1、湖南省株洲市南方中学2011-2012学年高二上学期期中考试命题大赛英语试题（12）时量120分钟，满分150分。所有试题均须在答题卡上作答。第一部分：听力技能（共两节，满分30分）第二部分：知识运用（共两节，满分20分）第一节 单项填空（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）21. The boy sat there sad, _ by his friends.A. feeling betrayedB. to be betrayed C. been betrayedD. having betrayed22.The girl is _ to give us some help if asked.
2、A. possibleB. likely C. probablyD. possibly23.The people are _ about the newly-made discoveries _ the change of peoples way of life in the future. A. concerned; concernedB. concerning; concerningC. concerning; concerned D. concerned; concerning 24.Youve made great progress in your studies of English
3、, havent you?Yes, but much _.A. remains to improve B. is remained to improveC. remains to be improved D. is remained to be improved25.Josef, _ home very late from his job, found his angry wife waiting for him at the breakfast table.A returningB returnedC to returnD had returned26.The Tower of London
4、 is _ the Church tower. A. twice high than B. two times as high as C. twice higher as D. three times the height of 27.It is you rather than he_ for this terrible accident.A. is blamed B. is to blame C. are to blame D. should blame28.It _ last night for the ground is wet.A. must have rained B. must r
5、ain C. might rain D. should have rained29.I rushed to the railway station, only_ the train had gone.A. finding B. having found C. to find D. to have found30._ in the book, she didnt hear what I said to her at all. A. Having absorbed B. Being absorbedC. AbsorbedD. To absorbed第二节 完形填空（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10
6、分）A high school history teacher once told us, “If you make one close friend in school, you will be most fortunate. A true friend is someone who stays with you for life.” 31 teachers that he was right. Good friendship is just not easily 32.It is possible that we simply do not stay in one place long e
7、nough for a 33 friendship to develop. However, there can be no disagreement on the need for each of us to think carefully about the 34 of friendship we want.To most of us, friendships are 35 very important, but we need to have clear in our minds the kinds of friendship we want. Are they to be close
8、or kept at arms length? Do we want to share ourselves or do we want to walk on the 36 ? For some people, many friendships on the surface are quite enough and thats all right. But at some points, we need to make sure that our expectations are the same as our friends expectations. The 37 of personal e
9、xperience including our tears as well as our dark dreams is the surest way to deepen friendships. But it must be undertaken(进行) slowly and carried on only if there are signs of interest and action in return.What are some of the 38 of friendship? The greatest is the attraction to expect too much time
10、. Another “major difficulty” is the selfishness to take actions too soon. Deep relationships 39 one “possesses” the other, including his time and attention. In other words, you must give as much as you take. Finally there is a question of taking care of them. 40 you spend reasonable time together, t
11、alking on the phone, writing letters, doing things together, friendships will die away.31. A. KnowledgeB. PracticeC. ExperienceD. Success32. A. understoodB. formedC. realizedD. produced33. A. trueB. commonC. shortD. whole34. A. kindB. lengthC. warmthD. value35. A. madeB. consideredC. explainedD. rem
12、inded36. A. mudB. surfaceC. iceD. earth37. A. spreadingB. seekingC. sharingD. showing38. A. typesB. differencesC. advantagesD. difficulties39. A. suggestB. requestC. dependD. require40. A. ThoughB. SinceC. UnlessD. When第三部分 阅读技能（共三节，满分35分）AIn a traditional Chinese family, women are expected to do th
13、e housekeeping and leave the “other business” to men. However, the appearance of the full-time “househusband” is changing traditional family. A survey in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen shows that 22 percent, 73 percent, 34 percent and 32 percent of white-collar male workers, aged between
14、28 and 33, would be prepared to do the housekeeping if the conditions were right. Yang Wenhui, 32 years old, worked at the office of a company prefer to quit the job. “My job was dull and steady. I was not promoted. My wife, in contrast, really likes her job. So, after our baby was born, I chose to
15、stay at home and take care of the family while my wife works full-time outside the home,” said Yang. Sociologists have found the full-time househusband emerges in three main situations. Firstly, if the wife is ambitious, well-paid and has good job prospects, while her husband is paid poorly and has
16、no job prospects, it makes economic sense for the woman to become the main income earner for the household. Secondly, if the wife is tired of household chores and eager to work outside the home, her husband may forfeit his job. Thirdly, if the husband can do his work at home, he may take this choice
17、 as it allows him more time to take care of the family.Influenced by traditional ideas, some families with full-time househusbands prefer others not to know about their arrangement, concerned people would laugh at a husband with “no prospects” or wife who is “too strong”.Zhou Wei said he has become
18、usual to being a full-time househusband although his relatives doubted this when they gathered during the holidays. “A happy life is the most important thing, not other peoples opinions,” added Zhou.41. The reason for Yang Wenhui quitting his job is that _.A. it is too difficult for him to do it B.
19、it is too boring for him to do it C. he is too old to go on doing it D. his wife wanted him to quit it42. In which situation is a man unlikely to become a full-time househusband?A. He can earn enough money to keep family and has a good job prospects. B. He can earn much less than his wife and will n
20、ever get promoted.C. His wife hates housework and is busy with her work outside. D. His job can be done at home and he would like stay at home. 43. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?A. A full-time househusband is a man without prospects in life.B. A full-time househusband is mu
21、ch weaker than his wife.C. A full-time househusband is willing to share his experience with his relatives.D. A full-time househusband can also enjoy happiness from housework. 44. The underlined word “forfeit” probably means _. A. appreciate B. quitC. continue D. escape (B)Why you may wonder, should
22、spiders be our friends? Because they destroy so many insects, including some of the greatest enemies of the human race. Insects would make it impossible for us to live in the world; they would devour (吞食) all our crops and kill our cattle, if it were not for the protection we get from insect-eating
23、animals. We owe a lot to the birds and beast who eat insects, but all of them put together kill only a very small amount of the number destroyed by spiders. Moreover, unlike some of the insect eaters, spiders never do the least harm to us or our belongings. Spiders are not insects, as many people th
24、ink, nor even nearly related to them. One can tell the difference almost at a glance, for a spider always has eight legs and an insect never more than six. How many spiders are engaged in the work on our behalf (利益)? One authority（权威人士）on spiders made a research on spiders and found that there were
25、more than 2,250,000 in one acre (英亩); that is something like 6,000,000 spiders of different kinds on a football field. Spiders are busy for at least half the year in killing insects. It is impossible to make more than the wildest guess at how many they kill, but they are hungry creatures, not conten
26、t with only three meals a day. It has been estimated that the weight of all the insects destroyed by the spiders in Britain in one year would be greater than the total weight of all human beings in the country.45. Spiders should be our friends, because _. A. they only eat harmful insects B. they are
27、 great insect-eating animals C. they destroy large numbers of insects which do harm to the human race D. their harmfulness is the least 46. One authority on spiders estimated _. A. that there were more than 2,250,000 insects in a grass field in the south of England B. that every football field in En
28、gland had 6,000,000 spiders. C. the quantity of different spiders in England was very big D. that there were 6,000,000 kinds of spiders on a football field 47. What does the underlined word “content ” mean in the article? It means _. A. fed B. suppliedC. disappointed D. satisfied 48. Which one of th
29、e following statements is the main idea? A. Spiders, the greatest insects-eating animals, protect us from being destroyed by harmful insects and they should be our friends B. Spiders are not insects but in fact animals. C. There are great numbers of spiders engaged in destroying harmful insects on b
30、ehalf of the human race. D. The weight of the insects eaten by spiders in one year is greater than the weight of all people in EnglandCSeveral years ago I was 13 years old. I still remember to this day where I was and how it all came down. I was in my social studies classroom, when a teacher came ba
31、ck and told us that the first building of the World Trade Center was hit by a plane. We immediately stopped our work and turned on the TV. Throughout half the day we watched TV until the school was forced to let all us home early. I walked home and I immediately turned on the TV and watched until my
32、 bedtime. I remember always seeing the towers walking to my Tae Kwon Do school; to me, a boy of teenage, it was a great thing because at that time I had never seen any other building that caught my eye as much as they did. And walking to my school that day was just a horrifying dream. Crossing the b
33、usy road of the Bell Pike was a big cloud of smoke and dust. It was very upsetting. Every day after that horrific(恐怖的) day I looked up to the once-stood Twin Towers just to see nothing there. To my eyes, that day will always be in my mind and in my heart, even though I didnt lose any loved ones, I s
34、till feel the pain as if I did. September 11th, 2001 will never be forgotten.49. Where was the writer when the tragedy took placeA. He was in the classroom. B. He was at home.C. He was on the way to school.D. He was on the playground. 50. When did the writer always see the Twin Towers?A. When he was
35、 having classes.B. When he was watching TV.C. When he was walking to school. D. When he was dreaming.51. What did the underlined word “they” refer to?A. Other buildings.B. The Twin TowersC. Schools.D. Busy roads.52. What was the writers purpose to write this passage?A. To report an accident.B. To wa
36、rn people of the accident.C. To teach people a moral lesson. D. To share one of his life stories with others.第二节 回答问题（共3小题，每小题2分，满分6分）阅读下面短文，根据第53至55小题的具体要求，简要回答问题，并将答案转写到答题卡上。When you want to go shopping, decide how much money you can spend on new clothes. Think about the kind of clothes you really
37、 need. Then look for clothes on sale.There are labels(标签) inside all new clothes. The label tells you to take care of your clothes. The label for a shirt may tell you to wash it in warm water. A sweater label may tell you to wash in cold water. The label on a coat may say “Dry clean only”. Washing m
38、ay ruin this coat. If you do as the directions say on the label, you can keep your clothes looking the best.Many clothes today must be dry cleaned. Dry cleaning is expensive. When buying new clothes, check to see if they will need to be dry cleaned. You will save money if you buy clothes that can be
39、 washed. You can save money if you buy clothes that are well made. Well-made clothes last longer. They look good even after they have been washed many times. Clothes that cost more are not always better made. They do not always fit better. Sometimes less expensive clothes look and fit better than mo
40、re expensive clothes.53. According to the writer, what should you do before going shopping?(回答词数不超过15个)54. How can you keep your clothes looking the best? (回答词数不超过9个)55. What suggestions does the writer make on saving money? (回答词数不超过9个)第三节 摘录信息（共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分）注意：每空不超过3个单词。Maybe you are an average s
41、tudent. You probably think you will never be a top student. This is not necessary so, however. Anyone can become a better student if he or she wants to. Heres how. Plan your time carefully. When you plan your week, you should make a list of things that you have to do. After making this list, you sho
42、uld make a schedule of your time. First your time for eating, sleeping, dressing, etc. Then decide a good, regular time for studying. Dont forget to set aside enough time for entertainment. A weekly schedule may not solve all your problems, but it will force you to realize what is happening to your
43、time.Find a good place to study. Look around the house for a good study area. Keep this space, which may be a desk or simply a corner of our room, free of everything but study materials. No games, radios, of television! When you sit down to study, concentrate on the subject.Make good use of your tim
44、e in class. Take advantage of class time to listen to everything the teachers says. Really listening in class means less work later. Taking notes will help you remember what the teacher says.Study regularly. When you get home from school, go over your notes. Review the important points that your tea
45、cher mentioned in class. If you know what your teacher is going to discuss the next day, read that material. This will help you understand the next class. If you do these things regularly, the material will become more meaningful, and you will remember it longer.Develop a good attitude about tests.
46、The purpose of a test is to show what you have learned about a subject. They help you remember your new knowledge. The world wont end if you dont pass a test, so dont be overly worried.There are other methods that might help you with your studying. You will probably discover many other s after you h
47、ave tried these. (340 words)How to become a better studentGeneral method How to60 _Plan your time carefullyMake a list Force you to realize what is happening to your time 57 _Make good use of your time in classListen to everything the teachers saysReally listening in class means less work later58_56
48、_Go over your notes Help you understand it better remember it longerDevelop a good attitude about testsReview new materialRemember your new knowledgeDont be 59. _第四部分 写作技能（共两节，满分25分）第一节 完成译文（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分,每空限填一个词）1.专家们已经对这条河作了评估，并且正在努力寻找解决其中许多问题的方案。Experts have _the river and are now trying to _
49、out possible solutions to the many problems. accessed ,work2. 我征询过周围很多人的意见，发现他们当中很多人愿意花费稍高一些的价格来购买环保产品。Asking around, I find many people willing to pay slightly higher prices for things that are _ _. environmentally friendly.3. 我现在感到很内疚，因为我也说了一些很冷酷的话，可我就是无法容忍我们队输球。I feel really guilty because I said
50、 some really cruel things too, but I_ _ seeing our team lose.cant stand4. 当问及他为什么这样做时，他只是说：“因为我喜欢。”_ _ why he did it, he simply said, “Because I love it.”When asked5. 老师的话对学生往往有很大的影响。What a teacher says usually has a great _ _ his or her students.effect/influence on/upon第二节 情景作文（共1小题，满分25分）假如你是Amy，今
51、年寒假的时候，你想请你的父母去外地旅游，参照下表，给你父母写一封信，讲述两个旅游地各自的利弊，并请他们做出选择。词数：不少于100.DestinationAdvantagesDisadvantagesShanghaiModern buildings, mixed cultures, shopping centres,etc.too many people and buildings, expensive, etc.JiuzhaigouNatural beauty, fresh air, plain customs, different cultures, etc.too far away fr
52、om cities, not very convenient, etc.第五部分 能力提升（共40分）Section 1 (共12分)Directions: Complete the following passage by using ONE word that best fits the context.Dear Editor, I read your article about mankind cloning with great anxiety. I heard 1._ cloning animals from 2_ single cell when I went to a semin
53、ar about Dolly the sheep, 3_ was successfully cloned in 1996 I Britain. At the time, I figured that the whole concept of cloning was totally immoral. Why do some people think they have the right to go 4_ nature? Who will be 5_ for the possible negative consequences? If we interfere with nature, we m
54、ight spell disasters in the following decades. 6_ seems that I was correctyour article says that Dolly died at a much faster rate than a non-cloned sheep did. Also, the practice of cloning humans cant be acceptable to me. We have no right to experiment with 7_ life.I believe that strict laws should
55、be put in place and governments should conduct more to prohibit human cloning. For example, the medical work of the Italian doctor, Severino Antinori, must be stopped. If I were the President of Italy, I would urge public relations agency to take 8_ his license.1. of 2. a 3. which 4. against 5. resp
56、onsible 6. It 7. human 8. awaySection 2 Reading comprehension(共28分)APeople from East Asia tend to have more difficulty than those from Europe in distinguishing facial expressions and a new report published online in Current Biology explains why. Rachael Jack, University of Glasgow researcher, said t
57、hat rather than scanning evenly(均匀的) across a face as Westerners do, Easterners fix their attention on the eyes. We show that Easterners and Westerners look at different face features to read facial expressions, Jack said. Westerners look at the eyes and the mouth in equal measure, whereas Easterner
58、s favor the eyes and neglect (忽略) the mouth. According to Jack and her colleagues, the discovery shows that human communication of emotion is more complex than previously believed. As a result, facial expressions that had been considered universally recognizable cannot be used to reliably convey emo
59、tion in cross-cultural situations. The researchers studied cultural differences in the recognition of facial expressions by recording the eye movements of 13 Western Caucasian and 13 East Asian people while they observed pictures of. expressive faces and put them into categories: happy, sad, surpris
60、ed, fearful, disgusted, angry, or neutral. They compared how accurately participants read those facial expressions using their particular eye movement strategies. It turned out that Easterners focused much greater attention on the eyes and made significantly more errors than did Westerners. The cult
61、ural difference in eye movements that they show is probably a reflection of cultural difference in facial expressions, Jack said. Our data suggest that whereas Westerners use the whole face to convey emotion, Easterners use the eyes more and mouth less. In short, the data show that facial expression
62、s are not universal signals of human emotion. From here on, examining how cultural factors have diversified these basic social skills will help our understanding of human emotion. Otherwise, when it comes to communicating emotions across cultures, Easterners and Westerners will find themselves lost
63、in translation. 9. The discovery shows that Westerners . A. pay equal attention to the eyes and the mouth B. consider facial expressions universally reliable C. observe the eyes and the mouth in different ways D. have more difficulty in recognizing facial expressions 10. What were the people asked t
64、o do in the study?A. To make a face at each other. B. To get their faces impressive. C. To classify some face pictures. D. To observe the researchers faces. 11. What does the underlined word they in Paragraph 6 refer to?A. The participants in the study. B. The researchers of the study. C. The errors
65、 made during the study. D. The data collected from the study. 12. In comparison with Westerners, Easterners are likely to . A. do translation more successfully B. study the mouth more frequentlyC. examine the eyes more attentively D. read facial expressions more correctly13. What can be the best tit
66、le for the passage?A. The Eye as the Window to the Soul B. Cultural Differences in Reading EmotionsC. Effective Methods to Develop Social Skills D. How to Increase Cross-cultural Understanding BAsk someone what they have done to help the environment recently and they will almost certainly mention re
67、cycling. Recycling in the home is very important of course. However, being forced to recycle often means we already have more material than we need. We are dealing with the results of that over-consumption in the greenest way possible, but it would be far better if we did not need to bring so much m
68、aterial home in the first place. The total amount of packaging increased by 12% between 1999 and 2005. It now makes up a third of a typical households waste in the UK. In many supermarkets nowadays food items are packaged twice with plastic and cardboard. Too much packaging is doing serious damage t
69、o the environment. The UK, for example, is running out of it for carrying this unnecessary waste. If such packaging is burnt, it gives off greenhouse gases which go on to cause the greenhouse effect. Recycling helps, but the process itself uses energy. The solution is not to produce such items in th
70、e first place. Food waste is a serious problem, too. Too many supermarkets encourage customers to buy more than they need. However, a few of them are coming round to the idea that this cannot continue , encouraging customers to reuse their plastic bags, for example. But this is not just about superm
71、arkets. It is about all of us. We have learned to associate packaging with quality. We have learned to think that something unpackaged is of poor quality. This is especially true of food. But is also applies to a wide range of consumer products, which often have far more packaging than necessary. Th
72、ere are signs of hope. As more of us recycle, we are beginning to realise just how much unnecessary material are collecting. We need to face the wastefulness of our consumer culture, but we have a mountain to climb. 14. What does the underlined phrase “over-consumption” refer to? A. Using too much p
73、ackaging. B. Recycling too many wastes. C. Making more products than necessary. D. Having more material than is needed. 15. The author uses figures in Paragraph 2 to show _. A. the tendency of cutting household waste B. the increase of packaging recyclingC. the rapid growth of super markets D. the f
74、act of packaging overuse16. What can be inferred from Paragraph 4? A. Unpackaged products are of bad quality. B. Supermarkets care more about packaging. C. It is improper to judge quality by packaging. D. Other products are better packaged than food. 17. What can we learn from the last paragraph?A.
75、Fighting wastefulness is difficult. B. Needless material is mostly recycled. C. People like collecting recyclable waste. D. The author is proud of their consumer culture. Answers:听力 省略单选 21-30ABDCA DBACD完形31-40 CBAAB BCDDC阅读 41-52 BADB CCDA ACBD简答 53 Think about the money and the kind of clothes you
76、 want to buy 54 Do as the directions say on the label,55 To buy clothes that are well made完成译文1.accessed ,work 2.environmentally friendly. 3.cant stand4.When asked 5.effect/influence on/upon摘录信息56. Study regularly 57.Make a schedule58. taking notes59. overly worried60. Advantages 能力提升1. of 2. a 3. which 4. against 5. responsible 6. It 7. human 8. away9-17 ACACB 作文 省略
