2013届度江苏省高二上学期期初考试英语题

Thank you for sending us ___________ fresh vegetables of many kinds. You have offered us __________ great service.

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Though we met only once at my uncle’s birthday party, he persuaded ______ all my money.

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Australia is such a splendid country that we’ve decided to stay for ______ two weeks.

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He wasn’t looking forward to the time ______ he had to give evidence to the court.

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It is said that the Olympic Games ______ in London in 2012 will cover more events than any other Olympics did.

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I have a lot of interesting topics to discuss with you. Will you come to me after school ______?

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In order to develop the city, the government tries to beautify it as soon as possible. Several new special projects are ______.

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The possibility of peace talks between the two sides ______ whether the demands of various aspects can be met.

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_____makes him different is ______he can offer more information.

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Though these dresses are low in quality, they may ______ women who don’t want to spend much on clothes.

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The country life he was used to ______ greatly since 1998.

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John’s success has nothing to do with good luck. It’s years of hard work ______has made him what he is today.

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______ the worker’s working efficiency, the manager will allow him to have a coffee break.

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He suffers two heart attacks in a year. It hasn’t stopped him drinking wine, ______.

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With real estate （房地产）______ in economy, a lot of rich farmland had to ______ new houses and offices in the area.

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A young man was getting ready to graduate from college. For many months he had loved a beautiful sports car in a dealer’s showroom, and knowing his father could well 16 it, he told him that was all he wanted.

As 17 drew near, the young man expected 18 that his father had bought the car. Finally, on the morning of the special day, his father called him into his study. His father told him how 19 he was to have such a fine son, and how much he loved him. He handed his son a beautiful wrapped (包装好的) gift box. Curious, but a little bit 20, the young man opened the box and found a lovely Bible (圣经).

Angrily, he raised his 21 to his father and said, “Is a Bible 22 you can give me with all your money?” He then stormed out of the house, leaving the Bible.

Many years 23 and the young man was very successful in business, but 24 his father was very old, he thought perhaps he 25 go to see him. He had not seen him since that graduation day. 26 he could make the arrangements (安排), he received a telegram which 27 him of his father’s death, and all the possessions (财产) willed (立遗嘱) to him.

28 arriving at his father’s house, sudden sadness and regret filled his heart. He began to 29 through his father’s important papers and saw the still new Bible, just as he had 30 it years ago. With tears, he opened the Bible and began to 31. As he was reading, a car 32 dropped from the back of the Bible.

How many times do we 33 blessings (祝福) because they are not wrapped as we expected? Do not spoil (搞糟) what you have by desiring (渴求) what you have not; but remember what you now have was once 34 the things you hoped for. What may appear as bad fortune (运气) may 35 be the door that is just waiting to be opened.

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A well-known manufacturer of weighing machines produced a new model.

The machine had a computer inside it, and this computer could do wonderful things: it could weigh people very accurately; it could tell them their weight in their own language; and it could tell them what they should eat to reduce their weight.

The manufacturer decided to try out his machine before he sold it to the shops.

He looked around for a good place to put it and finally decided on an airport. There were always people at an airport from many different countries.

The first person to use the machine was an Italian woman. She stood on the machine, put a coin in and waited to hear her weight.

The machine took only a second or two to weigh her, decide on her nationality and the language she spoke, and figure out what kind of food she should eat.

“Good morning, madam,” it said in perfect Italian. “Your weight is 72 kilos, three more than it should be for a woman of your height, age and nationality. This is because you have been eating too much spaghetti. I suggest you eat more fruit and vegetables. Please have a nice day”.

The second person to use the machine was a Chinese girl. She stood on the machine, put a coin in and waited to hear her weight.

“Good morning, Miss," the machine said in perfect Chinese. "Your weight is 38 kilos, exactly the correct weight for your height, age and nationality. Continue to eat what you are eating. Please have a nice day.”

The third person to use the machine was a huge Australian woman. She walked up to the machine and looked at it for a long time. At last she found the courage to stand on the machine and put a coin in. The machine spoke immediately. “Good morning. Will one of you ladies please get off?”

1. What could the computer do?

2. What did the machine say to the Italian woman?

3.What did the machine say to the Chinese woman?

4.What did the machine suggest about the Australian woman?

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Most young people enjoy some form of physical activity. It may be walking, cycling, or swimming, or in winter, skating or skiing. It may be games of football, hockey, golf, or tennis. It may be mountaineering.

Those who have a passion for climbing high and difficult mountains are often looked upon with astonishment. Why are men and women willing to suffer cold and hardship, and to take risks on high mountains? This astonishment is caused probably by the difference between mountaineering and other forms of activity to which men give their relaxation.

Mountaineering is a sport and not a game. There are no man-made rules, as there are for such games as golf and football. There are, of course, rules of a different kind which it would be dangerous to ignore, but it is this freedom from man-made rules that makes mountaineering attractive to many people. Those who climb mountains are free to use their own methods.

If we compare mountaineering and other more familiar sports, we might think that one big difference is that mountaineering is not a “team game”. We should be mistaken in this. There are, it is true, no “matches” between “teams” of climbers, but when climbers are on a rock face linked by a rope on which their lives may depend, there is obviously teamwork.

The mountain climber knows that he may have to fight forces that are stronger and more powerful than man. He has to fight the forces of nature. His sport requires high mental and physical qualities.

A mountain climber continues to improve in skill year after year. A skier (滑雪者) is probably past his best by the age of thirty, and most international tennis champions are in their early twenties. But it is not unusual for a man of fifty or sixty to climb the highest mountains in Alps. They may take more time than younger men, but they probably climb with more skill and less waste of effort, and they certainly experience equal enjoyment.

1. The main difference between a sport and a game lies in ________.

2. Mountaineering can be called a team sport because ________.

3.Which of the following might be the best title?

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Nuclear radiation （核辐射）has a certain mystery, partly because it cannot be detected （探测）by human senses. It can’t be seen or heard, or touched or tasted, even though it may be all around us. There are other things like that. For example, radio waves are all around us but we can’t detect them or sense them without a radio receiver. Similarly, we can’t sense radioactivity without a radiation detector. But unlike common radio waves, nuclear radiation is not harmless to human beings and other living things.

At very high levels, radiation can kill an animal or human being at once by killing plenty of cells in important organs(器官). Even the lowest levels can do serious damage. There is no level of radiation that is completely safe. If the radiation does not hit anything important, the damage may not be serious. This is the case when only a few cells are hit, and when they are killed at once. Your body will replace the dead cells with healthy ones. But if the few cells are only damaged, and if they reproduce themselves, you may be in trouble. They reproduce themselves in an unusual way. They can grow into cancer. Sometimes this does not show up for many years.

This is another reason for some of the mystery about nuclear radiation. Serious damage can be done without the knowledge of the person at the time that damage has occurred. A person can be irradiated(放射治疗) and feel fine, then die of cancer five, ten, or twenty years later as a result. A child can be born weak or easy to get serious illness as a result of radiation absorbed by its grandparents.

1.According to the passage, the danger of nuclear power lies in ________.

2.Radiation can lead to serious trouble even at the lowest level  ________.

3.What does the author want to tell us?

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阅读下面短文，根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入最恰当的单词。(注意：每空填1个单词。)

Celebrating sleep

World Sleep Day, observed （庆祝）on 21 March, was created to bring attention to the growing number of sleep problems worldwide. Sleep is a natural part of human life, but many people in the modern world ignore its importance. As a result, sleep problems are increasingly common.

In 2002, scientists at the University of Athens in Greece conducted a survey of over 35,000 people in 10 countries around the world, including China, Belgium and South Africa. Of the people, 24 percent said that they did not sleep well, and based on their responses, 31.6 percent were diagnosed (诊断)with insomnia（失眠）and another 17.5 percent were diagnosed with borderline insomnia. In addition, 30.7 percent of survey respondents reported visiting a doctor for help with sleep problems and 11.6 percent said that they felt very sleepy during the day.

Overall, the survey found that many people suffer the effects of poor quality sleep, some examples of which are being unable to fall asleep and waking up in the middle of the night. The main factors causing these problems are pressure from school or work and a fast pace of life, but noise pollution and light pollution also disturb sleep and contribute to poor quality sleep. The survey’s findings are particularly troubling because large numbers of people were found to have difficulty sleeping at night. The short-term effects of this are tiredness and trouble concentrating（专心）. If this happens for a long time, the risk of putting on weight and having a heart attack may increase.

There are many things you can do to improve the quality of your sleep. First, you should have regular sleep habits. Try to go to bed and wake up around the same time each day. You also need to make your bedroom a cool, dark, quiet place to sleep so that heat, light and noise do not disturb you. At night, you should also avoid things that contain caffeine（咖啡因）, such as chocolate, coffee, tea and many soft drinks, as caffeine may keep you from sleeping.

Getting a good night's sleep is important for everyone. By following the advice above, you can rest better at night and work better during the day.

Title: Celebrating Sleep

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根据所给首字母或汉语提示，写出适当的单词形式，使得句子完整并正确。

1.The terrible flood d________ all the houses in the village, leaving thousands of people homeless.

2.These people have made great c __________to the economic development of our country.

3.With the development of technology, new digital products are r__________ old machines rapidly.

4.Early to bed, early to rise will make you healthy, w__________ and wise.

5.It is reported that over a dozen people have c__________ suicide in FOXCOM company in Shenzhen so far this year.

6.The story told on TV was so touching that almost all the _____________ （观众）were moved to tears.

7.The committee__________(采用) the new suggestion on how to protect the limited resources.

8.The old woman died __________ (平静地) in the arms of her loving husband.

9.Although our sense of sight is overused ,our sense of touch and smell is ___________(忽视)

10.Don’t you see that our country is trying its best to improve people’s living ____ (条件)?

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根据汉语提示，翻译下列句子，每空一词。

1.这些话的目的不是伤害你，而是鼓励你。

These words ______not  ______  ______ hurt you, but to  ______ you.

2.今晚将为新任校长举行宴会。

There ______  ______ a dinner party tonight  ______  ______  ______ the new headmaster.

3.我们已经训练了一个半小时，是休息的时候了。

We ______  ______  for one hour and a half and it’s time we  ______ a rest.

4.世界杯每四年举行一次，就像奥运会一样。

The World Cup ______ ______ ______four years, ______ ______ the Olympic Games.

5.一到达山顶，我就体验到了一种幸福感和成就感。

______ ______the top of the mountain, I ______ a feeling of happiness and a sense of achievement.

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你校英文报社在“世界无烟日 (World No-Smoking Day)”前夕征集关于吸烟危害健康的英语文章，请你为其投稿。内容至少包括以下要点：

1．吸烟会危害自身及他人的健康；

2．世界卫生组织 (The WHO) 声称每年至少两百万人死于与吸烟有关的疾病；

3．呼吁：吸烟者戒烟；公共场所禁烟；青少年远离香烟……

首句已给出，可适当发挥。词数：120左右。

As is known to us all, smoking does harm to not only smokers themselves but also people around them.________

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