National Zoo in Washington, D．C．Their mother, Zazi, was 4 years old．When the cubs were 10 weeks old, they weighed 9 pounds and were about the size of house cats．They were the second cheetah litter（一窝） to be born at the zoo in seven months and the second litter to be born in the zoo's 116－year history．
“They're pretty quick," Lauren Afdahl, an animal keeper at the zoo, told Senior Edition．"Whenever they see something moving, they take off an run．
And, boy, cheetahs do like to run! They can reach speeds as high as 60 miles per hour．The cubs reach their top speed when they are about a year old．
The National Zoo's first litt8r of cheetah cubs was born in November 2004． When almost a year old, those cubs weighed more than 30 pounds． Zazi's cubs stay with her for at least a year． When they are fully grown, the cats may be sent to other zoos．
Cheetahs are endangered animals．About 100 years ago, the wild cats roamed an area from North Africa to India．Today, cheetahs inhabit only the countries south of the Sahara desert．Just 12,000 to 15,000 now live in the wild．
21.The writer's attitude toward cheetahs seems to be ．
A． doubtful and afraid B． caring and admiring
C． uncaring ． D． complaining
22.Animal keeper Lauren Afdahl's comments are ．
A． disappointed B．soft
C． descriptive and matter of act D．angry and unfriedly
23.The main idea of this passage is ．
A．Cheetahs are interesting animals
B．Wben the cubs were 10 weeks old, they weighed 9 pounds
C．Female cheetahs can give birth only once a year
D．Cheetahs like to run
24.Based on the article', we can guess that the author is probably ．
A．afraid of cheetahs ． B．working at a zoo
C．a trained animal doctor D．in favor of protecting cheetahs

B
“You get excited about everything because you were born in the summer!” Does that sound like something your grandparents used to say to you?
Of course, you’re a learned person who doesn’t believe in such things. But scientists now say that it might not all be superstition (迷信).
Researchers from Semmelweis University in Hungary recently asked 366 university students to fill out a questionnaire. The answers given included things like “My mood often changes for no reason”, “I love to deal with new projects, even if they’re risky ”, and “I complain a lot”. They then compared students’ answers to their birthdays. They found that the season of your birth may have some effect on who you are.
Researchers found that people born in the summer were more likely to quickly change between sad and happy emotions. People born in the winter, however, were less likely to become angry. Spring birthdays were more likely to make people overly positive, while people born in autumn were less likely to be depressive (忧郁的).
So, why could the seasons cause such differences?
“Biochemical studies have shown that the season in which you are born affects some monoamine neurotransmitters (单胺类神经递质),” lead researcher Xenia Gonda said in a written statement. “This led us to believe that birth season may have a longer-lasting effect.”
Monoamine neurotransmitters are given off from neurones (神经元细胞). They affect our emotions. So the researchers believe they might have an effect on the development of our personalities.
Different seasons also have different food and nutrients (养分) to offer. In addition, mothers usually get more physical exercise and enjoy more sunlight in warm seasons than in cold seasons. All these are “environmental factors ” which may influence a person’s personality, said Gonda.
But the research only included a survey and didn’t follow participants over time. More research is needed before a final answer can be given on the connection between season and personality.
Don’t worry, though. Even if the connection is proven, it won’t mean that your birth month completely decides who you are. Being happy or sad is up to you.
25.The study from Semmelweis University in Hungary intended to prove that _________________.
A. a person’s birth season might affect their monoamine neurotransmitters
B. monoamine neurotransmitters might be connected to our emotions
C. people’s personalities might depend on environmental factors
D. the season of a person’s birthday may affect their personality
26.According to the research, people with emotional instability are more likely to be born in .
A. spring B. summer C. autumn D. winter
27.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. The season of your birth decides who you are.
B. Physical exercise can change your personality.
C. You can change your personality regardless of your birth season.
D. A lot of research has been done on how someone’s birth season affects their personality.

C
Join the Family Read-Aloud Celebration, held by the Gonda Family Library and the Family
School Alliance at UCLA Lab School, from February 21 to March 14,2014. We ask you to spend time reading aloud to your children at least 20 minutes each day.We hope to help families develop a habit of reading aloud every day throughout and beyond primary school. We'll finish the celebration with a party on March 14 for the whole school.
Ways to join:
● Visit Book Corner for reading aloud suggestions.
Come to the start of the activity on Friday, Feb, 21.
● Add books to our list of favorite read aloud
● Send us a photo of your family reading together (jkan,tor@ucta. edu). We will share it at the party.
● Record your family's reading journey! .
● Join us for th︿ party on March 14,5一7 p. rn.
Go on a reading journey!
Books can introduce your family to interesting people, exciting places, adventures and information. Let your journeys take you through these categories:
● Fiction ● Picture books ● Poetry
● Science ● History ● Sports
● Arts ● other Non-Fiction ● Benefits of Reading Aloud
Reading aloud helps a cloud to read with pleasure, create background knowledge, and build
vocabulary. It also provides children with a reading model. Reading aloud doesn't just benefit
young children. Parents should continue reading aloud as their children grow because listening
comprehension is more important than reading skills in middle school.
Jim Trelease, in his Read-Aloud Handbook, has noted that almost as big a mistake as not
reading to children at all is stopping too soon Until about the eighth grade, children listen and
comprehend on a higher level than their reading skills allow them to read independently, This
means children can hear and understand stories that are more difficult and more interesting than
anything they can read on their own
28.What’s the purpose of the Family Read-Aloud Celebration?
A To celebrate the joys of reading.
B. To help improve family relationship,
C. To change families bad reading habits.
D. To get families into the habit of reading aloud.
29.If you want to join the activity, you're supposed to __
A. mail a book to the school B. make an appearance at the starting day
C. read out loud from 5～7 p. m every day D. share your reading experience at the party
30.We can infer from Jim Tyelease that .
A. young children show greater skills at listening than reading
B. children should be allowed to make mistakes in reading
C. interesting stories are easier for children to understand
D. the eighth-graders can-t read on their own
31.In which part of a website can We find the text?
A Culture B. Lifestyle. C. Education. D. Science.

D
I was puzzled! Why was this old woman making such a complaint about our way to deal with an old bush which was of no use to anybody? She had written letters to the local paper, even to a national to protest about our projected by-pass to her village, and, looking at a map, the route was nowhere near where she lived and it wasn’t as if the area was attractive. I was more than puzzled, I was intrigued. I wanted to know what it was that motivated her. So it was that I found myself knocking on a cottage door, being received by Mary Smith and then being taken for a walk to the woods.
“I’ve always loved this place”, she said, “it has a lot of memories for me, and for others. We all used it. They called it ‘Lovers lane’. It’s not much of a lane, and it doesn’t go anywhere important, but that’s why we all came here. To be away from people, to be by ourselves.” She added.
It was indeed pleasant that day and the songs of many birds could be heard. Squirrels gazed from the branches, quite bold in their movements, obviously few people passed this way and they had nothing to fear. I could imagine the noise of vehicles passing through these peaceful woods when the by-pass was built, so I felt that she probably had something there but as I hold strong opinions about the needs of the community over-riding the opinions of private individuals, I said nothing. The village was quite a distant and dangerous place because of the traffic especially for old people and children, their safety was more important to me than an old woman’s whims (怪念头).
“Take this tree”, she said pausing after a short while. “To you it is just that, a tree. Not unlike many others here”. She gently touched the bark. “Look here, under this branch, what can you see?”
“It looks as if someone has done a bit of carving with a knife” I said after a cursory (草率的) inspection.
“Yes, that’s what it is!” she said softly. “There are letters and a lover’s heart”.
I looked again, this time more carefully. The heart was still there and there was an arrow through it. The letters on one side were indistinct, but on the other an ‘R’ was clearly visible with what looked like an ‘I’ after it. “Some budding romance?” I asked, “Did you know who they were?”
“Oh yes, I knew them”, said Mary Smith, “it says RH loves MS”.
After a pause, she went on … “He had a penknife and I helped him to carve my initials. We were very much in love, but he was going away, and could not tell me what he was involved in the army. I had guessed of course. It was the last evening we ever spent together, because he went away the next day, back to his Unit.”
Mary Smith was quiet for a while, then she sobbed, “His mother showed me the telegram. ‘Sergeant R Holmes ... Killed in action in the invasion of France.’”
I realized that I could be getting out of my depth, and longed to be in my office, away from here and this old lady, snug, and with a cup of tea in my hand.
There was a further pause. Mary Smith gently touched the wounded tree, just as she would have caressed him. “And now they want to take our tree away from me.” Another quiet sob, then she turned to me. “I was young and pretty then, I could have had anybody, I wasn’t always the old woman you see here now. I could have had everything I wanted in life, a lovely man, health and a future to look forwards to”.
She paused again and looked around. The breeze gently moved through the leaves with a sighing sound. “There were others, of course, but not a patch on my Robin!” she said strongly. “And now I have nothing except the memories this tree holds. If only I could get my hands on that awful man who writes in the paper about the value of the road they are going to build where we are standing now, I would tell him. Has he never loved, has he never lived, does he not know anything about memories? We were not the only ones, you know, I still meet some who came here as Robin and I did. Yes, I would tell him!”
I turned away, sick at heart.
32.Why was the by-pass to Mary Smith’s village to be built through these woods?
A. The community wanted to explore the beauty of the woods as a way of tour