高中英语真题-2012-2013学年度下学期北镇高中高二期中考试12796.pdf

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1、 高中英语真题:2012-2013 学年度下学期北镇高中高二期中考试 第一部分：英语知识运用（共两节,满分 45 分）第一节：单项填空（共 15 小题，每小题 1 分，满分 15 分）从 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。1.Im sorry that I cant attend your party,because I have had another important _.A.appointment B.conference C.acquaintance D.exhibition 2.Why do you suggest Lijiang?I believe the

2、 beauty of _ nature there will leave _ excellent impression on you.A.the;an B./;/C.the;the D./;an 3.Which color do you think _ me best?In my opinion,you look nice in yellow.A.fits B.meets C.satisfies D.suits 4.In our school,students are asked to come to school _,and those late for school will be pun

3、ished.A.immediately B.quickly C.punctually D.adequately 5.You see,Im poor in maths,you are not good at English,and Thats _ we should help each other.A.when B.where C.how D.what 6.Whats the matter with your boyfriend?I cant stand _ when he often ignores me and talks with other girls.A.one B.that C.hi

4、m D.it 7.This is the book _ in the 1880s,which greatly influenced peoples view about the world.A.put out B.put off C.come off D.come out 8.She hadnt expected her science fiction,_ for children,was also well received by adults.A.intended B.intending C.to intend D.having intended 9.I was driving half-

5、way when a terrible thought suddenly_to me-had I locked the door?A.occurred B.hit C.struck D.appeared 10.Seldom _ computer games ever since he entered college.A.did he play B.has he played C.he played D.he has played 11.-Gaddafi was killed yesterday.-Really?He finally deserves _he gets.A.however B.w

6、hoever C.whatever D.whichever 12.I paid a visit to Shanghai World Expo last week.Great!You _ an interesting experience.A.should have had B.must have had C.might have had D.can have had 13.Your room is in a mess.Oh,Im too busy these days.It _ for three weeks.A.wasnt cleaned B.didnt clean C.hasnt been

7、 cleaned D.hasnt cleaned 14.When he looked up,he suddenly found himself _ by a group of teenagers,_ looked at him anxiously.A.to be surrounded;which B.surrounded;who C.be surrounded;who D.having been surrounded;which 15.I need to get changed._!Well be late for the party.A.Oh,come on B.Go ahead C.Tak

8、e it easy D.Its a pity 第二节 完形填空（共 20 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。An old farmer lived on a farm with his young grandson.Each morning,the 16 would get up early and read his Bhagavad Gita.His grandson tried to 17 him in every way he could.One day the grandson as

9、ked,“Grandpa!I try to read the Bhagavad Gita just like you 18 I can not understand it,and I forget as soon as I close the book.Whats the 19 of reading it?”The grandfather said,“Take this coal basket down to the 20 and bring me back a basket of water.”The boy did as he was told,but all the water ran

10、21 he got to the house.The grandfather laughed and said,“Youll have to move a little 22 next time”,and the boy went to the bank with the basket to try again.This time the boy ran faster,but again the basket was 23 .He told his grandfather that it was 24 to carry water in a basket.So he went to get a

11、 bucket instead.The old man said,“I just want a basket of water.Youre not 25 hard enough.”At this point,the boy wanted to 26 his grandfather that even if he ran as fast as he could,the water would 27 out.The boy again dipped the 28 into river and ran hard.But when he reached his grandfather,there wa

12、snt anything in the basket again.29 ,he said,“Look,grandpa,its useless!”“Do you really think so?”the old man said.“Look at the basket.”The boy looked at the basket and for the first time he 30 that the basket was different.It had been 31 from a dirty old coal basket into a(n)32 one,inside and out.“S

13、on,thats what you 33 when you read the Bhagavad Gita.You might not understand or remember 34 ,but when you read it,you will be 35 ,inside and out.”16.A.dad B.mom C.grandma D.grandpa 17.A.observe B.imitate C.challenge D.love 18.A.but B.therefore C.otherwise D.since 19.A.interest B.evidence C.good D.i

14、mpression 20.A.temple B.peak C.plain D.bank 21.A.after B.before C.until D.as 22.A.farther B.earlier C.better D.faster 23.A.dirty B.straight C.empty D.magical 24.A.automatic B.immediate C.unnecessary D.impossible 25.A.learning B.making C.favoring D.trying 26.A.show B.enter C.make D.keep 27.A.fly B.le

15、ak C.move D.boil 28.A.basket B.bucket C.hand D.body 29.A.Especially B.Adequately C.Apparently D.Desperately 30.A.knew B.saw C.recognized D.realized 31.A.developed B.transformed C.escaped D.protected 32.A.clean B.beautiful C.new D.outstanding 33.A.lost B.obtained C.needed D.captured 34.A.something B.

16、nothing C.everything D.anything 35.A.fancy B.satisfied C.different D.tired 第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分 40 分）第一节（共 15 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 30 分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中，选出最佳选项。A Technology helps people do everything from planning to meet for a movie to keeping in touch with a friend who lives in a different count

17、ry.When planning to get together with friends,Julian said,“If I want to go and see a movie with a few friends,I usually send them text messages.By telephone,you have to call every single friend one by one.But text messaging allows you to send the same message to as many people as youd like,which sav

18、es a lot of time.”Email,IM,and other low-cost methods of communication also help people keep long-distance friendships in ways they couldnt have even a few years ago.Mike told us,“I had this friend when I was 8 or 9,and then she moved away to the country.We promised to stay friends and to send lette

19、rs,and at the start we did.Then the letters got fewer and fewer and we at last stopped writing to each other.I think if we had had email,we would still be in touch.”James found out about cost the hard way.He said,“I called my friend in,which is halfway around the world,and it cost me over$200!So now

20、 I just stay up late to see if I can catch him on MSN or I write an email.”Email,IM,and other low-cost ways of keeping in touch also allow people to develop brief acquaintances into long-lasting friendships.Andrea told us,“I met this really cool girl.We sometimes email each other.Weve been in touch

21、over half a year and its nice to talk to her.”36.What is this passage mainly about?A.Technology has improved greatly.B.Technology can help our social lives.C.Technology keeps far-away friends close.D.Text messages bring advantages to our life.37.How does Julian usually get in touch with a group of f

22、riends?A.By emailing them B.By chatting with them on MSN C.By sending them text messages D.By giving them a phone call.38.In Mikes opinion,he lost touch with his friend mainly because _.A.they lost interest in keeping in touch B.their friendship was not strong enough C.they were too busy to write to

23、 each other D.they couldnt use email to keep in touch then 39.What does James most probably think of calling his friend in?A.Convenient.B.Costly C.Difficult D.Necessary 40.The writer uses Andreas story to show that_.A.everyone can make good use of technology B.long-lasting friendships can be gained

24、anywhere C.there are many kinds of ways of keeping in touch D.it is easier to make new friends than before due to technology B A Texas-sized piece of the Antarctic ice sheet is thinning,possibly due to global warming,and could cause the worlds oceans to rise significantly,polar ice experts said on W

25、ednesday.They said“surprisingly rapid changes”were occurring in Antarcticas Amundsen Sea Embayment,which faces the southern Pacific Ocean,but that more study was needed to know how fast it was melting and how much it could cause the sea level to rise.The warning came in a joint statement issued at t

26、he end of a conference of U.S.and European polar ice experts at the University of Texas in.The scientists blamed the melting ice on changing winds around Antarctica that they said were causing warmer waters to flow beneath ice shelves.The wind change,they said,appeared to be the result of several fa

27、ctors,natural variability.The thinning in the two-mile-thick ice shelf is being observed mostly from satellites,but it is not known how much ice has been lost because data is difficult to obtain on the remote ice shelves,they said.Study is focusing on the Amundsen Sea Embayment because it has been m

28、elting quickly and holds enough water to raise world sea levels six meters,or close to 20 feet,the scientists said.“The place where the biggest change is occurring is the Amundsen Sea Embayment,”said Donald Blankenship of the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics.“One,its changing,and two,it

29、can have a big impact,”he said in a Webcast with a number of conference participants.Other parts of the continent were also losing ice,he said,but generally not as quickly.41.According to scientists,the certain factor to cause the Antarcticas ice shelves to get thinner is _.A.natural variability B.t

30、he changing winds C.ozone depletion D.global warming 42.What we cant be sure about at present is _.A.what has caused the ice shelves to melt B.whether the ice shelves are really melting C.how fast the ice sheet is melting D.where the ice melting is occurring 43.We can infer from the passage that _.A

31、.ice melting only occurs in Antarctica B.the Amundsen Sea Embayment is the remote ice shelf C.the whole sea level has risen by about 20 feet D.people has been paying close attention to the change of Antarctica 44.Which is the best title for this passage?A.Antarctic ice sheet thinning B.Global warmin

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38、y book.D.On a website.D Its never easy to admit you are in the wrong.Being human,we all need to know the art of apologizing.Look back with honesty and think how often youve judged roughly,said unkind things,pushed yourself ahead at the expense of a friend.Then count the occasions when you indicated

39、clearly and truly that you were sorry.A bit frightening,isnt it?Frightening because some deep wisdom in us knows that when even a small wrong has been committed,some mysterious moral feeling is disturbed,and it stays out of balance until fault is acknowledged and regret expressed.I remember a doctor

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41、cutor of his fathers will,he had been cheating his brother,who lived abroad,of his inheritance(继承权).Then and there the wise old doctor made the man write to his brother asking forgiveness and enclosing a cheque as the first step in restoring their good relation.He then went with him to the mailbox i

42、n the corridor.As the letter disappeared,the man burst into tears.“Thank you,”he said,“I think Im cured.”And he was.A heartfelt apology can not only heal a damaged relationship but also make it stronger.If you can think of someone who deserves an apology from you,someone you have wronged,or judged t

43、oo roughly,or just neglected,do something about it right now.48.When we have done something wrong,we should_.A.look honest and think over the fault carefully B.go to a doctor C.admit the fault and express the regret D.forgive ourselves 49.What will happen if we have done something wrong?A.Our logic

44、of thinking will be disturbed B.We shall be sad C.We shall apologize at once D.Our moral balance will be disturbed 50.What exactly was the patients trouble?A.The losing of a friend.B.Headaches,insomnia and stomachaches.C.Something wrong with his conscience.D.Some unknown physical weakness.第二节（共 5 小题

45、；每小题 2 分，满分 10 分）根据短文内容，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。Students in our school have one thing in commonan interest in sports.According to their different intentions of taking part in sports,they fall into three groups.Many students go to the playground when they feel tired after a few hours of stu

46、dy.These students put much more stress on their study efficiency than on the fun of sports,They just want to go back to their classrooms from the playground with a clearer and quicker mind._51_Most of them choose long-distance running,the kind of exercise which few real sports enthusiasts like.So th

47、is group of students can be well labeled as study-oriented participants.Students that make up the second group are real sports lovers.Sometimes they even put aside their studies for a match.They take part in the sport that interests them most,not caring whether it is most beneficial to their health.

48、_52_ The third group want beauty from sports.Boys want to become strong and good-looking;girls want to be slim and graceful._53_They are very careful in choosing the kind of exercise they do,and are afraid that certain sports may ruin their figures.Horizontal bars and parallel bars are the boys choi

49、ce,and the hula hoop is now the girls favorite._54_ _55_If you look around the campus,you will find that bookworms have disappeared,and,instead,there are healthy,strong,clever,modernized students everywhere.A.Some students take sports regularly for interest.B.They may be called fun-oriented sports p

50、articipants.C.Some people seem to think that sports are unimportant things.D.No matter which group we belong to,we all benefit from sports.E.The appropriate name for this group may be beauty-oriented sports participants.F.Thus they dont actually care whether they can enjoy themselves on the playgrou