1、2010年吉林一中高二上学期期中考试英语卷 其他 阅读下面短文并回答问题，然后将答案：写到答题卡相应的位置上（请注意问题后的字数要求）。 America is a country on the move In unheard-of numbers, people of all ages are exercising their way to better health According to the latest figures， 59 percent of American adults exercise regularlyup 12 percent from just two years
2、 ago and more than double the figure of 25 years ago Even non-exercisers believe they would be more attractive and confident if they were more active It is hard not to get the message The virtues of physical fitness are shown on magazine covers， postage stamps， and television ads for everything from
3、 beauty soaps to travel books Exercise as a part of daily life did not catch on until the late 1960s when research by military doctors began to show the health benefits of doing regular physical exercises Growing publicity for races held in American cities helped fuel a strong interest in the ancien
4、t sport of runningAlthough Americans have also discovered other forms of exercise（ such as walking and swimming），running_ As the popularity of exercise continues to increase so does scientific evidence of its health benefits The key to fitness is exercising the major muscle group vigorously enough t
5、o approximately double the heart rate and keep it doubled for 20 to 30 minutes at a time Doing such physical exercises three times or more a week will produce considerable improvements in physical health in about three months 【小题 1】 What is the best title for the passage （ Please answer within 10 wo
6、rds） 【小题 2】 Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one There are a lot of people of all ages who seek for better health through exercise 【小题 3】 Please fill in the blank in the second paragraph with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence（ Please answer within 10 word
7、s） 【小题 4】 What is the authors purpose in writing the last paragraph （ Please answer within 30 words） 【小题 5】 Translate the underlined sentence in the last paragraph into Chinese 答案：略 根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最 佳选项。（共 5小题，每小题 1分，满分 5分。）并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。 A： Good morning Im ringing from the Circul
8、ation department of the Daily Mirror to say B： _【小题 1】 _ A： A newspaper, dear lady A famous newspaper B： _【小题 2】 _ A： Well, mainly perhaps to have the fullest pos sible picture of what is going on in the world B： _【小题 3】 _ A： But TV isnt really enough, is it A newspaper is able to give so many more
9、details than the TV news can B： _【小题 4】 _ A： With respect, I think everybody ought to be interested in details these days But anyway, beside the side of the matter, our newspaper offers many other things to interest its readers Articles, stories, cinema programmers- to name just a few B： _【小题 5】 _ A
10、： Nor do I, to tell you the truth ： The films these days arent as good as they used to be, but Hello Are you still there Hello Good heavens, shes hung up! What a very unpleasant woman! A Whats that B Who are you？ C Im not interested in more details D Anyway, why should I want your news paper E I get
11、 that perfectly from TV F I dont go to the cinema G I like watching TV 答案： 【小题 1】 A 【小题 2】 D 【小题 3】 E 【小题 4】 C 【小题 5】 F 单项选择 * - Tom must have been in his girlfriends house on Christmas Eve, _ - _ He was seeing a film all night long with us A mustnt he； Yes ; B wasnt he， No ; C hasnt he； Yes; D didn
12、t he； No; 答案： B Who would you rather _ you repair your CD player A help B helped C helping D to help 答案： B _ three influenza type A virus subtypes（子类型） have been found in pigs A By far B As far as C So far D Till far 答案： C As senior 3 students, it is the most important to _ a good state of mind in f
13、ace of failure A keep up B keep on C keep out D keep off 答案： A _the sketch（ short funny play） of Xiao Shenyang made a _has been known to us all A That; hit B What; strike C Why; beat D Which; knock 答案： A What do you think of last Fridays charity pop concert, Tim It was a great success as a whole Act
14、ually we _ with half of the money collected A would have been satisfied B were satisfied C would be satisfied D will be satisfied 答案： A Hoping he would not disturb his sleeping father, Bob stole in, _ and waited for him to wake up A didnt speak B not to speak C not speak D not spoke 答案： A Measures h
15、ave been taken to solve the problem, but it may be some time _ the situation improves A since B when C unless D before 答案： D We decided to take a taxi Luckily there was _ waiting A some B another C any D one 答案： D Ted has made up his mind to give it up, but on _ second thoughts he determined to try_
16、 third time A / ; a B / ; / C a ; a D the ; a 答案： A Arent you cold _ Im boiling A Take it easy B Thats all right C Not a little D Far from it 答案： D Though the long-distance runner _ his previous record last month, his trainer let him _ its speed as he went around the curve. A bettered; slowed B bett
17、er ; to slow C bettered; slow D better; slow 答案： C Mr Jones was so late that his dinner got cold; his wife _ warm it up A must B had to C ought to D might 答案： B - Id like to quit my job and start my own business. - You dont have a good knowledge of the market _ A Better play it safe B I cant agree m
18、ore C Sounds great D Good luck 答案： A When the foreigners hear about _ tale about the Milky Way, they call it _Chinese Valentines Day A a; the B the; a C the ; the D a; / 答案： B After the earthquake, the injured were cared _in the hospitals or taken by air to the hospitals in the neighbouring cities A
19、 of B for C after D with 答案： B He apologised to me for his _ my letter A delaying answering B delay to answer C delaying to answering D delaying to answer 答案： C The strike may hold _ production of cars for several months, _ a great loss A out; cause B up; causing C out; causing D up; cause 答案： C My
20、parents are _ to live in the countryside,where the air is clean and the vegetables are fresh A proper B satisfying C content D disappointed 答案： B Im very _ with my own cooking It looks nice and smells delicious Mm, it does have a _ smell A pleasant; pleased B pleased; pleased C pleasant; pleasant D
21、pleased; pleasant 答案： B 完型填空 A 25-five-year student from Hubei was admitted into Tsinghua University, China most famous university, after an eight-year _21_ Li Jun comes from a small village of Hubei Province He first _22_ going to college in year 2000 _23_he was admitted by a local school after _24
22、_ from a secondary technical school at 17 As a _25_ art student, he passed the exam again the next year but _26_ school due to economic pressure in September 2002 Life seemed _27_ but Li didnt give in He earned a _28_ by working part-time in Wuhans art rooms and tutoring students But he never lost s
23、ight of his lifelong dream of _29_ the Academy of Arts & Design of Tsinghua University Li _30_ the college entrance examination for five continuous years from 2003 _31_, he missed making the cut one mark last year In 2008, his fifth try, Lis efforts _32_ He finished the qualifying exam in his provin
24、ce and was finally admitted as a sculpture major in Tsinghua University Every year, Li took art _33_ in Beijing and took exams from December to March He then took cultural courses in his school till June The rest of the year he spent on _34_ work Li said he hadnt _35_any money from his family since
25、he graduated from the technical secondary school Li said the reason he maintained for eight years was that he wanted to change his _36_ through knowledge _37_ by his contribution, Li Juns university _38_ him 9,000 yuan out of his tution fees of 11,450 yuan An eight-year struggle may have come to an
26、end for Li Jun, but a new _39_ has now begun Li said he would not worry about repaying loans at present He wants to study well and _40_ more scholarships 【小题1】 A research B struggle C service D expectation A talked of B told of C dreamt of D knew of A where B when C that D since A learning B separat
27、ing C dating D graduating A gifted B surprised C interested D easy-going A went on with B watched out for C dropped out of D looked forward to A unfair B happy C practical D busy A value B respect C freedom D living A entering B visiting C supporting D pursing A turned to B applied for C called for
28、D adapted to A Instead B At times C However D Besides A took off B paid off C gave off D sent off A ways B programmes C success D courses A full-time B part-time C out-of door D all A asked for B looked for C prayed for D waited for A plan B ideal C fate D opinion A Encouraged B Influenced C Accused
29、 D Impressed A funded B gave C paid D cost A challenge B life C case D relationship A spend B win C care D use 答案： 【小题 1】 B 【小题 2】 C 【小题 3】 B 【小题 4】 D 【小题 5】 A 【小题 6】 C 【小题 7】 A 【小题 8】 D 【小题 9】 A 【小题 10】 B 【小题 11】 C 【小题 12】 B 【小题 13】 D 【小题 14】 B 【小题 15】 A 【小题 16】 C 【小题 17】 D 【小题 18】 A 【小题 19】 A 【小题
30、20】 B 阅读理解 Lillian Hanson, a college student, expects to graduate in about two years What makes Mrs Hanson different from her classmates is her age-73 years She has been studying at college, a few courses at a time, for 27 years When Lillian Hanson graduated from high school, she went to the bank to
31、 borrow money for further education The banker gave her no encouragement He didnt think that a country girl should borrow money to go to college He thought she should be at home doing work in the house or around the farm So Lillian Hanson went home and raised a family of nine children instead of goi
32、ng to college Mrs Hanson never forgot her dream of getting a higher education When her children were grown, she tried again She finds that it is the hardest part of going back to school at her age to sit in class for long periods of time Because she is not as quick as she used to be, Mrs Hanson ofte
33、n gets up and walks around classes to keep from getting stiff（不灵活） At the beginning of a course in using the computer, the other students all stood up to give her a warm welcome when she introduced herself and explained why she was there and what her aims were 【小题 1】 Mrs Hanson couldnt go to college
34、 immediately after she graduated from high school because _ A she hadnt got enough money B she was a country girl C the banker ordered her not to borrow any money D the banker thought she should raise a family of nine children 【小题 2】 The computer students welcomed Mrs Hanson warmly because _ A she h
35、ad got an excellent result in the exam B she was good at telling funny stories C they wanted to get her help in their studies D they were deeply moved by her spirit 【小题 3】 Mrs Hanson is the sort of person who _ A cares for study very much B likes to borrow money from the bank C never misses a chance
36、 to talk D tries to save any money for her family 【小题 4】 In which order did Mrs Hanson do the following things a she began her studies at college b She finished high school c She got married and gave birth of nine children d She had her 73 rd birthday e She went to the bank to borrow money A a c b e
37、 d B b e c a d C b c e d a D e d a c b 答案： 【小题 1】 A 【小题 2】 D 【小题 3】 A 【小题 4】 B Many people will remember the flight of the space shuttle （航天飞机）Challenger , in June, 1993 The achievement of Sally Ride, Americas first woman astronaut to fly into space, made this flight especially memorable Students fr
38、om two high schools in Camden, New Jersey, however, are likely to remember Norma rather than Sally whenever they think about the flight Norma didnt travel alone She brought about 100 companions along with her Norma was an ant, a queen ant who, with her subjects, made up the first ant colony （群体） to
39、travel into space The ants were part of a science experiment designed by the students to test the effects of weightlessness on insects The equipment designed by the students for their colony functioned perfectly throughout the long space trip The young scientists and their teachers were very sad to
40、find that their insect astronauts had all died at some point before the container was returned to the school and opened The problem did not occur in space, but on the ground after Challenger had landed The container remained in the desert for nearly a week before the ant colony was removed The hot,
41、dry desert air dried out the colonys container and the ants died from lack of moisture （水分） The project was termed a success because it did provide useful information Students will continue their efforts to find out exactly what went wrong They will try to prevent the same difficulties from recurrin
42、g （再发生） on future missions They dont want to be discouraged either by the death of the ants or by the $10,000 shuttle fare they will have to pay to send the next colony of ants into space 【小题 1】 The story is mainly about A Sally Rides first ride B space equipment for insects C a space experiment wit
43、h ants D going to school in New Jersey 【小题 2】 The project wasnt a failure because A some important things were learned B dead ants are better C everything went as expected D students wrote about it 【小题 3】 The ants died because A weightlessness harmed them B space caused too much pain C no one fed th
44、em in space D they dried out in the desert 【小题 4】 On the next space trip , ants A will be sent without people B should not be left in the desert too long C will have to pay double fare D will escape the trip completely 答案： 【小题 1】 C 【小题 2】 A 【小题 3】 D 【小题 4】 B Western New Bridge Library Announcement 2
45、008-3-10 Shortened Library Hours for Spring Break Library Hours have been shortened to 7 hours a day（ 9 00 a m -4 00 p m） for Spring Break from March 24 to March 30 Coming Events On Monday, March 24,at 10 30 a m , Scott Sutton, a childrens writer, will tell stories to kids over seven Suttons attract
46、ive style will surely inspire everyone present! At 1 00 p m on March 26, the Georgetown Musicians will present an Irish Folk Concert, which will be entertaining for the entire family Come for the music and stay to check out（完成手续拿走） some relevant（相关） books for the rest of the week! On Thursday, March
47、 27,at 2 00 p m , the annual Childrens Gathering will take place in Room 201,the second floor Pick up an invitation in the Childrens Room and return your RSVP（回复） to reserve （预定） your seat at the table by 3 00 p m on Tuesday, March 25 Only children are allowed in the Gathering At 10 30 a m on Friday, March 28, E
