四川省宜宾市一中2017-2018学年高中英语下学期第1周周练题

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。 Recently we talked with Diane Lucas of Scrapsforever.com about scrapbooking (剪贴薄制作).

What is scrapbooking exactly?

When I make a scrapbook page, I take a few of my family photos and put them into a page that uses beautiful paper, stickers, drawings, and words to show the theme(主题). For example, this page about my son is called “First Day at School”. Here's a photo of him and one of his drawings, and I decorated（装饰） it with stickers. When you make a scrapbook, you can put words and pictures together to show the important times in your life. It's like a personal history. How did you get started?

When I was a child, I always saved bits of paper, things like movie tickets and vacation postcards. I made my first scrapbook ten years ago, when my father died. When I looked through his desk, I found the most wonderful things — like my parents' anniversary cards, and photos from his army days. I couldn't throw away anything, so I made two scrapbooks with my collections, for my brother and me.

Do you know other people who make scrapbooks?

Oh, yes! We call ourselves “scrappers”, and we often have “crops”, big parties where we all work on our scrapbooks. We bring our scissors and papers and our boxes of photos, and we talk while making new pages. It's a time for enjoyment, when friends show pictures and tell stories about our families, and our lives. At the same time, we create a book to keep those memories. Why is scrapbooking so popular these days?

I think people want to record their family history, and show it to other people. When you make a scrapbook, you can pass the stories on to your children, and your grandchildren. So many people today want to do that! We all have boxes of pictures, and we all want to keep those memories. That's the real meaning of scrapbooking.

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1. Scrapbooking requires that the scrappers have _____. A. a bit of creativity B. good handwriting

C. rich life experiences D. a wide knowledge of history 2. Diane Lucas made her first scrapbook _____.

A. in honor of her father B. when serving in the army

C. with the help of her brother D. under the influence of her parents 3. What does Diane Lucas think of the “crops”? A. They're hard to hold. B. They're very interesting. C. They're quite competitive. D. They're full of challenges. 4. In Diane Lucas' mind, scrapbooking is a good way to _____. A. make friends B. rewrite history C. educate children D. share people's stories 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

When our first son Brendan was born inSydneyin 1966, we planted a golden elm tree in our front yard. It and Brendan 1 together and when we 2 the house, eight years later, the tree branched out over our heads. We were 3 we had to leave it behind when we moved toNew South Wales.

A young couple bought our home and were 4 it. Over the next 37 years, when travelling toSydney, my family 5 couldn't help stopping to see the tree. With time, the golden elm grew more beautiful. The owners still loved the home and seemed not to 6 at all that we didn't completely leave them alone.

Recently on the way to Sydney, my husband 7 to see how the house and the owners were getting on. It had been about ten years since we had last 8 and the tree had been removed some

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years earlier. 9, the owner, Gillian, suggested she would contact us some time in the future, so my husband gave her our 10 .

When I heard about her 11 message, I wondered what she meant. One day in December, we had a phone call from Gillian. She wanted to drop something in to us for our 12 . I told Brendan that there was a mysterious gift being 13 for him that day, so it was indeed 14 when Gillian handed him a package containing two carved（雕刻的） wooden bowls. Gillian had asked a local woodworking company to make the 15 from a piece of the trunk of the golden elm, which she had 16 several years earlier. My husband's 17 had driven her to follow through with her idea.

What a pleasure it was to 18 that package. We were 19 by her thoughtfulness (体贴), and amazed that her long-term plan actually did 20 .

1. A. watched B. grew C. played D. worked 2. A. built B. sold C. found D. entered 3. A. sorry B. afraid C. angry D. nervous 4. A. proud of B. polite to C. worried about D. delighted with 5. A. never B. seldom C. always D. still 6. A. forget B. believe C. mind D. remember 7. A. feared B. decided C. agreed D. refused 8. A. failed B. finished C. lost D. stopped 9. A. Instead B. Besides C. However D. Therefore 10. A. tree B. address C. key D. message 11. A. encouraging B. personal C. important D. secret 12. A. son B. friend C. parent D. neighbor 13. A. ordered B. bought C. made D. sent 14. A. strange B. funny C. exciting D. heartbreaking 15. A. phone B. bowls C. branches D. package 16. A. picked B. planted C. stored D. covered

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17. A. dream B. mistake C. visit D. suggestion 18. A. post B. receive C. offer D. use 19. A. shocked B. confused C. amused D. touched 20. A. end B. fall through C. form D. come true

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Jerry: Susan, there are three styles of conversation 21. ________ (mention) in your new book, bowling, rugby and basketball. What are they?

Susan: Well, in a bowling style, people hold back when an elder or senior person is speaking, and they talk only if they 22. ________ (ask) for their opinion. Jerry: Just like people take turns in bowling.

Susan: 23. ________ (exact). You go and roll and I wait for you. Then it's my turn. Jerry: So that's the high-considerate (高度体贴的) model.

Susan: Yes. Then there's the rugby style, 24. ________ might be opposite. In this style you're expected to interrupt other people and they are fine with that, because they expect 25. ________ (interrupt). So many voices can be heard at the same time. Jerry: And what about the basketball model?

Susan: Suppose you're playing basketball, for example, you 26. ________ (move) the ball forward. When you hesitate (犹豫), someone sees that as 27. ________ opportunity to jump in and take the ball away. Stealing the conversation away is the same thing. Not in a bad way, 28. ________ just as “Oh, it's my turn now”.

Jerry: Which style do you think is the 29. ________ (good)? Susan: Well, it's hard to say. It depends 30. ________ the occasion.

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