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浙江省诸暨市诸暨中学2013-2014学年第二学期高二年级期中试题英语试卷 选择题（共70分）注意：本部分答案请用2b铅笔涂在答题卡上。答题卡上需准确填涂姓名与考号。i. 单项填空（共20小题；每小题0.5分，满分10分）从a、b、c、d四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项标号涂黑。1. can i get you a cup of tea?_.a. thats very nice of youb. with pleasurec. you can, pleased. thank you for the tea2. color shapes our view of _ world and it may have _ far more influence on our life than many of us realize.a. a; a b. the; / c. the; the d. the; a3. the reporter is _ a dilemma whether he should report the footballer who is guilty _ taking a bribe.a. in; aboutb. on; ofc. in; ofd. on; for4. i have read the material several times but it doesnt make any _ to me.a. meaning b. impression c. sense d. difference5. the victims suffering from the terrible earthquake have to be provided accommodations if they _.a. have survived b. are to survive c. would survive d. will survive6. you cant go out since you havent finished your homework; _, it is a stormy night.a. apart from b. meanwhile c. therefore d. besides7. the headmaster has promised us that we shall be told _ the results of the exam come out.a. in case b. every time c. ever since d. the instant8. then professor walked onto the platform and seated himself in a chair, _ for answering questions.a. had prepared b. being prepared c. preparing d. prepared9. failure hurts grownups and children, but it can make a _ contribution to your life once you learn to use it.a. positive b. thorough c. enjoyable d. chief10. this basketball team had lots of excellent players, so its fans had never expected that it _ have failed in the final.a. would b. might c. should d. could11. hearing the dog barking fiercely, away _. a. running the thiefb. was running the thiefc. the thief was running d. ran the thiefhospital staff burst into cheers after doctors completed a 20-hour operation to have_ one- year-old twins at the head.a. accomplished b. separated c. divided d. removed13. he was observed _ into the house and help himself to what he liked before the owner came back.a. to slide b. slide c. sliding d. slid14.why did you go to the wrong office?well, i forgot which room i was _ to go to.a. guided b. hoped c. supposed d. suggested15. in order to improve english，_.a. jennys father bought her lots of tapesb. jenny bought a lot of tapes for herselfc. a lot of tapes were bought by jennyd. a lot of tapes were bought by jennys father16. many kindhearted people _ the disaster relief fund to help the people in the earthquakestricken area.a. devote to b. attend to c. contribute to d. lead to17. _ by a group of journalists and _ to nobody for help, the famous actress finally covered her face with a hat.a. surrounded; turning b. surrounded; turnedc. surrounding; turningd. surrounding; turned18. what will happen to the children if jim and mary _？a. break up b. break down c. break out d. break in19. so difficult _ it to work out the problem that i decided to ask tom for advice.a. i did find b. did i findc. i have foundd. have i found20. i have had such a case _a boy whispered to his classmate now and then while i was having lessons. a. as b. that c. which d. whereii. 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从2140各题所给的四个选项（a、b、c和d）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 how far would you walk to learn about something that interested you? when he was young, jacob lawrence often walked more than sixty 21 from his home in the harlem section of new york city to the metropolitan museum of artjacob wanted to be a（n） 22 ，and he believed that studying the famous paintings 23 in that museum would help himit was 1930,when many people were out of work, money was 24 and people suffered a lotstill the streets were 25 with energy and coloras he walked through harlem, jacob looked hard at the people, the churches, and barbershops and so onhe 26 those images in his mind, along with the images of paintings he saw in the 27 jacob came from a poor familyhis mother believed there was little chance 28 her son could grow up to be a successful paintershe wanted him to aim for something more 29 but jacobs teacher, alston, in an art program saw that he was talentedalston 30 him how to use paints to make stage setsas time passed, alston let jacob rent work space in his own studiothat was an exciting place for a young black man 31 to become an artistmany creative people 32 there to talk about art, literature and historyfrom their 33 ,jacob learned that history books often 34 the accomplishments of african americanshe decided to paint a series of pictures describing the story of a black herohe 35 toussaint, who had helped free his people 36 french rulingmany people admired jacobs pictures, but he needed 37 admirationto help his family, he often had to work at jobs that 38 him away from paintingthen something encouraging happenedan artist named augusta got jacob a jobfor eighteen months, jacob was given a 39 to paint pictures for the first time, he felt like a 40 artist21.a. stepsb. blocksc. buildingsd. roads22.a. artistb. teacherc. professord. official23.a. swingingb. existingc. hangingd. folding24.a. hardb. loosec. difficultd. tight25.a. linedb. decoratedc. furnishedd. filled26.a. keptb. receivedc. createdd. remembered27.a. museumb. studioc. churchd. street学科28.a. whetherb. whichc. thatd. when29.a. preciousb. practicalc. standardd. flexible30.a. suggested b. remindedc. providedd. showed31. a. approvingb. strugglingc. marchingd. joining32.a. settledb. wanderedc. gatheredd. rushed33.a. experiencesb. performancesc.accentsd. conversations34.a. admittedb. accusedc. ignoredd. witnessed35.a. choseb. acceptedc. assessedd. employed36.a. againstb. fromc. ford. with37.a. more thanb. rather thanc. other thand. less than38.a. putb. gavec. permittedd. took39. a. awardb. titlec. salary d. prize40. a. creative b. popularc. valuabled. professionaliii. 阅读理解：（共20小题；每小题分2分，满分40分）阅读下列短文, 从各题所给的四个选项（a、b、c和d）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。aa person, like a commodity (商品), needs packaging. but going too far is absolutely undesirable. a little exaggeration(夸张), however, does no harm when it shows the persons unique qualities to their advantages. to show personal attractiveness in a casual and natural way, it is important for one to have a clear knowledge of oneself. a skilled packager knows how to add art to nature without any signs of embellishment, so that the person so packaged is not a commodity but a human being, lively and lovely.a young person, especially a female, shining with beauty and full of life, has all the favor granted. youth, however, comes and goes in a flash. packaging for the middle-aged is primarily to hide the marks made by years. if you still enjoy life enough to keep self-confidence and work at pioneering work, you are unique in your natural qualities, and your attractiveness and grace will remain. elderly people are beautiful if their river of life has been, through plains, mountains and jungles, running its course as it should. you have really lived your life, which now arrives at a self - satisfied stage of quietness and calmness with no interest in fame or wealth. there is no need to make use of hair dyeing. the snow-capped mountain itself is a beautiful scene of fairyland. let your looks change from young to old in step with the natural ageing process so as to keep in harmony with nature, for harmony itself is beauty, while the other way round will only end in unpleasantness. to be in the company of the elderly is like reading a thick book of good edition, which attracts one so much that one is unwilling to part with it. as long as one finds where one stands, one knows how to package oneself, just as a commodity sets up its brand by the right packaging.41. the underlined word in the first paragraph is closest to the word _ in meaning. a. decoration b. clarification c. movement d. recognition42. it can be concluded from the text that _.a. people should be packaged at all agesb. people should be packaged in a special way c. elderly people also care about packagingd. proper packaging makes people attractive43. for the middle-aged, attractiveness _ . a. hardly exists b. is the strongest c. comes from the inside d. comes from the appearance44. according to the author, if you want to keep in harmony with nature, you should _.a. dye your hair b. make up at a young agec. follow the ageing process d. give up fame and wealth45. the underlined sentence means that elderly people _.a. are usually packaged like a finely-made bookb. experience a lot and have rich knowledge of life c. do a lot of traveling and can give you much informationd. enjoy reading thick books about beautiful nature and fairylandbabout five years ago, an american electrical engineer named scott brusaw and his wife julie came up with the idea of putting solar panels (控制板) on the ground rather than the roof. then they began to develop the solar roadway. the solar roadway is an intelligent road that provides clean renewable energy using power from the sun while providing safer driving conditions, along with power and data delivery. they predict that the solar roadway will pay for itself through the generation of electricity along with other forms of income and that the same money that is being used to build and resurface current roads can be used to build the solar roadways.each solar road panel measures roughly 4 meters by 4 meters and contains a microprocessor (微处理器) that monitors and controls the panel, while communicating with neighboring panels and the vehicles traveling overhead. the inventors suggest that this provides a communications device every 4 meters on every road which could be used for example to warn drivers of cars which are moving across a centre line and various other speed control problems. the top of the solar road panels is made of super-strong glass that would offer vehicles the tractions (抓地力) they need.according to the inventors, the solar roadway creates and carries clean renewable electricity and therefore electric vehicles can be recharged at any conveniently located rest stop, or at any business that has paved solar road panels in their parking lots.the inventors say their solar roadway has many functions and advantages from main roads to driveways, parking lots, bike paths, sidewalks and runways. the federal highway administration has given brusaw 100,000 to develop the invention and brusaw hopes to build a smart-road parking lot in the coming spring . 46. in the inventors opinion, the solar roadway .a. is too expensive to build at presentb. costs no more money than current roadsc. can provide as many data as present computersd. will bring them a large sum of money47. the underlined word “they” in paragraph 2 refers to .a. the panelsb. the inventorsc. the researchersd. the vehicles48. the solar roadway includes all the following advantages except .a. providing safer driving conditionsb. helping drivers communicate with each other while drivingc. creating and carrying clean renewable electricityd. warning drivers of various speed control problems49. it can be inferred from the text that .a. the solar roadway has already been put into useb. 100,000 is only enough to build a smart-road parking lotc. the solar roadway is not available for gas-powered carsd. future electric vehicles can be charged anytime and anywhere50. what can be the best title for the text?a. solar-powered smart road of the futureb. the great changes on the roadwayc. the influence the solar roadway has on peopled. the solar roada much faster roadchigh-quality customer service is preached (宣扬) by many, but actually keeping customers happy is easier said than done.shoppers seldom complain to the manager or owner of a retail store, but instead will warn their friends, relatives, co-workers, strangersand anyone who will listen.store managers are often the last to hear complaints, and often find out only when their regular customers decide to frequent their competitors, according to a study jointly conducted by verde group and wharton school.“storytelling hurts retailers and entertains consumers,” said paula courtney, president of the verde group. “the store loses the customer, but the shopper must also find a replacement.”on average, every unhappy customer will complain to at least four others, and will no longer visit the specific store. for every dissatisfied customer, a store will lose up to three more due to negative review. the resulting “snowball effect” can be disastrous to retailers.according to the research, shoppers who purchased clothing experienced the most problems. ranked second and third were grocery and electronics customers.the most common complaints include filled parking lots, cluttered (塞满了的) shelves, overloaded racks, out-of-stock items, long check-out lines, and rude salespeople.during peak shopping hours, some retailers solved parking problems by getting moonlighting (业余兼职的) local police to work as parking attendants(服务员). some hired flag wavers to direct customers to empty parking spaces. this guidance rid the need for customers to circle the parking lot endlessly, and avoided conflict between those eyeing the same parking space.retailers can relieve the headaches by redesigning store layouts(布局), pre-stocking sales items, hiring speedy and experienced cashiers, and having sales representatives on hand to answer questions.most importantly, salespeople should be diplomatic(外交手腕的) and polite with angry customers.“retailers whore responsive and friendly are more likely to smooth over issues than those who arent so friendly,” said professor stephen hoch. “maybe something as simple as a greeter at the store entrance would help.”customers can also improve future shopping experiences by filing complaints to the retailer, instead of complaining to the rest of the world. retailers are hard-pressed to improve when they have no idea what is wrong.51. why are store managers often the last to hear complaints? a. most customers wont take the trouble to complain even if they have had unhappy experiences. b. customers would rather tell their unhappy experiences to people around them. c. few customers believe the service will be improved. d. its difficult for customers to get in touch with store managers.52. what does paula courtney imply by saying “the shopper must also find a replacement” (para. 4) a. new customers must replace old ones. b. it is not likely the shopper can find the same products in other stores. c. most stores provide the same kind of service. d. not complaining to the manager causes the shopper some trouble too.53. shop owners often hire moonlighting police as parking attendants so that shoppers_. a. can stay longer buying goods in the store b. can park their cars without trouble c. wont have any worries about safety d. can find their cars easily after shopping54. what contributes most to smoothing over issues with customers? a. manners of the salespeople. b. hiring of efficient employees. c. huge supply of goods for sale. d. design of store layout.55. to achieve better shopping experiences, customers are advised to _. a. put pressure on stores to improve their service b. settle their arguments with stores in a diplomatic way c. voice their dissatisfaction to store managers directlyd. shop around and make comparisons between storesdwhen a tornado touched down in a small town nearby, many families were left completely destroyed. afterward all the local newspapers carried many human-interest stories featuring some of the families who suffered the hardest.one sunday, a particular picture especially touched me. a young woman stood in front of an entirely shattered mobile home, a depressed expression twisting her features. a young boy, seven or eight years old, stood at her side, eyes downcast. clutching (紧握) at her skirt was a tiny girl who stared into the camera, eyes wide with confusion and fear.the article that went with the picture gave the clothing sizes of each family member. with growing interest, i noticed that their sizes closely matched ours. this would be a good opportunity to teach my children to help those less fortunate than themselves. i taped the picture of the young family to our refrigerator, explaining their difficulty to my seven-year-old twins, brad and brett, and to three- year-old meghan.“we have so much. and these poor people now have nothing,” i said. “well share what we have with them.”i brought three large boxes down from the room upstairs and placed them on the living room floor. meghan watched seriously, as the boys and i filled one of the boxes with canned goods and foods.while i sorted through our clothes, i encouraged the boys to go through their toys and donate some of their less favorite things. meghan watched quietly as the boys piled up discarded toys and games.“ill help you find something for the little girl when im done with this,” i said.the boys placed the toys they had chosen to donate into one of the boxes while i filled the third box