2012年人教版高中英语选修九Unit1练习卷

--How about eight o'clock outside the cinema?
--That _______  me fine.

The disc, digitally ______ in the studio, sounded fantastic at the party that night.

Before building a house, you will have to________ the government's permission.

Her son, to whom she was so_________, went abroad ten years ago.

By the time Jane gets home, her aunt________ for London to attend a meeting.

The more I think about him, the more reasons I find for loving him _______ I did.

He is able to lift __________ of two hundred jin.

Scientists generally agree that Earth's climate will warm up over the next 50 to 100 years __________ it has warmed in the 20,000 years since Ice Age.

Elephants have their own way to tell the shape of an object and _________ it is rough or smooth.

_______ ,! have to put it away and focus my attention on study this week.

Once a decision has been made, all of us should _________ it.

Jumping out of_________ airplane at ten thousand feet is quite _________ exciting experience.

-- Let's go and have a good drink tonight.
-- ________ Have you got the first prize in the competition?

--How about putting some pictures into the report?
-- _________ A picture is worth a thousand words.

Maggie has been fortunate to find a job she loves and,_________, she gets well paid for it.

It was the district sports meet. My foot still hadn't healed(痊愈)from a(n)   16    injury.  I had    17  whether or not I should attend the meet. But there I was, 18   for the 3,000-meter run.
"Ready... set..." The gun popped and we were off. The other girls rushed  19   me. I felt   20   as I fell farther and farther behind.
"Hooray! "shouted the crowd. It was the loudest  21   I had ever heard at a meet. The first-place runner was two laps(圈)ahead of me when she crossed the finish line.
"Maybe I should   22  , "I thought as I moved on.   23  ,I decided to keep going. During the last two laps, I ran   24   and decided not to   25   in track next year. It wouldn't be worth it,  26   my foot did heal.
When I finished, I heard a cheer--  27    than the one I'd heard earlier. I turned around and  28  ,the boys were preparing for their race. "They must be cheering for the boys."
I was leaving   29    several girls came up to me. "Wow, you've got courage! "one of them told me.
"Courage? I just   30  a race! "I thought.
"I would have given up on the first lap, "said another girl.
"We were cheering for you. Did you hear us?"
Suddenly I regained   31  . I decided to  32  track next year.  I realized strength and courage aren't always  33   in medals and victories, but in the  34   we overcome(战胜). The strongest people are not always the people who win,   35   the people who don't give up when
they lose.

A．slighter B．worse C．earlier D．heavier

A．late B．eager C．ready D．thirsty

A．from behind B．ahead of C．next to D．close to

A．ashamed B．astonished C．excited D．frightened

A．cheer B．shout C．cry D．noise

A．slow down B．drop out C．go on D．speed up

A．Therefore B．Otherwise C．Besides D．However

A．with delight B．with fear C．in pain D．in advance

A．play B．arrive C．race D．attend

A．even if B．only if C．unless D．until

A．weaker B．longer C．lower D．louder

A．well enough B．sure enough C．surprisingly enough D．strangely enough

A．while B．when C．as D．since

A．finished B．won C．passed D．lost

A．cheer B．hope C．interest D．experience

A．hold on B．turn to C．begin with D．stick with

A．measured B．praised C．tested D．increased

A．sadness B．struggles C．diseases. D．tiredness

A．or B．nor C．and D．but

It was an early September day, cool and bright and just right for running, and I was in the first few miles of a lO-knownmile race over a course with a few high hills. Still, I felt energetic; despite the hills it was going to be a fine run.
Just ahead of me was Peggy Mimno, a teacher from Mount Kiseo, New York. She too was running easily, moving along at my speed. The pace felt comfortable, so I decided to stay where I was; why pay attention to pace when she was setting such a nice one? I'd overtake(追上) her later on when she tired.
So I ran behind her. The course headed north for miles, wandered west for a hilly mile, then turned south again along a winding road. The race was getting harder. We had four miles left and already it was beginning to be real work.
Peggy overtook a young runner. She seemed to know him, for they exchanged a few cheerful words as she passed him. Their exchange worried me. You don't chat during a race unless you feeling good, and Peggy plainly was.
Still, I was close enough to overtake her if she tired, so I didn't give up hope completely. We were getting nearer to a long, punishing hill now and it would be the test. We were a mile from the finish line, so whatever happened on the hill would almost determine who crossed it first.
As I moved up the hill, my attention wandered for a few minutes. When I looked up, Peggy was moving away--first five yards, then ten, then more. Finally it was clear that there was no help of catching her. She beat me soundly.
There is an important lesson in that race. Women are thought to be weaker, slower and not nearly as skilled in sport. Yet as Peggy Mimno so clearly showed, the similarities between men and women runners are more important than differences. I have run with a number of women, and I can say it is often hard work.
What did the writer think of the race in the beginning?

What worried the writer when Peggy greeted the young runner?

By saying "a long, punishing hill" (paragraph 5 ), the writer implies that _____________ .

What lesson does the writer learn from the race?

Say you are a 17th century construction worker who's worked long and hard to build a splendid tower for the dead wife of your emperor.
Now say that the emperor orders your fingertips cut off so you can never build another one. Yes, that is the Taj Mahal,one of the most famous buildings in the world. And the tale behind the construction is just as impressive as the building itself.
First, there's the emperor of northern India, Shah Jehan,also called the King of the World. In 1612,Shah Jehan married Mumtaz Mahal. Madly in love, they had 14 children over the next 20 years. But then sadness came.  As Mumtaz was about to give birth to child'number 14, she said she had heard her unborn baby cry out. It was a sign of death. And as Mumtaz lay dying, she asked Jehan to build a lasting memorial to celebrate their love.
When the heartbroken Jehan appeared eight days after his wife's death, his people were shocked to see that his coal-black hair had turned snow-white.
Putting away his sadness, Jehan ordered his wife's dying wish carried out. More than 20,000 workers labored nearly 22 years to complete the construction. In 1653,Jehan placed Mumtaz's remains in the center under the building.
And then, son number five, Aurangzeb, murdered his brothers and took over the power from his aging father. Hehan lived the rest of his days-eight years, to be exact-imprisoned not far from the Taj Mahal. Jehan was only allowed to climb onto the top of his prison to see the timeless
treasure from a distance. But never again would he be allowed to visit it--until he was buried next to his wife.
Today 25,000 people visit the Taj Mahal each day. Though the reason for building the tower was a strange, sad story, those who see its breath-taking beauty are reminded of the happiness that inspired its construction.
The first two paragraphs were written to show that

The Taj Mahal was first built as ____________ .

We learn from the text that Mumtaz probably died in ________ .

My teenage son Karl became withdrawn after his father died. As a single parent, I tried to do my best to talk to him. But the more I tried, the more he pulled away. When his report card arrived during his junior year, it said that he had been absent 95 times from classes and had six
falling grades for the year. At this rate he would never graduate. I sent him to the school adviser, and I even begged him. Nothing worked.
One night I felt so powerless that I got down on my knees and pleaded for help. "Please God, I can't do any thing more for nay son. I'm at the end of nay rope. I'm giving the whole thing up to you."
I was at work when I got a phone call. A man introduced himself as the headmaster. "I want to talk to you about Karl's absences." Before he could say another word,I choked up and all my disappointment and sadness over Karl came pouring out into the ears of this stranger. "I love my son but I just don't know what to do. I've tried everything to get Karl to go back to school and nothing has worked. It's out of nay hands. "For a moment there was silence on the other end of the line. The headmaster seriously said, "Thank you for your time", and hung up.
Karl's next report card showed a marked improvement in his grades. Finally, he even made the honor roll. In his fourth year,  I attended a parent-teacher meeting with Karl. I noticed that his teachers were astonished at the way he had turned himself around. On our way home, he
said, "Mum, remember that call from the headmaster last year?" I nodded. "That was me. I thought I'd play a joke but when I heard what you said, it really hit me how much I was hurting you. That's when I knew I had to make you proud. '
There was silence on the other end of the line because

The sentence "... he even made the honor roll" means that “ _______”.

What is the main idea of this passage?

短文改错 （10小题，每小题1分，共10分）
I still remember nay middle school life in Tianjin yet.
46.________
I was then in a school for students from Tibet. As we were
47.________
all left home at early age,we met lots of problems in
48._________
our daily life. We had to do the washing, cleaning and shopping by us. However, we seldom felt lonely or
49._________
helplessly. We enjoyed our happy life. At weekends,
50._________
we would play basketball, swimming in the pool or go
51._________
for a picnic. We were living in a big family. We treat
52._________
each other as brothers and sisters. If any one of us had
53._________
any difficulty in our life and study, the other would
54.________
help him out. It has been five years when we graduated, but those memories are as sweet as ever before.                             55._________

以时间为线索写一篇短文，介绍中国的“高空王子”阿迪力。
1．1971年7月1日：出生在中国新疆一个杂技世家。
2．1976年：父亲去世，开始训练走钢丝。决心成为世界顶尖的钢丝行走表演者。
3．1991年：在上海的一次高空行走表演中，由于绳索突然折断，阿迪力摔在地上，造成全身17处骨折。医生建议他以后不要再表演了，但他不愿放弃他的事业。
4．1996年6月23日：阿迪力成为中国高空走索跨越
江河第一人。
5．2002年5月11日：完成了一项壮举：在绳索上度过了600小时，累计行走123小时48分，打破了由加拿大人Jay Cochrane保持的吉尼斯世界记录。
注意：1．词数100左右。
2．参考词汇：走钢丝wire-walk，钢丝行走表演者wirewalker，壮举remarkable feat，吉尼斯世界记录the Guinness world record。