东台中学高二上学期期中考试英语试题

学必求其心得，业必贵于专精学必求其心得，业必贵于专精学必求其心得，业必贵于专精江苏省东台中学2012—2013学年度第一学期期中考试高二英语第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节,满分35分）第一节：单项填空(共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项的标号涂黑.21.–Excuseme,Sir。Thisistheseatreservedforwomenandchildren.-—_________Isithere?Therearenowomenorchildrenonthisbus，anyway。A。WhataboutB.WhatifC。HowcomeD.Howshall22。Weallneedfriends。Lifeis______withouta_______toshareitwith。A。notfun,companyB。notfunny,companionC.nofun，companionD.nofun，company23.Ifyouhaveletoutyourfriend'ssecret,theproblemlies_______you。Youhavenorighttoblamethequarrel_______yourfriend.A。in,forB。with,withC.on，onD。with，on24.Atthebackyard,wefoundhim________onabench,withhiseyes_____onhisneighbor’sgardenofroses.A。seated;fixingB。sitting;fixingC.seated；fixedD.sitting;beingfixed25.____________，theideaofhavingtoworkunderawomanwasmorethanhecouldstand。A。WantingthejobverymuchB。AlthoughwantingthejobverymuchC.ThoughhewantedthejobverymuchD。Hewantedthejobbadly26.Therearemanypeoplewithoutstandingachievement.Idon’tknowwhythey_____me____fortheprize.A。pick;on B。pick;out C。pick；up D.pick；off27.Greatchangeshavetakenplaceinthatschool。Itisnolonger______itwastwomonthsago，_____itwasnothingbutaconstructionsite.A。what;whenB。that;whichC。what；whichD.which;that28.I’mafraidwewon'tbeabletogomuchfarther，forthegas__________.A.hasrunoutB。isusingupC.isusedupD.isrunningout29。Tenyearsagothepopulationofourvillagewasthatoftheirs.A.astwicelargeasB.twiceaslargeasC.twiceasmuchasD.astwicemuchas30．Itiscommonsensethat____foralongtimeinthesunmightseriouslydamageyourskin． A．exposed B．beingexposed C．exposing D．toexpose31．Aftertheparty,mostguestsleft,withonlytwoofthem____inthehostfamily,____himcleaningup． A．remaining,helped B．remaining，helping C．remained，helped D．remained，helped32．———Sallylikestohangoutwithsomegirlswhocarenothingabouttheirschoolwork．--—________________________。Sallyisnotagirlwhoistooconcernedabouthergrades. A．LikemotherlikedaughterB．Abirdinhandisworthmorethantwointhebush C．AllworknoplaymakesJackadullboy D．Birdsofafeatherflocktogether33．ThefirsttimeIanmethisgirlfriend’sparents，hewasonhisbestbehaviorandleftthemwitha_____impression。A。favoredB。favoriteC。favoringD.favorable34．Ifyouwanttoseeadoctor,you’dbettermakeanappointmentwithhim。Thisisacommon_______intheUSA. A。duty B。practice C.attitude D.rule35．Whichofthefollowingsentencehasthesamemeaningsas“Noteverythingthatisbestfornatureisgoodforpeople。"？ A．Everythingthatisbestfornatureisnotgoodforpeople. B．Nothingthatisbestfornatureisgoodforpeople。 C．Nothingthatisbestfornatureisnotgoodforpeople. D．Everythingthatisnotbestfornatureisgoodforpeople。第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Iknowawomanwhoalwaysfoundanexcusetolove.Imetherworkingatthemostdifficultjobofmylife-asahelperinanafter—schooldaycarecenter。Iwascompletely36.forthework；Ihadnotrainingandmytemperament（性格)seemedtobeparticularlyunsuitedtothe37..Ireminded38。thatIwashiredtowatchthechildren，playwiththemandleadartsandcrafts-notfixalloftheirproblems,ofwhichthereweremany.Andmy39。helpwasMrs.Tucker，a73-year-oldretiredsocialworkerwhoworkedwithme。Allthatstood40。_____thekidsanddisasterwasmeanda73—year—oldwoman.AndIwasn’tthatstrongadefense！ButIsoonlearnedthatMrs.Tuckerwasa41。withthesechildren。”Somechildrenjustneedmore42.，”shealwayssaid.AcaseinpointwasTimmy。Timmyreceivedspecialhelpatschoolbecauseofhis43。problems.Hewasdevelopmentallydelayed.Heoftenfoughtwithotherchildrenandwasacompulsivehair—puller。IcouldnevergetclosetoTimmy—hedidnottrustanyone.Anyone，thatis，44.Mrs。Tucker。He45.toher。Hegenuinelylovedherbecause,Icametobelieve,shelovedhim。Onedaya46.brokeoutbetweenTimmyandoneoftheotherchildren。Afterseparatingthem,Mrs.TuckerdirectedTimmytositinachair.He47。，”IHATEYOU，Mrs。Tucker！You’rea48。oldlady!Ihateyou！”"Iknowyou49.merightnow，Timmy，”shesaidfirmly,”butI’msurenotgoingtoletyoupulltheotherchildren’s50。.”AfterawhileTimmyhadcalmeddownandMrs。Tuckercalledhimover。Hischeekswerestill51_______andboredriedtearstreaks(痕迹）。Icouldnotheartheirconversation,butIsawTimmyputhisarmsaroundherneck.WhenIwalkedbyIheardhimsay,"I'msorryIcalledyouameanoldlady,Mrs.Tucker."Iknewhe52.it.AlittlelaterMrs。Tuckersaidtome，”Timmyjustneedsmorelovethanotherchildren.”Onanother53。IheardTimmy'smothersay，"Youwork54.withhim，Mrs.Tucker.Hedoesn'trespondtoanybodylikehedoestoyou.”Maybeso，butsometimes”magic"isjust55.wordfor"love."36。A.ready B。fit C.preparedD。unprepared37.A。situation B。position C。honor D。case38.A.him B.them C。myself D。ourselves39。A.best B.only C。very D.usual40。A.over B.between C.before D.behind41。A。master B.monster C。mother D.professor42。A。time B。strength C。conflict D.love43。A.mental B.emotional C。physical D。adolescent44.A.beside B.except C.besides D。exceptfor45。A。responded B。reacted C.replied D.respected46。A。debate B。battle C。fight D。war47。A.claimed B.declared C。informed D.screamed48.A。kind B.mean C。greedy D.funny49.A。misunderstand B。love C。trust D。hate50.A.arm B。hair C.leg D.clothes51.A。dirty B.cute C.clean D。angry52。A。liked B。pretended C.got D。meant53。A。aspect B.hand C.side D。occasion54.A。hard B。out C。magic D.wonder55。A。a B。another C。theother D.the第三部分：阅读理解（共15小题，每题2分，满分30分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AWithpetroleumreserve(石油储量）decreasing,thesearchisontoreplacegaswithacleaner，greeneralternative．Thoughmucheco—talkhascenteredonbiofuelsfromcornandsoybeans,thebiofuelthatlooksmorelikelyloreplacepetroleumcomesfromamostunlikelysource：algae．Algae（藻类），likecorn，soybeans,andothercrops,growthroughphotosynthesis（光合作用）andcanbeprocessedintofueloil．However,theyyield30timesmoreenergythanlandcropssuchassoybeans,accordingtotheU．S．DepartmentofEnergy．Manyalgaespeciesalsocangrowinsaltwaterandpollutedwater—whilecornandsoyrequire,arablelandandfreshwaterthatwillbeinshortsupplyastheworld’spopulationballoons．”Ifyoureplacedallthediesel(柴油）intheU．S．withsoybiodiesel，itwouldtakehalfthelandmassoftheU.S。togrowthosesoybeans,"saysMattCaspari,chiefexecutiveofAuroraBiofuels，aBerkeley,Calif-basedprivatefirmthatspecializesinalgaeoiltechnology．Ontheotherhand，theEnergyDepartmentsaysthatifalgaefuelreplacedallthepetroleumfuelintheUnitedStates,itwouldrequirel5,000squaremiles,whichisafewthousandmileslargerthatMaryland（12,407squareemiles）,the42ndstateinlandarea．Anotherbonus：Becausealgaecanbegrownjustaboutanywhereinaclosedspace,they'rebeingtestedatseveralpowerplantsacrossthenationasacarbonabsorber．Smokestackemissions（烟囱排放物）canbepumpeddirectlyintotheponds，feedingthealgaewhilekeepinggreenhousegasesoutoftheatmosphere．Althoughprocessingtechnologyforalgaefuel-alsoknownas"oilgae”insomeenvironmentalistcircles—isimproving,it'sstillyearsawayfromreachingyourlocalgaspump．”it’sjustaquestionofcost,becausenolarge-scalefacilitieshavebeenbuiltyet,”Casparisays．56．Theunderlinedword"yield"inParagraph2canbereplacedby”_______”． A．control B．givein C．grow D．produce57．Comparedwithcornandsoybeans，algae_____． A．maypollutewaterandsoil B．providemuchlessenergy C．cangrowinpoorconditions D．needmorespecialcare58．AccordingtoParagraph3,oneoftheadvantagesofproducingalgaefuelisthat____． A．itcanbeusedmorewidely B．itismoreeasytoproduce C．itneedsmuchlessland D．itcostsmuchlessmoney59．WhatdowelearnaboutalgaefromParagraph4？ A．Peoplecangrowalgaeanywhere． B．Algaehelpprotecttheenvironment。 C．Fishcangetmoreoxygenfromalgae。 D．Algaeproductlesswaste．BBirdsthatarehalf—asleep—withonebrainhemisphere（半球)alertandtheothersleeping—controlwhichsideofthebrainremainsawake,accordingtoanewstudyofsleepingducks.Earlierstudieshavedocumentedhalf-brainsleepinawiderangeofbirds。Thebrainhemispherestaketurnssinkingintothesleepstagecharacterizedbyslowbrainwaves。Theeyecontrolledbythesleepinghemispherekeepsshut，whilethewakefulhemisphere’seyestaysopenandalert。Birdsalsocansleepwithbothhemispheresrestingatonce。Decadesofstudiesofbirdgroupsledresearcherstopredictextraalertnessintheend-of-the—rowsleeperswhichtendtobeattackedmoreeasily.Sureenough，theendbirdstendedtowatchcarefullyonthesideawayfromtheircompanions.Ducksintheinnerspotsshowednopreferenceforgazedirection.Also,birdsnappingattheendofthelinedependonsingle-hemispheresleep，ratherthantotalrelaxation，moreoftenthaninnerducksdid。Turning16birdsthroughthepositionsinafour—duckrow，theresearchersfoundthatcomparedwith12percentforbirdsininternalspots,outerbirdshalf-asleepduringsome32percentofnappingtime。“Webelievethisisthefirstevidenceforananimalbehaviorallycontrollingsleepandwakefulnessatthesametimeindifferentregionsofthebrain,”theresearcherssay。Theresultsprovidethebestevidenceforalong-standingassumptionthatsingle-hemispheresleepevolvedascreaturesscannedforenemies.Thepreferenceforopeninganeyeonthelookoutsidecouldbewidespread，hepredicts。He’sseenitinapairofbirdsnappingside-by—sideinthezooandinasinglepetbirdsleepingbyamirror.Themirror-sideeyeclosedasifthereflectionwereacompanionandtheothereyestayedopen。Usefulashalf—sleepingmightbe，it’sonlybeenfoundinbirdsandsuchwateranimalsasdolphins,whales,andseals。Perhapskeepingonesideofthebrainawakeallowsasleepinganimaltosurfaceoccasionallytoavoiddrowning。Studiesofbirdsmayofferuniqueinsightsintosleep.JeromeM.SiegeloftheUCLAsayshewondersifbirds’half—brainsleep“isjustthetipoftheiceberg。”Hesupposesthatmoreexamplesmayturnupwhenwetakeacloserlookatotherspecies。60. Accordingtothepassage,birdsoftenhalfsleepbecause______. A。theirbrainhemispherestaketurnstorest B。theyhavetowatchoutforpossibleattacks C。thetwohalvesoftheirbrainaredifferentlystructured D.theyhavetoconstantlykeepaneyeontheircompanions61。Whatisimpliedabouttheexampleofabird’ssleepinginfrontofamirror？ A.Animaginedcompaniongivesthebirdasenseofsecurity。 B。Birdsprefertosleepinpairsforthesakeoftheirsecurity. C。Thephenomenonofbirdsnappinginpairsiswidespread。D.Asinglepetbirdenjoysseeingitsownreflectioninthemirror.62。Whilesleeping，somewateranimalstendtokeephalfawakeinorderto______.A.alertthemselvestotheapproachingenemy B。emergefromwaternowandthentobreathe C.besensitivetotheever—changingenvironment D.avoidbeingsweptawaybyrapidcurrents63.Bysaying“justthetipoftheiceberg”,Siegelsuggeststhat______. A。half-brainsleephassomethingtodowithicyweather B。themysteryofhalf—brainsleepisclosetobeingsolved C.mostbirdslivingincoldregionstendtobehalfsleepers D。half-brainsleepmayexistamongotherspeciesCWashington，November1,2012(CNN）--Afteryearsofplanningandmonthsofcampaigning,themostexpensivepresidentialraceinhistorycomesdowntoafinalfive-daywhirlwind（旋风)ofspeechesandtelevisionadsintheeightstatesstillupforgrabs。PresidentBarackObamaandRepublicanchallengerMittRomneyplantoholdvirtuallynonstopeventsbetweennowandtheTuesdayelectionconsideredtooclosetocall。Thefocusisonbattlegroundstatesworth95ofthe270electoralvotesneededtowin.Bothsidesaretryingtoclosethedealwithadecreasingnumberofuncommittedvoters，whilemakingsuresupportersactuallycastballots.ThatmeansagameofcampaignchessthatstartedThursday,withappearancesbythecandidatesandtheirassistantsaswellasadvertisingdollarsallocatedtotheplacesconsideredmostvitaltosuccess。Concludingaraceexpectedtocostmorethan＄6billionoverall，ObamaandRomneyandtheirrunningmateswillhitallthebattlegroundstates——Colorado,Florida,Iowa，Ohio，NewHampshire,Nevada，VirginiaandWisconsin.Thecampaignsalsoareunloadingablastoftelevisionadsandmailingsthatthreatentooverwhelmvotersalreadysaturatedwithpoliticking.Perhapsnoonesaiditbetterthan4—year—oldAbigaelEvansofFortCollins,64．Theunderlinedphrase“tooclosetocall”probablymeans. A．agamethatonesideisobviouslywinning. B．atieinwhichneithersideseemslikelytowin C．soclosethatyouneednotuseatelephone D．avisitclosetoone’shomestate65．Whatisthefocusofthelast-5–daycampaignsforbothpresidentialcandidates？ A．Tomakesurethattheirsupportersunderstandtheirpolicies。 B．Tocollectenoughmoneyforcampaignads.C．Topainttheirrivalasblackaspossible。 D．Towinoverthevoterswhohavenotdecidewhichcandidatetovotefor.66．Thepublicgenerallyfeelabouttheselast—dayselectionefforts. A．excited B．disappointedC．annoyedD．relieved DLonelinesshasbeenlinkedtodepression（抑郁）andotherhealthproblems。Now，astudysaysitcanalsospread。Afriendofalonelypersonwasfifty—twopercentmorelikelytodevelopfeelingsofloneliness.Andafriendofthatfriendwastwenty—fivepercentmorelikelytodothesame。Earlierfindingsshowedthathappiness,obesity(肥胖)andtheabilitytostopsmokingcanalsospreadlikeinfectionswithinsocialgroups。ThefindingsallcomefromamajorhealthstudyintheAmericantownofFramingham,Massachusetts.Thestudybeganin1948toinvestigatethecausesofheartdisease。Sincethen,moretestshavebeenadded,includingmeasuresoflonelinessanddepression。ThenewfindingsinvolvedmorethanfivethousandpeopleinthesecondgenerationoftheFraminghamHeartStudy.Theresearchersexaminedfriendshiphistoriesandreportsofloneliness。Theresultsestablishedapatternthatspreadaspeoplereportedfewerclosefriends.Forexample，lonelinesscanaffectrelationshipsbetweennext—doorneighbors。Thelonelinessspreadsasneighborswhowereclosefriendsnowspendlesstimetogether.Thestudyalsofoundthatlonelinessspreadsmoreeasilyamongwomenthanmen。Theaveragepersonissaidtoexperiencefeelingsoflonelinessaboutforty-eightdaysayear.Thestudyfoundthathavingalonelyfriendcanaddaboutseventeendays.Buteveryadditionalfriendcandecreaselonelinessbytwoandahalfdays.Lonelypeoplebecomelessandlesstrustingofothers.Thismakesitmoreandmoredifficultforthemtomakefriends-andmorelikelythatsocietywillreject(排斥）them。JohnCacioppoattheUniversityof67。Asanaverageperson，ifyoumake2morefriends,howmanydaysayearmightyousufferfromloneliness？A。48days。B。43days.C.65days.D。17days。68.Whatcanweinferfromthepassageaboutlonelypeople?A。Theycanovercomelonelinessthemselves。B.Theywilldecreaselonelinessdaybyday。C.Theyneedhelptogetbacktonormalsociallife。D。Theycanhelpotherstorepairtheirsocialnetworks。69。What’sthebestwaytohelplonelypeopleaccordingtothispassage？A。Bringthemtogether.B.Makefriendswiththem。C。Helpthemstopsmoking。D.Helpthemlooseweight.70。Whichofthefollowingwouldbethebesttitleforthepassage?A.LonelinessandsocialnetworkB。SocialNetworksandfriendshipC.LonelinessanddietD。HelpALonelyPerson第II卷（非选择题,共35分）第一节任务型读写（共10小题；每小题1分,满分10分）阅读下面短文，根据所读内容在表格中的空白处填入恰当的单词。注意：每空格只填一个单词.Schoolshavebeenblamedforgivingkidsaccesstosodainvendingmachines（自动售货机）．Butnewdatasuggestthatschoolsoftdrinksalesmaynotbeanimportantfactorinhowmuchsodakidsdrink．InthecurrentissueofTheJournalofNutritionEducationandBehavior，researcherscomparedsodaconsumptionamongnearly500studentsinMainewhoattendedsevenschoolsovertwoschoolyears．Fouroftheschoolscutbackonsoftdrinkavailabilityattheschools,whilethreeoftheschoolsmadenochanges．Allthestudentsweredrinkinglesssodabytheendthestudyperiod,buttherewerenomeaningfuldifferencesinoverallsoftdrinkconsumptionamongthedifferentschools．Thedatasuggestthatlimitingsoftdrinkavailabilityatschooldoesn'tresultinmeaningfulchangesindrinkconsumptionpatterns．Whiletherewerenochangesinoverallsodaconsumption,therewasanotableshiftindietsodadrinkingamonggirls．Iftheschoolcutbackonsodaavailability，girlswerelesslikelytodrinkdietsoda,comparedtogirlsinschoolsthatmadenochanges．Thedataarethelate