1、2011-2012学年度广东省深圳市第三高级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：填写在答题卡标号为 16-25的相应位置上。 Christopher Reeve was born in September, 1952. He was in his first school play when he was eight and he started 16 (act) in TV shows and films while he was still in college. He
2、made many successful films and TV shows but he is 17 (famous) for his Superman films. Unfortunately, disaster came in 1995 18 he fell from his horse and broke his back. The doctors did not expect him to live. 19 , he made 20 (amaze) progress. At first, he couldnt breathe 21 a machine, but he learnt
3、to breathe on his own. He would never walk again but he started a new life with great 22 (courageous). The second year after his accident, Christopher returned to film making. He also raised a lot of money to promote medical research into back injuries. He made speeches all over the USA about 23 exp
4、eriences. This not only drew public attention 24 research into back injuries but also encouraged a lot of people 25 (live) with all kinds of problems. 答案： 【小题 1】 【小题 1】 . to act/acting 【小题 1】 . most famous 【小题 1】 . when 【小题 1】 . However 【小题 1】 amazing 【小题 1】 without 【小题 1】 courage 【小题 1】 his 【小题 1】
5、to 【小题 1】 living 短语填空（注意形式）（每个 2分 , 共 10分 .） refer to as in respond to be different from on average consist of make a difference 【小题 1】 This club _ more than 200 members. 【小题 2】 It could _ between missing your train and getting to work on time. 【小题 3】 _their hospitality, we wrote a thank-you note. 【
6、小题 4】 In China, men still earn more than women _. 【小题 5】 He doesnt like to be called Tom, but prefers to _ Doctor Khee. 答案： 【小题 1】 consists of 【小题 1】 make a difference 【小题 1】 In respond to 【小题 1】 on average 【小题 1】 be referred to as 完型填空 阅读下面的短文 ,掌握其大意 , 然后从 1-15各题所给出的 A、 B、 C、 D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑
7、。 Once a young man was in deep love with a girl. This man folded 1,000 pieces of paper cranes (纸鹤 ) as a gift to his girl. Although he was a small branch manager in a company, and his _1_ didnt seem too bright, they were very _2_ together until one day, his girl told him she was going to Paris and w
8、ould never come back. She also told him that she couldnt see any future for both of them, “so lets go our own _3_ from now on” The young man was _4_, but he agreed. When he regained his _5_, he worked hard day and night, just to make something out of himself. Finally with all the _6_ work, this man
9、set up his own _7_. One rainy day, while this man was _8_, he saw an elderly couple sharing an umbrella in the rain, walking to somewhere. He _9_ that they were his ex-girlfriends (前女友 )parents, so he drove slowly beside the couple, wanting them to find him in his expensive car and to know that he h
10、ad his own company, car, etc. To the mans surprise, the couple were walking towards a cemetery (墓地 ). He got out of his car and followed them. And there he saw his ex-girlfriend a photograph of her _10_ as sweetly as ever at him from her tombstone, and those precious paper cranes in a glass bottle!
11、He walked over and asked the couple why this had happened. They explained that _11_ she did not leave for France at all. She fell ill with cancer. In her heart, she had believed that he would _12_ some day. She didnt not want her _13_ to be his barrier(障碍 ). Therefore, she chose to leave him. She as
12、ked her _14_ to put his paper cranes beside her, because if the day comes when fate brings him to her again he can take some of those back with him. The man just cried _15_. He was heartbroken once again. 1. A. appearance B. future C. salary D. apartment 2. A. happy B. pleasant C. worried D. sensiti
13、ve 3. A. futures B. goals C. ways D. courses 4. A. excited B. mad C. heartbroken D. puzzling 5. A. position B. confidence C. independence D. freedom 6. A. main B. beautiful C. hard D. heavy 7. A. office B. family C. studio D. company 8. A. running B. driving C. walking D. wandering 9. A. recognized
14、B. noticed C. understood D. memorized 10. A. glaring B. talking C. smiling D. crying 11. A. fortunately B. recently C. difficultly D. actually 12. A. come B. make C. suffer D. succeed 13. A. illness B. heart C. cranes D. sadness 14. A. husband B. parents C. friends D. son 15. A. heatedly B. hardly C
15、. sadly D. excitedly 答案： 【小题 1】 B 【小题 1】 A 【小题 1】 C 【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】 C 【小题 1】 D 【小题 1】 D 【小题 1】 A 【小题 1】 B 【小题 1】 C 【小题 1】从前文 just a small branch manager in a company（只是公司的一个小小部门经理）和后文 she couldnt see any future for both of them（她看不出她俩有任何前途）可知。 B 【小题 1】从前面
16、 although引出的让步状语从句可知，尽管他们前途不明了，但他们在一起一直很快乐。 B项 pleasant意为 “令人愉快的 ”，多指事物。 A 【小题 1】 go ones own way：走自己的路；自行其是。 “so lets go our own ways from now on”意思是：那么就让我们从现在起各走各的路吧。 C 【小题 1】女友提出分手让男孩心碎（ heartbroken），当他恢复信心（ regained his confidence）后，就日夜拼搏，终于创建了自己的公司。 conscience意为 “良心，道德心 ”，用在此处不妥。 C 【小题 1】考查名词：当
17、他重获自信。选 B。 【小题 1】考查形容词：因为非常努力工作，选 C。 . D。从后文可知 the couple是男孩前女友的父母亲，只能选 elderly才合情理。 B C 【小题 1】考查名词： set up ones company成立自己的公司。选 D 【小题 1】考查动词：从后面的句子： so he drove slowly beside the couple,可知是 driving。选 B 【小题 1】考查名词： A。 recognized：认出。 noticed（注意到）和 memorized（记住）都讲不通。选 A 【小题 1】从后文 as sweetly as ever a
18、t him可知正确答案：是 smiling，因为 talk和 sing不可以和 at搭配，而 glare（怒视） 又不可与 sweetly连用。选 C 【小题 1】从后文可知女孩实际上并不真想离开他，只因身患癌症，怕连累男孩才假借去巴黎提出与男孩分手。选 D 【小题 1】考查动词： succeed成功， make it才是：做成功；达到预定目标。女孩坚信他有朝一日定能成功。选 D 【小题 1】考查名词：她不想自己的病成为 他的障碍。选 A 【小题 1】这里是女孩临终时的遗嘱，她请父母把男孩送给她的千纸鹤装在玻璃瓶里放在她墓前，如果命运能让男孩再次来到她身边，则可以把这些纸鹤拿回去一些（作纪念）
19、选 B 【小题 1】细节题：从后面的句子： He was heartbroken once again.可知是伤心 sadly，选 C 阅读理解 OLYMPIA, March 24Luo Xuejuan, a swimming gold medalist at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games, became the fi rst Chinese person to relay the Olympic Flame in Greece on Monday, receiving the flame from the first Olympic torchbearer(火炬
20、手 ), Greek Alexandros Nikolaidis. Despite her previous experience as a torchbearer in the Beijing leg of the Athens 2004 torch relay, Luo felt honored and proud of being chosen as the first Chinese torchbearer, the Xihua News Agency reported Luo as saying in an interview. She talked about the great
21、responsibility that she felt, as she believed she was representing every Chinese athlete and even Chinese person by running her leg of the relay. Regarding missing the torch lighting ceremony because she had to be in an assigned location to wait for the flame, Luo felt no regret. “Even though I coul
22、dnt see it, I was able to feel the flame light and knew that it was happening at a place nearby,” she said. Luo expressed her belief that even if people couldnt communicate with words, the Olympic Flame enables the transmission of the Olympic spirit and brings smiles wherever it might go. In Luos mi
23、nd, the Olympic spirit represents purity, competition, friendship, enthusiasm, peace and harmony. 【小题 1】 Why didnt Luo see the torch lighting ceremony A. She was late for the ceremony. B. She was not allowed to go there. C. She waited for the flame as the next torchbearer. D. The ceremony took place
24、 at a place far away. 【小题 2】 Choose the best explanation for the underlined word “leg” in Paragraph Three. A. One of the long parts that connect the feet to the rest of the body. B. The part of a pair of trousers. C. One of the long thin parts on the bottom of a table. D. One part of a journey or ra
25、ce. 【小题 3】 Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage A. Luo Xuejuan was the first Olympic torchbearer in Greece. B. Luo had never been selected as a torchbearer before. C. Luo believed that the Olympic flame helped communication among people. D. Luo felt regretful because she missed th
26、e torch lighting ceremony. 【小题 4】 Whats the best title of the passage A. Luo Xuejuan: A Swimming Gold Medalist. B. The Torch Lighting Ceremony C. The Torch Relay Had Begun D. Luo Xuejuan: the First Chinese Torchbearer of Athens Torch Relay 【小题 5】 This passage is most likely to be seen in a . A. nove
27、l B. newspaper C. magazine D. textbook 答案： 【小题 1】 C 【小题 1】 D 【小题 1】 C 【小题 1】 D 【小题 1】 B In many parts of the world， cars play an important role in daily life and many societies would not exist without them. So the idea that in 20 years time, no one will own cars may be hard to believe. But this is t
28、he prediction made by a team of transport researchers who are taken seriously, not only by government but also by car manufacturers. The Human Science and Advanced Technology Institute at Loughboroug h in the UK is part of an international research program. The team there believes that by 2020 all c
29、ars will be computerized, which will mean much saving， no accidents and better use of roads. The super-intelligent car of the 21st century will drive itself, and it will not be owned by one individual. Instead, we will have a choice of cars and change them as frequently as we change our clothing. Ac
30、cording to Dr. David Davis， who leads the research team, these predictions are based on the rising cost of the car culture, which had blocked up our cities, polluted our air, and caused more deaths than both world wars put together. Davis says cars will be fitted with some intelligent devices to reg
31、ulate the distance between one car and another. The car will automatically speed up, or slow down, to match the speed of the car in front. Computers are much safer drivers than people, so cars in a road train will be able to drive much closer together than cars driven by people. By 2010, Dr. David D
32、avis believes, car technology will give motorists a clear view of the road, whatever the weather conditions, by projecting an image of the road ahead on to the cars windscreen. And by 2020, cars will travel in convoy linked to each other electronically. Cars will be connected by an electronic tow ba
33、r to the car in front to form “road-trains”. “The front vehicle in such a train burns the normal amount.” says Davis. “But all the others in the train would bum about ten percent 0f the normal amount, and so produce about ten percent of the pollution.” 【小题 1】 We know from the passage that government
34、s and car manufacturers . A. do not believe the prediction that no one will own cars by 2020 B. are devoted to the technological revolution in car industry C. consider the predictions seriously D. have put the super-intelligent car into mass production 【小题 2】 Which of the following will be the chara
35、cteristic of the cars of 2020 A. The car will speed up out of control B. We will own as many cars as we want C. All cars will be driven by computers D. Cars will produce more pollution than present ones 【小题 3】 The leader of the research team believes that the present car culture will change because
36、. A. cars play a very important role in daily life B. many societies would stop functioning without cars C. cars should not be owned by one individual D. it causes many deaths to human society 【小题 4】 The expression closest in meaning to the phrase “in convoy” in the last paragraph is . A. in line B.
37、 sidelong C. side by side D. shoulde r to shoulder 【小题 5】 What will happen if cars are joined to each other electronically in 2020？ A. Motorists will get a clear view of the road B. The weather condition will not have effect on motorists C. There will be less pollution caused by car D. All trains wi
38、ll burn less fuel than present 答案： 【小题 1】 C 【小题 1】 C 【小题 1】 D 【小题 1】 A 【小题 1】 C Many teenagers feel that the most important people in their lives are their friends. They believe that their family members, especially their parents, dont know them as well as their friends do. In large families, it is
39、often for brothers and s isters to fight with each other and then they can only go to their friends for advice. It is very important for teenagers to have one good friend or many friends. Even when they are not with their friends, they usually spend a lot of time talking among themselves on the phon
40、e. This communication is very important in childrens growing up, because friends can discuss something difficult to say to their family members. However, pare nts often try to choose their childrens friends for them. Some parents may even stop their children fr om meeting their good friends. The que
41、stion of choice is an interesting one. Have you ever thought of the following questions Who choose your friends Do you choose your friends or your friends choose you Have you got a good friend your parents dont like 【小题 1】 Many teenagers think their know them better than their parents do. A. friends
42、 B. teachers C. brothers and sisters D. classmates 【小题 2】 When teenagers stay alone, the usual way of communication is to . A. go to their friends B. talk with their parents C. have a discussion with their family D. talk with their friends on the phone 【小题 3】 Which of the following is different in m
43、eaning from the sentence Some parents may even stop their children from meeting their good friends. A. Some parents may even not allow their children to meet their good friends. B. Some parents may even ask their children to stay away from their good friends. C. Some parents may even not let their c
44、hildren meet their good friends . D. Some parents may want their children to stop to meet their good friends. 【小题 4】 The passage suggests (暗示 ) that _. A. Parents cannot choose friends for their children successfully B. Perhaps some childrens friends are chosen by their parents. C. Children wont let
45、 their parents choose friends for them. D. Parents often try to choose their childrens friends for them. 【小题 5】 Which of the following do you think is right according to the passage A. Parents should like everything their children enjoy. B. In all families, children can choose everything they like.
46、C. Parents should try their best to understand their children bett er. D. Teenagers can only go to their friends for help. 答案： 【小题 1】 A 【小题 1】 D 【小题 1】 D 【小题 1】 B 【小题 1】 C Scholars and researchers have tried to discover what personality characteristics go along with success in intercultural(跨文化的 )ex
47、periences. Their findings have often been unclear or incomplete. But three characteristics stand out in their reports: patience, a sense of humor, and the awareness (意识 , 认识 )of being unclear. Patience, of course, is the ability to keep calm even when things do not go as one wants them to, or hopes
48、they will, or has even been sure they will. Impatience sometimes brings improvements in relations with other people, but usually it does not. A person with a sense of humor is less likely to take things too seriously and more ready to see the humor in his own reactions than a humorless person. The v
49、alue of a sense of humor really needs to be paid more attention to. The awareness of being unclear is a more difficult concept than patience or a sense of humor. Foreigners often find themselves in situations that are unclear to the newcomers. That is, they do not know what is happening in the situation. Perhaps they do not understand the local language well
