2012届北京师大附中高二下学期期中考试英语题

George couldn’t remember when he first met Mr. Anderson, but he was sure it was _______ Sunday because everybody was at _________ church.

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There are citizens who support graffiti, saying it’s a welcome addition to _________ dull street.

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The study of nearly 10,000 people showed that those who drank more than two cups of coffee or tea per day developed the disease at half the rate of those who drank _________ than one cup each day.

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At a rough estimate, Nigeria is _________ Great Britain.

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David and Susan didn’t give in to each other, so they _________ the whole time they were together.

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After he became conscious, he remembered _________ and _________ on the head with a rod.

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You will have to wait for one more week, _________ the manager will be back from his trip.

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There is such a problem _________ we all should _________.

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You must trust him; he is a man who _________ his promise.

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—I paid him 200 yuan for the sneakers.

—Oh, he charged you too much. You _________ them with half the money.

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—Your sister nearly _________ all her spare time to her study during the three years.

—That’s right, or she _________ the first place in her school in the College Entrance Examination.

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We may look at the world around us, but somehow we manage not to see it until whatever we’ve become used to suddenly disappears. 36 , for example, the neatly-dressed woman I 37  to see—or look at—on my way to work each morning.

For three years, no matter 38  the weather was like, she was always waiting at the bus stop around 8:00 am. On 39  days, she wore heavy clothes and a pair of woolen gloves. Summertime 40  out neat, belted cotton dresses and a hat pulled low over her sunglasses. 41 , she was an ordinary working woman. Of course, I 42  all this only after she was seen no more. It was then that I realized how 43  I expected to see her each morning. You might say I 44 her.

“Did she have an accident? Something 45 ?” I thought to myself about her 46 . Now that she was gone, I felt I had 47  her. I began to realize that part of our 48  life probably includes such chance meetings with familiar 49 : the milkman you see at dawn, the woman who 50  walks her dog along the street every morning, the twin brothers you see at the library. Such people are 51  markers in our lives. They add weight to our 52  of place and belonging.

Think about it. 53 , while walking to work, we mark where we are by 54  a certain building, why should we not mark where we are when we pass a familiar, though  55 , person?

20.A unnamed        B. unforgettable    C. unbelievable     D. unreal

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While income worry is a rather common problem of the aged, loneliness is another problem that aged parents may face. Of all the reasons that explain their loneliness, a large geographical distance between parents and their children is the major one. This phenomenon is commonly known as “Empty Nest Syndrome”（空巢综合症）.

In order to seek better chances outside their countries, many young people have gone abroad, leaving their parents behind with no clear idea of when they will return home. Their parents spend countless lonely days and nights, taking care of themselves, in the hope that someday their children will come back to stay with them. The fact that most of these young people have gone to Europeanized or Americanized societies makes it unlikely that they will hold as tightly to the value of duty as they would have if they had not left their countries. Whatever the case, it has been noted that the values they hold do not necessarily match what they actually do. This geographical and cultural distance also prevents the grown-up children from providing response in time for their aged parents living by themselves.

The situation in which grown-up children live far away from their aged parents has been described as “distant parent phenomenon”, which is common both in developed countries and in developing countries. Our society has not yet been well prepared for “Empty Nest Syndrome”.

1.According to the passage, the loneliness of aged parents is mainly caused by _________.

2.Many young people have gone abroad, leaving their aged parents behind, to _________.

3.If young people go abroad, _________.

4.From the last paragraph, we can infer that _________.

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As any homemaker who has tried to keep order at the dinner table knows, there is far more to a family meal than food. Sociologist Michael Lewis has been studying 50 families to find out just how much more.

Lewis and his co-workers carried out their study by videotaping the families while they ate ordinary meals in their own homes. They found that parents with small families talk actively with each other and their children. But as the number of children gets larger, conversation gives way to the parents’ efforts to control the loud noise they make. That can have an important effect on the children. “In general the more question-asking the parents do, the higher the children’s IQ scores,” Lewis says. “And the more children there are, the less question-asking there is.”

The study also provides an explanation for why middle children often seem to have a harder time in life than their siblings. Lewis found that in families with three or four children, dinner conversation is likely to center on the oldest child, who has the most talk about, and the youngest, who needs the most attention. “Middle children are invisible,” says Lewis. “When you see someone get up from the table and walk around during dinner, chances are it’s the middle child.” There is, however, one thing that stops all conversation and prevents anyone from having attention: “When the TV is on,” Lewis says, “dinner is a non-event.”

1.The writer’s purpose in writing the text is to _________.

2.Parents with large families ask fewer questions at dinner because _________.

3.By saying “Middle children are invisible” in paragraph 3, Lewis means that middle children _________.

4.Lewis’ research provides an answer to the question _________.

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Attitude is an internal state that influences the choices of personal action made by the individual. Some researchers consider that attitudes come from differences between beliefs and ideas; others believe that attitudes come from emotional states. Here, we focus on the effects of attitudes upon behavior, that is, upon the choices of action made by the individual.

The kinds of actions taken by human beings are obviously influenced greatly by attitudes. Whether one listens to classical music or rock, whether one obeys the speed limit while driving, whether one encourages one’s husband or wife to express his or her own ideas—all are influenced by attitudes. These internal states are acquired throughout life from situations one is faced with in the home, in the streets, and in the school.

Of course, the course of action chosen by an individual in any situation will be largely determined by the particulars of that situation. An individual who has a strong attitude of obeying laws may drive too fast when he is in a hurry and no police cars in sight. A child who has a strong attitude of honesty may steal a penny when she thinks no one will notice. But the internal state which remains unchanged over a period of time, and which makes the individual behave regularly in a variety of situations, is what is meant by an attitude.

Attitudes are learned in a variety of ways. They can result from single incidents, as when an attitude toward snakes is acquired by an experience in childhood at the sudden movement of a snake. They can result from the individual’s experiences of success and pleasure, as when someone acquires a positive attitude toward doing crossword puzzles by being able to complete some of them. And frequently, they are learned by copying other people’s behavior, as when a child learns how to behave toward foreigners by observing the actions of his parents. Regardless of these differences, there is something in common in the learning and modification（修正）of attitudes.

1. According to the passage, attitudes _________.

2.The author uses the examples in Paragraph 3 to show _________.

3.Which of the following is TRUE about the learning of attitudes?

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

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1. In the past, some cultures used tattoos as an a_________ to costumes.

2. Learning English as a foreign language is very difficult in the a_________ of a native language environment.

3. To a_________ a high level of fluency and accuracy in a foreign language, you need to be surrounded by it.

4. Inner beauty refers to the kind of attraction found in a wide r_________ of personal qualities.

5. I didn’t have any money left, so I went to the bank to c_________ a cheque.

6. I asked my daughter to help make the decision, as I believe she is m_________ enough.

7. In a foreign country, you can n_________ the price by using your fingers.

8. There is no c_________ view on beauty.

9. Eye r_________, I see the moon so bright.

10. Rowan had some speaking problems in his childhood, so he c_________ for this by talking very deliberately.

11. “Beauty and Beast” c_________ a message that should be evident to all of us—you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover.

12. Mr. Bean creates humour through a s_________ of simple and funny acts.

13. Body language can therefore make people’s feelings more t_________ as it is not easy to lie with our bodies.

14. He finds the taste of the raw hamburger truly d_________.

15. Black humour finds the funny side of sad or d_________ events.

16. The “OK” gesture in America can c_________ offence in Germany.

17. A person who is feeling uncomfortable will often hold their body in a very r_________ manner, and have a t_________ look about their mouths.

18. Romanticism was a literary and a_________ movement.

19. Smile is one form of body language that receives u_________ approval.

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1. 憨豆先生是国际上公认的喜剧角色。

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2. 传统和时尚，如同社会本身，是随着时代而改变并与之适应的。

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3. 在现代社会，文化仍然是决定我们审美观的重要因素。

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4. 据预测，到2020年底会有5千3百万65岁以上的老年人。

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5. 选择合适的自行车要取决于你想用它做什么。

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