清远市2018-2019学年度第二学期高二年级期末质量检测
英语
第一部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）
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The Christian Science Monitor is seeking editorial interns(实习生）with good journalism skills to write and edit in the Monitor’s various columns and online platforms. Applicants must be self-starters(做事主动的人)，and have great analytical skills，a basic understanding of world events, and an ability to write and edit with clarity and precision.
Duties will include making presentations, reporting, and writing stories with angles that could bring understanding to various topics, show new creative approaches to a wide range of problems, and highlight areas of progress.
Attention to detail is important in this job. Interns will stand out from their experience as excellent writers who are able to notice and analyze trends in addition to earning valuable day-to-day experience by working with first--rate editors in a dynamic newsroom.
Work Schedule: Paid and academic interns will work Monday through Friday, between 35 to 40 hours a week. The workplace is in Boston, Mass.
●Spring internships run from January to the beginning of May. The application deadline is October 15.
●Summer internships run from the end of May to mid August. The application deadline is a January 15
●Fall internships run from September to December. The application deadline is July 15.
To apply, please contact the Internship Manager, and send a resume, a cover letter, and at least three writing clips( 片段)（If emailing, please attach clips as separate, printable documents and not as links）to：
Kendra Nordin Beato
Internship Manager
The Christian Science Monitor
210 Massachusetts Avenue, Po2- 20
Boston, MA02115
nordink@csmiomiror com
Run:经营；开办；使继续，使运转，参加竞选1. What is required of the interns?
1.Having majored in journalism.
B .Having relevant work experience.
C. Having good problem-solving skills
D .Having unique insight into world events
2. How long do fall internships last?
A. About one month
B. About two months.
C. About three months.
D. About four months.
3. What does the author say about the internships?
A. Internships should be applied for at least a month ahead
B.Interns are expected to work to 8 hours a day.
C.Interns must attach a reference when applying by letter.
D. The publishing house of the paper is located in New York.
B
It's natural to think about what goes into producing the food in your daily lunch bag. But have you ever stopped to consider the production techniques behind the bag itself? At the enter of it is a woman named Margaret Knight.
From her earliest years, Knight was a restless creator. In the article titled " The
Evolution of the Grocery Bag", its writer mentions a few of her childhood projects. She was “famous for her kites", and "her sleds were the envy of the town’s boys.”
To support her mother, she took a job at a cotton factory when she was 12. That same year she invented a shuttle system which helped to prevent injury. A the time, she had no concept of patenting(得到……的专利权) her idea. What strengthened her place in history was her working experience at the Columbia Paper Bag Company. Here, instead of folding every paper bag by hand, Knight wondered if she might be able to make them cleanly and rapidly via an automated machine. The result was a working model of her elegant paper-folding machine.But this time: she wanted to go to the extra step and secure a patent on her creation, a brave move for a woman in the 19th century, when an extremely small percentage of patents were held by women.
Not only did Knight file for a patent, she bravely defended her owner ship of the bag machine idea. A man named Charles Annan said the creation was his own, arguing no woman could be able to design such a machine. Knight fought a legal battle against him and handed Anna a courtroom(法庭)defeat by presenting her detailed hand-drawn blueprints. Finally，Knight received her rightful patent in 1871.
After making the machine, she continued to invent many other things like a paper feeding machine and a skirt protector. Knight, at the age of seventy, worked twenty hours a day on 89th invention.
4. why does the writer mention Knight's childhood projects?
A. To introduce a book to reader
B To tell us young Knight liked sports.
C. To show Knight was envied by other girls
D.To show Knight was creative as a child
5. which words can best describe Knight?
A. Intelligent and generous.
B.Courageous and hardworking
C .Considerate and optimistic
D. Independent and determined.
6. What do we know bout the paper folding machine?
A.It turned to be slower but safer
B. It was co invented by Knight and Annan
C. It proved Knight's position as an inventor.
D.It was the first machine to be patented by a woman
7. How is the text mainly developed?
A.By following the order of time
B. By making some comments.
C. By making a comparison
D. By listing examples
C
Research shows that some orchestral(管弦乐的)instruments are in a danger of dying out .YouGov research, asked by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) to find the most popular instruments among schoolchildren, has revealed the increasing popularity of the ukulele(克里里)，with one in eight
expressing a desire to learn，making it the highest ranked instrument behind the typical rock band grouping of the guitar, piano, keyboards,drums and bass guitar.
But younger generations interest in "more complex instruments"is decreasing, with the three least popular being the French horn. the double bass and the trombone
James Williams, managing director of the RPO, believed the changes reflect the
increasing pressure schools are under to provide music education, and went on to say that more needs to be done to interest secondary school students in the wider range of instruments.His concern was for the composition(构成)of future orchestras if the trend towards instruments like rock- band grouping were allowed to continue. But there may be yet another death, one that few would be quick to sorrow over:the recorder(竖笛)
Cheap, convenient, easy to learn, and suitable for individual and group performances,the recorder was once the go-to instrument for children’s early musical education. But in many schools it has been replaced by the ukulele, which, for teachers, offers many of the same benefits with none of the lasting damage to bearing. Plus, from a students viewpoint you can play Metallica on one.
Not all hope is lost for the cream-colored,10-pound Yatnaha recorder with a long history,however. About 13% of girls and 4% boys surveyed by YouGov said they wanted to learn the reorder. Surprisingly high! Unlikely as it may be. these children’s interest in the recorder must be encouraged.
8. What does YouGov research suggest?
A. Schoolchildren determine the popularity of music
B. The ukulele is the least popular with students in
C. Students generally prefer rock-band instruments.
D.Orchestral instruments will disappear in the future.
9. What can we do to save orchestral instruments according to Williams?
A. Encourage children to play rock and roll.
B.Find means to inspire students' interest in them.
C.Spend much more school on music education
D. Offer high-quality orchestral instruments to the public
10. Why has the ukulele replaced the recorder widely?
A. Because users can enjoy more advantages from it
B. Because the music played on it is more appealing.
C. Because it is much cheaper and easier to learn
D. Because it stands for the world's music tendency
11. What does the author stress in the Last paragraph?
A. Many children choose recorders as expected
B. It's time for younger learners to save music
C. We should respect children’s choices for instruments
D. Recorders still have the potential for a bright future.
D
PARIS-A scaffolding(脚手架) firm that has worked on the roof of Notre Dame said some of its workers had smoked on the site, but ruled out that a cigarette butt( 烟蒂) might have started the fire that destroyed the cathedral’s oak-framed roof last week.
A spokesman for family-owned Le Bras Freres, confirming a report in French weekly Le Canard Emchaine, told Reuters that some workers of its Europe Echafaudage scaffolding unit had informed police that they had "sometimes"smoked an the scaffolding, despite a smoking ban on the site.
“We blame it. But the fire started inside the building... so for company Le Bras Freres this is not a hypothesis(假设)，it was not a cigarette butt that set Notre Dame de Paris on fire, "Le Bras Freres
spokesman Mare Eskenazi said. The Canard Enchaine reported that police had found the remains of seven cigarette butts in the burnt-out cathedral. “This is not wrong, "said a source close to the investigation, who declined all other comment. Eskemazi said it was impossible to set a log on fire with a cigarette butt and questioned how cigarette butts could have been found on the site. " If cigarette butts have survived the fire, I do not know what material they were made of, "he said
Europe Echaffaudage also ruled out the possibility that the fire might have been started by an electricity incident at one of the two lifts on the site. " The lifts' electricity was perfectly within specifications and well maintained. "he said. He added that the two lifts were on the outside of the building,situated at 45 and 65 metres from the base of the spire( 尖顶), where the first smoke and flames had been spotted and that the workers had cut the power to the lifts at 17: 50 when they had left the site for the day.
The Canard Enchaine also reported that electrical wiring ran through the roof of the cathedral,but the church administration denied that safety norms had not been respected. “Nothing was ever done without the approval of the state.....There were no wires dangling everything was properly installed, "Notre Dame spokesman Andre Finot said. In 2012,electrical engines had been installed to sound the bells in the spire.
12. Why did Le Bras Errs spokesman Mare Eskenazi disagree hat cigarette butts had caused the fire?
A.Because no one had thrown a cigarette butt on a log
B. Because there is a smoking ban on the site of Notre Dame.
C.Because the cigarette butts couldn't have survived the big fire
D.Because no cigarette butts had been found in the burnt-out cathedral
13. What can we learn from what Eskenazi said in Para 4?
A.The two lifts were on the inside of the building of Notre Dame
B. The two lifts were situated at the same height from the base of the spire.
C.The lifts' electricity was perfectly within specifications and well maintained.
D. The workers forgot to cut the power to the lifts when they left the site for the day
14. What is the possible meaning of the underlined word "dangle"in Para. 5?
A.Set or kept apart.
B. Hang or swing loosely
C. Have the parts or elements linked together.
D. Put somewhere so that it is ready to be used
15. Which of the following can be the best title for the news report?
A. Scaffolding firm says workers smoked at Paris' Notre Dame
B Scaffolding firm blames workers' smoking at Paris Notre Dame
C.Scaffolding firm is investigating the cause of the fire at Paris' Notre Dame
D .Scaffolding firm says cigarette butts might have started the fire at Paris' Notre Dame
第二节(共5小题;每小题2分，满分10分)
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中出能填入空自处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项.
Ask fishermen why they fish and you will get a variety of answers. The book and movie A River Runs Through It tried to answer that question.___16____
What are mine? Like most fishermen, I love the peace and quietness of most trips.Imagine the still water at your feet, not a ripple(涟漪)on it.___17__And everything around you looks soft. A splash(飞溅的水) breaks the calm, letting you know there is a fish feeding there.You are totally alone with your thoughts, almost as if you were floating in an isolation（隔离）tank.
____18____.Trying to make a fish think your lure(诱饵) is its food is not easy. Figuring out where
the fish is and why it is there is another part of the challenge. And learning enough about them to consistently catch fish is a challenge most of s don't overcome.
The pull of the fish you hook and the efforts to land it without losing it are part of the fun. Struggling with a fish on a rod and reel is very interesting. Good fresh food is another reason why many people go fishing. Getting your own food is another basic need that fishing provides.
Competition has become a big part of fishing. I like it, where a group of people go out and try to catch fish.___19._____.It is nice when you win, but you try to listen and learn from the winner when you are not on top.
For many years, I had an irresistible desire to go fishing. I could not wait to get to the waterside and try to show my skills against those fish. I was not happy except when fishing.___20_____.However, that strong urge is no longer there. Sometimes I miss it.
A.The challenge of being cleverer than fish is part of it
B. You must have enough patience when fishing beside a river
C.The truth is that every fisherman has his or her own reasons.
D. The fog is just thick enough so trees disappear in the distance.
E. As I get older, I still enjoy fishing and all the things mentioned here.
F.At the end of the day, you get to compare how many fish you have caught
G. That part of the fishing experience lasts for only a few minutes each day.
第二部分英悟知识运用(共两节，满分45分)
第一节完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分，满分30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。
A kind-hearted stranger donates kidney to save a mums life after seeing Facebook plea(请求). Stacey Hewitt, from Redcar, received the kidney from donor Louise Drewer, of Scunthorpe, who became the first British woman to donate a kidney to a __21__as a result of Facebook. A mum suffering kidney failure has received: transplant__22__ her dad's making a plea on Facebook. Stacey Hewitt, 26, was facing a
bleak(暗淡的)____23____ so her father Darren___24__ the SOS in the search for a donor.
Louise Drewery, 37, was so _25__ by the message that she decided to go under the knife
-----becoming the first British woman to donate a kidney to a stranger as a result of a Facebook plea. The transplant was a(a)__26___ and Stacey could feel the __27__immediately, She said: " It's amazing and I can’t __28____Louise enough.
Before the operation, Stacey was ___29 tired and could only walk short distances as her kidneys failed. Without a transplant she would have become very sick and __30____ lifelong dialysis(透析)
Darren's Facebook message said: " Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, is there anyone out there that would like to donate a kidney to help my daughter? "He added: "She has kidney disease and needs a transplant as soon as possible. She is the mother of our three year-old grandson and finds it hard to
__31___ properly because of the illness.”
The message soon spread. __32____ the reaction. Darren said: "Within seconds my inbox went mad,"Mum-of-two Louise said one of the reasons why she __33_____ to help her was that she was worried about Stacey’s son Alfie. “ when I saw the message,I knew that __34___I could help, I would.”
After 13 months of___35___,it was was concluded that Louise, of Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, could donate a kidney to Stacey, who lives 70 miles north in Redcar.
Stacey's __36_____ parents visited Louise before the transplant, with Darren calling her"an absolute ___37____ " The operation was __38___ at the Institute of Transplantation at Freeman Hospital in Newcastle.
Professor Derek Manas, director of the institute, said, "A lot of people Just want go to humanity and it has opened my ___39_____.It's amazing that people are ___40__ to do this.”
21. A. stranger B. neighbor C. colleague D. relative
22. A. regardless of B. ahead of C.owing to D. apart from
23. A. deal B. future C. budget D.Choice
24. A. turned over B. picked up C.made for D.sent out
25. A. embarrassed B. confused C. discouraged D. moved
26. A. condition B. example C.Success D. order
27. A. pressure B. benefit C .generosity D. pain
28. A. encourage B. inspire C. thank D. Help
29. A constantly B gradually C. precisely D spiritually
30. A expand B.present C. influence D.require
31. A. charge B. function C .examine D.design
32. A. Recalling B Controlling C. Bothering D. Adopting
33. A. hesitated B. learned C. failed D. offered
34. A. while B. though C. if D. until
35.A.tests B. discussions C. duties D.signs
36.A. serious B. grateful C. optimistic D. curious
37. A. doctor B. citizen C. employee D. hero
38. A. called off B. held up C. carried out D. put away
39. A. books B.cases C.eyes D. doors
40. A. prepared B. free C.anxious D.Suitable
第二节(共10小题;每小题1.5分，满分15分)
阅读下列材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式
He's an old cobbler(修鞋匠) with a shop in a historic area in Paris. When I took him my shoes, he told me, "I haven't time. Take them to _41____other fellow on the main street.
Just looking at his bench __42_____ (load) with tools and pieces of leather, I knew the craftsman(手艺人) was rather__43____(skill).“No，＂I replied，＂the other fellow can’t do it well.”
“The fellow he mentioned"is one of those shopkeepers who fix shoes and make keys without knowing much about mending shoes or making keys.”They work _44___ (careless)and when they have finished sewing back a sandal strap (鞋带). you might as well just threw away the pair. The
reason__45___I wanted to have my shoes repaired in the shop is that the man works very carefully.
The man __46___(have)me write my name on one shoe with a piece of chalk and said “Come back tomorrow.”
I was about to leave__47_____he took a pair of soft leather__48___(boot)off a shelf.
"See what I can do? "he said with pride. “Only three __49___ us in Paris can do this kind of work.”
The cobber was something out of an ancient legend, this old craftsman with his way of speaking familiarly, his very strange, dusty hat, his funny accent and, above all, his pride in his craft.
In such a period it is a rare comfort to find a cobbler who gets his greatest___50___(satisfy)from pride a job well done.
第三部分写作（共两节，满分35分）
第一节短文改错（每小题1分，满分10分)
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文，有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
I'm glad to write to share with you my happiness of being admitted to my ideal college，and particularly I'm writing to express my sincerely thanks to you.
Having been received the offer, I knew all my efforts finally paid off. College life
distinguished a lot from senior school life. Undoubtedly, it's another life combined with challenge and sweet memories. I cant wait to going to college.
A million thanks to your encouraging words, which never fail to brighten my way ahead.There was a period where I was totally at the loss, doubting whether I could make any progress in my study.It's you helped cheer me up. Never will I forget what you said-doors open to the very man with full confidence and instant action. But to your help, I could never have enjoyed such joyful a harvest.I really appreciate your helpful instruct. And I'll appreciate it if you could come to my celebration party on August the 8th.
第二节书面表达(满分25分)
假定你是李华，得知你的英国朋友Frank暑假不回国，你写信想邀请他到你清远的家乡玩。
内容包括
1.发出邀请
2.时间和地点
3.活动安排
注意:1.词数100左右，开头和结尾已经出，不计人总词数;
2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯
Dear Frank,
Having heard that you won' t return to your country this summer vacation,
____________________________________________________________________