2012-2013学年广东梅州某重点中学高一上学期期中考试英语试卷（解析版）

I went to a local post office to send a gift to Florida yesterday afternoon. When I __1  _ the door, there were many people waiting there. A bit 2, I decided to calmly wait for my turn to place the precious package on the 3.

Since I didn’t 4the tape to seal(封住)the box, I went to buy the tape. As I 5secure the top of the box, a woman in front of me, a similar situation, asked if she could use some 6. I gave her some and helped her put the gift into her 7. Then a woman behind me also asked me if she could have some tape, since her envelop had ripped and I gladly 8it to her.

When the woman  in front of me 9who I was sending the package to, I explained that my 80-year-old 10 Selma lives in Florida, 1200 miles from my home. She has a(n) 11

neighbor named Diane who has, on several occasions, accompanied her to the hospital. My mom 12 her “her angel” and had asked me to send her two willow tree angel.

As we spoke, the line moved and she offered me a place in front of her. I was 13 and thanked her. At that moment, the other people in front of her ushered me in front of them by the time

I __14 the counter, we were all smiling and laughing and I thanked them sincerely.

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As 16she nor her husband smoked, Mrs. Trench was surprised to see cigarette ash on her doorstep as she entered the house. When she opened the living-room door, she was astonished to see a strange man fast 17  in an armchair! Taking care not to disturb him, Mrs. Trench left the house immediately. She called a taxi and went straight to the police station. When she got there, she lost no time to explain   18 had happened and added that the man 19 have got into the house 20 an open window. Mrs. Trench returned home 21  a police car together with two policemen. But it was too late: the man had disappeared.  22 (hurry) upstairs, she went to her dressing-table. She smiled 23 relief when she saw that the only thing the man had taken was an imitation diamond necklace 24 was almost 25.

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People in the United States honor their parents with two special days: Mother’s Day on the second Sunday in May, and Father’s Day, on the third Sunday in June. These days are set aside to show love and respect for parents. They raise their children and educate them to be responsible citizens. They give love and care. These two days offer an opportunity to think about the changing roles of mothers and fathers. More mothers now work outside the home. More fathers must help with child-care.

These two special days are celebrated in many different ways. On Mother’s Day people wear carnations. A red one symbolizes a living mother. A while one shows that the mother is dead. Many people attend religious services to honor parents. It is also a day when people whose parents are dead visit the cemetery. On these days families get together at home, as well as in restaurants. They often have outdoor barbecues for Father’s Day. These are days of fun and good feelings and memories.

Another tradition is to give cards and gifts. Children make them in school. Many people make their own presents. These are more valuable than the ones bought in stores. It is not the value of the gift that is important, but it is “the thought that counts”. Greeting cards stores, florists, candy makers, bakeries, telephone companies, and other stores do a lot of business during these holidays.

1. Which is not a reason for children to show love and respect for parents?

2.. What do you know from the passage?

3. Which do you think is right about “carnation”?

4. On Mother’s Day and Father’s Day, ________.

5. What do you think florists do?

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Let children learn to judge their own work. A child who learns to talk does not learn by being corrected all the time. If corrected too much., he will stop talking. He notices a thousand times a day the differences between the language he uses and the language those around him. Little by little, he makes the necessary changes to make his language like other people’s. In the same way, children learn to do all the other things without being taught-to walk, run, climb, whistle, ride a bicycle-compare their performances with those of more skilled people, and slowly make the needed changes.

But in school we never give a child a chance to find out his mistakes and correct them himself. We do it all for his act as if we thought that he would never notice a mistake unless it was pointed out to him, or correct it unless he was made to. Let him work out, with the help of other children if he wants it, what this word says , what the answer is to that problem, whether this is a good way of saying or doing this or not.

If it is a matter of right answers, as it may be in mathematics or science, give him the answer book. Let him correct his own papers. Why should we teachers waste time on such routine(daily) work? Our job should be to help the children when they tell us that they can’t find the way to get to measure their own understanding, how to know what they know or do not know.

1. According to the passage, the best way for children to learn things is by ______.

2. Which of the following does the writer think teachers should NOT do?

3. According to the writer, teachers in school should ______.

4.The passage suggests that learning to speak and learning to ride a bicycle are ______.

5.. Which of the following may serve as the best title of this passage?

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Separate lives, similar dreams

As we know, some children live in the countryside, and some live in the city. Their lives are a little different, but they also have many of the same dreams.

1. The survey was done among the ______ between in the countryside and the city.

2.. About ______ of children in the countryside have good eyesight, but only ______ of children in the city have good eyesight.

3. Which of the following is not included in the survey?

4.. A classroom in the countryside often has ______ according to the survey.

A. records.            B. DVD.               C. TVs.                 D. loud-speakers.

5. Which of the following is WRONG according to the survey?

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Tourism probably started in Roman times. Rich Romans visited friends and family who were working in another part of the Roman Empire. But when the empire broke down, this kind of tourism stopped.

In the early 17th century, the idea of the “Grand Tour” was born. Rich young English people sailed across the English Channel. They visited the most beautiful and important European cities of the time, including Paris in France, and Rome and Venice（威尼斯）in Italy. Their tours lasted for two to four years, and the tourists stayed a few weeks or months in each city. The “Grand Tour” was an important part of young people’s education-but only for the rich.

In the 18th century, tourism began to change. For example, people in the UK started to visit some towns, such as Bath to “take the waters”. They believed that the water there was good for their health. So large and expensive hotels were built in these towns.

In the 19th century, travel became much more popular and faster. When the first railways were built in the 1820s, it was easier for people to travel between towns, so they started to go for holidays by the sea. And some started to have holidays in the countryside as cities became larger, noisier and dirtier.

Traveling by sea also became faster and safer when the first steamships were built. People began to travel more to faraway countries.

The 20th century saw cars become more and more popular among ordinary people. Planes were made larger, so ticket prices dropped and more people used them.

Thus tourism grew, in 1949, Russian journalist Vladimir Raitz started a company called Horizon Holidays. The company organizes everything-plane tickets, hotel rooms, even food-and tourists pay for it all before they leave home. The package tour and modern tourist industry was born and began to take off.

1.When tourism first started in Roman times, people ______.

2.. In the early times, the travelers ______.

3. ______ played the most important role in the tourism development.

4. Package tour was born ______.

5. The underlined phrase “take off” means ______.

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下面是一篇应用文及应用场合的信息,请阅读下列应用文和相关信息,并按照要求匹配信息.

A. English Classes   Our English teachers do not follow a fixed lesson for each class. Every class is different because every student is different.

B. Cooking Classes   We believe that if you do well in cooking, you will eat better, feel better and live better. Our cooking classes are for you. Our teachers will come to your house and teach you all the skills you need.

C. Driving Classes    Cars become more and more popular. Driving skills are necessary for everyone . We promise to make you drive freely in a month.

D. Children’s Dance Classes    Children between the ages of 5 and 15 are taught in our classes. Common dance styles for children include ballet and jazz dance.

E. Piano Classes    Piano lessons are for both the beginners and the students who want to review their skills. Learning to play the piano is great for all ages. In the beginning, you will progress rather quickly through our piano lessons.

F. Yoga Classes    Yoga is an ancient method of exercise and personal development for the body and mind. With its gentle movement and deep breathing, it’s a good method of relaxation.

阅读下列人物的个人信息,然后匹配适合他（她）们的培训班。

1. Cathy is an editor. She is always very busy. She wants to relax after work and on weekends.

2.. Mary believes that cooking is great. Cooking is a creative art. Like painting, dancing or a perfect tennis serve, cooking can be one of the most fulfilling of outlets for creative energy.

3. Amy is fourteen years old. She believes dance is an expression of the body and is a part of all living things in the universe.

4. Tina likes piano concerts. She studies piano a little when she was young. Her dream is to be a pianist.

5. Linda is a middle school student. She studies very hard and does well in every subject except English. She is looking for a training class to improve her English.

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假设你是李华，你收到在美国的姑母的一封电子邮件，说你刚上大学的表哥染上了抽烟的习惯。你姑母很担心他的健康，请你给你的表哥写一封电子邮件，劝他戒烟。

写作内容

1、吸烟既浪费钱又致病，甚至能引起致命性疾病；

2、吸烟对周围的人也有害，会影响同学、朋友间的关系；

3、在宿舍（dormitory）吸烟如不注意会引起火灾；

4、为了自己和他人，尽早戒烟。

写作要求

1、必须用5个句子表达全部内容；

2、电子邮件的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总句数。

Dear Wang Lin,

Congratulations on you entering the university. How are you getting on?  ______________

_______________________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________

Best wishes!

Yours,

Li Hua

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阅读下面的短文,然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文.

In China, with one or two parents going out to earn money, many children are left in their hometown in the countryside. These children are called “leftover children”. A large number of leftover children have emerged since 1978, and the statistics showed in 2004, the total is 22 million.

Usually their grandparents or their parents’ friends or relatives look after these leftover children. Sometimes they are brought up by one of their parents at home. In most cases, their guardians are not quite educed. To them, making sure that the children are healthy and fed well is the most important task, and that the children are safe and sound is considered to have done a good job. But they seldom care about children’s study, their psychological needs, or mental demands. Neither do they spend some time teaching kids how to develop good habits.

Therefore ,for most of the time, the leftover children can’t get emotional support from their parents, which can result in so many problems.

写作内容

1、以约30个词概括上文的内容

2、然后以约120词就 “如何关心农村留守儿童（leftover children）的成长？”这个话题发表你的看法,并包括以下要点:

（1）农村留守儿童存在的原因是什么？

（2）你认为他们面临的最大困难是什么？

（3）解决留守孩子问题的关键是什么？

（4）提出解决问题的措施。

写作要求

1、你可以使用实例或其它论述方法支持你的论点，也可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不得直接引用原文中的句子。

2、题目自定。

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