2013届度江苏省泰州市高二上学期英语调研卷

I don’t think it is teachers who ______ for giving students too much pressure.

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________ big or small countries, we will make friends with anybody who admits that there is only one China.

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Some children are too ________ about their food, which is bad for their growth.

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John is the only one of the students in our class that never ________a mistake even when it is pointed out to him.

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The shy girl felt ________ and uncomfortable when she couldn’t answer her teacher’s questions.

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With so many orphans ________，the charity organization calls for more donations.

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Many early Europeans, ________ the earth to be flat, feared that Columbus would fall off the edge of the earth.

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—This morning your mobile phone was always busy. I couldn’t ________ to you until several attempts.

—Oh, I’m sorry. I was discussing the price of our products with a client over the phone.

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________in a heavy traffic jam in a taxi while you are hurrying to the airport is quite an unpleasant experience．

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Green economy offers a new model ________ people could both protect the climate and develop the economy, according to what Li said at the International Cooperative Conference on Green Economy and Climate Change.

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________, but the idea of having to work more than ten hours a day without weekends discouraged me.

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________ around the Water Cube, we were then taken to see the Bird’s Nest for the 2008 Olympic Games.

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________five minutes________ before the last train left, we arrived at the station.

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— Is Bob still performing?

— I’m afraid not. He is said ________ the stage as he has become an official.

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—What’s made Tommy so upset?

— ________the game. It shocked him so much.

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How often do you change your hairstyle or ask for new dresses? You may be 16 to follow trends（潮流）in Western countries, but young people in the United States don’t care as much about 17 as you do.

A recent survey among high school 18  in China, Japan, South Korea and the US found that   19 teenagers care more about their appearance than young people in the US.

This survey was held in 156 high schools in the four countries. More than 7,000 teenagers were20 about their views on life and the world. South Koreans, at 83 per cent, cared most about their looks. They were 21 by the Chinese and Japanese, while US students showed the least interest in fashion at only 33 per cent.

“The different results show 22 of cultural background,” said Sun Yunxiao from the China Youth and Children Research Centre. He explained that in the US there are many different 23 of beauty, so teens are more 24 to be confident about their appearance.

US teenagers’ high self-confidence is displayed in the 25. About 85 per cent are happy with themselves. The percentage of self-confident Chinese students stands at only 30 per cent.

What’s 26, US students showed more individuality, with 88 per cent 27 that “people should follow their own interests rather than 28of others”. This is much 29 than South Korea’s 69 per cent, China’s 49 and Japan’s 48.

Japanese students, at 52 per cent, are most dissatisfied with modern society. Chinese and Koreans follow at second and 30 most dissatisfied.

“31 to the survey, Chinese students are happy and disciplined. They have a strong wish to make a difference. 32 Chinese students need to be more independent and learn how to relax,” said Sun.

The students have different 33 backgrounds. But home and places where friends gather are the favorite places all teens seek happiness.

Exams and worries about life after graduation cause much 34 among most of the teens35 for the survey.

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Stopping teens from smoking is a big challenge many communities face today. Many communities can only watch without being able to act while local businesses continue to sell tobacco products to children, even under the risk of punishment by law.

Recent studies show that a large percentage of teens today are getting their cigarettes from stores, mostly gas stations or convenience stores. As teens continue to be able to buy their own cigarettes, more and more communities begin to punish those who sell cigarettes to the teens.

One community has experienced success in their attempts to stop the sale of tobacco products to children. Woodridge, Illinois, started a program seven years ago which forbade and strictly punished the sale of tobacco products to children. The entire program includes local licensing of vendors (小贩), repeated undercover inspections to see if the sale to children has stopped, and education programs in schools. Woodridge has become a model community as other communities are moving to stop teen tobacco use.

A recent national study showed that 36.5% of females, and 40.8% of males buy their cigarettes from stores, whether it is a gas station or a supermarket. Hopefully, as more and more sellers see the trouble they face if caught selling to children, they will stop selling.

True, tightening down on stores that sell tobacco to children isn’t going to completely stop the problem of teen tobacco use. Teens continue to get them from other sources. But it definitely does prevent their efforts. With more education in schools, and perhaps stronger punishments for teens caught with tobacco, more and more teens will see the problems with the tobacco usage, and will stop the habit.

1.To stop teens from smoking, more and more communities are ________.

2.Which of the following is NOT a way Woodridge uses to stop tobacco sale to children?

3. It can be inferred from the passage that ________.

4.What attitude does the writer have towards stopping teen tobacco abuse?

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Good Genes Mean Long Life

Scientists have discovered that living to the age of 100 may have nothing to do with the lifestyle you lead and everything to do with the type of genes you have.

For the lucky carriers of “Methuselah” genes, worries over smoking, eating unhealthily and not getting enough exercise may not be as necessary as to those of us without the special gene pattern (组合).

The “Methuselah” genes could give extra protection against the diseases of old age such as cancer and heart disease. They could also protect people against the effects of the unhealthy lifestyles that we believe will lead us to an early death, scientists say. However, the genes are very rare.

The genes include ADIPOQ, which is found in about 10 percent of young people but in nearly 30 percent of people living past 100. They also include the CETP and the ApoC3 genes, which are found in 10 percent of young people, but in about 20 percent of people over 100 years old.

Some of those genes were discovered by a research group at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, led by Professor Nir Barzilai. The team studied the genes of over 500 people over 100 years old, and their children.

The studies show that tiny mutations (变异) in the make-up of some genes can greatly increase a person’s lifespan (寿命). Barzilai told a Royal Society conference that the discovery of such genes gave scientists clear targets for developing drugs that could prevent age-related diseases, allow people to live longer and stay healthy.

David Gems, a researcher at University College London, believes that drugs to slow ageing will become widespread.

“If we know which genes control longevity (长寿) then we can … target them with drugs. That makes it possible to slow down ageing,” he told The Times.

“Much of the pain and suffering in the world are caused by ageing. If we can find a way to reduce that, then we are obliged (义不容辞的) to take it.”

1.According to the article, which of the following is the most important if a person is to live to the age of 100?

2.According to the article, the ApoC3 gene is found in ________ of people over 100 years old.

3.Which of the following statements is TRUE of the research led by Professor Nir Barzilai?

4. According to David Gems, ________.

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Senior First Aid

Registration(注册) Details: PARASOL EMT Pty Limited (ABN 39 072 488 914)

Recognition Period: 01/01/1997 to 30/03/2008

Purpose: The aim of this course is to develop a student’s competence(胜任) and confidence in providing emergency first aid. This includes calling for help, the ability to respond to first aid situations, decision-making, and basic life support functions. This course covers adult and child conditions.

Target Audience: This course is suitable for anyone requiring a first aid certificate(证书) for the workplace, recreational purposes, sporting, or home use.

Format(形式): A mixture of theoretical and practical elements(成分), with at least 50% of time spent on practical skills.

Requirements: Be at least 14 years of age.

Learning Objectives:

● Apply(运用) Life Support Skills

● Apply First Aid Management Skills for Burns

● Demonstrate the identification and management of bleeding and wounds.

● Describe the recognition and management of internal bleeding

● Manage an Emergency (Basic)

● Apply First Aid Management for bone and joint(关节) injuries

● Manage Emergency Situations

● Apply First Aid Management skills for bites, stings and poisoning.

● Manage an acute illness

● Describe the recognition and management of an eye injury

● Describe the basic structure and function of the human body.

● Apply First Aid Management skills for chest, abdominal(腹部的) and head injuries

1.The underlined part “target audience” probably means _______.

2.According to the ads after you finish this course, you will probably do all the following EXCEPT _______.

3.What is the main purpose of the advertisement?

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Some scientists say that animals in the oceans are increasingly threatened by noise pollution caused by human beings.

The noise that affects sea creatures comes from a number of human activities. It is caused mainly by industrial underwater explosions, ocean drilling, and ship engines. Such noises are added to natural sounds. These sounds include the breaking of ice fields, underwater earthquakes, and sounds made by animals themselves.

Decibels (分贝) measured in water are different from those measured on land. A noise of one hundred and twenty decibels on land causes pain to human ears. In water, a decibel level of one hundred and ninety-five would have the same effect.

Some scientists have proposed setting a noise limit of one hundred and twenty decibels in oceans. They have observed that noises at that level can frighten and confuse whales.

A team of American and Canadian scientists discovered that louder noises can seriously injure some animals. The research team found that powerful underwater explosions were causing whales in the area to lose their hearing. This seriously affected the whales' ability to exchange information and find their way. Some of the whales even died. The explosions had caused their ears to bleed and become infected.

Many researchers whose work depends on ocean sounds object to a limit of one hundred and twenty decibels. They say such a limit would mean an end to important industrial and scientific research.

Scientists do not know how much and what kinds of noises are harmful to ocean animals. However, many scientists suspect that noise is a greater danger than they believed. They want to prevent noises from harming creatures in the ocean.

1. According to the passage, which of the following is increasingly dangerous to sea creatures?

2. Which of the following is discussed in the third paragraph?

3.As to the influence of noises on whales, which of the following statements is true?

4.According to the passage, what will scientists most probably do in the future?

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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。请将答案写在答题纸相应题号的横线上。

Cheating is common in various kinds of exams in college. Students don’t feel shame to cheat in exams. They know that if caught cheating in an exam, the punishment will not be serious. This leads to frequent cheating in exams.

At the University of Nevada, after students photographed test questions with their cellphone cameras, transmitted them to classmates outside the exam room and got the answers back in text messages, the university put in place a new monitoring system.

With their electronic tools, students these days find it easier to cheat. So college officials find themselves in a new game of cat and mouse, trying to gain an advantage over would-be cheats this exam season with a range of strategies—cutting off Internet access from laptops, or demanding the surrender of cellphones before tests.

Mr. Dapremont said technology had made cheating easier, but added that plagiarism（剽窃）in writing papers was probably a bigger problem because students can easily lift other people’s writings off the Internet.

Still, some students said they thought cheating these days was more a product of an attitude, not the tool at hand. Pressure to succeed sometimes clouds everything and makes people do things that they shouldn’t do. Students today feel more pressure to do well in order to graduate from school and secure a job.

Whatever the reasons for cheating, college officials say the battle against it is wearing them out. First, people who cheat in exams will lose interest in studying. Second, they believe studying isn’t meaningful. Even though they don’t do anything, they can still pass. Third, people who cheat in exams will influence others. Plenty of hardworking people will see that their results are lower than people who cheat in exams. Thus, we must prevent cheating in exams. We reduce the opportunities for cheating in exams.

The vast majority of Americans still believe that honesty is an important part of the American character. For that reason, there are numerous watchdog committees at all level of society. Although signs of dishonesty in school, business, and government seem much more numerous in recent years than in the past, could that because we are getting better at revealing such dishonesty?

Many educators feel that as students gain confidence in themselves and their abilities, they are less likely to cheat. Surprisingly, some efforts to prevent cheating may actually encourage cheating—a person may feel “ they don’t trust me anyway”, and be tempted to “ beat the system”. Distrust can be contagious（可传染的）. But, so can trust.

Title: Cheating in exams in college

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单词拼写（每题 1 分，共计10 分）

根据首字母或汉语提示，拼写出单词的正确形式，并将答案写在答题纸相应题号的横线上。

1. Those who b____________ their countries will be hated by all the people.

2. After getting to the 8th floor, he p____________ for a while and then continued climbing.

3. Don't be so g____________ -- leave some of the food for the rest of us.

4. Armed c____________ is likely to break out between the two countries.

5. I felt g____________ about forgetting my mom’s birthday.

6. Natural gas is one of clean and environmentally friendly ____________ （资源）.

7. They are still sitting on the sofa , ____________（沉浸）in conversation..

8. It is mankind’s ____________（责任）to find solution that are acceptable for everyone and everything .

9. We started shouting at each other and he ____________（指责）me of some really bad things just to hurt me.

10. Nowadays, many people ____________（归咎于）the climate change on gases such as carbon dioxide.

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完成句子（每题 2 分，每空一词，共计10 分）

1. Afterwards, I ________ _________ _________ cheerful, but Hanna sensed something was wrong.

后来，我假装很开心，但汉娜还是觉察到哪儿有点不对劲。

2. He could not _______ _______ _______ the game, and as a result of his careless playing we lost.

他跟不上比赛的节奏。由于他的漫不经心，我们输了球赛。

3. A girl’s closest friend, however, might be ________ ________ tell her about something that has happened in life.

一个女孩的密友则可能迫不及待地向她吐露自己生活中发生过的一些事情。

4. It is our duty to try to ________ _________ _________production and reduce the amount of things we make and buy.

我们有责任努力削减生产，减少制造和购买的东西的数量。

5. ________ _________, I find many people willing to pay a little higher price for things that are friendly to the environment.

我问过周围的人，发现许多人都愿意支付稍高一些的价钱来购买环保产品。

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你班同学举行辩论，主题是Environment or Economy, must we choose?请将辩论情况向某英语报投稿。

要求；1、150字左右,句首已给出，不计入总词数；

2、语言连贯，不可完全照本翻译；

3、尽可能使用过渡语。

Dear editor,

Recently our classmates have had a heated discussion about the topic “Environment or economy, must we choose?” __________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Emily

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