I 语言知识及应用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节 完形填空（共题；每小题分，满分分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从～所给的A、B、C和D中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Skydiving provides the greatest freedom that one can ever experience. Here I'd like to describe my first jump to you. My first jump was a part of the free fall __1__. The course had fourteen jumps，but I always remember the first one!
On the jump day，we went to the skydiving __2__ in the morning. There we studied all the necessary lessons to make a __3__ jump，including information about parachute（降落伞） equipment，opening the parachute，and landing __4__. We had a written __5__ at the end of the class. Fortunately, everybody passed the test.
Then we left the classroom for the preparation room. We __6__ our parachutes，altimeters（测高仪）, gloves and glasses. After that we got on the airplane. That was a __7__ plane—at least twenty skydivers could get on it. I became worried and __8__，for I was the first one to jump. Probably I was the most nervous person. The others were relaxed and __9__ themselves by telling jokes to each other and even drinking juice.
The plane took off and flew higher and higher. The door was opened. I looked down but could see
__10__ as my glasses smoked up because of the cold air. When the smoke disappeared，I found the airplane was almost __11__. All the other skydivers had already jumped! I jumped too. I __12__ the altimeter，and when it was 5,500 feet I __13__ the parachute. It was wonderful! I flew to the drop area and landed on the ground. I was one of the successful students who didn't __14__ when landing.
That was my first jump. I was so afraid before it but I __15__ it at last. It was an unforgettable and enjoyable experience.
1．A. book B．teacherC．course D．game
2．A. hall B．classroomC．equipment D．airplane
3．A. usual B．creativeC．different D．successful
4．A. surprisingly B．freelyC．safely D．quickly
5．A. report B．examC．agreement D．rule
6．A. brought out B．took awayC．gave up D．put on
7．A. small B．largeC．modern D．new
8．A. happy B．excitedC．frightened D．amazed
9．A. helping B．enjoyingC．saving D．challenging
10．A. nothing B．everythingC．something D．anything
11．A. noisy B．crowdedC．empty D．broken
12．A. fixed B． changedC．forgot D．checked
13．A. lost B．threwC．found D．opened
14．A. fall B．cryC．run D．sleep
15．A. brought B．madeC．failed D．stopped
第二节 语法填空（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为16—25的相应位置上。
Have you ever seen the advertisement: Learn a foreign language in six weeks, or give your money back? Of course, it never ___16___ (happen) quite like that. The only language easy to learn is the mother language. And think how much practice___17___ (need) for that. Before the Second World War people usually learned a foreign language ___18__ (study) the literature of the country. Now most people want to speak a foreign language. Every year millions of people start learning it.
How do they do it? Some people learn at home with books and tapes, ___19___ others go to evening classes or watch TV programs. ___20___ they use the language only two or three times a week, learning it will take a long time, like language learning at school. A few people try to learn language fast
___21___ studying for six or more hours___22____ day. It’s much ____23___ (easy) to learn the language in the country ___24____ it is spoken. But most people are unable to do this, and many people don’t
have to do ___25____. Machines and good books will be helpful, but they cannot do the students’ work. Whether the language is learned quickly or slowly, it’s hard work.
II阅读（共两节，满分50分）
第一节阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。My grandparents actively practiced simplicity. They both grew up in very large families and lived through the Great Depression. Saving for a rainy day and avoiding superfluous consuming was their life philosophy. Rather than seeking fulfillment through material items, they chose to spend really simple life together, with family and in nature.
Over the years my grandparents noticed dramatic changes in their community. Every year more farmland was destroyed to build larger and larger homes. As real estate prices rose, many of their neighbors sold their little homes and land. Soon theirs were the only small house on the block, surrounded by a sea of mansions. My grandparents built and lived in a small 600-square-foot cottage for most of their adult lives. Lots of family members encouraged my grandparents to expand their little old house. But they didn’t want a bigger place. They loved their little house and were content with what they had.
My grandparents avoided consumptive(浪费的）lifestyle by painting and repairing the house themselves. They lived in a small home, but had a huge garden. They loved gardening and planting because it reduced their grocery bill, improved their health, and gave them an excuse to be outside. They also reused and recycled everything. For instance, they had driven the same car for over 15 years and didn’t buy a new one until the old Chevrolet was worn out.
Through their example I learned an important lesson: It is possible to live a simple and fulfilling life. My grandparents taught me that living a simple life isn’t about self-deprivation. Instead, it’s about giving yourself the time, freedom, and money to pursue your dreams. Becoming debt free, downsizing to a smaller home, and going car-lite (减少用车频率）are a few ways to take control of your life and start pursuing your dreams.
26. The underlined word superfluous in Paragraph1 is closest in meaning to _____.
A. troublesome
B. meaningful
C. unnecessary
D. increasing
27. The community’s changes include all the following EXCEPT that _____
A. many mansions were built there
B. the people built more farmland
C. the neighbors sold their houses
D. the houses became more expensive
28. The author's grandparents didn’t expand their house because _____.
A. they were too old to do any house-building job
B. they didn’t accept the family members' advice
C. their house were really new and large enough
D. they were satisfied with the house they lived in
29. Which of the following is a consumptive lifestyle in the grandparents, opinion?
A. Repairing the house themselves.
B. Planting vegetables in the garden.
C. Reusing and recycling things.
D. Changing cars in a short time.
30. The author thinks his grandparents' lifestyle is _____.
A. understandable
B. unacceptable
C. approvable
D. unreasonable
B
Last year, I lived in Chile for half a year. I lived with a Chilean family and had the responsibilities of any Chilean teenager. I had good days and bad days I didn’t understand.
Chuquicamata, my host community, is a mining camp. When I arrived there, I was scared. It was so different from what I was used to. There were lots of dogs on the streets, and there was no downtown, few smoothly paved streets, and little to do for entertainment. Rain was not seen very often, earthquakes and windstorms were frequent.
I had studied Spanish for two and a half years and was always one of the best students in my class.
But in my first week in Chile I was only able to communicate and needed one person to whom I could explain my shock. I couldn’t speak the thoughts in my head and there were so many.
Most exchange students experience this like me. Culture shock presents itself in everything from increased aggression (敌对心理) towards the people to lack of appetite(食欲). I was required to overcome all difficulties.
As time passed, everything changed. I began to forget words in English and to dream in Spanish and love Chilean food. I got used to not depending on expensive things for fun. Fun in Chuquicamata was being with people. And I took math, physics, chemistry, biology, Spanish, art, and philosophy.
But the sacrifices were nothing compared to the gain. I learned how to accept and to succeed in another culture. I now have a deeper understanding of both myself and others.
31. The author came to Chile last year with the purpose of ________.
A. paying a visit to Chile as a tourist?
B. experiencing Chilean life as a teacher
C. studying Chilean culture as a college student
D. studying knowledge as an exchange student
32. On arriving in Chile, why did the author feel frightened?
A. Because he did not know how to get along with the local people.
B. Because it was full of dangers like earthquakes and windstorms.
C. Because its living conditions were worse than what he was used to.
D. Because it was not convenient for him to shop there.
33. In the first week in Chile the author _______.
A. was not used to eating Chilean food
B. had some friends to have a chat with
C. couldn’t communicate with people
D. couldn’t express his thoughts in English
34. What did the author most probably think of his life in Chile?
A. Wonderful and worthwhile
B. Difficult but meaningful
C. Difficult and meaningless
D. Boring and disappointing
35. According to the passage, which of the following statements about Chile is TRUE?
A. its official language is Spanish and English.
B. It is a developing country without foreign students.
C. It seldom rains and natural disasters often happen.
D. Most Chileans are not friendly to foreigners.
C
If you are planning to study in the United States, you need to consider several factors. Everyone has different opinions about where is the best place to live in. Also, the best places to live in are not always home to the best schools. Finally, many schools specialize in different areas of study. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (麻省理工学院)，for example, is a great school for computer science and technology-related fields of study. However, if you want to study oceanography(海洋学)，your interests may be better served by attending school in a place that is on a coastline or near the ocean. Now I am sure that you know which schools are considered the best in the country. So I will tell you about which states I believe are the best to live in.
California is a nice state. Northern California specifically has very good weather. Los Angeles in Southern California is another story though. Life in Los Angeles is full of excitement and fast, and sometimes dangerous. As for me, I enjoy the time I spent in Massachusetts, Virginia and Maryland and these states have a lot of history and culture. The weather is not as perfect as Northern California, but it is still quite nice. My favorite area of America is the Mid-west. Middle America, I think, is home to the true American sense of values. In addition, there are many good universities there.
Also, you need to think about your likes and dislikes and then research the various states. You like sunshine and hate snow? Then you probably won't like the Midwest or even the Northeast. Open space, nature and peace and quiet? Then you probably should stay away from America's large cities. Are you interested in government? Then Washington D.C. is the only place for you. Whatever you decide, put some
thought into it. The place you live in could be the difference between a great study-abroad experience and a state of great suffering on earth.
36. From the first paragraph we can conclude that in the USA _____.
A. famous colleges and universities may not lie in nice places
B. all colleges and universities lie in big cities
C. all colleges and universities lie in beautiful places
D. famous colleges and universities lie in nice places
37. What, according to the writer, should be considered first if you want to study in the USA?
A. The living condition.
B. The climate.
C. The scenery.
D. The study condition.
38. From the third paragraph we can find that _____.
A. California is a small state in the USA
B. California is the best place to live in
C. California is the worst place to live in
D. California is a state with different climates
39. If you study in Middle America, you can probably _____.
A. face more difficulties
B. find the best universities
C. feel the real character of the nation
D. meet the most famous professors there
40. From the last paragraph of this passage we can get to know that____ .
A. you can't find any universities out of big cities in the USA
B. Washington is the largest city in the USA
C. Washington
D.C. is the political centre of the USA
D. you can't find sunshine in the Midwest
D
Judging from recent surveys, most experts in sleep behavior agree that there is virtually an epidemic （流行病） of sleepiness in the nation．“I can’t think of a single study that hasn’t found Americans getting less sleep than they ought to,” says Dr．David．Even people who think they are sleeping enough would probably be better off with more rest．
The beginning of our sleep-deficit (lack) crises can be traced back to the invention of the light bulb a century ago．From diary entries and our personal accounts from the 18th and 19th centuries, sleep scientists have reached the conclusion that the average person used to sleep about 9.5 hours a night．“The best sleep habits once were forced on us, when we had nothing to do in the evening down on the farm, and it was dark.” By the 1950s and 1960s, the sleep schedule had been reduced dramatically, to between 7.5 and 8 hours, and most people had to wake to an alarm clock．“People cheat in their sleep, and they don’t even realize they’re doing it,” says Dr．David．“They think they’re okay because they can get by on 6.5 hours, when they really need 7.5 , 8 or even more to feel ideally energetic．”
Perhaps the most merciless robber of sleep, researches say, is the complexity of the day. Whenever pressures from work, family, friends and community increase, many people consider sleep the least expensive item on their program．“In our society, you’re considered dynamic if you say you need only 5.5 hours’ sleep．If you’ve got to get 8.5 hours, people think you lack drive and ambition．”
To determine the consequences of sleep-deficit, researchers have put subjects through a set of psychological and performance tests requiring them, for instance, to add columns of numbers or recall a passage read to them only minutes earlier．“We’ve found that if you’re in sleep deficit, performance suffers,”says Dr．David．“Short-term memory is weakened, as are abilities to make decisions and to concentrate．”
41．What is the main topic of the passage?
A．Research on the causes and consequences of sleep-deficit．
B．The epidemic of sleepiness in the modern times．
C．The history of people’s sleeping patterns．
D．The minimum of our sleeping hours．
42．People in the 18th and 19th centuries slept about 9.5 hours a night because ___．
A．they were forced by their parents to do so
B．they knew what was best for their health
C．they had no electricity
D．they were not so dynamic and ambitious as modern people are
43．The major cause of sleep-deficit of modern people is ___．
A．the endless TV programmes in the evenings and the internet
B．the heavy work load of the day
C．the sufficient energy modern people usually have
D．loud noises in the modern cities
44．Which of the following is Dr. David’s opinion?
A．People who think they are sleeping enough are better off than those who don't． B．Some people can remain energetic with only 6.5 hours’ sleep a night．
C．If they get 8.5 hours’ sleep, people will be full of drive and ambition．
D．People’s mental power suffers if they are lacking in sleep．
45．What does the word “subjects” in paragraph 4 mean?
A．Person or thing that is being discussed or described．
B．Branch of knowledge studied in a school．
C．Person or thing being treated in a certain way or being experimented on．
D．Any member of a State apart from the supreme ruler．
第二节 信息匹配(共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)
请阅读下列应用文及其相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。
阅读下列图书馆各个区域的相关信息：
A．Bing Wing Carrels
Study desks with a lockable storage compartment are located on the third floor of the Bing Wing of Green Library. Graduate students and visiting scholars are given priority for carrel assignments. Undergraduate students, if assigned, may use a carrel for one quarter at a time.
B．The Velma Denning Room
The Velma Denning Room provides a focused environment for the data and software services offered by Social Science Data and Software (SSDS)．
SSDS provides access to an extensive collection of datasets from consortia, foreign governments, international organizations and US agencies and offices on CD -ROM and diskette. Users can view, download, or transfer numeric data on CD -ROM and diskette from computer workstations.
C．Bender Room
The Albert M. Bender Room, with its wonderful views of the quad and the hills beyond the campus, offers comfortable seating and a quiet atmosphere for study, leisure reading, and reflection. The Bender Room contains a collection of good books of current and classic interest in fiction and non-fiction. This collection has been made possible by a generous gift from the Stanford University Bookstore.
D．Lane Reading Room
The Lane Reading Room, houses the Humanities and Area Studies Resource Center. From the beginning, the room has served as a reading room, first for general purposes, and later for the study of rare books and manuscripts(手稿). Traditional study and reading space is now complemented by Internet access (available from all seating in the room) and computer workstations. The Lane Reading Room houses the Humanities Digital Information Service (formerly the Academic Text Service), which provides access to SUL/AIR's electronic library of humanities texts as well as to electronic indexes, publications, and the Internet.
E．Dissertation(专题论文) Rooms
Dissertation Rooms are available to currently registered doctoral students. Priority is given to those students in the Humanities and Social Sciences who use the Green Library collections. Because the rooms are in high demand, all rooms are double assigned and are available only to students who are both currently registered and advanced to candidacy.
F. Jonsson Social Sciences Reading Room
The Jonsson Social Sciences Reading Room is designed to facilitate a range of social science learning and research activities. A social science reference collection of over 15,000 volumes as well as classic texts, new and notable publications, and current issues of core journals in the social sciences are available. The Jonsson Reading Room is also home to the Social Sciences Resource Center computer cluster.
以下是人物信息，为每个人选择相应的区域：
46．Lisa intends to go into studies on social science, and she is considering which specific question should be focused on. Rather than getting easy access to electronic texts, she would like to take a quick look at the new publications in the printed form first.
47．Ali is on a visit to the university. He has been invited to stay on campus for 2 weeks. At the library, he may need a place that can be locked up to keep his belongings.
48．Jack has finished his project on humanities. For several months he was seated in front of the computer screen writing his dissertation. Today he wants a change. A comfortable place with interesting novels, short stories, or even fairy tales is most favorable.
Ⅲ读写综合 （共三节，满分40分）
第一节：基础知识检测（每题分，满分20分）
. I hated being treated with v________.
52. The event has put him into an embarrassing p___________.
53. If you don’t know how to use the medicine, read the d____________ carefully before using it.
54. I left him, ___________(determine) never to come back again.
55. The source of the information is ________. (rely)
56. Two players are out of the team because of _______. (injure)
57. His facial ___________ suggest that he’s quite satisfied with the result (express)
58. The results of the survey have been _____________. (encourage)
59. It’s quite n_________ for a person to refuse the offer of help from strangers.
60. After living in Paris for 50 years, he returned to the small town ______ he grew up as a child. 61．Your speech was heard by a group of five judges, all of agreed that it was the best one this year.
62． 大多数失业人员都是文化不高的人。
Most of the people who are ______ ______ _______usually have little education.
63． 别灰心， 你会成功的。
Don’t _____ _____. You will succeed.
64. 大学尚未毕业，他就创办了自己的公司。
He ______ ______his own company before graduating from college.
65. 他从不为考试担心。
He has never ______ ______ _______ examination.
66. 那是一座任何人都逃不出去的监狱。
It was a prison ______ ______ no one escaped.
67. 我们决不能嘲笑那些陷入困境的人，相反，我们应该帮助他们。
We should never laugh at those ______ ________. On the contrary, we should try our best to help them.
68. 毫无疑问, 这些箱子后来被装上火车运往格尼斯堡, 当时德国在波罗的海边的一个城市。
______ ______ ______ ______ ______the boxes were then put on a train for Konigsberg, which was at that time a German city on the Baltic Sea.
69. 只有在那时我才学习英语的重要性。
Only then __________ realize the importance of learning English.
70.刚开学的那天，我们的老师就给我们提了一些学习英语的建议。
On the very first day of school, our teacher __________ us _________ English. learning.
第二节：基础写作（共1小题，满分15分）
【写作内容】
假定你是李华，正在一所英国学校学习暑期课程，遇到一些困难，希望得到学校辅导中心(Learning Center)的帮助。根据学校规定，你须书面预约，请按下列要点写一封信。
1.本人简介：正在一所英国大学学习暑期课程的中国学生。
2.求助内容：记笔记有困难；不知如何利用图书馆。
3.约定时间：星期四上午和星期五下午没课，问对方哪天更好。
4.你的联系方式：E-mail: Lihua@https://www.doczj.com/doc/c015402603.html,; Phone number:12345678
【写作要求】1. 必须用5个句子表达所有内容；
2. 开头和结尾已给出，但不计入总句数。
【评分标准】
句子结构准确，信息内容完整，篇章结构连贯。
Dear Sir/ Madam,
Look forward to your reply.
第三节：读写任务（共1小题，满分5分）
阅读下面的短文，然后以约30个词概括其主要内容。
Many students in the colleges are found taking no notice of the waste of the water, electricity or paper.
There is such phenomenon that often can be seen in students’ public washroom. A basin of clothes is put under a tap which is turned on its maximum, and the water in the basin is spilling over, but there
is no one in the washroom. The owner of the clothes comes back and pours out half of the water in the basin.
The same thing happens in the use of electricity in the colleges. During supper time, the lights are turned on as many as possible; however, there are only several or even none students in the classroom, which can hold over hundred students. At night, some of the dormitories are locked, but the lights are still on inside.
When typing the exam paper and thesis, many a student type the paper only on the one side. Few students type the paper on the both sides. The reason is that they think the price of typing one side or two sides on a piece of paper is the same. As a result, it causes a large amount of paper waste.
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惠州市实验中学2012—2013学年第二学期高二特长班期中考试（英语）答案
完形填空（共题；每小题分，满分分）
第一节：基础知识检测（题分，满分20分）
’m Li Hua, a Chinese student taking summer courses in your university and I’m writing to ask for help. I came here last month and found my courses interesting but I have some difficulties with note-taking and I have no idea how to use the library. I was told the Learning Center provides help for students so I’m anxious to get help from you. I have no classes on Tuesday mornings and Friday afternoons. Please let me