山西省忻州二中2020学年高一英语下学期周考试题（三）

一、用下列词的正确形式填空(每题2分，共20分) At mosphere，damage，chemical，dig，dust，environment， situation，forecast，survive，process 1.A ______ change takes place in any substance when it burns. 2.The ______of the city is very much polluted.

3.We shall have to ______under the river to lay the sewage pipe.

4.The general ______of the development of the China’s is greatly encouraging. 5.The firm is now in the ______of moving the main equipment to a new place. 6.A torrent of rain came down and ______the crops.

7.The teacher ______ that twenty of his pupils would pass the examination. 8.In the summer the town becomes very ______. 9.Only two passengers ______ the air-crash.

10.Those small factories are causing a lot of ______pollution with all their noise and smoke.

二、选择题：（每题2分，共20分）

1. — Must I fetch the book for you now?

— No, you needn’t. It’s not ____. I can wait till tomorrow. A. anxious

B. instant

C. hurried

D. urgent

2._____, it is best not to let children sleep in the parents’ bed, since this can easily become a habit.

A. If can

B. If possible C. Unless so D. Though possible

3. New ways have been found to prevent the river ______. A. not to be polluted

B. against polluting D. from being polluted

C. from polluting

4. She _____ her notes before the examination and tried to recite some important points.

A. looked for

B. looked up C. looked through D. looked into

5. When I saw her, she was giving _____ books to the children in the classroom. A. off

B. up C. away D. out

6. This problem is said _____ three times.

A. to have been talked B. to have discussed C. having been discussed D. to have been talked about

7. He reached the station _____ only _____ that the train had just left. A. tired； learned B. tiring； learning C. to tire； to learn D. tired； to learn 8. Tell him _______ the window.

A. to shut not B. not to shut C. to not shut D. not shut 9. The boy wanted to ride his bicycle in the street, but his mother told him ______.

A. not to B. not to do C. not do it D. do not to 10. We’re looking forward ____ the photo exhibition.

A. to visit B. to visiting C. to having visited D. visiting 三、完形填空（每题2分，共40分）

It was a cold, wet day on July 6th, 2020, when 14yearold Wasana arrived at school. Waiting outside his classroom for his classmates to __1__，Wasana stared at the __2__，and then his eyes fell upon the 18metrehigh hill that __3__ at the back of the classroom.

He __4__ large amounts of rainwater flowing down the hill, and water was also bubbling at the base of a rock on the hill. For a few minutes, Wasana __5__ the water, wondering why it looked so __6__. Then it hit him—the __7__ was similar to the video he was shown during disaster management classes. Fearing a __8__

disaster, he shouted __9__ at the students waiting outside their classrooms. “Run! Run! Don't stay here! The __10__ on the hill is going to fall on us！”

Chaos broke out as the __11__ ran to the open area that had been appointed as an emergency gathering point. When some teachers __12__ Wasana, he showed them the water gushing from the hill, and they started leading the students to safer ground.

Just then Principal Gurusinghe drove into the school. Wasana ran over to tell him what was happening. After __13__ the site, Gurusinghe knew the school was in __14__. The enormous rock at the top of the hill could come crashing down __15__．

__16__ a group of teachers and older students, Gurusinghe climbed the hill and tried to make the water flow away from the rock. They were too __17__： ten minutes later, they heard screams as the huge rock rushed down the hill. There was little Gurusinghe and his group could do as they watched the earth __18__ their classrooms. Thanks to Wasana's __19__ action and careful observation, __20__ was hurt in the accident.

1. A．rest B．dine C．chat D．arrive 2. A．rain B．hill C．book D．sun 3. A．stood B．placed C．faced D．hid 4. A．felt B．knew C．heard D．noticed 5. A．glared at B．stared at C．shouted at D．aimed at 6. A．dangerous B．moving C．interesting D．familiar 7. A．show B．view C．scene D．scenery 8. A．heading B．leaving C．going D．coming 9. A．angrily B．rudely C．happily D．wildly 10. A．rock B．water C．sand D．tree

11. A．villagers B．students C．principals D．climbers

12. A．blamed B．questioned C．approached D．instructed 13. A．choosing B．visiting C．examining D．clearing 14. A．relief B．loss C．security D．danger 15. A．at any minute B．for the moment C．for once D．at one time 16. A．Leading B．Demanding C．Covering D．Helping 17. A．nervous B．strange C．unique D．late 18. A．swallow B．threaten C．affect D．blow 19. A．legal B．quick C．direct D．united 20. A．no one B．only one C．anyone D．someone 四、阅读理解（每题4分，共20分）

The size and location of the world’s deserts are always changing. Over millions of years, as climates change and mountains rise, new dry and wet areas appear. But within the last hundred years deserts have been increasing after frightful speed. This is partly because of natural changes, but most responsible for creating deserts are men.

Man can make deserts, but they can also prevent them from getting bigger. Algeria is planning a green belt of trees along the edge of the Sahara Desert to stop the sand. In China, too, windbreaks are being built in the northwest to keep the desert from growing.

But desert still threaten the world. Experts believe that land that is on the way to becoming deserts equals the size of Australia, Russia and US put together. Can we stop the spread of the world’s deserts and save the land that is so essential to mankind? Yes, we can. And we must.

1. The reason for the land that turns into deserts is mostly because of ____. A. the changing of the climates B. man C. the natural changes D. the wind 2. Sahara Desert lies in ______.