[辽宁]2012-2013学年辽宁省五校协作体高二上学期联合竞赛英语试卷

Of the two brothers, Bill is ______ younger one, and he is a quiet boy, ______ that most adults like very much.

------So you gave her your phone?
------_____, she said she’d return it to me when she could afford her own.

On hearing the news, the girl rushed out without hesitation, ______ the luggage ______ on the floor, and ______ in the dark.

The job is not very profitable ________ cash, but I can get valuable experience from it.

I think you should go back to your ______ plan, which is much more practical than the present one.

------Where did you first meet your boyfriend?
------It was in the department store ______ he worked.

We were told not to touch the equipment in the laboratory unless ________.

The young scientist has made such great achievements in his chosen field ______ nobody else can make.

According to the rules, students ______ get grades not lower than 85% in any subject in order to get the scholarship.

------Have you known each other for long?
------ Not very, ________we started to work in the ABC Motor Company.

A．before B．since C．when D．after

It’s ____ you behave in difficulties that shows what you are really like.

------You ran into Mr. Li! How did that happen?
------Well, _______ of us was looking where we were going. We came around the corner at the same time.

------What's the matter with Tim?
------Oh, Tim's cell phone was left in a taxi accidentally, never ________ again.

Will you ____ it that my birds are looked after well while I'm away?

—We are informed that the Weifang International Kite Festival starts at 7:00. 
—Oh, I didn't expect it was so early! I ____ to go out for dinner with my friends first. 

Some years ago I was offered a writing assignment that would require three months of travel through Europe．I had been abroad a couple of times， 36  I could hardly claim to know my way around the continent．Moreover， my  37  of foreign languages was  38  to a little college French．
I  39  ．How would I，unable to speak the language and totally  40  with local geography or transportation systems，  41  interviews and do research? It seemed  42  ，and with much regret I sat down to write a letter begging  43  ．Halfway through，a thought ran through my mind：you can’t learn if you don’t  44  ．So I accepted the assignment.
There were some bad news. But by the time I had  45  the trip I was an experienced 46  ．And ever since，I have never hesitated to  47  for even the most remote places，without guides or even  48  bookings，confident that somehow I will  49  .
The point is that the new，the  50  ，is almost by definition scary．But each time you try  51  ，you learn，and as the learning piles up，the world  52  to you.
I’ve  53  to ski at 40，and flown up the Rhine River in a balloon．And I know I’ll go on doing such things．It’s not because I’m  54  or more daring than others. I’m not. But I’ll accept anxiety as another name for  55  and I believe I can accomplish wonders．

A．though B．and C．but D．since

A．knowledge B．view C．target D．experience

A．forced B．limited C．reduced D．increased

A．left B．doubted C．paused D．hesitated

A．get up B．put up C．set up D．cheer up

A．impossible B．possible C．easy D．disturbing

A．away B．down C．off D．for

A．ask B．try C．practice D．accept

A．finished B．started C．reserved D．cancelled

A．traveler B．reporter C．writer D．thinker

A．take B．head C．make D．change

A．careful B．free C．professional D．advanced

A．lose B．win C．manage D．remember

A．different B．same C．old D．bad

A．nothing B．something C．anything D．everything

A．sticks B．comes C．opens D．drinks

A．learned B．hoped C．forgotten D．attempted

A．weaker B．braver C．worse D．luckier

A．trouble B．failure C．victory D．challenge

Early last Tuesday, six men carrying machine guns, a pistol and a hunting rifle got on a four—car electric “ milk train” at the Dutch town of Assen. Shortly after it left Beilen, ten miles away, the terrorists stopped the train and seized the passenger as hostages. As police and Dutch soldiers ringed the train, another group of terrorists stuck in Amsterdam, forcing their way into the Indonesian consulate and taking 41 more hostages, including 16 children. By week’s end the terrorists had murdered three people aboard the train, and four more had been wounded in the raid on the consulate.
The kidnapping, and the subsequent cold—blooded murders, virtually rocked the Netherlands. While the Cabinet met in emergency sessions, television and radio station paused normal programming in favor of solemn music and news bulletins.
The terrorists were Indonesians from the South Moluccan Islands in the Pacific Ocean, and they were demanding that the Dutch help them gain independence from the Jakarta regime.(雅加达政权)
The twin acts of violence were not the first signs of South Molucca anger. Just before a 1970 visit to the Netherlands by Indonesia’s President Suharto, they attacked the Indonesian embassy in the Hague, killing a Dutch policeman. Last week’s kidnappings are two days before the Dutch Appeals Court was to trial 16 South Moluccan’s who were implicated in a plot last April to kidnap Queen Juliana and other members of the Royal family. They planned to storm the palace at Soestdijk after attacking the gates with an armoured car(装甲车).
The Moluccan headache is a heritage(遗留问题) of the old days of empire. A chain of islands at the eastern of the Indonesian archipelago, the Moluccas were once known as the Spice Islands. When the Netherlands gave up its East Indies colonies in 1949, the Moluccans wanted to set up a South Moluccan Republic, some 12,000 islanders were allowed to settle to the Netherlands. Their number swollen by Dutch—born children now reached 35,000. the young Moluccans here are demanding that the Dutch help them gain independence from the Jakarta regime.
Which of the following is not mentioned in the passage?

Why did television and radio stations pause normal programming?

The last paragraph __________.

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What do we know about Apple Seeds?

Tom wants to beautify his house, so he may choose _________ .

What kind of people may buy News China ?

Which magazine provides the biggest discount if you buy it for the whole year?

A three-year independent investigation into the September 11, 2001 attack on the Pentagon has yielded new eyewitness evidence which, according to the Southern California-based researchers who conducted the investigation conclusively (and unfortunately), establishes as a historical fact that the violence which took place in Arlington that day was not the result of a surprise attack by suicide hijackers, but rather a military black operation involving a carefully planned and skillfully executed deception."
A CNN Reporter at the scene states that there is no evidence that a 757 hit the Pentagon.
　  What hit the Pentagon? A Boeing 757 loaded with passengers and fuel right? Who was on Flight 757? According to the Flight Information there were No Arabs on it. That makes me wonder if Flight 757 actually existed at all.
　　From the pictures and the videos, people can find that there are several doubtful points that need to be taken into consideration, for example the marker line on the grass in the satellite and ground pictures, the different colors of the smoke, the hole which the plane impacted, and the standing pylons (架线塔).
　　Also, from the comparison of the different pictures, people can find some other strange points. For example, the gear (齿轮) is not the matching one. The wreckage of the plane is not the one from the American Airlines. The glass on the pavement of the pole is another doubtful point. The last thing that need considering is about the collapse. One of the gif video shows the plane impacting the Pentagon. The only problem with this video footage is that it has been altered (改变) and can not be fully trusted.
　　These crash photos and videos shown here clearly have been doctored (篡改) and don't even match the physics of what happened. So where is the real video? It leaves me many questions. Is this a missile? It is a real enigma.
Where can you possibly read this article?

What the word “yielded” mean in the first sentence?

Which of the following doubtful points is not mentioned in the passage?

What is the author’s attitude towards the 911 investigation?

One evening I went out and left my 17-year-old son in charge of his 8-year-old brother and 4-year-old sister．On this occasion, the work was made less troublesome by the presence of his girlfriend．I left with complete confidence that the older children would do a wonderful job of babysitting the younger children．Later, I discovered that complete confidence was the last thing I should have left home with．
I had decided to return home earlier than planned so that my son and his girlfriend could go out．I called home with this happy news．But instead of hearing his cheerful, grateful voice on the other end of the line, all I heard was the sound of a telephone ringing．
It was, I should point out, after 10 p．m．,when the two younger children should have been in bed, and when the two older children should have been answering the phone．“I’ll give him a lesson,” I said． I decided they must be outside．Why they might be outside at 10:30 on a winter night I had no idea, but it was the only explanation I could come up with．
Finally, in desperation, I called his girlfriend’s house． After what seemed like countless rings, his girlfriend answered．“Yes,” she said brightly, “He’s right here．”
He came on the phone．I was not my usual calm, rational（理智的）self． After all, one of the rules of survival for modern parents is that you can’t trust modern teenagers．“Where are the children?” I said．He said they were with him．They had done nothing wrong．My son had taken the younger children over to his girlfriend’s house just for ice cream and cake．This was too good to be believed． Well, it turns out that I shouldn’t have believed it．It was only part of the truth．
The following Saturday evening we were at my parents’ home, celebrating my birthday．My oldest son gave me the children’s gifts．Mounted and framed were a series of lovely color photographs of my children, dressed in their best clothes, and wearing their most wonderful expressions．They are pictures to treasure a lifetime, all taken by the father of my son’s girlfriend．
The author went out and left her eldest son in charge of the younger children because         ．   

When the author called home that evening, she found that           ．

What might the children do that evening?

What does the author intend to tell us by the story?

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。
     But science may have just proved them right – because beautiful women are more likely to have daughters than their plainer counterparts, according to a study.
As parents tend to pass on genes that determine looks, this could result in handsome men becoming rather thin on the ground.       For example, Yasmin Le Bon is signed to the same modelling agency as daughter Amber, and Jerry Hall’s daughters Elizabeth and Georgia Jagger have both taken to the catwalk.  
Dr Satoshi Kanazawa, of the London School of Economics, analysed data from a survey of 17,000 babies born in Britain in March 1958 and tracked them throughout their lives.         When they reached 45, they were asked about the gender of any children they had.
Those rated as attractive were equally likely to have a son or daughter as their first child – but the unattractive sorts were more likely to have a son.      
Dr Kanazawa believes that parents tend to produce children who benefit from their own features.     So it pays for attractive women to have daughters. But couples blessed with strength and aggression rather than looks are better off having boys, as these characteristics are of more use to males.

E. Put another way, the beautiful women were more likely to have daughters.
F. And it may also explain why many models have daughters who follow in their fascinating footsteps.
G. Famously good-looking parents like Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are more likely to have girls than uglier couples.

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。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：在错的词下画一横线，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。
Dear Amy,
I glad to discuss your present situation with you. People often miss parents for the first time they left home. However, most people have to leave home for higher educations or employment. You cannot live with our parents forever. You should realize that the separation will help improve your person ability. You need to make new friends and share ideas with whomever has something in common with you. Maybe you will still miss your parents, and your new friends will bring joy to your new life. Also I suggest you will enjoy yourself by taking the active part in different activities. You will get much pleasure.
Faithfully yours
Sharon

最近，你校同学正在参加某英文报组织的一场讨论。讨论的主题是：公园要不要收门票?请你根据下表所提供的信息，给报社写一封信，客观地介绍讨论情况并陈述自己的看法。

注意：1．信的开头已为你写好。2．词数：100左右。3．参考词汇：门票---entrance fee
Dear Editor:
I’m writing to tell you about the discussion we have had about whether an entrance fee should be charged for parks．