湖南省沙市中学（级）高二英语新生试卷（三）（无答案）牛津译林版.doc

2012级暑期英语试卷（三）第二部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分30分）第一节 单项填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）21. to reduce wasting, the governments at all levels will _ the cost in official business reception.a. cut down b. turn down c. set down d. settle down22. in todays competitive market, the quality of staff is _ to the companys success. a. contrary b. fundamental c. strict d. grateful23. - do you need any help, lucy? - yes. the job is _ i could do myself. a. less than b. more than c. no more than d. not more than24. - what do you think of the movie? - _, the movie isnt interesting enough, though lots of money has been spent on it. a. to be honest b. thats to say c. generally speaking d. im not sure25. it is high time for us to take measures to protect these old traditions and customs before they _. a. die out b. die away c. die off d. die down26. she cant get down to work because she was deeply _ by the news of his death. a. affected b. surprised c. harmed d. charged27. as we all know, all living things _ the sun for their growth. a. insist on b. rely on c. connect with d. come on28. after the foreign guests got _ with the chinese traditional festivals, they liked to live in china. a. familiar b. satisfied c. tired d. popular29. id like to buy a house - modern, comfortable, and _ in a quiet neighbourhood. a. in all b. above all c. after all d. at all30. - the kind-hearted lady is popular with her neighbors, right? - yes. she is always ready to help others without expecting anything _ a. in store b. in return c. in charge d. in turn.第二节 完形填空（共20小题，每题1分，满分20分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（a、b、c和d）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。almost everyone wants to get smarter. we struggle to improve our 31 _, intelligence and attention. we drink cup after cup of coffee to help us 32_ the day. 33 _, a new study published in current directions in psychological science warns that there are 34_ to how smart humans can get.each of our body parts develops in a certain way for a reason. 35 _, we are not 3 meters tall 36_ most peoples hearts are not strong enough to send 37 _ up that high. scientists say that our thinking ability works in the same way. a babys brain size is limited by a series of _38 , such as the size of the mothers pelvis (骨盆). if our brains developed to be bigger, there could be more 39_ during childbirth.the study of jews, who have an average iq much _ 40 than other europeans, showed they were more _41 to develop diseases of the _42 system. this might be because of their increased brainpower.if intelligence cannot be improved, can we at least get better at _ 43 _ ? not really, say scientists. they studied _44_ like caffeine (咖啡因)that improve attention. they found the drugs only helped people with serious 45 _ problems. for those who did not have trouble paying attention, the drugs could have the 46 _ effect. scientists say that this suggests there is a(n) 47_ limit to how much people can or should concentrate. our memory is also a “double-edged sword”. people with extremely good memories could 48_ having a difficult life because they cannot _49 bad things that happen to them.thomas hills, one of the authors of the paper, said that 50_ all the problems in trying to get smarter, its unlikely that there will ever be a “super mind”. 31a.ability b. character c. memory d. emotion32.a.go through b. put through c. get through d. carry through33a. though b. therefore c. however d. meanwhile34.a.standards b. measures c. ranges d. limits 35.a.at first b. in addition c. for example d. above all36.a.until b. because c. before d. so that37.a. blood b information c. breath d. strength38.a. factors b. reasons c. aspects d. effects39.a.chances b. deaths c. choices d. lives40.a.smarter b. better c. lower d. higher 41.a.likely b. possible c. probable d. sure42.a.physical b. bodily c. personal d. nervous 43.a.exercising b. concentrating c. memorizing d. thinking44.a. poisons b. drinks c. plants d. drugs 45.a. attention b. family c. health d. living46.a.same b. opposite c. different d. similar47.a.lower b. smaller c. upper d. higher48.a. end up b. make up c. start up d. come up49.a.forget b. remember c. perform d. share50.a.supposing b. concerning c. considering d. regarding第三部分 阅读理解（共20小题：每小题2分，满分40分） ait was an autumn morning shortly after my husband and i moved into our first house. our children were upstairs unpacking，and i was looking out of the window at my father moving around mysteriously on the front lawn. “what are you doing out there?” i called to him.he looked up, smiling. “im making you a surprise. i thought it could be just about anything. when we were kids, he always created something surprising for us. today, however, dad would say no more ，and caught up in the business of our new life ，i eventually forgot about his surprise.until one gloomy day the next march when i glanced out of the window，i saw a dot of blue across the yard. i headed outside for a closer look. they were crocuses (番红花）throughout the front lawn 一 blue, yellow and my favorite pink ，with little faces moving up and down in the cold wind. i remembered the things dad secretly planted last autumn. he knew how the darkness and dullness of winter always got me down. what could have been more perfectly timely to my needs?my fathers crocuses bloomed (开花）each spring for the next five seasons, always bringing the same assurance： hard times are almost over. hold on, keep going, and light is coming soon. then a spring came with only half the usual blooms and the next spring there were none. i missed the crocuses ，so i would ask dad to come over and plant new bulbs. but i never did. he died suddenly one october day. my family were in deep sorrow, leaning on our faith.on a spring afternoon four years later, i was driving back when i felt depressed. it was dads birthday, and i found myself thinking about him. this was not unusual my family often talked about him, remembering how he lived up to his faith. suddenly i slowed as i turned into our driveway. i stopped and stared at the lawn. there on the muddy grass with small piles of melting snow ，bravely waving in the wind, was one pink crocus.how could a flower bloom from a bulb more than 18 years ago, one that hadnt bloomed in over a decade? but there was the crocus. tears filled my eyes as i realized its significance.hold on, keep going, and light is coming soon. the pink crocus bloomed for only a day, but it built my faith for a lifetime.51according to the first three paragraphs, we learn that _.a. it kept bothering the author not knowing what the surprise wasb. the author was unpacking when her father was making the surprisec. it was not the first time that the authors father had made a surprised. the author knew what the surprise was because she knew her father52.which of the following statements is not true according to the passage?a. the author usually felt depressed in the season of winter.b. the authors father planted the crocuses to lift her low spirits.c. the author often thought about her father after he died.d. the crocuses bloomed each spring before her father died.53.the authors father should be best described as _.a. a part-time worker who loved flowers b. a kind-hearted man who lived with faithc. a full-time gardener with skillful handsd. an ordinary man with doubts in his life 54.what can be the best title for the passage?a. crocuses my source of faith b. crocuses fathers surprisec. a pink crocus my memory d. crocuses in blossom my favorite bin many african countries, the care of orphans has been mainly led by foreign donor organizations. however, sister florence has changed all that. using her own resources, sister florence is leading the work of raising orphans from different backgrounds. sister florence wanjalas biggest motivation to start the orphan program was when she saw a little boy whose parents had died. the boy was living with a cruel grandparent and he would visit the grave of his mother, crying for support. sister wanjala wanted to give a helping hand and give him hope. from that time, she started feeling the call to help a larger number of orphans.she opened an office with a few friends and coordinated (协调）a program to help the orphans. all the registrations were done in the office and the program so far has 8000 children. sister wanjala said, “my dream is to help the orphan to live a holistic (完整)life and be a good kenyan citizen to help this country. many people think that the way to support orphans is to put them in an institution（孤儿院）. others support them up to the age of eighteen, but here, we do it very differently.” for sister wanjala, putting a child in an institution is normally her last choice. she prefers the orphans to live in a foster(寄宿的) home.she said, “im so encouraged and happy to see the orphans succeeding. when they come first or second in class, it shows how the program has helped them, and thats encouraging to me as i continue to coordinate the program.”through her charity work, more than 1000 orphans have been able to find a home. sister wanjala, as a mother, takes care of her own family.55.what inspired sister wanjala to start the orphan program?a. her preference for kids. b. her own similar experience.c. a sad story about an orphan. d. her successful charity work.56.sister wanjala opened an office mainly to _.a. set up as many institutions as possible for orphans b start a program to offer orphans a foster familyc. provide school education for those orphansd. raise more money for the homeless kids57.what does the underlined sentence probably mean?a. she didnt want orphans to live in an institution.b. she preferred to put orphans into an institution.c. she had no choice but to put orphans in institutions.d. she sent orphans into an institution in the end.58.what can we learn from the text?a. sister wanjala finally adopted the little boy.b. sister wanjala found foster homes for 8000 orphans.c. sister wanjala was too busy to care for her own family. d. sister wanjala was not alone in helping orphans. c.bang! the door caused a reverberation(回声). it was just standing there, with father standing on one side, and i on the other side. we were both in great anger. never set foot in this house again! stormed father. with tears welling up in my eyes, i rushed out of the flat and ran along the street.the street lights were shining rather desolately(凄凉的). i wandered（徘徊）aimlessly.a young father who held a child in his arms walked past me. i felt as if i saw my childhood from another space: happy and harmonious.but now. i dont know whether it is because i have grown up or because dad is getting old. we differ in our ways of thinking. he always forces his opinions and codes of behavior on me. whenever i do something wrong, he never turns a blind eye to it. we are just like two people coming from two different worlds. it feels like there is an iron door between us that can never be opened.i wandered the streets, without a destination in mind. my heart was frozen on this hot summer night. as i walked on there were fewer and fewer people on the streets, until i had only the street lights to keep me company(陪伴). when i finally reached the high-rise apartment block in which i lived, i saw that the light was still on.in fact, it was nothing. perhaps, dad was throwing away some of his old stamps. perhaps he thought they were useless. i never had the courage to tell him that i liked collecting stamps. i cant stand his outrageous(蛮横的) words: i can throw you away, let alone these old papers.all the lights were off except fathers.dad was always like this. maybe he didnt know how to express himself. after shouting at me, he never showed any mercy or any moments of regret. after an argument he has the habit of approaching in my sleep and then covering me with the quilt（被子）.this was how he always was. he has been a leader for so long that telling everyone else what to do has become his second nature.the light was still on. am i wrong? i whispered, maybe. with the key in hand, i was as nervous as i had ever been. at last, i decided to open the door. as soon as i opened the door, tears ran down my cheeks. i suddenly realized that the iron door that i had imagined between us did not exist at all. love-it second to none.59 decide which is the best order of the following according to what happened in the passage. a. i opened the door and entered the house. b. sadly i ran out into the street. c. i reached the place where i lived and saw my house still brightly lit. d. i thought of my fathers kindness towards me. e. i walked about in the street without any aim. a. b, e, d, c, a b. b, e, c, d, a c. b, e, a, c, d d. b, e, c, a, d60. what made the writer think of his childhood? a. the sight of the desolate street lights. b. the sight of the empty street. c. the sight of a father with a child in his arms. d. the sight of light in his own house.61. why do you think the father often shouts at his son? a. perhaps the father is getting older and older. b. perhaps the son has already grown up. c. perhaps they never agree with each other. d. perhaps the father has got used to doing that.62. what conclusion can you draw after reading the passage? a. the father is actually kind to his son. b. the father treats his son in an unfair way. c. the father is neither kind nor cruel to his son. d. the father is always finding fault with his son. dwhen i was a baby, i entertained you and made you laughwhenever i was “bad”, youd shake your finger at me and ask, “how could you?”-but then youd give up, and roll me over for a belly scratch and i believed that life could not be any more perfectmy housetraining was a long process, because you were terribly busy, but we worked on that together. we went for long walks, runs in the park and car rides. we stopped for ice cream. i took long naps in the sun waiting for you to come home at the end of the day.gradually, you began spending more time at work and on your career, and more time searching for a human mateeventually, you fell in loveshe, now your wife, is not a dog person, but i still welcomed her into our homei was happy because you were happythen the human babies came along and i shared your excitement, i was fascinated by their pinkness, how they smelled, and i wanted to mother them tooyour wife was afraid i would bite thembut nevertheless, as they began to grow, i became their friendnow, you have a new job in another city and you and they will be moving to an apartment that does not allow petsyouve made the right decision for your “family”, but there was a time when i was your only familyi was excited about the car ride until we arrived at the dog poundit smelled of dogs and cats, of fear, of hopelessnessyou filled out the paperwork and said, “i know you will find a good home for her”they shrugged and gave you a pained lookthe children were in tears as they waved me goodbyeand “how could you?” were the only three words that swept over my mind is it better to live with hope or without hope? at first, whenever anyone passed my pen （围栏）, i rushed to the front, hoping it was you, that you had changed your mind and that this was all a bad dream my beloved master, i will think of you and wait for you foreveri hope you receive more faithfulness from your family than you showed to me63who tells this story? aa dog ba child ca dogs ownerda dog trainer. 64why did the dogs owner take his dog to the pound? ahe had a newborn baby bhis wife did not like the dog che was moving into a new building dhe thought the dog too troublesome65which is true about the dog when it lived at the pound? ait hoped to be adopted by another family bit continued to love its former owner c. it did not trust humans any more dit was excited about the pound66what is the theme of the story? abe ready for changes bnever expect too much cnever complain about your life dbe faithful to those who love you e.i came to study in the united states a year ago .yet i did not know the real american society until i was injured in a car accident because after the accident i had to see a doctor and go to court. after the accident, my roommate called a doctor for me. i was very grateful and determined to repay him one day. but the next day, he asked me to pay him $200 for what he had done. i was astonished. he had good reason to charge me, he said. and if i wanted to collect money from the person who was responsible for my injury, id have to have a good lawyer. and only a good doctor can help me get a good lawyer .now that he had helped me find a good doctor, it was only fair that i should pay him. but every day i went to see the doctor, i had to wait about 50 minutes. he would see two or three patients at the same time, and often stop treating one so as to see another. yet he charged me $115 each time .the final examination report consisted of ten lines, and it cost me $215. my lawyer was all smiles the first time we met. but after th