英语周末家庭作业1

一、单项选择:

1. —Where did you see the movie Life of Pi directed by Ang Lee? —- It was in the cinema ________ I regularly go.

A. which B. that C. where D. what 2. The human body consists of organs, each ____a definite job to do. A. have B. to have C. has D. having

3. In the reading-room, we found Winifred ____at a desk, with her attention _____on a novel. A. sitting; fixing

B. seating; fixed C. sitting; fixed D. seated; fixing

4. __________hard you try, it is difficult to lose weight without cutting down the amount you eat. A. Whatever B. Whichever C. However D. Whenever 5. Small sailboats can easily turn over in the water ________. A. if not managed carefully

B. if are not managed carefully D. unless are not managed carefully

C. should go; was D. would go; had been

D. impressed; if

C. unless not managed carefully

6. I ______ to the lecture that afternoon, but I ______ a bit ill. A. should have gone; was B. would have gone; had been A. advised; unless

B. admitted; if

7. You won’t be______ by the host to the wedding ______ you are a good friend of his.

C. invited; unless

8. —So many cases about football violence recently! —Yes, it is difficult to let the football fans keep _____. A. as sharp as a spear B. as sly as a fox 9. —What do you think of the 2012 Spring Festival Gala? —Well, great! But I don’t think much of _____ held last year. A. the one B. it C. one D. which 10. As long as I can remember, _______ I called, my son would answer.

A. before

B. any time C. until D. while

B. took up

C. pulled up D. put up

11. A yellow taxi _______ alongside a truck at the traffic lights when an elderly woman was crossing the road.

A. brought up

12. — The film we saw last week is very romantic. — _______. I didn’t think it romantic at all. A. With all due respect A. the; a A. therefore A. principles 二、完型填空

Most worthwhile careers require some kind of specialized training. Ideally, therefore, the choice of an __36__ should be made even before choice of a curriculum in high school. Actually, __37__, most people make several job choices during their working lives, __38__ because of economic and industrial changes and partly to improve __39__ position. The "one perfect job" does not exist. Young people should __40__ enter into a broad flexible training program that will __41__ them for a field of work rather than for a single __42__ .

Unfortunately many young people have to make career plans __43__ benefit of help from a competent vocational counselor or psychologist. Knowing __44__ about the occupational world, or themselves for that matter, they choose their lifework on a hit-or-miss __45__. Some drift from job to job. Others __46__ to work in which they are unhappy and for which they are not fitted.

One common mistake is choosing an occupation for __47__ real or imagined prestige (声望).

Too many high-school students - or their parents for them - choose the professional field, __48__ both the relatively small percentage of workers in the professions and the extremely high educational and personal __49__. The imagined or real prestige of a profession or a White-collar job is __50__ good reason for choosing it as life’s work. __51__, these occupations are not always well paid. Since a large percentage of jobs are in mechanical and manual work, the __52__ of young people should give serious __53__ to these fields.

Before making an occupational choice, a person should have a general idea of what he wants __54__ life and how hard he is willing to work to get it. Some people desire social prestige, others intellectual satisfaction. Some want security; others are willing to take __55__ for financial gain. Each occupational choice has its demands as well as its rewards. 36. A. identification 37. A. thereby

38. A. thoroughly

B. accommodation B. however B. mainly

C. occupation C. though C. entirely

D. entertainment D. therefore D. partly

B. I beg to differ

C. /; a

C. As predicted D. I can’t agree with you more

D. the; /

D. though D. prejudices

13. For many people, paper is ________ better material, because ________ process for recycling paper seems much easier.

B. a; the

14. It's important to learn how the whole system works. Sometimes, ________， it's the details that interest us the most.

B. meanwhile B. penalties

C. furthermore C. proposals

15. According to the newly passed Road Traffic Safety Law, there are now tougher ________ for drunken drivers.

C. as tall as a tree D. as cool as a cucumber

39. A. its 41. A. fit 42. A. means 43. A. to 44. A. little 45. A. chance 46. A. apply 47. A. its

B. his B. since B. make B. job B. for B. few

C. their C. take C. way C. with C. much C. basis C. turn C. your

D. our D. forever D. leave D. company D. without D. a lot D. opportunity D. stick D. our D. considering D. ambitions D. no D. However D. number D. consideration D. without D. choices

40. A. therefore C. furthermore

B. purpose B. appeal B. their

B. following B. any B. mass

48. A. concerning 49. A. preferences 50. A. a

51. A. Therefore 52. A. majority 53. A. proposal 54. A. towards 55. A. turns 三、阅读理解

C. ignoring C. tendencies C. the

B. requirements B. Moreover B. suggestion B. out of B. parts

C. Nevertheless C. minority C. approval C. against C. risks

Violent winds swept the ocean, and waves thundered to shore, shaking the lookout tower at Pea Island Rescue Station. Surfman Theodore Meekins was on watch that evening of 11 October 1896. A hurricane had struck the Outer Banks of North Carolina, and the tide was so strong that beach patrols(巡逻)had been canceled. Still, Meekins paid close attention to the horizon. This was the type of weather that could blow ships hundreds of miles off course.

Offshore, the ship E.S. Newman was caught in the storm. The captain, whose wife and child were on the ship, feared the Newman would soon break up. He made the decision to beach his ship, then fired a signal, praying that someone onshore would see it.

Meekins, whose eyes were trained to cut through rain and surf mists, thought he saw the signal, but so much spray (水雾) covered the lookout windows that he could hardly make sure. Still, he took no chances. After summoning (召集) the station keeper, Captain Richard Etheridge, Meekins set off a coston signal, a signal made by using lamps of different colors. Together, the two men searched the darkness for a reply. A few moments later, they saw a flash of light to the south and knew a shop was in distress (遇险). Even before the return signal burned out, Etheridge had summoned his men and begun rescue operations.

For the lifesavers, the rescue of the Newman was nothing unusual. Over the years, so many ships had sailors called the region the Graveyard of the Atlantic. Noting the dangerous surf and wind conditions, Captain Etheridge quickly decided the surf boats would be impossible to control. Instead, he decided to use another way to help the survivors.

The crew set off on the long journey down the beach to the scene of the wreck (海滩). Captain Etheridge hoped to fire a line from a gun to the ship’s mast (船桅). After the ship’s crew dragged the line onboard, the surfmen would fire a second line and carry survivors safely to shore.

The surfmen crossed three miles of sand to reach the ship Newman. The water was freezing, and the men often sank up to their knees in sand. Captain Etheridge noted in his diary that “the voice of gladdened hearts greeted the arrival of the station crew,” but that “it seemed impossible for them to do anything under such circumstances. The work was often stopped by the sweeping current.”

Even when the rescue equipment proved useless, Etheridge refused to give up. Choosing two of his strongest surfmen, he tied rope lines around their waists and sent them into the water. The two men, holding a line from shore, walked with huge effort as far as they could before diving through the waves. Nearly worn out while swimming against the tide, they finally made it to the shore.

The first to be rescued were the captain’s wife and child. With the two passengers tied to their backs, the surfmen fought their way back to shore. Taking turns, Etheridge and his crew made ten trips to the Newman, saving every person onboard. It was 1:00 a.m. when the crew and survivors finally made it back to the station.

That night, as the exhausted survivors lay sleeping and his lifesaving crew rested, Captain Etheridge picked up his pen, and in the light of an oil lantern, wrote with satisfaction that all the people onboard had been saved and were “sheltered in this station”—words he would remember for many years to come.

36. The beach patrols were canceled because ________. A. Meekins paid enough attention to the horizon

C. the winds and tide were too strong

B. there was too much spray on the windows D. there was no ship near the station

37. The underlined word “foundered” in Paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to “___________”. A. stopped B. sank C. sailed D. arrived 38. What was the author’s main purpose in writing the passage? A. To warn sailors of the dangers of hurricanes.

C. To inform people about Richard Etheridge. 39. What is the main idea of the passage?

B. To create a story describing a rescue at sea. D. To record the details about the Newman.

A. The newman was very dangerous before Richard Etheridge and his team members saw the signal.

B. A terrible hurricane took place off the coast of North Carolina and threatened the lives of many sailors. C. At no other time in American history have so many shipwrecked passengers survived such a violent storm. D. All the passengers of a shipwreck were rescued because of heroic the efforts of a special leader and his crew. 四、任务型阅读

For years, the automobile industry has been testing vehicles that use hydrogen as fuel. Now, people across the United States have had a chance to see and even drive cars that get power from hydrogen fuel cells (燃料电池).

But the hydrogen fuel cell is not a new idea. The fuel cell was first invented by Sir William Grove of Britain in 1839. Since then, many different designs, have been invented. There is one place where fuel cells are a proven technology: in space. The American space agency used fuel cells in its Apollo spaceships in the twentieth century.

The most useful fuel cell for transportation purposes is the Polymer Electrolyte Membrane, or P.E.M. fuel cell. It is simple and can operate at temperatures of sixty to eighty degrees Celsius. That is much lower than other fuel cell designs. A P.E.M. fuel cell has two sides divided by a thin membrane (膜). Hydrogen gas is forced through one side where it comes in contact with a reactive material containing the metal platinum(铂). The membrane separates the electrons(电子) from the protons(质子) in the hydrogen atoms. The protons pass through it to the other side of the fuel cell. But the electrons are captured to do work; like powering a motor. Oxygen from the air is forced into the other side of the fuel cell. There, the gas meets the protons that have passed through the membrane. They combine to form water and heat. A single fuel cell does not produce a lot of electricity. But when many fuel cells are combined, they can produce enough electricity to power a vehicle. The product of the chemical reaction that powers fuel cells is water. This makes fuel cells a very clean technology.

Hydrogen fuel cell cars have been slow to develop because of many technical problems that have to be solved. For example, it is unclear how long the membranes in P.E.M. fuel cells will last. Also, fuel cells need water for their chemical reactions. They must be designed to start easily at low temperatures and in dry climates. And smaller, less costly fuel cells must be designed before they can truly take the place of gasoline engines. Now more models of fuel cell vehicles are being tested than ever before. The threat of climate change and the high cost of oil have

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