40.A.faults B.advantages C.ways D.evidences 答案 21-25 DACBA 26-30 DDCAA 31-35 BBCDD 36-40 ABCDA [09年12月更新] Passage 16 (云南省玉溪一中2010届高三上学期期中考试) New Zealand is an island that lies off the eastern coast of Australia. It 36 two large islands: North Island and South Island. New Zealand is surrounded by the Pacific Ocean 37 the north and east, and the Tasman Sea to the south and west. It is about the same size as the Philippines. Wellington 38 , the capital city, lies on the North Island. Other important 39 are Auckland in the north, Christchurch on the South Island and Queenstown, further to the south. 40 has a mild sea climate, while the north is subtropical. It rains quite a lot. The warmest months are December to February. The coldest months are June to August. The ocean and seas surrounding the islands are deep blue and many of New Zealand’s cities lie on a bay and have a natural deep 41 . The sand beaches in New Zealand are also very 42 . New Zealand has a very beautiful natural landscape with green hills and mountains. Some of the 43 are dead volcanoes. The North Island is famous for an area of 44 , some of which throw hot water into the air. Some of this 45 near the earth’s surface is used to make electricity. There are many plants and 46 that only live in New Zealand. The most famous animal is a little bird that cannot fly. It is called a kiwi and it is New Zealand’s national bird. The 47 were the earliest people to come to New Zealand. When they discovered it about 1,000 years ago, they called it Aotearoa, which means “ Land of the long white cloud . The Maori came from the islands of Polynesia in the 48 . It is some 3,500 kilometers from Polynesia to New Zealand , which they crossed in narrow 49 . They 50 dogs, rats and plants with them and settled mainly on the 51 where the weather was warmer. Around 1421, Chinese sailors possibly discovered the islands on one of their 52 around the word. The Dutchman Abel Tasman named the islands New Zealand in 1642. More than 120 years later, Captain James Cook took possession of the islands in 1769 and from that time British people started to settle in New Zealand. By 1840 about 2,000 53 , mainly British, had come to settle in New Zealand and the Maori signed an agreement with these settlers. That day is still celebrated as a national holiday. It is every year on the sixth of February. Today there are many people in New Zealand who call 54 “the home country , although it is a place 55 most of them have never been. 查看更多

 

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阅读短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

  Choosing the right job is probably one of the most important decisions we have to make in life, and it is frequently one of the hardest decisions we have to make.One important question that you might ask yourself is:“How do I get a good job?”  1  

  There are people who can answer an insignificant advertisement in the local paper and land the best job in the world; others write to all sorts of places all over the country, and never seem to get a reply at all.Still others believe that the in person, door-to-door approach is by far the best way to get a job; and then there are those who, through no active decision of their own, just seem to be in the right place at the right time.  2  .He used to spend a lot of his free time down by the sea watching the tall ships, but never thinking that he might one day sail one of them.His father was a farmer, and being a sailor could never be anything for the boy but an idle dream.One day, on his usual wandering, he heard the captain of the ship complaining that he could not sail because one member of his crew was sick.Without stopping to think, the lad(少年)offered to take his place.  3  

    4  .If the lad had gone home to ponder(考虑)his decision for a week, he may have missed his chance.It is one thing to be offered an opportunity; it is another thing to take it and use it well.

  Sometimes we hear stories about people who break all the rules and still seem to land plum jobs(美差).When you go for a job interview or fill out an application, you are expected to say nice things about the company to which you are applying.  5  .And within a year this person had become general manger of the company.

A.This story also illustrates the importance of seizing an opportunity when it presents itself.

B.People find jobs in an infinite number of ways.

C.it's almost impossible to find a good job by answering advertisement in newspapers

D.Take for example the young man who wanted to be a sailor.

E.But there was one person who landed an excellent job by telling the interviewer all the company's faults.

F.He spent the rest of his life happily sailing the ships he had always loved.

G.It is very important to seize an opportunity when it presents itself.

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Everyone has heard of the San Andreas fault (断层), which constantly threatens California and the West Coast with earthquakes. But how many people know about the equally serious New Madrid fault in Missouri?

   Between December of 1811 and February of 1812, three major earthquakes occurred, all centered around the town of New Madrid, Missouri, on the Mississippi River. Property damage was severe. Buildings in the area were almost destroyed. Whole forests fell at once, and huge cracks opened in the ground,  releasing some strong smell chemicals.

   The Mississippi River itself completely changed character, developing sudden rapids and whirlpools (激流和漩涡). Several times it changed its course, and once, according to some observers, it actually appeared to run backwards. Few people were killed in the New Marid earthquakes, probably simply because few people lived in the area in 1811; but the severity of the earthquakes are shown by the fact that the shock waves rang bells in church towers in Charleston, South Carolina, on the coast. Buildings shook in New York City, and clocks were stopped in Washington, D.C.

Scientists now know that America's two major faults are essentially different. The San Andreas is a horizontal boundary between two major land masses that are slowly moving in opposite directions. California earthquakes result when the two masses make a sudden move.

     The New Madrid fault, on the other hand, is a vertical fault; at some points, possibly hundreds of millions of years ago, rock was pushed up toward the surface, probably by volcanoes under the surface. Suddenly, the volcanoes cooled and the rock collapsed, leaving huge cracks. Even now, the rock continues to settle downwards, and sudden sinking motions cause earthquakes in the region. The fault itself, a large crack in this layer of rock, with dozens of other cracks that split off from it, extends from northeast Arkansas through Missouri and into southern Illinois.

   Scientists who have studied the New Madrid fault say there have been numerous smaller quakes in the area since 1811; these smaller quakes indicate that larger ones are probably coming, but the scientists say they have no method of predicting when a large earthquake will occur.

1.This passage is mainly about ___________.

A. current scientific knowledge about faults

B. the San Andreas and the New Madrid faults

C. the causes of faults        

D. the New Madrid fault in Missouri

2.The New Madrid fault is __________.

A. a vertical fault

B. a horizontal fault

C. a more serious fault than the San Andreas fault

D. responsible for forming the Mississippi River

3.This passage implies that _________.      .

A. horizontal faults are more dangerous than vertical faults

B. Vertical faults are more dangerous than horizontal faults

C. The volcanoes that caused the New Madrid fault are still alive

D. A lot of people would die if the 1811 New Madrid earthquakes happened today

 

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  As a teenager, I felt I was always letting people down. I was rebellious (反叛的)on the outside,___1___on the inside I wanted people to ___2____me.

  

  Once I left home to hitchhike(搭便车)to California with my friend Penelope. The trip wasn't ____3___, and there were many times I didn't feel safe. One situation in particular ___4____ me grateful to still be alive. When I returned home, I was not so outwardly(表面地)different.

  

  I was happy to be home. But then I noticed that Penelope, who was____5____with us, was wearing my clothes. And my ____6____seemed to like her better than me. I wondered if I would be __7___if I weren't there. I told my mom, and she explained that ___8___Penelope was a lovely girl, no one could ___9___me. I pointed out,”She is more patient and is heater than I have ever been.” My mom said these were wonderful ___10____,but I was the only person who could fill my ___11____. She made me realize that even with my____12_____——and they were many ——I was a loved member of the family who couldn't be replaced.

  

  I became a searcher,___13___who I was and what made me unique(独特的). My____14___of myself was changing. I wanted a solid base to start from. I started to resist(抵制)pressure to ___15___in ways that I didn't like any more, and I ___16___who I really was. I came to feel much more ____17___that no one can ever take my place.

  

  Each of us ____18____ a unique place in the world. You are special, no matter what others say or what you may think. So ____19___ about being replaced. You ___20___ be.

(1)A.And      

B.but      

   C.so      

D.for      

(2)A.leave      

B.replace      

   C.receive      

D.like      

(3)A.easy      

B.hard      

   C.fun      

D.long      

(4)A.caused      

B.kept      

   C.left      

D.forced      

(5)A.playing      

B.eating      

   C.staying      

D.traveling      

(6)A.family      

B.friends      

   C.relatives      

D.neighbors      

(7)A.loved      

B.mentioned      

   C.cared      

D.missed      

(8)A.since      

B.as

   C.though      

D.unless      

(9)A.scold      

B.compare      

   C.replace      

D.match      

(10)A.qualities      

B.girls      

    C.people      

D.times      

(11)A.character      

B.role      

    C.task      

D.form      

(12)A.faults      

B.advantages

    C.good      

D.pities      

(13)A.looking    for      

B.looking    back      

    C.seeking    out      

D.giving    up      

(14)A.picture      

B.view      

    C.sense      

D.idea      

(15)A.think      

B.learn      

    C.change      

D.act

(16)A.hated      

B.celebrated      

    C.wished      

D.expected      

(17)A.sure      

B.doubtful      

    C.happy      

D.lonely      

(18)A.takes      

B.catches      

    C.seizes      

D.holds      

(19)A.talk      

B.forget      

    C.care      

D.argue

(20)A.mustn't      

B.shouldn't      

    C.can't      

D.needn't      

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I prefer the stories about the swimmers at the Beijing Olympics,one of which is about Zakia Nassar. She's a 21-year-old Palestinian __21__ Bethlehem studying dentistry in Jenin. Having had neither a __22__ nor a chance to an Olympic-sized pool in the past year, she had no choice but to __23__ on her own at a 12m public pool.

There is a 50-meter __24__ in nearby Nazareth, but the Israeli government did not __25__ her to use it.

Nassar was __26__ to training only when she returned to her parents' home in Bethlehem, __27__ she did so only about every two months for two days or so. __28__ the pool is only 12 meters long.

“My parents and friends always __29__ me, reminding me that I had to keep training if I __30  wanted to go to the Olympics,” she said.

It was only when Nassar __31__ China a month ago that she finally got the opportunity to swim in a 50m pool and enjoyed the __32__ of having a coach.

When she at last took part in the Games, she swam the 50m in 31.97 seconds, a(n) __33__ of seven seconds on her personal __34__. Nassar said it was the most beautiful moment of her life.

She will not __35__ on the cover of Time magazine or __36__ millions of dollars in endorsements(捐款), but she can always say she won a race at the Olympics. For her, it wasn’t about __37__ the other swimmers or winning a prize, but about __38__ her own goal, __39__ difficult. When I think things are too difficult or I get those “I-just-can’t-do-it,” I think of her. Then I realize how __40__ the task before me really is.

1.

A.

to

B.

from

C.

through

D.

in

2.

A.

employer

B.

captain

C.

coach

D.

master

3.

A.

drill

B.

educate

C.

row

D.

train

4.

A.

pool

B.

reservoir

C.

lake

D.

river

5.

A.

admit

B.

permit

C.

forbid

D.

restrict

6.

A.

accustomed

B.

controlled

C.

limited

D.

organized

7.

A.

but

B.

therefore

C.

so

D.

and

8.

A.

Besides

B.

Especially

C.

Hopefully

D.

Particularly

9.

A.

discourage

B.

encouraged

C.

scolded

D.

blamed

10.

A.

extremely

B.

merely

C.

really

D.

slightly

11.

A.

reached for

B.

attached to

C.

departed from

D.

arrived in

12.

A.

advantages

B.

honor

C.

faults

D.

trouble

13.

A.

development

B.

improvement

C.

disappointment

D.

movement

14.

A.

worst

B.

ordinary

C.

best

D.

average

15.

A.

publish

B.

broadcast

C.

contain

D.

appear

16.

A.

receive

B.

accept

C.

take

D.

earn

17.

A.

following

B.

exciting

C.

inspiring

D.

beating

18.

A.

achieving

B.

realizing

C.

starting

D.

winning

19.

A.

wherever

B.

whatever

C.

whenever

D.

however

20.

A.

difficult

B.

interesting

C.

easy

D.

hopeful

【答案】

21.B

22.C

23.D

24.A

25.B

26.C

27.A

28.A

29.B

30.C

31.D

32.A

33.B

34.C

35.D

36.A

37.D

38.A

39.D

40.C

【解析】略

【题型】完型填空

【适用】一般

【标题】2011届山东省宁阳一中高三上学期期中考试英语卷

【关键字标签】故事类阅读

【结束】

17【题文】You're busy filling out the application form for a position you really need. Let's assume you once actually completed a couple of years of college work or even that you completed your degree. Isn't it appealing to lie just a little, to claim on the form that your diploma represents a Harvard degree? Or that you finished an extra couple of years back at State University? More and more people are turning to cheat like this to land their job or to move ahead in their careers, for personnel officers, like most Americans, value degrees from famous schools. A job applicant may have a good education anyway, but he or she assumes that chances of being hired are better with a diploma from a well-known university.

Registrars(登记员) at most well-known colleges say they deal with deceitful claims like these at the rate of about one per week. Personnel officers do check up on degrees listed on application forms, then. If it turns out that an applicant is lying, most colleges are unwilling to accuse the applicant directly. One Ivy League school calls them "cheats"; another refers to them as "special cases". One well-known West Coast school, in perhaps the most delicate phrase of all, says that these claims are made by "no such people". To avoid outright(彻底的) lies, some job-seekers claim that they "attending" means being dismissed after one semester. It may be that "being associated with" a college means that the job-seeker visited his younger brother for a football weekend. One school that keeps records of false claims says that the practice dates back at least to the turn of the century—that's when they began keeping records, anyhow. If you don't want to lie or even stretch the truth, there are companies that will sell you a false diploma.

  One company, with offices in New York and on the West Coast, will put your name on a diploma from any number of nonexistent colleges. The price begins at around twenty dollars for a diploma from "Smoot State University". The prices increase rapidly for a degree from the "University of Purdue". As there is no Smoot State and the real school in Indiana is properly called Purdue University, the prices seem rather high for one sheet of paper.

41.The main idea of this passage is that ______.

A.employers are checking more closely on applicants now

B.lying about college degrees has become a widespread problem

C.college degrees can now be purchased easily

D.employers are no longer interested in college degrees

42.According to the passage, "special cases" refers to cases that ______.

A.students attend a school only part-time

B.students never attended a school they listed on their application

C.students purchase false degrees from commercial firms

D.students attended a famous school

43.We can infer from the passage that _______.

A.performance is a better judge of ability than a college degree

B.experience is the best teacher

C.past work histories influence personnel officers more than degrees do

D.a degree from a famous school enables an applicant to gain advantage over others in job competition

44.This passage implies that ______.

A.buying a false degree is not moral

B.personnel officers only consider applicants from famous schools

C.most people lie on applications because they were dismissed from school

D.society should be greatly responsible for lying on applications

【答案】

45.B

46.B

47.D

48.D

【解析】略

【题型】阅读理解

【适用】一般

【标题】2011届山东省宁阳一中高三上学期期中考试英语卷

【关键字标签】社会现象类

【结束】

18【题文】Doris Lessing was born in 1919 in Persia, moving as a child with her family to southern Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, where she stayed in school only to the age of 14.

A year after moving to London, she published her first novel in 1950. The Grass is Singing examines unbridgeable racial conflict in colonial Africa through the eyes of a white farmer's wife and her black servant.

Her literary breakthrough came in 1962 with publication of The Golden Notebook, seen by many, though not necessarily Lessing, as a pioneering work of modern feminism(女权运动). A disjointed study of the mind of the main character, Anna Wulf, the novel explores her thoughts about Africa, politics, relationships with men and sex, and Jungian analysis and dream interpretation.

Lessing's themes changed to psychology in her works from the 1960s, and by the 1970s she was interested in the Islamic mystic tradition of Sufism(苏菲教派). Her turn toward science fiction with the Canopus series in the early 1980s was not warmly received by traditional critics, but she has continued to be popular with new readers and numerous literary awards, including the David Cohen British Literary Prize and the Companion of Honour from the Royal Society of Literature, both in 2001.

Following the announcement, the Horace Engdahl told VOA why he was personally so pleased with Lessing's selection.

“She is one of the truly great writers -- of novels, short stories, fiction and non-fiction,” Engdahl said. “She is one of the few writers who have had the courage to uphold the principle of equality between the male and female experience, and she has given the impulse to numbers of other women writers. And she is really the mother of a school that is one of the most important in our contemporary literature.”

At 87, Doris Lessing is the oldest Nobel Literature winner since the first prizes were awarded in 1901.

49. What would be the best title of the passage?

A.Doris Lessing’s Great Writings.

B.Doris Lessing’s Concern about Africa.

C.A Great Writer of Novel and a Pioneer of Modern Feminism.

D.A Nobel Prize Winner for Literature.

50.It can be inferred from the passage that _______.

A.there are only two characters in The Grass is Singing

B.The Golden Notebook is regarded as Lessing’s masterpiece by herself

C.life in Africa in her early age lays solid foundation for her writing

D.Doris Lessing is strongly against traditional culture in Africa

51.According to the fourth paragraph, _______.

A.Lessing began to believe in Christ in the 1970s

B.Lessing’s science fiction won readers

C.Lessing had won two literary medals for her writings

D.Lessing changed her themes to meet the needs of traditional critics

52.The underlined word “impulse” in the 6th passage is closest in meaning to _______.

A.pressure

B.inspiration

C.energy

D.desire

【答案】

53.C

54.C

55.B

56.D

【解析】略

【题型】阅读理解

【适用】一般

【标题】2011届山东省宁阳一中高三上学期期中考试英语卷

【关键字标签】人物传记类

【结束】

19【题文】将下列句子翻译为英语,必须用所提示的英语单词或提示单词的派生形式。

57.病人被交给专科医生治疗。(refer)

_______________________________________________________________________

58.我们的老师从来不允许考试作弊。(tolerate)

_______________________________________________________________________

59.我把成功归功于我所受到的教育。(owe)

_______________________________________________________________________

60.他的言行不一致。(correspond)

_______________________________________________________________________

61.外出忘记带伞是他的特点。(typical)

_______________________________________________________________________

62.你对这部电影感兴趣吗?(appeal)

_______________________________________________________________________

63.他被禁止驾车六个月。(ban)

_______________________________________________________________________

64.他最近被任命为委员会成员。(appoint)

_______________________________________________________________________

65.他对我们总是坦诚相待,他从不灰心丧气。(give way to)

_______________________________________________________________________

66.另一方面,经常处于广告的包围之中,我们的想法有可能随着时间的流逝而发生变化。(be exposed to)

_______________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________

【答案】

67.The patient was referred to a specialist for treatment.

68.Our teacher never tolerates cheating in exams.

Our teacher has no tolerance to cheating in exams.

Out teacher is never tolerant of cheating in exams.

69.I owe my success to my education.

70.His actions don’t correspond with his words.

71.It’s typical of him to forget his umbrella when he goes out.

72.Does the film appeal to you?

73.He was banned from driving for six months.

74.She has recently been appointed to the committee.

75.He was always honest with us and never gave way to disappointment.

76.On the other hand, being constantly exposed to advertisements can help to change our opinions over time.

【解析】略

【题型】其他

【适用】一般

【标题】2011届山东省宁阳一中高三上学期期中考试英语卷

【关键字标签】汉译英

【结束】

20【题文】你的英国朋友Jack想了解北京奥运会的情况。假如你是李华,请你给他写一封电子邮件,就本届奥运会作一简单介绍。内容要点如下:

1. 从2008年8月8日至24日历时17天,二百多个国家和地区参赛。

2. 本届奥运会打破43项世界记录、132项奥运会记录,美国运动员Michael Phelps创一次奥运会金牌最多的记录。

3. 中国队表现突出,获100枚奖牌、50枚金牌,金牌总数第一,创历史之最。

4. 北京奥运会的成功举办获得全球赞誉。

注意:字数:120左右

Dear Jack,

I’m very glad to tell you something about the Beijing Olympic Games.

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

With best wishes.

Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

【答案】

Dear Jack,

I’m very glad to tell you something about the Beijing Olympic Games. The 2008 Summer Olympic Games lasted 17 days, which were held in Beijing on August 8th and dropped their curtain on Aug. 24. More than 10,000 athletes from over 200 countries and areas took part. The Games saw 43 new world records and 132 new Olympic records. The American athlete, Michael Phelps broke the record for most gold medals in one Olympics. China performed so wonderfully that it won a total of 100 medals, including 51 gold medals, leading the gold medal count for the first time in history.

Beijing’s successful hosting of the Games has earned global praise and the organizing work has been considered perfect. I hope the 2012 London Olympic Games will also be a perfect one.

With best wishes.

Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

【解析】略

【题型】书面表达

【适用】一般

【标题】2011届山东省宁阳一中高三上学期期中考试英语卷

【关键字标签】提纲作文

【结束】

 

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任务型阅读。阅读下材料,完成1-3题。
     In choosing a friend, one should be very careful. A good friend can help you study. You can have fun
together and make each other happy. Sometimes you will meet fair weather friends. They will be with you
as long as you have money or luck, but when you are down, they will run away. How do I know when I
have found a good friend? I look for certain qualities of character, especially understanding, honesty and
reliability (可靠).   
     Above all else, I look for understanding in a friend. A good friend tries to understand how another person
is feeling. He is not quick to judge. Instead, he tries to learn from others. He puts himself in the other person's
place, and he tries to think of ways to be helpful. He is also a good listener.   
     At the same time, however, a good friend is honest. He does not look for faults (过错) in others. He
notices their good points. In short, a friend will try to understand me and accept me.   
     Another quality of a friend is reliability. I can always depend on a good friend. If he tells me he will meet
me somewhere at a certain time, I can be sure that he will be there. If I need a favor, he will do his best to
help me. If I am in trouble, he will not run away from me.   
     There is a fourth quality that makes a friend special. A special friend is someone with whom we can have
fun. We should enjoy our lives, and we would enjoy our friendship. That is why I especially like friends who
are fun to be with. A good friend likes the same things I like. We share experience and learn from each other.
A good friend has a good sense of humor, too. He likes to laugh with me. That is how we share in the joy of
being friends. And I know that he is looking for the same quality in me.   
     When I meet someone who is reliable, honest, understanding and humorous, I know I've found a friend!
请根据阅读信息填写下面句子:
1. The writer thinks a good friend should be _________, ____________, ___________, and ___________.
2. What is the meaning for fair weather friends? (用浅显易懂的英语来解释)
    ________________________________________________________________________.
3. Write down a title for this short passage.
    ________________________________________________________________________.

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