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512期 高二QUIZ TIME
作者:21st
时间:2013-04-07

Day 1

A prehistoric family (P4)
阅读短文并根据文章内容回答问题,注意答案不要超过题目要求的词数。
1. What is the film The Croods mainly about? (No more than 18 words)
___________________________________________
2. Why does Grug fear everything? (No more than 10 words)
___________________________________________
3. How is Eep, Grug’s daughter, portrayed in the film? (No more than 6 words)
___________________________________________
4. What does the underlined phrase “sneaks out” in Paragraph four mean? (No more than 8 words)
___________________________________________
5. Translate the following sentence into Chinese:
With Guy’s help the Croods conquer their fear of the outside world and discover that they have exactly what it takes to survive – each other.
___________________________________________


Day 2
Finding food (P4)
Choose the best answer:
1. The author mentioned a bear that ran into the city of Vancouver to ______.
A. remind people to stay away from dangerous wild animals
B. show how much people have damaged animals’ habitats
C. draw people’s attention to animals’ unexpected visits to cities
D. explain the necessary measures to take when you see a wild animal
2. Big cities can be dangerous for baboons because ______.
A. there are monitors in them that will return them to their natural habitat
B. the food in big cities is poisonous to them
C. the traffic conditions are very bad in big cities
D. most people keep them away from their houses
3. According to the article, what the baboons in Cape Town and the pigs in Berlin have in common is that ______.
A. they scare people who find them
B. they go into the cities to seek food
C. they are responsible for many road accidents
D. they search cupboards and fridges for food
4. Which of the following words best describes the author’s attitude toward large animal visitors to urban areas?
A. scared B. concerned C. welcoming D. indifferent


Day 3
Limits and possibilities (P5)
Choose the best answer:
1. The birth of Dolly suggests that ______, according to the article.
A. the success rate for sheep cloning is very reliable
B. cloning technology can be easily put into practice
C. cloning technology has great potential
D. many extinct animals could soon reappear on Earth
2. Which of the following statements is TRUE about the cloning of mammoths?
A. Scientists have already found mammoth DNA.
B. Elephant eggs and mammoth DNA might not match.
C. Scientists are confident that they can bring mammoths back to life through cloning.
D. The mammoth cloning experiment might lead to the birth of new species.
3. Which of the following statements might Pasqualino Loi agree with, according to the article?
A. Scientists should clone as many animal species as possible.
B. Scientists have already succeeded in cloning certain endangered species.
C. Cloning technology could help us save endangered animals.
D. Most people still haven’t recognized the potential of cloning technology.


Day 4
A friend’s strength (P6)
Choose the best answer:
1. When the author’s husband died, ______.
A. she couldn’t raise the six children on her own
B. she couldn’t relax on the weekends
C. she hired a housekeeper to always look after the children
D. she was so busy working and looking after the children that she had no time to feel lonely
2. Why did the author let the German shepherd into her house?
A. Her children loved him.
B. He was a beautiful dog.
C. She thought he could protect her family.
D. It was too late and she was afraid he had no place to sleep.
3. Which of the following is TRUE according to the article?
A. The German shepherd was angry that the author left him behind.
B. It didn’t take long for the German shepherd to get along well with the author’s children.
C. The author decided to take her children and the German shepherd to the park that Sunday morning.
D. The author was too occupied that weekend to go find the dog’s owner.
4. The German shepherd was a ______ dog according to the article.
A. naughty and cruel
B. strong and aggressive
C. gentle and intelligent
D. good-natured and protective



Day 5
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
As a young girl growing up in the 1930s, I always wanted to fly a plane, but back then it was almost unheard of for a woman to do that. I got a(n) ___1___ of that dream in 2011,when my husband arranged for me to ride in a hot air balloon for my birthday. But the experience turned out to be very ___2___ . Around that time, I told my husband that I wanted to skydive.
So when our retirement community announced that they were having an essay competition and the ___3___ was an experience of a lifetime that you wanted to have, I decided to write about my ___4___ .
In the essay, I wrote about my ___5___ to skydive, stating that George Bush Sr. did it at age 80. Why not me? I was just 84 and in pretty good ___6___ . A year went by and I heard nothing. But then at a community party in late April 2009, they announced that I was one of the ___7___ . I just couldn’t believe it. Inspired by this, I decided to realize my dream, ___8___ some of my family members and my doctor were ___9___ it.
On June 11, 2009, nearly 40 of my family and friends gathered in the area close to the area where I would ___10___ while I headed up in the airplane. My instructor, Jay, ___11___ me through the experience. The plane was the noisiest one I had ever been in, but I wasn’t ___12___ . I was really just ___13___ the experience. When we reached 13,000 feet, Jay instructed me to __14____ myself out of the plane. When we first hit the air, the wind was so strong that I could hardly __15____ . For a second I thought, “What have I gotten myself into?” But then everything got ___16___ . We were free-falling for about a minute ___17___ Jay opened the parachute, and then we just floated downward for about five minutes. Being up in the clouds and looking at the view below was unlike anything I had ever felt much better than the hot air balloon. I was just ___18___ it.
Skydiving was really one of the greatest experiences of my life. I hope other people will look at me and realize that you don’t ___19___ living just because you are 84 years old. If there’s something you want to experience, ___20___ it. If it’s something that is possible, make it happen.
1. A. sense B. image C. taste D. reach
2. A. exciting B. unexpected C. impressive D. dull
3. A. topic B. opinion C. matter D. reward
4. A. family B. life C. job D. dream
5. A. joy B. addiction C. desire D. worry
6. A. memory B. health C. mood D. mind
7. A. winners B. competitors C. losers D. judges
8. A. just as B. even though C. as if D. ever since
9. A. for B. against C. over D. beyond
10. A. land B. jump C. crash D. appear
11. A. blamed B. comforted C. guided D. questioned
12. A. curious B. frightened C. satisfied D. embarrassed
13. A. living up to B. keeping track of C. putting up withD. looking forward to
14. A. equip B. prepare C. throw D. fall
15. A. stop B. control C. relax D. breathe
16. A. still B. calmer C. wild D. smaller
17. A. before B. unless C. after D. once
18. A. enjoying B. regretting C. realizing D. doubting
19. A. hate B. expect C. imagine D. stop
20. A. attend to B. refer to C. look into D. go over

(答案见下期)

上期参考答案

D1 1. To give an example of how Owen became world famous through his great football performance.
2. His injuries.
3. Because many fans still can’t forgive him for leaving Liverpool. /Because many fans questioned his character when he left Liverpool.
4. 在我的成长过程中,迈克尔·欧文是我心目中的英雄。过去我很敬重他,现在还是这样。
5. He impressed the whole world with his great performances during his career peak.
D2 1-4 DCCB D3 1-4 CCDB D4 1-4 DABBA
D5 1-5 BAABA 6-10 CBCAD


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