高三英语周测试卷二
I.完形填空（共15小题；每小题1.5分, 共22.5分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项中，选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。
It was pouring outside. We all stood there 1 , some patiently, others annoyed because nature messed up their hurried day. I got lost in the sound and sight of the heavens 2 away the dirt and dust of the world.
“Mom, let’s run through the rain,” a girl’s voice 3 me.
“No, honey. We’ll wait until it 4 down a bit,” Mom replied.
The young girl waited about another minute and repeated “Mom, let’s run through the rain.”
“We’ll get wet if we do,” Mom said.
“No, we won’t, Mom. That’s not what you said this morning,” the young girl said as she 5 her Mom’s arm.
“This morning? 6 did I say we could run through the rain and not get wet?”
“Don’t you remember? When you were talking to Daddy about his cancer, you said, ‘If God can get us through this, he can get us through 7 .’”
The entire crowd turned 8 . Mom paused and thought for a moment about what she would say. Now some would laugh it off and scold her for being silly.
9 then we heard, “Honey, you are 10 . Let’s run through the rain. If we get wet, maybe we just need washing,” Mom said. Then 11 they ran.
We all stood 12 , smiling and laughing as they ran past the cars. Yes, they got wet. But they were 13 by a few who screamed and laughed like children all the way to their cars. Circumstances or people can take away your material possessions, and they can even take away your health . But no one can take away your precious 14 . So, don’t forget to make time and take the 15 to make memories every day! I hope you still take the time to run through the rain.
1. A. talking B. waiting C. complaining D. expecting
2. A. taking B. putting C. driving D. washing
3. A. caught B. broke C. impressed D. called
4. A. keeps B. comes C. pushes D. slows
5. A. pulled B. touched C. waved D. felt
6. A. Why B. How C. When D. Where
7. A. rain B. disease C. anything D. something
8. A. still B. angry C. serious D. silent
9. A. However B. But C. After D. Though
10. A. stupid B. wrong C. right D. clever
11. A. off B. along C. on D. over
12. A. sighing B. joking C. discussing D. watching
13. A. followed B. guided C. respected D. praised
14. A. children B. experience C. courage D. memories
15. A. possibilities B. opportunities C. risk D. challenge
II：语法填空（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，根据上下文填入适当的词语，或使用括号中的词语的适当形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡上标号为16-25的相应位置。
Thirteen-year-old Andrew will never forget that Saturday. He was relaxing on his family’s sofa with his sister, Susan. Suddenly the heater exploded. His sister, who was unhurt, managed to pull 16 away from the fire 17 his mum dialed for an ambulance. 18 ambulance soon arrived and rushed him to Children’s Hospital
19 he was operated on immediately.
Doctors told his mum there was little chance of Andrew being able to walk again. The damage to his body was so bad and the cuts in his legs so deep that the 20 (operate) took 11 hours. After a couple of weeks, he 21 (allow) to go home but had to spend the next six weeks in a wheelchair. 22 the help of his doctor, this brave young boy returned to school after only two and a half months.
23 (look) back on the accident, Andrew says he believes children can do 24 they want 25 they put their mind to it.
III：阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A, B, C, D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
The single, decisive factor(因素) that made it possible for mankind to settle in lasting communities(社区，聚居地) was agriculture. After farming was developed in the Middle East in about 6500 BC, people living in family units did not have to be on the move continually searching for food or hunting their animals. Once people could control the production of food and be assured of a reliable supply of it, their lives changed completely.
Farming was a revolutionary discovery. It not only made settlements possible and later the building of cities but it also made available a reliable food supply. With more food available, more people could be fed. Population therefore increased. The growing number of people available for more kinds of work led to the development of new social formations. With more and more food, a community could support a variety of workers who were not farmers.
Farming in the world over has always relied upon a dependable water supply. For the earliest societies this meant rivers and streams or regular rainfall. The first great civilizations grew up along rivers. Later communities were able to develop by taking advantage of the rainy seasons.
All of the ancient civilizations probably developed in much the same way, in spite of a few differences. As villages grew, the production of more numerous goods became possible. Cloth could be woven from wool. Houses made of wood, brick, and stone could be put up.
The science of mathematics was an early outgrowth of agriculture. People studied the movements of the moon, the sun, and the planets to work out seasons. In so doing they created the first calendars(日历). With a calendar it was possible to find out the arrival of each growing season. Measurement of land areas was
