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2015 -2016年高二第二学期第十二周周测
答题卡：（总分：50分）
26、27、28、29、30、
31、32、33、34、35、
一、（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Coral reefs
For millions of years, coral reefs have provided homes and food for thousands of different living things. Fish and sea birds share the reef with other sea creatures. Now these beautiful places are in danger. 1 Scientists have found that people and
pollution have ruined more than one-fourth of the earth‟s coral reefs. Unless things change, all of the remaining reefs may die within your lifetime.
Some people think that coral is stone because of its rough, hard surface. But coral is an animal! Tiny polyps (水螅体) form the coral reefs. 2 These colours come from the algae (海藻) living inside the coral. Billions of coral polyps stick together. New ones grow on the dead corals. This happens year after year. Over time, the coral builds up a reef. The reef rises from the ocean floor until it almost reaches the sea‟s surface. It takes coral 500,000 years to build a huge reef. 3
The coral reefs have been harmed in different ways. People have broken off pieces of coral. They wanted to sell or keep them. To catch more fish, people have dropped sticks of dynamite (炸药) into the water. 4 Water pollution has encouraged overgrowth of the sea plants that grow near coral reefs. They block out the sunlight that the algae need. 5 Warm water kills the algae. When the algae die, the coral loses both its food and its color. The coral turns white and dies. Scientists call this coral bleaching (珊瑚白化). The bleached part of the coral reef cannot recover.
A. They come in many colours.
B. This has blown up parts of the reefs.
C. So are all the sea plants and animals that depend on them.
D. The worst problem is the heating up of the world‟s oceans.
E. Coral reefs are experiencing a rapid increase in most locations.
F. However, it has taken human beings less than 100 years to destroy the reefs.
G. They cover less than 1% of the ocean floor, but support about 25% of sea creatures.
二：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
A special lady lived on a farm in Grace, Idaho. To overcome every 6 or struggle that came her way, she went far beyond the call of duty. She was a widow (寡妇) with 9 children. Instead of 7 of her hard life, she accepted her fate (命运) and 8 the ordinary into the extraordinary (非凡的).
No matter how serious things seemed to be, she found a(n) 9 side and a ray of hope. She taught her family the 10 of hard work and the importance of education, 11 she only went as far as fourth grade.
Her children didn‟t have material 12 , but they certainly received the necessary and 13 things in life: love, spiritual guidance, concern for others, appreciation for a table filled with food, and 14 for the law. She was truly a(n) 15 of all that is good.
I remember as a young man sitting at her feet while she 16 me. “If you can‟t say something nice, don‟t say anything at all.” And she said, “I‟ll 17 throw upon the floor a crust (面包皮) I cannot eat, for many a hungry one would think it quite
a 18 . Willful waste brings willful want, and I may live to say, …Oh, I wish I had that crust that once I 19 .‟”
This extremely courageous and 20 woman is my grandmother. My mother is a lot like her mother. Many times, my mother went 21 a new dress just so we could buy some great football shoes. Many times, my mother 22 that we should stay home instead of going on a summer vacation, just so we could 23 on a baseball
all-star team. My mother is the greatest cook on Earth, a spiritual 24 , a church and community servant, and the very best mom who ever lived. I‟ve never 25 her complain about her difficulties, heartache, and pain. My dear, sweet mother truly is a perfect example. It‟s the way it was and still should be.
6. A. success B. task C. challenge D. job
7. A. thinking B. complaining C. talking D. dreaming
8. A. sent B. put C. cheated D. changed
9. A. opposite B. positive C. wrong D. dark
10. A. value B. idea C. pain D. result
11. A. if B. although C. unless D. since
12. A. needs B. comforts C. wealth D. hope
13. A. important B. interesting C. strange D. natural
14. A. fear B. love C. demand D. respect
15. A. user B. speaker C. example D. corrector
16. A. taught B. charged C. encouraged D. judged
