1、2010年河南省周口市高二上学期期中考试英语卷 单项选择 * _ example of John shows that _ knowledge of first aid can help a lot. A The; a B An; 不填 C An; a D The; 不填 答案: A It is very cold these days. _. A So is it B So it is C It so is D Is it so 答案: B So badly _ in the car accident that he had to stay in hospital for several m
2、onths. A did he injure B injured him C was he injured D he was injured 答案: C Youd better take some money with you, _ you need it. A though B in case C even if D so long as 答案: B I can think of many cases _ students cant write a good article though having a large vocabulary. A where B which C that D
3、to which 答案: A _ catch the early bus, John got up early today. A In order that B In order to C So as to D So that 答案: B It is understandable for him to make such mistakes. You are right, _ that he is only a new hand. A considering B being considered C to be considered D considered 答案: A The opening
4、ceremony of the 11th National Games, _ in Jinan, Shandong Province from Oct.15-28 was highly praised. A to be held B being held C held D having been held 答案: C After retirement, learning a musical instrument may be harder than _ when you were a kid. A it may B it was C it does D it did 答案: B We cann
5、ot figure out _ quite a number of students were infected with the flu. A that B when C why D where 答案: C I _ of your trying to earn some money, but please dont ignore your studies. A permit B agreed C promise D approve 答案: D The boss _Mary to finish her job within a week. A suggested B insisted C de
6、manded D required 答案: D Maggie is a neat and tidy student, who likes to have everything _. A in public B in place C in return D in practice 答案: B Recently I realized the fact that I can now organize my own time, which _. A makes a good sense B makes a great contribution C makes a deep impression D m
7、akes a big difference 答案: D As an experienced journalist, he always has a nose _ a good story. A of B in C for D to 答案: C 完型填空 We make a living with what we get, but we make a life with what we give. - Winston Churchill(温斯顿丘吉尔) I am willing to 36 this saying. I have been 37 at the Boston Childrens H
8、ospital every year since I was thirteen. At the beginning, I only wanted to go 38 I would get praise for entertaining children at the 39 . After giving my time for two months, my 40 changed completely. When I first 41 into the waiting room on the ground floor, I was very 42 that I would be spending
9、my entire summer with kids. As it became 43 for me to show up every day at 8 a.m., many kids began to 44 me. To my surprise, I began looking forward to seeing their 45 faces as well. They were always enthusiastic(热情) about 46 . My heart warmed every time I heard their 47 voices asking me for a story
10、 or an answer to a question. I felt 48 and irreplaceable. As I look back, I see the influence that these 49 children have had on me. It is because of them that I have 50 a desire to become a psychologist. Recently, I have volunteered for a month. I have been asked to 51 on many different floors besi
11、des the waiting room where I 52 . The kids on the floors above are usually there for a longer time.Despite their anxiety and desire to get better and go home, they always offer me a( n) 53 smile. I feel renewed about 54 a day with them because I realize that there is much more to 55 than money. It i
12、s much more important to love and to be loved. 【小题1】 A know B believe C respect D understand A working B studying C staying D volunteering A unless B until C after D because A hospital B school C room D building A plan B style C opinion D life A looked B stepped C turned D changed A old B busy C ner
13、vous D upset A special B curious C routine D hopeful A notice B expect C watch D annoy A foolish B bright C dirty D silent A smiling B sleeping C learning D playing A loud B crazy C deep D eager A valued B tired C disappointed D surprised A sad B harmful C special D lazy A developed B remembered C w
14、orked D improved A help out B drop in C go around D turn up A found B stood C started D gave A willing B sad C pitiful D optimistic A spending B taking C living D leaving A life B habit C nature D family 答案: 【小题 1】 B 【小题 2】 D 【小题 3】 D 【小题 4】 A 【小题 5】 C 【小题 6】 B 【小题 7】 D 【小题 8】 C 【小题 9】 B 【小题 10】 B 【
15、小题 11】 C 【小题 12】 D 【小题 13】 A 【小题 14】 C 【小题 15】 A 【小题 16】 A 【小题 17】 C 【小题 18】 D 【小题 19】 B 【小题 20】 A 阅读理解 Dear Alice, You really have two different questions here, so well discuss them one at a time. Your problems at school may be a result of a number of things . You dont say much about how these clas
16、smates get along with each other. Its possible that all the students are feeling a little cautious(谨慎的 ) in the first term. Its also possible that the others are unkind. If this is so, you have to find out why you are the class “outsider”. In your letter you say you often offer to help others with t
17、heir work. Is it possible that your classmates dont understand your offers Could it seem that you were trying to “ buy” friends with these offers Is it possible that you took no notice of your classmates when you had your good friends near you They may have felt hurt at that time. It may take a time
18、 for them to believe in you if so. Try to ask one classmate directly what the problem is. If you hear a negative answer, at least youll know what to do. Yours truly, Shelia 【小题 1】 From the letter we know that Alice was very _. A lucky B unkind C clever D unhappy 【小题 2】 From the letter, we can conclu
19、de that _. A Alice wasnt pleased with her teachers . B Alices parents made her study too hard. C Alice didnt get along well with her classmates D Alice didnt want to go to school any more 【小题 3】 Which of the following is NOT true according to the letter A Alice felt her classmates werent kind to her
20、. B Alice was very warm-hearted to help her classmates C Alice didnt want to get along well with her classmates. D Alice asked two questions in her letter 答案: 【小题 1】 D 【小题 2】 C 【小题 3】 C I am Sergey Brin! I was born in Moscow. In 1979,when I was 5, my family immigrated to California, USA . I remember
21、 that on my 9th birthday, I got my first computer “Commodore 64”. Later I graduated with honors in the University of Maryland in Mathematics and IT. The main field of my science research was the technologies used to collect data from unsystematic sources as well as large quantities of texts and scie
22、nce data. I was the author of dozens of articles in leading American academic magazines. The greatest event in my life happened when in 1998 I was preparing for the defense(论文答辩 ) of my Doctors degree in the Stanford University. There the fate made me meet Larry Pagea young computer genius. Larry be
23、longed to the intellectual society. I and Larry quickly became friends when we were working together. We were searching day and night on the Internet. We were finding a lot of information but with the feeling we still couldnt find enough of what we were looking for . Naturally the idea for a search
24、engine that would allow specific information to be found in the endless pool of data was born like it came to us. It wasnt our plans but we gave up the education at the university. You know the next part ,maybewe managed to turn an ordi nary garage in Peplo Park, California , the USA into our first
25、office, in which Google was born. With excitement we typed the name of the thing which we created with love on September 14th,1998www.G. Now after those years we bought this garage. A s a symbol it will always remind us that everything is possible. 【小题 1】 Which of the following would be the best tit
26、le for this passage A The Birth of Google B The Founder of Google C The Importance of Cooperation D The Great Contribution to the Internet 【小题 2】 From the passage we know that Larry Page_. A was born from a rich merchant family B was once a student in the Stanford University C published some academi
27、c articles when young D was Brins important partner in starting Google 【小题 3】 Why did they found Google A Because they loved working with the Internet so much. B Because they wanted to make a lot of money through the Internet C Because they hoped to make it easy to find specific information online D
28、 Because they believed everything is possible. 【小题 4】 Which is the right order of what happened a. My family moved from Russia to the USA b. I met Larry Page c. I was given a computer as a present on my 9th birthday. d. google was born in an ordinary garage in California. e. I graduated from the uni
29、versity in Mathematics and IT. A a-c-e-b-d B c-a-b-e-d C a-c-b-d-e D c-b-a-e-d 答案: 【小题 1】 B 【小题 2】 D 【小题 3】 C 【小题 4】 A Proverbs(谚语 ) are quite common in spoken English. We do not normally put them in a composition or letter. Sometimes it is helpful if you know what common proverbs mean. Here are a f
30、ew examples: Once bitten, twice shy. If a dog bites me, I shall be twice as careful in future when I see it. This proverb is also used to apply to many things and not only to dogs. If you have been cheated at a shop, you will not go to the same shop again. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
31、. If I am a hunter, trying to catch birds, it is better to catch one bird than to see two birds in a bush but not be able to catch them. Thus this means that what you have already got is better than the chance of being able to get something bigger in the future. Too many cooks spoil the broth(soup).
32、 When too many people do something together, they get in each others way and cannot do a good job. To pour oil on troubled waters Is to try to calm things down. Oil is lighter than water. If a ship is in trouble at sea, another ship may come to help it. The second ship can send small boats to rescue
33、 people. However, it may first pour oil on the sea to make the sea less rough. Dont be a dog in a manger(马槽 ). Means “ Dont be selfish.” In a stable(马厩 ), the manger is the place where the horses food is put. Sometimes a dog will sleep in the manger and bard when a horse comes to get its food. The d
34、og does not want to eat the hay in the manger but it will not let the horse eat it. Hes sitting on the fence. Means that somebody will not say whether he is in favour of a plan or against it. He is sitting on a fence between two opposing sides, perhaps waiting to see which side will win. He who pays
35、 the piper calls the tune. A piper is a musician . The man who employs or pays a musician can say what tunes the man will play. Thus this means that if a man provides the money for a plan, he can say how it will be carried out. You cant get blood out of a stone means that you cant get something out
36、of a person who has not got any of the things you want. For example, you cannot get a million dollars from a poor man. 【小题 1】 Peter had a bicycle which was much too small for him but he did not want to let his younger brother ride on it. His mother was angry and said to him : “_”. A You cannot get b
37、lood out of a stone B Dont be a dog in a manger C The early bird gets the worm D Dont be a horse in the manger 【小题 2】 Mr Wang paid for a new school. Some people did not like the design of the school but they did not argue with Mr Wang because _. A he was sitting on the fence B once bitten, twice shy
38、 C he who pays the piper calls the tune D a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush 【小题 3】 Mrs Chen wanted to buy a new dress. Her husband suggested that she buy it from a shop near their home. Mrs Chen disagreed because she had been cheated by that shop. Then she said: “ I wont go there again bec
39、ause_.” A a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush B I am sitting on the fence C Once bitten, twice shy D too man cooks spoil the broth 【小题 4】 Mr brown had quite a good job in Hong Kong but he thought that if he went to Singapore he might get a much better job with more money and a large house. H
40、is wife did not want him to leave his job in Hong Kong and she warned him that _. A a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush B too many cooks spoil the broth C you cannot get blood out of a stone D he who pays the piper calls the tune 答案: 【小题 1】 B 【小题 2】 C 【小题 3】 C 【小题 4】 A Glynis Davis: I first
41、piled on the pounds when I was in the family way and I couldnt lose them afterwards. Then I joined a slimming(减轻体重的 ) club. My aim was 40 pounds and I lost 30 pounds in six months. I felt great and people kept saying how good I looked. But Christmas came and I started to slip back into my old eating
42、 habits. I told myself Id lose the weight at slimming classes in the new year but it didnt happen. Instead of losing the pounds, I put them on. Id lost willpower and tried to believe that the odd bag of fish and chips didnt make any difference but the scales dont lie. Roz Juma: To be honest, I never
43、 weigh myself any more-Ive learned to be happy with myself. It seemed to me that I would feel sorry about every spoonful of tasty food that passed my lips. My idea is simple. You shouldnt be too much thinking about food and dieting. Instead, you should get on with life and stop dreaming of a super-t
44、hin body. This is obviously the size I meant to be and , most of all, Im happy with it. Lesley Godwin: I was very happy about winning Young Slimming of the Year. Id look in the mirror unable to believe this slim lady was me ! That might have been my problemperhaps from then on I didnt pay any attent
45、ion to myself. Winning a national competition makes everything worse, though, because you feel the eyes of the world are fixed upon you. I feel a complete failure because Ive put on weight again. Ros Langford: Before moving in with my husband Gavin, Id always been about 110 pounds, but the domestic
46、bliss(福佑 ) went straight to my waist and I put on 15 pounds in a year. Occasionally I try to go on a dietIm really good for a few days, then end up having the childrens leftovers(吃剩的食物 ) or eating happily chocolatemy weakness. Id like to be slim, but right now my duty is the children and home. I mig
47、ht take more exercise when my kids are older. 【小题 1】 What do you think the four women were all talking about A Their life after marriage B Their own slimming matter C Their work as a housewife D Different diets they prefer 【小题 2】 Where are these short texts most likely to be taken from A Talks on th
48、e air B Advertisements in the newspaper C Books in a library D Magazines for children 【小题 3】 What does the underlined word “ scales”(paragraph 1 ) mean A the coach in the slimming club B some tool to measure weight C Glynis Davis dear husband D The salesperson in a food shop 【小题 4】 Which of the following best describes each of the four womens attitudes towards slimming 1. Glynis Davis a. I put on weight soon after I got married 2. Roz Juma b. Fame(名声