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2012-2013学年度高二英语第一学期第三次限时作业2012-11-6 第一部分: 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) 请认真阅读下面各题, 从题中所给的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。1. Mr. Black is very happy because the clothes made in his factory have never been _.A. popular B. more popular C. most popular D. the most popular2. When the headmaster put forward the plan, the _ of the students in the class _ against it.A. majority; were B. most; were C. most; did D. majority; did3. When asked about their opinions about the schoolmaster, many teachers would prefer to see him step aside_ younger men.A. in terms of B. in need of C. in favour of D. in praise of 4. _ I accept that he is not perfect, I do actually like the person.A. While B. Since C. Before D. Unless 5. Had I known about this computer program, a huge amount of time and energy _.A. would have been saved B. had been saved C. will be saved D. was saved6. -_ doesnt always happen as we expect.- Really! So we mustnt take the impossible things as our aims in case that we might be disappointed in future.A. Anything B. Everything C. Nothing D. Something7. Banks was the first _ crops from one continent to another on a large scale, _ to develop local economics with new imports.A. to have moved ; to help B. to move ; to help C. to move; helping D. moving ; helping8. My son prefers us to email each other once a week _ spend half an hour on the phone every night. A. other than B. rather than C. more than D. less than9. I would like to go to shopping to relax this weekend, but_ I should continue with my research paper. A. after all B. on the other hand C. in all D. on the contrary 10. _ food and water for the local people was the first thing the government did after the earthquake. A. Provide B. Providing C. Having provided D. Provided 11. Ive been to many places, but nowhere else_ a place more beautiful than my hometown. A. can I find B. had I found C. I can find D. I had found 12. _the drivers point of view, it was not his carelessness but the bad road conditions that were to blame _the accident. A. From; on B. From; for C. In; on D. In; for 13. While dancing happily at home, _. A. the door bell rang B. the door bell rings C. we heard the door bell rings D. we heard the door bell ring 14. With the book _I had expected bought, I went out of the bookstore, _. A. what; satisfied B. that; satisfying C. that; satisfied D. as; satisfying 15. Standing on the platform, Professor Li kept silent for a moment, on the audience below.A. her eyes fixed B. and her eyes fixed C. and her eyes fixing D. her eyes fixing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。One day, a young man was cleaning out his late grandfathers belongings when he 16 a bright red envelope. Written on the 17 were the words, “To my grandson.” 18 it was his grandfathers handwriting, the boy opened the envelope. A letter inside read;Dear Ronny, Years ago you 19 to me for help. You said, “Grandpa, how is it that youve 20 so much in your life? Youre still full of 21 , but Im already 22 _of struggling. How can I get that same enthusiasm that youve got?” I didnt know what to say toyou then. But knowing my days are numbered, I figure that I 23 you an answer. So here is what I believe. I think it has something to_ 24 with how a person looks at things. I call it “keeping your eyes wide open”. First, realize that life is filled with surprises, but many are good ones. If you don keep 25 _for them, youll miss half the excitement. Expect to be excited 26 , and you will be. When you meet with 27 , welcome them. Theyll leave you wiser, stronger, and more capable than you were the day before. When you make a mistake, be 28 for the things it taught you. Learn to use that lesson to help you reach your goals. Its also important to 29 _exactly what you want. Then keep your mind focused on it , and be prepared to receive it. But be ready to end up in some new places too. As you grow with the years, youll be given bigger shoes to fill. So be ready for endings as well as challenging 30 . Sometimes we have to be brave enough to move from the familiar to the unfamiliar. Life isnt just reaching peaks(顶峰). Part of it is moving from one 31 to the next. If you 32 too long in between, you might be tempted（诱惑）to 33 _. Leave the past in the past. Climb the next mountain and enjoy the view. Most important of all, never give up on yourself. The person that ends up a winner is the one who resolves to 34 . Give life everything youve got, and life will give its best 35 to you. Love always, Grandpa16. A. came out B. came off C. came across D. came down17. A. front B. paper C. back D. cover18. A. Realizing B. Learning C. Regarding D. Recognizing19. A. went B. came C. asked D. returned20. A. finished B. achieved C. contributed D. known21. A. power B. energy C. magic D. confidence22. A. lacking B. bored C. tired D. impatient23. A. take B. get C. make D. owe24. A. get B. have C. make D. do25. A. watching B. looking C. finding D. preparing26. A. once in a while B. all the time C. at once D. right now27. A. successes B. worries C. differences D. challenges28. A. sad B. eager C. grateful D. excited29. A. achieve B. decide C. receive D. accept30. A. shoes B. difficulties C. lives D. beginnings31. A. side B. road C. peak D. way32. A. walk B. climb C. rest D. move33. A. sleep B. quit C. return D. continue34. A. lose B. defeat C. beat D. win35. A. away B. out C. back D. over第二部分: 阅读理解(共10 小题; 每小题2 分, 满分20分)请认真阅读下列短文, 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。AThe word advertising refers to any kind of public announcement that brings products and services to the attention of people. Throughout history, advertising has been all effective way to promote the trading and selling of goods. In the Middle Ages, merchants ants employed “town criers” to read public messages aloud to promote their goods. When printing was invented in the fifteenth century, pages of advertisements (ads) could be printed easily and were either hung in public placesor put in books.By the end of the seventeenth century, when newspapers were beginning to be read by more people, printed materials became all important way to promote products and services. The London Gazette was the first newspaper to set aside a place just for advertising. This was so successful that by the end of the century several companies started businesses for the purpose of making newspaper ads for merchantsAdvertising spread quickly throughout the eighteenth century. Ad writers were starting to pay more attention to the design of the ad text. Everything, from clothes to drinks, was promoted with clever methods such as repetition of the firms name or product, words organized in eye-catching patterns, the use of pretty pictures and expressions easy to remember.Near the end of the nineteenth century, companies that were devoted to the production of ads came to be known as “advertising agencies (广告商) .” The agencies developed new ways to get people to think of themselves as members of a group. Throughout the twentieth century, advertising agencies promoted consumerism (消费主义) as a way of life, spreading the belief that people could be happy only if they bought the “right” products.36. What was advertising like in the Middle Ages?A. Merchants were employed to promote products.B. Ad messages were shouted out in public places.C. Product information was included in books.D. Ad signs were put up in towns.37. What does the word “This” in Paragraph 2 refer to?A. Advertising in newspapers.B. Including pictures in ads.C. Selling goods in markets.D. Working with ad agencies.38. The l8th century advertising was special in its_. A. growing spending B. printing materialsC. advertising companiesD. attractive designsBModern inventions have speeded up peoples lives amazingly. Motor-cars cover a hundred miles in little more than an hour, aircraft cross the world a day, while computers operate at lightning speed. Indeed, this love of speed seems never-ending. Every year motor-cars are produced which go even faster each new computer boasts（吹嘘）of saving precious seconds in handling tasks. All this saves time, but at a price. When we lose or gain half a day in speeding across the world in an airplane, our bodies tell us so. We get the uncomfortable feeling known as jet-lag; our bodies feel that they have been left behind in another time zone again spending too long at computers results in painful wrists and fingers. Mobile phones also have then danger according to some scientists; too much use may transmit harmful radiation into our brains, a consequence we do not like to think about. However, what do we do with the time we have saved? Certainly not relax, or so it seems. We are so accustomed to constant activity that we find it difficult to sit and do nothing, or even just one thing at a time. Perhaps the days are long gone when we might listen quietly to a story on the radio, letting imaginations take us into another world. There was a time when some peoples lives were devoted simply to the cultivation of the land or the care of cattle. No multi-tasking there; their lives went on at a much gentler pace, and in a familiar pattern. There is much that we might envy about a way of life like this. Yet before we do so, we must think of the hard tasks our ancestors faced; they farmed with bare hands, often lived close to hunger, and had to fashion tools from wood and stone. Modem machinery has freed people from that primitive existence.39. The new products become more and more time-saving because _.A. our love on speed scents never-endingB. time is limitedC. the prices are increasingly high D. the manufacturers boast a lot40. What is the authors attitude towards the modem technology?A. critical B. objectiveC. optimistic D. negative41. What does the passage mainly discuss? A. The present and past times B. Machinery and human beingsC. Imaginations and inventions D. Modem technology and its influenceCTo err is human. To blame the other guy is even more human.Common sense is not all that common.Why tell the truth when you can come up with a good excuse?These three popular misquotes（戏谑的引语）are meant to be jokes, and yet they tell us a lot about human nature. To err, or to make mistakes, is indeed a part of being human, but it seems that most people dont want to accept the responsibility for having made a mistake. They naturally look for someone else who could be responsible for the problem. Perhaps it is the natural thing to do. The original quote about human nature went like this: “To err is human, to forgive, divine（神圣的）.” This saying mirrors an ideal: people should be forgiving of others mistakes. Instead, we tend to do the oppositefind someone else to pass the blame on to. However, taking responsibility for something that went wrong is a mark of great maturity (成熟).Common sense is what we call clear thought. Having common sense means having a good general plan that will make things work well, and it also means staying with the plan. Common sense tells you that you take an umbrella out into a rainstorm, but you leave the umbrella home when you hear a weather forecast for sunshine. Common sense does not seem to be common for large organizations, because there are so many things going on that one person cannot be in charge of everything. People say that in a large company, “the right hand does not know what the left hand is doing.”And what is wrong with a society that thinks that making up a good excuse is like creating a work of art? One of common problems with making excuses is that people, especially young people, get the idea that its okay not to be totally honest all the time. There is a corollary (直接推论) to that: if a good excuse is “good” even if it isnt honest, then where is the place of the truth?42. According to the author, what is a sign of a mans maturity?A. Doing things his own way.B. Bearing responsibility for his mistakes.C. Making as few mistakes as possible.D. Thinking seriously about his wrongdoings.43. Which of the following is NOT based on common sense?A. A man tries to take charge of everything in a large company.B. A student goes out with an umbrella in stormy weather.C. A companys next move follows good plan.D. A lawyer acts on fine judgments.44. What is the authors opinion about a good excuse?A. Making a good excuse is sometimes a better policy.B. Inventing a good excuse needs creative ideas.C. A good excuse is as rewarding as honesty.D. Bitter truth is better than a good excuse.45. What would be the best title for this passage?A. A Mirror of Human NatureB. To Blame or to ForgiveC. A Mark of MaturityD. Truth or Excuse第三部分: 任务型阅读(共10小题;每小题1分,满分10 分)请认真阅读下列短文,并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。注意:请将答案写在答题卡上相应题号的横线上。每个空格只填一个单词。Teamwork is just as important in science as it is on the playing field or in the gym. Scientific investigations (调查) are almost always carried out by teams of people working together. Ideas are shared, experiments are designed, data are analyzed, and results are evaluated and shared with other investigators. Group work is necessary, and is usually more productive than working alone.Several times throughout the year you may be asked to work with one or more of your classmates. Whatever the task your group is assigned, a few rules need to be followed to ensure a productive and successful experience.What comes first is to keep an open mind, because everyones ideas deserve consideration and each group member can make his or her own contribution. Secondly, it makes a job easier to divide the group task among all group members. Choose a role on the team that is best suited to your particular strengths. Thirdly, always work together, take turns, and encourage each other by listening, clarifying, and trusting one another. Mutual support and trust often makes a great difference.Activities like investigations are most effective when done by small groups. Here are some more suggestions for effective team performance during these activities: Make sure each group member understands and agrees to the task given to him or her, and everyone knows exactly when, why and what to do; take turns doing various tasks during similar and repeated activities; be aware of where other group members are and what they are doing so as to ensure safety; be responsible for your own learning, though it is by no means unwise to compare your observations with those of other group members.When there is research to be done, divide the topic into several areas, and this can explore the issue in a very detailed way. You are encouraged to keep records of the sources used by each person, which helps you trace back to the origin of the problems that may happen unexpectedly. A format for exchanging information (e.g., photocopies of notes, oral discussion, etc.) is also important, for a well-chosen method not only strengthens what you present but also makes yourself easily understood. When the time comes to make a decision and take a position on an issue, allow for the contributions of each member of the group. Most important of all, it is always wise to make decisions by compromise and agreement.After youve completed a task with your team, make an evaluation of the teams effectiveness the strengths and weaknesses, opportunities and challenges.TitleWorking TogetherThemeEffective performance needs highly cooperated (1) _.General rules Keep an open mind to everyones (2) _. Divide the group task among group members. (3) _ and trust each other.(4) _ Understand and agree to the (5) _ task of ones own. Take turns doing various tasks. Show concern for others to ensure safety. Take (6) _ for ones own learning. Compare your own observations with those of others.Explore an issue Break the (7) _ into s