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1、海 淀 区 高 二 年 级 第 二 学 期 期 中 练 习2013.04班级： 姓名：二、单项选择（共10小题，每小题1分，共10分）13. In my opinion, Tom is such _ sportive boy that he _ strong of the two brothers.A. a; aB. the; theC. a; theD. the; a14. San Francisco is really a fascinating city and weve decided to stay for f_ two week.A. othersB. anotherC. the

2、otherD. other15. Mum, can I play football with Tom this afternoon?You can go out to play _ you finish your homework first.A. unlessB. in caseC. even ifD. provided that16. Peter, mum and dad have decided to take us to Australia this summer vacation!Finally! We _ a different holiday then!A. have spent

3、B. will be spendingC. will have spentD. have been spending17. In my childhood, when my parents were away, it was my grandma who _ accompany me to school.A. wouldB. couldC. shouldD. might18. It is not clear _ the reform on reducing the burden on students can really work.A. couldB. couldC. shouldD. mi

4、ght19. Hurry up! Your soup _ cold by the time you _ this book.Yes, Im coming.A. gets; finishB. gets; will finishC. will get have finishedD. will get; will finish20. Without the support of 332 votes, Obama _ president of the US.A. wouldnt be electedB. wouldnt have been electedC. wont be electedD. won

5、t have been elected21. I love Joana! She was standing by me when I was challenged in yesterdays debate.Thats _ a real friend is for.A. whatB. howC. whyD. who22. Will you go to the suburb for the holiday?No. Im fully occupied, for there are so many problems _.A. remaining to settleB. remained settlin

6、gC. remaining to be settledD. remained to be settled三、完形填空 （共20小题，每小题1分，共20分）If OnlyHaving worked at a 7-Eleven store for two years, I thought I had become successful at what our manager calls “customer relations”. I firmly believed that a _23_ smile and an automatic “sir”, “mama”, and “thank you” w

7、ould see me through any _24_ that I might meet. But one night an old woman _25_ my faith that a glib response could smooth over the rough spots of dealing with others.The moment she entered, the woman presented a sharp _26_ to our shiny store with its bright lighting and neatly arranged shelves. Wal

8、king as if each step were _27_, she slowly pushed open the glass door and lamely _28_ her way down the nearest aisle(通道). On such a cold night, she was wearing only a dress, a thin, sweater too small to _29_, and there were no stockings or socks on her splotchy, blue-veined legs. After _30_ around t

9、he store for several minutes, the old woman stopped in front of the rows of canned vegetables. She _31_ up some corn niblets (玉米粒) and stared with a strange at the label. At stood close to her, my _32_ became harder to maintain her sweater was smelly and dirty.To my bright “Can I help you?” she repl

10、ied “I need some food, any kind.”“Well, the corn is ninety-five cents,” I said in my most helpful voice. “Or, if you like, we have a _33_ on sausage today.”“I cant pay,” she said.For a second, I intended to say, “Taken the corn.” But the employee rules _34_ into my mind:” Remain polite, but do not l

11、et customers know that you are in _35_. “. For a moment, I even held the idea that this was someone from the head office, _36_ my loyalty. I responded _37_, “Im sorry, but I cant give away anything for _38_.”The old womans face _39_, and her hands trembled as she put the can back on the shelf. She p

12、assed me towards the door, her worn and dirty clothing hardly _40_ her bent back.Moments after she left, I rushed out the door with the can of corn, _41_ she was nowhere in sight. For the rest of the day, I couldnt drive her _42_ off my mid. Wishing that I had act4ed like a human being rather a robo

13、t, I was sad to realize how fragile a hold we have on our better instincts (本能).23. A. hiddenB. friendlyC. weakD. forced24. A. regulationB. discriminationC. situationD. atmosphere25. A. shookB. provedC. supportedD. doubted26. A. contrastB. conflictC. dropD. increase27. A. awfulB. carefulC. stressful

14、D. painful28. A. feltB. pushedC. madeD. fought29. A. dressB. buttonC. mendD. fold30. A. showingB. examiningC. waitingD. wandering31. A. tookB. turnedC. pickedD. sent32. A. smileB. gestureC. patienceD. attention33. A. tasteB. dropoutC. welfareD. special34. A. brokeB. crowdedC. turnedD. flooded35. A.

15、responseB. advanceC. controlD. trouble36. A. suspectingB. testingC. admiringD. performing37. A. curiouslyB. silentlyC. dutifullyD. unconsciously38. A. freeB. joyC. profitD. reward39. A. darkenedB. weakenedC. lightenedD. frightened40. A. protectingB. coveringC. showingD. exposing41. A. andB. butC. si

16、nceD. as42. A. behaviorB. smellC. expressionD. image三、阅读理解第一节 （共12小题，每小题2分，共24分）A Maurice Sendak, the award-winning writer and illustrator, died on May 8th, 2012. During his career he produced more than 100 childrens books. For over sixty years, his artistic skill brought to life richly imaginative

17、worlds filled with children, animals and magical creatures. Two of his works, Where the Wild Thing Are and In the Night Kitchen, gave new ideas to modern childrens literature.Maurice Sendak was born in 1928 in New York City. His parents were Jewish immigrants from Poland. As a child, Maurice was oft

18、en sick. As a result, he stayed home and read books and drew pictures to entertain himself.Maurice became known for stories that were often dark and intense. For example, Outside Over There is about a kidnapped（绑架） baby. Her sister leaves the safety of home to rescue the baby from a strange and drea

19、m-like world. Maurice said he got the idea for the story from a real-life kidnapping in 1932. The baby son of the famous pilot Charles Lindbergh was kidnapped from home and murdered. Maurice was only a small child at the time. But he never forgot his fear as he listened to the radio broadcasts about

20、 the baby kidnapping.Maurice grew up with continuous reminders about death. When he was sick, his grandmother dressed him in white clothes that she thought would help him avoid dying. During World War Two, many of his family members were murdered in the Nazi German death camps. He remembers his moth

21、er screaming and cry8ing each time she learned that another family member had been killed. Sometimes, his parents would talk about he dead relatives, especially the children.These influences help explain an important part of Maurice Sendaks books. They often show children dealing with and overcoming

22、 evil forces and other complex situations. many of his stories are about a child trying to survive while facing fears or other difficult feelings. In his books, he skillfully combined adults point of view with childrens, and the dark and light in all of us.43. From the first paragraph we know that _

23、.A. Maurice Sendak got awarded because of two famous booksB. Maurice Sendak is a productive writer of childrens booksC. Maurice Sendaks works childrens imaginationD. Maurice Sendaks works deal with modern childrens life44. In his childhood, Maurice Sendak _.A. often got sick of the outside worldB. m

24、oved from Poland with his parentsC. enjoyed himself in reading and drawingD. was afraid to listen to radio broadcast45. What can we learn about Maurice Sendaks family?A. His mother often reminded him of the dead relatives.B. His grandmother preferred to be dressed in white.C. Many of his family memb

25、ers were killed by Nazi.D. His parents witnessed the baby kidnapping.46. What are Maurice Sendaks books often about?A. His own experience as a small child.B. Children getting over tough situations.C. Adults point of view combined with childrens.D. Dark and intense stories during World War Two.B.IBM,

26、 the technology company has released its latest “5 in 5” report. The expert think five development will become reality within the next five years. Scientists at IBM and other companies are researching ways to make the predictions come true.They say people will soon have a way to just think about cal

27、ling or e-mailing someone in order to make it happen. Its a simple ability to command a system to do something for you without actually doing or saying anything, literally thinking and having something happen as a result thats accurate. Something with really deep capability so that a person, for ins

28、tance, a quadriplegic, a paraplegic can actually utilize brainwaves to make things happen and basically run their own lives independently.Another prediction is a way for people to power their homes and offices using energy from activities like walking or running. For example, you can see somebody in

29、 the third world who has access to a phone or a smart phone but doesnt have access to the power grid（电力网）, and literally a shoe can help gain energy from walking and can charge the battery to enable that person to actually become a connected with the rest of the world.Passwords could soon become a t

30、hing of the past. Some of the most common biometrics used to identify people are fingerprints, face and voice recognition, and iris scans. The iris is the colored part of the eye. Dr. Bernie Myerson says this technology will soon be more widely used by money machines and other devices. Another predi

31、ction is from the experts at EBM: better technology to prevent unwanted e-mail. The device, as you act upon it, as you eliminate mail, you dont read it, you just look at it and kill it, after a while it learns your habits and works for you as your assistant by eliminating stuff you never wanted anyw

32、ay,” says Dr. Bernie Myerson.The last on IBMs 5 in 5 list is an end to the digital divide between those who have technology and those who do not. Dr. Bernie Myerson says, Think about the digital divide today: the haves and the have-nots, people who are and are not connected. We expect within five ye

33、ars, better than80% coverage of the worlds populations by cellular to smartphones. At that point, imagine having, for instance, the ability to speak openly with anybody anywhere, anytime and any language - real time translation.47. In the first prediction, people will soon have a way to make things

34、happen by _.A. using brainwavesB. e-mailing somebodyC. making a callD. talking to somebody48. from the example in Para. 3, we can learn that in the third world _.A. people may have no access to electricityB. more people are possessing smart phonesC. people can gain energy merely from shoesD. scienti

35、sts are trying to set up the power grid49. The “device” mentioned in Para. 5 can help you to _.A. from your e-mail reading habitB. read e-mail as your assistantC. send e-mail much more freelyD. delete your unwanted e-mail50. What can be inferred from the last paragraph?A. The problem with the digita

36、l divide has been dealt with.B. Only 20% of people still have no access to hi-tech phones.C. There may be no language barriers among people using smart phones.D. People from every corner of the world can be connected by the Internet.CScientists Announce Age of Tailored Cancer CareThanks to Your DNAA

37、 decade ago it took tense of millions of pounds and many years to sequence the complete genome of one individual. Now it takes a few hundred pounds and a couple of days to decode the entire DNA of a cancer cell.The rapid pace of change in DNA sequencing is leading to a transformation in the diagnosi

38、s and treatment of cancer. In the coming decade every cancer patient will receive a genetic profile of their disease, scientists predict.An age of personalized medicine where patients receive tailored treatments based on their DNA rather than just their symptoms could end the one-drug-treats-all app

39、roach to cancer treatment, which has failed many patients in the past, they said.The revolution will also mean that the classic method of testing new drugs and treatments based on large scale of clinical trials with thousands of patients will be replaced by more targeted approach focused on a smalle

40、r number of individuals with known genetic profiles.Rapid DNA sequencing will signal an age where cancer drugs will be made for patients based on the type of DMA mutations (转变) carried within their tumor（肿瘤）, scientists said. “In part it might signal a significant shift in the way medicine is perfor

41、med for cancer in the 21st century,” said Professor Alan Ashworth, chief executive of the Institute of Cancer Research of London.“This is not science fiction. Its happening in a number of places around the world but we feel it will be absolutely routine within the next five to ten years for every ca

42、ncer patient,” said Professor Ashworth, adding that it could mean drugs designed for one type of cancer will be used in the treatment of quite different cancers, as scientists uncover common biochemical pathways that link one disease to another.“It opens up the possibility of using drugs in a contex

43、t in which they were not originally developed,” Professor Ashworth said. It could also change the whole approach to drug development and clinical trials. He added, “In the past, drugs have been developed with large clinical trials involving thousands of patients and working out what is best for the

44、average patient. What we are saying now is to look at what is best for the individual patient. It may be that in certain rare cancer types, a drug may be considered effective, even though there may well never be clinical trial evidence to prove it.”51. The underlined word “tailored” in Para. 3 proba

45、bly means _.A. fitting one personB. well designedC. conveniently madeD. aiming at common people52. Compared with the new approach, the old method of drug development _.A. is focused on a small number of patientsB. is based on a large number of tests on patientsC. works out what is best for one parti

46、cular patientD. cannot produce trial evidence to prove a drugs effect53. It can be inferred from the passage that _.A. A decade ago patients with unknown genetic profiles cannot be treated.B. Cancer treatment in the future will be mainly based on the symptoms of the patients.C. the revolution in can

47、cer treatment is a result of the rapid change in DNA sequencing.D. Up to now the one-drug-treats-all approach to cancer treatment has been working properly.第二节 （共4小题；每小题2分，共8分）根据短文内容，从短文后的五个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有一项为多余选项。The hardest languagePeople often ask which is the most difficult language to lear

48、n, and it is not easy to answer because there are many factors to take into consideration. Firstly, in a first language the differences are unimportant as people learn their mother tongue naturally. _55_.A native speaker of Spanish, for example, will find Portuguese much easier to learn than a nativ

49、e speaker of Chinese, for example, because Portuguese is very similar to Spanish, while Chinese is very different._56_. The greater the differences between the second language and our first, the harder it will be for most people to learn. _57_. Teachers and the circumstances in which the language is

50、 learned also play an important role, as well as each learners motivation for learning. If people learn a language because they need to use it professionally, they often learn it faster than people studying a language that has no direct use in their day to day life.Apparently, British diplomats and

51、other embassy staff have found that the second hardest language is Japanese, which will probably come as no surprise to many, but the language that they have found to be the most problematic is Hungarian, which has 35 cases forms of a nouns according to whether it is subject, object, etc. _58_ In th

52、e case of Hungarian for British learners, it is not a question of the writing system, which uses a similar alphabet, but the grammatical complexity, though native speakers of related languages may find it easier, while struggling with languages that the British find relatively easy.No language is ea

53、sy to learn well, though languages which are related to our first language are easier. Learning a completely different writing system is a huge challenge, but that does not necessarily make a language more difficult than another. In the end, it is impossible to say that there is one language that is

54、 the most difficult language in the world.A. In this case, first language can affect learning a second languageB. Some people seem to learn languages readily, while others find it very difficult.C. Regardless of this, it is difficult to gain a good knowledge of every language.D. Individuals from dif

55、ferent cultures will find different languages more difficult.E. So the question of how hard a language is to learn is only relevant when learning a second language.四、单句翻译 （共4小题；每小题2分，共8分）根据中文提示，完成下列句子。1. 我们搬到德国后，孩子们很快就适应了这一变化。After we moved to Germany, the children _ the change very quickly.2. 随着岁月的

56、流逝，人们逐渐地意识到环境保护的重要性。As time went on, people came to _ the importance of environmental protection.3. 尽管中国政府一直致力于改善空气质量，但是短期内目标可能很难达到。Although the Chinese government has been _ air condition, the target may be hard to reach within a short time.4. 到本世纪末，我们将已经在太阳系中发现其他的适合居住的地方。_, we will have discovered other places in our