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1、2012-2013学年吉林省吉林一中高二上学期期中考试英语试卷与答案 A（带解析） 单项选择 * Unless_ to speak, you should remain silent at the meeting. A invited B inviting C being invited D having invited 答案： A Next to the pots _, upon which the man could work metal. A lay a cushion stone B did a cushion stone lay C laid a cushion stone D di

2、d a cushion stone lie 答案： A -It starts raining outside. -Oh, _! A so it is B so does it C it does so D so it does 答案： D “Shall I give the dog a chocolate ” “Its better _.” A not to B to not C dont D cant 答案： A Whats the matter with Jenny She didnt pass the driving test but she still _. A.hopes so B.

3、hopes to C hopes it D.hopes that 答案： B Only _ as a translator _ how important it is to understand foreign cultures. A when did I work; I realized B when I worked; I realized C when did I work; did I realize D when I worked; did I realize 答案： D Comparison may make something appear more beautiful than

4、 it is when alone. A to see B seeing C is seen D seen 答案： D Never in my wildest dreams _ these people are living in such poor conditions. A I could imagine B could I imagine C I couldnt imagine D couldnt I imagine 答案： B “Susan, go and join your sister cleaning the yard.” “Why _ John is sitting there

5、 doing nothing.” A him B he C I D me 答案： D Stout Santa and away . A Down came;flew he B Down came ;he flew C Down came;did nothe flew D Came down;did he fly 答案： B 完型填空 I did very badly at school. My headmaster thought I was 1 and when I was 14 he said, “Youre never going to be 2 but a failure.” Afte

6、r five years of 3 jobs, I fell in love with a very nice middle-class girl. It was the best 4 that could have happened to me. I 5 I wanted to do something positive (积极地 ) with my life because I wanted to prove to 6 that what people said about me was 7 . Especially her mother, who had said to me, “Let

7、s 8 it, youve failed at everything youve ever done.” So I tried hard with my 9 and went to college. My first novel (小说 ) 10 while I was at college. After college I taught during the 11 in high schools and attended evening classes at London University, where I got a 12 in history. I became a lecturer

8、 at a college and was thinking of 13 that job to write full time 14 I was offered a part-time job at Leeds University. I began to feel proud of myself 15 was a working-class boy whod 16 school early, now teaching at the university My writing career (职业 ) took off when I discovered my own style. Now

9、Im rich and 17 , have been on TV, and met lots of film stars. 18 what does it mean I 19 wish all the people that have put me down had 20 : “I believe in you. Youll succeed.” 【小题1】 A bright B useless C simple D hopeful A anything B something C everything D nothing A low B poor C good D useful A suppo

10、rt B happiness C surprise D thing A admitted (承认 ) B decided C planned D told A me B them C her D it A wrong B right C stupid D bad A see B know C understand D face A experiment B practice C writing D composition A came on B came in C came out D came back A day B night C month D year A graduation B

11、pass C degree D success A giving in B giving back C giving out D giving up A while B if C when D or A there B here C it D that A left B attended C changed D graduated A tired B calm C nervous . D famous A And B But C However D Well A just B exactly C so D very A praised B said C answered D advised 答

12、案： 【小题 1】 B 【小题 2】 A 【小题 3】 B 【小题 4】 D 【小题 5】 B 【小题 6】 C 【小题 7】 A 【小题 8】 D 【小题 9】 C 【小题 10】 C 【小题 11】 A 【小题 12】 C 【小题 13】 D 【小题 14】 C 【小题 15】 B 【小题 16】 A 【小题 17】 D 【小题 18】 B 【小题 19】 A 【小题 20】 B 【小题 1】 B考查前后照应。 useless无用的。从上文 “I did very badly at school.”可以看出，作者给校长的印象是 “无用 ”。 【小题 2】考查逻辑推理。根据 never可判断

13、要选你 not be anything but表示 “除了 之外 ”的意思。 【小题 3】考查逻辑推理。根据上文中的 badly可判断出作者的学业很差。 【小题 4】考查语境理解。 thing事情。句意为：爱上一个中年级的女孩对 作者来说是最好的事情。 【小题 5】考查词语辨析。 decide决定； admit承认； plan计划； tell告诉。根据其宾语可以判断出这是作者做出的决定。 【小题 6】考查前后照应。 her指上文提到的那个中年级的女孩。 【小题 7】考查语境理解。向女孩证明人们说的是错误的。 【小题 8】考查语境理解。句意为：让我们正视这件事吧，你做每件事都是失败的。故选 fa

14、ce。 【小题 9】考查前后照应。根据下文中的 “my first novel”可判断出作者要用自己的写作来证明别人的话是错误的。 【小题 10】考查词语辨析。 come out出版，发行； come on继续前进； come in进来； come back回答。句意为：第一本小说是在上大学时出版发行的。 【小题 11】考查前后照应。根据下文 “attended evening classes”可判断出是在白天教学。 【小题 12】考查固定搭配。在历史学方面获得学位用 get a degree in history来表达。 【小题 13】考查词语辨析。 give up放弃； give in屈服

15、； give back还回； give out分发。句意为：作者考虑辞去工作做一名专业作家。 【小题 14】 考查语境理解。 when此处意为：就在这时。句意为：这时得到一份兼职工作。 【小题 15】考查语境理解。 here is (are, was, were) 这儿有。 【小题 16】考查逻辑推断。从上文可以看出由于作者在学校里成绩很差，过早地离开了学校。 【小题 17】考查前后照应。 famous出名。根据下文 “have been on TV， and met lots of film stars”可判断出作者出了名。 【小题 18】考查语法规则。 but表示转折。虽然出了名，但这意味

16、着什么呢？however表示 “然而 ”时，要 用逗号与句子分开。 【小题 19】考查语境理解。 just仅仅，只是。表达了作者唯一的希望。 【小题 20】考查前后照应。根据直接引语可确定选 said。 阅读理解 Almost 55,000 people who have had a major impact on British society are profiled in a new 60-volume book that has taken 12 years to compile. It has cost more than 25 million and taken 10,000 wr

17、iters to update the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Murder victims Stephen Lawrence and James Bulger are among those joining the likes of Queen Victoria and Gandhi. The new version of the dictionary, which was founded in 1882, costs 7,500 and takes up 12 feet of shelf space. Projects direct

18、or Robert Faber said Stephen Lawrence was included because his death triggered dramatic developments in British policing and social policy. Women make up 10% of the entries - double the previous share - and include Queen Elizabeth I, Dusty Springfield, Linda McCartney and Virginia Woolf, whose fathe

19、r compiled the first edition. Alongside the famous names are lesser known individuals such as the inventor of snooker, army reservist (预备役军人 ) Neville Chamberlain. Stephen Lawrence and James Bulger were both included because of the overwhelming soul-searching (真挚的自我反省、深思 ) and examination of educati

20、on and social policy which followed their deaths. Mr Faber said: These are not just people who were killed but people who had an impact. Jill Dando is there as much for her career but also because her death became a public event. So many of these people have seized the public imagination and have co

21、ntributed to public debate.？ 【小题1】 A About 5. B About 55. C About 550. D About 5500. 【小题 2】 It can be inferred that Jill Dando _. A died in a case of murder which drew the public much attention B isnt included in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography C is the director of the Oxford Dictionary

22、of National Biography D is included in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography only for her death 【小题 3】 _ are collected in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. A Those who were murdered in history B Those who have shaped Britain C Those who are famous all over the world D Those who live

23、 in Britain 【小题 4】 How much does a volume of the new version cost on average A More than 25million. B More than 400, 000. C 7, 500. D 125 答案： 【小题 1】 D 【小题 2】 A 【小题 3】 B 【小题 4】 D 【小题 1】细节题。根据首句 “词典收录了将近 5.5万名对英国社会有重大影响的人物 ”和短文中的 “Women make up 10% of the entries”一句计算可知。 【小题 2】推断题。短文倒数第二段费伯先生说： “他们不仅是

24、单纯的遇害者，他们也是有影响的人物。 Jill Dando被编入字典不仅仅是因为她的职业，也因为她的死成为公众关注的事件 ” 由此可推断 Jill Dando也是被谋杀致死。 【小题 3】推断题。根据短文首句及全文所列举的人物 ，他们都是对英国有重大影响的人物。由此判断可知。 【小题 4】计算题。此次新版的词典总共 60卷，全套 7500英镑，平均每卷 125英镑。 Before the early 1960s people interested in the differing roles of the left and right hemispheres(半球 ) of the brain

25、 depended almost entirely on facts drawn from animal research, form studies of patients with one-sided brain damage. But it was possible to find out which brain hemisphere was most involved in speech and other functions in normal people by having them listen to two different words coming to the two

26、ears at the same time. This became known as the “dichotic listening” procedure. When several word pairs are given in a row, people are unable to report them all, and most right-handers prefer to report, and report more correctly, words given to their right ears. This seems to be related to the fact

27、that signals from the right ear, although sent to both hemispheres, are better sent to the left hemisphere which controls speech. People who have speech represented(回忆 ) in the right hemisphere, a very unusual occurrence even in left-handed people, more correctly report what their left ears hear. In

28、 contrast to the right-ear advantage for speech, there is generally a left-ear advantage for another type of auditory(听觉的 ) signal: music. When right-handed people listen to melodic patterns they report them better from the left ear. 【小题 1】 Which of the following would be the most proper title for t

29、he passage A An Introduction to Speech Damage in Patients with Brain Damage. B An Investigation into the Role of the Brains Hemispheres. C An Analysis of Left and Right-handed People. D An Examination of “Dichotic Listening”. 【小题 2】 The “dichotic listening” procedure could best be described as heari

30、ng _. A two different words in the same ear twice B the same word twice in the same ear C two different words in different ears D two different words twice in two ears 【小题 3】 according to the passage, right-handed people normally _. A have better hearing in their both ears B have little difficulty i

31、n reporting words given to their right ears C are unable to report word pairs given to their left ears D correctly report word pairs given in a row 【小题 4】 according to the passage, music is best appreciated when heard by _. A the left ear of right-handers B people with a left-ear advantage C left-ha

32、nders in their right ears D right-handed people who understand melodic patterns 答案： 【小题 1】 B 【小题 2】 C 【小题 3】 B 【小题 4】 A Zipped into a bag, it looks like a large umbrella. Unfolded, it goes along the street like any other bicycle. Its the A-bike, the brainchild (脑力劳动的产物 ) of British inventor Sir Cliv

33、e Sinclair, who made history in the 1970s by developing the worlds first pocket calculator. He described his new invention as the worlds smallest, lightest foldable bicycle. My original thought was that if you could have a bicycle that was dramatically lighter and more firm than the ones that exist

34、today, it would change the way in which bicycles are used,said Sinclair. The mini-bike, showed in Singapore last week and set to go on sale worldwide in 2005 at a price of nearly US$300, is built for riders as heavy as 112 kilograms and is height-adjustable（可调整高度的） . It takes about 20 seconds to fol

35、d or unfold. Its wheels are a quarter the size of those on a regular bicycle, but Sinclair promises a smooth ride for most cyclists. You require no extra energy to ride the A-bike and it can go up to 15 miles per hour (24 kilometers per hour), he said. Constructed mainly of plastic, the 5.5-kilogram

36、 bicycle folds into a package of less than 0.03 cubic meters （立方米） . Sinclair also invented the first pocket TV in 1984 and the futuristic C5 electric tricycle in 1985. He said he hoped the bicycle would attract common citizens, officials, campers or anyone needing transport for a short trip and he

37、said the next step for the A-bike was to add an electric motor in a few years. 【小题 1】 The most important character of this kind of bike is its _ . A big size B light weight C beautiful appearance D foldable structure 【小题 2】 The wheels of a regular bicycle is _ the size of this kind of bike. A four t

38、imes B three times C one-fourth D one-third 【小题 3】 This kind of new bike is mainly made of _ . A plastic B packages C bags D metal 【小题 4】 The best title of the text is _ . A Worlds smallest foldable bicycle arriving B A new bike, a large umbrella C A foldable bike, a large bag D A great inventor of

39、a new bike 【小题 5】 This kind of new bike hasnt been fixed with _ . A a wheel B an electric motor C pedal D a hand 答案： 【小题 1】 D 【小题 2】 A 【小题 3】 A 【小题 4】 A 【小题 5】 B 【小题 1】 D。推理判断题，可用逻辑推断法来解。由原文第二节 He described his new invention as the worlds smallest, lightest foldable bicycle.可以推出答案：。 【小题 2】 A。数据运算题，可

40、用逻辑运算法来解。由原文第五节 Its wheels are a quarter the size of those on a regular bicycle 可知，传统自行车车轮大小是这种新自行车车轮的四倍。 【小题 3】 A。细节判断题 ，可用直接就题找文法来解。原文第五节 Constructed mainly of plastic, the 5.5-kilogram bicycle folds into a package of less than 0.03 cubic meters.体现答案：。 【小题 4】 A。标题判断题，可用标题判断三原则来解。认真阅读分析原文不难发现，本文自始至

41、终介绍一种即将上市的新型折叠式自行车的与众不同之处，因此以 Worlds smallest foldable bicycle arriving为题既具有高度的概 括性、强烈的针对性，又因口吻激动、催人奋进而具有一定的醒目性。 【小题 5】 B。细节判断题，可用逻辑推断法来解。原文最后一节 .the next step for the A-bike was to add an electric motor in a few years. 体现答案：。 SydneyA shark savaged a schoolboys leg while he was surfing with his fath

42、er at a beach in Sydney on February 23.It was the third shark attack along the coast of Australias largest city in a month. The 15-year-old boy and his father were in the water off Avalon， on Sydneys northern beaches， around dawn when he was attacked.The citys beaches are packed with locals and tour

43、ists during the summer months. “The father heard a scream and turned to see his son thrashing(激烈扭动 )about in the water， ”the police said.“Fortunately， the shark swam away and the boy was helped to the shore by his father.” Lifesaving Club spokesman Nick Miller said， “It got him around the top of his

44、 left leg and the father came and dragged him out of water.”He said the boy was bleeding heavily when he was brought to the shore.“There was a lot of pain， as you can imagine.”The teenager was airlifted to hospital for treatment for leg injuries. Police said the bites “cut through to the bone”， but

45、the boy did not appear to have sustained any fractures (骨折 ) He was in a stable condition now. Several beaches were closed after the attack.Water police and lifeguards were searching for the shark， while the police hoped to identify its species by the shape of the bite marks.But they said it was too

46、 early to say what type of shark attacked the boy.“I dont even know if he saw it， ”Miller said. Many shark species live in the waters off Sydneys beaches， but attacks on humans are still relatively rare.However， there were two attacks on successive days earlier this month， one on a navy diver in Syd

47、ney harbor， not far from the famous Opera House， and the other on a surfer at the citys world-famous Bondi beach. Fishermen say shark numbers are on the rise.There is a ban on commercial fishing in the harbor， which has increased fish stocks.Marine experts also claim environmental protection has cre

48、ated a cleaner environment， attracting sharks closer to the shore as they chase fish.Many shark species， including the Great Whitethe man -eaters made famous in Steven Spielbergs Jawsare protected in Australian waters. 【小题 1】 The report mainly tells us _. A shark attacks on humans are on the rise B sharks attacked humans three times in one month C a boy was attacked by a shark at a Sydney beach D shark numbers are increasing in the water