安徽省六安市舒城中学2017-2018学年高二英语暑假作业30 Word版含答案

2017-2018学年第三十天

一、美文晨读

Flowers are a wonderful gift of nature. Everyone likes them. Flowers portray love, happiness, joy and all the other positive emotions. Since time immemorial flowers have been an integral part of every celebration and festival.

But there has been a misconception. Flowers are mainly associated with feminine gender. It is forgotten that men to have a soft side to them. Gift your father a bouquet of flowers on Father's Day and he surely will be overjoyed. Flowers, especially architectural and bold like tropical flowers, which are masculine, long lasting, tall and sturdy like the fathers usually are, can be given. White and Red Rose are known to be the official flowers of Father's Day. People wear a white rose to honor a father who has deceased and a red rose for a father who is living.

Men love bright, hot, bold and aggressive colors like yellows, oranges, purples and reds and the arrangements that they go for are mostly the linear ones that are in sync with their organized, calculating mind. They also love the natural and contemporary floral bouquets that are stylish and trendy. One may opt for roses, daisies or exotic flowers, if only one keeps the color theme in mind. Vivid red roses and yellow daisies are loved by most men and thus make ideal flowers to be gifted on Father's Day.

二、词汇训练

1．The law of supply and demand g___________ the price of goods. 2．His invalid father is becoming a b__________ to him. 3．I use an oily r___________ to clean my bike with. 4．Is the lavatory v__________.

5．The demonstrators offered little or no r_________ to the police. 6．We were just about to a_________ the losses when they came in. 7．Her interests are very d_________. 8．Greed is a terrible v__________.

9．He was p_________ off and replaced with a younger man.

10. The simplest thing is for him to r________ at once.

三．阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。 London is the capital city of the United Kingdom which is 1 the northwest coast of the continental Europe. London is the seat of the Government of the United Kingdom. Many government departments are based close to the Palace of Westminster.

The history of London goes back to its founding by the Romans, 2 named it Londinium. London has a wide range of peoples and cultures, and more than 300 languages 3 (speak) within Greater London. London is 4 leading global city with strengths in arts, education, entertainment, fashion, tourism and transport. It is one of the world’s most-visited 5 (city) in terms of international arrivals and has the world’s largest city airport system. London has 43 universities, making it the largest centre of higher education in Europe. In 2012, London became the first city 6 (host) the modern Summer Olympic Games three times. London is a world 7 (culture) capital and is home to many museums, galleries, libraries, and sporting events, 8 (include) the British Museum which always symbolizes London. The London Underground is the 9 (old) underground railway network in the world.

London is such a wonderful city 10 travelling there will be an exciting experience.

四．阅读理解

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Australian scientists say an organic compound (复合物), used by Indian women to paint dots or bind on their foreheads holding the key to a breakthrough in cancer treatment---Rose Bengal, was first used in the early 1900s as a dye for food, textiles and cosmetics. But now it is proving to be a useful weapon in the fight against skin cancer.

Television advertisements constantly warn of the dangers of overexposure to the fierce sun. Among them is the possibility of the disease melanoma, a type of skin cancer. More than 1,200 Australians die every year from the disease. Initial trials of a solution of Rose Bengal injected into some melanoma cells have

had a 75 percent success rate in controlling the disease. Professor John Thompson, the director of the Melanoma Unit at the University of Sydney, says this organic dye could become a powerful cancer-fighting treatment.

“We believe it works by getting into the tumor (肿块) cells and causing them to self-destruct. But the exact mechanism by which it works is not totally clear. It’s not useful for people who have a primary melanoma. The treatment of primary melanoma is surgical excision(切除),” he said. “It's useful to inject tumors for people who have recurrences: when the primary treatment has failed and when recurrence in the area or at more distant sites has occurred.”

About 90 percent of Australians who develop melanoma survive thanks to early diagnosis and treatment. If left untreated, however, the disease can be fatal. Convincing younger people in Australia about the dangers of overexposure to the sun is a battle.

Veronica Manock, a 21-year-old student, had two major operations to remove a cancerous tumor from her leg．

“I've had a lot of friends who just said ‘I thought it was just, you know, that I'll get a mole (痣) cut out and that's it’, whereas I don't think people realize how much danger they're putting themselves into and how easy it is to stop something like this happening to you just from doing little things,” said Manock.

Other researchers in Australia are investigating genetic treatments to skin cancer. There is a pressing need for such research to produce effective treatments. Australians, the majority of whom are fair-skinned (浅肤色的), are four times more likely to develop a melanoma than people in Canada, the United States or Great Britain. 1. The information about Rose Bengal is wrong EXCEPT that ________. A. it is no longer used as a dye

B. it can be effective in treating skin cancer C. it is a special kind of rose planted in Australia D. it is used to cure skin cancer

2. The main reason for Australia's high rate in skin cancer is _______. A. overexposure to the sun

B. the overuse of cosmetics

C. the color of their skin D. the lack of prevention

3. From the passage we can learn that______. A. skin cancer is incurable

B. about ninety percent of Australians are likely to develop melanoma

C. some young people seem to know little about the danger of overexposure to the sun

D. all moles should be cut out to prevent skin cancer

4. According to Professor John Thompson, the best way to deal with primary cancer is _______.

A. injecting Rose Bengal into tumors C. getting genetic treatment 5. What would be the best title for the text? A. The dangers of overexposure to the fierce sun. B. Rose Bengal, a weapon against skin cancer. C. The treatments of the melanoma. D. The uses of Rose Bengal.

B

Every year on my birthday, from the time I turned 12, a white gardenia was delivered to my house. No card came with it. Calls to the flower-shop were not helpful at all. After a while I stopped trying to discover the sender’s name and just delighted in the beautiful white flower.

But I never stopped imagining who the giver might be. Some of my happiest moments were spent daydreaming about the sender. My mother encouraged these imaginings. She'd ask me if there was someone for whom I had done special kindness. Perhaps it was the old man across the street whose mail I' d delivered during the winter. As a girl, I had more fun imagining that it might be a boy I had run into.

One month before my graduation, my father died. I felt so sad and that I became completely uninterested in my upcoming graduation dance, and I didn't care if I had a new dress or not. But my mother, in her own sadness, would not let me miss any of

B. taking some medicine D. having surgical excision

those things. She wanted her children to feel loved and lovable. In truth, my mother wanted her children to see themselves much like the gardenia lovely, strong and perfect with perhaps a bit of mystery.

My mother died ten days after I was married. I was 22. That was the year the gardenia stopped coming.

6. Which of the following would be the best title for the text? A. A Mother’s Love C. A Graduation Party

B. A Childhood Dream D. A Special Birthday

7. The mother insisted that her daughter go to the graduation dance because .

A. she could take care of things herself B. she wanted her to be happy and strong C. she hoped she would find a boyfriend D. she thought education was most important 8. Who was the sender of the flower? A. A boy the writer had run into. C. The writer's father.

B. One of the writer's neighbors.

D. The writer's mother. C

The motor vehicle has killed and disabled more people in its brief history than any bomb or weapon ever invented. Much of the blood on the street flows essentially from uncivil behavior of drivers who refuse to respect the legal and moral rights of others. So the killing on the road may be regarded as a social problem.

In fact, the enemies of society on wheels are rather harmless people – just

ordinary people acting carelessness, you might say. But it is a general truth both of law and common morality that carelessness is no excuse when one’s actions could bring death or damage to others. A minority of the killers go even beyond carelessness to total negligence（疏忽）.

Researchers have estimated that as many as 80 percent of all automobile accidents

can be attributed to the psychological condition of the drivers. Emotional upsets

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