20102011河北正定第二学期高二期末考试英语试题

In front of the temple _______ which came here to be in search of the wanted person.

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—When can I use your computer?

—Never! _______ should you touch it.

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Great changes have taken place in that school. It is no longer _____it was 20 years ago, ______it was so poorly equipped.

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On the day Apple debuted the often-delayed white-colored iPhone 4, the company’s marketing department gave a nod to the product’s troubled history.

“Finally.” read the big headline Thursday above a picture of the white phone on the homepage of Apple. com.

The white model was supposed to ship alongside the black one at the iPhone 4’s launch（推出） last June. But design and manufacturing complications delayed the process by 10 months, catching Apple off guard, executives say.

As CNN reported last month, earlier test models of the white iPhone 4 produced unclear photos, especially when the flash（闪光灯） was used. Its whiteness confused the proximity sensor （距离传感器） , which detects when the phone is held next to someone’s head and turns off the touch screen to save battery life.

These problems weren’t present in older iPhones that came in white because they didn’t have flash photography; the proximity sensor was unaffected because the front side of previous models was black.

“We thought we were there a year ago, or less than that, when we launched the iPhone 4, and we weren’t,” Philip Schiller, Apple’s chief marketing executive, said in an interview. “It’s not as simple as making something white. There’s a lot more that goes into both the material science of it —how it holds up over time…but also in how it all works with the sensors. “

Ticonderoga Securities analyst Brian White predicts that the white model could help drive sales of Apple’s phones. He says Apple could sell 1 million to 1. 5 million every three months until the next iPhone model is unveiled, which is expected to be this fall.

Forty-five people were lined up at Apple’s flagship New York store Thursday morning to buy white iPhones, according to a CNN Money report.

1.

The reason why white-colored iPhone 4 was delayed by 10 months is that _______.

2.

According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?

3.

What would be the best title for this passage?

4.

What does the underlined word “unveil” in the last paragraph mean?

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James Stallman Rockefeller, the oldest-known U. S. Olympic medal winner and the former head of the bank that became Citigroup, died Tuesday. He was 102. Records of the U. S. Olympic Committee show that Rockefeller was the oldest American medal winner. He was the captain of Yale University’s eight-man rowing team with coxswain that won gold at the 1924 Paris Olympics - beating the Canadian team by less than 16 seconds. The oars from the winning race and the gold medal were prominently displayed in Rockefeller’s house. “I think he was really proud of that - probably more than the bank career,” said his grandson.

Rockefeller suffered a stroke on Thursday, said his grandson, who lived with him at his Greenwich home for two years, attributed his long life to a regimented（严密组织的） lifestyle: breakfast at eight a. m. , lunch at 1 p. m. , cocktails at 6 p. m. and dinner promptly at 7 p. m. . He liked plain food, without sauces or cheese, and plenty of fresh vegetables, including those grown in the garden of his estate. Rockefeller was in good health until shortly before he died. He drove his car up until last year and would review documents from the various charities and businesses he helped lead.

Rockefeller, born on June 8, 1902, was a grandson of William Rockefeller, who founded Standard Oil with his brother, John D. Rockefeller. He graduated from Yale in 1924 and served in the Airborne Command during World War II. He started at the bank, and then called the National City Bank, in 1930, following his uncle and grandfather, who were leaders of the bank. He became president in 1952, chairman in 1959 and retired in 1967. In 1955, under Rockefeller’s leadership, the bank merged with the First National Bank of New York to form Citigroup. Rockefeller also was a director of numerous companies, including Pan American Airways, Northern Pacific Railroad, NCR and Monsanto, and served on the boards of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and the American Museum of Natural History.

Rockefeller and his wife. Nancy Carnegie Rockefeller, had four children. His wife died in 1994.

1.

Rockefeller lost his wife when he was_______________.

2.

We can learn from the passage that _______________.

3.

What we can infer from the passage is that ______.

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根据下列句子及所给汉语注释，在”答题纸”相应题号后空白处写出空缺处各单词的正确形式。（每空只写一个词）

1.

To our great surprise, he burst into ________(大笑) all of a sudden.

2.

The books students are using in this school have been _______ （更新）recently.

3.

The old worker was praised for bearing _______(艰难困苦) without complaint for so many years.

4.

We’ll have to arrive in time for the job on their ______(离开).

5.

We can see a  _________（逐步的）improvement in his work.. He needs more time in fact.

6.

The fact was that no one ________(预见)the rapid increase in unemployment last year.

7.

The ___________(改革)and open policy has brought us Chinese people a rich and colorful life.

8.

The boy finally reached his destination at _______(黄昏)，extremely worn out.

9.

The woman never _____________(后悔)taking so much trouble to be admitted into the university.

10.

The young man has promised to ______（献）his life to literature while his parents would like him to major in science.

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刚进入高三，许多同学面临高考，懂得努力学习；同时，心理压力增加，与父母、同学关系紧张，容易发怒，甚至为小事与同学争吵等。

假如你校外教Andrew正在作该方面的调查，请你把以上情况提供给Andrew，并提出改进意见。

要点：

1. 目前情况；

2. 个人的改进意见（至少两条）。

注意：

1. 开头已给出（不记入总词数）；

2. 120个词左右。

Dear Andrew,

Recently, we have just become students of Senior Grade Three. All of us will face the fierce competition in the Entrance Examination for College next year. Most of us students know the importance of revisions and preparations.

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