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曲沃中学高二年级第一学期期中考试英语试卷

第I卷
第一节. 单项选择。（每题1分，共15分）
1. The present situation is very complex, so I think it will take me some time to ______ its reality.
A. make up       B. figure out        C. look through          D. put off
2. --- How did you like Nick’s performance last night?
   --- To be honest, his singing didn’t _______ to me much.
A. appeal          B. belong           C. refer                D. occur
3. New technologies have made _______ possible to turn out new products faster at a lower cost.
A. that           B. this         C. one            D. it
4. After graduating from college, I took some time off to go traveling, _______ turned out to be a wise decision.
A. that       B. which         C. when            D. where
5. Only when you can find peace in your heart ________ good relationships with others.
A. will you keep   B. you will keep     C. you kept     D. did you keep
6. I was so excited at the news that I could hardly ________ my feeling in words.
A. carry        B. convey        C. transmit         D. communicate
7. We can visit your company on Monday or Tuesday; our plans are fairly _______.
A. generous          B. fragile          C. flexible        D. fragrant
8. I’ve become good friends with several of the students ______ I met in the English speech contest last year.
A. who                  B. where            C. when        D. which
9. Mr. White showed his students some old maps _______ from the library.
A. to borrow       B. to be borrowed     C. borrowed      D. borrowing
10. If we _______ adequate (充足的) preparations, the conference wouldn’t have been so successful.
A. haven’t made   B. wouldn’t make   C. didn’t make  D. hadn’t made
11. The parents felt helpless when they found their son had been _______ to computer games.
A. accustomed      B. devoted      C. absorbed         D. addicted
12. Inflation(通货膨胀) is having _______ disastrous effect on the economy, so the new tax rates come into _______ effect from April.
A. /; an       B. a; an       C. a. /         D. /; /
13. ________ the bad weather we enjoyed our holiday.
A. Although    B. In spite of       C. Because of       D. According to 
14. _______ around the fire, the tourists danced with the local people.
A. Gather      B. To gather     C. Gathering      D. To be gathering
15. Everyone in the village is very friendly. It doesn’t matter _____ you have lived there for a short or a long time.
A. whether         B. how           C. when            D. why
第二部分阅读理解 （共两节，满分60分）
第一节  （共15小题;每小题3分，满分45分）
     阅读下列短文 ，从每题所给的四个选项 （A 、B 、C  和 D ）中 ，选出最佳选项 ，并在题卡上将该项涂黑。  
A
Are you looking for some new and exciting places to take your kids to? Try some of these places:
. Visit art museums. They offer a variety of activities to excite your kids' interest. Many offer workshops for making hand-made pieces, traveling exhibits, book signings(签名) by children's favorite writers, and even musical performances and other arts.
. Head to a natural history museum. This is where kids can discover the past from dinosaur models to rock collections and pictures of stars in the sky. Also, ask what kind of workshops and educational programs are prepared for kids and any special events that are coming up.
. Go to a Youtheater.
 Look for one in your area offering plays for child and family visitors. Pre-show play shops are conducted by area artists and educators where kids can discover the secret about performing arts. Puppet (木偶) making and stage make-up are just a couple of the special offerings you might find.
.Try hands-on science. Visit one of the many hands-on science museums around the country. These science play-lands are great fun for kids and grown-ups alike. They'll keep your child mentally and physically active the whole day through while pushing buttons, experimenting, and building.. When everyone is tired, enjoy a fun family science show, commonly found in these museums.
16. If a child is interested in the universe, he probably will visit
A. a Youtheater
B. an art museum
C. a natural history museum
D. a hands-on science museum
17. What can kids do at a Youtheater?
A. Look at rock collections.
B. See dinosaur models.
C. Watch puppet making.
D. Give performances.
18. What does "hands-on science" mean in the last paragraph?
A. Science games designed by kids.
B. Learning science by doing things.
C. A show of kids' science work.
D. Reading science books
B
On a sunny day last August, Tim heard some shouting. Looking out to the sea carefully, he saw a couple of kids in a rowboat were being pulled out to sea.
Two 12-year-old boys, Christian and Jack, rowed out a boat to search for a football. Once they'd rowed beyond the calm waters, a beach umbrella tied to the boat caught the wind and pulled the boat into open water. The pair panicked and tried to row back to shore. But they were no match for it and the boat was out of control.
Tim knew it would soon be swallowed by the waves.
"Everything went quiet in my head," Tim recalls(回忆). "I was trying to figure out how to swim to the boys in a straight line."
Tim took off his clothes and jumped into the water. Every 500 yards or so, he raised his head to judge his progress. "At one point, I considered turning back," he says. "I wondered if I was putting my life at risk." After 30 minutes of struggling, he was close enough to yell to the boys, "Take down the umbrella!"
Christian made much effort to take down the umbrella. Then Tim was able to catch up and climb aboard the boat. He took over rowing, but the waves were almost too strong for him.
"Let's aim for the pier(码头)," Jack said. Tim turned the boat toward it. Soon afterward, waves crashed over the boat, and it began to sink. "Can you guys swim?" he cried. "A little bit," the boys said.
Once they were in the water, Tim decided it would he safer and faster for him to pull the boys toward the pier. Christian and Jack were wearing life jackets and floated on their backs. Tim swan toward land as water washed over the boys' faces.
“Are we almost there?" they asked again and again. "Yes," Tim told them each time.
After 30minutes, they reached the pier.
19. Why did the two boys go to the sea?
   A. To go boat rowing.
   B. To test the umbrella as a sail.
   C. To swim in the open water.
   D. To get back their football.
20. What does "it" in Paragraph 2 refer to?
   A. The beach.                B. The wind.
   C. The boat.                 D. The water.
21. Why did Tim raise his head regularly?
   A. To check his distance from the boys.
   B. To consider turning back or not.
   C. To take in enough fresh air.
   D. To ask the boys to take down the umbrella.
22. How did the two boys finally reach the pier?
   A. They were washed to the pier by the waves.
   B. They swam to the pier all by themselves.
   C. They were dragged to the pier by Tim.
   D. They were carried to the pier by Tim on his back.
C
LONDON—A British judge on Thursday sentenced a businessman who sold fake(假冒的) bomb detectors(探测器) to 10 years in prison, saying the man hadn't cared about potentially deadly consequences.
It is believed that James McCormick got about $77.8 million from the sales of his detectors—which were based on a kind of golf ball finder—to countries including Iraq, Belgium and Saudi Arabia.
McCormick, 57, was convicted(判罪) of cheats last month and sentenced Thursday at the Old Bailey court in London.
"Your cheating conduct in selling a great amount of useless equipment simply for huge profit promoted a false sense of security and in all probability materially contributed to causing death and injury to innocent people," Judge Richard Hone told McCormick. "You have neither regret, nor shame, nor any sense of guilt."
The detectors, sold for up to $42,000 each, were said to be able to find such dangerous objects as bombs under water and from the air. But in fact they "lacked any grounding in science" and were of  no use.
McCormick had told the court that he sold his detectors to the police in Kenya, the prison service in Hong Kong, the army in Egypt and the border control in Thailand.
"I never had any had results from customers," he said.
23. Why was McCormick sentenced to prison?
   A. He sold bombs.               B. He cheated in business.
   C. He made detectors.            D. He caused death of people.
24. According to the judge, what McCormick had done _______.
   A. increased the cost of safeguarding
   B. caused innocent people to commit crimes
   C. changed people's idea of social security
   D. lowered people's guard against danger
25. Which of the following is true of the detectors?
   A. They don't function on the basis of science.
   B. They have caused many serious problems.
   C. They can find dangerous objects in water.
   D. They have not been sold to Africa.
26. It can be inferred from the passage that McCormick _______.
   A. sold the equipment at a low price
   B. was well-known in most countries
   C. did not think he had committed the crime
   D. had not got such huge profit as mentioned in the text
D
Home to me means a sense of familiarity and nostalgia(怀旧). It's fun to come home. It looks the same. It smells the same. You'll realize what's changed is you. Home is where we can remember pain, live, and some other experiences; We parted here; My parents met here; I won three championships here.
If I close my eyes, I can still have a clear picture in mind of my first home. I walk in the door and see a brown sofa surrounding a low glass-top wooden table. To the right of the living room is my first bedroom. It's empty, but it's where my earliest memories are.
There is the dining room table where I celebrated birthdays, and where I cried on Halloween-when I didn't want to wear the skirt my mother made for me. I always liked standing on that table because it made me feel tall and strong. If I sit at this table, I can see my favorite room in the house, my parents' room. It is simple: a brown wooden dresser lines the right side of the wall next to a television and a couple of photos of my grandparents on each side. Their bed is my safe zone. I can jump on it anytime - waking up my parents if I am scared or if I have an important announcement that cannot wait until the morning.
I'm lucky because I know my first home still exists. It exists in my mind and heart, on a physical property(住宅) on West 64th street on the western edge of Los Angeles. It is proof I lived, I grew and I learned.
Sometimes when I feel lost, I lie down and shut my eyes, and I go home. I know it's where I'll find my family, my dogs, and my belongings. I purposely leave the window open at night because I know I'll be blamed by Mom. But I don't mind, because I want to hear her say my name, which reminds me I'm home.
27. Why does the author call her parents' bed her "safe zone"(Paragraph 3)?
   A. It is her favorite place to play.
   B. Her grandparents' photos are lined on each side.
   C. Her needs can be satisfied there.
   D. Her parents always play together with her there.
28. What can be learned from the passage?
  A. The old furniture is still in the author's fist bedroom.
  B. Many people of the author's age can still find their first physical homes.
C. The author's favorite room in her first home is the dining room.
  D. The author can still visit her first physical home in Los Angeles.
29. Sometimes when she feels lost, the author will _______.
   A. Open the window at night
   B. try to bring back a sense of home
   C. lie down in bed to have a dream
   D. go to Los Angeles to visit her mom
30. What is the author's purpose of writing this passage?
   A.  To describe the state of her family.
  B. To declare how much she loves her first house.
  C. To express how much she is attached to her home.
D. To look back on her childhood.
第二节（共5小题：每小题3分，满分15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。
We often close ourselves off when painful events happen in our lives. Instead of letting the world soften us, we let it drive us deeper into ourselves. We try to ignore the hurt and, pain, but we can't hide from ourselves.    31__
      The items listed below are four tips you can open your heart more fully and completely.
       1. Breathe into pain
      Whenever a painful situation arises in your life, try to face it instead of running away.   32__．When the sadness strikes, take a deep breath and accept it. By using our breath we soften our experiences and allow more newness.
        2. __33__
       We're often confused at the next step to take. Actually, we can try a new decision making process. To start this process, we may ask, "Heart, what decision should I make here? What action feels the most right?" See what comes up, then put it into practice and evaluate the outcome.
        3. Spend time alone
      For most of our lives we're surrounded by people: our friends, family members, and strangers.__34__. When you spend time in solitude（孤独）,you're free from the influences of other people. It might be painful at first, but eventually you'll add a whole new layer of depth and understanding into your life.
        4. Get outside of yourself
       __35__But in reality, they actually work hand-in-hand. After you've explored the depths of yourself, you come away with a new understanding.
      Now, it's time to share that-not through telling others, but through being with others.
A．Have a light heart
B．How often do we really spend time alone?
C．We should open our hearts and take action to heal the wounds．
D． Ask your heart what it wants
E．This may seem a little contradictory to the last tip．
F． Is there anything I'm hiding from myself?
G．When we run away from sadness, it gets stronger and more real．
第三部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分55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，选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Whenever we hear about “the homeless”，most of us think of the Developing world. But the ___36___ is that homelessness is everywhere. For example， how many of us would expect to see people living on the str