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366期高二Quiz time
作者:21ST
时间:2009-08-27

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Choose the best answer:

Adventure on the boat (P1)

1. Zac Sunderland made his dream come true ______.

A. by breaking a world record B. by dropping out of school

C. by getting his parents'' support

D. by working in the summer

2. How did Zac''s parents feel about his dreams?

A. Worried. B. Happy. C. Shocked. D. Angry.

3. Which shows the right order of what Zac did?

a. He left the port of Marina del Rey.

b. He bought a sailboat for himself.

c. He arrived back home.

d. He celebrated his 17th birthday.

A. a b c d B. b a d c C. c d b a D. d b c a

4. In Zac''s opinion, young people should try to _____.

A. work out what they are expected to do

B. dream about something awesome and adventurou

C. do more things with proper motivation and ambition

D. live in a different way from their parent

Language of one ...(P4)

5. What''s the main idea of the passage?

A. How English influences other languages.

B. Where the new English words come from.

C. What leads to the mixing of different languages.

D. How the age of the Internet affects the English language.

6. Which best shows the structure of the passage?



CP: Central Point; P: Point; SP: Sub-point (次要点)

7. With the example of "feng shui", the author tries to prove that _____.

A. many English speakers pay attention to harmony in their home decoration

B. feng shui culture is more and more popular in the English-speaking countrie

C. there are a lot of English words borrowed from other language

D. an increasing number of foreigners are interested in traditional Chinese culture

8. According to the author, English is getting bigger faster in the age of the Internet because _____.

a. English is the most widely used language in the shared cyberspace

b. some words have been created to satisfy the need of the age of the Internet

c. some of Shakespeare''s plays have been popular in the cyberspace

d. different languages are more likely to influence each other in a shared cyberspace

e. People all over the world can communicate in a shared cyberspace more conveniently.

A. abc B. abe C. bcd D. bde

9. According to the Global Language Monitor, what is the millionth English word? _________________________

10. Which sentence in the text is the closest in meaning to the following one? ______________________________

English takes in words from other languages and blends them in with the old.

______________________________________________

11. Where are the new English words from according to the passage? (within 25 words) _____________________

12. Translate the following sentence into Chinese.

Don''t forget “feng shui”, the Chinese term now common among English speakers who want harmony in their home decorations. ___________________________________

Two news briefs on P6

13. What can we learn about the driverless taxis from the first news story ?

A. They are powered by petrol.

B. The taxi can carry up to five people.

C. Passengers can go to their desired place by simply pressing a button.

D. There have been 18 such taxis in use at Heathrow airport in London.

14. Which is one advantage of the driverless taxi?

A. It can solve the traffic problem completely.

B. It is an environmentally friendly transport.

C. It will save passengers a lot of money.

D. Passengers can choose to go anywhere they want.

15. What''s the second news story mainly about?

A. Different people handle anger in different ways.

B. Insults don''t make people so angry when they''re lying down.

C. In the upright state, people are more likely to insult others.

D. Being insulted while upright probably makes you less angry.

16. What can we learn from the second news story?

A. If you must upset someone, wait until they feel great.

B. The students were told that they were taking an anger study.

C. The students were asked to write an essay on how to deal with public smoking.

D. Scientists believe that body position has an effect on people''s emotions.

Saying ‘yes'' to life (P8)

17. When the writer said she was "the poster child", she meant that ________.

A. her picture often appeared on the poster

B. she once advertised for a certain product

C. nothing could be finished by her alone

D. she was a typical example of some kind

18. What helped the writer to change her life?

A. A simple poem by Marlo Thomas.

B. An article about Marlo Thomas.

C. Her experience of reciting a poem.

D. Her mother being a good example.

19. How did the words "I can" take root in the writer''s heart?

A. By repeating the words "I can" over and over.

B. By telling people "I can" whenever there is a problem.

C. By undertanding the meaning behind the poem.

D. By following her mother''s advice to believe in that.

20. From the text we can learn that _____ is important.

A. learning B. confidence C. example D. ambition

Listening

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  • Topic: Hobbie

    听下面一段独白,然后填上文章中所缺的内容。该段独白读两遍。

    Starting a new school term is always ______. It is a chance to see your friends again. But most exciting of all, the new term lets you ______ new hobbies. It is common in Britain for students to take up new hobbies after the Christmas holidays. Promising to learn something new is a common New Year''s ______.

    Most schools offer different kinds of ______ classes. Students can take them during their free periods or after school. Students have to pay for some classes, but others are ______. For example, I once took a free Wednesday evening gym class that my school ______. But when I learnt how to play the drums, my parents had to pay for the lessons.

    The most ______ hobby classes at my school were piano lessons and drama club. Both classes offered ______ that students could take. Students with many hobbies sometimes felt more pressure (压力) than those without any. But the students with hobbies graduated from school with many ______ skills.

    I haven''t continued any of the hobbies I began at school. But I have never ______ taking them. My best friend today is someone I met in my after-school gym class.

    Key:DCBCBACD

    9. Web 2.0.

    10. It scoops up new words from all over the world and mixes them in with the old.

    11. English borrows new words from other languages and the age of the Internet has created a whole new vocabulary for its own purposes.

    12. 还有“feng shui”这个来自汉语的词。很多外国人开始注重家装方面的和谐,这个词也因而流行起来。

    13. C

    14. B

    15. B

    16. D

    17. D

    18. C

    19. A

    20. B

    Listening:

    exciting; take up; resolution; hobby; free

    offered; popular; exams; extra; regretted


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