四川南充高中高二上学期第二次阶段考试英语试卷

All of ______ sudden someone shouted, “It is time to put ______ end to the meeting.”

He gained his _____ by printing _____ of famous writers.

Although this medicine can cure you _____ your illness, it has a bad effect _____ you.

_____ the great efforts we had made three years before, we failed to carry our plans through.

As a writer _____ the new century, he is popular among the teenagers.

I don’t think John saw me; he _____ into space.

You’d better give the task to _____ you think can finish it ahead of time.

—_____?
—Fine, I’ve got used to the life there, and I’ve made some friends.

_____ is known to us all is that the old scientist, for _____ life was hard in the past, still works very hard in his eighties.

____ our natural resources is very necessary.

—Do you think our team will win the game?
—I don’t know. But this is the last chance. We _____ them to.

After months of voyage, Columbus arrived in _____ later proved a new continent.

—Did you have any difficulty catching yesterday’s lecture?
—No. The professor spoke very clearly to make his speech easy _____.

_____ she was sick, I was expected to take his place greatly surprised me, for I didn’t have much work experience.

The lady said she would buy a gift for her daughter with _____.

完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)
A beggar, carrying a shabby(破旧的) old wallet, was begging alone from house to house. As he complained about his 36 , he kept wondering that people who lived in 37 houses should always be unsatisfied, 38 rich they might be, and they should go so far as to 39 all they have.
“Here, for example,” he said, the former master of this house succeeded in trading, and made himself very rich. By then, instead of stopping, and handing over his 40 to another, and spending the rest of his years 41 peace, he took to(从事) equipping ships. He expected to get mountains of gold; but the ships were 42 , and his treasures were lost. Now they all lie at the bottom of the sea, and he has found his 43 disappeared like those in dreams. In short, examples of this are 44.
At this moment Fortune suddenly appeared to the beggar and said, “Listen! I have long wished to 45 you. Here are a lot of gold coins I have found. Hold out your wallet, and I will fill it with them; but only on this condition: All shall be gold that falls into the wallet, but if 46 of them falls out of the wallet to the ground, it 47 become dust. Consider this well. I have warned you I shall 48 keep my word. Your wallet is old, don’t fill it 49 its power.” The beggar was almost too overjoyed to breathe. He 50 felt the ground below his feet. A stream of coins were poured 51 it. The wallet soon became rather heavy.
“Is that 52 ?” “Not yet,” “Isn’t it 53 ?” “Never fear.” “Consider, you are a millionaire.” “Just a little more, just 54 a handful,” But at that moment the wallet broke, the gold coins 55 dust and Fortune disappeared. The beggar had nothing but his empty wallet and remained as poor as before.

A．plan B．fate C．idea D．dream

A．dark B．poor C．clean D．rich

A．how B．so C．however D．whatever

A．win B．lose C．throw D．forget

A．business B．debt C．money D．chance

A．to B．on C．with D．in

A．bought B．sold C．missed D．robbed

A．luck B．riches C．trade D．future

A．countless B．wonderful C．helpless D．funny

A．admire B．help C．encourage D．excite

A．little B．much C．any D．lots

A．must B．may C．shall D．can

A．mostly B．simply C．possibly D．strictly

A．beyond B．within C．during D．by

A．really B．actually C．hardly D．nearly

A．for B．into C．on D．from

A．so B．enough C．true D．right

A．trembling B．shaking C．breaking D．rolling

A．try B．put C．leave D．add

A．cleared up B．brought up C．fell into D．turned into

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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
UNICEF reports that 40 million children below the age of 15 suffer from abuse(虐待) and neglect. The USA National Committee to Prevent Child Abuse finds 3 million new reports of child abuse or neglect every year.
According to such information on human rights abuses of children, the United Nations declared 2010 as the International Year of Youth. In answer to the common human rights abuses of young people, Dr. Mary Shuttleworth of Youth for Human Rights International(YHRI) recently completed her seventh annual World Tour to five continents in eighty days. The purpose of the tour is to promote the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights to tens of thousands of children and officials.
According to UNICEF, 1.2 million children are illegally traded all over the world every year.
Sold as goods, these children are forced into inhuman labor, denied basic education and robbed of their childhoods. Youth who do not know their rights are easily cheated by ill-intentioned men. That is why YHRI thinks highly of education.
“When the United Nations declared 2010 as the International Year of Youth, I knew that their human rights had to be greater than ever,” Dr. Shuttleworth said. The tour reached Mexico, Guatemala, Panama, Ecuador, Brazil, South Africa, Swaziland, Portugal, Sardinia, Sicily, Italy, Greece, Taiwan, Japan, Hawaii and Los Angeles.
The YHRI World Tour 2010 has reached tens of thousands of students as well as officials, educators, and religious leaders and thus promotes human rights education to millions more.
2010 was declared as the International Year of Youth because ______.

According to para. 2, Dr. Shuttleworth first started her annual World Tour in _____.

Youth for Human Rights International is paying attention to education because _______.

According to the passage, the YHRI World Tour 2010 _______.

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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
B
Most parents love the Internet and want their kids to use it. But a new survey in America finds almost as many also fear the online world—especially social networking sites such as My Space—and worry their kids will get in trouble with people they meet.
“The parents see the web’s incredible potential(可能性), and they know their kids have to be there.” says James Steyer, CEO of Common Sense Media, which released results from a survey that looked into parental attitudes toward the Internet. “It is also what they are scared of most.”
The study was conducted online May 5-10 by Insight Research Group. It says 80% of parents are concerned about kids meeting bad people online. That’s because young people who largely have grown up with the Net think of it as a social outlet(出口), say the researchers. To young people, the benefits of giving out some personal information to reach out to friends outweigh the risks. And the study shows they are so comfortable with the medium that 78% have a personal website or blog.
Parents also recognize the importance of the Internet. The survey shows 91% think the Net helps their children explore their passions, and 77% think the Internet is one of the most valuable education tools teens have. But 88% think it’s important to know what their kids are doing online.
Findings suggest both parents and teens need more education about using online media, Steyer says.
Internet safety has become an increasing concern for parents in America. Organizations like the Non-profit Common Sense have been trying to reach and help parents pay attention to the problem.
In the second paragraph, the underlined word “It” refers to_____.

Why do young people give out their personal information?

Most parents think it is important to know_____.

From the passage we can infer that_____.

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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
C
In any family with more than one child, chidren seem to naturally compete for their parents’ love and attention. Parents say they love every child equally. But is that true?
Susan, founder of a consulting firm in Chicago, interviewed 216 women and found that even though none of her questions asked directly about a parent favoring one child over another, about two-thirds of the women said there was a favored child. And they also remembered their experience when they were young. One of the women said, “My mother always liked my brother better, and he got to go to summer camp in 1968 and I didn’t.”
Plumez, who interviewed parents with both biological children and adoptive children for an adoption book in 2008, found that what matters most is whether your temperaments(性情) are pleasing. “In some cases, parents would say they felt closer to their adopted children,” she says, “Some parents like the children with characters similar to theirs. Two people who are shy and withdrawn might get along well, unless the shy parent doesn’t like that aspect of themselves and they try to push the naturally withdrawn child to be more extroverted.”
It could be a result of gender, birth order or how easy or difficult a child’s temperament may be, but a parent’s different treatment has far-reaching effects. Students have found that less-favored children may suffer emotionally, with decreased self-esteem and behavioral problems in childhood. Favoritism is a reason for the next generation not to like each other.
Experts say it is not realistic to say everyone should be treated equally, because no two people are the same and they relate differently to others.
“It does not mean that parent loves or likes one child more. It has to do with which one of them is independent,” says psychologist Laurie Kramer of the University of Illinois.
The study carried out by Susan shows that ______.

The underlined word “extroverted” in the third paragraph means _______.

What can we infer from the passage?

What is the best title for the passage?

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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
D
People in Shanghai can quench their thirst with high quality water if the Shanghai Water Authority (SWA) is able to make good on its word. It has vowed to make the city’s water match its status as a world class city.
“The current tap water quality meets national standards, but, compared with that of the European Union and the United States, it still needs to be improved.” said the SWA’s director general, Hang Jiayi.
In other developed countries, water fountains can be found almost everywhere—people do not bother with bottled drinking water.
By 2020, the water of the Huangpu River will be treated to reduce the amount of organic waste in it. Major water works that draw water from the Huangpu will need more treatment facilities to improve the colour, texture, ammonia(氨)and nitrogen content before 2010.
These treatment facilities are expected to cost 4 billion yuan, something that could affect the price of water, according to Chen Yin, SWA’s deputy director general.
Chen said that replacing water pipes was also a key project. The city’s aged pipes are mostly to blame for the bad water quality.
The SWA has started the water facilities renovation(更新)work, including the more than 14,000 kilometres of indoor piping, 107,000 tanks on top of the buildings, and more than 6,000 underground facilities.
World Water Day came on March 22, and this year’s theme is “Water for the future”. Beijing is also drawing up plans during China’s Water Week, which runs until March 28.
By 2010, the water for the Shanghai EXPO is to be above World Health Organization standards. And, the people of Beijing will be able to drink their tap water as well.
People in Shanghai can drink their tap water_____.

What step need not be taken in order to improve the tap water?

Which is the correct statement according to the passage?

What is the main idea of the passage?

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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
E
All areas of the world face a nurses shortage. But the shortage is most severe in developing countries. Many of their nurses move to the more developed nations for better pay, better working conditions and better chances for career development. For example, nearly 2,000 nurses left the Caribbean between 2002 and 2006.
The Caribbean nations currently have about 1 nurse for every 1,000 people. The ratio(比例) of nurses to population is about 10 times higher in the United States and countries in the European Union(EU). Now, more than 21,000 nurses who trained in the Caribbean are working in the United States, Canada and Britain.
Gaetan Lafortune is an official of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development(O.E.C.D) in Paris. He says the nurses shortage also affects industrialized countries. He says, “There is concern in most O.E.C.D.countries that the number of nurses is too small to meet the demand. And what is more worrying is that their concern is sort of growing.” Mr Lafortune says a large number of nurses are expected to retire within the next 10 years. At the same time, the health care needs of aging populations are expected to grow, intensifying the shortage of nurses.
Gaetan Lafortune said, “In the U.S., for instance, some researchers have found that there may be a shortage of close to a million nurses by 2020.” The United States is 1 of the 21 countries in the O.C.E.D. Gaetan Lafortune says in the recent years many of the countries increased their efforts to hire foreign nurses. As a result of that, O.E.C.D. countries were mainly exporting their shortage problem to countries that may have an even greater need for these nurses.
What will be the main causes of the global nurses shortage in the next 10 years?
a. The demand for nurses will decrease.                           
b. Many nurses will be too old to work.
c. Many rich countries will hire more foreign nurses.    
d. Nurses are often looked down upon.
e. Aging populations will increase rapidly

The underlined word “intensify” in para. 3 means “________”.

We know from this text that America and the EU countries ______.

What does the text mainly tell us?

单词拼写（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）
The Song Dynasty c______________ three great inventions to world civilization, which have improved people’s life a lot.
A kind of friendly ____________ (气氛) can be felt throughout the conversation.
You have been ______________ (推荐) as a typist in our company.
He lit a c_________________, got up and went off.
Doing sports r___________ will help you keep healthy.

短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行做出判断：如无错误，在该行右边横线上画一个勾（ √ ）；如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：
此行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。
   此行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（  ），在该行右边的横线上写出该加的词。
此行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。
Born to be the basketball player, Kobe Bryant                                                               81. __________
showed his shooting talent in an early age. He has always                                        82. __________
occupied with proving his skills on the court and improving                              83. __________
himself. Having enjoyed a successfully high school basketball                                   84. __________
career, Kobe went straight into the NBA after graduated. So                                   85. __________
far, Kobe has led the Lakers to four NBA championships.                                           86. __________
Thus, he is never content with his past achievements. He                                         87. __________
is famous for getting his teammates stay up late practising.                                             88. __________
When he learned a new move, he asks his teammates to practise                         89. __________
it with him after it is perfect. “When you win, you have to                                         90. __________
constantly look for ways to get better.” Kobe said.

书面表达（满分20分）
最近，你班组织全班同学进行了一场英语讨论。讨论的主题是：中国是否应该发展私家车？请你根据下表所提供的信息，给报社写一篇报道，客观地介绍讨论的结果。

要求：1．词数：100左右。　　2．开头部分已给出，不计入总字数。
Recently, our class have had a discussion about whether China should develop its private car industry. The results are as follows:_ _____________________________________
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