广东省佛山市高明区第一中学2017-2018学年高二下学期

第四周英语静校练习（3月23日）

一，完形填空

Have you ever noticed the busier your life seems to be, the emptier it appears to become? I 1__ at my date book one Monday morning---scores of meetings and deadlines, 2___ my attention.

And lately, I’d been 3___ my beloved grandmother. Gran had a sixth grade education, 4___ had a wonderful sense of humor. Everyone who met her thought it was so 5___ that she’d been born on April 1. Meals were Gran’s important work. She spent a lifetime meeting the most 6___ needs of her family.

One day, I stopped to 7__ another take-out meal for dinner. My mind 8___ to her kitchen. I’m forty, and I have 9___ made a pot of soup! 10__, the cardboard take-out containers looked boring.

The following day, I 11_ the attic(阁楼) for a cardboard box Gran gave me 25 years ago. It wasn’t that difficult to 12 the box. There was her old soup pot, at the bottom of which was a 13__:

My darling Barbara,

I know you’ll find this one day. While you’re 14_ this, please remember how much I loved you.

You were always so headstrong, so much in a hurry to 15___. I often had wished that I could have 16___ you a baby forever. When you stop running, I want you to take out your Gran’s old soup pot and make your house a home. I’ve included the 17___ for

your favorite soup, the one I used to make for you.

Remember I love you.

Your Gran

I sat reading Gran’s words 18 that morning, sobbing that I hadn’t 19 her enough when I had her. She was such a treasure. Why didn’t I even 20 to look inside this pot while she was still alive!

That night, I made a pot of soup.

1. A. laughed B. glanced C. shouted D. pointed

2. A. escaping B. wasting C. receiving D. attracting

3. A. visiting B. calling C. missing D. imaginig

4. A. but B. and C. or D. for

5. A. accurate B. attractive C. obvious D. appropriate

6. A. common B. basic C. possible D. serious

7. A. prepare for B. give back C. pick up D. look at

8. A. related B. referred C. stuck D. returned

9. A. ever B. already C. never D. still

10. A. Unfortunately B. Suddenly C. Gradually D. Hopefully

11. A. searched B. examined C. adjusted D. constructed

12. A. move B. find C. make D. fill

13. A. notice B. receipt C. note D. sign

14. A. reading B. writing C. passing D. leaving

15. A. take care B. stand out C. give in D. grow up

16. A. kept B. considered C. shown D. awarded

17. A. choice B. menu C. expense D. recipe

18. A. repeatedly B. cautiously C. recognized D. inspired

19. A. suspected B. appreciated C. recognized D. inspired

20. A. agree B. promise C. bother D. decide

二，七选五

If something that you’re doing doesn’t challenge you, then it doesn’t change you. We all need some normal stress in our lives, after all. 1______ So challenge the following limits:

1. Figure out what you’re scared of and do it continuously.

If you’re a salesman, and you’re scared of talking to people personally or over the phone, now, instead of being scared and thinking you’ll fail, spend at least five minutes a day to pick up the phone and make a call. 2_____ But don’t stop on the first try! Eventually, you can look at fear in the eyes and say, “Go on, I’m not scared!”

2. 3______

Make sure this hobby is not linked to your career; you have to relax and relieve

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