2013届湖北省高二上学期期中考试英语题

After knocking down the old man, the inhuman driver left the accident scene in a

hurry, ________ the law to punish him.

A. defeating            B. challenging      C. informing            D. absorbing

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While he plays extremely well in individual sports, James is thought to ________ co-operation in team events.

A. acquire          B. reduce               C. lack             D. overcome

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Parents are supposed to monitor their children on the Internet, in case some bad information would ________ teenagers’ mind.

A. hurt             B. pollute              C. assess               D. furnish

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The purpose of the newly-invented robots which can help bathe people is to ________ the dignity and privacy of patients.

A. destroy          C. observe          C. attend               D. preserve

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Who was it that deserved the ________ for what happened to the little girl, the careless driver or the cold-blooded walkers-by?

A. blame                B. suspect          C. cure             D. settlement

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As a young singer, she tries a completely new ________ to the classic song, only to earn a lot of criticism.

A. approach         B. adjustment           C. addiction            D. adventure

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________ to the conference, we have already discussed this problem among ourselves.

A. Similar          B. Previous         C. Cautious         D. Senior

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She managed to be back on her feet and, ________, continued to look upon life as a positive experience.

A. to her surprise      B. to her credit            C. to her knowledge D. to her face

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I know how busy you must be and naturally I wouldn’t want to ________ too much of your time.

A. take up          B. speed up         C. sweep up         D. bring up

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Think twice before you ________ others’ cheating in the exam, because you are not going to help but indeed to kill their motivation for study.

A. consist in           B. lie in               C. assist in            D. result in

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When Mike told me he was leaving I felt like a vase which had just broken. There were pieces of me all over the tidy floor. He kept talking, telling me why he was leaving, 31  it was for the best, I could do better, it was his 32  and not mine. I had heard it before many times and yet somehow was still hurt; perhaps one cannot 33  such pain.

He left and I tried to 34  my life. I filled the kettle (水壶), put it on to boil, took out my old red cup and 35  the coffee powder falling into the bone china. Somehow when the kettle piped its finishing warning, I 36  not to hear it. That’s what Mike’s leaving had been like, sudden and with a(n) 37  end. I would rather just 38   in uncertainty than have things finished. I laughed at myself. Just about a cup of coffee, I must be getting   39 .

And yet it was a young woman who 40  back at me from the mirror, a young woman full of 41  and hope, a young woman with bright eyes just waiting to see the world.42 , there are more important things. More important than 43 , I insist to myself firmly. The lid goes back on the coffee just like closing on the whole Mike experience.

He didn’t 44  my dreams as I feared that night. 45 , I am flying far across fields and woods, 46  on those below me. I fly free until I meet another bird who flies with me in perfect harmony. I realize with some 47  that there is a bird out there for me, there is another person, not necessarily a lover perhaps just a 48 , but there is someone out there who is my soul mate. I think about being a broken 49  again and realize that I have gathered myself back together, what Mike has is 50   a little part of my time in earth, a little understanding of my physical being. He has merely, a little piece of me.

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There are 70,000 pubs in England and Wales have several thousand more in Scotland.

Every country has its drinking shop, but none has an institution quite like the British pub. The most important feature of a good pub (which modern buildings hardly ever achieve) is a feeling of something private. It must have nooks and crannies, corners and snugs, where conversations and assignations can take place without the whole world listening in.

Most pubs have at least two separate bars. The “public bar” which is for ordinary and women is the basic drinking shop. The “lounge bar” (or saloon bar) which is for traveling salesmen and “ladies” probably has a carpet on the floor and rather more comfortable decoration. There may be a difference of a few pence in the drink prices, although all pubs are required by law to put their price lists easily seen on display.

Pubs have been changing over the past few decades. More and more of them sell good, inexpensive food and are competing strongly with restaurants. Tea and coffee are often on offer and children are being made more welcome. The law says that no one under 14 may enter a pub, and between 14 and 18 they must be accompanied by an adult and may not buy or consume alcoholic drink. In reality some pubs, especially in country districts, welcome whole families. Some set aside special rooms for children and where there are gardens they are almost always welcome.

The most basic change, however, came about in the 1938 licensing laws which allowed pubs in England and Wales to open not just at lunch time and in the evening, but all day, from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. (Scottish laws already permitted all day opening.)

1. Which of the following can be the best title?

A. Pubs’ history                        B. Pubs in Britain

C. Changes of pubs                          D. Features of a good pub

2. According to the British people, what kind of pub is a good one?

A. The one with all day opening time.

B. The one with good and inexpensive food.

C. The one with all kinds of people enjoying themselves.

D. The one with different parts where people can have a private conversation.

3.In paragraph 4, we can learn that ________.

A. pubs allow people above 14 to enter alone

B. pubs never allow people under 18 to enter

C. pubs don’t sell more expensive food than restaurants

D. pubs often sell alcoholic drinks as well as tea and coffee

4.According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?

A. The law requires all the pubs have slightly different prices of drinks.

B. Ordinary people and women are often having fun in the “public pub”.

C. In some country pubs, children accompanied by their parents are always welcome.

D. Scottish laws allow pubs to open not just at lunch time and in the evening, but all day.

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Pets provide an unconditional love that requires very little on the part of the human.

Animals are so special to those of us who love them. We miss them when they are no longer with us. We grieve (哀悼) for them in ways which are just the same as grieving for a human loved one.

Whether the end comes through old age, illness, or sudden death, the death of a pet can cause enormous feelings of sorrow, guilt, and loneliness for children and adults alike, as the animal was considered a family member, a child's favoured playmate, or an older person's loyal and faithful companion.

Some people don't want a pet because they do die! It's understandable to be unwilling to expose yourself to death but, at the same time, we become immeasurably more human because our animals die. When we live with animals we're more in step with the rhythms of the planet from day to night and from season to season because our companions make us more aware of the changes around us. Our companion animals teach us about the simple gifts of a beautiful day, a good meal and a gentle touch.

The death of a pet can make us struggle with our belief structure－a natural part of the grieving period. Whether grieving an animal or human, we question our beliefs and many people find their belief structure becomes stronger when they ask themselves hard questions. Others find a new way of acceptance.

And we learn from our animals. Animals aren't afraid to die; they show us that the end of life can be faced without fear. They can teach us to accept death as an opening for love and wonder.

Allow yourself to grieve in whatever way is appropriate for you. The loss of a pet is real grief and causes us to travel through the stages of grief－denial, anger, depression, guilt, and acceptance. These stages must be lived through for the mourning to allow full healing.

1. According to the passage, the reason why some people don’t want a pet may be that ________.

A. animals may change our belief structure

B. animals are so special for those who love them

C. pets can never escape from death which makes people sad

D. pets only provide people with love but never ask for return

2.The underlined sentence in paragraph 4 probably means ________.

A. the animals’ death is unacceptable for their owners

B. the animals’ death may arouse their true feelings inside

C. the animals’ death may expose people to the changes in life

D. the animals’ death is more understandable than human’s death

3.According to the passage, we can infer that ________.

A. pets can give us some gifts when they have a good meal

B. pets are so selfless and brave that all the people love them

C. people can never accept the death of pets or the one they love

D. people may go through several stages before they can accept the death of a pet

4.What’s the attitude of the author towards grieving a pet?

A. Neutral.         B. Negative.            C. Positive.            D. Critical.

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Apple Inc co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs, counted among the greatest American CEOs of his generation, died on Wednesday at the age of 56, after a-year-long and highly public battle with cancer. Jobs' death was announced by Apple in a statement late on Wednesday. The Apple.com homepage featured a black-and-white picture of him with the words "Steve Jobs, 1955-2011".

A message on the site read, "Apple has lost an imaginary and creative genius, and the world has lost an amazing human being. Those of us who have been fortunate enough to know and work with Steve have lost a dear friend and an inspiring leader."

"His greatest love was for his wife, Laurene, and his family. Our hearts go out to them and to all who were touched by his extraordinary gifts."

"Steve leaves behind a company that only he could have built, and his spirit will forever be the foundation of Apple." The Silicon Valley hero who gave the world the iPod and the iPhone had resigned as CEO of the world's largest technology corporation in August, handing the position to current chief executive Tim Cook.

Two years before the iPhone that forever transformed the way people around the world access and use the Internet, Jobs talked about how a sense of his death was a major driver behind that vision.

"Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever got to help me make the big choices in life," Jobs said during a Stanford commencement ceremony in 2005. "Because almost everything－all others' expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure－these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important."

"Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart."

1.According to the passage, which statement of Steve Jobs is RIGHT?

A. Steve Jobs was the present CEO of Apple.

B. Steve Jobs was thought to have great talent.

C. Steve Jobs had no idea about his death before.

D. Steve Jobs fought against cancer for a year secretly.

2.What can we learn about iPhone from the passage?

A. People can use it to do anything they want.

B. It can teach people how to surf the Internet.

C. People can learn the spirit of Apple from it.

D. It can change the way people use the Internet.

3.In Jobs's speech in Stanford, we can learn that ________.

A. to make great achievements, you must lose everything

B. people should try to achieve everything regardless of death

C. people who will be dead soon must make big choices in life

D. in the face of death, nothing is truly important except to follow your dream

4.What’s the main idea of the passage?

A. Steve Jobs changed the world.

B. Steve Jobs died on Wednesday.

C. Who will be the next Steve Jobs?

D. Steve Jobs, the greatest American CEO.

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As we have seen, the focus of medical care in our society has been shifting from curing disease to preventing disease－especially in changing our many unhealthy behaviors, such as poor eating habits, smoking, and failure to exercise. The line of thought about this shift can be pursued further. Imagine a person who is about the right weight, but does not eat very nutritious foods, who feels OK but exercises only occasionally, who goes to work every day, but is not an outstanding worker, who drinks a few beers at home most nights but does not drive while drunk, and who has no chest pains or abnormal blood counts, but sleeps a lot and often feels tired. This person is not ill. He may not even be at risk for any particular disease. But we can imagine that this person could be a lot healthier.

The field of medicine has not traditionally distinguished between someone who is just “not ill” and someone who is in excellent health and pays attention to the body’s special needs. Both types have simply been called “well”. In recent years, however, some health specialists have begun to apply the terms “well” and “wellness” only to those who are actively attempting to maintain and improve their health. People who are well are concerned with nutrition and exercise, and they make a point of monitoring their body’s condition. Most important, perhaps, people who are well take active responsibility for all matters related to their health. Even people who have a physical disease or handicap (缺陷) may be “well”, in this new sense, if they make an effort to maintain the best possible health they can in the face of their physical limitations. “Wellness” may perhaps best be viewed not as a state that people can achieve, but as an ideal that people can struggle for. People who are well are likely to be better able to resist disease and to fight disease when it strikes. And by focusing attention on healthy ways of living, the concept of wellness can have a beneficial influence on the ways in which people face the challenges of daily life.

1.Today’s medical care is placing more stress on ________.

A. monitoring patients’ body functions

B. removing people’s bad living habits

C. ensuring people’s psychological well-being

D. keeping people in a healthy physical condition

2.Traditionally, a person is considered “well” if he or she ________.

A. is free from any kind of disease

B. does not have any physical handicaps

C. attempts to maintain the best possible health

D. keeps a proper balance between work and leisure

3.According to the passage, which of the following is WRONG?

A. Wellness is now just an ideal in many people’s mind.

B. Someone who drinks a few beers at home most nights is not healthy.

C. The concept of wellness can help people face the challenges of daily life.

D. A man without any physical or mental problem may not be really healthy.

4.According to the author, healthy people are those who ________.

A. do not have any symptoms of disease

B. have strong muscles as well as slim figures

C. try to keep healthy as possible, regardless of their limitations

D. can recover from illness even without seeking medical care

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I love science and science fiction. Like many science fiction fans, I am fascinated by the possibility of time travel. However, one must combine romance with reasoning and look into the chances of time travel critically.

First of all, we must remember the whole universe is in motion. If we want to go back to yesterday, our "time machine" has to move back in time and space. If someone claimed he was at home when he suddenly travelled 200 years back in time, he either had an illusion or made the story up. Two hundred years ago, Earth was in a different place in space, so how can you travel back 200 years without moving in space? Don't get me wrong. I am not knocking the genius of science fiction writers. H.G. Wells's "The Time Machine" is a great work of fiction, but that’s all. I have read many other time travelling science fiction stories since reading H.G. Wells, but none address this problem of displacement.

My own argument for the impossibility of time travel is that physical states of the past no longer exist and those of the future are not here yet. To be able to move back and forth in time requires everything that has happened, is happening, and will happen everywhere in the whole universe at every single moment in time－past, present, and future－to be stored as a "reality" somewhere－like the save game file of a computer game that contains every single byte of information of the game at the point it was saved, but you would need an almost extremely large file and almost extremely many of them－so it can be re-entered and communicated with, and not just light signals for viewing. To me, I don’t buy it.

1.Which of the following can be the best title?

A. How to make time travel possible?

B. Why am I fascinated by time travel?

C. Why do I think time travel is not possible?

D. How to explain the possibility of time travel?

2.What’s the meaning of the underlined word “illusion”?

A. success          B. dream                C. switch               D. support

3. According to the author, which of the following is RIGHT?

A. We can go back to the past by time travel.

B. People can travel to the future by moving in space.

C. “The Time Machine” is nothing more than a science fiction.

D. Everything that happened, is happening and will happen can be stored somewhere.

4.In the author’s opinion, time travel might be possible if ________.

A. people could combine romance with reasoning

B. people could stop the movement of the whole universe

C. people could use time machine under the instruction of H.G. Wells

D. people could “save” everything in the past, present and future in a certain space

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第一节 单词拼写（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

1. It’s cheaper if you book the tickets in a________.

2. I wasn’t sure if I could h________ such a powerful car.

3.She g________ us through the busy streets to the cathedral.

4.The writer personally c________ $5,000 to the earthquake fund.

5. Police suspect there may be a l________ between the two murders.

6.He ________ (折叠) the map up and put it in his pocket.

7. Just for an ________ (瞬间) I thought he was going to refuse.

8. I’m afraid getting things changed will be a slow ________ (过程).

9.Daytime temperatures vary between minus 5°and ________ (零上) 12°.

10. The competition attracted over 500 contestants ________ (代表) 8 different countries.

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完成句子（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

1.The relatives of the victims in the earthquake asked for ￡43 million from the seven experts

________ (被指控) failing to give enough warning about the disaster.     (accuse)

2.It was on the day before the press conference ________ (他们安排作家) to meet a number of readers.                                    (arrange)

3.________ (系牢安全带) or your next sleep will be the last one.   (keep)

4.Sometimes you are too proud because you do not want your parents ________ (赞同) what you do as if you were an underdog.                                    (approve)

5.All my efforts ________ (非常集中于) the hard task that I wasn’t able to spare any time for other jobs.                                                 (concentrate)

6.The online research-based study demands that a report of at least 300 words ________

________ (要完成) by each student, or they shall not get the credit.            (accomplish)

7.Angry fans argue that seldom ________ (球队获胜) a match so far and that they can hardly tolerate their awful performance any more.                            (win)

8.________ (这部电影吸引我的是) was not the poor story plot but the amazing vision effect on 3-D screens.                                       (attract)

9. ________ (背弃) on the food safety rules, the greedy merchants should add “gutter oil” to people's food, which dirties China's food reality.                      (turn)

10.You cannot be too careful, because the more enthusiastic the stranger appears, ________

(越有可能) he is to take you in.                                              (likely)

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作为国内最受欢迎的选秀节目(talent show)之一，最近“快乐女声”被上级部门(authority)指责违规超时。对此，湖南卫视(Hunan Satellite Television)声称明年将不会再举办此类的人气选秀节目。作为一名此类节目的支持者，请你给当权者写一封信，劝说有关部门收回成命。

要求：1. 根据提示写一封劝说信，给出自己的理由。

2. 信的开头和结尾已经给出，但不计入总词数。

3. 字数100左右。

Dear administrator,

I’m writing to persuade you to reconsider the order that Hunan Satellite Television be forbidden to hold such talent shows as Super Girl.

……

Looking forward to your reply.

Yours,

A devoted audience

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