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2010年福州八中高二下学期期末考试英语卷
一、单项填空
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1. 难度:简单

          helicopter can take off and land straight up or down, and can also stay

still in      air.

A.The; an

B.A; the

C.A; 不填

D.The; 不填

 

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2. 难度:简单

      is known to us all is     the old scientist, for whom life was hard in the

past, still works very hard in his eighties.

A.What; what

B.What; that

C.That; what

D.As; that

 

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3. 难度:简单

--- Is the food served in the restaurant tasty?

---I’m sure that       else in this town can you find a better restaurant.

A.anywhere

B.nowhere

C.everywhere

D.somewhere

 

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4. 难度:简单

It suddenly      to me that this was something that I should never do, so I

turned down her request.

A.happened

B.hit

C.struck

D.occurred

 

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5. 难度:简单

It was after years of hard work that his dream      a lawyer finally      .

A.of becoming; came true

B.to become; come true

C.of becoming; realized

D.to become; realized

 

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6. 难度:简单

All his attempts to unlock the door were   , because he was using the wrong key.

A.in return

B.in vain

C.in doubt

D.in time

 

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7. 难度:简单

The boy tried his best to make himself         in his         English.

A.understood; breaking

B.understand; breaking

C.understand; broken

D.understood; broken

 

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8. 难度:简单

Linda didn’t get there on time because of the bad weather. What’s more, her car

was in poor      .

A.position

B.condition

C.situation

D.direction

 

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9. 难度:简单

– I couldn’t help     her the news    she failed in the examination.

A.to tell; that

B.telling; what

C.to tell; what

D.telling; that

 

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10. 难度:简单

Many of us who have never been to Egypt always associate Egypt    the ancient

pyramids.

A.to

B.about

C.with

D.on

 

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11. 难度:简单

When asked about his result of the driving test, David said with a big smile that he

had         .

A.got through

B.got up

C.got on

D.got out

 

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12. 难度:简单

    a second time, will the man have one more try?

A.Turn down

B.If turning down

C.To turn down

D.If turned down

 

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13. 难度:简单

          after having been painting the house all day, James called, saying he

wouldn’t come to our party.

A.Having tired out

B.Being tired out

C.To be tired out

D.Tired out

 

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14. 难度:简单

       I paid a visit to the small town last week where I was born, which I hadn’t

visited for years.

A.Every time

B.Once more

C.On time

D.Now and then

 

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15. 难度:简单

--Hi, is Mary there, please?

---           

A.Hold on, I will get her.

B.Don’t mention her, please.

C.Yes, she lives here.

D.Yes, what do you want?

 

二、阅读理解
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16. 难度:简单

   Probably many of you know the idiom “an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth”. But do you believe a tooth for an eye? That’s something a little bit different.

This strange exchange is neither a form of retribution(报应) nor an unexpected gift from the Tooth Fairy --- it’s actually a very generous gift from a young Irishman, Robert McNichol, 23, to his formerly blind father, 57-year-old Bob McNichol.

In 2005, Bob McNichol’s sight was destroyed in an accident when his eyes were doused(溅在……上面)with liquid aluminum(铝). Doctors predicted that he would never be able to see again.

But McNichol never liked to take no for an answer: when he heard about a unique operation called Osteo-Odonto-Keratoprosthesis, he knew he had to give it a shot, even though the success rate was a mere 65 percent.

In the technique, the eye socket(眼窝) is rebuilt and implanted(植入) with a human tooth and part of the jawbone, to provide support for an artificial cornea(角膜). Luckily for McNichol, Robert was willing to sacrifice one of his teeth to help his father regain his sight.

The technique isn’t simple: McNichol’s first stint on the operating table lasted ten hours, with a five hour follow-up session at a later date. But thanks to his son’s gift, he’s already seeing astonishing results.

“Now I have enough sight for me to get around and I can watch television. I have come out from complete darkness.” he told his friends.

1.Bob McNichol lost his sight ____ .

A.after he had an operation on his eyes

B.because of an accident

C.because he met with a serious traffic accident

D.when he was 57 years old

2.The underlined phrase “give it a shot” (in Paragraph 4) probably means “____”.

A.give it a try

B.make a remark

C.fire a gun

D.kick the ball

3.The tooth Bobert donated to his father is used to ____ .

A.make the eye socket look prettier

B.cause his jawbone to function well

C.help his father take in more food

D.support the implanted artificial cornea

4.What would be the best title for the passage?

A.Father and son

B.A unique eye operation

C.A man defeating darkness

D.Blind man sees with aid of son’s tooth

 

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17. 难度:简单

TOURNAMENT OF ROSES

-- 5 Days Los Angeles

Day 1 Los Angeles. (Sun. , Dec. 30)

   Welcome to Los Angeles! This evening mix with your traveling companions at the welcome reception.

Day 2 Los Angeles. (Mon. , Dec. 31)

   Head to Pasadena for the always colorful ROSE BOWL FAMILY FESTIVAL and watch the floats(彩车) decorated with tens of thousands of flowers. This afternoon, you can take the included visit to the GETTY MUSEUM. This evening , join your traveling companions at a special New Year’s Eve DINNER AND DANCE GALA(盛会), complete with hats, party favors, live music, and, of course, champagne! You’ll toast the New Year a little early tonight to allow for an early morning departure to the Rose Parade.

Day 3 Los Angeles. Tournament of Roses Parade. (Tue. , Jan. 1)

   Happy New Year! Get ready for one of the world’s most popular parades, and you’ll see it live! Globus has booked the GRANDSTAND(在大看台上的) SEATS at the beginning of the parade route for a good view. See the wonderful floral(饰以花的) floats, marching bands from around the world, and the celebrities.

Day 4 Los Angeles. (Wed. , Jan. 2 )

   This morning view the individual floats in the POST PARADE VIEWING AREA. For many this is the highlight(最精彩的部分) of the entire event. Be sure to bring your camera and plenty of film! Another special treat tonight --- a special GOLBUS FAREWELL CELEBRATION DINNER.

Day 5 Los Angeles. (Thu. , Jan. 3)

The tour ends today, with tour guests departing on individual schedules.  

1.You can most probably read the passage in a ___ .

A.news report

B.travel guide

C.textbook

D.history magazine

2.What activity can visitors enjoy on Dec. 31?

A.Tournament of Roses Parade.

B.Post Parade.

C.A farewell celebration dinner.

D.A dinner and dance gala.

3.The underlined word “Globus” in the passage refers to “____”.

A.the travel agency

B.the local government

C.Los Angeles

D.Roses Parade

4.According to the passage, you should bring your camera on ____.

A.Day 2

B.Day 3

C.Day 4

D.Day 5

 

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18. 难度:简单

Your cell phone holds secrets about you. Besides the names and numbers that you’ve programmed into it, traces of your DNA remain on it, according to a new study.

DNA is genetic material that appears in every cell. Like your fingerprint, your DNA is unique to you --- unless you have an identical twin. Scientists today usually analyze DNA in blood, saliva(唾液), or hair left behind at the scene of a crime. The results often help detectives identify criminals and their victims.

Meghan J. McFadden, a biologist at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, heard about a crime in which the suspect bled onto a cell phone and later dropped the device. This made her wonder whether traces of DNA remained on cell phones --- even when no blood was involved. To find out, she and a colleague collected flip-style(翻盖式) phones from 10 volunteers. They collected invisible traces of the users from two parts of the phone: the outside, where the user holds it, and the speaker, which is placed at the user’s ear.  

The scientists scrubbed(meaning “cleaned”) the phones using a liquid mixture made mostly of alcohol. The aim of washing was to remove all detectable traces of DNA. The owners got their phones back for another week. Then the researchers collected the phones and repeated collecting traces on each phone once more. They discovered DNA that belonged to the phone’s owner on each of the phones.

Surprisingly, DNA showed up even in swabs that were taken immediately after the phones were cleaned. That suggests that washing won’t remove all traces of evidence from a criminal’s cell phone. So cell phones can now be added to the list of clues that can help a crime-scene investigation.

1.McFadden decided to find out whether people leave their DNA on their cell phones when she ____ .

A.got her cell phone lost by chance

B.found a cell phone with blood on it

C.heard about a crime involving a cell phone

D.did research on cell phones

2.The scientists allowed the volunteers to keep their cell phones for a week in order to____.

A.let them leave their traces on their phones

B.avoid keeping their cell phones too long

C.give them a chance to get rid of their secrets

D.find out who is responsible for the crime

3.The last paragraph mainly tells us that cell phones ____ .

A.do harm to people

B.should be often cleaned

C.disclose people’s secrets

D.help deal with crimes

4.Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?

A.The reason for collecting the phones from volunteers.

B.The technique of collecting DNA on the phones.

C.The method of removing traces of DNA on the phones.

D.The purpose of washing the cell phones.

 

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19. 难度:简单

Starving polar bears are eating one another in the Arctic. Flowers are blooming too soon and die. The ice caps are melting so fast that rising water levels will threaten coastal towns along Florida within several decades. These are just a few examples of the terrible consequences of climate change supported by a new analysis in Nature.

In the past three decades, average global temperatures have risen about 0. 6°C and are projected to jump by about 1. 7°C by the end of the century, says Cynthia Rosenzweig, who leads the Climate Impacts Group at NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies at Columbia University in New York. “We’ve already seen that a relatively low amount of warming,” she says, “can lead to a broad range of changes. ”

The unnatural warming caused by man-made greenhouse gases, especially carbon dioxide produced by cars and coal-powered plants, brings trouble for entire ecosystems. In North America alone, scientists have identified 89 species of plants, such as the American holly that have flowered earlier in the spring. In Spain, apple trees bloom 35 days ahead of schedule in response to the higher temperatures. Other wildlife, like the insects that use certain plants for food and the birds that feed on the insects, must then move forward their seasonal stirrings(萌动) and mating(交配) patterns to survive.

To try to follow this time shift, some birds such as robins, the classic symbol of winter’s thaw(解冻时期), are returning to Colorado from their migrations some two weeks earlier than in years past. All these changes can throw a food chain in disorder. Some bird species that arrive before the insects reappear may starve to death.

“Around the world, plants and animals are waking up to an earlier alarm clock than they used to,” says Terry Root, a biologist from Stanford University.  

1.The underlined word “projected”(in Paragraph 2) probably means “____”.

A.forced

B.presented

C.indicated

D.predicted

2.According to the third paragraph, as a result of climate change ____ .

A.the warm weather wakes animals up earlier

B.certain trees bloom a season ahead of time

C.the birds need to change patterns of living

D.the American holly will flower in late spring

3.What can we know about robins according to the passage?

A.Farmers depend on them to tell the time.

B.They used to come back when spring came.

C.They used to predict the change of weather.

D.They usually migrate when seasons change.

4.What would be the best title for the passage?

A.Man is to blame for global warming

B.Great changes take place on Earth

C.Bird migration and climate change

D.Global warming changing nature’s clock

 

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20. 难度:简单

   CHICAGO ---Call it a reward, or just “bribery(贿赂)”.

Whichever it is, many parents today readily admit to buying off their children, who get goodies(好东西) for anything from behaving in a restaurant to sleeping all night in their own beds.

That’s what worries parenting experts.

“I think that reward systems have a time and a place and work really well in certain situations,” says Marcy Safyer, director of the Adelphi University Institute for Parenting.

“But what often gets lost for people is being able to figure out how to communicate to their kids that doing the thing is rewarding enough,” Safyer says.

Parents and experts alike agree that the dynamic(动力) is partly a reflection of the world we live in. It’s unrealistic to think a parent wouldn’t reward their children with material things sometimes, says Robin Lanzi, a clinical psychologist and mother of four who’s the research director at the Center on Health and Education at Georgetown University.

“But you want to make sure that they match the behavior, so it’s not something huge for something small,” Lanzi says.

She recalls hearing about a father who offered his child a Nintendo Wii game system for scoring a couple goals in a soccer game.

Elizabeth Powell, a mother of two young daughters in Austin, Texas, knows what she means.

“You want to raise them in a way that they’re respectful and appreciate things,” Powell says of her children. “But sometimes, you wonder now if kids appreciate even a new pair of shoes. ”

1.Parenting experts are worried that ____ .

A.today’s children are fed up with material things

B.parents are rewarding their kids improperly

C.today’s children are more and more demanding(苛求的)

D.there is lack of communication between parents and children

2.What Safyer says suggests that ____ .

A.reward systems are quite limited in developing abilities

B.reward systems work well regardless of(不管) time and place

C.reward systems are still not made full use of to develop abilities

D.reward systems are often used at the wrong time and place

3.What can we learn from what Robin Lanzi says?

A.She holds a different opinion from other parenting experts.

B.She thinks children can’t behave well without being rewarded.

C.She holds a similar belief to Safyer and gives further explanation.

D.She doesn’t believe in rewarding children for good behavior.

4.The father who offered his child a Nintendo Wii game system can be regarded as

_____.

A.over-rewarding his child

B.giving his child proper reward

C.respecting and appreciating his child

D.giving something small for something huge

 

三、单词拼写
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21. 难度:简单

根据所给汉语提示或首字母填写词的适当形式,完成下列句子

(共15小题;每空1分,满分15分)

1. The boss needed many employees, so he decided to h      some.

2. The farmer had only twenty   (牛) left after the serious snowstorm on the farm.

3. The editor said that the book would be improved by     (插入) another chapter.

4. From 1842 to 1940 Angel Island was a famous immigration station where many

Chinese people a        for right to live in USA.

5. I’m sorry to b     you, but can you show me the way to the railway station?

6. Cloning is a way of making an e     copy of another animal or plant.

7.When we describe something very light, we say "as light as a        (羽毛)". 

8. His opinion d       entirely from mine, so I had to change mine.

9. In case of fire, please d     119.

10. The doctor felt the child’s f     and found the fever was gone.

11. He kept         ( 轻敲) his fingers on the table.

12. P      experience is better than theoretical knowledge

13. He works in a small firm and lives on his wages(工资). How can he makea?

14. Could you lend me 20 yuan? I left my w      at home.

15. The police worked out a plan to catch        (小偷) in the whole city.

 

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22. 难度:简单

阅读下面短文,根据以下提示:1)汉语提示,2)首字母提示,3)语境提示,在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词,并将该词完整地写在右边相对应的横线上。所填单词要求意义准确,拼写正确。

People can be addicted to different things, for example, alcohol, drug, certain

foods, or e     television. People who have such an addiction are being                    1.          

forced, because they have a very  (强大的) psychological need that they feel                 2.            

they must be s    . According to psychologists, many people are forced                    3.         

spenders. They feel that they must spend money. This    (力量), like most                  4.           

others, is impossible to explain in a r     way. For forced spenders who                   5.          

buy on credit, charge accounts are more e        than money                           6.          

In other       , forced spenders feel that with credit, they can do anything.                 7.          

Their pleasure in    (花费) large amounts is actually greater than the                      8.          

pleasure that they get   the things they buy. They often spend money                       9.          

(with credit) in an unplanned    , and the things they buy are not         10.         

always useful to them.

 

四、书面表达
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23. 难度:简单

假设你叫李华,在暑期即将到来之际,你看到一家国际旅行社招聘短期助理的广告。请你根据以下情况,用英语给该旅行社写一封120词左右的求职信。

个人特长: 1.英语流利;喜爱旅游;有丰富的历史、地理知识;熟悉本地情况;

2.善于交际,乐于助人;

3.。。。。。。

注意:1.可适当增加细节,以使行文连贯;

2.信的开头已给出,但不计入总词数。

参考词汇: 旅行社 travel agency

Dear Sir / Madam,

Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

 

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