2016届高考英语第一轮课时检测试卷29

　　课时作业(四十)　选修8　Unit 5　Meeting your ancestors

　　Ⅰ.单项填空

　　1．(2011·塘沽一中模拟)When the whole area was________by the snow，the government sent food there by helicopter.

　　A．cut away　B．cut down

　　C．cut up

　　D．cut off

　　2．Tom，behave yourself.It’s bad manners to________while others are talking.

　　A．hesitate

　　B．adjust

　　C．interrupt

　　D．operate

　　3．The residents in the neighborhood all________the government’s decision to close the small dye factory.

　　A．deleted

　　B．identified

　　C．interrupted

　　D．applauded

　　4．You have the________of working hard and being successful or of not working hard and being unsuccessful.

　　A．selection

　　B．choice

　　C．alternative

　　D．option

　　5．The company’s profit fell________in the first three months in 2009 because of the global financial problem.

　　A．automatically

　　B．narrowly

　　C．roughly

　　D．sharply

　　6．—May I clean the room tomorrow?

　　—No，you have no________.You must do it now，for the guests will come at any moment.

　　A．chance

　　B．alternative

　　C．way

　　D．help

　　7．Every day a number of tourists take pictures in front of the tower，which________as early as 800 years ago.

　　A．dates back to

　　B．is dated back

　　C．dates back from

　　D．was dated from

　　8．The young lawyer stood for freedom of speech for everyone________color，race or belief.

　　A．regardless of

　　B．in favor of

　　C．because of

　　D．except for

　　9．Terry，________the service at the hotel in the downtown area，has decided to change to another one.

　　A．patient with

　　B．satisfied with

　　C．interested in

　　D．fed up with

　　10．—How long are you staying in New York?

　　—For ten days________.I’ve to be back to attend an important conference in time.

　　A．at all

　　B．above all

　　C．at first

　　D．at most

　　11．—I will not accept the job because I am not satisfied with the salary.

　　—You should learn to look________—the company is world famous.

　　A．ahead

　　B．through

　　C．down

　　D．up

　　12．After the movie，they returned home happily，________that the house had been broken into.

　　A．find

　　B．to be found

　　C．found

　　D．only to find

　　13．Bill suggested________a meeting on what to do for the Shanghai Expo during the vacation.

　　A．having held

　　B．to hold

　　C．holding

　　D．hold

　　14．Mount Wuyi is such an attractive place of interest________everyone likes to visit.

　　A．that

　　B．as

　　C．which

　　D．what

　　15．(2011·西城抽样)—You were not listening；what troubled you?

　　—I________my coming match exam.

　　A．am thinking about

　　B．was thinking about

　　C．had thought about

　　D．will think about

　　Ⅱ.阅读理解

　　(2011·抚顺一中模拟)

　　Many people are tired of their jobs and know they want to give something back to the environment，but have no idea where to look for a green­collar job.That’s where consultants such as Marie Kerpan can help out.Tired of her own job as a career adviser at a New York firm，and expecting the looming trend of green career changers，Kerpan in 2000，positioned herself as an environmental career consultant—the first，she claims，of her kind.

　　Since then，her company，Green Careers，has helped thousands of people assess what cause their skills and interests are best suited to—which could be anything from renewable energy to water conservation—and has helped them get hired.Most of her clients come from middle management or higher，and are seeking what she calls a path­of­least­resistance move—“doing something you already know how to do and putting it in the context of the green agenda，” she explains.

　　One former human resources manager at General Electric，for example，had “a whole bag of tools”，and just had to figure out how to use them in a green job.The solution was simple enough—she landed a post as human resources manager at an organic food company.

　　But if someone prefers his green career to be a completely new experience，that’s okay too.“This is a new frontier，and there’s also a lot more freedom to make a greater change，” says Kerpan.

　　Such was the case with architect­turned­activist Horowitz.As partner in San Francisco’s KMD Architects，he seemed to have all：a central role in successful commercial projects，frequent travels to exciting destinations，and enough downtime to mind his own Sonoma Valley vineyard.But through his involvement with Equator Environmental，a forprofit group he co­founded with his nephew Gerrity Lansing，Horowitz awakened an inner passion for the environment.The creation and sale of carbon credits (碳排放信用)，he realized，could make more profit，by conserving rainforests than destroying them.

　　1．According to the passage，what are green­collar jobs?

　　A．Jobs about human resources management.

　　B．Jobs to deal with water conservation.

　　C．Jobs about protecting the earth.

　　D．Jobs engaged in doing physical labour.

　　2．What kinds of people tend to take on green­collar jobs?

　　A．People from the countryside.

　　B．Those who are good at growing green vegetables.

　　C．Anyone who is tired of his present job.

　　D．Those who have been successful in their well­paid jobs.

　　3．Why do people change their present jobs for green­collar ones?

　　A．Because they can breathe fresh air and enjoy natural scenery.

　　B．Because they can live an easy life in green.

　　C．Because they are tired of their present jobs and want to do something good to the environment.

　　D．Because they can make more profit.

　　4．What is the main topic of this passage?

　　A．Changing to green­collar jobs.

　　B．What green­collar jobs are.

　　C

　　The way to get green­collar jobs.

　　D．Advantages of green­collar jobs.

　　(2011·安庆市检测)

　　Have you played it？It’s a game for a person or for a carload.

　　Someone begins，“I’m grateful to God for...” And he or she shares something.Then the next person gives gratitude for something.This goes on for 5 minutes or more until you reach your destination.There’s no loser.Everyone feels happy after expressing gratitude.And sometimes you discover amazing things.

　　My 5­year­old granddaughter and I played the gratitude game when she visited us.I found out she was grateful to her friend Josh...and “the other Josh”．She was grateful to go swimming at the pool.She was grateful to have a daddy who played with her and to a nice mommy.

　　She would begin the gratitude games as soon as we settled into the car to drive somewhere.Playing it with her，I tried to be honest and not just say something fast.I really stopped to think.What was I grateful for at the moment？That our country was not at war.That we had plenty to eat.Playing the game made me more aware of the good things in my life.

　　A friend of mine was having a tough time seeing that there wasn’t any good in his life.I suggested to my friend that he take a few minutes before going to bed and write down all the good things he could think of that happened during the day.

　　Later he told me what happened.He couldn’t think of anything good.But he persisted until he was able to write a few things down.

　　The next morning he decided to look for signs of good during the day.He sat down on his front steps.A robin (知更鸟) landed on the grass.In his words，it began “doing a little dance”，preening (整理羽毛) and cleaning itself.He watched the entire show.It was delightful.He realized that if he hadn’t been really looking for good，he would never have noticed the robin and would have missed what to him was a remarkable display.

　　That evening he filled several pages with recordings of good that had happened during the day and things he was grateful for.Gratitude had made a huge difference!

　　5．The purpose of the gratitude game is to________.

　　A．let people share their gratitude to God

　　B．discover amazing things in life

　　C．make people realize the good things around them

　　D．practice people’s skill of expressing themselves

　　6．From the description by the writer，we can know that her granddaughter________.

　　A．spoke much faster than the writer

　　B．enjoyed the gratitude game

　　C．finished the game within five minutes

　　D．doubted her honesty

　　7．What was the problem with the writer’s friend?

　　A．He saw nothing worth his appreciation.

　　B．He had lost his purpose of life.

　　C．He had trouble remembering what had happened during the day.

　　D．He found it hard to play the game.

　　8．The story of the writer’s friend tells us that________.

　　A．life is meaningless to a person who doesn’t know how to give gratitude

　　B．one can always find relief in nature when he is in depression

　　C．gratitude plays an important role in changing a person’s character

　　D．it’s not difficult to find good things in life if one starts looking for them