江苏省如皋市搬经中学2016-2017学年高二下学期英语综合训练二 Word版含答案

_______ headmaster Smith is quite good at painting and it is said that he is ________ Picasso.

A. The; /  B. /; a  C. /; /  D. The; a

Lucy has ________ all the goals she set for herself in high school and is ready for new challenges at university.

A. acquired  B. finished  C. concluded  D. achieved

— How was the televised debate last night?

— Super! Rarely ________ so much media attention.

A. a debate attracted  B. did a debate attract

C. a debate did attract  D. attracted a debate

It is one thing to enjoy listening to good music, but it is ________ another to play it well yourself.

A. quite  B. very  C. rather  D. much

— What do you think of Richard Clayderman's concert?

— Fantastic. His perfect performance ________ the audience.

A. shocked  B. killed  C. invited  D. promised

Do you know how discipline can help you achieve your goals? Do you know that discipline is important to __6__？ What is the power of discipline? How to become disciplined?

You might think that many people are not self­disciplined, __7__ I'm going to prove to you that people in general are disciplined, but __8__， in non­beneficial ways. There are many people who smoke daily __9__ the fact that it is harmful and __10__ and it could kill them. Such people are disciplined at __11__ cigarettes and smoking. There are people who are disciplined at drinking lots of alcohol daily. Such people are disciplined at consuming alcohol. Do you __12__ where I am going with this?

One of my friends who has a __13__for running spends half an hour every single morning running. Whether it is snowing or raining, she has to run. This is the kind of __14__ discipline that you are supposed to__15__ and create in your life.

Do you know someone who bought a book, but didn't finish __16__ it for some reason? Do you know someone who decided to improve his __17__ and start eating more vegetables and fruit, but after two weeks, he __18__？

These are all examples of __19__ of discipline. If you are not disciplined，then you will have a hard time to get your __20__. As I mentioned in my book “The ultimate guide to achieving your goals” that you could know what you want, __21__ and take action, but if you are not self­disciplined, you will__22__ give up.

With discipline, you can start getting up early in the morning, exercise, and__23__ yourself of the non­beneficial habits such as smoking and eating non­healthy food. With discipline, you can change negative habits to positive habits. With discipline, you can join the gym and start working on having a __24__ body. Do you see what the __25__ of discipline can do?

Always remember what Jim Rohn said, “One discipline always leads to another discipline.”

6. A. wealth  B. success  C. fortune  D. health

7. A. for  B. and  C. or  D. but

8. A. unfortunately  B. unwillingly  C. unnecessarily  D. unexpectedly

9. A. besides  B. despite  C. except  D. without

10. A. courageous  B. disgusting  C. dangerous  D. forbidden

11. A. selling  B. buying  C. getting  D. consuming

12. A. care  B. see  C. feel  D. mind

13. A. passion  B. gift  C. respect  D. reason

14. A. formal  B. positive  C. negative  D. religious

15. A. form  B. learn  C. follow  D. believe

16. A. reading  B. reciting  C. analyzing  D. reviewing

17. A. service  B. diet  C. skill  D. performance

18. A. broke down  B. turned up  C. gave up  D. set out

19. A. lack  B. gesture  C. sign  D. symbol

20. A. attention  B. order  C. credit  D. desire

21. A. plan  B. listen  C. ask  D. hope

22. A. obviously  B. practically  C. likely  D. quickly

23. A. persuade  B. inform  C. deliver  D. break

24. A. healthier  B. weaker  C. heavier  D. clumsier

25. A. demand  B. power  C. principle  D. measure

Discovering Tasmania

The island of Tasmania is separated from mainland Australia by the Bass Strait. The island is a place of natural beauty and has more than 2，000 km of walking tracks and 18 national parks. If you go on a tour, you'll discover a wild and beautiful place where the people are friendly and the food is delicious. If you don't like walking, there are other tours you can choose from including a river cruise and cycling. You can also combine your tour with fishing, sailing or sunbathing on the beach.

One of the most incredible places to walk is along the Tarkine coast which is located in the north­west of Tasmania. It's such a wild and remote area that you can easily complete your walk without seeing anyone apart from the members of your group and your two guides. The area contains the largest temperate rainforest in Australia which is home to more than 50 endangered species. It is also home to many Aboriginal Heritage Sites. Your guides will provide you with plenty of information about the area as you complete that part of your tour. During your tour, you'll come across rivers, mountain ranges, spectacular waterfalls, wildlife and long wild beaches. It will be an experience you won't easily forget.

Tour Itinerary：

Day 1：

You're picked up from your hotel in the town of Launceston and driven to the Tarkine. You then

complete a three­hour walk through the forest before arriving at your camp at Mystery Creek. There you will enjoy a delicious meal cooked by your guides.

Day 2：

After breakfast, you continue deeper into the rainforest, passing some of the tallest trees in the world as you go, and stopping for lunch and then camp in the evening.

Day 3：

The highlight of today's trek is the Tarkine Falls, a beautiful 15­metre waterfall.

Day 4：

Today you can stay at the camp and bathe in the Tarkine Falls, or you can go for a day trek for more fantastic views of the forest.

Day 5：

After a last trek through the forest, you are picked up at about 4：00 p．m. and you arrive in Launceston at around 7：00 p．m.

The tour includes two professional guides, transport to and from the rainforest, all food while on the tours and all safety equipment. You should buy or hire recommended camping equipment including: backpacks, sleeping bags, sleep mats, head torches, rain coats and trousers.

26. A tourist to the island can ________．

A. cycle along the Tarkine coast and through the forest

B. buy or hire as much camping equipment as possible

C. go for a day trek for more fantastic views on Day 5

D. choose to make a sailing tour of the place for pleasure

27. From the passage we know that ________．

A. people will walk hours in all the five days during the tour

B. many species in danger are protected in the national parks

C. it takes about three hours to drive from Launceston to Tarkine

D. the tour provides guides, accommodation and safety equipment

Art is visible. However, everything one sees is filtered through certain conditions, some of them historical, and others, natural. The historical conditions include the material which is used—oil, colours, and the canvas; second, a certain style. There can be a general style, for example, the style of Impressionism, or a particular style, for example, the individual ways in which two painters, both impressionists, paint. The natural conditions include certain unchanging psychological laws of sight, for instance, the effects of colours or optical illusions.

The conditions of art are nothing but a particular way of interpreting reality. To understand this, one can examine the difference between the classical Greek and the classical Egyptian styles. For the Greeks, the reality of the visible was given by the perspective and the situation in which the object appears; for that reason they presented a person in his individual movements. For the Egyptians, however, this was only the appearance of a brief moment, which, according to their beliefs, was not real. Therefore, the Egyptians searched for the permanent essence and the typical character in their depiction of an object. For the Egyptians, Greek art was an illusion; for the Greeks, on the other hand, Egyptian art was unrealistic constructivism.

The way in which reality appears in art must not be regarded on its own. It is affected by many other systems of recognizing reality, including the political, religious, economic, intellectual, and social—in short, all the phenomena of human life.

Moreover, art is always of a certain epoch(纪元)，with its particular conception of reality. Thus, when discussing, for example, the art of ancient myth, of medieval Christianity, or that of the technological age, one must be aware that myth, Christianity, or technology was the most outstanding feature of the epoch.

It is paradoxical(似是而非的)to understand art as some kind of copy of the fields of experience connected with it. So, for example, it is meaningless for the work of art to be compared with the landscape, which served the artist as his model. Even if the artist had tried to make what he painted as similar as possible to the model he used, the landscape which he saw is only the matter from which something completely different emerges since he has submitted his view to the conditions of art: namely to the material used (colours, canvas, etc.), to his style, and even to the fact that he paints on a flat surface. Thus one must contemplate(注视) a work of art by itself. Even if it is connected to other fields of experience it nevertheless displays something unique which appears in that piece of art and there alone.

28. What is mentioned as one of the conditions through which art is seen?

A. Impressionism.  B. Optical illusions.  C. Nature.  D. Perspective.

29. Why did the Egyptians search for the permanent essence of an object?

A. Because Egyptian art was thought to be unrealistic constructivism.

B. Because they should present a person in his individual movements.

C. Because the reality of the visible was only the presence of an instant.

D. Because the appearance of the object features largely in the reality.

30. What can we infer after reading the passage?

A. The conditions of art are more than a particular way of interpreting reality.

B. The way in which reality appears in art should be regarded only on its own.

C. Myth, Christianity, or technology was under the influence of a unique style.

D. Works of art were usually produced in response to certain interpretations.

Definitions of literature have varied over time. In fact, it is a “culturally relative definition”. Once in Western Europe, literature indicated all books and writing. During the Romantic period, it began to refer to “imaginative” literature. Nowadays literature is seen as a term used to describe written or spoken material, including all of the following.

Poetry uses rhythmic qualities of language to bring out meanings in addition to, or in place of, unimaginative surface meaning. Poetry has traditionally been distinguished from prose by its being set inverse(颠倒); prose(散文) is cast in sentence, poetry in lines.

Novel is typically written in a narrative(叙事) style and presented as a book. Novels tell stories, in which the characters and events are usually imaginary. The novel has been a part of human culture for over a thousand years, although its origins are somewhat debated. Regardless of how it began, the novel has remained one of the most popular and treasured examples of human culture and writing. It remains an essential part of the literary cultures of nearly all societies around the world.

Novella is classified as “Too short to be a novel，too long to be a short story”. There is no precise definition in terms of word or page count. Literary prizes and publishing houses often have their own arbitrary limits, which vary according to their particular intentions.

A short story is different from novels or novellas in that the plot is usually tied to one single chain of events. Because the reader must identify with a character quickly to become engaged, the tale is often told from the chief character's point of view.

A drama refers to a play for the theatre，television or radio. It generally consists of chiefly dialogue between characters. It also uses dance to convey their message. Dramas usually aim at dramatic performance rather than at reading. In theater, a drama is presented by actors to an audience.

Good literary works depend on literary techniques. A literary technique can be used by authors in order to improve the written framework of a piece of literature, and produce specific effects.

Literary techniques include a wide range of approaches to crafting a work. The ability to let readers know what might happen in the future in an indirect way is possible through the technique foreshadowing (铺垫，伏笔). The practice of representing objects and qualities as human beings in literature is personification(拟人). Symbolism is the use of symbols to represent ideas.

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When 11­year­old Trevor begins his 7th grade, his social studies teacher Eugene gives the class an assignment to design and put into action a plan that will change the world for the better. Trevor thinks hard and comes up with a plan. Trevor's plan is a charitable program based on the networking of good deeds. Trevor does a favor for three people, asking each of them to pay the favor forward by doing favors for three other people, and so on, along a branching tree of good deeds. His first good deed is to let a homeless man named Jerry live in his garage, and Jerry pays the favor forward by doing car repairs for Trevor's mother. Trevor then selects Eugene as his next target and tricks Eugene and Arlene, Trevor's mother, divorced and single now, into a romantic dinner date. After her date with Eugene, Arlene paid Jerry's favor forward by forgiving her own mother, Grace, for her mistakes in raising Arlene, and Grace, who is homeless, helps a gang member and the gang member then saves a girl's life in a hospital, and the girl's father gives the reporter his new car…

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(1) 你如何看待Trevor的计划？

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