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徽县二中2013-2014学年度第一学期高二英语期中考试题 一单词拼写（每小题1分，满分10分）1.he admits that he has made a (荒谬的) mistake.2. who （拥有）the house ? in another word, who is the owner of the house? 3. he is not the womans own son; she （收养）him twenty years ago.4. the farmers in this area had a good harvest last year thanks to the (科学的) farming.5. as a nurse in the war she was (暴露) to many dangers. 6.he cant (澄清) the facts related to the problem.7.who was the _ (先前的) owner of the old house?.8.thegirlmadeagreat _(印象)onherneighboursandtheyspokehighlyofher.9.hecouldnt_(容忍)thenoisedowntownsohedecidedtomovetothecountryside.10.asthe_(代表)oftheworkers，mrsmithgaveaspeechatthemeeting.二根据提示将下列句子补充完整。(每小题2分，满分20分)11. _ (为方便起见), the two groups have been treated as one in this report.12. _ (使她十分惊奇的是), zhang pingyu found the queens jewels guarded by special royal soldiers.13.i (对.失望) the film isaw last night, i had expected it to be better.14 they managed to (使自己被理解) using very simple english 15. (事情得到了解决), we all went home.16. (我们所需要的) are good doctors.17. it is strange that such a gentle man (竟然如此粗鲁) to a lady.18. he arrived home, （又饿又累）.19. （多给我们点时间）, we could do it much better.20. the hunter walked slowly in the forest, (后面跟着) by his wolf dog三单项选择 (每小题1分，满分15分)21. the judging committee (评委会) _ three women and four men. a. is consisted of b. makes up c. consists of d. is make up22.he divided the tools _ the children, who were _ three groups.a. between; separated from b. among; divided intoc. between; divided into d. among; separated from23. do you smoke? no, but i _. a. was used to b. used to c. am used to d. dont24. one needs to work hard to realise his or her dream, as the saying goes,”hard work success.”a. lies in b. results from c. leads to d. begins from 25. tom was late for school that day, and whats more, he to his teacher saying that he was ill.a. was laying b. laid c. lied d. was lying26. a quarrel _ last sunday, and he _ his family.a. was broken out; broke away b. broke out; broke awayc. was broke out; broke away from d. broke out; broke away from27. dont you believe it! glass can _ steel in many ways in life. a. take place of b. take the place of c. in place of d. instead of28. it is reported that the _ between israel and palestine has caused hundreds of people dead in the last 3 years.a.contactb.conflict c.contestd.control29. it seems that creative thinking, which is one of the most _ skills in society,is a matter of habits.a.high valuedb.high valuingc.highly valuedd.highly valuing30. in western countries, when you talk to your teacher in class, you may remain _.a.seatedb.to be seatedc.being seatedd.seating31. this is the reason he gave in the meeting, but the boss didnt accept it.a. that b. why c. how d. what 32. you can hardly imagine what difficulty i had alice to give up the foolish idea.a. persuaded b. to persuade c. persuade d. persuading33. in his novel, he paid no attention to my entering the room.a. having lost b. lost c. losing d. being lost 34.the story brought me back to the night you came to my house and helped me out of trouble.a. who b. which c. when d. where35. david didnt invite us to his birthday party. i dont care.a. its a pity! b. so what?c. its up to him. d. why not? 四完形填空（每小题1.5分，满分30分）a young british woman had shortly arrived in hong kong and had not yet 36 anything about the chinese 37 . one day she went to the home of a chinese friend and was 38 given a cup of chinese tea. she was not 39 and she also found this type of tea rather 40 . however, since she had been given the tea , she felt she should drink it. hoping to finish it 41 so that she would not feel about having to drink this tea which she did not 42 , she started to drink as much of it as she could. but as soon as her cup became half - full, the host 43 giving her more. several times she told the host that she had had 44 , but it seemed to have no 45 . her cup kept being 46 , and she kept on drinking. during the time of her 47 , she drank about twelve cups of tea. later she found out that she should have just 48 the tea, and that this would have meant that she had had enough. influenced by her 49 culture, she felt it too 50 to leave the tea and could not understand why the host took no notice of her protests(抗议) that she had had enough!36. a. got b. learned c. taught d. remembered37. a. culture b. language c. food d. habit38. a. hardly b. certainly c. carefully d. immediately39. a. tired b. happy c. thirsty d. interested40. a. bitter b. sweet c. nice d. cold41. a. in time b. slowly c. gradually d. quickly42. a. take b. have c. like d. buy43. a. practised b. insisted on c. stopped d. tried44. a. some b. enough c. all d. a little45. a. value b. end c. effect d. importance46. a. filled b. moved c. changed d. emptied47. a. talk b. visit c. party d. investigation48. a. left b. drunk c. absorbed d. filled49. a. modern b. ancient c. western d. eastern50. a. impolite b. polite c. easy d. uneasy五阅读理解(共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分) athis year in your grade you will have a lot of reading to do. you can do more of it in less time if you learn to read rapidly.perhaps you have been told about some habits which keep a person from reading fast and have been strongly asked to break those habits which you might have.do you still have any of these bad habits? check yourself by answering “yes” or “no” to these questions:a.do you move your lips when reading silently?b.do you point to those words with your fingers as you read?c.do you move your head from side to side as you read?d.do you read one word at a time?if you answer “yes” to any of these questions, start at once to break the habit. if you move your lips, hold your fingers over them, or hold a piece of paper between your lips while you are reading. then if your lips move, you will know it and stop them moving.if you point to words, hold the two sides of your book, one side with your left hand, the other side with your right hand. then you wont have a free finger to use in pointing while reading. if you move your head, place your chin in one hand, and hold your head still.if you read no more than one or two or three words at a time, you need to work very hard in learning to take in more words at each glance when your eyes are traveling across the lines of words.even if you do read fairly fast now, you can learn to read even faster. as you probably have been told, the secret of fast reading is to take in whole groups of words at each glance. read in groups and force your eyes along the lines of words as fast as you can make them go. anyone who practices doing these two things will be able to read faster.51. while reading, you should _.a. not hold your books with your handsb. not keep your head stillc. not use your finger to point to the wordsd. do all of the things mentioned in a, b and c52. you may hold your fingers over your lips when you read so as _.a. to feel whether your lips move or notb. to tell others to be silentc. to keep yourself from talking to othersd. to hold a piece of paper between them53. when your eyes travel across the lines of words, _.a. you need to read the words out b. you need look at every word carefullyc. you need to remember every word d. you need to read several words at a time54. if you can read fairly fast now, _.a. you dont need to learn to read faster b. you can learn to read even fasterc. you can go on reading like that d. you can enjoy readingbschool tragedya man wounded eight school children to death and injured five others while they were waiting at their school gate in nanping city, fujian province, on the morning of march 23.police arrested(put somebody into prison) 43-year-old suspect(嫌犯) zheng mingsheng, a former community doctor in nanping. zheng is a native of nanping and used to work at the mazhan community clinic(诊所), before quitting his job in june 2009.the local prosecutor(检查官) said on march 24, zheng, who showed no sign of any mental illness in conversation, told investigators(people who were looking into the case) that he developed hatred(feeling of hating somebody or something) toward society after failing to find a job and breaking up with his girlfriend.a spring festivalwater-sprinkling festival, which comes in mid-april, is the new year of the dai ethnic people(傣族人) in southwest chinas yunnan province. in face of the recent serious drought disaster, there have been calls for calling off this years festival celebrations.droughts and floods are not new things. still, the water-sprinkling festival keeps going on year by year. indeed, this is a serious drought, but that is not a reason to call off this years celebrations. after all, it is an important event for dai people to carry forward their culture.of course, the drought will affect the celebrations to some extent. given the seriousness of the disaster, this year not so much water is available for sprinkling. so many dai people suggest only symbolic activities be held. they also call for donations to be made and prayer ceremonies for rain around the festival. this is expected to be a special water-sprinkling festival.coalmine disastera coalmine operated by dongxing coalmining co. in xinmi, henan province, where an underground fire killed 25 miners on march 15 became a public concern.a local work safety regulator said the mine should have been going through technical reforms, but restarted production without a license.after the tragedy, the police detained(扣押) an investor and several senior managing persons of the coalmine. four officials who are believed to have failed to perform their managing roles effectively, including a vice mayor of xinmi, were removed from their posts.55.the suspect created a bloody case mainly because _. a. he caused a medical accident during an operation in the clinic and was fired b. his girlfriend left him and married a teacher in that school c. he became mentally disturbed after a set of failures in finance d. he hated the whole society deeply after a series of failure in personal life56. what happened to dai people this year? _. a. their water-sprinkling festival was called off thanks to the drought in yunnan b. they had to celebrate their annual spring festival simply without enough waterc. people throughout our country only donated to those earthquake-stricken areas in qinghai d. their prayers for rain didnt come true57. _ probably led to dongxing coalmine disaster according to paragraph 2.a. the restarting production without necessary technical and safety gurantees (保障)b. an underground firec. the officials failure to inspect the safety conditions of the coalmined. the bad management of dongxing coalmining co. in xinmi, henan province58. where can the news possibly be taken from?a. a magazine about natural disasters b. a newspaper on culture and customc. a news review magazine d. a government reportc.today well tell you about some new understanding of why cutting the main branch of a plant or tree can lead to better development.the findings are from researchers on two_continents.professor prezemyslaw prusinkiewicz of the university of calgary in canada led the research with scientists from britain and sweden.their study appears in the proceedings of the national academy of sciences.researchers have known since the 1930s that the actively growing tip of a plant produces a hormone(荷尔蒙)called auxin(生长素)this hormone flows down the main stem.scientists say the auxin has an indirect effect on buds(芽)on the side of the stem to prevent branching.these buds themselves also produce auxin.the research suggests that to grow，they have to be able to export the hormone into the main stem.but the flow from the stem tip prevents them from doing this.the researchers wanted to find out how this blocking happens.professor prusinkiewicz is on leave in australia，but he sent us an email suggesting a simple way to understand the process.think of a major road crowded with traffic.so many cars are on the main road that the cars on the side roads cannot enter.the stem is like the crowded main road.the new research shows that the buds on the side cannot export their auxin into the main stem because it is too full.but if that main shoot is pruned(修剪)，other buds below it can start exporting.they are no longer prevented from growing.ottoline leyser from the university of york says that after a plant is pruned，all the inhibited(被抑制的)shoot tips compete with each other to grow.in doing this，the branches influence each others growth.nearby shoot tips are more likely to affect each other than those that are far apart from each other.professor leyser says the strongest branches grow best，wherever they may be on the plant.the study found that the main shoot grows the best of all not because of its position at the top of the plant，but mostly because it got there first.59.the underlined part “two continents” in paragraph 2 refers to“_”aasia and africabafrica and europecnorth america and europedaustralia and europe60professor prusinkiewicz compares the cars on the side roads to _.aplant stems bplant budscthe leaves of a plant dthe roots of a plant61to make the buds on the side of the stem to grow better，the main shoot should _.abe cut offbbe protectedcbe watered as much as possibledbe given much auxin62according to the passage，which of the following is true?aresearchers have recently found out that the growing tip of a plant produces hormones.bauxin has a direct effect on buds to keep branches from growing.cbuds on the side of the stem cant produce hormones.din order to grow，the buds on the side of the stem export the hormones into the main stem.63which of the following may be the best title for this passage?awhy shoot tips grow fast?bwhen and how to prune plants?cscientists help cut the mystery behind pruningdthe great scientistprezemyslaw prusinkiewiczdthe success of pickwick papers made dickens very popular.he suddenly found himself at twenty-four,the most famous novelist of his day.busy as his social life was,he worked on two novels at the same timeoliver twist and pickwick papers.he was particularly proud of pickwick,which was a huge success and was regarded as a comedy masterpiece.“if i were to live a hundred years and write novels in each,i should never be so proud of any of them as i am of pickwick.”it has been said of dickens that he gripped(控制)the imagination of his readers because his imagination gripped himself.the people in his works were so real that they could make him laugh or cry.when writing oliver twist he said that he could not rest until fagin,the wrong-doer,had been hanged.dickens marriage to catherine hagarth,with whom he had nine children,ended unhappily in 1858.he started to travel about giving readings of his works.his interest in theatre gave his novels the qualities that made them suitable for reading aloud on the stage.a tiring travel to the united states affected his health.on june 9,1870,when he was working on a new novel,he died,as he had wished.he said he wanted to die working.64.it seems clear that dickens became a famous novelist _.a.because of his social workb.with the success of pickwickc.because he was writing two novels at the same timed.when he began to give readings of his works65.according to this passage we know that dickens _.a.was only interested in writing novelsb.didnt like oliver twistc.wished to live a hundred years and write three novels in eachd.didnt think he could write a better novel than pickwick papers in his life66.from the passage we can see that fagin must be _.a.a person in real lifeb.a character in oliver twistc.a character in pickwick papersd.one of dickens works67.which of the following is true?a.dickens had always enjoyed his marriage to catherine hagarth.b.dickens was a successful actor.c.dickens death had little to do with his hard work.d.dickens had wished to die in the course of work.edear sir,mr. smith wrote to your newspaper to complain that his telephone was out of order for more than a week.we received a complaint from mr.smith at 2:30 p.m. on may 6. the next day we sent workmen to mr.smiths house to repair his telephone. the men discovered that there was something wrong wi