安徽合肥市三校2009---2010学年度高一第二学期期中联考英语试卷

Eric the Red was forced to leave because he had committed a murder, ____ he got into trouble.

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Could you help me to find out the reason ____ the brake doesn’t work?

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The prisoners then wrote the stories in a book called “The Description of the World”, ____ became one of the best-selling books in Europe.

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Later, these rocks proved that ___ in the distant past the Antarctic was covered by plants.

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Not long after his return, a local war ____ near his town.

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Today some people call Amsterdam the “City of Bicycles”____ the convenience for bicycles there.

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_____, about forty people travel in one bus, while the same number occupy thirty-three cars.

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It was an American man called Henry Ford ___created the motor car ____ we know it today.

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How can you persuade them ___ the advantages of solar cars?

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I’ve designed five or six different cars_____.

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We’ll teach you survival skills and you’ll learn how to ____ a fire and build your own shelter.

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Marco, ____, was amazed by how beautiful and powerful China was.

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_____ the group guide, all teams have cookers and porters.

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The hike costs ￡2,500 ____all fights and accommodation.

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第二节完形填空（共20题，满分20分）

About three years 30 , something terrible 31 to me. 32 six hours of terror have broken my body and 33. You think I am a very 34 man—but I am not. It 35 less than a single day to change my 36 from black to white. One day, my 37 brothers and I were 38 back from the islands, our boat 39 of fish. 40 , the sky was 41 with dark clouds and in 42 a minute we were in a terrible storm. An 43  wave covered our boat and my younger brother 44 into the sea. Our boat survived, and I was trying to recover 45 my elder brother put his mouth 46 to my ear, and 47 out the 48 word “Whirlpool!” With the wind and waves we were going in the direction of the whirlpool, and 49 could save us!

30. A. before         B. after          C. ago              D. late

31. A. took place      B. happened      C. changed　        D. informed

32. A. that           B. those          C. this              D. these

33. A. soul           B. heart          C. head             D. mind

34. A. rich           B. poor          C. young            D. old

35. A. spent          B took           C. paid              D. cost

36. A. hair           B. face           C. mouth            D. feet

37. A. three          B. one            C. two              D. four

38. A. came          B. going         C. moving           D. coming

39. A. felt           B. full            C. filled            D. fall

40. A. All at once     B. Instead         C. Meanwhile       D. Besides

41. A. covered       B. discovered       C. recovered        D. covering

42. A. no less than    B. less than        C. more than        D. no more

43. A. enormous      B. small           C. mini            D. enough

44. A. fall into        B. felt into         C. fell into         D. fallen into

45. A. while          B. when          C. as             D.  before

46. A. tightly         B. closely          C tight            D. close

47. A. screamed       B. said            C .told            D. whispered

48. A. terrified        B. terrifying        C. satisfied        D. satisfying

49. A. nothing        B. everything        C. something      D. anything

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第四部分写作（共两节，满分21分）

第一节根据定义写出单词（共6题，满分6分）

60．___________ a person who explains what another person is saying in another language

61. ____________ an important person from another country

62. ____________ a color between black and white

63. ____________ the way a person talks

64. ____________ soft and kind

65. ____________ the words that you know

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第二节任务型阅读(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)

认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。

注意：每个空格只填1个单词。请将答案写在答题卡相应题号的横线上。

Recently 3 kinds of foods are very popular in the US.

Convenience Foods

Instead of buying only fresh foods, Americans buy many more convenience foods. These are foods which are ready partly or completely prepared. There are also many canned convenience foods, such as soups and vegetables.

Convenience foods save time and trouble. They are popular with people who are busy or who don't like cuisine or washing dishes. But they often cost more money than fresh, unprepared foods and may contain man-made additives. Also they don't taste as good as home cooked foods.

Health Foods

In the 1960s, a "back-to-the earth" movement was started by young people in the US. The movement was a reaction against the harmful effects of technology. Many people now prefer natural and organic foods to the prepared foods sold in food stores.

Diet Foods

These, days Americans are more and more concerned with their weight. American supermarkets sell a variety of diet foods as diet soft drinks, diet candy, and diet salad dressings. Each year dozens of new diets are popularized. However, some of the diet foods are unbelievable. There are tricks in their advertisements.

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