1、20102011 学年度安徽省蚌埠二中高一下学期期中考试英语卷 单项选择 * He must be in the reading -room now. We will find him there. -No, he _.Tom said he was ill at home . A must not B cant C may not D should not 答案： B Word has come _some American guests will come for a visit. A what B whether C when D that 答案： D Great changes_ in
2、 the small city in the last 20 years. A have taken place B took place C had taken place D are happening 答案： A -Kate really upset Granny. -Im sure she didnt_. A want so B mean to C have to D hope so 答案： B -Why did you go back to the shop -I left my friend _there. A waiting B to wait C wait D waits 答案
3、： A I advise you to give up smoking for it is _to your health. A harm B harmless C harmful D harmfully 答案： C I dont doubt _he will come next week. A that B if C what D when 答案： A When the thief found the police had already _him, he ran away quickly. A realized B known C spotted D stared 答案： C Toms f
4、ather didnt _him to join the school football team. A let B promise C hope D permit 答案： D _you like him or not is none of my business. A who B That C What D Whether 答案： D -I didnt go to work today. -You _; its Sunday today. A mustnt have B didnt need to C cant have D neednt have 答案： B Youll succeed _
5、because you are always working hard. A on time B in time C at times D at the time 答案： B My parents always let me have my own _of living . A way B method C manner D fashion 答案： A I dont think that your speech _to the crowd, for they appeared quite puzzled. A got back B got away C got through D got ac
6、ross 答案： D Christmas is _special holiday when _whole family are supposed to get together. A the; the B a; a C the; a D a; the 答案： D 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 ,从短文后各题所给的四个选项（ A、 B、 C、和 D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并标在答题卷的相应位置。用答题卡的考生，先把选出的最佳选 项标在试卷的相应位置，再转涂到答题卡上。 There are about fifteen hundre
7、d languages in the world. But _36_ a few of them are very _37_. English is one of these. Many, many people use it, not only in England and the U. S. A, but in other parts of the world. about 200, 000, 000 speak it as their own language. It is difficult to say how many people are learning it as a _38
8、_ language. Many millions are _39_ to do so. Is it easy or difficult to learn English Different people may have different _40_. Have you ever _41_ the ads of this kind in the newspapers or magazines “Learn English in six month, or your _42_ back .” “Easy and funny Our records and tapes _43_ you mast
9、er your English in a month. _44_ the first day your _45_ will be excellent. Just send .” Of course, it never _46_ quite like this. The only language that seems easy to learn is the mother tongue. We should _47_ that we all learned our own language well when we were _48_. If we could learn English in
10、 the same way, it would not seem so difficult. _49_ what a small child does. He listens to what people say. He tries what he hears. When he is using the language, talking in it, and _50_ in it all the time, just imagine how much _51_ that gets! So it is _52_ to say that learning English is easy, bec
11、ause a good command of English _53_ upon a lot of practice. And practice needs great effort and _54_ much time. Good teachers, records, tapes, books, and dictionaries will _55_. But they cannot do the students work for him. 【小题1】 A not B quite C only D very A difficult B important C necessary D easy
12、 A native B foreign C useful D mother A learning B enjoying C trying D liking A questions B problems C ideas D answers A found B watched C noticed D known A knowledge B time C money D English A make B help C let D allow A From B On C Since D After A spelling B grammar C English D pronunciation A hap
13、pened B know C seemed D felt A know B remember C understand D think A students B children C babies D grown-ups A Imagine B Mind C Do D Think of A using B thinking C trying D practicing A time B money C language D practice A hard B easy C funny D silly A depends B tries C has D takes A uses B takes C
14、 gets D costs A do B work C help D master 答案： 【小题 1】 C【小题 1】 B【小题 1】 B【小题 1】 C【小题 1】 D 【小题 1】 C【小题 1】 C【小题 1】 B【小题 1】 A【小题 1】 D 【小题 1】 A【小题 1】 B【小题 1】 B【小题 1】 D【小题 1】 B 【小题 1】 D【小题 1】 A【小题 1】 A【小题 1】 B【小题 1】 C 阅读理解 The deserts of the world are not all covered with sand. Many of them have surfaces of
15、 rock or clay or small stones. They are not flat, either. They often have high hills and deep valleys. There is some plants life in many parts of the desert. There is little rain in the desert, but it does fall often enough for most plants. The deserts of the world are not uninhabited(not lived by p
16、eople). People also live outside oases(绿洲 ), but these people are not farmers. They have camels, goats, donkeys, sheep, etc. These animals can live on the desert plants and do not need much water. The people of the desert have to move constantly from place to place, they must always look for grass o
17、r desert plants for their animals. They usually live in tents. When there is no more food for their animals, they fold up their tents, pat them on their camels and donkeys, and move to another place. In good years, when there is enough food for their animals, they trade their skins and their goats a
18、nd camel hairs with the people of oases for wheat and fruit. But in bad years, when there is not enough food for their animals, the people of the desert would attack the oases people. But they are also hospitable, no man in the desert would ever refuse to give a stranger food and water. 【小题 1】 Accor
19、ding to the passage, deserts are mostly made up of _. A clay B rock C sand D stones 【小题 2】 The underlined word “hospitable” has the meaning of being _. A brave B cruel C strange D kind 【小题 3】 In the desert _. A it rains in spring only B it rains for a short time every month C there is some rain, but
20、 far from enough D the rainfall is just enough for the plants 【小题 4】 People live _. A only inside the oases B only outside the oases C both inside and outside the oases D in places with regular rainfalls 【小题 5】 From the passage we know that life _. A is hard in deserts B is happy in deserts C is imp
21、ossible in deserts D in deserts is much better now 答案：【小题 1】 C【小题 1】 D【小题 1】 C【小题 1】 C【小题 1】 A All of my childhood and early, adult life, my mom weighed over 220 pounds (one pound = 0.454 kilograms). I could feel the pain that my mom experienced with her fatness. I was never uncomfortable about my m
22、other, but I think she was uncomfortable about herself, and that feeling was painful for all of us. And she began to lose weight. After more than twenty years of battling obesity（肥胖） , my mother completed a forceful eighteen-month diet that left her ninety pounds lighter than before. A new woman was
23、 born! At age twenty-eight, I got a new mom! For the first time, I met the woman my mother truly was, the beautiful little lady under the fatness. It wasnt so much her new body that was the surprise, but rather her new spirit. To celebrate her new size and to devote herself to dancing again, my moth
24、er joined a “Mrs. Forty-Plus” competition, where she would have to model, give a speech and provide a dance performance. She told our family that she did not care if she won she simply had always wanted to perform on stage. She told each one of us, “Im not doing it to win; Im doing it to dance!” The
25、 competition was exciting! I prayed(祈祷 ) that my mom would win, but while watching her on stage I was simply overjoyed just by her effort. To me, she had already won. She posed to perfection, her speech brought tears to everyones eyes, and her performance was wonderful. That night, at age fifty-thre
26、e, my mother was crowned (为 .加冕 ) “Mrs. Forty-Plus”. She was the first person in our family to ever win such a title. 【小题 1】 The first two paragraphs mainly show that the authors mom was _. A experienced B painful C comfortable D fat 【小题 2】 After the authors mom completed a forceful eighteen-month d
27、iet, she was about _. A 85 kilograms B 41 kilograms C 130 pounds D 90 pounds 【小题 3】 In order to join in the “Mrs. Forty-Plus” Competition, the authors mom has to do the following EXCEPT _. A providing a dance performance B telling a funny story about herself C giving a speech to a large number of pe
28、ople D wearing special clothes to show to people 【小题 4】 The underlined part in Paragraph 6 means that _. A the authors mom succeeded in modeling and speaking B the authors moms performance was very wonderful C the authors mom was not successful in modeling D the authors mom succeeded in making a spe
29、ech 答案：【小题 1】 D【小题 1】 C【小题 1】 B【小题 1】 A What will people die of 100 years from now If you think that is a simple question, you have not been paying attention to the revolution that is taking place in bio-technology(生物技术 ). With the help of new medicine, the human body will last a very long time. Dea
30、th will come mainly from accidents, murder and war. Todays leading killers, such as heart diseases, cancer, and aging itself, will become distant memory. In discussion of technological changes, the Internet gets most of the attention these days. But the change in medicine can be the real technologic
31、al event of our times. How long can humans live Human brains were known to decide the final death. Cells(细胞 ) are the basic units of all living things, and until recently, scientists were sure that the life of cells could not go much beyond 120 years because the basic materials of cells, such as tho
32、se of brain cells, would not last forever. But the upper limits will be broken by new medicine. Sometime between 2050 and 2100, medicine will have advanced to the point at which every 10 years or so, people will be able to take medicine to repair their organs(器官 ). The medicine, made up of the basic
33、 building materials of life, will build new brain cells, heart cells, and so on-in much the same way our bodies make new skin cells to take the place of old ones. It is exciting to imagine that the advance in technology may be changing the most basic conditional human existence, but many technical p
34、roblems still must be cleared up on the way to this wonderful future. 【小题 1】 According to the passage, human death is now mainly caused by _. A diseases and aging B accidents and war C accidents and aging D heart diseases and war 【小题 2】 In the authors opinion, todays most important advance in techno
35、logy lies in _. A medicine B the internet C brain cells D human organs 【小题 3】 Humans may live longer in the future because _. A heart disease will be far away from us B human brains can decide the final death C the basic materials of cells will last forever D human organs can be repaired by new medi
36、cine 答案：【小题 1】 A【小题 1】 A【小题 1】 D Since we are social beings, the quality of our lives depends in large measure on our interpersonal relationships. One strength of the human condition is our possibility to give and receive support from one another under stressful conditions. Social support makes up o
37、f the exchange of resources among people based on their interpersonal ties. Those of us with strong support systems appear better able to deal with major life changes and daily problems. People with strong social ties live longer and have better health than those without such ties. Studies over type
38、s of illnesses, from depression(沮丧 ) to heart disease, show that the presence of social support helps people defend themselves against illness, and the absence of such support makes poor health more likely. Social support cushions stress in a number of ways. First, friends, relatives and co-workers
39、may let us know that they value us. Our self-respect is strengthened when we feel accepted by others in spite of our faults and difficulties. Second, other people often provide us with informational support. They help us to define and understand our problems and find solutions to them. Third, we typ
40、ically find social companionship supportive. Taking part in free-time activities with others helps us to meet our social needs while at the same time distracting (转移注意力 ) us from our worries and troubles. Finally, other people may give us instrumental support money aid, material resources, and neede
41、d services - that reduces stress by helping us resolve and deal with our problems. 【小题 1】 Interpersonal relationships are important because they can _ A make people live more easily B smooth away daily problems C deal with life changes D cure types of illnesses 【小题 2】 Which of the following is close
42、st in meaning to the underlined word cushions A takes place of B makes up of C lessens the effect of D gets rid of 【小题 3】 What is the subject discussed in the text A Interpersonal relationships. B Kinds of social support. C Ways to deal with stress. D Effects of stressful condition. 答案：【小题 1】 A【小题 1
43、】 C【小题 1】 A 单词拼写 单词拼写（ 10分，每词一分）根据首字母提示或句意拼写出完整的单词。 1. We all_(钦佩 )her for the way she saved the child from the fire. 2. Just to satisfy my_(好奇心 ),how much did you pay for your house 3. The _(氛围 )over dinner was warm and friendly. 4. You are only _(稍稍 )underweight for your height. 5. Several _(十年 )h
44、ave passed since I graduated from the college. 6. Lets get something to eat ; Im s_. 7. Medals were a_ to the best speakers on the debating team. 8. Its said Yoga is of great b_ to human health. 9. Ill come tomorrow if weather p_. 10.The s_ of the disease frightened the villagers. 答案： 1.admire 2, cu
45、riosity 3. atmosphere 4. slightly 5. decades 6. starving 7. awarded 8. benefit 9. permits 10. spread 信息匹配 任务型阅读 （共 10小题，每小题 1分，满分 10分） 认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的横线上填入最恰当的单词。 注意：每空只填一个单词。 Maybe you are an average student. You probably think you will never be a top student. This is not necessary so, how
46、ever. Anyone can become a better student if he or she wants to. Here is how. 1). Plan your time carefully. When you plan your week, you should make a list of things that you can have to do. After making the list, you should make a schedule of your time. First time for eating, sleeping, dressing, etc
47、. Then decide a good, regular time for studying. Dont forget to set aside enough time fro entertainment. A weekly schedule may not solve all your problems, but it will force you to realize what is happening to your time. 2). Find a good place to study. Look around the house for a good study area. Keep this space, which may be a desk or simply a corner of your room. Free from everything but study materials. No games, radios, or television. When you sit down to study, concentrate on the subject. 3). Make good use of your time in class. Take advantage of class time t
