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1、山西省晋中市2018-2019学年高二英语上学期周练试题（4）一：完形填空（每题2分，共40分）Id like to share a story from over 25 years ago. I havent forgotten the single act of kindness that1my life.During a vacation trip, I found myself in serious financial difficulties. I needed to find my2to the Greyhound station some 30 miles away,3I was
2、 short of money.I called some taxi services, but they were all too4for me. Finally, I got one person on the5who managed to make out that I needed a6to the Greyhound station but only had limited money. And he agreed to7me! He came to pick me up about 45 minutes later. The driver was a(n)8man and I wo
3、ndered why the taxi didnt have a meter (里程表), but his ID was there and I could see this was his9. The driver was so kind. He knew I was10so he distracted me with pleasant conversations. He said I looked like his granddaughter.I asked him why he11so little compared to the others. He12that he was actu
4、ally retired (退休) but hadnt13his number from the phone book. When I called, clearly worried, he felt it necessary to offer help. This man14an hour to help a person he didnt know for a fee that15covered his gas! He did cheer me up.This mans kindness16my heart every time I think of him.17, I didnt eve
5、n get his18and I cant remember his face clearly now, but he is often on my mind.Thank you, Mr. Taxi-Man! I wish I could thank you19. I hope your granddaughter knows what a wonderful20she has!1. A. ruined B. brightenedC. broke throughD. made up2. A. way B. directionC. experienceD. information3. A. th
6、ough B. soC. but D. since4. A. crowded B. smallC. slowD. expensive5. A. phone B. roadC. spotD. Internet6. A. tour B. rideC. route D. visit7. A. connect B. supportC. transportD. please8. A. clever B. independentC. confident D. elderly9. A. business B. backgroundC. goal D. habit10. A. fearful B. upset
7、C. bored D. generous11. A. earned B. paidC. spent D. charged12. A. argued B. agreedC. explained D. promised13. A. removed B. wipedC. changedD. marked14. A. walked B. savedC. ranD. drove15. A. hardly B. completelyC. alsoD. even16. A. attracts B. winsC. changesD. warms17. A. HopefullyB. RegretfullyC.
8、SurprisinglyD. Fortunately18. A. answer B. permissionC. attentionD. name19. A. on my own B. by chanceC. in personD. with interest20. A. grandfather B. gift C. journeyD. lesson二：阅读理解（每题3分，共12分）Dr Dian Fossey，one of the worlds leading women scientists，had an outstanding career. The workshe devoted her
9、 life to protecting and studying the mountain gorillas (大猩猩) of Africahas proved highly effective and has resulted in the steady (平稳的) increase of this most endangered big monkeys.Fossey made her first trip to Africa in 1963.Three years later，she returned to Africa to begin a longterm study of the m
10、ountain gorillas. She set up a camp in the Democratic Republic of Congo but moved to Rwanda because of political reasons in 1967.She founded her “Karisoke” Research Centre camp on September 24，1967.Fosseys aims were to study gorilla ecology (生态学) and social organization. She found that in order to a
11、chieve this，she needed to recognize individual gorillas，which required that the gorillas get used to her presenceBy copying gorillas behaviour and sounds，Fossey began to gain their trust，and in 1970, an adult male gorilla she had named “Peanuts” reached out to touch her hand.Close observations over
12、thousands of hours enabled Fossey to gain the gorillas trust and bring forth new knowledge about their behaviour. Stories and photographs of her work were published in National Geographic Magazine and elsewhere.In 1977，one of Fosseys favourite gorillas，Digit，was killed bypoachersand she set up the D
13、igit Fund to help raise money for gorilla protection efforts in the same year.On December 26，1985，Fossey was murdered while going back to her house in Karisoke. Her body was discovered near the research centre. Most probably，Dian Fossey had been killed by the poachers shed fought against. On her tombstone (墓碑)：“No one loved gorillas more.”In 1988，the life and the work of Fossey were made into a movie based on her book.21Why does the author say “Dr Dian Fossey had
