1、2010年安徽省蚌埠二中高二上学期期中考试英语卷 单项选择 * In China,_ bus is _ popular means of transportation. A the; a B a; / C the; the D a; the 答案： A With the world changing fast, we have something new _ with all by ourselves every day. A deal B dealt C to deal D dealing 答案： C _ to his surprise, he found a lot of farmers
2、_. A Much; seating B Much; seated C Great; sitting D Greatly; sitting 答案： B It is said that Chinese are eating _eggs per person today as they did in the 1970s. A more than twice as many B more than twice C as twice D twice more 答案： A we must give up this plan for were _ funds. A lacked B lack for C
3、for lack of D lacking in 答案： D - Go for hiking this Saturday, OK - _ . I like getting close to nature. A I couldnt agree more B I believe not C Im afraid not D I dont think so 答案： A Eating too much fat can _ heart disease and cause high blood prssure. A result from B contribute to C attend to D devo
4、te to 答案： B _into the house, the thief was soon caught by the police. A Having seen him steal B Seen stolen C Seen stealing D Seeing him steal 答案： C In such a fierce competition, a person has to make every effort if he _. A has succeeded B is to succeed C would succeed D will succeed 答案： B Only when
5、 _ possible to settle the problem. A does the chief editor come will it be B the chief editor comes will it be C has the chief editor come will it be D the chief editor comes it will be 答案： B I was told that there were about 50 foreign students _ Chinese in the school, most _ were from Japan. A stud
6、y; of whom B study; of which C studying; of which D studying; of whom 答案： D You look very tired. You _ late last night. A neednt sit up B didnt need to sit up C shouldnt sit up D neednt have sat up 答案： D _is known to us all is that the old writer for _life was hard in the past , still works very har
7、d in his eighties. A What; whom B As; whom C It; whose D What; whose 答案： A -Were all the toys for the children carried to their new house？ -No,_ only some of them. A it was B they were C there were D there was 答案： A The young _eaten up almost everything ,and one and a half bananas _ left on the tabl
8、e. A is; are B are; is C has; have been D have; has been 答案： D 完型填空 One evening, Mr. Green was driving his car along a lonely country road. He had _36_$10,000 from the bank in town. Suddenly a man in rags（衣衫褴褛） stopped him and asked for _37_. Mr. Green told him to get on and continued his way. _38_
9、he talked to the man, he _39_ that he had just broken out of prison. Mr. Green was very afraid at the _40_ of the money. Suddenly he saw a police-car and had a _41_ idea. He _42_ on speed and drove as quikly as possible. Then he found the police-car running _43_ him. After a mile the police-car pass
10、ed him and ordered him to _44_. A policeman came up. Mr. Green hoped to tell him about the trouble but the man put a gun to Mr. Greens _45_. The policeman said he wanted Mr. Greens name and _46_ amd Mr. Green obeyed. The policeman wrote it down in his notebook and put it in his _47_. “You _48_ appea
11、r at the police station,” he said, Then he talked to Mr. Green about _49_ driving. Mr. Green started up his car again. He had given _50_ all hope of his $10,000, but as he reached a more lonely part, the robber said he wanted to _51_, Mr. Green stopped and the man said , “_52_, Youve been _53_ to me
12、. This is what I can do in _54_.” And he handed Mr. Green the policemans _55_, which was stolen while the policeman was talking to Mr. Green. 【小题1】 A taken B held C brought D drawn A money B help C a lift D a ride A As B Since C Then D Because A recognized B learned C supposed D expected A sight B i
13、dea C touch D thought A fast B bright C strange D practical A put B got C took D had A behind B with C after D ahead of A go B stop C stand D park A head B shoulder C back D neck A number B home C place D address A car B pocket C hand D trousers A shall B will C would D need A careful B fast C carel
14、ess D dangerous A out B away C up D in A run away B break away C set out D get out A Im sorry B Youre welcome C Thats all right D Thank you A kind B polite C known D necessary A all B fact C return D the end A gun B pen C money D notebook 答案： 【小题 1】 D 【小题 1】 C 【小题 1】 A 【小题 1】 B 【小题 1】 D 【小题 1】 B 【小题
15、 1】 A 【小题 1】 C 【小题 1】 B 【小题 1】 C 【小题 1】 D 【小题 1】 B 【小题 1】 A 【小题 1】 D 【小题 1】 C 【小题 1】 D 【小题 1】 D 【小题 1】 A 【小题 1】 C 【小题 1】 D 【小题 1】 D。 take 意为 “拿走，带去 ”，与句意不符； draw 意为 “提取、领取 ”，可用于在银行取款。 【小题 1】 C。 a lift 意为 “搭便车 ”，与题意吻合。 【小题 1】 A。 as 意为 “当 时 ”。 【小题 1】 B。 learn 意为 “获悉、认识到 ”。此句意为：当司机和那搭车人谈话时，意识到此人是从监狱逃跑的
16、。 【小题 1】 D。 at the thought of 意为 “一想到 ”。此句意为：一想到钱司机就非常害怕。 【小题 1】 B。 a bright idea 意为 “一个巧主意 ”。 【小题 1】 A。 put on speech 意为 “加速 ”，与后面 drove as quickly as possible相一致。 【小题 1】 C。 run after 意为 “跟随、跟踪 ”。 【小题 1】 B。 or so 意为 “大约、左右。表示警察大约跟踪了一英里左右。 【小题 1】 C。从当时的情景分析可知：警察在询问司机时，逃犯为了避免警察发现，只能用枪对准司机的背部 (back)隐蔽
17、处，不可能对准警察看得到的部位。 【小题 1】 D。警察记录的是司机的姓名和住址 (address) 【小题 1】 B。记录本应放在警察的衣袋里，逃犯才可能偷得到。 【小题 1】 A。 shall用于第二人称，有命令的语气。 【小题 1】 D。 dangerous 意为 “危险的 ”，这里有两个意思：一是开 车快危险；二是车有逃犯在车上开车危险。 【小题 1】 C。 give up 意为 “放弃 ”，显然司机只理解了警察的的话的第一个意思，所以他对他的钱的安全失望了。 【小题 1】 D。由下文可知：逃犯要下车 (get out)。 【小题 1】 D。由于上下文可知：逃犯认为司机很友好，没有告密
18、，所以十分感谢他 (Thank you)。 【小题 1】 A。司机没有告密，在逃犯看来司机是很友好的 (kind)。 (from ) 【小题 1】 C。既然司机救了逃犯，逃犯十分感激，所以想做件好事 (把警察的记录本还 给警察 )作为回报 (in return)。 【小题 1】 D。由后面的定语从句可知：交给司机的东西是警察的记录本。 阅读理解 The painter Georgia Okeeffe was born in Wisconsin in 1887 and grew up on her familys farm. At seventeen she decided she wanted
19、 to be an artist and left the farm for schools in Chicago and New York, but she never lost her bond with the land. Like most painters, OKeeffe painted the things that were most important to her, and nearly all her works are simplified portrayals of nature. OKeeffe became famous when her paintings we
20、re discovered and exhibited in New York by the photographer Levered Stieglitz, whom she married in 1924. During a visit to New York in 1929, OKeeffe was so moved by the bleak（荒凉的） landscape and broad skies of the Western desert that she began to paint its images. Cows skulls and other bleached（变白的）
21、bones found in the desert figured prominently（突出的） in her paintings. When her husband died in 1946, she moved to New Mexico permanently and used the horizon lines of the desert, colorful flowers, rocks, barren(贫瘠的 ) hills, and the sky as subjects for her paintings. Although OKeeffe painted her best
22、known works in the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s, she continued to produce tributes（贡品、颂词） to the Western desert until her death in 1986. OKeeffe is widely considered to have been a pioneering American modernist painter. While most early modern American artists were strongly influenced by European art, OKe
23、effes position was more independent. She established her own vision and preferred to view her painting as a private endeavor. Almost from the beginning, her work was more indentifiably American than that of her contemporaries in its simplified and idealized treatment of color, light, space, and natu
24、ral forms. 【小题 1】 Which of the following best tells what this passage is about A OKeeffe was a distinctive modern American painter. B OKeeffe was the best painter of her generation. C OKeeffe liked to paint only what was familiar to her. D OKeeffe used colors and shapes that are too reduced and simp
25、le. 【小题 2】 Which of the following is NOT mentioned as an influence on OKeeffes paintings A Her rural upbringing B Her life in the West C The works of European artists D The appearance of the natural landscape 【小题 3】 Which of the following is most similar to OKeeffes relationship with nature A A phot
26、oghraphers relationship with a model. B A writers relationship with a publisher. C A students relationship with a teacher D A carpenters relationship with a hammer. 【小题 4】 Why is OKeeffe considered an artistic pioneer A Her work became influential in Europe. B She painted the American Southwest. C H
27、er paintings had a definite American style. D She painted things that were familiar to her. 答案： 【小题 1】 A 【小题 1】 C 【小题 1】 A 【小题 1】 C 【小题 1】根据 and nearly all her works are simplified portrayals of nature.她的作品都是简单的描写大自然的，故选 A。 【小题 1】 While most early modern American artists were strongly influenced by
28、European art, OKeeffes position was more independent.及上文描述可知她没有受到欧洲艺术的影响，故选 C。 【小题 1】根据 used the horizon lines of the desert, colorful flowers, rocks, barren(贫瘠的 ) hills, and the sky as subjects for her paintings. 描述 她主要是以自然景观作为绘画对象，这和摄影师有相似之处，故选 A。 【小题 1】根据 American modernist painter. While most ea
29、rly modern American artists were strongly influenced by European art, OKeeffes position was more independent. She established her own vision可知他的作品有自己的风格，故选 C。 According to a report by the China News Weekly, Chinese white collars are becoming fully occupied in the office. They pursue many of their ac
30、tivities in the office building, eating, doing exercise, resting, playing games or even dating. In large cities such as Shenzhen, Shanghai and Beijing, where economy is developing at a fast speed, office workers face an increasing work pressure day by day and many of them have begun to make office t
31、heir home. As the young generation in society, most of them are aged between 25 and 45. In the eyes of outsiders, they enjoy a comfortable life: they lead the fashion trend in the city and earn a high salary; they enjoy a flexible working schedule and a very good working environment; having a good e
32、ducation background, they dont have to worry that one day they will lose their jobs. However, only the white collars themselves know what others see as a good life is in fact a boring life. They often work extra hours, suffer from loss of creative ability and have little time to make friends. When t
33、hey go off from work late at night, somethimes they might think of asking for a leave the next day and having a holiday somewhere. However, when a new day begins, they find everything back to normal and themselves pushed by new tasks. In fact, even if they dont work extra hours in the office, they h
34、ave no place to go. Many of the young people are fresh from college, or have come to work in large cities from their hometowns. As newcomers, they havent established （建立） a social network. They have few friends to go dating. Meanwhile, many of them face a great pressure for earning money to buy a ho
35、use or a car. If they cannot afford to buy these, they still have to work to pay for high apartment rents and communication fares. 【小题 1】 The underlined sentence probably means _ A Chinese white collars are not allowed to get out of the office B The office is crowded with Chinese white collars C Chi
36、nese white collars make the office filled with odds and ends D Chinese white collars spend most of their time in the office 【小题 2】 The followings are all reasons why white collars want to have a rest EXCEPT that _ A They have to continue to stay at office after work B They feel more and more difficu
37、lt to think up a good idea C They have no interest in anything D They have little time to make friends 【小题 3】 The main idea of the third paragraph is that_ A white collars are admired by other people B white collars neednt worry about losing jobs C white collars can earn high salary and work freely
38、D white collars are in the lead in the way of behaving 【小题 4】 From the passage , we can infer that _ A white collars are all workaholics who regard the office as home B white collars suffer from material and mental pressure in life C white collars are the models of young people in society D people h
39、ave a good understanding of what white collars life is 答案： 【小题 1】 D 【小题 1】 C 【小题 1】 A 【小题 1】 B A NATIONWIDE BESTSELLER Its likely that everything you learned about Americas ancient history is wrong. The new book, 1491, completely changes our understanding of the Americas before the arrival of Columb
40、us in 1492. When Columbus landed there were probably more people in the Ameicas than there were in Europe. The peoples of North America had such healthy lifestyles that as late as the 19th century they continued to be the tallest people on earth. Facts have shown that the Americas were populated as
41、long as 33000 years ago. 4000 years ago Mesoamerican farmers developed corn in a feat （技艺） of genetic engineering that still isnt completely understood. Comments On 1491 “In the tradition of Jared Diamond& John McPhee, a totally new view of pre-Columbian America.” - Richard Rhodes “Attractively writ
42、ten and really absorbing Charles C. Mann has produced a book thats part detective story, part epic（史诗） and part tragedy（悲剧） . He has taken on a vast topic: thousands of years, two huge continents, and cultures.” -Charles Matthews, San Jase Mercury News “Powerful and challenging.” - Alan Taylor, Wash
43、ington Post “A pleasure to read as well as a wonderful education.” - Howard Zinn 【小题 1】 On the whole, 1491 is a book mainly about Amercas _ A life-style B population C history D agriculture 【小题 2】 Which of the following is NOT TURE about the comments on the book 1491 A It is interesting and instruct
44、ive. B It is attractive and culturally related. C It is challenging and revolutionary. D It is humorous and persuasive 【小题 3】 From this passage, we can learn _. A people settled in the Americas a little earlier than 1492 B North Americans were the tallest in the 18th century in the world C Mesoameri
45、can farmers knew genetic engineering 5000 years ago D the population in the Americas was smaller than that in Europe in 1492 答案： 【小题 1】 C 【小题 1】 D 【小题 1】 B A cheap drug that can stop bleeding in people recently injured in an accident could potentially save the lives of tens of thousands worldwide, a
46、 new study says. Researchers studied the effects of tranexamic acid （凝血酸） , or TXA, in more than 10,000 injured people in 40 countries who received the drug within 8 hours of being injured. The study was published in the medical journal Lancet. Doctors found that patients who got TXA had a 15percent
47、 lower chance of dying from hemorrhage than those who didnt get it . They also had a 10 percent lower chance of dying from any other cause, including organ failure and a head injury. The study was paid for by the British government. The drug is commonly used in wealthy countries during elective surg
48、eries(外科手术 ) to stop bleeding , but isnt used for accident victims. TXA is off-patent and made by many companies. It costs about $4.5 per gram, and a typical dose is two grams. It is usually given via an injection（注射） and would be relatively easy to introduce, even in poor countries, experts said. Previous tests of the drug regarded its use in electi
