牛津高中英语M3U1综合练习
一 在空白处填入适当的单词或所给单词的正确形式
1. There is no_______________(possible) that the deadly disease breaks out again among those survivors because of timely prevention.
2. Some company managers are in complete __________________(ignore) of safety regulations for a drive to increase profits.
3. There was such a terrible snowstorm _______________I could hardly see anything clearly.
4. “Every time you eat a sweet, drink green tea.” This is ___________my mother used to tell me.
5. _____________we understand things has a lot to do with what we feel.
6. She finally realized that she just mistook his sympathy _________________love.
7. Deaf though the girl is, she refuses to let her ___________ prevent her from doing what she wants.(ability)
8. What you said left all of us in ___________. We were confused completely.(confuse)
9. Don’t forget to check that your ___________ is actually ________ to the email. (attach)
10. My mother always gets a bit ___________ if we don’t arrive when we say we will. We can even feel her ___________.(anxious)
11. _____________(hesitate) for a minute, I stood up and offered my seat to her.
12. _____________(approach) the city center, we saw a stone statue of about 10meters in height.
13. When the police came, the thief was nowhere ________________(hide).
14. When he awoke, he found himself ____________________ (look after) by an old woman.
15. Nine in ten parents thought there were differences in their approach to________ (educate) their children compared with that of their parents.
16. The telescope（望远镜） reveals many ___________(distance ) stars to our sight.
17.They have pitched upon the most ___________ (suit) man for the job
18. A Lufthansa plane ________________(narrow) avoided a disaster on March 1, 2008 as it attempted to land in Hamburg in gale-force winds（大风）.
19. When they got the news that their son was safely back, the couple sighted _____________relief.
20. An elegant lady was observed _______________(step) aside to make way for a crowd of boys running after a ball.
21. Jonathan, as a young man with a warm heart, longs to be a man who can make ____________difference in the society.
二 完成句子
1. 乍一看，这块手表没有什么特别之处，但实际上它是一部手机。
2. 星期天，公园里的人那么多以至于我们很快看不到他了。
3. 那个年轻人爬到树上摘下了所有摘得到的梨子。
4. 稍微弯曲膝盖，像树枝一样自然而温柔地伸出你的手臂
5.这次地震导致数万人的无家可归.
6. 重点中学key middle school附近的房子价格是其他地区 district的3倍。
7. 我感到有点不安，但让我欣慰的是，我有一个很好的借口。
阅读理解
A
Languages have been coming and going for thousands of years, but in recent times there has been less coming and a lot more going. When the world was still populated by hunter-gatherers, small, tightly knit(联系) groups developed their own patterns of speech independent of each other. Some language experts believe that 10,000 years ago, when the world had just five to ten million people, they spoke perhaps 12,000 languages between them.
Soon afterwards, many of those people started settling down to become farmers, and their languages too became more settled and fewer in number. In recent centuries, trade, industrialization, the development of the nation-state and the spread of universal compulsory education, especially globalization and better communications in the past few decades, all have caused many languages to disappear, and dominant languages such as English, Spanish and Chinese are increasingly taking over.
At present, the world has about 6,800 languages. The distribution of these languages is hugely uneven. The general rule is that mild zones have relatively few languages, often spoken by many people, while hot, wet zones have lots, often spoken by small numbers.
Soon afterwards, many of those people started settling down to become farmers, and their languages too became more settled and fewer in number. In recent centuries, trade, industrialization, the development of the nation-state and the spread of universal compulsory education, especially globalization and better communications in the past few decades, all have caused many languages to disappear, and dominant languages such as English, Spanish and Chinese are increasingly taking over.
At present, the world has about 6,800 languages. The distribution of these languages is hugely uneven. The general rule is that mild zones have relatively few languages, often spoken by many people, while hot, wet zones have lots, often spoken by small numbers.
Europe has only around 200 languages; the Americas about 1,000; Africa 2,400; and Asia and the Pacific perhaps 3,200, of which Papua New Guinea alone accounts for well over 800. The median number （中位数）of speakers is a mere 6,000, which means that half the world's languages are spoken by fewer people than that.
Already well over 400 of the total of 6,800 languages are close to extinction (消亡), with only a few elderly speakers left. Pick, at random, Busuu in Cameroon (eight remaining speakers), Chiapaneco in Mexico (150), Lipan Apache in the United States (two or three) or Wadjigu in Australia (one, with a question-mark): none of these seems to have much chance of survival.
Already well over 400 of the total of 6,800 languages are close to extinction (消亡), with only a few elderly speakers left. Pick, at random, Busuu in Cameroon (eight remaining speakers), Chiapaneco in Mexico (150), Lipan Apache in the United States (two or three) or Wadjigu in Australia (one, with a question-mark): none of these seems to have much chance of survival.
（1）What can we infer about languages in hunter-gatherer times?
A. They developed very fast. B. They were large in number.
C. They had similar patterns. D. They were closely connected.
C. They had similar patterns. D. They were closely connected.
（2）Which of the following best explains "dominant" underlined in paragraph 2?
A. Complex. B. Advanced C. Powerful. D. Modern.
（3）How many languages are spoken by less than 6,000 people at present?
A. About 6,800. B. About 3,400. C. About 2,400. D. About 1,200.
（4）What is the main idea of the text?
A. New languages will be created.
B. People's lifestyles are reflected in languages.
C. Human development results in fewer languages.
ignore the waste behind youC. Human development results in fewer languages.
D. Geography determines language evolution.
B
We may think we're a culture that gets rid of our worn technology at the first sight of something shiny and new, but a new study shows that we keep using our old devices (装置) well after they go out of style. That's bad news for the environment – and our wallets – as these outdated devices consume much more energy than the newer ones that do the same things.
To figure out how much power these devices are using, Callie Babbitt and her colleagues at the Rochester Institute of Technology in New York tracked the environmental costs for each product throughout its life – from when its minerals are mined to when we stop using the device. This method provided a readout for how home energy use evolved since the early 1990s. Devices were grouped by generation. Desktop computers, basic mobile phones, and box-set TVs defined 1992. Digital cameras arrived on the scene in 1997. And MP3 players, smart phones, and LCD TVs entered homes in 2002, before tablets and e-readers showed up in 2007.
As we accumulated more devices, however, we didn't throw out our old ones."The Living-room television is replaced and gets planted in the kid's room, and suddenly one d
To figure out how much power these devices are using, Callie Babbitt and her colleagues at the Rochester Institute of Technology in New York tracked the environmental costs for each product throughout its life – from when its minerals are mined to when we stop using the device. This method provided a readout for how home energy use evolved since the early 1990s. Devices were grouped by generation. Desktop computers, basic mobile phones, and box-set TVs defined 1992. Digital cameras arrived on the scene in 1997. And MP3 players, smart phones, and LCD TVs entered homes in 2002, before tablets and e-readers showed up in 2007.
As we accumulated more devices, however, we didn't throw out our old ones."The Living-room television is replaced and gets planted in the kid's room, and suddenly one d
ay, you have a TV in every room of the house," said one researcher. The average number of electronic devices rose from four per household in 1992 to 13 in 2007. We're not just keeping these old devices-we continue to use them. According to the analysis of Babbitt's team, old desktop monitors and box TV's with cathode ray tubes are the worst devices with their energy consumption and contribution to greenhouse gas emissions(排放) more than doubling during the 1992 to 2007 window.
So what's the solution?The team's data only went up to 2007, but the researchers also explored what would happen if consumers replaced old products with new electronics that serve more than one function, such as a tablet for word processing and TV viewing. They found that more on-demand entertainment viewing on tables instead of TVs and desktop computers could cut energy consumption by 44%.
So what's the solution?The team's data only went up to 2007, but the researchers also explored what would happen if consumers replaced old products with new electronics that serve more than one function, such as a tablet for word processing and TV viewing. They found that more on-demand entertainment viewing on tables instead of TVs and desktop computers could cut energy consumption by 44%.
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