2009年新人教版高二英語(yǔ)下學(xué)期unit16練習(xí)題

1、Unit 16 The United States of America一. 單項(xiàng)選擇1. I had to _ the temptation to laugh at his foolish mistake. A. conquer B. overtakeC. overcomeD. overdo2. If I were you, I should leave that question _. A. aloneB. aboutC. outD. off3. He insisted that he _ the best, so he insisted that he _ the work all by

2、 himself. A. be; doB. was; doC. be; did D. had been; had done4. People lined up and entered the hall _. A. in turn B. by turnsC. turningD. with turn5. Over 200 people died _ the air crash. A. with regard to B. as a result of C. in the course of D. on the grounds of 6. They are _ to prefer the better

3、 when the best in unattainable. A. likeB. willC. anxious D. willing7. The police _ the stolen jewellery and returned it to the owner. A. searched B. huntedC. inventedD. recovered8. Let me know the time of your _. A. reach B. arrivalC. come D. got9. We tried _ to persuade him to stay home, but at las

4、t he went to the construction site in spite of his bad illness. A. vainB. in vainC. in factD. in vanity10. Even before quite a few people, she cant _ the courage to speak aloud. A. gather B. collectC. assembleD. raise11. He came to the meeting _ his serous illness. A. despite B. throughC. past D. de

5、spise12. Nothing came out _ all this talk. A. against B. for C. ofD. with13. I am not used _ to like that. A. to being spokenB. to speakC. being spokenD. to speaking14. To fetch water before breakfast seemed to me a rule _. A. to never break B. never to be broken C. never to have brokenD. never to b

6、e breaking15. We shall have a whole holiday _ my birthday. A. in honor of B. in face of C. in spite of D. in store for二. 完形填空Certainly dustmen prefer to be known as "Reuse Collection and Disposal Officers"（垃圾回收處理官員）. You may think that this is rather 16 , and it is better to call a spade a

7、 spade. But dustmen can be as 17 as people of any other occupation（職業(yè)）, though we must 18 that their job is not a 19 one in the world. We often take dustmen for granted. Perhaps because they usually come very early in the morning, before most people are 20 . We are likely to forget their 21 . Our du

8、stbins are 22 regularly, but we 23 stop to think about the men who do this. However, it is one of the most important jobs in the world, and when there are no dustmen to 24 the rubbish, the general 25 soon becomes aware that something is wrong. Recently, the dustmen of England went on strike for high

9、er wages. During the first few days it was regarded as a 26 . But when the first two weeks had passed, and the dustbins were overflowing in nearly every backyard in the country, the joke did not seem so 27 any more. 28 the strike continued, people could not 29 the hills of rubbish around their dustb

10、ins, and they looked for other places in which to 30 it. Even Leicester Square, in the heart of West End of London, was 31 high with plastic bags full of smelly rubbish. This was a(n) 32 attraction that the people of London were not at all 33 to see. Even when the strike was over, it took several we

11、eks for the country to get cleaned up completely. Perhaps now the English people 34 the work of their dustmen rather more 35 and won't take them for granted any more. 16. A. clever B. silly C. interesting D. reasonable 17. A. sensitive B. careless C. hopeful D. shy 18. A. realize B. believe C. k

12、now D. admit 19. A. necessary B. difficult C. romantic D. heavy 20. A. away B. up C. down D. in 21. A. existence B. presence C. absence D. performance 22. A. cleaned B. filled C. emptied D. burned 23. A. generally B. frequently C. sometimes D. seldom 24. A. take away B. take off C. take up D. take o

13、n 25. A. society B. citizen C. public D. community 26. A. trick B. joke C. trouble D. show 27. A. pleasing B. excited C. stupid D. funny 28. A. When B. While C. As D. Because 29. A. bear B. contain C. manage D. control 30. A. keep off B. give up C. take care of D. get rid of 31. A. crowded B. piled

14、C. fixed D. put 32. A. business B. industrial C. tourist D. agricultural 33. A. disappointedB. serious C. nervous D. happy 34. A. like B. recognize C. find D. appreciate 35. A. highly B. eagerly C. differently D. entirely三. 閱讀理解PALO ALTO, California-“Switching off the television may help prevent chi

15、ldren from getting fatter- even if they do not change their diet or increase the amount they exercise,” US researchers said last week. A study of 192 third and fourth graders, generally aged eight and nine, found that children who cut the number of hours spent watching television gained nearly two p

16、ounds(0.9kg) less over a one-year period than those who did not change their television diet. “The findings are important because they show that weight loss can only be the result of a reduction in television viewing and not any other activity,” said Thomas Robinson, a pediatrician(兒科專家) at Stanford

17、 University. “American children spend an average of more than four hours per day watching television and videos or playing video games, and rates of childhood being very fat have doubled over the past 20 years,” Robinson said. In the study, presented this week to the Pediatric Academic Societies ann

18、ual meeting in San Francisco, the researchers persuaded about 100 of the students to reduce their television viewing by one-quarter to one-third. Children watching fewer hours of television showed a significantly smaller increase in waist size and had less body fat than other students who continued

19、their normal television viewing, even though neither group ate a special diet or took part in any extra exercise. “One explanation for the weight loss could be the children unstuck to the television may simply have been moving around more and burning off calories,” Robinson said. “Another reason mig

20、ht be due to eating fewer meals in front of the television. Some studies have suggested that eating in front of the TV encourages people to eat more,” Robinson said.36. The author tries to tell us in the first two paragraphs that _.A. children will get fatter if they eat too muchB. children will get

21、 thinner if they eat lessC. children will get fatter if they spend less time watching TVD. children will get fatter if they spend more time watching TV37. According to the passage, the time American children usually spend on watching TV_. A. is more than four hours a day B. is less than four hours a

22、 day C. doubled in the last twenty years D. is more than on any other activities38. The time children spend on TV viewing every day is suggested to be about _. A. six hours B. eight hours C. three hours D. one hour39. Which one of the following is right?A. Children usually eat fewer while watching T

23、V.B. Children usually eat more while watching TV. C. Children eat the same amount of meals while watching TV.D. Children usually eat nothing while watching TV.40. Why can watching TV increase kids weight according to the passage?A. They usually eat more while watching TV.B. They burn off fewer calor

24、ies.C. They change their diet while watching TV. D. Both A and B.四. 改錯(cuò)Helen is one of my best friends. She had taught 41._us English when I attended a training course two 42._years before. Helen always made good preparations 43._for the lessons, she tried her best to make her 44._classes lively. I u

25、sed to being poor in English, 45._specially in written English. But now Im able to 46._ write English letters and reports correct. 47._ I still remember how she helped me for my 48._ English patiently. Today is September 8. Teachers days come. 49_Im going to send to her a card and give her best wishes. 50._五. 書面表達(dá)一加拿大中學(xué)生在你校逗留期間，想進(jìn)圖書館借書。請(qǐng)你參照下表用英語(yǔ)給他說(shuō)明有關(guān)“借閱須知”的內(nèi)容。借閱要求持借書卡，每次兩本，限期兩周，可續(xù)借借閱內(nèi)容中外文書籍，可閱讀報(bào)紙和雜志，但不外借借閱時(shí)間周一至周五（8：00a.m5：00p.m）注意：1、短文必須包括以上要點(diǎn)，根據(jù)行文要求，可適當(dāng)增減，但不要逐條翻譯2、詞數(shù)100左右，開(kāi)頭已經(jīng)寫好，請(qǐng)接著往下寫。If you want to borrow a bo