高三第二学期英语5月周测卷（含答案)
II. Grammar and Vocabulary
Section A（16%）
Directions: After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, u one word that best fits each blank.
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Ballet is a demanding art. Ballet dancers (25) __________ (train) to move their bodies in unnatural ways and if they are good, they make it look natural. They manage to keep a perfect balance (26) __________ they spin around and round without becoming horribly dizzy and falling down.
The history of ballet goes back about 600 years to the Renaissance in Europe. Originally dancers would entertain audiences in the paus between opera scenes. In 1581, the Ballet Comique de la Reine was performed in France and is usually considered to be the first Ballet. In 1661, King Louis XIV of France founded the Royal Academy of Dancing to train dancers to perform for his court. Soon other companies (27) __________ (found) in other countries; The Italian also became well known (28) __________ their style of ballet. In the early 1800s，more women began performing in ballets. France was still the capital of the ballet world, but soon dancers (29) __________ (graduate) from ballet school spread out to other countries, most notably Russia, which soon became large player on the world stage of ballet.
Ballet (30) __________ (change) through the years as the needs and wants of choreographers and audience has changed. You can still e the roots of the dancing itlf when (31) __________ (watch) a ballet, but tho who watched what was considered the first ballet in 1581 probably would not recognize (32) __________ it has evolved into today.
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（B）
Have you ever regretted doing something you shouldn't have done or something you didn't do which you should have? At one time or another we probably all have. There's no point in getting depresd about it now-it's no u (33) __________ (cry) over spilt milk. However, there may be some gain in thinking about exactly (34) __________ happened and why, so we might be able to draw some conclusions for the future.孕酮多久出结果
One thing we all do now and again is to lo our temper with a friend or clo relative. The old thing is that we more often display great anger towards someone we are fond (35) __________ than towards strangers. The explanation may be that we e friends and relatives as a kind of safety net, (36) __________ opportunity to let off a bit of steam in a safe environment, while the conquences of insulting a stranger could be far (37) __________ (rious). Being honest is usually thought of as a virtue and undoubtedly this is the ca. On the other hand, we have all experienced occasions (38) __________ we have spoken out our minds to someone, telling them exactly what we feel, and then (3
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9) __________ (find) ourlves filled with feelings of guilt. Perhaps we (40) __________ have kept our mouths shut?
Section B
Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be ud once. Note that there is one word more than you need.注册查询
A.strengthened B. ties C. informed D. beneficial E. providing F. concern G. addicted 厚道 H. fulfilled I. discourages J. rious 我想对你说作文500字 K. particularly |
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When it first appeared fifty years ago, TV was expected to make extraordinary contributions to education and culture. Radio, of cour, could already reach almost everyone in developed countries, __41__ entertainment and news as well as some educational programs. Everybody in a particular area was able to listen to the same program at the same time, and this __42__ people’s n of community. It also brought
about the wider u of a standard form of the language. TV, it was thought, would have all the __43__ results, but to a much greater degree, since viewers would not only hear but also e what was happening.
There is no doubt that the expectations have to a great extent been __44__. People are better __45__ than ever before of events in the furthest corners of the earth, and even beyond. TV has brought incread comfort to people unable to leave their beds, to the lonely and to the old. It is suggested that it may have strengthened family__46__, as families stay at home to watch their favorite programs. Nevertheless, in a number of ways the effects of TV have been a source of disappointment and even of __47__ to tho who had expected so much of it.
The main problem has been its effects on kids. Some American scientists claim that in the United States TV has produced a generation who have become __48__ to TV. Others say that the fact that an average American teenager es about 15,000 deaths on TV before he or she becomes an adult has led to incread violence in real life. The violence
en on TV, they believe, is __49__ dangerous becau the harm it does to viewers is not always immediately obvious. Similarly, teachers complain that children have less interest in reading and their reading ability has declined, becau watching so much TV __50__ children from using their own imaginations.家国
III. Reading Comprehension
Section A
Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phras marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phra that best fits the context.
Black holes act like huge drains in the univer. The very __51__ of black holes confus our common notions of matter, time and space. The theory that black holes can, and probably do, exist in space doesn’t only __52__ scientists and astronomers. For if the theory is valid, we must question all our basic physical laws and, indeed, our “normal” experience of the __53__ world around us.
What is the black hole? Well, it’s __54__ to answer this question, since the terms we would normally u to describe a scientific phenomenon are __55__ here. Astronomers and scientists think that a black hole is a region of space (not a thing) into which matter has fallen and from which nothing can __56__ -- not even light. So we can’t e a black hole. A black hole has a strong gravitational pull and yet it has no matter. It is only space. How can this happen?
