河北省衡水二中2010年新高一暑假作业及答案（英语）(20)

We send our children to school to __20__ them for their future work and life. Nearly everything they study at school has some practical use __21__ their life, but is that the _22__ reason they go to school?

There is __23__ in educatuon than just learning facts. We go to school above all _24__ how to learn, so that when we have left school we can go on learning. If a man really knows __25__, he will always be successful, because whenever he has to do something new he will quickly teach himself how to do it in the best way. The uneducated person, on the other hand, is either unable to do it, or does it badly, so the purpse of school is not just to teach languages, geography, science, etc, but to teach pupils the way to learn.

16. A. speak B. say C. talk D. tell

17.A. the B. other C. the other D. other the

18..A. true B. real C. fact D. wrong

19.A. how B. where C. why D. what

20.A. stop B. ask C. ready D. prepare

21. A. at B. in C. on D. with

22. A. best B. only C. just D. first

23. A. many B. much C. more D. most

24.A. learn B. to learn C. learning D. learned

25.A. how to learn B. why to learn 　C. how does he learn D. why does he learn

三．阅读理解 ：阅读下面短文，从每小题A，B，C，D四个选项中，选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。

( A )

In some foreign countries,some people don't like the number 13.They don't think 13 is a lucky number.For example,they don't like to live on the thirteenth floor.

　　My friend Jack has got the same idea.One day,he asked some friends to dinner. When all of his friends arrived,he asked them to sit around the dinner table.He began to count the people in his mind while they were having the delicious food.Suddenly,he cried out,"Oh,there are thirteen people here!"Everybody's face turned white except Mr. Brown.He said slowly with a smile on his face,"Don't worry,dear friends!We have fourteen people here.My wife will have a baby in a few weeks.She's in the family way now."

　　All of them became happy again."Congratulations!"they said to Mr. and Mrs. Brown. They enjoyed the nice food and had a good time this evening.

　　26.________were asked to dinner that day.

　　 A.Jack and I B.Some of my friends

　　 C.14 people D.Some of Jack's friends

　　27.Jack began to count the people________.

　　 A.before dinner B.at dinner time

　　 C.after dinner D.when they came in

　　28.My friend Jack________the number 13.

　　 A.likes B.doesn't like　　C.has got D.wants

　　29.Why did their faces turned white when Jack said there were 13 people?

　　 Because________.

　　 A.the table was too small

　　 B.they needed another person

　　 C.they thought 13 was a lucky number

　　 D.they thought 13 was an unlucky number

　　30.All the people became happy again________.

　　 A.when I went in

　　 B.because they had a good time

　　 C.because the food was delicious

　　　D.because they heard they had one more person there

( B)

The world itself is becoming much smaller by using modern traffic and modern communication means(通讯设备).Life today is much easier than it was hundreds of years ago,but it has brought new problems.One of the biggest problems is pollution(污染).To pollute means to make things dirty.Pollution comes in many ways.We see it,smell it,drink it and even hear it.

　　Man has been polluting the earth.The more people,the more pollution.Many years ago,the problem was not so serious because there were not so many people,When the land was used up or the river was dirty in one place,man moved to another place.But this is no longer true.Man is now slowly polluting the whole world.

　　Air pollution is still the most serious.It's bad for all living things in the world,but it is not the only one kind of pollution.Water pollution kills our fish and pollutes our drinking water.Noise pollution makes us angry more easily.

　　Many countries are making rules(法规)to fight pollution.They stop people from burning coal(煤)in houses and factories in the city,and from putting dirty smoke into the air.Pollution by SO2 in now the most dangerous kind of air pollution.It is caused(引起)by heavy traffic.We are sure that if there are fewer people driving,there will be less air pollution.

　　The earth is our home.We must take care of it.That means keeping the land,water and air clean.And we must take care of the rise in pollution at the same time.

　31.________,our world is becoming much smaller.

　　 A.Because of the rise in pollution

　　 B.Thanks to science development

　　 C.Because the earth is being polluted day and night

　　 D.Because the earth is blown away by the wind every year

　32.Hundreds of years ago,life was________it is today.

　　 A.much easier than B.as easy as

　　 C.much harder than D.as hard as

　33.Pollution comes in many ways.We can even hear it.

　　 Here "it"means________.

　　 A.rubbish B.noise pollution

　　 C.air pollution D.water pollution

　34.Air pollution is the most serious kind of pollution because________.

　　 A. it makes much noise

　　 B. it makes us angry more easily

　　 C. it makes our rivers and lakes dirty

　　 D. it's bad for all living things in the world

　35.Which of the following is NOT true?

　　 A. Many countries are making rules to fight pollution.

　　 B. The pollution of the earth grows as fast as the world population does.

　　 C. The problem of the pollution is not so serious because there are not so many people living on the earth.

　　 D. If people could go to work by bus or bike instead of car or motor bike, it would be helpful in fighting against the problem of SO2.

c