廣東省汕頭市潮南區(qū)東山中學(xué)2012-2013學(xué)年高二上學(xué)期期中考試英語試題

學(xué)必求其心得，業(yè)必貴于專精學(xué)必求其心得，業(yè)必貴于專精學(xué)必求其心得，業(yè)必貴于專精東山中學(xué)2012－2013年度高二年級第一學(xué)期期中考試英語I語言知識及應(yīng)用（共兩節(jié)，滿分45分）第一節(jié)完形填空（共15小題，每小題2分,滿分30分）閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從1-15各題所給的A、B、C和D項中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑.Dadlovedchildren。Andhealwayswanteda____1______family.Eventually，hegotwhathewantedwithtwelvechildreninthefamily.Withoutfail，hewouldshowusofftovisitors。Once,Dad_____2_____presentedthefirstthreechildreninthefamily，Ann,MaryandErnestine,tosomevisitors.Thenhepickedupafourthchild,andsaid,"Andthisisour_____3_____model,completewithalltheimprovements.Anddon’tthinkthatthisisall;weare_____4_____the1953modelsometimenextmonth."Butwhathe_____5_____mostwastakingusoutoradrive。Ononeoccasionamaninavillagewewerepassingthroughshouted_____6_____thathehadseenelevenpeopleinourcar,not_____7_____MumandDad._____8_____，calledoutoverhisshoulder，"You_____9_____thesecondbabyupfromthefronthere,Mister."Anothertime，Dadtoldusthisjoke，thoughwewerenotsurethenwhetherhewastellingusthe____10_____.Mum,whowasapsychologist（心理學(xué)家)，oncewenttogivealectureandleftDadinchargeofthe_____11_____.WhenMumreturned,sheaskedhimifeverythinghadbeenOK。Hesaideverythingwasfine_____12_____oneofthechildrenhadbeentaughtalessonbecausehehadbeen_____13_____.Whenhepointedatthechildthathadbeen_____14_____,Mumlookedathimcalmlyandsaid，”That’snotoneofours，dear.He_____15_____nextdoor。"1。A。richB.lovelyC。closeD.large2.A。surprisinglyB.nervouslyC。kindlyD.proudly3。A。dearestB.smallestC。latestD。youngest4.A。orderingB.sellingC.expectingD。improving5。A。hatedB.enjoyedC。caredD.hoped6.A.crazilyB。excitedlyC。curiouslyD.directly7。A.countingB。namingC。showingD.reaching8。A.ImmediatelyB。CarefullyC.AngrilyD.Easily9.A.sawB。missedC。forgotD.left10.A.truthB.storyC。adventureD。accident11。A.lectureB.houseC.officeD.activity12.A。evenifB.apartfromC.sothatD。exceptthat13。A。troublesomeB。carelessC.activeD.quiet14.A.foundB。caughtC。punishedD。wounded15。A。goestoB。belongstoC。worksD.plays第二節(jié) 語法填空(共10小題,每小題1。5分,滿分15分)閱讀下面短文，按照句子結(jié)構(gòu)的語法性和上下文連貫的要求,在空格處填入一個適當(dāng)?shù)脑~或使用括號中詞語的正確形式填空，并將答案填寫在答題卡標(biāo)號為16-25的相應(yīng)位置上。Inthelastyeasofthe1920s，hundredsofrecordflightsweremade.Afewofthemweremadebywomen,butbythattimenowoman___16___（fly)acorsstheAtlanticOcean.AwealthyAmericanwoman,AmyGuest,bouthtaplane__17___（do）this.However,herfamilywereagainsttheidea，__18___shelookedforanotherwomantotake__19__place。HerfriendssuggestedAmeliaEarhart，___20___firstbecameinterestedinflyingwhilelivinginToronto。AmericanpublisherGeorgePutnamhelpedorganizetheAtlanticOceanflightwhichmadeAmeliafamous。Afterwards，__21___continuedtosupportherflyingactivities。In1931,GeorgeandAmeliaweremarried.Hehelpedprovidefinancialsupport__22___her.OnMay20th，1932,AmeliatookofffromNewfoundland.Sheheadedeastin__23___smallredandgoldplane。Ameliafacedgreatchallenges，__24___iceonthewingsandfogfromtheocean。Atonepoint，herplanedropped___25___(sudden)ninehundredmeters。Sheregainedcontrol,andafterfifteenhours,shelandedinIreland.ShehadbecomethefirstwomantoflyacrosstheAtlanticOceanalone.II閱讀理解（共兩節(jié)，滿分50分）第一節(jié)閱讀理解（共20小題；每小題2分，滿分40分）閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的A、B、C和D項中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑ABritishFestivalsEveryyear，allsortsofdifferentfestivalsarecelebratedinBritain。Somearevillagefestivals，celebratedbyonlyafewhundredpeople，whileothersarecelebratedbyalmosttheentirepopulation.Twoofthemostwell-knownBritishfestivalsareBonfireNightandHalloween.BonfireNighthasaninterestinghistroy.In1605,amancalledGuyFawkesandsomeofhisfollowerstriedtoblowuptheBritishHousesofParliament.Theyhopedthatiftheysucceeded,theycouldtakecontrolofEnglandandbecomeitsnewrulers.GuyFawkesandhismendugatunnelunderoneoftheParliamentbuildings,andhis36barrelsofgunpowderthere。Fortunately,onNovember5th,GuyFawkeswascaughtjustbeforehewasabletolightthefuse.Heandallhisfollowerswereburnedtodeath.Today,peopleinBritaincelebrateGuyFawkes'capturebylightingfiresandholdingfireworksdisplays.Manychildrenmake“guys”.Guysaredollsmadeoutofpaperandrags，andareputontopofabonfiretobeburned。TheguysrepresentGuyFawkes,andthefirerepresentsthewayhedied.HalloweeniscelebratedinBritainonthenightofOctober31st.Atthistime,itisbelievedthatghostsandwitchestravelaroundthecountrysideandrevisittheirhomes。TherearemanycustomsassociatedwithHalloween。Oneoftheseisthegameof“trickorteart”.Children,dressedupaswitches,ghostsormonsters,knockontheirneighbours'doors，andshout“trickortreat”.Iftheyarelucky,theyreceivea“treat”—abarofchocolate,orsomesweetsorsomemoney.If。However，theirneighboursrefusetogivethemanything，theyplayatrickonthem。Theymightspraytheirfrontdoorwithshavingfoam,orknockontheirdoorsandthenrunaway！AnothergameplayedatHalloweenis“bobbingforapples”.Inthisgame,abowlisfilledwithwater,andapplesareplacedinit。Childrenthenhavetotakeabitefromoneoftheappleswithoutusingtheirhands.Thisgameisdifficultandmessy，butgreatfun！BonfireNightandHalloweenaretwoimportantfestivalscelebratedineverypartofBritaineachyear。Theyareenjoyedbybothyoungandoldandhavebeenformanycenturies。26。BonfireNightandHalloween________。A.havebeencelebratedinBritainsince1605B。arenotcelebratedbymanyBritishpeopleC.aretwoofthemostwell–knownBritishfestivalsD.arecelebratedonthenightofOctober31st.27.OnBonfireNight,__________A.peoplelightfireandholdfireworksdisplays.B。peoplecaptureGuyFawkes.C。childrendressupaswitches，ghostsormonstersD.childrenplay“trickortreat”。28。Halloweeniscelebrated_______。A.onthelastnightofOctoberB.onthefirstnightofOctoberC.byghostsandwitchesD。duringthedayonOctober31st29。AtHalloween,ifyourneighboursrefusetogiveyouatreat,you________。A。sprayshavingfoamatthem。B.playatrickonthemC。knockontheirdoor。D.givethemsomesweetsorsomemoney。30.Bobbingforappleis______A。agameplayedonBonfireNight。B。notmuchfun.C。difficult,messyandboring.D。agameplayedatHalloween。B“IfthereisonethingI'msureabout,itisthatinahundredyearsfromnowwewillstillbereadingnewspapers.Itisnotthatnewspapersareanecessity.Evennowsomepeoplegetmostoftheirnewsfromtelevisionorradio。ManybuyapaperonlyonSaturdayorSunday。Butformostpeoplereadinganewspaperhasbecomeahabitpasseddownfromgenerationtogeneration。Thenatureofwhatisnewsmaychange。Whatbasicallymakesnewsiswhataffectsourlives—thebigpoliticalstories，thecoverageofthewars,earthquakesandotherdisasters，willcontinuemuchthesame。Ithinktherewillbemorecoverageofscientificresearch，though。It'salreadyhappeninginareasthatmaydirectlyaffectourlives，likegenetic(基因）engineering。Inthefuture，Ithinktherewillbemorecoverageofscientificexplanationsofwhywefeelaswedo—aswedevelopabetterunderstandingofhowthebrainoperatesandwhatourfeelingsreallyare.It’squitepossiblethatinthenextcenturynewspaperswillbetransmitted（傳送)electronicallyfromFleetStreetandprintedoutinourownhome。Infact，I’mprettysurethathowitwillhappeninthefuture.Youwillprobablybeabletochoosefromamenu，makingupyourownnewspaperbypickingoutthethingsyouwanttoread—sportsandinternationalnews，etc.Ithinkpeoplehavegotitwrongwhentheytalkaboutcompetitionbetweenthedifferentmedia.Theyactuallyfeedoffeachother.Somepeopleonceforesawthattelevisionwouldkilloffnewspapers，butthathasn’thappened。Whatisreadontheprintedpagelastslongerthanpicturesonascreenorsoundlostintheair。AndasfortheInternet,it’sneverreallypleasanttoreadsomethingjustonascreen.31.Whatisthebesttitleforthepassage?A.TheBestWaytoGetNewsB.TheChangesofMediaC.MakeYourOwnNewspaperD。TheFutureofNewspaper32.Inthewriter'sopinion，inthefuture，______。A.morebigpoliticalaffairs，warsanddisasterswillmakenewsB。newspaperswillnotbeprintedinpublishinghousesanylongerC.newspaperswillcovermorescientificresearchD。moreandmorepeoplewillwatchTV33。Whatwillprobablybeoninthenewspapermadebyyourself？A。Sportsandinternationalnews.B。Amenuofimportantnews.C。Themostimportantnews.D。Whatyouareinterestedin。34.Fromthepassage，wecaninfer______。A。newspaperswillwinthecompetitionamongthedifferentmediaB.newspaperswillstaywithuswithothermediaC.televisionwilltaketheplaceofnewspaperD。thewriterbelievesomemediawilldieout35。Thephrase“feedoff”inthelastparagraphmeans______。A.dependonB。competewithC。fightwithD。killoffCRecentlymanycountriesoftheworldhavebeenfacedwiththeproblemofhowtomaketheirworkersmoreproductive。Someexpertsclaimtheansweristomakejobsmorevaried.Butdomorevariedjobsleadtogreaterproductivity？Thereisevidencetosuggestthatwhilevarietycertainlymakestheworkers'lifemoreenjoyable,itdoesnotactuallymakethemworkharder。Asfarasincreasingproductivityisconcerned,thevarietyisnotanimportantfactor。Otherexpertsfeelthatgivingtheworkerfreedomtodohishobinhisownwayisimportantandthereisnodoubtthatthisistrue。Theproblemisthatthiskindoffreedomcannoteasilybegiveninthemodernfactorywithitscomplicatedmachinerywhichmustbeusedinafixedway。Thuswhilefreedomofchoicemaybeimportant,thereisusuallyverylittlethatcanbedonetocreateit。Anotherimportantconsiderationishowmucheachworkercontributestotheproductheismaking。Inmostfactoriestheworkerseesonlyonesmallpartoftheproduct.Somecarfactoriesarenowexperimentingwithhavingmanysmallproductionlinesratherthanalargeone,sothateachworkercontributesmoretotheproductionofthecarsonhisline。Itwouldseemthatnotonlyisthedegreeofworkers’contributionanimportantfactor，itisalsoonewecandosomethingabout。Towhatextent(程度)doesmoremoneyleadtogreaterproductivity？Theworkersthemselvescertainlythinkthisisimportant.Butperhapstheywantmoremoneyonlybecausetheworktheydoissoboring.Moneyjustletsthemenjoytheirsparetimemore.Asimilarargumentmayexplaindemandsforshorterworkinghours.Perhapsifwesucceedinmakingtheirjobsmoreinteresting，theywillneitherwantmoremoney，norwillshorterworkinghoursbesoimportanttothem.36。WhichofthesepossiblefactorsleadingtogreaterproductivityisNOTtrue?。A.Tomakejobsmorevaried B。TogivetheworkerfreedomtodohisjobinhisownwayC。Degreeofworkcontribution D。Demandsforlongerworkinghours37。Whydoworkerswantmoremoney?A.Becausetheirjobsaretooboring B。InordertoenjoymoresparetimeC。Tomaketheirjobsmoreinteresting D。Todemandshorterworkinghours38。Thelastsentenceinthispassagemeansthatiswesucceedinmakingworkers'jobsmoreinteresting________.A.theywillwantmoremoneyB。theywilldemandshorterworkinghoursC。moremoneyandshorterworkinghoursareimportantfactorsD。moremoneyandshorterworkinghourswillnotbesoimportanttothem39。Inthispassage,theauthortellsus_______A。howtomaketheworkersmoreproductiveB.possiblefactorsleadingtogreaterproductivity.C。tothatextentmoremoneyleadstogreaterproductivityD.howtomakeworkers'jobsmoreinteresting。40.Theauthorofthispassageisprobablya_____A.teacherB。workerC。managerD.physicistDInabookcalledMagnificentObsession，byLloydC。Douglas，adescriptionisgivenofpeoplehelpingothersbutdoingitsecretly.Whendifficultproblemsworriedanindividual,friendsnearbywouldmeettodiscusspossiblesolutionswithouttheindividualknowingtheiractions.Whenasolutionwasagreedupon,oneortwoofthefriendswouldcarryouttheplanandsolvetheproblemsecretly,tothegreatdelightoftheworriedindividual。Thehelperswouldstandbyprivately,contentwiththeirsuccess。Norewardwasgiventotheproblemsolvers，notevenasincere“thankyou”，becausetheywereneverknown.Thisconceptispopulartodaybutinadifferentway.Thephrase“payitforward"isnowusedwhenonepersonhelpsanother.However，thepersonhelpedmaynotbeabletorepaythepersonorgroupthathelpedthem.Soratherthanreturnthefavortotheirhelpers,theyaresupposedtohelpsomeoneelseinthefuture，whichmeanstheypayitforward.Itisasenseofresponsibilitywhichmakesuswanttogivebackinequalmeasuretotheonewhohashelpedus.But，inthiscase,theresponsibilityturnstohelpingsomeoneinthefuture。Supposeyourelderlygrandmotherpayspartofyourschooling.Shemaytellyouthereisnoneedtorepayherbecauseitisagiftfromsomeonewholovesyouverymuch.Nothingwouldpleasehermorethantohaveyouusehermoneytogetagoodeducation.Youmayneverbeabletorepayherforsuchagift。However,shenotonlygaveyousomemoney,butsheprovidedyouwithanexamplethatyoushouldalsohelpotherpeoplewhoneedit.Peoplewithseriousneedsareeverywhere。Manyarechildrenwhoneedbetterclothes,morebooksandevenbetterschools.Someareelderlypeoplewhocan’taffordtheirmedicineoradoctor’scare。Considerhowyoucan“payitforward”ratherthanpaymoneybacktoyourgrandmother。41．Thehelpersinthebook“MagnificentObsession”werenotrewardedbecause________.A。theyhadn’tsolvedtheproblemsthoroughlyB.theyhadsolvedtheproblemssecretlyC.theywerefriendsoftheworriedindividualD。theyexpectedtobepaidbackinthefuture42.Theunderlinedword“payitforward”means________。A。torepaysomeonewhohashelpedyouB.topaysomeoneelsewhoneedshelpC。tohelpsomeonewhohashelpedyouD。tohelpsomeoneelsewhoneedshelp43．Whatdoesthewritersuggestwiththeexampleof“yourelderlygrandmother”？A。Weshouldlearntorespectourgrandparents.B.Weshouldworkhardtogetagoodeducation.C.Weshouldalsolendahandtootherpeopleinneedofhelp.D.Weshouldneverforgettorepaypeoplefortheirhelp。44．Fromthepassageweknow________。A.everybodyneedshelpB。morechildrenneedhelpthanelderlypeopleC。itcostsalotofmoneyto“payitforward”D.nowadaysmanypeoplehelpotherswithoutbeingrepaid45．Bywritingthepassage,theauthorwishespeopleintheworldtobe________.A。unselfish B。mysterious C.honest D.unforgettable第二節(jié)信息匹配（共5小題；每小題2分，滿分10分）請閱讀下列的相關(guān)信息，并按照要求匹配信息.請在答題卡上將對應(yīng)題號的相應(yīng)選項字母涂黑.首先，請閱讀下列職位的信息：A:Friendlyyoungpersonwantedforeveningwork（sixeveningsperweek)inbusybar.Phone87904fordetails.B：Driver，maleorfemale,neededforeveningwork。Noweekends。Pleasering23407。C：Ladywithexperienceofchildrenwantedtolookaftertwosmallboys，8：30a。m.~4：00p.m。Mon.toFri。Phone42356after6：00p。m。D：Cookwantedforsmallcountry。Eveningsandalldayatweekends。Pleasering54328。E:Gardenerneededonemorningperweek.Pleasering81164。F:Personwithdrivinglicenseneededforpizzadelivery。Sixeveningsperweek。Pleasering712087.請閱讀下列申請者的信息，然后匹配申請者與所擬申請的職位：46.Gregisastudent，agednineteen。Helikesmeetingpeople.Heisnotfreeduringtheday。Hecan’tcookordriveacar。47.Peterissixty—five。Helikestoworkoutdoorsandwouldn'tliketoworkintheevenings.48.Jennyisforty.Shedoesnotlikechildren.Shecancookanddrive,butsheisn'tavailableforworkatweekends，orinthemornings。49.Audreydoesnotwanttoworkatweekends。Sheisagoodcookbutshecan’tdrive.Shehastwochildren，nowgrownup。Shewantstoworkindoors,butshedoesn’tlikehouseworkmuch.50.Gray，agedthirty，likescookingandgardening.HewantstoworkasmanyhoursaweekaspossibleandwouldprefertoworkalldayonSaturdaysandSundays.Hehasneverworkedwithchildren。III．寫作（共兩節(jié),滿分40分)第一節(jié)基礎(chǔ)寫作（共1小題，滿分15分）寫作內(nèi)容:你的英國朋友向你了解廣州,請用英語寫一篇短文介紹廣州，包括下表所有內(nèi)容。概況中國第三大城市；別稱:五羊城（Five-lambCity）、花城；廣東省省會；全市面積7，343平方公里（squarekilometers）;人口1，000多萬歷史2，200多年歷史的文化名城，歷史上絲綢之路（theSilkRoad）的始發(fā)港口（startingport)氣候溫暖濕潤旅游風(fēng)光旖旎，旅游資源豐富(travellingresource）【寫作要求】只能使用5個句子表達(dá)全部的內(nèi)容.開頭和結(jié)尾已經(jīng)給出(不計入句數(shù)）?！驹u分標(biāo)準(zhǔn)】句子結(jié)構(gòu)準(zhǔn)確；信息內(nèi)容完整;篇章結(jié)構(gòu)連貫。LetmetellyousomethingaboutGuangzhou.第二節(jié)讀寫任務(wù)(共1小題，滿分25分）閱讀下面的短文，然后按照要求寫一篇150詞左右的英語短文。Youmusthaveheardstresscontributesto80%ofmajorillnessandisresponsiblefor75％to90％ofdoctor’svisits。Butthat’snotstressit'sdistress?！癝tressistheonlyanti-agingagentweknowof–theexactoppositeofwhatwethink，”sayspsychologistJamesE.Loehr。Whatreallybringshappinessismeetingobstaclesandovercomingthem.Thedamageoccurswhenstresslevelsnevergodown.Arecentstudyshowedittookninedayslongerfortheconstantlystressedfamilycaregiversofchronically（慢性地）illpatientstohealfromwoundsthanittookotherpeoplethesameage。Stressisessential。Lifewithoutitwouldbelikehavingabrand-newcherry-redPorscheanddrivingitonlyinthedriveway(私人車道).【寫作內(nèi)容】1以約30個詞概括短文的要點；2以約120個詞就“你如何看待壓力"的主題發(fā)表看法，并包括如下要點：A．你是如何看待壓力的?B．在你的學(xué)習(xí)