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1、中山一中2010-2011学年度第二学期 高二级第一次段考英语试题第一部分 完型填空 Though I grew up as a “city kid”, I always loved the outdoors. I would play _1_ all summer, climbing trees and catching insects. One day, I noticed something spinning down from my neighbors tree. I _2_ them up and threw them into the _3_ to watch them spin.

2、 The neighbor lady _4_ me and came out from her house. “Do you know what those are?” she asked. I had no idea. “Those are the seeds from this silver maple tree,” she pointed.“Seeds?” I asked, “You mean they like the _5_ we plant in the garden?” “Yes.” She laughed I picked up another handful. _6_, th

3、is time I examined them _7_. There was a hard pod(荚) with a delicate wing attached to one end. I ran back to my yard with the seeds. I _8_ down in front of my mothers flower bed and carefully poked(捅) a row of _9_ a few inches apart into the soil with my finger. I pushed the seeds into them and fill

4、ed them back with _10_. I was very excited. I _11_ the garden every day for several weeks, but _12_ happened. I had almost _13_ about my experiment when I heard my mom complaining about the _14_ that had grown where she was trying to plant flowers. I ran to find a neat row of _15_ seedlings, whose l

5、eaves looked very like those on the neighbors tree!1. A. outsideB. inside C. quietlyD. alone2. A. swept B. pickedC. put D. cut3. A. airB. dustbinC. house D. yard4. A. greetedB. criticized C. prevented D. caught5. A. style B. kindC. grassD. fruit6. A. Otherwise B. BesidesC. HoweverD. Therefore7. A. c

6、loselyB. happily C. crazilyD. quickly8. A. layB. calmedC. settledD. sat9. A. circles B. wallsC. holesD. wells10. A. waterB. leavesC. soilD. sands11. A. checkedB. watchedC. cleanedD. decorated12. A. anythingB. nothingC. somethingD. everything13. A. setB. forgottenC. broughtD. thought14. A. trees B. v

7、egetablesC. flowers D. weeds15. A. strangeB. identicalC. tallD. special第二部分 语法填空In America, college education is on the edge of a basic change. Colleges, like newspapers, will have a revolution 16 using new ways of sharing information through the Internet.The real force for the change is the marketo

8、nline classes are cheaper 17 (produce). Some colleges have already been experimenting 18 new idea. At the same time, distance-learning technology keeps 19 (improve). 20 , this doesnt just mean a different way of learning; the funding（提供资金）of academic research and the culture of the college could als

9、o 21 （affect）greatly. www.ks5 高#考#资#源#网22 newspapers and universities have 23 (tradition) relied on selling information. Newspapers used to tout (吹捧) advertising space next to their important stories, 24 now advertisers find that their customers are disappearing. Colleges 25 sell information with sl

10、ightly different promises - a degree, a better job and rich knowledge.第三部分 阅读AYears ago, I lived in a building in a large city. The building next door was only a few feet away from mine. There was a woman who lived there, whom I had never met, yet I could see her seated by her window each afternoon,

11、 sewing or reading. After several months had gone by, I began to notice that her window was dirty. Everything was unclear through the dirty window. I would say to myself, “I wonder why that woman doesnt wash her window. It really looks terrible.”One bright morning I decided to clean my flat, includi

12、ng washing the window on the inside. Late in the afternoon when I finished the cleaning, I sat down by the window with a cup of coffee for a rest. What a surprise! Across the way, the woman sitting by her window was clearly visible. Her window was clean!Then it dawned on me. I had been criticizing h

13、er dirty window, but all the time I was watching hers through my own dirty window.That was quite an important lesson for me. How often had I looked at and criticized others through the dirty window of my heart, through my own shortcomings?Since then, whenever I wanted to judge someone, I asked mysel

14、f first, “Am I looking at him through my own dirty window?”Then I try to clean the window of my own world so that I may see the world about me more clearly. 26The writer couldnt see everything clearly through the window because .Athe womans window was dirty Bthe writers window was dirtyCthe woman li

15、ved nearby Dthe writer was near-sighted27Finishing the cleaning, the writer was surprised that .Athe woman was sitting by her window Bthe womans window was cleanCthe woman did cleaning in the afternoon Dthe womans window was still terrible28“it dawned on me” probably means “ ”.AI began to understand

16、 it Bit cheered me upCI knew it grew light Dit began to get dark29Its clear that .Athe writer had never met the woman before Bthe writer often washed the windowCthey both worked as cleaners Dthey lived in a small town30From the passage, we can learn .Aone shouldnt criticize others very oftenBone sho

17、uld often make his windows cleanCone must judge himself before he judges othersDone must look at others through his dirty windowsBHealthy people with stressful jobs who work long hours but get little satisfaction from what they do have twice the risk of dying from heart disease as satisfied employee

18、s, according to a study. Job stress has been known to cause heart problems in people who already have cardiovascular disease (心血管病). Finnish scientists have now shown that even in healthy people the pressures of work can take their toll. High blood pressure, lack of exercise, smoking and being overw

19、eight contribute to heart diseasea leading killer in many industrialized countries. But Mika Kivimaki, of the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, and his colleagues, who studied the medical histories of 812 healthy Finnish men and women in a metal industry company over 25 years, said job stres

20、s also plays an important role. www.ks5 高#考#资#源#网 Workers who had the highest job-related stress levels at the start of the study were more than twice as likely to die of heart disease, according to the study published in The British Medical Journal. Work stress involves too much work as well as a l

21、ack of satisfaction and feeling undervalued and unappreciated. Many people work long hours but if the effort is rewarding the stress is minimized. The British Heart Foundation said the results support earlier research showing that people in jobs with low control, such as manual(体力的) workers, could b

22、e as great risk of heart disease than other employees. “It is advisable for people o try to minimize levels of stress at work and for employees to allow people to have more control at work and to be rewarded for their successes,” the foundation said in a statement.31. Healthy people may die from hea

23、rt disease of _. A. too much job stress B. working too hard C. feeling valued D. being satisfied32. Which one of the following is NOT right according to this passage? A. High blood pressure is likely to cause heart disease. B. Being overweight may cause heart disease. C. Job stress is most likely to

24、 cause heart disease. D. Working long hours must cause heart disease.33. The underlined word “minimized” in the third paragraph means “_”. A. increased B. reduced C. raised D. cured34. According to Mika Kivimaki job stress _. A. is necessary if you work in a metal industry company. B. plays an impor

25、tant part in the medical history C. can also cause heart disease D wont bring any risk of heart disease35. The authors purpose in writing the passage is to _. A. advise people not to work long hours B. suggest that everyone be satisfied with everything C. ask us to learn to enjoy ourselves D. tell u

26、s that job stress threatens our health nowadays. CThe United Nations says forty million people or so around the world went hungry in 2008, mainly because of higher food prices. Early estimates from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) show that 963 million people did not get enough to eat.

27、World food prices have dropped since early 2008. Prices of major crops have decreased by more than half from their height earlier last year. But they remain high compared to earlier years. But FAO official Hafez Ghanem says lower prices have failed to end the food crisis in many poor countries. “For

28、 millions in developing countries,” he says, “getting enough food every day to live an active and healthy life is a distant dream.”The FAO says food shortage is a threat to peoples health. Today, two-thirds of the worlds undernourished people live in just a few countries. These are India, the Democr

29、atic Republic of Congo, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Pakistan, Ethiopia and so on.A report on food insecurity warns that the current economic crisis could send even more people into hunger and poverty. www.ks5 高#考#资#源#网In sub-Saharan Africa, the percentage of the people who continually go hungry fell from

30、 34% in 1997 to 30% in 2008. But the FAO says Ghana is the only country that has reached two sets of hunger reduction targets. These were set by the 1996 World Food Summit and the Millennium Development Goals. The main reason is the growth in agricultural production in Ghana.The FAO says some countr

31、ies in Southeast Asia like Thailand and Vietnam have made progress in hunger reduction goals. But South Asia and Central Asia havent, and North Korea is still in hot water.36. What FAO official Hafez Ghanem says implies _A. its easy but takes long to provide people with enough foodB. enough food can

32、 make people more active and healthierC. there is difficulty solving the food shortage in a short timeD. people in developing countries will never get enough food37. Ghana has reached the targets of hunger reduction mainly because of _. A. the still high food prices B. the donation of developed coun

33、tries C. the two targets of hunger reduction D. the growth in agricultural production38. The underlined word undernourished in Para. 3 probably means _. A. hungry and unhappy B. unhealthy for lack of food C. not fat because of poverty D. undeveloped and poor39. Which country has not made progress in

34、 hunger reduction? A. North Korea B. Thailand C. Vietnam D. Ghana40. What is the best title of this passage? A. The food production of the world B. The hunger reduction target of the FAO C. The food shortage around the world D. The solution to the global food shortageD Everywhere man is altering the

35、 balance of natureHe is facilitating the spread of plants and animals into new regions, sometimes deliberately, sometimes unconsciouslyHe is covering huge areas with new kinds of plants, or with houses, factories, slag-heaps and other products of his civilizationHe exterminates some species on a lar

36、ge scale, but favors the multiplication of othersIn brief, he has done more in five thousand years to alter the biological aspect of the planet than has nature in five millionMany of these changes which he has brought about have had unforeseen consequencesWho would have thought that the throwing awa

37、y of a piece of Canadian waterweed would have caused half the waterways of Britain to be blocked for a decade, or that the provision of pot cacti for lonely settlers wives would have led to Eastern Australian being overrun with forests of Prickly Pear? Who would have prophesied that the cutting down

38、 of forests on the Adriatic coasts, or in parts of Central Africa, could have reduced the land to a semi desert, with the very soil washed away from the bare rock? Who would have thought that improved communications would have changed history by the spreading of disease-sleeping sickness into East A

39、frica, measles into Oceania, very possibly malaria into ancient Greece?These are spectacular examples; but examples on a smaller scale are everywhere to be foundWe make a nature sanctuary for rare birds, prescribing absolute security for all species; and we may find that some common and hardy kind o

40、f bird multiplies beyond measure and ousts the rare kinds in which we were particularly interestedWe see, owing to some little change brought about by civilization, the starling spread over the English country-side in hordesWe improve the yielding capacities of our cattle; and find that now they exh

41、aust the pastures which sufficed for less exigent stock41The following examples except _ reflect man altering the balance of natureAman is covering huge areas with new kinds of plantsBman is facilitating the spread of animals into new regionsCman is killing some species on a large scaleDman is getti

42、ng to know the importance of keeping the balance of nature42What is the meaning of the underlined word “prophesied” in paragraph 2? Aobserved Bpredicted Cnoticed Dconsidered43What have spread diseases? ADisease-sleeping sickness BMeaslesCImproved communications DMalaria44We make a nature sanctuary f

43、or rare birds but _.Asome common and hardy kind of bird multiplies Brare kinds multiplyCall bird multiply Dno bird multiply45The main idea of the passage is _Athat man is deliberately destroying the balance of natureBthat man has foreseen the consequences of altering the balance old natureCthat impr

44、oved communications have changed historyDthat man is altering the balance of nature第四部分 信息匹配（E选项涂AB，F选项涂CD） www.ks5 高#考#资#源#网阅读下列应用文及相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。请在答题卡上将对应题号的相应选项字母涂黑。以下是儿童读物的信息：A. You and Me, BabyReading level: Baby-Grade 1Hardcover: 40 pagesLanguage: EnglishYou and Me, BabyList Price: $ 15.95Pri

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46、ng level: Baby-PreschoolHardcover: 16 pagesLanguage: EnglishPrice: $11.16 & eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over $25.Availability: In Stock. Sold by Amazon. com. Gift-wrap available.Want it delivered Thursday, September 2.Book Description: Its bath time for Scruff. But does anyone k

47、now where hes hiding? Have the cows seen him? Moo-no! How about the pigs? Oink-no! Looking for that dog is just too tough! But not for toddlers. If they look carefully, theyll find Scruff hiding on every pop-up page!C. The Giving TreeReading Level: Ages 48Hardcover: 64 pagesLanguage: EnglishPrice: $

48、11.55Availability: Sold all year round and choose One-Day Shipping at checkout.Book Description: Once there was a treeand she loved a little boy. Every day the boy would come to the tree to eat her apples, swing from her branches, or slide down her trunkand the tree was happy.D. Where the Wild Thing

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51、time book, Goodnight Moon is a short poem of goodnight wishes from a young rabbit preparing for-or attempting to postpone-his own slumber. He says goodnight to every object in sight and within earshot, including the “quiet old lady whispering hush.”F. Guess How Much I Love You (board book) www.ks5 高

52、#考#资#源#网Reading Level: Ages 912List Price: $6.99Price: $6.99 & eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over $25.Availability: In Stock. Ships from and sold by Amazon. com. Gift-wrap available.Want it delivered Thursday, September 27.Order it in the next 19 hours and 55 minutes, and choose O

53、ne-Day Shipping at checkout.Book Description: All children want reassurance that their parents love runs wide and deep. In Guess How Much I Love You, a young rabbit named Little Nutbrown Hare thinks hes found a way to measure the boundaries of love.以下是购书者或小读者的信息。请匹配购书者或小读者与它们所对应的读物。46Mrs. Green is a

54、 nurse in a hospital in London. She has a lovely daughter. She often says to her “Hey, Baby! Look at you, looking at me, looking at you looking at me”. She is going to send her daughter to Grade 1 this September and buy a book with 40 pages for her.47. Joe is eleven years old. He enjoys reading pict

55、ure books about animals. He often buys some new ones. Last Saturday he bought a new book. There is such a sentence on the first page: “In a heartwarming twist on the I-can-do anything-you can-do-better theme, Little Nutbrown Hare goes through a series of declarations regarding the breadth of his lov

56、e for Big Nutbrown Hare”.48Tong Tong is five years and two months old now. His father bought him a story book for his birthday on July 2. Now he is reading “but as the boy grew older he began to want more from the tree, and tree gave and gave and gave49Mr. Smith lives in New York City. He has a two-

57、year-old grandson, who likes to listen to some stories about animals and read picture books with a hide-and-seek adventure and lots of pop-up surprises on every page!50Susan is a four-year-old girl. Her mother bought her a new book today. In this book, there are many good bedtime activities-a reappe

58、aring little mouse is particularly pesky. By the end of the little rabbits goodnight poem, the story has quieted to a whisper, and the drawings have darkened with nightfall. As you turn the last page, you can expect a sleepy smile and at least a yawn or two.第五部分 单词或短语的正确形式填空 （请将答案填写在答题卡上）51. He _ (上

59、气不接下气) after running for the bus.52. We should focus on what is important and not on those issues _ to (无关的) the topic.53. There are various valuable plants in the _ (深处) of the forest54. Many people who saw the disaster in Japan donated money to the people there _ (自愿地)55. After being scolded, the

60、naught boy _（伸出）his tongue towards his sister.56. She _(感到害怕)when she saw a snake in front of her.57. It was terrible work to have such huge stones _ (拖，拉) to the top of the mountains.58. He heard a great noise when he _ （梳发）in front of the mirror.59. he keeps on trying although he _ (取笑) by others

61、for many times.60. The old house was left _ (抛弃) after the death of the father.61. Will he _ (感到不悦) that you forgot his birthday?62. he looked at his work with a smile of _ (满意)63. I _ （宣布）at the very beginning that I didnt support him.64. My brother is two years _ (较年幼的) to me.65. My uncle tried to

62、 get out the burning house and he _ (逃离) it successfully in the end.第六部分 基础写作（请将正文写在答题卡上）写作内容 你的英语老师要求你在班上用英文向同学们介绍你英语写作的方法和心得。请根据下表提供的中文提纲，选择相关的信息写一篇发言稿。 学 习 方 法 学 习 效 果 背诵范文 运用英语思维，进行模仿性写作 多阅读英文文章 吸取语言材料 多听英文广播 提高听力水平 学习语法 正确表达 多写日记 在做中学 多练习口语 提高口头技能 参考他人的习作 取长补短写作要求 1. 只能使用5个句子表达全部内容；2. 文中不能出现真实姓

63、名和学校名称；3. 开头与结尾已经给出。评分标准 句子结构准确，信息内容完整，篇章结构连贯。第七部分 读写任务(请将正文写在答题卡上)阅读下面短文，然后按要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。Be Grateful for FriendsIt is a celebrating day. I got in touch with Michael whom I have been losing contact for one year.It is really magic. I was searching online aimlessly yesterday when an idea struck me

64、 suddenly: since Ben can find out my secret by keying in my name in the search engines, why cant I do so, either?I intended to find out something about En in revenge in the first place, but soon extend my name list to a wider category. It was then that I recalled Michael suddenly.We have lost contac

65、t since our last correspondence in my senior 3. He mentioned to me in his last lettee3r that he was preparing for going to UK to further his education. I, shamefully, was too busy to reply his mail then. When I was recommended to ZJU and won the final freedom, I thought he had already been in UK so

66、I had no idea where to write him.I used to think that we would never meet again. However, when I browsed the entries about him,I found out excitedly that he is still in PRC.Without a moment hesitation, I ran upstairs to my dorm and found out my old address book. Thank goodness, his home number was s

67、till there.After 3 times calling with no answer replies, I eventually got him on the phone. He was more surprised than I could imagine that when I asked for his home number he was too nervous to remember it. www.ks5 高#考#资#源#网 www.ks5 高#考#资#源#网Life is enjoyable in moments such like this . Old friends

68、 meet again surprisingly, on a road of their own ways to their dreams. They look at the face of each other, and recognize the old pal. It is such moment that makes me feel grateful to life: whenever I set off for a new destination, I see I have friends in the same direction, with whom I wont feel al

69、one any more.写作内容以约30词概括短文的要点。然后，以约120词就“感恩”主题发表你的看法，并包括以下的内容：1. 根据你的学习、生活经历，简述你的感受，表达你对朋友或父母的感恩和祝福。2. 你认为中学生应学会感恩。3. 你的同学对这观点有何看法和建议。写作要求 （1）可以使用真实的或虚构的经历和其他论述方法支持你的观点，也可以参照阅读材料的内容但不得直接引用原文中的句子。2）标题自定。评分标准 概况准确，语言规范，内容合适，篇章连贯。 www.ks5 高#考#资#源#网 班级 姓名 登分号 统考号 密 封 线 内 不 要 答 题2010-2011学年度第二学期 高二第一次段考

70、英语答题卡 第二部分 语法填空 成绩 16. _ 17. _ 18. _ 19. _ 20. _ 21. _ 22. _ 23. _ 24. _ 25._第五部分 单词或短语的正确形式填空 （请将答案填写在答题卡上）51. _ 52._53. _ 54. _55. _ 56._57. _ 58. _59. _ 60._61. _ 62._63. _ 64. _65. _ 第六部分 基础写作Ladies and gentlemen,Now I would like to tell you how I learn English writing._Thats all. Thank you. 第七部

71、分 读写任务 www.ks5 高#考#资#源#网_中山一中2010-2011学年度第二学期 高二级第一次段考英语试题答案完形填空 1-5 ABADB 6-10 CADCC 11-15 ABBDB语法填空 16. by 17. to produce 18. the 19. improving 20.However 21. be affected 22. Both 23. traditionally 24. but 25. also阅读A：26-30BBAAC 31-35 ADBCD 36-40 CDBAC 41-45 DBCAD信息匹配: 46-50: AFCBE单词及短语填空：51. was

72、out of breath/ was breathless 52. irrelevant 53. depths 54. voluntarily 55. stuck out 56. was/felt scared 57. dragged 58. was combing 59. has been made fun of 60. abandoned 61. be annoyed 62. satisfaction 63. declared 64. junior 65. fled www.ks5 高#考#资#源#网基础写作Ladies and gentlemen,Now I would like to

73、tell you how I learn English writing.Firstly, I often recite good and beautiful English articles, which helps me think in English when I imitate English writing. Secondly, I also read English articles extensively so that I can take in as many language materials as possible. Thirdly, in order to make

74、 myself clearly understood, it is of great of importance for all of us to learn about some grammar, listen to the radio as well as practice speaking English a lot. Additionally, keeping a diary every day is also an effective way for me to strengthen my ability to express myself smoothly in compositi

75、on. And the last point I want to emphasize is that it is essential for us to refer to others articles to know what I need and what I can learn from others since “Two heads are better than one.”Thats all. Thank you. 读写任务： Be Grateful For Our ParentsThe writer tells us a story that he had an experienc

76、e of recalling his old friends Michael suddenly, and later they met each other at such moment that made him feel grateful to life and didnt feel lonely.This story reminds me of an similar experience of forgetting my mothers birthday.On the evening of April 9th , I was watching TV while my mother was

77、 busy preparing for dinner in the kitchen. How attentive I was watching TV program when the telephone rang. It was from a friend of my mothers, who wanted say HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my mother . “Today is my mothers birthday?” I was a little puzzled. “How come that I have forgotten all about it” I thought

78、 to myself, feeling ashamed.At the story, I got deeply shocked and ashamed. It is not easy for parents to bring us up. They give us lots of love and care, while/however we dont care for them enough. Now its never too late to realize this and show our love and care for them. In fact, every one of us

79、wishes our parents to be healthy and happy, so it is with me. So , we really should express our endless thanks to our parents. And my classmates share my opinion. To sum up, we should be grateful for our parents because of their greatest love and unselfish care. www.ks5 高#考#资#源#网 www.ks5 高#考#资#源#网w.w.w.k.s.5.u.c.o.m www.ks5 高#考#资#源#网