2014高二暑假英语作业四

一、填空题

1. He said that his car _______ stolen and he _____ have to telephone the police.

A. was; would B. has been; will C. had been; would D. had been; will

2. Someone is ringing the doorbell. Go and see _______.

A. who is he B. who he is C. who is it D. who it is

3. Will you come here next Sunday?

A. Sunny told us to come here next Sunday

B. Sunny told us to go there next Sunday

C. Sunny asked if we would go there the next Sunday

D Sunny asked us to come here the next Sunday.

4. The teacher asked ________ for the bus.

A. if I was waiting B. was I waiting C. you are waiting D. I was waiting

5. The professor said that the earth ________ round the sun.

A. travels B. traveled C. travel D. travelled

6. Every year a flood of farmers arrive in Shenzhen for the money –making jobs they _____ before leaving their hometowns.

A. promised B. were promised C. have promised D. have been promised

7. ---- Why does the lake smell terrible?

----Because large quantities of water________

A. have polluted B. is being polluted C. has been polluted D. have been polluted

8. His sister left home in 1998, and _____since.

A. had not been heard of B. has not been heard of

C. had not heard of D. has not heard of

9.In recent years many football clubs_______ as business to make a profit.

A. have fun B. have been run C. had been run D. will run

10.—Flight 302 to Paris _____ until 7:30 tomorrow morning.

---No wonder I bear so many complaints from the passengers .

A. put off B. has been put off C. will put off D. had been put off

二、完形填空

It was a cool October evening. Excitement and family members __11___ the hall. I was only a 7-year-old girl, but I was the center of __12___. Finally, after weeks of preparation, I would __13_ all my hard work in a dance of performance. Everything would be _1_4___ —so I thought. I waited backstage all __15__ in my black tights with a golden belt. In a loud and clear voice, the master of ceremonies __16__ that my class was next.

My dance class was doing a routine on wooden boxes two feet by two feet, facing the __17___. All I had to do in the next move was put one foot on the box next to mine and keep my other foot on my box. I really was an __18__ move. I was concentrating so much __19___ the huge smile on my face and holding my head up that I did not look __20__ I was going. I missed my partner’s box altogether and __21__. There I was standing on the stage floor when my classmates were on top of their boxes. I could hear giggles(咯咯笑) coming from the audience, and I felt the ___22___ rush to my face. I remembered my dance teacher had told us, “If you make a mistake, keep smiling so the audience will not ___23___.” I did my best to follow her __24___ as I continued with the routine.

When the curtain dropped, so did my _25___ for the evening. I ___26___ bitterly, tasting the salt from the tears that streamed down my face. I ran backstage, but no one could __27__ me down.

Recently I realized I had been a __28__ that night. I was __29___, but I fought the urge to run off the stage. __30___, I finished the routine with a smile on my face. Now when friends and family laugh about the time I slipped during a dance performance, I can laugh too.

11. A. filled B. visited C. attended D.decorated

12. A. pressure B. impression C. debate D. attention

13. A. take over B. show off C. look after D. give up

14. A. reasonable B. suitable C. obvious D. perfect

15. A. dressed up B. folded up C. covered up D. mixed up

16. A. suggested B. explained C. announced D.predicted

17. A. music B. audience C. curtain D. stage

18. A. easy B. active C. adventurous D. extra

19. A. containing B. hiding C. sharing D. keeping

20. A. why B. whether C. where D. what

21. A. wandered B. slipped C. waved D. skipped

22. A. blood B. pleasure C. pride D. tear

23. A. leave B. cheer C. believe D. notice

24. A. gesture B. example C. advice D. plan

25. A. doubts B. hopes C. voice D. patience

26. A. argued B. shouted C. begged D. sobbed

27. A. turn B. calm C. let D. put

28. A. star B. pioneer C. loser D. fool

29. A. satisfied B. moved C. embarrassed D. confused

30. A. However B. Instead C. In total D. in return

三、阅读理解

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Paula Radcliffe, chasing(角逐)a third London marathon title(冠军),says she has become a stronger person after her terrible experience at the 2004 Athens Games.

Radcliffe, who failed to complete the Olympic marathon and the 10,000m last August, said: “Athens made me a stronger person and it made me care about criticism(批评).”

“In the past I wanted to please everyone, but now I am going to listen even more to the people around me.”

She didn’t care about criticism made at the weekend by Liz McColgan, who felt Radcliffe should have rested and let her body recover after her failure in Athens.

“Liz is someone I look up to but she hasn’t spoken to me last year and if she really cared for me, I’m sure she would have contacted(联系)me.”

Instead Radcliffe won the New York City marathon just 11 weeks after Athens.

“In New York I wasn’t in my best state but I did know I was good enough to win the race.”

Radcliffe insisted her only goal in Sunday’s race would be winning a third title and not chasing world records.

However, Radcliffe has not ruled out(排除)in the future chasing her “final” world record time and questioned sayings that marathon runners have the ability in their career to produce only four or five world-class times.

“I don’t think that---although I can’t put a number on it,” said Radcliffe. “That changes from person to person.”

Radcliffe is sure she can better her winning London 2003 performance some point in the future. Following a successful three-month training period in the United States, the 31-year-old will chase a third title on Sunday after her first victory in 2002 and again 12 months later.

Radcliffe clocked a time 2:18:56 in her first 42.2-kilometre race three years ago.

Afterwards she set a “mixed course” mark of 2:17:18 five months later in Chicago before lowering that to a time of 2:15:25 in the 2003 London event.

31. Radcliffe’s failure in Athens made her ______.

A. face criticism calmly B. rest for five months

C. love people around her more D. develop respect for Liz

32. Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A. Radcliffe broke the world record in the New York City marathon.

B. Radcliffe didn’t fully recover before the New York City marathon.

C. Radcliffe won her first marathon title in the New York City marathon

D. Radcliffe had a 3-month training before the New York City marathon.

33. By saying “I can’t put a number on it “ , Radcliffe means she’s not sure ______.

A. if she has the ability to set a new world record

B. if she can win another race though she has won many times

C. how many times a marathon runner can set the world record

D. if she has the ability to produce four or five world-class times

34. According to the text, Radcliffe has won_____ London marathon title(s).

A. one B. two C. three D. four

35. What can we learn from Radcliffe’s story?

A. Practice makes perfect.

B. Well begun is half done

C. A friend in need is a friend indeed

D. Where there is a will, there is a way.

B

Athens will welcome the 2004 Olympic Games with open arms. Not only will the Games be returning to their birthplace, but they’ll also be entering a new period of Olympic history.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has been looking for ways to make the world’s largest sporting event a bit smaller and easier for cities to host. Mexico is the only Latin American nation to have hosted the Olympics. And the games have never been held in Africa.

It costs well over$4 billion t host the Olympic Games. And this is stopping many poorer countries from trying to win the bid. Cities in Africa and Latin America, with great social and money problems, cannot even begin to make the bid.

So, the IOC has suggested 117 ways to make the Games smaller and easier for cities across the world. These ideas are to be put into practice soon---maybe in time for the Beijing 2008 Olympics. The IOC wants to save up to $400 million.

The suggestions include limiting the number of sports to 28 and the number of athletes to 10,500.

“Imagine a bus with 28 seats and some sports need to get off to give their places to other sports,”said an IOC official. Sports that might not appear in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games included baseball, softball and the modern pentathlon(五项全能)(shooting, fencing, horse, jumping, swimming and running).

“We think that the Olympic Games have to be made smaller, and the less costly so that they can be organized by all continents and subcontinents(次大陆),”said IOC president Jacques Rogge.

“Our dream is that a continent such as Africa will be able to organize the Olympic Games.”

36. What’s the main idea of the passage?

A. The Olympic Games have to be made smaller and less costly

B. The Olympic Games have to increase the number of sports.

C. The Olympic games have to increase the number of athletes.

D. The Olympic Games have to enlarge their global attraction.

37. From the passage, we can know that the Olympics have been held in four continents EXCEPT ____________.

A. Asia B. America C. Europe D. Africa

38. The events which are most probably limited include ______ according to the passage.

A. basketball, baseball and football

B. baseball, softball and volleyball

C. softball, baseball and the modern pentathlon

D. softball, fencing and pentathlon

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