08届第二学期海宁一中高三英语周测题.docVIP

08届第二学期海宁一中高三英语周测题12 2008.03.07 完形填空 sending them, receiving them and changing them _22_ into a picture. It is a _23_ and complicated process. Many pioneer scientists took part in the _24_ experiments in television, but John Baird’s name is the most famous. When the pioneers had discovered how to send and _25_ pictures or images, their next _26_ was that the very short wave – lengths which are used in television were only effective for short _27_. The first television aerial(天线) was set up at Alexandra Palace, on a hill in North London near the homes of several millions of people. The B. B. C. _28_ sending out television programmes in 1936, but it is only since 1945 that they have had large audiences. During the Second World War a great deal was _29_ about a different kind of _30_, called radar, and this knowledge has been used to improve television as a form of entertainment. 21. A. ways B. means C. televisions D. wires 22. A. back B. again C. over D. inside 23. A. easy B. wonderful C. long D. short 24. A. historic B. difficult C. important D. early 25. A. receive B. show C. change D. produce 26. A. work B. step C. difficulty D. idea 27. A. time B. distances C. miles D. wires 28. A. advised B. stopped C. decided D. began 29. A. learned B. done C. told D. made 30. A. waves B. television C. machine D. picture 语法填空 The United States has been criticized for its treatment of its elderly citizens. ___31___ in many other countries the elderly usually live with their children’s family, many older Americans live alone, ___32___ the close companionship of their children. Sometimes this situation is blamed on the “__33____(self)” of the younger generation, but ___34___ closer look shows that many of the elderly prefer to maintain their __35__ (depend) lives. Research on the situati