高一英语限时能力训练

高一英语限时能力训练一、完形填空My mom ran a small shop at a flea market and collected old clothes and some other things to sell for the money we needed. She only had one __1____. I hated her. She was such a(n) __2___.Once during elementary school it was field day at school, and my mom came. “ Is that your beautiful mom?” my schoolmates asked and __3___ me. I threw my mom a hateful look and ran out, wishing that she would just __4___ from this world.“You’re only making me a laughingstock (笑柄). Why don’t you have __5___ eye?” I burst out shouting angrily when having supper at home, but my mom did not respond, nor did she _6___ me. How I hated my one-eyed mom and our __7___ poverty.I __8__ to study hard and leave my mom. Finally I made it! I got ___9__ by the Seoul University.Now I am living happily as a(n) __10___ man. I had my own house and kids. I enjoy the life in Seoul because it’s a place that doesn’t _11___ me of my mom and my past. However, one day someone knocked at my door. It was my mom! And still with her one eye! It felt as if the whole sky was ___12__ on me. My little girl ran away, scared of her eye.I screamed at her, “Who are you? How dare you come and scare my daughter?”To this, my mom ___13_ answered, “Oh, I’m so sorry. I may have gotten the wrong __14___,” and she disappeared out of sight.Never have I seen and heard of her since then __15___ one day the news of her death came, as well as a letter. It was a letter to me.My son.My life has been __16__ enough now, and I won’t visit Seoul anymore. But would it be too much to ask if I wanted you to come to visit me once in a while? I ___17__ you so much.When you were very little, you got into an accident and lost one of your eyes. I couldn’t __18___ watching you having to grow up with only one eye. So I gave you mine. I was so proud of my son to see a whole new world for me with that eye. I was never __19__ with you for anything you did. During the couple of times that you were angry with me, I _20___ myself---- it’s because you love me.My son... oh, my son...Don’t cry for me because of my death. I love you so much.1.A .hand B. leg C. eye D. ear2.A. disappointment B. discouragement C. argument D. embarrassment3.A. glanced at B. stared at C. shouted at D. laughed at4.A. escape B. disappear C. separate D. suffer5.A. the other B. another C. others D. any6.A. punish B. contradict C. forgive D. observe7.A. gradual B. desperate C. absolute D. commercial8.A. prayed B. decided C. hesitated D. managed9.A. admitted B. approved C. accepted D. absorbed10.A. Confident B. optimistic C. successful D. ambitious11.A. Inform B. warn C. accuse D. remind12.A. Falling apart B. breaking into C. turning over D. taking over13.A. Sadly B. quickly C. angrily D. quietly14.A. Door B. key C. address D. room15.A. But B. and C. until D. unless16.A. Happy B. long C. sad D. short17.A. Love B. miss C.hate D. thank18.A. Devote B. insist C. stand D. allow19.A. Occupied B. satisfied C. strict D. upset20.A. Associated with B. decorated with C. thought to D. took to二、阅读理解A“Only in a few years you’ll be an adult!” This statement is usually by adults with a wink at my mother. I usually take “the wink(眨眼）” to mean “or at least that’s what she thinks, right?” It’s true that in two years I’ll be 18, and that will make me legally an adult. But it’s also just a number. It doesn’t come with a fantastic moment when you know all the adults are supposed to know what to do. It doesn’t make responsibilities easier. It just makes it legal for you to enter online sweepstakes(彩票）and work at Walmart.This thought all started back in July when my friend, Dakota, officially flew out of military basic training in Oklahoma. He’s 17. Not an adult by the legal definition, but making a very adult decision. He can’t rent a movie from most places, but he can defend our country. I didn’t realize how much his actual departure would affect me and the way I viewed growing up and when it actually starts.My best friend Madeline is now studying psychology in London. She’s 18. She has been working pretty hard to get the perfect grades. Now, she’s living on her own, doing little things that make her, in my eyes, an adult, and is in complete control of her personal life. I have a basic idea of how a loan works, and apply for one like her? Forget it. I haven’t even had a credit card until now.My other friends are growing up around me, making decisions that will affect the rest of their lives. Where do I fit in? My life is so different form the standard; it’s hard to compare. I’m home-schooled. I’ve been a fashion blogger since I was 13, an occupation that has definitely taught me a lot first-hand about the outside world. Earlier this year, I got my first Teen V ogue feature(专栏）and worked with the Disney Channel. But if you add that up, it doesn’t equal an adult. It equals an accomplished teenager.I made myself a list of “Things to Learn Before I Grow Up”. Number one: Figure out the whole significant thing. Maybe learning to cook something rather than buying ready-made food from the supermarket. But it’s also important for me to enjoy being young. I like having sandwiches my mom made for me, and getting to just be silly sometimes without worry. So in conclusion, my point is this: Being a grown-up is less about your age, but more about what you do with your life.21.What does the author think of the age of 18?A.She can be responsible for herself.B. It is when she still doesn’t know things.C. It is legal for her to do online business.D. She still can’t do things like adults.22.What does the underlined word “it” in paragraph 2 refer to?A.Her growing up.B. Dakota’s departure.C. Her defending the country.D. Dakota’s renting a movie.23.Why did the author mention Madeline?A.To explain the course of applying for a loan.B.To admire Madeline’s growing up.C.To stress the importance of a credit card.D.To praise Madeline for her hard work.24.What might be the bets title for the passage?A.I will be 18 in two years.B. I can’t learn like my friends.C. Will “18” make you an adult?D. I don’t want to grow up yet.BUS poet Allen Ginsberg once said, “poetry is the one place where people can speak their original human mind.”To recognize the unique ability of poetry to capture the human spirit, World Poetry Day is held by the United Nations on March 21 each year.The magic of poetry lies in the connection built up through words between the author and the reader. When we read a poem, we often imagine what the poet was thinking when they wrote it, or what they were doing at the time. These thoughts let us connect with the words better, as if we’d written the poem ourselves.But in the age of artificial intelligence(AI人工智能), would a poem still mean as much if it weren’t written by a human at all? Today, computers can create all kinds of texts, including research papers, books, news stories and even poems by using algorithms(算法）.In 2013, Australian researcher Oscar Schwartz and his friend Benjamin Laird created a website called “bot or not”, where readers can read poems and guess whether they were written by a human or a computer. During a recent speech at TedX Sydney, Schwartz said that throughout the years, some of the website’s poems were able to fool 65 percent of human readers into thinking they were written by a human.By launching the website, Schwartz and Laird hoped that people would question the difference between humans and machines---and be able to identify what makes us human.Unstableness(易变性）is part of the answer. “The human [mind] is not a cold, hard fact,” Schwartz said during his TedX Sydney speech, “Rather, it is something that’s constructed with our opinions and something that changes over time.”A computer may be able to create poems that are correct in both grammar and style, but it wouldn’t be able to get the same meanings and emotions across a human poet could. In fact, current AI software creates poems based on ones that have already been written by humans. As Schwartz noted. “The computer works like a mirror that reflects any idea of a human that developers teach it.”So a new challenge arises: What kind of human mind do we want the computer to reflect back at us?Man vs machineTake a look at the two poems below. Can you guess which one was written by acomputer?Poem ADollars of sandIn my handWorth nothing moreThan Frisbee(飞盘）of man.Poem BBig, small seashells quietly fight a lively, sunny tuna(金枪鱼）Never command a sailorThe captain travels like a misty seashellAll whales view rough, clear wavesANSWER: Poem B was written by a computer.25.What’s the purpose of the first three paragraphs?A.To introduce the origin of World Poetry Day.B.To show the popularity of poetry around the world.C.To show the importance and beauty of poetry.D.To give some tips on appreciating poetry.26.What did the data from “bot or not” show?puters are better than humans at writing poetry.puters can also produce poems of high quality.C.Readers don’t really care whether the poems were written by humans.D.Few readers can tell poems written by computers from those by humans.27.According to Schwartz, what makes humans different from machines?A.We value emotions over facts.B. We have changing opinions.C, We are stable in what we do. D. We often make mistakes.28.Why can’t computers match humans in creating poems according to the article?A.They fail to use the correct grammar and style.B.They can’t create poems that make sense.C.They can’t express emotions as well as humans.D.They only know how to copy existing poems.三、根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。