高二英语限时训练八 牛津版

1、高二限时训练八Jamess New BicycleJames shook his money box again. Nothing! He carefully _36_ the coins that lay on the bed. $24.52 was all that he had. The bicycle he wanted was at least $90! _37_ on earth was he going to get the _38_ of the money?He knew that his friends all had bicycles. It was _39_ to ha

2、ng around with people when you were the only one without wheels. He thought about what he could do. There was no _40_ asking his parents, for he knew they had no money to _41_.There was only one way to get money, and that was to _42_ it. He would have to find a job. _43_ who would hire him and what

3、could he do? He decided to ask Mr. Clay for advice, who usually had _44_ on most things.“Well, you can start right here,” said Mr. Clay. “My windows need cleaning and my car needs washing.” That was the _45_ of Jamess odd-job(零工) business. For three months he worked every day after finishing his hom

4、ework. He was amazed by the _46_ of jobs that people found for him to do. He took dogs and babies for walks, cleared out cupboards, and mended books. He lost count of the _47_ of cars he washed and windows he cleaned, but the _48_ increased and he knew that he would soon have _49_ for the bicycle he

5、 longed for. The day _50_ came when James counted his money and found $94.32. He _51_ no time and went down to the shop to pick up the bicycle he wanted. He rode _52_ home, looking forward to showing his new bicycle to his friends. It had been hard _53_ for the money, but James knew that he valued h

6、is bicycle far more _54_ he had bought it with his own money. He had _55_what he thought was impossible, and that was worth even more than the bicycle.36. A. cleaned B. covered C. counted D. checked37. A. How B. Why C. Who D. What38. A. amount B. part C. sum D. rest39. A. brave B. hard C. smart D. u

7、nfair40. A. point B. reason C. result D. right41. A. split B. spend C. spare D. save42. A. borrow B. earn C. raise D. collect43. A. Or B. So C. For D. But44. A. decisions B. experience C. opinions D. knowledge45. A. beginning B. introduction C. requirement D. opening46. A. similarity B. quality C. s

8、uitability D. variety47. A. brand B. number C. size D. type48. A. effort B. pressure C. money D. trouble49. A. all B. enough C. much D. some50. A. finally B. instantly C. normally D. regularly51. A. gave B. left C. took D. wasted52. A. patiently B. proudly C. silently D. tiredly53. A. applying B. as

9、king C. looking D. working54. A. since B. if C. than D. though55. A. deserved B. benefited C. achieved D. learnedWhy play games? Because they are fun, and a 1ot more besides. Following the rulesplanning your next move.acting as a team memberthese are all “game” ideas that you will come across throug

10、hout your life.Think about some off the games you played as a young child, such as rope-jumping and hide-and-seek. Such games are entertaining and fun. But perhaps more importantly, they translate life into exciting dramas that teach children some of the basic rules they will be expected to follow t

11、he rest of their lives, such as taking turns and cooperating (合作) . Many childrens games have a practical side Children around the world play games that prepare them for work they will do as grown-ups. For instance, some Saudi Arabian children play a game called bones. Which sharpens the hand-eye co

12、ordination（协调）needed in hunting.Many sports encourage national or local pride. The most famous games of all, the Olympic Games, bring athletes from around the world together to take part in friendly competition. People who watch the event wave flags, knowing that a gold medal is a win for an entire

13、country, not just the athlete who earned it. For countries experiencing natural disasters or war, an Olympic win can mean so much.Sports are also an event that unites people. Soccer is the most popular sport in the world. People on all continents play itsome for fun and some for a living. Nicolette

14、Iribarne, a Californian soccer player, has discovered a way to spread hope through soccer. He created a foundation to provide poor children with not only soccer balls but also a promising future.Next time you play your favorite game or sport, think about why you enjoy it, what skills are needed, and

15、 whether these skills will help you in other aspects of your life.1. Through playing hide-and-seek, children are expected to learn to _.A. be a team leader B. obey the basic rulesC. act as a grown-upD. predict possible danger2. The underlined part in Paragraph 2 most probably means that games can_.

16、A. describe life in an exciting wayB. turn real-life experiences into a playC. make learning life skills more interestingD. change peoples views of sporting events3. According to the passage, why is winning Olympic medals so encouraging?A. It inspires peoples deep love for the country.B. It proves t

17、he exceptional skills of the winners.C. It helps the country out of natural disasters.D. It earns the winners fame and fortune.4. Iribarnes goal of forming the foundation is to _.A. bring fun to poor kidsB. provide soccer balls for childrenC. give poor kids a chance for a better lifeD. appeal to soc

18、cer players to help poor kids5What can be inferred from the passage?AGamed benefit people all their lives.BSports can get all athletes together.CPeople are advised to play games for fun.DSports increase a countrys competitiveness.In the kitchen of my mothers houses there has always been a wooden sta

19、nd（木架）with a small notepad（记事本）and a hole for a pencil.Im looking for paper on which to note down the name of a book I am recommending to my mother. Over forty years since my earliest memories of the kitchen pad and pencil, five houses later, the current paper and pencil look the same as they always

20、 did. Surely it cant be the same pencil? The pad is more modern, but the wooden stand is definitely the original one.“Im just amazed you still have the same stand for holding the pad and pencil after all these year.” I say to her, walking bank into the living-room with a sheet of paper and the penci

21、l. “You still use a pencil. Cant you afford a pen?”My mother replies a little sharply. “It works perfectly well. Ive always kept the stand in the kitchen. I never knew when I might want to note down an idea, and I was always in the kitchen in these days.”Immediately I can picture her, hair wild, blu

22、e housecoat covered in flour, a wooden spoon in one hand, the pencil in the other, her mouth moving silently. My mother smiles and says, “One day I was cooking and watching baby Pauline, and I had a brilliant thought, but the stand was empty. One of the children must have taken the paper. So I just

23、picked up the breadboard and wrote it all down on the back. It turned out to be a real breakthrough for solving the mathematical problem I was working on.”This storywhich happened before I was bornreminds me how extraordinary my mother was, and is, as a gifted mathematician. I feel embarrassed that

24、I complain about not having enough child-free time to work. Later, when my mother is in the bathroom, I go into her kitchen and turn over the breadboards. Sure enough, on the back of the smallest one, are some penciled marks I recognize as mathematics. Those symbols have traveled unaffected through

25、fifty years, rooted in the soil of a cheap wooden breadboard, invisible（看不到的）exhibits at every meal.6Why has the authors mother always kept the notepad and pencil in the kitchen?ATo leave messages. BTo list her everyday tasks. CTo note down maths problems.DTo write down a flash of inspiration.7. Wha

26、t is the authors original opinion about the wooden stand?A. It has great value for the family.B. It needs to be replaced by a better one.C. It brings her back to her lonely childhood.D .It should be passed on to the next generation.8. The author feels embarrassed for . A. blaming her mother wrongly.

27、B. giving her mother a lot of trouble.C. not making good use of time as her mother did.D. not making any breakthrough in her field.9. What can be inferred from the last paragraph? A .The mother is successful in her career.B. The family members like traveling.C. The author had little time to play whe

28、n young.D. The marks on the breadboard have disappeared.10. In the authors mind ,her mother is .A. strange in behavior.B. keen on her research.C. fond of collecting old thingsD. careless about her appearance. C Sunday is more like Monday than it used to be, Places of business that used to keep dayti

29、me “business hours” are now open late into the night. And on the Internet, the hour of the day and the day of the week have become irrelevant (不相关的).A half century ago in the United States, most people experienced strong and precise dividing lines between days of rest and days of work, school time a

30、nd summer time. Today the boundaries still exist, but they seem not clear.The law in almost all states used to require stores to close on Sunday; in most, it no longer does ,It used to keep the schools open in all seasons except summer, in most, it still does. And whether the work week should streng

31、then its legal limits, or whether it should become more “flexible,” is often debated. How should we, as a society, organize our time? Should we go even further in relaxing the boundaries of time until we live in a world in which every minute is much like every other? These are not easy questions eve

32、n to ask. Part of the difficulty is that we rarely recognize the “law of time” even when we meet it face to face. We know as children that we have to attend school a certain number of hours, a certain number of days, a certain number of years but unless we meet the truant officer (学监) ,we may well t

33、hink that we should go to school due to social custom and parents demand rather than to the law. As adults we are familiar with “extra pay for overtime working,” but less familiar with the fact that what constitutes(构成) “overtime” is a matter of legal definition. When we turn the clock forward to st

34、art daylight saving time, have we ever thought to ourselves: “Here is the law in action”? As we shall see, there is a lot of law that has great influence on how organize and use time: compulsory education law, overtime law, and daylight saving law- as well as law about Sunday closing, holidays, being late to work, time zones, and so on. Once we