广东省汕头市2011-2012学年高一下学期教学质量测评试题英语.doc

汕头市20112012学年度普通高中教学质量监测高一级英语第二节：完型填空(共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分)I first went to hear a live rock concert when I was eight years old. My brother and his friends were all 39 of a heavy metal group called Black Wednesday. When they discovered that Black Wednesday were going to perform at our local theatre, they all bought 40 for the performance. However, at the last minute, one of the friends couldnt go, so mybrother 41 me the ticket. I was really excited!I remember the buzz (嘈杂声) of excitement inside the theatre as we all found our 42 .After a few minutes, the lights went down and everybody became 43 . I could barely make out the stage in the 44 . We waited. Then there was a roar from the crowd, like an explosion, as the first members of the band stepped onto the stage. My brother leaned over and shouted something in my ear, but I couldnt hear what he was saying. The first song was already starting and the music was as loud as a jet engine. I could feel the drum beats and bass notes in my stomach.I cant recall any of the songs that the band played. I just 45 that I really enjoyed the show and didnt want it to 46 . But in the end, after three encores (加演), the show finished. We left the 47 and walked unsteadily out onto the pavement. I felt a little dizzy, as if I had justwoken from a long sleep. My ears were still ringing with the beat of the last song.After the 48 , I became a Black Wednesday fan too for a few years before getting into other kinds of music. Once in a while, though, I listen to one of their songs and imagine Im back at that first show. 39. A. membersB. friends C.fans D.volunteers40. A. flowers B. drinks C.clothes D. tickets41. A. booked B. offered C. returnedD. found42. A. seatsB. entrance C.spots D. space43. A. comfortable B. quiet C.serious D. nervous44. A. silence B. noise C.darkness D. smoke45. A. realize B.understand C.believe D. remember46. A. continue B.delay C.finish D. change47. A. party B.theatre C.opera D. stage48. A. competition B. performance C.interview D.celebration第三部分：阅读理解(共15题；满分30分)第一节阅读下列两篇短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。(共10小题；每小题2分；满分20分)AAmerica is growing older. Fifty years ago, only 4 out of every 100 people in the United States were 65 or older. Today, 10 out of every 100 Americans are over 65. The aging of the population will affect American society in many ways-education, medicine and business. Quietly, the graying (人口老化) of America has made us a very different society-one in which people have a quite different idea of what kind of behavior is suitable at various ages.A persons age no longer tells you anything about his/her position or health. There is no longer a particular year in which one goes to school or goes to work or gets retired. The social clock that kept us on time and told us when to go to school, get a job, or stop working isnt as strong as it used to be. It doesnt surprise us to hear of a 29-year-old university president or a 35-year-old grandmother, or a 70-year-old man who has become a father for the first time. Public ideas are changing.Many people say, “I am much younger than my mother or my father was at my age.” No one says “Act your age” any more. Weve stopped looking with surprise at older people, who act in youthful ways.49. What way is not mentioned in the article that the aging of the population will affect American society?A. Medicine. B. Business. C. Education. D. Marriage.50. It can be learned from the text that the aging of the population in America _. A. has changed peoples social position B. has nothing to do with peoples understanding of age C. has made people feel youngerD. has made people feel older51. The underlined word “one” in paragraph 1 refers to _. A. a society B. America C. a place D. population52. “Act your age” means people should _. A. show respect for their parents young or old B. do the right thing at the right age C. be active when they are old D. take more physical exercise suitable to their age53. If a 25-year-old man becomes general manager of a big firm, the writer of the text would most probably consider it _.A. unbelievable B. wonderful C. normal D. unreasonableBWhen I was growing up, I had an old neighbor named Dr. Gibbs. He didnt look like any doctor Id ever known. He never yelled at us for playing in his yard. His house sat on ten acres, and his lifes goal was to make it a forest.The good doctor had some interesting theories about plant care and growth. He never watered his new trees as others did. Once I asked why. He said that watering plants spoiled(宠坏) them so that each successive tree generation would grow weaker and weaker. So you have to make things rough for them and weed out(淘汰) the weaker trees early on. He talked about how watering trees made for shallow roots, and how trees that werent watered had to grow deep roots in search of moisture. I thought he meant that deep roots were to be treasured.So he never watered his trees. He planted an oak and, instead of watering it every morning, he beat it with a rolled-up newspaper. Smack! Slap! Pow! I asked him why he did that, and he said it was to get the trees attention.Dr. Gibbs passed away a couple of years after I left home. Every now and again, I walked by his house and looked at the trees that Id watched him plant some twenty-five years ago. Theyre extremely tall, big and robust since they have deep roots now. However, the trees in my garden trembled in a cold wind although I had watered them for several years.It seems that adversity(逆境) and suffering benefit these trees while comfort and ease never could. I stood there deep in thought.Every night before I go to bed, I check on my two sons. I often pray for them. Mostly I pray that their lives will be easy. But I think that its time to change my prayer(祷词) because now I know my children are going to encounter hardship.54. According to Dr. Gibbs theories, trees will become weaker if they _.A. are lack of care B. are watered C. are weeded out D. are beaten55. According to Para. 2 and Para. 3, we can infer that Dr. Gibbs motto may be _.A. “Seeing is believing” B. “Honesty is the best policy”C. “Practice makes perfect” D. “No pain, no gain”56. The underlined word robust in Para. 5 most probably means _.A. strong B. strange C. deep D.old57. Which of the following statement is True?A. The writer is twenty-five years old.B. Dr. Gibbs beat his trees with a rope.C. Dr. Gibbs thought that watering trees might spoil them.D. The writer will not pray for her children any more.58. Which of t