湖南浏阳一中2016届第二次月考英语试题及答案(4)

    ◆Making your life more interesting.
Think about some stressful situation that we consciously put ourselves in to make life more interesting and enjoyable, like asking someone out on a first date, conquering a known fear, or learning something new. These may not immediately come to mind when you think of stress because of the positive outcomes.    40  
A. Helping you get through difficult times.
B. Helping you get an advantage at work.
C. That’s one way your brain responds to stress.
D. This will happen whenever you are stressed.
E. You need a healthy immune system to help fight off diseases.
F. But handled properly, stress can have many benefits for the body and mind.
G. But they’re the types that can help you achieve fulfillment and happiness.
第三部分    英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分） 
第一节  完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I fell in love with Yosemite National Park the first time I saw it, when I was 13. My parents took us there for camping. On the way out, I   41   them to wait while I ran up to E1 Capitan, a rock of 3,300 feet straight up. I touched that giant rock and knew   42   I wanted to climb it. That has been my life’s passion (钟爱) ever since---   43   the rocks and mountains of Yosemite. I’ve long made Yosemite my   44  .
     About 15 years ago I started seeing a lot of   45  , like toilet paper, beer cans, and empty boxes, around the area. It’s   46   me why visitors started respecting the place   47   and treated such a beautiful home-like place this way.
    I tried   48   trash(垃圾)myself, but the job was too big. I would spend an hour or two on the job, only to find the area trashed all over again weeks later. Finally, I got so tired of it that I   49   something had to change.
    As a rock-climbing guide, I knew   50   about organizing any big event. But in 2004, together with some climbers, I set a date for a   51  . On that day, more than 300 people   52  . Over three days we collected about 6,000 pounds of trash. It was   53   how much we were able to accomplish. I couldn’t believe the   54   we made ---the park looked clean!
    Each year   55   come for the cleanup from everywhere. In 2007 alone, 2,945 people picked up 42,330 pounds of trash and   56   132 miles of roadway.
    I often hear people   57   about their surroundings. If you are one of them, I would say the only way to change things is by   58   rather than complaining. We need to teach by   59  . You can’t blame others   60   you start with yourself.
41. A. advised B. required C. ordered  D. asked
42. A. immediately  B. finally  C. gradually  D. recently
43. A. imagining  B. climbing C. describing  D. painting
44. A. garden  B. lab C. home D. palace
45. A. waste B. resources  C. material  D. goods
46. A. within B. against  C. over  D. beyond
47. A. more  B. less  C. most  D. least
48. A. throwing away  B. breaking down C. picking up  D. digging out
49. A. guessed   B. wondered  C. decided  D. wished
50. A. something  B. anything  C. everything  D. nothing
51. A. cleanup  B. party  C. picnic  D. concert
52. A. dropped out  B. showed up  C. looked around  D. called back
53. A. interesting  B. frightening   C. amazing  D. boring
54. A. importance  B. help C. use D. difference
55. A. volunteers B. foreigners C. strangers D. tourists
56. A. crossed  B. covered  C. measured D. designed
57. A. talk  B. argue C. complain D. quarrel
58. A. doing  B. thinking  C. questioning  D. watching
59. A. method  B. explanation  C. research D. example
60. A. although  B. if  C. unless  D. when
第II卷（非选择题 共50分）
第三部分    英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第二节  （共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
Until recently, almost everyone thought that growth and progress would make the world a   61   (good) place. They believed that something new was always better than something old. So countries have spent billions of dollars   62   science to develop new ways of making things and doing work.   63  , this new technique is the main cause of the world’s problems. One such problem has come from the   64   (appear) of the car. In some   65   (crowd) cities, the car has polluted the air   66   badly that people get sick just from breathing it. Waste from factories is another example of how new technology is hurting the earth. When some waste chemicals   67   (put) into the sea, it can hurt or kill animals and fish. It’s time that we   68   (do) something quickly. When the problems get worse, they will not affect just a few   69   (country). They will be world problems   70   affect us all.
第四部分    写作（共两节， 满分35分）
第一节 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）