2014高考英語-專題沖關集訓課時演練8

1、PAGE PAGE - 5 -高考學習網：高考學習網：2014高考英語專題沖關集訓：課時演練8.單項填空1Once new difficulties_in our new job，we should learn to use our brains to solve them.Arise BcauseCraise Darise2(湖北高考)Hiking by oneself can be fun and good for health.It can be good for_ building.Arespect BfriendshipCreputation Dcharacter3(湖北高考)The

2、 loss has not yet been_accurately，but it is believed to be well beyond a hundred million dollars.Acalculated BconsideredCcompleted Dcontrolled4I think he is taking an active part in social work.I agree with you_.Ain a way Bon the wayCby the way Din the way5I have been worried about the possible dang

3、er of driving on a railway line.Do not be afraid；God will_us.Aturn over Bwatch overCgo over Dlook over6Its well known that the world economic situation will get worse_.Anot if dealt carefully with Bif not carefully dealt withCif dealt not carefully with Dnot if carefully dealt with7_time goes by，Mot

4、hers hair has turned grey and the wrinkles on her face deeper.AAs BWithCWhile DBecause8He had been_absorbed in watching the car passing by that he didnt notice his friends coming.Asuch BtooCthat Dso9English is considered as a(n)_language，and it is no surprise that there are so many people in the wor

5、ld learning English.Auniversal BlogicalCartificial Dregular10Marys brother has such high_that he has learned three languages.Really？Its hard to believe.Apower BtechnologyCcharacter Dintelligence11Would you like me to help you with the heavy luggage?I can manage it myself.Thank you_.Ahowever Bin a se

6、nseCanyway Dby the way12Our school is going to send exchange students to America.Would you like to have a try?_.English isnt one of my advantages.AYoure right BId rather notCNo way DNo problem13Cathy，could you make_list of the great inventions in_1950s?Sure.A/；/ Ba；/Cthe；the Da；the14The Stone Age is

7、 a very early period of human history_people used tools and weapons made of stone，not metal.Ain which BwhoseCwhich Dwith which15Im hunting for a house，nice，bright，comfortable and_with a big garden.Aall over Bafter allCabove all Din all.閱讀理解(2011福建四校六地第三次聯考)WHAT can help you make a fortune in the fut

8、ure？Graduating from a top university might not be enough.A new study from the University of Essex in Britain has shown that the more friends you have in school，the more money youll earn later.The idea that popularity could have a serious influence on ones earning potential shouldnt come as too much

9、of a surprise.The researchers noted that if you want to get ahead in life，social skills and networking are easily as powerful as talent and hard work.“If a person has lots of friends，it means that he or she has the ability to get along with others in all kinds of different situations，” said Xu Yanch

10、un,17，from Nantou High School in Shenzhen，who totally agreed with the recent finding.“Also，friends always help each other.They not only create wider social circles for you but lift your mood when you are occasionally in low spirits，” said Xu.She believed that all this helps you “earn a higher salary

11、”Maybe thats why some people think the younger generations are in the age of Friendaholism (交友狂癥)？A woman even complained that the networking website Facebooks 5,000friend limit was too low for her large reserve of social contacts.But what does a friend mean？Should friends be regarded as a form of c

12、urrency?“Call me uncool，but I think of a friend as an actual person with whom I have an actual history and whom I enjoy actually seeing.It seems，however，that this is no longer the definition of a friend，” said Meghan Daum，who works with the Los Angeles Times in the US.Daum dislikes the idea that qua

13、ntity trumps quality in the age of Friendaholism.She thought the idea of friendship，at least among the growing population of Internet social networkers，was to get as many of notreallyfriends as possible.For example，a friend might be someone you might know personally but who could just as easily be t

14、he friend of a friend of some other Facebook friend you dont actually know.Although she agreed that social ties grease (潤滑) the wheels of life，she also warned，“Too bad one thing money cant buy is a real friend.”1What can friends do in the eyes of Xu Yanchun?AThey can help you with your schoolwork.BT

15、hey teach you how to make more money.CThey help you to get rid of sadness and cheer up.DThey introduce their friends to you.2What will be needed if you are to achieve success according to the researchers?ASocial skills，friends，good mood and fortune.BSocial skills，networking，talent and hard work.CSoc

16、ial skills，networking，potential and fortune.DSocial skills，talent，hard work and Facebook.3We learn that Meghan Daums attitude towards friends is somewhat_.Auptodate BoptimisticCconfused Dtraditional4What does the word “trumps” in the last paragraph mean?Ais better than Bis equal toCis worse than Dis

17、 similar to(2011鄭州第一次質量檢測)Scientists say they now have proof to support the oldfashioned advice that its best to_sleep_on_a_problem.They say sleep strengthens the memory and helps the brain organize the masses of information we receive each day.The lead researcher Bob Stickgold at Harvard Medical Sc

18、hool said，“Sleep helps us draw rules from our experiences.Its like knowing the difference between dogs and cats even if its hard to explain.”The US research team studied how well students remembered connections between words and symbols，reports New Scientist.They compared how the students performed

19、if they had had a sleep between seeing the words and having the test，and if they had not slept.They found that people were better able to remember lists of related words after a nights sleep than after the same time spent awake during the day.They also found it easier to remember themes that the wor

20、ds had in common.But they forgot around one in four more themes if they had been awake.Prof.John Groeger，University of Surreys Sleep Research Centre，said，“People have been trying for years to find out what the purpose of sleep is，as we know that only certain parts of it have a restorative (促使康復的) value.”“We form and store huge numbers of experiences in the head every day，and sleep seems to be the way the brain deals with them all.”5The phrase “to sleep on a problem” in Paragraph 1 most likely means “_”Ato pay full attention to a problemBto wait until the next day