高一练习题

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从26－45各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。

Do you believe that some numbers are lucky or unlucky？If you answer“yes”26 th is question，you are certainly not 27 ．For example，many people in certain countries believe that 28 13 is especially bad．They believe 13 people should 29 sit at a table together，and that 30 things will happen 31 Friday the 13th．Some buildings do not even designate a 13th floor．On the other hand，7 is often considered a 32 number．3 3 everyone goes along with this belief in the power of numbers．Some people think th at lucky 34 unlucky numbers are only superstitions（迷信）that should not 35 seriousl y．36 ，others think that numbers 37 have the power to affect people’s 38．In ancient times，it was quite common to believe in the magical power of number s．It 39 that some numbers could clue（暗示）someone in to the 40 or show the 41 side of a person’s personality（个性）．Numerology（命理学），he“art”of42 the po wer in numbers，was often practised in Jewish tradition（传统）and among Greek ma thematicians（数学家）．Today，many of those 43 still practise numerology use the Hebrew calendric system（希伯来历法）which gives each 44 of the alphabet （字母表）45 of the numbers 1 through 8．26. A. of B. to C. in D. on27. A. alone B. lonely C. yourself D. only28. A. number B. numbers C. the numbers D. Number29. A. often B. ever C. always D. never30. A. good B. terrible C. badly D. terribly31. A. in B. at C. on D. of32. A. lucky B. unlucky C. luckily D. luck33. A. Almost B. Not C. Nearly D. No34. A. or B. and C. but D. also35. A. take B. taking C. be taken D. be taking36. A. But B. However C. While D. Yet37. A. do B. don't C. also D. but38. A. life B. lives C. living D. job39. A. believe B. believed C. is believed D. was believed40. A. past B. present C. future D. last41. A. hide B. hiding C. hid D. hidden42. A. read B. reading C. reads D. being read43. A. which B. who C. whose D. whom44. A. letter B. word C. number D. name45. A. some B. any C. many D. oneAt 3:42 a.m. everything began to shake. It seemed 1 the worldwas ____2___ an end! Eleven kilometers____3_____（direct）below the city the great est earthquakes of the 20th century began. It was heard in Beijing, ____4___ is one hu ndred kilometers away. One - third of the nation felt it. A huge crack that was eight kilometers long and thirty meters wide cut__5____ houses, roads and canals. Steam burst from 6 （hole）in the ground. Ha rd hills of rock became rivers of dirt. In fifteen terrible seconds a large city lay in ruins . Two-thirds of the people died or _____7_____（injure）during the earthquake. Thousands of families 8 ( kill）and many children were left ___9___ parents. The num ber of people 10 were killed or injured reached more than 400,000My name is Elias. I am a poor black worker in South Africa. The time （1）____ ___ I first met Nelson Mandela was a very difficult period of my life. I was twelve yea rs old. It was in 1952 and he had opened a black law firm to advise poor black people （2）_______ their problems.I began school at six . The （3）_______ where I studied only two years was three k ilometres away. I had to leave , （4）_______ my family could notcontinue to pay the shool fees and the bus （5）______ . I could not read （6）_____ _write. After trying hard , I got a job in a gold mine . This was a time when one had g ot to have a passsbook to live in Johanneburg. （7）______（sad）I did not have this passbook because I was not born there and I was worried （8）_____ whether I would be out of work.The day when Nelson Mandela told me what to do and helped me was one of the9 （happy）days of my life . He told me how to get the correct papers so I could stay in Johanneburg. I never forgot （10）______ kind he was and when he organized the ANC Youth League , I joined it as soon as I could .改错专练It is three years now since I graduate from Xinhua High School. Last Sunday, the class that I was on held a get-together, which took us a long time prepare. It was indeed not easy to get in the touch with everybody and set a well time for all of us. We all enjoy ed a precious day greatly, remember the time we spent together and the people they wer e familiar with. It was a pity which some of us were not present as they had gone to ab road for further studies, but they called back or sent greeting card from different places.I'm an Australian boy aging 17 and I'm crazy about music. It is one of the most import ant thing in my life. I listen music whenever I can. I have a minidisk player, with it I c an have access to music whether walking in the street or ride on the bus. At home, ther e has a CD player in my room, and the music is on all the time.I like rock music best of all. My favorite band is Rolling Stones, which had produced 40 albums since 1966. It so happened that there was a living concert of Rolling Stones last Sunday. I decided to go. It was a great fun. I am also fond of classical music. I especially enjoy playing Be ethoven once I am doing my homework.。