辽宁省庄河六高中高二下学期第一次月考英语卷

---Excuse me, Dad, but I am going to the club to meet my friends in the football team.
---OK.       

Scientists across the world agree that this is an invention of ____ great significance, ____ invention that will greatly change human life.   

—Do you know ____ the 2011 Xiamen International Marathon was held?
—On January 2．

—Do you know the tower ___ in the heart of the city?
—Do you mean the one ___ to the north of the city library?

I’ll never forget such a beautiful place _____ I spent my childhood there with my grandma.

Much to our disappointment, things are not going so well as _______.

While building a tunnel through the mountain, ______ ．
　 

With so many things mixed up it’s hard to _______ what’s what.

Hardly __________ dead or injured when the disaster hit the area.

—Can all the donation be delivered to the earthquake-stricken area?
—Hard to say. Even if only 1% can reach them, I am still glad to do it, as the saying goes, “   ”.

I was not in Fuzhou last September, otherwise I ____ the opening ceremony of the 5^th National Special Olympic Games.

— Mom, where is my lunch pack?
— Just where it _____.

We all know the truth        there are air, water and sunlight there are living things．

—Amazing! You       wear slippers at work．
— Don’t you know it’s a fashion?

All her time ________ experiments, she has no time to see films.

完形填空 （共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（ABCD）中，选出可以填入空白的最佳答案，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
Preparing for tomorrow
Sixth-grade schoolteacher Ms．Shelton believed in readiness．Students remembered how she walked in on the first day of class and began writing words of eighth-grade on the    36  ．They quickly protested that the words were not on their   37    and they couldn’t learn them．
Their teacher insisted that the students could and would learn these   38   ．She said that she would teach them something that should be given．Ms．Shelton   39     by saying that one of the students in the classroom could go on to   40   , maybe even be president someday, and she wanted to prepare them for that day．
Ms．Shelton spoke those words many years ago．  41    did she know that someday one of her students—Jesse Jackson—would take them   42   ．She believed that if they were well prepared, they could   43   high goals．
Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “People only see what they are   44    to see．” If that’s true, then it is also    45    that they only become what they are prepared to become．And many things in life are just about getting ready．
“I want to be doing something more    46    with my life than what I am doing now,” a young man once said to me．He    47    what he was doing was just not that important．Other people have said things to me such as, “I only    48    I had a meaningful relationship．” And, “I’d really like to get a better job, but I just don’t see    49    ．”
You fill in the blanks．What is it you would like to    50    that isn’t happening? Perhaps the answer is that you are not yet   51   ．Maybe you need more time to prepare before you are truly ready for that which you   52   ．
Think of today as another chance to   53   yourself for the exciting future you are looking for．Today is not wasted．If you desire more from   54   , then you can use today as training．For you will experience only what you are prepared to    55   ．Something wonderful can happen．And you can use today to get ready for tomorrow．

A．desk B．wall C．chalkboard D．door

A．duty B．desk C．mind D．level

A．words B．grammars C．pronunciations D．sentences

A．started B．ended C．warned D．reminded

A．greatness B．wealth C．honor D．failure

B．Little C．Hardly D．Totally

A．nervously B．eagerly C．seriously D．simply

A．keep B．have C．set D．achieve

A．prepared B．forced C．attracted D．tempted

A．proper B．exact C．legal D．true

A．difficult B．significant C．pleasant D．interesting

A．boasted B．behaved C．felt D． looked

A．wish B．expect C．hope D．imagine

A．what B．when C．why D．how

B．happen C．gain D．win

A．adventurous B．active C．ready D．intelligent

A．concern B．arrange C．adore D．desire

A．prepare B．enjoy C．imagine D．conduct

A．history B．nature C．life D．marriage

A．suffer B．experience C．struggle D．work

It was about midday. I’d left work early in the morning to cash a cheque. I walked along to the bank, and found that there weren’t too many people about ten or eleven customers in there, which was pretty unusual for those central city banks.
I waited until it was my turn and just went up to the desk and started to talk to the bank clerk. He had a really strange expression on his face -- just sort of blank stare at least I thought he was looking at me and then I realized he was staring over my shoulder.
I began to turn round to see what he was looking at. At the same moment the outside bank guard came flying through the door and lay face down on the floor and following him through the door were three frightening masked men. They were carrying guns; at least I think the one in front was carrying a gun. Whether or not they said anything at that point I can’t remember to this day, or whether people just automatically put their hands up I’ve just no idea.
For a few moments there was just total silence, suddenly broken by the telephone ringing and I remember thinking and wondering who was on the other end of the telephone. Nobody went to answer the telephone, so this thing just kept on ringing and ringing. Then two of the masked men went to the counter, jumped over it and got the cashiers and the bank clerks to start filling the bags with cash. While the two were getting the money, the one at the door who was covering us with the gun was a bit frightened. He started swearing at them, and telling them to hurry up, to get a move on. They jumped back over the counter. One of them slipped as he landed on the floor and fell over and the other two swore at him again. They left through the door. Warning us, “Don’t move, stay like that with your hands up for ten minutes.” And then they just disappeared. Again back to total silence. People put their hands down, I put my hands down but I just stayed exactly where I was.
What does the writer mean by saying “…a pretty unusual number for those central banks” in the first paragraph?

The bank clerk wore a blank expression on his face probably because ________.

Which of the following is true according to the passage?

What’s the best title of this passage?

Two Chinese farmers who became an overnight sensation(轰动)when their heart-rendingversion of a famous pop song appeared on the Internet took to the stage in front of thousands offans in Shanghai last Saturday.
Wang Xu, 44，and Liu Gang, 29, sang “In the Spring" alongside the song's star composerWang Feng, in front of about 80,000 people at the Shanghai Stadium.
The audience buzzed with excitement and let out deafening cheers, the moment as theywere introduced on the stage and then when Liu started the first sentence of their parts of thesong.
The two migrant workers became stars after singing the tearjerker(催人泪下的）songduring an evening drinking session in a 6-square-meter rented room in a late August evening. Afriend recorded the performance on a cell phone and posted it on the Internet.
“If someday I am dead, please bury me in the spring," they sing. Wang's penetrating chorus,delivered with his eyes closed, has moved thousands to tears.
Wang and Liu consider the song a true portrait of lower-class groups like themselves."With no credit card, no girlfriend, or a home with hot water, but only a guitar, I am singinghappily, on streets, under bridges or in wild country, though nobody pays attention to themusic," they sing.
To support his wife and two sons, Wang came to Beijing in 2000 from the countryside andhas worked as a boiler man, and street peddler, before becoming a medical warehouse keeper,with a monthly pay of around 1,500 yuan. Little is left after he pays 600 yuan for rent and buysfood.
Liu came to Beijing in 2002. “I wanted to try my luck in the big city，，，he said. He hadworked as a guard, roadside peddler, and porter, but never had a stable job. Street performingwas his main income, even after he married and became a father three years ago.
Wang and Liu are still uncertain where their fame will lead. Wang has started learning touse a computer. They even have a microblog(微博）account to communicate with fans.
Wang Xu and Liu Gang first became nationally known after______.

People like Wang and Liu's version of “In the Spring" because ______ .

It can be inferred from the passage that   ______.

A．migrant workers' conditions will be improved soon

B．they will learn to write songs on computers

C．a song showing people's real life and feelings is more likely to be accepted

D．singers for migrant workers are more likely to become popular

The best possible title for the passage is______.

A single night of taking the drug Ecstasy (摇头丸) can cause serious brain damage and speed up the start of Parkinson’s disease, scientists say. Just two or three Ecstasy tablets can permanently destroy brain cells that affect movement and reasoning, according to American research that links the drug to Parkinson’s for the first time.
A study by a team at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, involving squirrel monkeys and baboons (狒狒) found that both species suffered permanent damage to key cells, which are lost in Parkinson’s, after receiving three low doses（剂量）of Ecstasy at three-hour periods.
The study is particularly important because baboons are one of the best animal models for the human brain. George Ricaurte, who led the research, said that the widespread abuse of drug might have caused severe damage. “The most troubling result is that young adults using Ecstasy may be increasing their risk of developing Parkinsonism as they get older.”
Alan Leshner, a former director of the US National Institute on Drug Abuse, said, “This study emphasizes the multi-aspect damage that Ecstasy causes to users. We’ve long known that repeated use damages brain cells. But this study shows that even very occasional use can have long-lasting effects on many different brain systems. It sends an important message to young people: don’t experiment with your own brain.”
Janet Betts, a mother whose teenage daughter Leah died after a single Ecstasy tablet in 1995, said, “This comes as no surprise. But people can’t see the effects at first, and they say it won’t happen to them. We’ll see the symptoms later, just as we have with smoking.”
The article is intended to ______.

We know from the passage that a low dose of Ecstasy ______.

Why are squirrel monkeys and baboons involved in the experiments?

A．Because their brain is similar to human being’s.

B．Because these animals usually take drugs.

C．Because these animals will soon get well after the experiment.

D．Because there is a model in the animals’ brains.

The underlined word “This” in the last paragraph probably means that ______.

A．Leah died after a single Ecstasy tablet in 1995

B．taking drug has the same symptoms as smoking

C．occasional use of the drug can have long-lasting effects on the brain systems

D．people have long known that repeated use of the drug damages brain cells

There is a boy called Bill in my gym class who has unbearably yellow teeth that almost make everyone feel unpleasant．Recently another boy told Bill that he should "go Ajax" his teeth．Bill was crushed．If the other boy had been thinking, he would have realized that there is a better way to handle such a situation．He could have dealt with it with tact．He could have showed this hurtful truth in a more careful, sensitive way—that's "tact"．
If a person isn't sensitive to another's feelings, there is no way he or she can be tactful．Yesterday, my 5-year-old brother proudly announced that he had cleaned the screen on our television set．Unfortunately, he used furniture polish, which produced an oily film on the television screen．My mother smiled arid thanked him for his efforts—and then showed how to clean the screen properly．Her sensitivity enables my brother to keep his self-respect．Yet, sensitivity alone does not make tact．
"Tactfulness" also requires "truthfulness"．Doctors, for example must be truthful．If a patient has just been disabled in an accident, a tactful doctor will tell the truth—but express it with sensitivity．The doctor may try to give the patient hope by telling them curing techniques under study or about advanced equipment now available．Doctors must use tact with patients' relatives as well．Instead of bluntly saying, "Your husband is disabled," a doctor might say, "I'm sorry, but your husband has lost feeling in his legs and．．．"
Tact should not be confused with trickery．Trickery occurs when a nurse is about to give a patient an injection（注射） and says, "This won't hurt a bit．" Instead of trickery, the nurse might guarantee the patient that the discomfort of the injection is a small thing compared to the benefits of it．It would also be thoughtful for the nurse to tell the patients about some of these benefits．
Tact is a wonderful skill to have, and tactful people are usually admired and respected．Without tact our society would become an intolerable place to live in．
The underlined word "crushed" in the first paragraph probably means____．

According to the author, his mother's praise for the brother is ____．

Which of the following shows the structure of the passage?
（The numbers stand for the paragraphs）

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Are you suffering a lot from test anxiety? Follow these tips to help you overcome it.
  1     Prepare for the test by developing good study notes. Pick out the main points of the information or follow a study sheet from the teacher. Know the who, what, when, where, why and how of any main ideas.
Pick out the key words in the main points. Write a very short description of each point next to the key words. You will now have two sets of study notes.     2     Use the second to review right before the test.
Teach yourself little memory tricks. Some people use mnemonic（助记符号）devices to remember facts. If there is a list of information, take the first letter of each word and make an interesting saying.
  3     Some people read all the questions first and then begin working. Others start with the first question and don’t look at the rest. They skip any hard questions and come back to them later.
Do some relaxation exercises like deep breathing. Some anxiety is normal going into a test.
 
  4    
Review the material one last time right before bed. We often remember things that we read or think about right before going to sleep.
   5     Make sure you go to bed early enough the night before the test. It is very difficult to remember anything when you are overtired.

E. Learn to develop a strategy for taking the test.
F. Always get as much sleep as possible.
G. Breathing deeply helps you calm yourself and concentrate on the test

短文改错(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同学写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1、每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2、只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
After watch “English TV” last Sunday morning, I phoned to my classmate and told him to go to see a film in the afternoon. Before the film was over, we returned to school to do our lessons. While we are having a rest in the corridor, I saw Mr Liu, my head teacher. He told me that we had made some progresses in English, but my Chinese lagged behind, especially my Chinese composition. He suggested I must read more and keeping a diary every day. In the evening my father told me that reading newspapers would do me well for improving composition writing. That was really good idea! What they said was quite right, and I should follow their advice.

书面表达（满分25分）
右图是某校老师和家长会面时的一幅漫画。请你根据对这幅漫画的理解用英语写一篇短文。
你的短文应该包括以下内容：
1. 这幅漫画描述了什么？
2. 你对漫画中的家长有何看法？                                 
3. 你认为这幅漫画想要告诉我们什么？
注意：
1. 可参照图示及图下文字内容及文章开头作必要的发挥       
想象。
2. 词数150左右。开头已经写好，不记入总词数。
3. 作文中不得提及考生所在学校和本人姓名。
We can see in this cartoon that the parents of a student are meeting with their child’s teacher.
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