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　　广东省澄海实验高中09-10学年高二英语
　　寒假作业25分钟限时训练
　　Test 1 （2月5日）（满分45分）
　　自评分数：_________________
　　完型填空（满分20分）
　　(1) around us, we can see many of Edison’s inventions. The electricity (2) in our rooms is one of his greatest inventions. He developed the telephone which rings in our rooms. Records playing songs and music were also invented by him. In addition to these inventions, he also made the first (3) pictures.
　　It wasn’t always easy for Edison (4) new things. It was very difficult for him to make the first electric lights. He needed to mandreds of tests. At first, it wasn’t easy for him to find the right materials, but at last he did, and the world bee brighter.
　　Though (5) in everything, Edison took interest in electriost of all. He wants to know (6) it. He worked very hard to find possible ways to use it.
　　Edison’s experiments with electricity (7) the world greatly. Today, with great trains (8)______ on electricity, we can travel much faster. With our homes and the streets of town and village (9) by electrips, we live a fortable life. Radio and television run on it. Science uses it every day.
　　Though (10) how to explain electricity now, we have learned to use it in many ways. Records, shining lights and ringing telephones are very mon now. Edison’s inventions have kept the world warm.
　　Fill in the blanks with the best answers:
　　1. A. If looking B. If looked C. Whether looking D. Whether looked
　　2. A. to shine B. shine C. shining D. shone
　　3. A. to move B. move oving D. moved
　　4. A. to find B. find C. finding D. found
　　5. A. interested B. interesting C. interest D. interests
　　6. A. how to use B. how using C. what to use D. what using
　　7. A. has changed B. have changed
　　C. having changed D. have been changed
　　8. A. to run B. ran C. run D. running
　　9. A. to light B. light C. lit D. lighting
　　10. A. not known B. not knowing C. known as D. knowing not
　　语法填空（满分15分）
　　When you are in England you must be very careful in the streets 1 the traffic drives on the left. Before you cross a street you must look to the right first 2 then the left. In the morning and in the evening when people go to or e from 3 , the streets are very busy. Traffiost 4 （danger）then.
　　When you go by bus in England, you have to be careful, 5 . always remember the traffioves on the left. So you must be careful. 6 Have a look first, or you will go 7 wrong way.
　　In many English cities, there are big buses 8 two floors. Your can sit on the 9 （tow）floor, from 10 you can see the city very well. It’s very interesting.
　　阅读（满分10分）
　　What makes one person more intelligent than another? What makes one person a genius, like the brilliant Albert Einstein, and another person a fool? Are people born intelligent or stupid, or is intelligence the result of where and how you live? These are very old questions and the answers to them are still not clear.
　　We know, however, that just being born with a good mind is not enough. In some ways, the mind is like a leg or an arm muscle. It needs exercise. Mental (done with the mind) exercise is particularly important for young children. Many child psychologists (心理学家) think that parents should play with their children more often and give them problems to thint. The children are then more likely to grow up bright and intelligent. If, on the other hand, children are left alone a great deal with nothing to do, they are more likely to bee dull and unintelligent.
　　Parents should also be careful with what they say to young children. According to some psychologists, if parents are always telling a child that he or she is a fool or an idiot, then the child is more likely to keep doing silly and foolish things. So it is probably better for parents to say very positive (helpful) things to their children, such as “That was a very clever thing you did.”or “You are such a smart child.”
　　36. The words “intelligent”and “brilliant”in the first paragraph probably mean _______ while “dull”in the second paragraph means ________.
　　A. bright and splendid; slow in thinking and understanding
　　B. pretty and handsome; ordinary-looking
　　C. great and important; mon
　　D. hopeful and helpful; careless　
　　37. According to the context we can guess that a genius is ________ while an idiot is ________.
　　A. a normal person; a funny person
　　B. a strong person; a weak person
　　C. a highly intelligent person; a foolish or weak-minded person
　　D. a famous person; an ordinary person　
　　38. A person ________ is more likely to bee a genius.
　　A. whose parents are clever
　　B. often thinking about difficult problems
　　C. often helped by his parents and teachers
　　D. born with a good brain and putting it into active use　
　　39. It is better for parents ________.
　　A. to praise and encourage their children more often
　　B. to be hard on their children
　　C. to leave their children alone with nothing to do