高二英语周练 第一节 完形填空(共 20 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 分) 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意。然后从各题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项 Nowadays many people enjoy 1 activities—walking, cycling or mountaineering. People often 2 the act of climbing high and difficult mountains to be astonishing. Why are men and women 3 to suffer cold and hardship, and to 4 on high mountains? This astonishment may be caused by the difference between mountaineering and other forms of activities to which men 5 their leisure time. There are no man-made rules, as there are for 6 sports as golf and football. There are, of course, principles of different kinds. It would be dangerous if you 7 them. But it is this freedom from man-made rules 8 makes mountaineering attractive to many people. Those who climb mountains are free to choose their own 9 . If we 10 mountaineering with other more familiar sports, we might think that one big difference is that mountaineering is not a kind of 11 work at all. 12 , it is only our misunderstanding. There are no “matches” 13 “teams” of climbers, but when climbers are on a rock face linked by a rope which their lives may 14 , there is obviously teamwork. A mountain climber knows that he may have to fight with natural 15 that are stronger and more powerful than man. A mountain climber 16 to improve his skill year after year. A skier has probably passed his best by the age of thirty, and most tennis champions 17 in their early twenties. But it is not 18 for men of fifty or sixty to climb the highest mountains in the Alps. They may take more 19 to do that than younger men, but they probably climb more skillfully and with less effort, and they certainly experience equal 20 . 1. A. physical B. easy C. difficult D. mental 2. A. find B. respect C. treat D. consider 3. A. scared B. willing C. afraid D. suitable 4. A. have a break B. make sense C. take a risk D. lose weight 5. A. give B. hope C. discover D. receive 6. A. so B. various C. different D. such 7. A. applied B. worried C. ignored D. noticed 8. A. which B. that C. how D. why 9. A. methods B. tradition C. styles D. activities 10. A. contact B. relate C. replace D. compare 11. A. pair B. complex C. team D. simple 12. A. Otherwise B. Therefore C. Furthermore D. However 13. A. between B. within C. from D. beyond 14. A. keep on B. go on C. depend on D. focus on 15. A. storms B. forces C. energies D. strengths 16. A. tries B. wants C. continues D. decides 17. A. will be B. are C. appear D. is 18. A. unusual B. normal C. common D. frequent 19. A. gifts B. means C. brains D. time 20. A. astonishment B. ambition C. concern D. enjoyment 第二部分 阅读理解 阅读下面短文，从每题所给的 A, B, C, D 四个选项中，选出最佳

选项。(共 20 小题, 每小题 2 分, 满分 40 分) A It was blazing hot, just like most July days. I stepped into a tiny ice-cream shop to cool off with a chocolate ice-cream. It was an old woman bent over a table near the door. Her back was so badly twisted that her face nearly touched the tabletop. I sat down facing her a couple of tables away. “Poor woman,” I thought, “What does she get out of life? Why God let people live so long past their prime?” As I thought, another aged lady entered the shop and sat down with her. Soon the two of them were talking about childhood days. They talked of how little the shop had changed in 70 years... In minutes, the two of them were trembling with laughter. I looked again at the first woman, then in the mirror on a nearby wall, catching a picture of myself. I was wearing a dirty shirt. She was well dressed in white, her hands sparking with gold rings. I was sad. She was laughing, smiling. I was putting the pieces of my life together. She had millions of wonderful memories to recall. I sat alone. She was sharing the day with a good friend. I was secretly worried about getting old. She was old, but it wasn’t hurting her. As I left the shop, I thought of my foolish question about God letting people live past their prime. Why, that woman was more alive, more sensitive to life than I was. Age has not bent her spirit. 21. From the passage we know that the ice-shop _________. A. changed a lot in the past B. had only a couple of tables C. started its business 70 years ago. D. had only women shoppers. 22. What is the meaning of the underlined word “prime” in this passage? A. miserable life B. wonderful experience C. long career D. time of great strength, beauty, vigor(活力) 23. The writer implies all of the following except that _________. A. the old lady had lived a full and satisfying life B. the writer had more problems than the old lady C. the old lady was very lonely and sad D. the old lady had learned to enjoy the simple things in life 24. Which of the following is the conclusion the writer made about the old lady? A. She was more alive and sensitive to life than the writer. B. She considered the young man pitiable. C. She was to be pitied for her old age. D. People should not be allowed to live when they are too old. 25. Which of the following is the main idea of the passage? A. To tell us the life of old people B. To show that old age does not mean being short of spirit. C. To show the difference between the old and the young. D. To make the reader have a pity on the old people.