2012-2013学年河北省高二上学期期中考试英语试卷（解析版）

I'll have all of the readings ______ by the end of this term if my plan goes well．

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When ____ to danger and conflict, men tend to increase blood pressure, ______ nervous and  anxious.

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When     help, one often says, “Thank you”, or “It’s kind of you．”

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With everything ________, the teacher started the slide show.

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all the required papers, he didn’t answer the questions fluently in class．

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The number of people invited __________fifty, but a number of them__________ absent for different reasons.

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_______it not been for the free ticket, I would not have gone to the cinema.

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—______ he said at the meeting made everyone present angry.

— Yes.We all ______ him of his rudeness.

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There is so much noise in the yard that I can’t ________ my attention on my work.

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It took her a while to adjust to __________alone after the divorce(离婚).

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_______ to the left , and you will find the post office．

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Her mother does not ______ of her going to study in the United States alone.

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In order to make our city green，______.

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--  Where would you like to have dinner,in a French restaurant or in a Chinese one ?

--  It makes ____to me as long as we can chat while having dinner.

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I feel it is you rather than the boy who________for being late for the speech.

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The man，suspected________having stolen the jewels of the shop，was missing last night，although he was watched over by the police.

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________cleaning the yard and making up the beds for the  old，we also read newspapers for them and had chats with them.

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________in his test papers，he didn’t notice my coming.

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—Why is he feeling down today?

—Because the suggestion he________has been turned down.

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The quality of a processed food largely ______ the raw material and the way it _______.

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The invention of steam engine greatly sped up the industrial revolution, which _____ a lot to the take-off of the world.

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Come and see me whenever ____ .

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When I returned home ,I found the window _____and something____.

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Now a lot of new technologies can ______  problems in industry.

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Our class _______ of thirty-two boys and twenty-three girls.

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A quarrel _________, which made him ______ his family.

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The girl looked at me with a _______expression. Maybe the problem was quite ______.

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—Are you a volunteer now?

—No, but I _____. I worked for the City Sports Meeting last year.

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Mr. Wang ____ two boys to send the sick boy to the nearest hospital

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Farmers in China began to use tractors ___ cattle for farming work.

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After the meeting, she invited us to dinner at her home and treated us _____ many exotic foods we _____ before. It was really a wonderful treat.

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—What do you think made the girl so glad?

—_____a beautiful necklace.

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—— Here ____！ Where is Xiao Liu？

----  There ____.

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____ ， I will not buy it.

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I wonder if your wife will go to the ball. If your wife _____， so _____ mine.

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Once there was a very brilliant, creative and learned man. He gained much ____36_____while traveling throughout the world. Unfortunately he lost his legs and left arm in a traffic accident, leaving only a finger and thumb on his right hand. He became so ____37_____ that he was afraid he would spend his life _____38_____ and would no longer be able to use his life in a(n) ____39_____way.

One day, he remembered how he had always loved getting ____40_____. He realized that he still had partial ____41_____ of his right hand and could write with  ____42_____. Then, he had an idea. “Why not write to other people who need encouragement?”

He ___43___ where he could find those who could be encouraged if they read his letters. He thought of people in ____44___. Many of them had hope of regaining their ____45___ . Others would keep feeling depressed and remain put away for the rest of their lives. He decided that he must try to __46____ them. So he wrote to a prison ministry about sending letters to the prisoners. The prison minister replied that writing to the prisoners would be  ____47____. However, it would be against prison rules for the prisoners to write back.

____48_____with the intention, the man began sending   49   messages of God’s love, hope, strength, and encouragement. He wrote twice a week, testing his strength and ability to the ___50____. He poured his heart and soul into his words,  ___51_____ his experience, sense of humor, optimism, and faith.

It was difficult to write those letters, especially without hope of any ___52___. Frequently, he felt discouraged, wondering if anyone  ___53____read his letters. However, this was his ___54____chance，so he determined to continue.

At last, he received a letter from the prison officer, which said, “Please write on the best paper you can afford. Your letters are passed from cell (牢房) to cell until they almost fall to ____55___!”

We all have unique experiences, abilities and talents. We can discover ways to reach others in need of encouragement and strength.

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Hank Viscardi was born without legs．He had not legs but stumps（残肢）that could be fitted with a kind of special boots, People stared at him with cruel interest．Children laughed at him and called him ‘Ape Man’ （猿人）because his arms practically dragged on the ground．

Hank went to school like other boys．His grades were good and he needed only eight years to finish his schooling instead of the usual twelve．After graduating from school, he worked his way through college．He swept floors, waited on table, or worked in one of the college offices．During all this busy life, he had been moving around on his stumps．But one day the doctor told him even the stumps were not going to last much longer．He would soon have to use a wheel chair．

Hank felt himself got cold all over．However, the doctor said there was a chance that he could be fitted with artificial legs（假腿）．Finally a leg maker was found and the day came when Hank stood up before the mirror, for the first time he saw himself as he has always wanted to be a full five feet eight inches tall．By this time he was already 26 years old．

Hank had to learn to use his new legs．Again and again he marched the length of the room, and marched back again．There were times when he fell down on the floor, but he pulled himself up and went back to the endless marching．He went out on the street．He climbed stairs and learned to dance．He built a boat and learned to sail it．

When World War II came, he talked the Red Cross into giving him a job．He took the regular training．He marched and drilled along with the other soldiers．Few knew that he was legless．This was the true story of Hank Viscardi, a man without legs．

1.Children laughed at Hank and called him ‘Ape Man’ because      ．

2.The sentence “he talked the Red Cross into giving him a job” implies that the Red Cross      ．

3.When Hank marched and drilled along with the other soldiers, he------

4.The writer suggests that Hank Viscardi     ．

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The united States has about 475,000 school buses — all painted yellow. Each day they carry more than 25,000,000 children, half of all schoolchildren in the country. But these buses, on average, use four liters of diesel (柴油) fuel to travel less than sixteen kilometers. When the school year began last fall, diesel averaged 55 cents a liter nationally. The price nearly doubled, to a dollar and 8 cents, by the end of school in June.

Bob Riley speaks for the American School Bus Council. He says fuel prices for schools are not much lower than others have to pay. As a result, schools are looking for ways to reduce transportation costs. Bus routes are being redrawn or, in some cases, canceled. Some areas are buying buses that use natural gas or other alternative fuels. Other steps include fewer field trips and less travel by sports teams. And some school districts may end any bus service not required by law.

Studies show that school buses are the safest form of transportation to and from school. The American School Bus Council says cuts in bus service are bad for children and possibly the environment. It says removing buses from the road will mean an increase in other vehicles transporting students. Spokesman Bob Riley says another concern is that reducing bus services might reduce attendance.

But it could also get more children to walk or bicycle to school. And that would surely make people happy at the National Center for Safe Routes to School. More kids walking or biking safely to school is the aim of a three-year-old federal program, part of an international movement. The goal is to increase physical activity and reduce air pollution. The United States will celebrate Walk to School Day on October eighth this year. But for some students, high fuel prices could make every day a walk-to-school day.

1.What does this passage mainly tell us?

2.In order to cut down transportation cost, many schools take the following measures EXCEPT_____.

3.The National Center for Safe Routes to School encourages more children to walk or bike to school in order to ____.

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Have you heard of the saying, “If anything is worth doing, it is worth doing well”? The proverb is a piece of advice to make effects towards perfection in whichever job one does. It could be a small task like folding up your clothes, or a major one like organizing a business meeting in your later life.

Perfection just needs paying attention to details. If it is your job to dust the furniture at home, dust it so that not a single spot of dirt shows from any direction. If your task is to make the beds, make them so that not a single crease（皱纹）shows on the bed-covers.

There are only two ways to do a job: either sloppily, or well. If you choose the latter, you need to realize that any job that qualifies as (取得…的资格)“your” work deserves your best. Perfection is an attitude that can be developed with just a little effect. It is a habit that is helpful to a person in later life. Let us prove with an example: you may be asked to turn in an essay on, for example, wildlife, for a school project. Instead of writing carelessly a few facts that you already know, you could make the project more effective by looking up a reference books, encyclopedias（百科全书）or websites for additional information. You could then go over the finished essay for slips（疏漏）and errors, and provide pictures where necessary. If you make it a habit to put in extra effort in your school homework, will it not help you to handle more difficult projects at the college or university level?

As Michelangelo, the famous 16th century sculptor and painter, once put it: Trifles（琐事）go to make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.

1.According to the passage, to achieve perfection is _______.

2.The underlined word “sloppily” in paragraph 3 may mean _______

3.What can be inferred from the third paragraph?

4.The purpose of writing this passage is to _______.

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Facial expressions carry meaning that is determined by situations and relationships. For example, in American culture the smile is in general an expression of pleasure. Yet it also has other uses. A woman’s smile at a police officer does not carry the same meaning as the smile she gives to a young child. A smile may show love or politeness. It can also hide true feelings. It often causes confusion (困惑) across cultures. For example, many people in Russia consider smiling at strangers in public to be unusual and even improper. Yet many Americans smile freely at strangers in public places (although this is less common in big cities). Some Russians believe that Americans smile in the wrong places; some Americans believe that Russians don’t smile enough. In Southeast Asian cultures, a smile is frequently used to cover painful feelings. Vietnamese people may tell a sad story but end the story with a smile.

Our faces show emotions (情感), but we should not attempt to “read” people from another culture as we would “read” someone from our own culture. The fact that members of one culture do not express their emotions as openly as do members of another does not mean that they do not experience emotions. Rather, there are cultural differences in the amount of facial expressiveness permitted. For example, in public and in formal situations many Japanese do not show their emotions as freely as Americans do. When with friends, Japanese and Americans seem to show their emotions similarly.

It is difficult to generalize about Americans and facial expressiveness because of personal and cultural backgrounds in the United States. People from certain cultural backgrounds in the United States seem to be more facially expressive than others. The key is to try not to judge people whose ways of showing emotion are different. If we judge according to our own cultural habits, we may make the mistake of “reading” the other person incorrectly.

1.What does the smile usually mean in the U.S.?

2.The author mentions the smile of the Vietnamese to prove that a smile can ________.

3.What should we do before attempting to “read” people?

4.What would be the best title for the test?

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Money Matters

Parents should help children understand money.   71     So you may start talking about money when your child shows an interest in buying things, candy or toys, for example.

1. The basic function of money

Begin explaining the basic function of money by showing how people trade money for goods or services. It’s important to show your child how money is traded for the thing he wants to have. If he wants to have a toy, give him the money and let him hand the money to the cashier (收银员).   72   When your child grows a bit older and understands the basic function of money, you can start explaining more complex ways of using money.

2. Money lessons

Approach money lessons with openness and honesty.   73    If you must say no to a child’s request to spend money, explain, “You have enough toy trucks for now.” Or, if the request is for many different things, say, “You have to make a choice between this toy and that toy.”

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Begin at the grocery store. Pick out two similar brands of a product — a name-brand butter and a generic (无商标产品), for example. You can show your child how to make choices between different brands of a product so that you can save money,    75    If he chooses the cheaper brand, allow him to make another purchase with the money saved. Later, you may explain how the more expensive choice leaves less money for other purchases.

E. Ask yourself what things that cost money are most important to you.

F. Talk about how the money bought the thing after you leave the toy store.

G. The best time to teach a child anything about money is when he shows an interest.

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英语课上,老师要求同桌同学相互修改作文。假设以下短文为你同桌所写，请你对其进行修改。文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号∧，并在此符号下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线＼划掉。

修改：在错词下面划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1、每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2、只允许修改10处，多者从第11处不计分。

I went to Shanghai Expo on last week．At the gate I happened to meet some

America tourists．I greeted him in English and then we began to chat．I got to

know that they were college students travel in China．They were busy with taking

pictures and were much impressed with the changes had taken place in the past few

years．After which, we visited China Pavilion and had a good time．We exchanged our

email address so that we could write to each other on the future．They thanked me

again and again．I was very glad to have a chance to practising my oral English

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提示：

(1) 不少学生可能抽烟，学生中抽烟的人数还在增多。

(2) 一份调查报告透露，某校有五分之二以上的学生抽烟，有些学生甚至偷了钱买烟。

(3) 对中学生来说，抽烟的危害比成年人更大。抽烟不仅有害于身体，还有害于思想。

(4) 中学生是国家未来的建设者。抽烟的学生该下决心戒烟了。

请根据上面的提示，写一篇题为“Give Up Smoking”的短文，字数约120个。

Give Up Smoking

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