高二英语寒假作业七.docx

1、高二英语寒假作业七高二英语寒假作业（七）第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分) 阅读下列列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑 A Robert Spring, a 19thcentury forger (伪造者), was so good at his profession that hs was able to make his living for 15 years by selling false signatures of famous Americans. Spring was bor

2、n inEnglandin 1838 and arrived inPhiladelphiain 1858 to open a bookstore. At first he prospered(繁荣)by selling his small but genuine collection of early US autographs (亲笔签名). Discovering his ability at copying handwriting he began imitating the signatures of George Washington and Benjimin Franklin an

3、d writing them on the title pages of old books. To lessen the chance of detection (被发现). He sent his forgeries toEnglandandCanadafor sale, Forgers have a hard time selling products. A forger cannot approach a respectable buyer but must deal with people who dont have much knowledge in the field. Forg

4、ers have many ways of making their works look real. For example, they buy old books and use the aged paper of the title page, and they can treat paper and ink with chemicals.In Springs time, right after the Civil War,Britainwas still fond of the southern states, so Spring invented a respectable youn

5、g lady known as Miss Fanny Jackson, the only daughter of General “Stonewall” Jackson. For several years Miss Fannys financial problems forced her to sell a great number of letters and manuscripts (手稿) belonging to her famous father. Spring had to work very hard to satisfy the demand. However, all th

6、is activity did not prevent Spring from dying in poverty, leaving sharp-eyed experts the difficult task of separating his forgeries from the originals.1Robert Spring spent 15 years _.Arunning a bookstore in Philadelphia Bas owners of old booksCselling real signatures of famous Americans Das a forger

7、2Why did Spring sell his false autographs in England and Canada?AThere was less chance that his forgeries would be discovered there.BThe prices were much higher inEnglandandCanada.CThere was a greater demand there than inAmerica.DBritan was Springs birthplace.3After the Civil War there was a great d

8、emand in Britain for _ACivil War battle plansBsouthern manuscripts and lettersCthe signatures of George Washington and Ben FranklinDsouthern money BAdvertisers tend to think big and perhaps this is why theyre always coming in for criticism. Their critics seem to resent them because they have a gift

9、for self-promotion and because they have so much money to throw around. “ Its unfair,” they say, “ that this entirely unproductive industry (if we can call it that) should absorb millions of pounds each year. It only goes to show how much profit the big companies are making. Why dont they stop adver

10、tising and reduce the price of their goods? After all, its the consumer who pays.” The poor old consumer! Hed have to pay a great deal more if advertising didnt create mass markets for products. It is precisely because of the heavy advertising that consumer goods are so cheap. But we get the wrong i

11、dea that the only purpose of advertising is to sell goods. Another equally important function is to inform. A great deal of the knowledge we have about household goods comes largely from the advertisements we read. Advertisements introduce us to new products or remind us of the existence of ones we

12、already know about. Supposing you wanted to buy a washing machine, it is more likely that you would obtain details about performance, price, etc., from an advertisement. Lots of people pretend that they never read advertisements, but this claim may be seriously doubted. It is hardly possible not to

13、read advertisements these days. And what fun they often are, too! Just think what a railway station or a newspaper would be like without advertisements. Would you enjoy gazing at a blank wall or reading only closely-printed columns of news in your daily paper? A cheerful, witty advertisement makes s

14、uch a difference to a dull wall or a newspaper full of the daily amount of great disasters. We must not forget, either, that advertising makes a positive contribution to our pockets. Newspapers, commercial radio and television companies could not survive without this source of income. The fact that

15、we pay so little for our daily paper, or can enjoy so many broadcast programs is due entirely to the money spent by advertisers. Just think what a newspaper would cost if we had to pay its full price! Another thing we mustnt forget is the “small ads”, which are virtually in every newspaper and magaz

16、ine. What a tremendously useful service they perform for the community! Just about anything can be accomplished through these columns! For instance, you can find a job, buy or sell a house, announce a birth, marriage or death in what used to be called the “hatch, match and dispatch” column but so fa

17、r the most fascinating section is the personal or “agony” column. No other item in a newspaper provides such entertaining reading or offers such a deep insight into human nature. Its the best advertisement for advertising there is.1. What is the main idea of the text? A. Advertisements create mass m

18、arkets for all products. B. Advertisers perform a useful service to communities. C. The criticisms for advertisements. D. Advertisements are fun to read.2. The attitude of the author towards advertisers is _. A. trustful B. appreciative C. critical D. dissatisfactory3. In what way does the writer tr

19、y to support his view? A. Comparison. B. Description. C. Narration. D. Definition.4. Which of the following is most likely to appear in the “personal column”? A. An announcement of marriage. B. An advertisement of a laptop.C. A letter from a reader about his experience. D. A review of a film. C Car

20、companies are developing vehicles that will plug into electric sockets，just like many laptops，digital cameras，cell phones and Mp4 doCalled“plug-in vehicles”，these cars will get most of their power from electricity. Their drivers wont have to stop at gas stations as often as usualThe technology is mo

21、re than just cool. In our car-filled world，plug-in vehicles could reduce the amount of gas we use，which keeps rising in cost now and then. Besides，driving around in these vehicles may even help the environmentGas-burning cars produce a lot of greenhouse gas，which causes globe warming.The first compa

22、ny-produced plug-in vehicles could hit the roads by 2010. But engineers still have a lot of work to do to make the technology practical and inexpensiveBatteries(电池) are the biggest challenge. In the plug-in-vehicle world，Li-ion(锂离子)batteries are getting the most attentionThese batteries can store a

23、large amount of energy in a small package，and they last a longer time between chargesLi-ion batteries can fit laptops，cell phones，heart instruments and other similar pocket ones.But because cars are so big and heavy, it would still require a suitcase-sized Li-ion batteries to power about 12km of dri

24、vingWhats more，the batteries are much expensive“A car filled with batteries could go a long distance，”says Ted Bohn, an electrical engineer in Chicago“But it couldnt pull any peopleand it would cost $100,000”So researchers need to work out how to make batteries smaller and cheaper，among other questi

25、ons.“The answers dont exist yet，”Bohn says，“As a kid，I thought someone someplace knows the answer to everythingAll of these questions havent been decidedThats what engineering is about-making a guess，running tests and getting fine results”1The passage mainly talks about of a new carAthe developing B

26、the speed Cthe appearance Dthe batteries2Which is true according to the passage?AThe“plug-in vehicles”will use electricity completely as driving powerBThe new technology will help protect our environmentCThe technology of using electricity as driving is quite practical nowDThe biggest challenge of t

27、he new technology is that it will cost us more energy3How does Bohn feel about the future of the technology according to the last paragraph?AConfident BPuzzled CWorried DDisappointed4According to the passage，the new technology is facing the following problems except that Athe new technology cannot c

28、ome into use at presentBthe cost of the new technology is quite highCthe government wont support the technologyD the size of the batteries is too big at present DMany facts suggest that children are overweight and the situation is getting worse, according to the doctors. I feel there are a number of

29、 reasons for this.Some people blame the fact that we are surrounded by shops selling unhealthy, fatty foods, such as fried chicken and ice cream, at low prices. This has turned out a whole generation of grownups who seldom cook a meal for themselves. If there were fewer of these restaurants, then pr

30、obably children would buy less takeaway food.There is another argument that blames parents for allowing their children to become overweight. I agree with this, because good eating habits begin early in life, long before children start to visit fast food shops. If children are given fried chicken and

31、 chocolate rather than healthy food, or are always allowed to choose what they eat, they will go for sweet and salty foods every time, and this will carry on throughout their lives.There is a third reason for this situation. Children these days take very little exercise. They do not walk to school.

32、When they get home, they sit in front of the television or their computers and play computer games. Not only is this an unhealthy pastime (消遣), it also gives them time to eat more unhealthy food. What they need is to go outside and play active games or sports.The above are the main reasons for this problem, and therefore we have to encourage young people to be more active, as