四川省宜宾市一中2018-2019学年高中英语上学期第8周周练题.doc

四川省宜宾市一中2018-2019学年高中英语上学期第8周周练题第一部分：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）       Before my year abroad, everyone advised me to say “yes” to everything. They weren’t   1 . However, here in Germany, “I don’t mind” doesn’t seem to be an acceptable   2 . Neither does “I’ll do whatever you want to do” nor “Really, either way is fine by me”. It really is   3  yes or no.       Despite having a huge smile on your face, most Germans will look at you   4  you’re unable to make a   5 , which of course isn’t true; we’re just being really typically British.  My first encounter of this was when I   6  the hotel for my first two nights in Germany. The   7  asked when I would like my breakfast in the morning. Being typically British, I replied saying whenever was   8 for her. She gave me a(n)   9  look and asked again.       “No, when do you want to have  10 ? Er, OK ... err .... 8 am?” she smiled and I  11  quickly, “Only if that is  12  for you though.”       I knew about the British stereotype (模式化的形象) of  13  before I came abroad. However, I didn’t  14  how much truth there was to it until I arrived here and began experiencing it on a day-to-day basis.  15  give you funny looks in restaurants if you say thank you repeatedly when they  16 all kinds of services. But that’s only right for the British. For everyone else, being so polite is totally  17 .      And when it comes to me  18  questions, it’s even worse. “Would you be able to do that for me if it’s not too much trouble, please?” just doesn’t work here. You have to be  19  and say what you want. The first time I said “Pass that here”, my heart was  20  and I could almost hear my mum screaming in my head about manners. 1. A. wrong                    B. special       C. clever                       D. kind2. A. excuse                B. sentence     C. reward                    D. answer3. A. also                      B. still                  C. just                           D. even4. A. as if                      B. now that       C. unless                      D. although5. A. living                  B. decision        C. wish                           D. difference6. A. chose                 B. ordered         C. left                            D. reached   7. A. customer          B. owner             C. cook                         D. employer   8. A. cheapest            B. longest          C. easiest                     D. hardest    9. A. confused           B. cautious        C. anxious                    D. wild10. A. tea                      B. lunch           C. breakfast                 D. coffee11. A. begged            B. agreed             C. apologized              D. added12. A. difficult            B. ridiculous       C. convenient             D. dangerous   13. A. business          B. politeness      C. weakness                 D. happiness   14. A. realize               B. believe            C. expect              D. forget15. A. Farmers           B. Officers           C. Friends                    D. Waiters   16. A. accept              B. offer           C. guarantee                 D. introduce    17. A. unfortunate     B. unsatisfying    C. unnecessary           D. uninteresting18. A. asking               B. listing          C. discussing           D. solving19. A. careful           B. direct             C. creative             D. honest20. A. breaking          B. moving           C. aching                     D. racing第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分16分）第一节（共3小题；每小题2分，满分6分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

AHorses had been running wild in the America for thousands of years, until they went extinct. Modern horses, as we know them, came to America in around 1519 AD with the Spanish settlers led by Hernán Cortéz.       Over time, some developed into the domesticated (驯养的) horse. However, America has preserved many of these wild horses that came from their Spanish ancestors (祖先). There has been debate about the future of wild horse populations in America. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) says that there are about 33,780 wild horses throughout 10 states in the western part of the U.S.       These wild horses have no natural enemies and are under federal protection, so their population size can double every four years. This does lead to problems. For many years, wild horses that came too close to cattle or sheep on public grazing lands (牧场) were caught or killed. Then a national campaign encouraged states and the federal government to protect the animals as a symbol of the American West. In 1971, a law was passed to allow only agents of the BLM to gather the horses as part of their work in preserving federal lands.       Most people (scientists included) believe that wild horse populations need to become a lot smaller. The BLM, which keeps track of wild horses, suggests that we have about 14,000 more horses than can exist in balance with the ecosystems that they live in. This causes a huge problem t。