世界上60%以上的信件是用英语书写的，上两个世纪英国和美国在文化、经济、军事、政治和科学上的领先地位使得英语成为一种准国际语言。精品小编准备了高二英语下册课时训练题，具体请看以下内容。

Ⅰ.单项填空

1.—What will you buy for your husband’s birthday?

—I want to buy a ________ wallet for him.

A.black leather small      B.small black leather

C.small leather black      D.black small leather

2.—What are you worried about?

—The fact that many children are still being ________.

A.managed   B.abused   C.questioned   D.founded

3.In schools，smoking is________ because it is harmful to students’ health.

A.prevented   B.abused   C.banned   D.stopped

4.The company places too much________ on cost and not enough on quality，so the products don’t sell well.

A.strengthen   B.stretch   C.stress    D.force

5.—My name is Jonathan.Shall I spell it for you?

—________.

A.If you don’t mind      B.Not at all

C.Take it easy       D.Nice to meet you

6.The man has been infected________ cholera and he________ in danger.

A.in;will be       B.with;is

C.on;was        D.about;is

7.Her efforts led to her success while his failure________ his laziness and carelessness.

A.leads to   B.due to   C.led to    D.was due to

8.It has been proved________ eating vegetables in childhood helps to protect you against serious illness in later life.

A.if    B.because   C.when    D.that

9.Since he often travels on business，he can________ himself to sleeping in any place he can find.

A.devote   B.accustom   C.force    D.reduce

10.________ computer games made his mother worried.

A.The child was addicted to playing   B.The child’s being addicted to playing

C.The child’s being addicted to play   D.The child addicted to playing

11.She thought________ a great honor to be invited to speak to us.

A.that    B.this    C.it    D.it is

12.They were completely different from my own family，yet I felt________ with them immediately.

A.sorry    B.at home   C.myself   D.badly

13.—When did he________ such a bad habit?

—At the early age about 7.

A.get into   B.get off   C.get over   D.get through

14.—I’m sorry，I shouldn’t have been so rude to you.

—You________ your temper，but that’s OK.

A.have lost   B.had lost   C.did lose   D.were losing

15.—Why didn’t you tell her about the appointment?

—She drove away________ we could say a word.

A.before   B.until    C.when    D.after

Ⅱ.阅读理解

One­quarter of the US workforce could be doing their jobs at home if all those able to telecommute chose to do so，according to a study on Wednesday which said many still elect to work at the office.

All those people working from home could translate into annual gasoline savings of $3.9 billion，according to the National Technology Readiness Survey.

But the study also found that about 14 percent of the workforce has the option to telecommute but chooses not to.As the study’s principal researcher，Professor P.K. Kannan，put it：

That seems to suggest that even if employers were to say tomorrow that everybody had the option of telecommuting and that it would save a lot of gas，that’s not going to happen.