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1、20102011 学年度广东省澄海实验高中高二下期末英语综合测试卷与答案（二） 完型填空 I told my friend Graham that I often cycle t miles to my company, but unfortunately there is a big hill on my way. He replied, “You are 1 .” He explained that I should be thankful for the extra exercise that the hill provided. My attitude to the hill has

2、now changed. I used to 2 as I approached it, but now I think that this hill will exercise my heart and lungs and it will 3 me to lose weight and get fit. This hill is my friend. I even feel sorry for those who 4 to go to a gym and sit on exercise bicycles 5 I can get the same value for free. We cann

3、ot achieve anything with an easy life. Helen Keller was the first deaf and blind person to gain a university 6 . She wrote, “Character cannot be developed 7 . Only through experiences of trial and 8 can the soul be strengthened, ambition 9 and success achieved.” One of the main factors of success in

4、 life is our attitude towards adversity (逆境 ). 10 we face hardships, problems and difficulties. We cannot 11 the adversity, but we can choose our attitude towards it. Douglas Bader was twenty-one when he had both legs cut off following a flying 12 . He was determined to fly again and became one of t

5、he leading 13 in Britain. He said, “Dont listen to anyone 14 tells you that you cant do this or that. Thats nonsense. Go to school, and join in all the games you can. Make up your mind, and youll succeed.” Great people rise from adversity. Their common quality is that they did not become 15 in face

6、of adversity. They chose to be positive. They took on the challenge and they won. 【小题 1】 A unlucky B smart C lucky D brave A cry B smile C sing D complain A advise B persuade C help D expect A decide B manage C seem D pay A before B while C where D unless A degree B position C course D paper A with

7、fear B at work C on purpose D in ease 【小题 8】 A happiness B travel C learning D suffering 【小题 9】 A inspired B developed C damaged D formed 【小题 10】 A From time to B Day and night C Around the clock D For the time time being 【小题 11】 A accept B recognize C stand D choose 【小题 12】 A accident B incident C

8、experience D test 【小题 13】 A soldiers B doctors C pilots D writers 【小题 14】 A while B whose C whom D who 【小题 15】 A encouraged B puzzled C defeated D shocked 答案： 【小题 1】 C 【小题 1】 D 【小题 1】 C 【小题 1】 D 【小题 1】 B 【小题 1】 A 【小题 1】 D 【小题 1】 D 【小题 1】 A 【小题 1】 A 【小题 1】 D 【小题 1】 A 【小题 1】 C 【小题 1】 D 【小题 1】 C 阅读理解 A

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11、 you can keep on rocking for a long long time. With 160GB of space, iPod classic means you can always have your entire music and movie library with you. Carry it from the living room to a party in the backyard. Or take it on a cross- country road trip and never listen to the same song twice. Watch m

12、ovies and TV Shows The bright 2.5-inch display makes video come alive. Purchase or rent movies, buy TV shows, and download video podcasts from the iTunes Store, then sync (同步 ) them to your iPod classic to watch anywhere, anytime. Play iPod Games Put hours of fun at your fingertips. iPod classic com

13、es with three free games- Vortex, iQuiz, and Klondike, and you can purchase games such as Cake Mania from the iTunes Store. All iPod games are designed specially for the iPod interface. Share your photos iPod classic uses iTunes to sync the photos you have in iPhoto on a Mac. You can view photo slid

14、eshows complete with music and transitions on iPod classic, or play them on a TV using an AV cable. 【小题 1】 If you order an Apple iPod classic now, you can save . A $218.54 B $51.45 C $24.36 D $31.45 【小题 2】 The advertisement wants to emphasize that . A the Apple iPod classic has a powerful storage ca

15、pacity B the customer can enjoy a good post-sale service C the Apple iPod classic has a big display screen D you can enjoy photos while listening to music 【小题 3】 The battery can last as long as . A 46 hours B 36 hours C 30 hours D 25 hours 【小题 4】 You have to pay extra money of you want to play the g

16、ame . A Cake Mania B Vortex C iQuiz D Klondike 【小题 5】 The writer wrote the passage mainly to . A introduce the newest model of Apple iPod BlistthefunctionsofAppleiPodclassic C attract the customers to buy the newest model D tell the customers how to operate the new model 答案： 【小题 1】 D 【小题 1】 A 【小题 1】

17、 B 【小题 1】 A 【小题 1】 C Crossroads International How does Crossroads work Crossroads is a resource network. We take goods Hong Kong doesnt want and give them to people who badly need them. We collect those goods and give them out in the welfare arena(福利院 ) in Hong Kong, Mainland China, elsewhere in Asi

18、a, Eastern Europe and Africa. So Crossroads is just that: a Crossroads between need and resource. Who do we help The welfare agencies we help do not run on large budgets(预算 ). They are grass-root groups who have seen a need and tried to meet it. They cant get the job done without back-up, though, so

19、 our task is to help them do their task. Our warehouse is full of goods, from computers to high chairs, clothing to books, stationery(文具 ) to medical provision, cupboards to dinning sets. They send us a list of their needs and we try to match it with the resource we have in stock. How do we operate

20、Crossroads itself also operates on a low budget. We do not buy the goods we send. They are donated. Similarly, rather than raising funds for freight(货运 )， we ask transport companies to donate their services. Nobody in our organization receives a salary. Even our full-time staff works on a voluntary

21、basis. Those that donate goods and services: Factories Manufacturers Hospitals Hotels Householders Offices Other Charities Transport Companies Educational Institutions One resource that we are always in need of is people. While we receive large quantities of goods and there is never a short supply o

22、f requests for them, we are always in need of hands to help sort and prepare them for shipping. What can I do We are always in need of people. We have a lot of tasks. If you are volunteering regularly, we can offer work in some of the following categories, some of the time. You are welcome to number

23、 your top three choices and we will do our best to accommodate them. Clothing categorization Sewing Toy categorization Furniture handling Driving Book categorization Household goods categorization Office work Electrical goods categorization Book keeping Fund- raising Stationery categorization Medica

24、l categorization Where to find us All volunteer work is done at out warehouse: Located in Basement Zone M of the Kai Tak Government Building Our warehouse hours: Tues.-Sat. 10:00am-5:30pm Postal address: 16 Man Tong, Silvermine Bay, Lantau Island, HK Office details: Ph: 2984 9309, 2740 9657 【小题 1】 C

25、rossroads International is . A a welfare agency Baplacetostoregoodsdonated C an organization to collect goods for those who need them D an organization run by the government 【小题 2】 People in poor areas cant get help from the Crossroads if they need . A toys and books B furniture and computers C fres

26、h water and food D clothes and washing machines 【小题 3】 Which of the following is not the choice if you decide to offer help A Driving B Fundraising C Furniture handling D Teaching 【小题 4】 The purpose of this brochure(小册子 ) is mainly to . A look for volunteers to work for Crossroads B call on people t

27、o donate more goods C let people know what Crossroads International is D tell people what Crossroads can provide 【小题 5】 From the above brochure, we can conclude that . A people who work at Crossroads get low pay from it B Crossroads doesnt give goods directly to the people who need them C You can do

28、 whatever you like if you offer help at Crossroads D Crossroads has collected more goods than needed 答案： 【小题 1】 C 【小题 1】 C 【小题 1】 D 【小题 1】 A 【小题 1】 B Experts do not really know when people began keeping fish as pets. But they say that people have been interested in fish for thousands of years. Some

29、say the ancient Sumerians were the first civilization to keep fish in ponds more than four thousand years ago. The Chinese kept and studied carp and goldfish more than one thousand years ago. The ancient Romans kept eels as pets. And the Greek philosopher Aristotle made what is believed to be the fi

30、rst known study of sea life, including sharks and dolphins. Keeping fish at home in small water tanks called aquariums is extremely popular today. And everyone seems to enjoy visiting huge public aquariums that have opened around the world. By the middle of the eighteen hundreds, science had shown t

31、hat plants, fish and other sea creatures could survive together under water. So it was no longer necessary to change the water in a tank for the fish to live there. This led to the building of the first public aquariums. The first aquariums opened in London, England in 1853. in the next fifteen year

32、s, other aquariums opened in Europe and the United States. By 1928, there were about forty-five public aquariums. The Monterey Bay Aquarium has been recognized as the first aquarium in the United States and it shows visitors the underwater life in the bay. The Georgia Aquarium opening in 2005 says i

33、t is the largest in the world. It has more than one hundred thousand sea animals in thirty million liters of water including two whale sharks-the worlds largest fish. Another aquarium re-opened in 2005 in Camden, New Jersey. The Adventure Aquarium first opened in 1992. It spent about fifty million d

34、ollars expanding its building and improving its exhibits. Aquariums provide the public with many chances to experience life under the sea. They can be found in most areas of the world. People might even want to start an aquarium at home and join the millions of people around the world who keep fish

35、as pets. 【小题 1】 Which aquarium opened again after its rebuilding A The Monterey Bay Aquarium. B The Adventure Aquarium. C The Georgia Aquarium. D The first aquarium in London. 【小题 2】 Which of the following is NOT mentioned to have kept fish as pets A The ancient Sumerians. B The ancient Romans. C Th

36、e Chinese. D The ancient Indians. 【小题 3】 Which of the following is correct A People were not interested in fish until the middle of the eighteen hundreds. B The Moneterey Bay Aquarium is regarded as the best aquarium in America. C Plants, fish and other sea creatures could not survive together under

37、 sea. D People have to change the water in a tank frequently for the fish to live there. 【小题 4】 The passage is written mainly . A to tell people the importance of keeping fish as pets B to explain why people want to visit aquariums C to let people know the development of the aquariums D to describe

38、different aquariums 【小题 5】 What does the underlined word “aquariums” in Paragraph 2 refer to A Exhibition centres where people can watch and enjoy different species of fish. B Small boxes made of glass, where people keep fish in, usually at home. C Places which shows visitors the underwater life in

39、the bay. D Places which provides the public with many chances to experience life under the sea. 答案： 【小题 1】 B 【小题 1】 D 【小题 1】 B 【小题 1】 C 【小题 1】 B Lets say you have a piece of wood, a nail, and hammer. Pretend the wood is a person, the nail is a mean rumor (谣言 ) about that person. If you hammer in the

40、 nail, youre obviously hurting him or her. If you then pull out the nail, theres still a hole in the wood, and the damage has been done. There are many reasons why that nail of a rumor can be so harmful. Rumors are, quite simply, a form of bullying (欺悔 ). When a person or a group makes up a rumor ab

41、out someone or decides to spread gossip, its usually to hurt someone, break up a friendship, or make someone less popular. Its the same thing as teasing, only its done behind someones back instead of to his or her face. When you spread a rumor about someone, youre sending a signal that the person is

42、 outside of the group, and somehow less worthy of friendship than others. Youre making fun of that person or pointing out negative things about him or her. This can let others think that its okay to make the person feel bad, and make him or her an outsider. We need to be able to trust our friends, a

43、nd gossip and rumors can break this trust. If you tell a personal secret to a friend, and he turns around and tells it to someone else, you might feel like you will get burned if you ever get close to him again. Letting a rumor influence your behavior is like letting someone else make a big decision

44、 for you. Lets say you hear that the teacher plans to call a Snow Day tomorrow because a blizzard (暴风雪 ) is coming. Expecting a day off, you dont do your homework. The next morning, the blizzard turns out to be nothing more than a drizzle（毛毛雨） , and school isnt off after all. You get zeroes on your

45、work. 【小题 1】 The purpose of the first paragraph is to . A help readers know what a rumor is B attract readers to read the following paragraphs C emphasize the damaging effects of rumors D explain how a rumor spreads 【小题 2】 To tell a rumor and a tease apart, you depend on . A whether it is done behin

46、d someone B whether it is painful or not C whether it is a kind if bullying D whether it is spread fast 【小题 3】 If a rumor is spread about someone, others may . A point out his or her advantages B keep away from him or her C not feel he or she is an outsider D be hurt if getting close to him or her a

47、gain 【小题 4】 From the last paragraph, we can infer that . A it is hard to keep rumors a secret B rumors can destroy your interest in learning C believing rumors can lead to bad choices D rumors can control your whole life 【小题 5】 The purpose of this passage is to . A advise on how to deal with rumors

48、B teach us how to judge a rumor C find out why rumors spread fast D explain why rumors hurt 答案： 【小题 1】 C 【小题 1】 A 【小题 1】 B 【小题 1】 C 【小题 1】 D 阅读填空 Former Chinese athlete, Jin Jing, made her 16 (appear) in the National Stadium, 17 (carry) Paralympic torch during the Opening Ceremony of the Beijing 200

49、8 Paralympic Games on September 6. But now shes back in the Birds Nest, and this time shes not competing, or carrying a flame, 18 working for the media. Jin said that she was a little regretful for not being able to participate 19 the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games. Born in 1981, Jin 20 (raise) in a common wage-earning