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1、中学作业限时练（高二英语）总序号-06 编号：第 8周-01使用日期： 星期一 编制：蔡晓珺 试英语限时训练6班级： 姓名： 序号： 分数 A (3*5=15分)Bike Rental & Guided ToursWelcome to Amsterdam, welcome to MacBike. You see much more from the seat of a bike! Cycling is the most economical, sustainable and fun way to explore the city, with its beautiful canals, park
2、s, squares and countless lights. You can also bike along lovely landscapes outside of Amsterdam.Why MacBikeMacBike has been around for almost 30 years and is the biggest bicycle rental company in Amsterdam. With over 2,500 bikes stored in our five rental shops at strategic locations, we make sure th
3、ere is always a bike available for you. We offer the newest bicycles in a wide variety, including basic bikes with foot brake (刹车), bikes with hand brake and gears (排挡), bikes with child seats, and childrens bikes.PricesHand Brake, Three GearsFoot Brake, No Gears1 hour7.505.003 hours11.007.501 day (
4、24 hours)14.759.75Each additional day8.006.00Guided City ToursThe 2.5-hour tour covers the Gooyer Windmill, the Skinny Bridge, the Rijksmuseum, Heineken Brewery and much more. The tour departs from Dam Square every hour on the hour, starting at 1:00 pm every day. You can buy your ticket in a MacBike
5、 shop or book online.（ ）1. What is an advantage of MacBike?A. It gives children a discount.B. It of offers many types of bikes.C. It organizes free cycle tours.D. It has over 2,500 rental shops.（ ）2. How much do you pay for renting a bike with hand brake and three gears for two days?A. 15.75.B. 19.5
6、0.C. 22.75.D. 29.50.（ ）3. Where does the guided city tour start?A. The Gooyer, Windmill.B. The Skinny Bridge.C. Heineken Brewery.D. Dam Square.阅读5/7(5*5=25分)Indoor plants might look as if they just sit around not doing much, but in many ways they are the unsung heroes of the home. 4 , but studies ha
7、ve shown that they can promote peoples wellbeing by improving their mood, reducing stress and helping their memory. Whats more, indoor plants are easy to look after and are not very expensive.What are indoor plants?Indoor plants, also known as houseplants or pot plants, are plants that like to grow
8、indoors. Many of these species (物种) are not ideally suited to growing outside in the UK, especially in the winter. 5 .Why are indoor plants good for you?Will Spoelstra, who works at the Royal Botanic Gardens, says, “ 6 . I find during the winter months, plants around the house can really lift your m
9、ood.” Several studies have backed this up and found that indoor plants can improve creativity, focus and memory. There is also research showing that pot plants can clean the air around them by removing harmful gases, such as carbon dioxide. They also remove some harmful chemicals from paints or cook
10、ing. 7 .Which plants can you grow?Aloe vera, peace lilies and spider plants are some of the species that are easy to grow indoors. You can buy plants from supermarkets, garden centres or online. Younger plants are often cheaper than fully grown ones, and you get to care for them as they mature which
11、 is part of the joy of owning plants. “ 8 .” Spoelstra says. “It can bring a new interest and focus into peoples lives and help to make the link between home and nature.”A. All plants are differentB. Not only do they look beautifulC. There are many benefits to growing plants indoorsD. Instead, they
12、grow better inside, where it is warmerE. Plants like peace lilies and devils ivy are among the bestF. Changing the pot of your plant from time to time will also helpG. Learning about the requirements of each plant can be very rewardingC(4*5=20分)We are the products of evolution, and not just evolutio
13、n that occurred billions of years ago. As scientists look deeper into our genes, they are finding examples of human evolution in just the past few thousand years. People in Ethiopian highlands have adapted to living at high altitudes. Cattle-raising people in East Africa and northern Europe have gai
14、ned a mutation (突变) that helps them digest milk as adults.On Thursday in an article published inCell, a team of researchers reported a new kind of adaptation - not to air or to food, but to the ocean. A group of sea-dwelling people in Southeast Asia have evolved into better divers. The Bajau, as the
15、se people are known, number in the hundreds of thousands in Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines. They have traditionally lived on houseboats; in recent times, theyve also built houseson stilts (支柱) in coastal waters. “They are simply a stranger to the land, said Redney C. Jubilado, a University
16、of Hawaii researcher who studies the Bajau.Dr. Jubilado first met the Bajau while growing up on Samal Island in the Philippines. They made a living as divers, spear fishing or harvesting shellfish. We were so amazed that they could stay underwater much longer than us local islanders, Dr. Jubilado sa
17、id.“I could see them actually walking under the sea.In201, Melissa Ilardo, then a graduate student in genetics at the University of Copenhagen, heard about the Bajau. She wondered if centuries of diving could have led to the evolution of physical characteristics that made the task easier for them. “
18、it seemed like the perfect chance for natural selection to act on a population, said Dr. Ilardo. She also said there were likely a number of other genes that help the Bajau dive.（ ）9. What does the author want to tell us by the examples in Paragraph 1?A. Environmental adaptation of cattle raisers.B.
19、 New knowledge of human evolution.C. Recent findings of human origin.D. Significance of food selection.（ ）10. Where do the Bajau build their houses?A. In valleys. B. Near rivers.C. On the beach. D. Off the coast.（ ）11. Why was the young Jubilado astonished at the Bajau?A. They could walk on stilts a
20、ll day. B. They had a superb way of fishing.C. They could stay long underwater.D. They lived on both land and water.（ ）12. What can be a suitable title for the text?A. Bodies Remodeled for a Life at SeaB. Highlanders Survival SkillsC. Basic Methods of Genetic ResearchD. The Worlds Best Divers语法填空1 (
21、2*10=20分)In ancient China lived an artist1 paintings were almost lifelike. The artists reputation had made him proud. One day the emperor wanted to get his portrait (画像) done so he called all great artists to come and present their2 (fine) work, so that he could choose the best. The artist was sure
22、he would.3 (choose),but when he presented his masterpiece to the emperors chief minister, the old man laughed. The wise old man told him to travel to the Li Riverperhaps he could learn a little from the greatest artist in the world.Filled with4 (curious), the artist packed his bags and left.5 he ask
23、ed the villagers on the banks of the river where he could find the legendary (传奇的) artist, they smiled and6 (point) down the river. The next morning he hired a boat and set out7 (find) the well-known painter. As the small boat moved,8 (gentle) along the river he was left speechless by the mountains
24、being silently reflected in the water. He passed milky white waterfalls and mountains in many shades of blue. And when he saw the mists rising from the river and the soft clouds，9 (surround) the mountain tops, he was reduced to tears. The artist was finally humbled (谦卑) by the greatest artist10 eart
25、h, Mother Nature.语法填空2 (2*10=20分)China has become the first country to land a spacecraft on the far side of the moon. The unmanned Change-4 probe (探测器) - the name was inspired by an ancient Chinese moon goddess 1 (touch) down last week in the South Pole-Aitken basin. Landing on the moons far side is
26、2 (extreme) challenging. Because the moons body blocks direct radio communication with a probe, China first had to put a satellite in orbit above the moon in a spot3 it could send signals to the spacecraft and to Earth. The far side of the moon is of particular4 (interesting) to scientists because i
27、t has a lot of deep craters (环形山)，more so5 the familiar near side. Chinese researchers hope to use the instruments onboard Change-46 (find) and study areas of the South Pole-Aitken basin.This really excites scientists,Carle Pieters, a scientist at Brown University, says,because it7 (mean) we have th
28、e chance to obtain information about how the moon8 (construct)Data about the moons composition, such as how9 ice and other treasures it contains, could help China decide whether10 (it) plans for a future lunar (月球的) base are practical.123456789101112参考答案阅读A： BCD阅读5/7： BDCEG阅读C： BDCA语法1：1. whose 2. finest 3.be chosen 4.curiosity 5.When/As 6.pointed 7.to find 8.gently 9.surrounding 10. on语法2：1. touched2. extremely3. where4. interest5. than6. to find7. means8. is constructed9. much10. its第 3 页 共 2页高一英语 学科网（北京）股份有限公司