1、2010年广东省执信中学高二上学期期中考试英语卷 其他 阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案：填写在答卷标号为 1-10的相应位置上。 We are all in the position of the farmer. If we plant a good seed, we _【小题 1】 _（ get） a good harvest. If our seed is poor and full of weeds, well get a _【小题 2】_ (use) crop. If we dont plant a
2、nything, well harvest nothing at all. I want the future to be better _【小题 3】 _ the past. I dont want it _【小题 4】 _ (pollute) by the mistakes and errors _【小题 5】 _ which history is filled. We should all _【小题 6】_ (concern) about the future because that is _【小题 7】 _ we will spend the rest of our lives. T
3、he past is gone and static. Nothing we can do will change it. The future is _【小题 8】 _ us and it is dynamic. Everything we do will affect it. Each day it will bring us new frontiers in our homes and in our businesses as long as we recognize _【小题 9】 _. We are just at _【小题 10】 _ beginning of the progre
4、ss in every field of human efforts. 答案： 【小题 1】 will get 【小题 2】 useless 【小题 3】 than 【小题 4】 polluted 【小题 5】 with 【小题 6】 be concerned 【小 题 7】 where 【小题 8】 before 【小题 9】 them 【小题 10】 the 汉译英（共 5小题，每小题 1.5分，满分 7.5分） 【小题 1】看起来一些自然灾害应归咎于全球变暖。 【小题 2】出生于北京的一个工人家庭，她 5岁就开始打乒乓球。（过去分词作状语） 【小题 3】只有当你经历了很多磨难后 , 你才
5、知道幸福的可贵。 (倒装 ) 【小题 4】在某人受伤时，懂得急救知识能发挥重要的作用。（强调句） 【小题 5】除了作为一种有趣而且有益的运动外，游泳还是一项很有用的技能。 答案： 【小题 1】 It seems that global warming could be to blame for the natural disasters. 【小题 2】 Born in a workers family in Beijing, she began to play table tennis at the age of five. 【小题 3】 Only if you experience much
6、 hardship can you value happiness. 【小题 4】 It is a knowledge of first aid that can make a real difference when someone is hurt. 【小题 5】 Apart from being fun and good exercise, swimming is also a very useful skill. 请根据句子意思，选用适当词或用所给词的适当形式填空。 11. 【小题 1】 Because of the lack of the _ （ motivate） to study,
7、 he failed to pass the final exams. 12. 【小题 2】 The patient was quite beyond the possibility of _（ recover） . 13. 【小题 3】 Only by _（ acquire） a good knowledge of English can you do international business successfully. 14.【小题 4】 Diamond necklaces and rings had been _ (beauty) arranged on a background o
8、f black velvet. 15. 【小题 5】 However, I lost sight of Wang Ping when we reached _ looked like a large market. 16. 【小题 6】 _ rushed a tiger from among the bushes. As a result, a tourist was scared to death. 17. 【小题 7】 Unless _(change), this law will make life difficult for farmers. 18.【小题 8】 In China, e
9、specially in Shanghai, there was a time _ many senior students wanted to study abroad. 19. 【小题 9】 Believe it or not, there is no such thing _ standard English. 20. 【小题 10】 - I saw no more than one motor car in that shop. Will you go and buy it - No, Id rather find _ in other shops. 答案： 【小题 1】 motiva
10、tion 【小题 2】 recovery 【小题 3】 acquiring 【小题 4】 beautifully 【小题 5】 what 【小题 6】 Out 【小题 7】 changed 【小题 8】 when 【小题 9】 as 【小题 10】 one 完型填空 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从 16-30各题所给的四个选项（ A、 B、 C和 D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 Every year on my birthday, from the time I turned twelve, a white gardenia(栀子花 ) was delivered to my
11、 house. No card or note came with it. _16_ to the flower shop were always useless-it was a cash _17_. After a while I stopped trying to _18_ who the sender was and just delighted in the beauty and perfume of the white flower. But I never _19_ imagining who the sender might be. My mother asked me whe
12、ther there was someone for whom I had done a(n)_20_ kindness who might be showing _21_. Perhaps the neighbor I helped when she was _22_ a car full of groceries. Or maybe it was the old man _23_ the street whose mail I helped to get during the _24_ so he wouldnt have to venture down his icy steps. As
13、 a teenager, _25_, I had more fun guessing that it might be a _26_ who had noticed me _27_ I didnt know him. One month before my high school graduation, my father died of a heart attack. I was completely _28_ in my upcoming graduation and the dance. I forgot the dance and the dress for it. The next
14、day before the dance, I found a dress on the sofa. I didnt _29_ if I had a new dress or not, but my mother did. She wanted her children to feel loved and be lovable, imaginative, believing that there was a magic in the world and beauty in the face of hard times. Actually my mother wanted her childre
15、n to see themselves much like the gardenia-lovable, _30_ and perfect. The gardenia stopped coming when my mother died. 【小题1】 A Calls B Quarrels C Messages D Letters A service B deal C bargain D offer A recognize B imagine C wonder D discover A failed B stopped C succeeded D enjoyed A special B commo
16、n C valuable D important A concern B attitude C interest D appreciation A repairing B washing C unloading D starting A across B through C from D onto A spring B summer C autumn D winter A though B anyway C therefore D indeed A friend B superman C teacher D boy A as if B even though C in case D so th
17、at A disappointed B uninterested C discouraged D concentrated A wonder B believe C care D know A strong B beautiful C smelly D lucky 答案： 【小题 1】 A 【小题 2】 B 【小题 3】 D 【小题 4】 B 【小题 5】 A 【小题 6】 D 【小题 7】 C 【小题 8】 A 【小题 9】 D 【小题 10】 A 【小题 11】 D 【小题 12】 B 【小题 13】 B 【小题 14】 C 【小题 15】 A 阅读理解 I am a writer. I
18、spend a great deal of my time thinking about the power of language the way it can evoke （唤起） an emotion, a visual image, a complex idea, or a simple truth. Language is the tool of my trade. And I use them all all the Englishes I grew up with. Born into a Chinese family that had recently arrived in C
19、alifornia, Ive been giving more thought to the kind of English my mother speaks. Like others, I have described it to people as broken English. But I feel embarrassed to say that. It has always bothered me that I can think of no way to describe it other than broken, as if it were damaged and needed t
20、o be fixed, as if it lacked certain wholeness. Ive heard other terms used, limited English, for example. But they seem just as bad, as if everything is limited, including peoples perceptions(认识 ) of the limited English speaker. I know this for a fact, because when I was growing up, my mothers limite
21、d English limited my perception of her. I was ashamed of her English. I believed that her English reflected the quality of what she had to say. That is, because she expressed them imperfectly her thoughts were imperfect. And I had plenty of evidence to support me: the fact that people in department
22、stores, at banks, and at restaurants did not take her seriously, did not give her good service, pretended not to understand her, or even acted as if they did not hear her. I started writing fiction in 1985. And for reasons I wont get into today, I began to write stories using all the Englishes I gre
23、w up with: the English she used with me, which for a lack of a better term might be described as broken, and what I imagine to be her translation of her Chinese, her internal (内在的 ) language, and for that I sought to preserve the essence, but neither an English nor a Chinese structure: I wanted to c
24、atch what language ability tests can never show; her intention, her feelings, the rhythms of her speech and the nature of her thoughts. 46. 【小题 1】 By saying Language is the tool of my trade, the author means that _. A she uses English in foreign trade B she is fascinated by languages C she works as
25、a translator D she is a writer by profession 47. 【小题 2】 The author used to think of her mothers English as _. A impolite B amusing C imperfect D practical 48. 【小题 3】 Which of the following is TRUE according to Paragraph 3 A Americans do not understand broken English. B The authors mother was not res
26、pected sometimes. C The author mother had positive influence on her. D Broken English always reflects imperfect thoughts. 49. 【小题 4】 The author gradually realizes her mothers English is _. A well structured B in the old style C easy to translate D rich in meaning 50. 【小题 5】 What is the passage mainl
27、y about A The changes of the authors attitude to her mothers English. B The limitation of the authors perception of her mother. C The authors misunderstanding of limited English. D The authors experiences of using broken English. 答案： 【小题 1】 D 【小题 2】 C 【小题 3】 B 【小题 4】 D 【小题 5】 A Specialists say it is
28、 not easy to get used to life in a new culture. “Culture shock” is the term these specialists use when talking about the feelings that people have in a new environment. There are three stages of culture shock, say the specialists. In the first stage, the newcomers like their new environment. Then, w
29、hen the fresh experience dies, they begin to hate the city, the country, the people, and everything else. In the last stage, the newcomers begin to adjust to their surroundings and, as a result, enjoy their life more. There are some obvious factors in culture shock. The weather may be unpleasant. Th
30、e customs may be different. The public service systemsthe telephones, post office, or transportationmay be difficult to work out. The simplest th ings seem to be big problems. The language may be difficult. Who feels culture shock Everyone does in this way or that. But culture shock surprises most p
31、eople. Very often the people having the worst culture shock are those who never had any difficulties in their own community. Coming to a new country, these people find they do not have the same established positions. They find themselves without any identity. They have to build a new self-image. Cul
32、ture shock gives rise to a feeling of disorientation （迷失方向 ） . This feeling may be homesickness. When homesick, people feel like staying inside all the time. They want to protect themselves from the strange environment, and create an escape inside their room for a sense of security. This escape does
33、 solve the problem of culture shock for the short term, but it does nothing to make the person familiar with the culture. Getting to know the new environment and gaining experience these are the long-term solutions to the problem of culture shock. 41. 【小题 1】 When people move to a new country, they _
34、. A will get used to their new surroundings with difficulty B have well prepared for the new surroundings C will get used to the culture of the country quickly D will never be familiar with the culture of the country 42. 【小题 2】 According to the passage, factors that give rise to culture shock includ
35、e all of the following except _. A language communication B weather conditions and customs C public service systems D homesickness 43.【小题 3】 According to the passage, the more successful you are at home, _. A the fewer difficulties you may have abroad B the more difficulties you may have abroad C th
36、e more money you will earn abroad D the less homesick you may feel abroad 44. 【小题 4】 When people are homesick, they tend to _. A find some people to talk to B go outside to have a walk C visit their friends far away D stay indoors all the time 45. 【小题 5】 The writer tells us that the best way to over
37、come culture shock is to _. A protect ourselves from unfamiliar environment B develop a strange sense of self-protection C get familiar with new culture D return to our own country 答案： 【小题 1】 A 【小题 2】 D 【小题 3】 B 【小题 4】 D 【小题 5】 C Michael, a typical American, stays home on workdays. He plugs into his
38、 personal computer terminal in order to connect with the office. After work, he puts on his headphones, watches a movie on his home video recorder, or plays baseball on the computer. On many days, Michael doesnt talk to any other human beings, and he doesnt see any people except the ones on televisi
39、on. Michael is imaginary, but his life style is very possible. The inventions of modern technology seem to be cutting us off from contact with our fellow human beings. The world of business is one area in which technology is isolating us. Experts say, for example, that many people will soon be able
40、to work at home. With access to a large central computer, employees such as office clerks, insurance agents, and accountants could do their jobs at display terminals in their own homes. They would never have to actually see the people theyre dealing with. In addition, the way employees are paid will
41、 change. Workers salaries will be automatically paid into their bank accounts, making paper checks unnecessary. No workers will stand in line to receive their pay or cash their check. Personal banking will change, too. Customers will deal with machines to put in or take out money from their accounts
42、. Another area that technology is changing is entertainment. Music, for instance, was once a group experience. People listened to music at concert halls or in small social gatherings. For many people now, however, music is an individual experience. Walking along the street or sitting in their living
43、 rooms, they wear headphones to build a wall of music around them. Movie entertainment is changing, too. Movies used to be social events. Now fewer people are going out to see a movie. Many more are choosing to wait for a film to appear on television or are borrowing videotapes to watch at home. Ins
44、tead of laughing with others, viewers watch movies in their own living rooms. 36. 【小题 1】 After work, Michael likes to _. A listen to music at the concert hall B watch a movie in his living room C run a program on his computer in his office D play baseball with his workmates 37. 【小题 2】 Which of the f
45、ollowing is NOT mentioned in the passage A Clerks will be able to work at home. B One can play baseball on the computer. C One can listen to music without disturbing others. D One can borrow books from libraries at home. 38. 【小题 3】 The sentence “Michael is imaginary, but his lifestyle is very possib
46、le” means _. A Michael is a person full of imagination and he can make his dreams come true B Michael is not a real person but the lifestyle does exist C Michael has ambitions but he cant make his dreams come true D Michael is a person full of imagination and his lifestyle is common nowadays 39. 【小题
47、 4】 What will the author most probably discuss after the last paragraph A Games and sports. B Personal banking. C Music and films. D International business. 40. 【小题 5】 What is the main idea of the passage A We may no longer need to communicate with other human beings. B Modern technology seems to be
48、 separating human being. C We may no longer need to work in the office. D Modern technology makes it possible for us to work and entertain ourselves at home. 答案： 【小题 1】 B 【小题 2】 D 【小题 3】 B 【小题 4】 A 【小题 5】 B My elder brother Steve, in the absence of my father who died when I was six, gave me important lessons in values that helped me grow into an adult. For instance, Steve taught me to face the results of my behavior. Once when I returned in tears from a Saturday baseball game, it was Steve who took the time
