1、2010-2011学年度辽宁省师大附中高二下学期期中考试英语试卷与答案 单项选择 * The Chinese astronauts were so struck by _ beauty of _ nature that they took lots of pictures in space. A /; / B /; the C the; the D the; / 答案： D Had the weather been good, the children _ out for a walk. A had gone B could have gone C would go D went 答案： B
2、The news has just _ that the president is going to visit China next month. A come out B put out C let out D given out 答案： A By looking at a problem in as many ways as possible, creative thinkers can find solutions that would _ remain invisible. A otherwise B yet C already D forever 答案： A It was fool
3、ish of you to take a taxi _ you could easily walk there in five minutes. A while B when C since D before 答案： B He is only too ready to help others, seldom, _ refusing them when they turn to him. A if never B if ever C if not D if no 答案： B The traditional approach _ with complex problems is to break
4、them down into smaller, more easily managed problems. A to dealing B in dealing C dealing D to deal 答案： A Someone called me up in the middle of the night, but he hung up _ I could answer the phone. A as B since C before D until 答案： C - What made little Tony so unhappy and cry in his room - _to go bi
5、king with his brother. A Having not been allowed B Not having allowed C Having not allowed D Not having been allowed. 答案： D Hundreds of people gave their lives in _ of freedom. A protection B guard C defense D favor 答案： C The newly discovered star was named _ a Chinese astronomer _ honor of his cont
6、ributions to astronomy. A for; in B after; for C as; in D after; in 答案： D When I got off the crowded bus, I found my pocket _ and the disk in it with the important documents gone. A picked B stolen C missing D lost 答案： A _ some teenagers dont realize is _ difficult life can be after they get addicte
7、d to drugs. A What; how B That; how C That; what D What ; what a 答案： A Was it not until you began to work _ how much time you had wasted A did you realize B that you realized C did you not realize D that you didnt realize 答案： B - Sally is strongly against taking the trip to Hainan. - _ It was she wh
8、o suggested the plan. A How come B What about C Real D Why not 答案： A 完型填空 完形填空（共 20小题，每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题的 A、 B、 C、 D四个选项中，选取出适合填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。 When my son unexpectedly volunteered for the Marines, I was busy writing my novels and giving little thought to the men and women in t
9、he army. My son, John Schaeffer, recently came home _36_ from the Middle East. He slowly appeared from a broken car; John _37_ all night from a base near Washington, _38_ he had landed the day before. He did not want me to 39_ him there. “Ill need time to myself,” my son said _40_ calling from Kuwai
10、t on the way home. I gave my wife a head start. Mother_41_ son, “I was so worried”, Genie said. She pulled away to look up again and again to _42_ he was really there. My wife gave me a great gift: _43_ alone with my boy. John was tired and lay _44_ on his bed. I lay down next to him and was graspin
11、g his hand the whole time. I just wanted to be certain that the nightmares Id had about John being killed were _45_ . I kept holding my son, the way I _46_ when he was two and came into our bed after a _47_ dream. I asked John if hed rather sleep than talk, and he said there would be time for 48_ la
12、ter. With the 49_ over, under and around me came incredible tiredness. I slept with his voice dying away. It was the first good _50_ Id had in months. I woke and John was asleep next to me. Sitting by his bed watching him breathe, I found myself praying and _51_ for all the fathers, mothers, sons, d
13、aughters, husbands and wives of those who were not coming home. For the first time in my life, I was weeping for _52_. Before my son went to war I would never have shed tears for them .My son _53_ me. He taught me that our men and women in uniform are not the _54_”. They are our sons, daughters, bro
14、thers and sisters. Sometimes shedding ears for strangers is a holy _55_. Sometimes its all we can do. 【小题 1】 A angry B excited C frightened D alive 【小题 2】 A drove B was driving C had driven D would have driven A where B when C which D who 【小题 4】 A meet B congratulate C permit D accept A once B when
15、C unless D since A abolished B patted C rated D embraced A make sure B set down C get across D make sense A period B chance C time D moment A hesitated B stretched C supporting D spreading A facts B truth C proofs D lies A used to B ought to C should D must A happy B cheerful C scary D sleep A advic
16、e B discussion C talk D sleep 【小题 14】 A chat B worries C meeting D curiosity A conversation B observation C sleep D independence 【小题 16】 A crying B marching C screaming D regretting 【小题 17】 A friends B neighbors C strangers D soldiers A persuaded B changed C frightened D arrested A another B other C
17、 others D one 【小题 20】 A function B adventure C shame D duty 答案： 【小题 1】 D【小题 1】 C【小题 1】 A【小题 1】 A【小题 1】 B 【小题 1】 D【小题 1】 A【小题 1】 C【小题 1】 B【小题 1】 D 【小题 1】 A【小题 1】 C【小题 1】 D【小题 1】 B【小题 1】 C 【小题 1】 A【小题 1】 C【小题 1】 B【小题 1】 C【小题 1】 D 阅读理解 The American book Who Moved My Cheese has been a bestseller all ove
18、r the world. It teaches people how to face changes in their lives. Now its author Spence Johnson has written a book just for teens. The book tells us that when facing change in our lives, like a new school or new friends, dont be afraid. Instead, use this change to make a better life. The book gives
19、 an example of a change at school. A school is changing fro m having two terms to three terms because there are too many students. Several teens are talking about this. Most of them are unhappy and worried. But Chris is not. He laughs and tells a story about two mice, two “little people” and some ch
20、eese. The four are in a maze looking for the cheese. Here, cheese means something important in life, like moving to a new class or getting into college. But they find the cheese is gone. The mice realize that they cant change what has happened and have to find more cheese. This means finding differe
21、nt dreams. The little people, however, cant do this. They are afraid of change so they find no cheese. After Chris finishes the story, the friends understand one thing: to get more cheese, move in a new direction quickly. His friends understand how this can be used in the changes all teens face, suc
22、h as doing well at school or having good relationships or just feeling good about yourself. 【小题 1】 The book Who Moved My Cheese is _. A written all over the world B read across the world C sold only in America D loved only by teens 【小题 2】 What does the text mainly discuss A Never change in our life.
23、 B Change whenever you like . C Change with the changes. D Pay attention to the changes, 【小题 3】 The underline word “four”（ paragraph 3） refers to _. A mice and little people B students C cheese D readers 【小题 4】 In our lives, we should learn from _. A mice B little people C Chris D Spence Johnson 答案：
24、 BCAA About six years ago I was eating lunch in a restaurant in New York City when a woman and a young boy sat down at the next table, I couldnt help overhearing parts of their conversation. At one point the woman asked, “So, how have you been ” And the boywho could not have been more than seven or
25、eight years oldreplied. “Frankly, Ive been feeling a little depressed lately.” This incident stuck in my mind because it confirmed my growing belief that children are changing. As far as I can remember, my friends and I didnt find out we were “depressed”, that is, in low spirits, until we were in hi
26、gh school. Undoubtedly a change in children has increased steadily in recent years. Children dont seem childlike anymore. Children speak more like adults, dress more like adults and behave more like adults than they used to. Whether this is good or bad is difficult to say, but it certainly is differ
27、ent. Childhood as it once was no longer exists. Why Human development depends not only on born biological states, but also on patterns of gaining social knowledge. Movement from one social role to another usually involves learning the secrets of the new social positions. Children have always been ta
28、ught adult secrets, but slowly and in stages; traditionally, we tell sixth graders things we keep hidden from fifth graders. In the last 30 years, however, a secret-revelation（揭示） machine has been equipped in 98 percent of American homes. It is called television. Television passes information to all
29、 viewers alike, whether they are children or adults. Unable to resist the temptation （诱惑） , many children turn their attention from printed texts to the less challenging, more attractive moving pictures. Communication through print, as a matter of fact, allows for a great deal of control over the so
30、cial information which children will gain. Children must read simple books before they can read complex materials. 【小题 1】 According to the author, feeling depressed is _. A a sure sign of a mental problem in a child B a mental state present in all humans, including children C something that cannot b
31、e avoided in childrens mental development D something hardly to be expected in a young child 【小题 2】 According to the author, that todays children seem adult-like results from _. A the widespread influence of television B the poor arrangement of teaching content C the fast pace of human scientific de
32、velopment D the rising standard of living 【小题 3】 What does the author think of communication through print for children A It enables children to gain more social information. B It develops childrens interest in reading and writing. C It helps children to read and write well. D It can control what ch
33、ildren are to learn. 【小题 4】 What does the author think of the change in todays children A He feels their adult-like behavior is so funny. B He thinks the change worthy of note. C He considers it a rapid development. D He seems to be upset about it. 答案： DADB Sheep Smarter than Thought LondonS heep, l
34、ike turkeys and ostriches, are not considered the most clever animals. British scientists said last Wednesday humans may have underestimated the woolly creature. They could be much smarter than we think. Researchers at the Babraham Institute in Cambridge, southern England, have shown that the animal
35、s have a good memory system and are extremely good at recognizing faceswhich they think is a sure sign of intelligence. Behavioral scientist Keith Kendrick and his friends trained 20 sheep to recognize and distinguish 25 pairs of sheep faces and used electrodes (电极 ) to measure their brain activity
36、, which showed they could remember 50 faces for up to two years . “If they can do that with faces, they have to have reasonable intelligence; otherwise, what is the point of having a system for remembering faces and not remembering anything else ” Kendrick said in an interview. So hours of seemingly
37、 mindless eating grass may not be so mindless after all. Kendrick believes sheep got their reputation as dumb (unable to speak, unintelligent) animals because they live in large groups and do not appear to have much individuality and are frightened of just about everything. “All animals, including h
38、umans, once they are frightened, dont tend to show signs of intelligent action,” he explained. In research reported in the science journal Nature, Kendrick and his team showed that sheep, like humans, have a specialized system in the brain which allows them to distinguish between many different face
39、s which look extremely similar. “The most important finding (of the study) is that they are able , both from a behavioral point of view and from looking at the way the brain is organized , to remember a large number of individuals for a very long time,” said Kendrick. “It is a very strange system. T
40、hey are showing similar abilities in many ways to humans.” 【小题 1】 From the first paragraph we can find that_. . A people used to think sheep are smarter than the other animals B people used to raise sheep in a wrong way C people dont consider sheep as clever animals D people have done a lot of resea
41、rch on sheep 【小题 2】 From what Kendrick said in the interview we learn that_. . A scientists have learned everything about sheeps intelligence B scientists have learned a little about sheeps intelligence C scientists cant do anything more about sheeps memory D scientists do not have to research anima
42、ls memory 【小题 3】 As is known in the passage,_. A sheep are among the week animals B it is not right for people to raise sheep in groups C when sheep eat grass in the field their minds may be active D if people feel frightened, they may become braver 答案： CBC Fear and its companion pain are two of the
43、 most useful things that men and animals possess, if they are properly used. If fire did not hurt when it burnt, children would play with it until their hands were burnt away. Similarly, if pain existed but fear didnt, a child would burn himself or herself again and again, because fear would not war
44、n himself or herself to keep away from the fire that had burnt himself or herself before. A really fearless soldierand some do ex ist is not a good soldier because he is soon killed; and a dead soldier is of no use to his army. Fear and pain are therefore two guards without which men and animals mig
45、ht soon die out. In our first sentence we suggested that fear should be properly used. If, for example, you never go out of your house because of the danger of being knocked down and killed in the street by a car, you are letting fear rule you too much. Even in your house you are not absolutely safe
46、: an aeroplane may crash on your house, or ants may eat away some of the beams in your roof so that the latter falls on you, or you may get cancer! The important thing is not to let fear rule you, but instead to use fear as your servant and guide. Fear will warn you of dangers; then you have to deci
47、de what action to take. In many cases, you can take quick and successful action to avoid the danger. For example, you see a car coming straight towards you. Fear warns you, you j ump out of the way, and all is well. In some cases, however, you decide that there is nothing that you can do to avoid th
48、e danger. For example, you cant prevent an aeroplane crashing onto your house. In this case, fear has given you its warning; you have examined it and decided on your course of action, so fear of this particular danger is no longer of any use to you, and you have to try to overcome it. 【小题 1】 Children would play with fire until their hands were burnt away if _. A they were given no warning beforehand B they had never burnt themselves C
