横峰中学高三年级英语第18周周练试题
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阅读理解（每小题2.5分，共20分）
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Thomas James Hanson will remember for a long time the snowstorm that hit the state of New York on November 22. The 47-year-old man from Niagara Falls was stuck in his car on the highway for almost eight days after his vehicle was accidentally pushed to the side of the road and covered with snow by workers employed to remove the snow from the streets.
Driving on the Interstate Highway 190 during the worst of the snowstorm, Mr. Hanson decided to pull over his old 1993 Volkswagen Passat to the side of the road and wait for the weather conditions to improve. He remained motionless for approximately five hours before a snow plow arrived to clear the way. Unfortunately for the poor man, the driver of the gigantic snow removal vehicle did not see the small car, pushing it into the ditch and covering it with more than 2 meters of snow.
Fortunately for the father of two children, the snow that was stacked over his vehicle was not very dense and allowed for enough fresh air to get through to enable him to survive. He was able to drink water that he obtained by melting snow with his lighter in an aluminum coffee cup, and he ate the few items of groceries he had bought before going home.
“If I had known I would be stuck for eight days, I would have bought more than a jar of dill pickles(咸菜), a bottle of ketchup and two sticks of beef jerky(牛肉干),” said the survivor with a smile.
Thomas Hanson had almost lost all hope of being rescued when his car was hit once again this morning by another snow plow, which revealed the poor man’s location.
28. What caused Thomas James Hanson to fall into the ditch according to the passage?
A. His drunk driving. B. The strong wind. C. The slippery road. D. A snow removal vehicle. 29. It can be learned from the passage that _______. A. Mr. Hanson had bought some food before the accident. B. Mr. Hanson got rescued on November 22 eventually C. Mr. Hanson had enough bottled water to drink in the car
D. Mr. Hanson was stuck in the car with his children.
30. Which of the following can best describe Thomas James Hanson? A. Quick-minded. B. Hard-working. C. Humorous D. Careless 31. Which of the following would be the best title of the passage? A. Heavy Snowstorm Caused Disaster to New York B. Man Found Alive after Being Stuck 8 Days under Snow C. Thomas James Hanson – a Black Sheep in the Snow D. Wonderful Eight Days of Experience in the Snow
B
I was born and raised in England in a culture where privacy and “keeping yourself to yourself” were valued traditions. Speaking to strangers was not encouraged. People were most hospitable and friendly—but only once they had been introduced to new people.
However, I have been lucky enough to spend some time in both Italy and the US, where I found traditions of hospitality and politeness to be very different.
I experienced Italian hospitality first－hand on a crowded railway carriage travelling, one afternoon, from Genoa to Florence. Sinking gratefully into an empty seat, I was berated(斥责) in rapid Italian by a gentleman who was returning to this seat－it had not been “spare” after all. I apologized in English, and got up to allow him back into the seat. The gentleman obviously had no understanding of the English language, but he, too, realized my genuine mistake. He smiled and gestured for me to remain in the seat, and he himself remained standing in the corridor for the remainder of the journey. The other occupants of the carriage smiled and nodded at me and made me feel quite welcome amongst them. I feel that if this had been in England, a foreigner who made a mistake would not always be so kindly treated.
Transport also featured in the differences I noticed between English and American culture. I flew to New York on a plane with mainly English passengers. We sat together in near silence. Nobody spoke to me nor, as I expected, to anyone else they did not know. They felt it was not polite to intrude on someone else's privacy. However, when I travelled across the United States, whether by plane or Greyhound bus, I was never short of conversation. Conversation was going on all around me and whoever sat next to me was happy to introduce themselves and ask me about myself. They obviously felt it would have been rude not to speak to another person,
whether they were strangers or not.
32. The purpose of the author is to tell us _________.
A. his traveling experience
B. cultural differences to show hospitality and politeness C. the culture shock he experienced in Italy and the US D. how to adapt ourselves to a new culture
33. What do we know about the occupants of the carriage when the author was travelling in Italy?
A. They all laughed at the author for his mistake.
B. They would not bear a mistake like the author's in public. C. They were all on the side of the gentleman.
D. They all showed their understanding of the author's mistake. 34. The author probably believes the Italian people are________. A. cold B. rude C. hospitable D. helpful 35. The last paragraph mainly tells us_____.
A. the difference between English and American culture B. why Americans like to start a conversation
C. different attitudes of Englishmen and Americans towards transport D. the importance of privacy among Englishmen. 二、七选五（每小题2分，共10分）
Tips to Increase Your Productivity
Want to get more done in your day? Of course you do. 36． The good news is that everyone can increase the amount of tasks they accomplish in a day. Here are some tips to help you have a more productive day.
Make a plan for your day. Make sure you know how you want your day to go in advance, even before you start. 37． To work best, create the next day’s plan the night before so that every morning you spend time performing, not planning.
Break large tasks down into bits accomplished easily. Do you have a large project that’s just so big that you keep putting it off? Or maybe you’re just unsure of where to begin, so you put it off. 38． Therefore, you will feel a sense of accomplishment as you check the items of your list.
Always set your priorities (优先事项). 39． Figure out what must be done, do that first and rank the rest of your work according to importance. If you don’t get to the items at the end of
your list, it won’t be a big problem, and you can do them another time.
40． If you are the most productive in the morning, that’s when you should hit it hard and do as much as you can. If you work better in the afternoon, take care of some things like emails in the morning and then accomplish the important projects in the afternoon. Keep on top of your work habits, and you’ll be more productive.
A. A good way is to break the project down into more manageable ones. B. It’s important to accomplish the most important tasks first. C. This can provide you a roadmap for the day.
D. To stay competitive in any industry, you need to improve your productivity. E. Be aware of when you are the most productive. F. Reward yourself if you are productive.
G. It’s tough to meet depressed people who are productive. 三、完形填空（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
When my son Gene was about 12 years old, I started helping him learn to 41 . I bought twenty chickens and asked him to 42 them. I told him that they would be his own chickens and we would 43 the eggs from him. However, he would have to buy chicken 44 with the money he made from the eggs. Whatever money was 45 would be his to keep. Gene was 46, thinking he would make his first 47 .
After several weeks’ successful work, I began to 48 that egg production was going down. I 49 nothing about it. Then one night, Gene told me he didn’t have 50 money to buy the feed. He said the chickens had never 51 a meal and he could not figure out why some of them had stopped 52 eggs.
Then I asked him if he had 53 the amount of feed he had given the chickens, he was 54 . It was like he did not think anyone would ever 55 what he had done. After a long 56 , he said yes. He thought he would make more money if he gave them 57 food. I asked him, “Did you fool the chickens?”
I was just astonished at the question in my own 58 . I was dumbfounded at the 59 of it. Yes, you can fool everyone else, but you cannot “fool the chickens,” because 60 , you will find out, as the saying goes, “What goes around comes around.” 41 A. work 42 A. play 43 A. save 44 A. nest 45 A. given back 46 A. satisfied 47 A. fortune
B. share B. observe B. borrow B. soup B. left over B. worried B. contribution
C. count C. train C. buy C. meat C. picked up C. excited C. deal
D. cook D. raise D. keep D. feed D. brought in D. cautious D. choice
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