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河南省周口市中英文学校2013-2014学年高二英语下学期期中试题新人教版i hear many parents saying that their teenage children are rebellion（反叛的）. i wish it were so. at your age you ought to be growing away from your parents. you should be learning to stand on your own two feet. but take a good look at the present rebellion. it seems that teenagers are all taking the same way of showing that they degree with their parents. instead of striking out bravely on their own, most of them are trying to seize at one anothers hands for safety.they say they want to dress as they please. but they all wear the same clothes. they set off in new directions in music. but somehow reason for thinking or acting in thus-and-such a way is that the crowd is doing it. they have come out of their cocoon(蚕茧) -into a larger cocoon. it has become harder and harder for a teenager to stand up against the popularity wave and to go his or her own way. industry has firmly opened up a teenage market. these days every teenager can learn from newspapers and tv what a teenager should have and be. and many of todays parents have come to award（奖励） high narks for the popularity of their children. all this adds up to great difficulty for the teenager who wants to find his or her own path.but the difficulty is worth getting over. the path is worth following. you may want to listen to classical music instead of going to a party. you may want to collect rocks when everyone else is collecting records. you may have some thoughts that you dont care to share at once with your classmates. well, go to it. find yourself. be yourself. popularity will come-with the people who respect you for who you are. thats the only kind of popularity that really counts.21.the writers purpose in writing this passage is to tell_.a. readers how to be popular in the worldb. parents how to control and guide their childrenc. teenagers how to learn to decide things for themselvesd. people how to understand and respect each other22.according to the writer, many teenagers think they are brave enough to act on their own, but, in fact, most of them_.a. are not sure of themselvesb. have much difficulty in understanding each otherc. dare not do thingsd. are very much afraid of getting lost23during the teenage years, one should learn to_.a. become different from others in as many ways as possible b. b. find ones real selfc. get into the right reason and become popular d. d. rebel against parents bdo you like to eat out? do you like to eat quickly? do you like inexpensive food? some people go to fast-food restaurants for these reasons. in the past, people usually went to diners（小餐馆）for these reasons. in fact, many people in the states still go to diners today for the same reasons. a man named walter scott had the first “diner” in 1872. it wasnt a real diner. it was only a food cart. people on the street walked up to the cart to buy food. these carts served late-night workers who wanted a cup of coffee and a late-night meal. the meal was a sandwich or boiled eggs. in 1887, samuel jones built the first diner big enough to allow the customers to come inside. however, they did not sit down. later, people built diners with counters and stools, and people sat down while they ate. before long, many diners stayed open around the clock. in other words, people were able to eat in diner at any time. diners changed in other ways, too. the original menu of sandwiches and coffee became bigger. it included soup, favorite dishes, and a breakfast menu. in addition, diners soon became permanent buildings. they were no longer carts on wheels.diners today look similar to the diners of the early 1900s. they are usually buildings with large windows. inside, the diners have shining counters with stools, booths, and tables and chairs. people can eat all three meals in a modern diner. today, many people eat in fast-food restaurants such as mcdonalds and burger king. however, the diner remains an american tradition, and thousands of people still enjoy eating there. it was popular a century ago, and it is still popular today.24. a man named walter scott had the first “diner” in 1872. why is the word “diner” in quotation marks(引号)？a because it is spelled differently from “ dinner”b because the first diner was not what it is nowc because diner was a new wordd because it is a special kind of restaurant25. according to paragraph 3, diners changed in _a. two ways b. three ways c. four ways d. five ways26. which of the following is not true according to the passage?a. diners existed before a fast-food restaurantb. the menu included more food than sandwiches and coffeec. burger king is a fast-food restaurantd. sandwiches became bigger27. the main idea of the passage is that _.a. the diner is a traditional , popular place to eat in the united statesb. samuel johns built the first diner big enough to allow the customers to come insidec. american diners serve many types of food 24 hours a day to their customersd. diners are different from fast-food restaurants in many ways ci 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 car accident i had to see a doctor- and go to court(法庭).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 time i want to see 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 that he avoided seeing me at all. he knew very well the other party was responsible for the accident, yet he hardly did anything. he simply waited to collect his money. he was so irresponsible that i decided to dismiss him. and he made pay him $770.now i had to act as my own lawyer. due to my inexperience, i told the insurance(保险) company the date i was leaving american. knowing that, they played for time,. and i left without getting a cent.my experience taught me two things about america: firstly, in a country like america money is everything. it is more important than friendship, honor or professional morality（职业道德）. secondly foreigners are still being treated unfairly. so when we talk about america, we should see both its good and bad sides.28. the authors roommate offered to help him because -.a. he felt sorry for the authorb. he thought it was a chance to make some moneyc. he knew the doctor was a very good oned. he wanted the author to have a good lawyer29. the word “charge” in this passage means -.a. be responsible b. accuse c. ask as a price d. claim30. both the doctor and the lawyer in the passage are very -.a. friendly b. greedy c. professional d. busy31. what conclusion can you draw from the story?e. going to court is something very common in americaf. one must very careful while driving a carg. there are more bad sides in america than good sidesh. money is more important than other things in america dnot all memories are sweet. some people spend all their lives trying to forget bad experiences. violence and traffic accidents can leave people with terrible physical and emotional scars. often they relive these experiences in nightmares. now american researchers think they are close to developing a pill, which will help people forget bad memories. the pill is designed to be taken immediately after a frightening experience. they hope it might reduce ,or possibly erase(抹去),the effect of painful memories. in november, experts tested a drug on people in the us and france. the drug stops the body releasing chemicals that fix memories in the brain. so far the research has suggested that only the emotional effects of memories may be reduced, not that the memories are erased. the research has caused a great deal of argument. some think it is a bad idea, while others support it. supporters say it could lead to pills that prevent or treat soldiers troubling memories after war. they say that there are many people who suffer from terrible memories. some memories can ruin peoples lives . they come back to you when you dont want to have them in a daydream or nightmare. they usually come with very painful emotions, said roger pitman, a professor of psychiatry at harvard medical school. this could relieve a lot of that suffering. but those who are against the research say that changing memories is very dangerous because memories give us our identity (特质). they also help us all avoid the mistakes of the past. all of us can think of bad events in our lives that were horrible at the time but make us who we are. im not sure we want to wipe those memories out, said rebecca dresser, a medical ethicist. 32. the passage is mainly about . a. a new medical invention b. a new research on the pill c. a way of erasing painful memories d. an argument about the research on the pill 33. the drug tested on people can . a. cause the brain to fix memories b. stop people remembering bad experiences c. prevent body producing certain chemicals d. wipe out the emotional effects of memories34. we can infer from the passage that . a. people doubt the effects of the pills b. the pill will stop peoples bad experiences c. taking the pill will do harm to peoples health d. the pill has probably been produced in america35. which of the following does rebecca dresser agree with? a. some memories can ruin peoples lives. b. people want to get rid of bad memories. c. experiencing bad events makes us different from others. d. the pill will reduce peoples sufferings from bad memories.第二节 （共5小题；每小题2分。满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。for over one hundred and fifty years, americans of all social classes have worn blue jeans 36 whether they are worn for work or for fashion todaystrauss invention continues to be popular not only among americans but also among people around the worldlevi strauss was born in germany in 1829 37 he grew up in kentucky before moving to new york in 1847before becoming an american citizen and moving to the west in 1853, strauss worked in his brothers dry goods businessthis gave him a chance to produce his famous inventionafter the gold rush of 1949, strauss decided to move to the west to seek his fortunesstrauss did not want to be a person who searched an area for mineralsinstead, he knew he could make a good living by selling supplies to the minersat first, he planned to sell sewing supplies and cloth 38 when he heard miners complaining that their clothes were easily broken or they usually tore their pockets during mining, he decided to use a special fabric to make pants for the minersthese pants proved so popular that he quickly ran out of materials to make morein 1873, strauss received a letter from a jewish tailor named jacob davis who had invented a process of connecting pockets with copper rivets（铆钉）this made the pants last a long timebecause davis did not have the money to patent his idea, he offered to share it with strauss if strauss would agree to pay for the patent 39 the business has been growing ever since and levi strauss company is now one of the largest clothing companies in the worldby the time strauss died in 1902, he had made a great contribution to american fashion 40 aas a young boy, he moved with his family to the united statesbnobody knew what kind of material was suitableche did and levi jeans have been made with metal rivets ever sincedhowever, he did not get much business for those productsehe also made a great contribution to americas clothing industryfsince they were invented by levi strauss, they have become a symbol of american consumer culturegas the business grew, strauss got much money from it第三部分：英语知识应用（共两节，满分45分）第一节：完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，共30分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项中选出能够填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将之涂黑the sun was shining when i got on no.151 bus. we passengers sat jammed together in heavy clothes. no one spoke. thats one of the 41 rules. 42we see the same faces every day, we prefer to 43behind our newspapers. people who sit so close together are using those thin sheets of newsprint to keep their44. as the bus came near the mile, a45 suddenly rang out “ 46!this is your driver speaking.” we looked at the back of the drivers head. “put your papers down. all of you.” the 47 came down. “now, turn and face the person next to you. go48.” surprisingly we all did it. still no one smiled. i faced an older woman, her head wrapped in a red scarf(围巾).i saw her49 every day. our eyes met we waited for the next50 from the driver. “now repeat after me. good morning neighbor!” our voice were51.for many of us, these were the52words we had spoken that day. but we said them together, like53,to the strangers beside us. we couldnt help 54 .there was the feeling of relief(解脱), that we were not being held up（抢劫）. but more, there was the sense of ice being55 . “good morning ,neighbor.” it was not so 56after all. some of us repeated it, others shook hands ,many laughed. the bus driver said nothing more. he didnt 57 to. not a single newspaper went back up. i heard laughter, a warm sound i had never heard before in58 . when i reached my stop, i said59 to my seatmate, and then jumped off the bus. that day was60 off better than most. 41. a. unwrittenb.strict c.bus d. city 42. a. as b.because c.when d. although 43. a. read b.sit c.talk d. hide 44. a. ways b.methods c.respect d. distance 45. a. messageb.warning c.suggestion d. voice 46. a. attention b.minding c.help d. listen 47. a. papers b.passengers c.driver d. tears 48. a. on b.round c. ahead d. down 49. a. still b.nearly c.even d. hardly 50. a. turn b.talk c.order d. remark 51. a. loud b.neat c.slow d. weak 52. a. first b.last c.best d. only 53. a. passengersb.citizens c.patients d. schoolchildren 54. a. shouting b.crying c.smiling d. wondering 55. a. formedb.heated c.broken d. frozen 56. a. sad b.hard c.ordinary d. shy 57. a. need b.want c.like d. begin 58. a. my life b.bus no.151 c.public d. other words 59. a. good morning b.good-bye c.hello d. thanks 60. a. starting b.seeing c.taking d. turning 第ii卷第三部分：英语知识应用（共两节，满分45分）第二节（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式，并将答案填在答题卡上。when i was 8 years old, i once decided to run away from home. with my suitcase packed and some sandwiches in a bag, i started for the front door and said to mom, “i_61_ (leave).” x|k | b| 1 . c|o |m“if you want to run away , thats all right,” she said. “but you came into this home _62_ anything and you can leave the same way.” i threw my suitcase and sandwiches on the floor heavily and started for the door again.“wait a minute,” mom said. “i want your _63_ back. you didnt wear anything when you arrived.” this really angered me. i tore my clothes offshoes, socks, underwear and alland shouted , “can i go now?” “yes,” mom answered, “but once you close that door, dont expect _64_(come )back.”x kb 1i was so angry that i slammed (砰地关上) the door and stepped out on the front porch. _65_ (sudden) i realized that i was outside, with nothing on. then i noticed that down the street, two neighbor girls were walking toward our house