丰台区2013-2014学年度第二学期统一练习（一）四、单项填空（共13分，每小题1分）从下面各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

22. The lovely girl is from America. name is Lucy.A. HerB. HisC. YourD. My23. We don’t have to go to school ________ August.A. onB. atC. inD. to24. Our classroom is not big，_______ it’s very clean.A. andB. butC. orD. so25. — Must we finish our work this week?— No, you ______.A. mustn’tB. can’tC. shouldn’tD. needn’t26. Peter runs very fast, but his brother runs ________ than him.A. fastB. fasterC. fastestD. the fastest27. I have two friends. And _____ of them are singers.A. eachB. allC. bothD. neither28. — Where is Miss Li?— She ________ a meeting at the office now.A. is havingB. hadC. hasD. will have29. — _____ did your mother get home last night?— At about eleven, I think.A. WhatB. WhereC. WhoD. When30. Many foreigners__________ to visit Beijing every year.A. comeB. cameC. comesD. will come31. My brother decides _________ to England to study English next year.A. goesB. to goC. goD. going32. Mr. Brown _____ in this factory since he was twenty-four years old.A. worksB. workedC. will workD. has worked33. A book fair _____ in Chaoyang Park last month.A. holdB. heldC. is heldD. was held34. ---Do you know ______ the posters tomorrow?---Near the school gate.A. where they will put upB. where they put upC. where did they put upD. where will they put up五、完形填空（共12分，每小题1分）阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。

Jay Criche, a teacher, died several months ago. He taught English for 30 years. For most ofthat time, he wore sport coats most of the year, in weather cold or warm, and if I remember correctly, there were patches（补丁）on these sport 35 . He wore small glasses, a thick mustache, and his hair was dark, dusted with gray.I took his course when I was a junior, and the first 36 we read was “A Portrait（肖像）of the Artist as a Young Man.” He showed us a picture of James Joyce-the writer. In it, Joyce’s hands were as if paddling through water. Mr. Criche asked if anyone knew why the artist had 37 Joyce that way, and I raised my hand. “Is he swimming through a stream of consciousness(意识)?”Mr. Criche 38 the answer, and a wave of support swept over me. I hadn’t known, until that moment, how badly I’d 39 his support. I was going through some 40 times at school and at home-my face and back were covered in acne(痤疮), my chest was concave(凹的), my last name sounded like food---but in that class, I felt I had worth.He was 41 to me, but he took particular notice of me. Near the end of the term, we read “Macbeth”. I wrote a paper about the play- the first paper-and turned it in the next day.I got a good grade on it, and below the grade Mr. Criche wrote, “ Sure hope you become a writer.” 42 those six words. It was the first time he or anyone had showed writing was a career (职业) 43 for me.I don’t remember Mr. Criche 44 us how to take standardized tests, but when we took them, we did well. I don’t remember Mr. Criche teaching his lesson toward any state-regulated curricula, but we did pretty well. Why? Because he was hungry for 45 , so we were hungry, too. He made us want to impress(给……以深刻印象) him with the contents of our brains. He taught us how to 46 and why.Teachers live on in a thousand hearts and minds. We follow them everywhere and always.35. A. shoes B.sweaters C. coats D. trousers36. A. newspaper B. letter C. magazine D. book37. A.imagined B. drawn C. described D. introduced38. A. praised B. accepted C. explained D.gave39. A. expected B. received C. wanted D. enjoyed40. A. happy B. hard C. sad D. exciting41. A. kind B.friendly C. polite D. thankful42. A. Only B. Even C. Still D. Just43. A. plan B. chance C. choice D. way44. A. showing B. teaching C. helping D. telling45. A. learning B. trying C. working D. changing46. A. write B. study C. think D. express阅读理解（共44分）六、阅读下列短文，根据短文内容，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。

（共26分，每小题2分）AStudents’ Plans for HolidayI’m going to Australia in my summer holiday. It would be lots of fun. There are lots of animals like kangaroos and koalas there. I do love animals. I don’t want to liein bed and watch TV for 10 hours every day. It’s boring.Linda I’m planning to go to a real cold place like Antarctic, and I’d like to take photos with penguins. I like penguins very much. They are so lovely. I hate lying on a hotbeach doing nothing.JimI’m dreaming of a trip to the Disneyland in America in my holiday. But I know it would cost a lot of money. I’d like to go there with one of my pen friends inCalifornia. He often sends me postcards. But my mum wants me to learn swimmingthis summer. Actually, I don’t like swimming at all.SarahI want to go to some very hot and sunny places in my holiday, like Egypt. I’dlike to travel on a camel. Me, my camel and sand, sand, sand everywhere. It wouldbe a perfect holiday. I don’t want to be on that island I went to last summer. I’m soafraid of big mice there.Jack47. How many students’ plans are there in the passage?A. 2.B. 3.C. 4.D. 5.48. What is Sarah planning to do?A. Take photos with penguins.B. Go to Disneyland in America.C. Go to see kangaroos and koalas.D. Go to some very hot and sunny places.49. Who went to an island last year?A. Linda.B. Jim.C. Sarah.D. Jack.BJohnny went to see his grandparents on their farm, and they gavehim a slingshot (弹弓) to play with out in the woods. He was excited andpracticed for some time. But he could never hit the target he had set.Getting a little upset, he headed back for dinner. As he was goingback, he saw his grandma’s duck. Without thinking, he let the slingshotfly, hitting the duck in the head and killing it.In a panic, he hid the dead duck in the woodpile(柴堆), only to see his sister watching! But Sally said nothing. After lunch the next day, Grandma said, “Sally, help me with the dishes.”But Sally said, “Grandma, Johnny told me he wanted to help in the kitchen.” Then she whispered(耳语) to Johnny, “Remember the duck?” So Johnny did the dishes.Later that day, Grandpa asked if the children wanted to ride horses, and Grandma said, “I’m sorry but I need Sally to help me make supper.”Sally just smiled and said, “Well, that’s all right because Johnny told me he wanted to help you.” She whispered again, “Remember the duck?”So Sally went to ride horses and Johnny stayed behind to help make supper. After several days of doing both his chores and Sally’s, Johnny finally couldn’t stand it any more.He went to his grandma and said that he had killed the duck.Grandma smiled. “Sweetheart, I know,” said Grandma. “You see, I saw the whole thing at the window that day, but because I love you, I forgave you. I just waited to find out when youwould tell me what you did.”50. How did Johnny feel when he couldn’t hit the target?A. Upset.B. Bored.C. Happy.D. Excited.51. Why did Johnny keep helping Sally do chores?A. Because he had told her he would do them.B. Because Sally didn’t know how to do them.C. Because he wanted Sally to keep the secret.D. Because Grandma asked him to do the chores.52. What has Johnny learned from his experience?A. One should be brave.B. One should be honest.C. One should be helpful.D. One should be patient.CHave you ever felt sleepy and unable to think clearly in acrowded classroom? The problem is caused by what we breatheout ourselves-carbon dioxide, or CO2.There are rules about how much fresh air we need inbuildings to keep us healthy. When there isn’t enough new aircoming in to push the old air out, pollutants(污染物) build up.One of these pollutants is CO2, which increases every time webreathe out.The truth is that CO2 has always been consideredharmless. After all, how poiso nous(有毒的)could it be since it comes out of our own body? But this view changed when an American scientist named William Fisk happened to watch an experiment by Hungarian scientists six years ago. Their findings showed that people have difficulty doing paperwork when CO2 levels are high.Fisk and his team repeated the experiment at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab in California, US. They asked students to participate over three different periods. During each period, there were different carbon dioxide levels. Students had to take part in role-playing games on a computer: They were told they were managers and the organization they were running was having some problems. Each student was then graded on how well they dealt with these problems.Like the experiment from six years before, the results showed that students were more likely to make careful, smart decisions with less CO2 in the air. Their ability was reduced when the CO2 in the room rose, Science News reported.An interesting thing that Fisk noticed was that even though the students knew that the amount of CO2 was changing throughout the day, none of them felt the difference between each period. This means that CO2 can do harm without us even realizing it.This problem is especially serious for schools because there are lots of people in classrooms for long hours every day. So it is important that rooms are ventilated(通风). US scientists recently surveyed 100 California classrooms. “We found a clear relationship between higher CO2 level and increased absences(缺课) among the kids for illness,” said Mark Mendell, a member of the research team.53. What can we infer from the first three paragraphs?A. All the CO2 in the room comes from ourselves.B. People didn’t think CO2 could harm the body before.C. CO2 is considered the most poisonous pollutant in a room.D. Fisk was the first to discover that CO2 could be bad for us.54. What was the conclusion of Fisk and his team’s experiment?A. Students had the same reaction with different levels of CO2.B. Low levels of CO2 could make students do things carelessly.C. Students felt uncomfortable when the level of CO2 increased.D. High levels of CO2 reduced the students’ ability to make decisions.55. According to the last paragraph, we’d better_______.A. keep the windows open all the timeB. put more plants inside to reduce CO2C. let fresh air into the rooms now and thenD. avoid going into rooms with too many peopleDAlmost everyone is afraid of something – snakes, heights,public speaking and so on.It is normal and can even be helpful to experience fearsometimes. In dangerous situations, fear can keep our bodiesalert (警醒的) so that we can act quickly to protect ourselves.But for some people, fear develops into a “phobia”, whichis a strong and unreasonable fear of something. For example,most of us feel a little scared when looking down from a tall building. But people with height phobia may have trouble breathing, feel dizzy or turn down a great job just because the company is on the 20th floor.Phobias can prevent you from living a normal life. “People with spider phobia would stay out of their home or dorm room for days if they thought a spider was present,” Katherina Hauner, a researcher at Northwestern University, US, told ABC News. This is why scientists have been trying to find a cure for this disease.Since fear comes from experience-from what we are told, what we see others experience and what happens to us-some scientists think if they can “rewrite” these unpleasant memories, they might be able to help people overcome their phobias.In a study by Katherina Hauner and other scientists, participants with spider phobia were asked to first touch a spider with a paintbrush. Seeing that it was not actually dangerous, they then tried touching it while wearing a glove. Finally, they could hold it with their hands.Certain medicine has also been found to be helpful. Back in 2010, researchers at the University of Hiroshima, Japan, injected a special medicine into a fish-who was afraid of light-to turn off the fear center in its brain. From then on, the fish no longer feared light.While the search for solutions to phobias is mak ing great progress, it’s an open question whether getting rid of (去除) fear is good. Some people want to use these methods to make soldiers fight harder in wars by taking away their sense of fear. Dave Smithson of the charity Anxiety UK has his own idea. “It’s fear that prevents us from doing crazy things,” he says. “There’s a name for people who don’t have fear of consequences: psychopaths(精神变态者)“56．The expression “overcome” probably means “______”.A.controlB. beatC. weakenD. repeat57．What can we learn from the passage?A．People with spider phobia could be cured by touching a spider.B．People with height phobia would lose his great job in a high building.C．People would feel scared when seeing others frightened by something.D．People have found certain medicine to help soldiers fight harder in wars.58．Which of the following would Dave Smithson probably agree with?A．Without fear, people would be braver.B．We shouldn’t let fear affect our decision.C．Fear stops us from doing some creative things.D．Fear can help avoid taking unnecessary chances.59．What is probably the best title for this passage?A．Why is fear helpful?B．Is fear good or not?C．How do we treat fear?D．When should fear be treated?七、阅读短文，根据短文内容，从短文后的五个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。