高三年级英语周练9

李林中学高三年级英语周练（9）试题

考试时间：50分钟总分：89分

Ⅰ. 阅读理解(满分39分)

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Love to sink into your chairs and relax when you get to school? Then you will not be happy to hear that schools all over the world are seriously considering exchanging traditional desks for ones with no seats at all — Yes, that means you will be encouraged to stand through those already too long math and science lessons! Why would anyone even think of putting kids to such cruelty? Experts say it improves their health and helps fight obesity. While that may seem a little far-fetched (牵强的) the officials at the few schools around the world seem to agree.

Among them are educators from the College Station Independent School District in Texas, who recently completed a week-long experiment involving 480 students across three elementary schools. The 374 kids that agreed to participate in the study were provided a device that helped record step count and calorie consumption over the entire period.

All 25 teachers involved in the study reported that students appeared to be more alert and concentrate better, when allowed to stand. The one thing that did surprise the researchers was that younger kids were more willing to stay standing than kids in higher grades. They believe this may have something to do with the fact that after years of being aske d to “sit still”, older kids have a harder time adjusting to this unexpected freedom.

American schools are not the only ones reporting success with stand-up desks. Four Catholic schools in Perth, Australia, which have been testing them since October 2013, have seen similar results. In May 2014, Grove House Primary School in Bradford, West Yorkshire, became Europe’s first test one, with a seven-week trial that involved the use of desks made by Ergotron in their fifth-grade classrooms. While official results are not out yet, early reactions from both teachers and students, have been extremely encouraging.

The findings of these studies and others done previously, all seem to mean that allowing kids to move around in classrooms is a win-win for students and teachers —it helps kids get healthier and provides educators with a more engaged audience.

1. According to the first paragraph, what may make the students at school unhappy is that _____.

A. they have to exchange desks with each other

B. they have to exchange traditional desks for ones with no seats

C. there are no seats for them to sit in class

D. the officials show no sympathy to them at all

2. According to the teachers, older students may not like stand-up desks because _____.

A. they are cleverer than younger students

B. they are easily tired of standing long

C. they have formed the habit of sitting

D. they do badly in class while standing

3. What is most likely to be the result of the seven-week trial?

A. The standing desks can’t be used at all.

B. It is good for students to use stand-up desks.

C. More tests should be done in other schools.

D. The students are different in personality.

4. Why do the teachers like the standing desks?

A. Because the educators can draw the students’ atten tion.

B. Because the teachers can keep the students healthy.

C. Because the students can have a walk in the classroom.

D. Because the standing desks can keep the students concentrated.

B

Since Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay climbed Mount Everest, Mount Qomolangma’s peak is no longer a lonely place and is turning into a trash heap（垃圾堆）.

So far, more than 350 climbers have successfully reached the peak. And they have complained about waiting for hours in the bottlenecks (狭窄路段) on the way to the peak, a si tuation that isn’t just uncomfortable —it’s cold and windy up there — but downright dangerous. If bad weather strikes, c limbers can and do die.

As a matter of fact, the dangerous crowds aren’t the only problem on Qomolangma. All those climbers need to bring a lot of gear—and much of them ends up being left on the mountain, sometimes even the peak itself. Mount Qomolangma is becoming the world’s largest dump. Here’s mountaineer Mark Jenkins writ ing in National Geographic about the state of Qomolangma: “Th e two standard routes, the Northeast Ridge and the Southeast Ridge, are disgustingly polluted with oxygen cans and torn tents everywhere.”

But the good news is that some mountaineers are taking it upon themselves to clean up Qomolangma. Mountianeer Paul Thelen and his friend Eberhard Schaaf are part of the annual Eco Everest Expedition, which has been cleaning up rubbish from base camps to the peak since 2008. So far they’ve collected over 13 tons of garbage.

Some of that rubbish is even being used for a higher purpose. As part of the Mount Everest 8844 Art Project, a group of 15 artists from Nepal collected 1.5 tons of garbage brought down the mountain by climbers. They’ve transformed the cans and oxygen tanks—and in one case, part of the remains of a helicopter—into 74 pieces of art that have already gone on exhibition in Nepal’s capital. Part of the profit from sales will go to the Everest Peakers Association, which has helped collect tons of rubbish on the slopes of the mountain.

5. What do we learn abo ut the bottlenecks on the way to Mount Qomolangma’s peak?

A. They are relatively safe.

B. They are often crowded.

C. They are very easy to pass.

D. They are sites of base camps.

6. What does the underlined word “gear” mean?

A. Equipment for climbing mountains.

B. The food climbers brought onto the mountain.

C. Some important machines used for the bottlenecks.

D. Some rubbish found on the mountain.

7. The group of 15 Nepali artists_________.

A. created works of art using rubbish from Qomolangma

B. were employed by the Everest Peakeers Association

C. climbed Qomolangma and collected 1.5 tons of trash

D. painted 74 beautiful pictures of Mount Qomolangma’s peak

8. What can be the best title for the text?

A. Eco Everest Expedition Proves Successful

B. Qomolangma Has Become A Huge Mess

C. Test Yourself Against Qomolangma

D. Recycle Rubbish On Qomolangma

C(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. 9 So challenge the following limits：

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

I f 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. 10 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. 11

Make sure this hobby is not linked to your career; you have to relax and relieve your stress while performing this. Some examples might be cooking, sewing, painting and so on. Apart from helping you challenge yourself, taking a class for your hobby may also give you extra income.

3. Set aside at least nine minutes a day for physical exercise.

12 A simple 9 - minute run around your neighborhood can do wonders for yourself. Exercise can not only help you maintain your regular weight, but also make you feel better about yourself.

4. Travel and allow yourself to be interested in new people.

Don’t just limit yourself to your fellow travelers-try to connect with the service staff. You never know what kind of people they’re going to be. Get out of your house or go online right now to book your class. __13__

A. You should do it continuously.

B. Someone may hang up on you.

C. You don’t need to go to the gym.

D. Running in the gym may be a better choice.

E. Start to travel now and learn to challenge yourself.

F. Take a class for a hobby you’ve been wanting to develop.

G. You can never see any improvement if you stick to your comfort zone.

Ⅱ.完形填空(满分40分)

get you into trouble dealing with the government. Honesty is just as important to me as my family. Already, I know it is something that will 17 my future and my relationship with all people. It is something about

have and appreciate.

1. A. profession B. law C. career D. contract

2. A. in B. into C. on D. onto

3. A. character B. quality C. personality D. speciality

4. A. slowly B. down C. fast D. far

5. A. advised B. made C. taught D. ordered

6. A. in case B. so that C. although D. because

7. A. older B. elder C. stronger D. taller

8. A. accept B. ensure C. change D. exchange

9. A. possibly B. totally C. hardly D. nearly

10. A. like B. toward C. against D. forward

11. A. confidence B. hope C. interest D. trust

12. A. arrangement B. intention C. goal D. purpose

13. A. horrible B. fascinating C. unacceptable D. surprising

14. A. wherever B. whenever C. whichever D. whomever

15. A. questions B. problems C. accidents D. incidents

16. A. surely B. easily C. even D. still

17. A. break B. improve C. destroy D. strengthen

18. A. lose B. meet C. own D. miss

19. A. hanging over B. hanging on C. hanging up D. hanging out

20. A. who B. what C. which D. that

Ⅲ.短文改错(满分10分)

I like travelling and my dream of paying a visit for Beijing, the capital city of our country, come true during the National Day holidays this year. On October 1st, I went to Tian’anmen Square with my parents, there we watched the flag-raising ceremony. As I watched the flag rising slowly, I sang a national anthem, feel extremely excited. Then we went to some other famous tourist attraction, like the Great Wall. Standing on the Great Wall, I felt very proudly. I thought of the old saying that “One who fail to reach the Great Wall is a hero.” Although I was ti red, but I really had a good time.

周练9答案：

阅读1-4 CCBD 5-8 BAAB 9-13 GBFCE

完型1-5 BABDC 6-10 DACBB 11-15 DCAAB 16-20 CBADD

改错 1. for →to 2. come→came 3. there →where 4. the→ a 5. feel→feeling

6. attraction→attractions

7. proudly →proud

8. fail →fails

9. a hero前加not 10. but →yet