2020-2021学年度第七周高中英语周测

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一、阅读选择

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the eleventh largest nation in Europe.England, Wales and Scotland make up the island of Great Britain, which takes up most of the Britain Isles.Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales are mountainous.The highest mountain is Ben Nevis in Scotland.Plains and valleys cover much of England.The British climate is mild.About 58 million people live in the United Kingdom.Few other countries are so crowded.Four out of five people live in big cities such as Belfast, Glasgow, and London.Great Britain grows half of the food it needs.Its industries help to pay for the food that is bought from abroad.The United Kingdom manufactures(购买)a wide range of goods.Service industries, such as tourism, which provide services rather than producing goods, are increasing.Instead, traditional industries, such as coal mining, are declining.London is the capital of the United Kingdom.It has about seven million people.The river Thames runs through London.People from all over the world visit London to see Buckingham Palace, the Houses of Parliament, Westminster Abbey and the Tower of London.There are many museums, theatres and parks in London, as well as offices and factories.London began as a Roman settlement(殖民地)called Londinium, which is the origin of English traditions and cultures.1．There are many mountains in ________.A．Northern Ireland, Scotland and England

B．England, Wales and Scotland

C．Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland

D．Northern Ireland, Wales and England

2．In the United Kingdom, about ________ people live in big cities.A．58 millionB．46.4 million

C．38.8 millionD．29 million

3．What can we learn from the passage?

A．The United Kingdom is not crowded at all.B．The United Kingdom is able to grow all the food it needs.C．The speed of producing goods in UK is increasing faster than tourism.D．Roman culture has a great influence on the United Kingdom.二、完形填空

On Easter Day 1722, some European explorers found a lonely island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.They 4 it Easter Island.The explorers found that the island had good soil 5 the 200 natives living there survived with little food.Even more 6 , these people also lived among the ruins of what might have been a once great civilization.All that is left of it are around 800 giant stone statues 7 human heads.They 8 up to 270 tons and the tallest measures over 11 metres.The stone men face 9 rather than out to sea, and their eyes are focused upon the sky.They are all carved from 10 volcanic rock(火山岩)and some have hats on their heads and eyes made from white coral.Since their 11 these huge stone men 12 one of the greatest mysteries of all time.Who built them? Why did they do it? Some experts believe the stone men are 13 to Inca stonework, and suggest the figures were created by people of Peruvian descent(血统).14 have even gone so far as to say that they came from outer space.The latest suggestion 15 the idea that Easter Island represents one of the worst cases of resource abuse in human history.It is said that a small group of Asians settled on Easter Island 16 between 400 and 700 AD．They developed a great civilization with huge forests and 17 food.At the peak, of their civilization, the people began to build the giant 18 men.Why they did this is still 19 but it is possible the figures represent the settlers’ gods or ancestors.20 the statues grew larger, the people’s lifestyles became more and more wasteful.The forest began to disappear, which 21 all the animals dying out.22 couldn’t get food and were forced to eat other humans.Society began to 23 and the islanders themselves finally destroyed the stone men.4．A．said B．were called C．named D．spoke

5．A．and B．but C．however D．still

6．A．surprise B．surprised C．surprising D．surprisingly

7．A．looking B．resembling C．liking D．standing for

8．A．weigh B．lift C．get D．measure

9．A．forward B．outward C．onward D．inward

10．A．broken B．soft C．hard D．burnt

11．A．looking B．invention C．discovery D．covering

12．A．have happened B．have led to C．have taken place D．have created

13．A．usual B．common C．familiar D．similar

14．A．Another B．Other C．Others D．Many

15．A．is focused on B．is based on C．is depended on D．is concentrated on

16．A．some day B．one day C．sometime D．once