[河南]2012-2013学年河南许昌六校高一第六次联考英语卷

The medical reform in that country proved to be _____ failure, but as we know, success often comes after _____ failure.

_____ you keep on trying, I really don’t mind whether you can come up top in your class.

____ in a key university is almost every high school student’s wish.

Studies have shown that children grow and develop quite normally on a diet ___ plenty of bread and vegetables with small amounts of milk and meat.

Although some people expressed their disagreement at the meeting, most of them were _____ the reform.

On AIDS Day, the minister of Health Department demanded that the problems _____ paid special attention to.

He pretended _____ an important paper when the boss entered.

At the meeting they discussed three different ____ to the study of English grammar.

Clothing made of man-made fibers has certain advantages over _____ made of natural fibers like cotton, wool or silk.

Jack is a great talker. It’s high time that he ____something instead of just talking.

After school we went to the reading-room to do some reading, only to be told that it _____.

“It is not only you but also Tom who ____,” said the teacher after knowing what had happened.

Surely many questions will ____ about Haiti’s future after the big earthquake, which has been the strongest in Haiti in the past 200 years.

If it ____for the snow, we____ the mountain yesterday.

–--I am terribly sorry, Lucy. I’ve left your notebook at home.
---___? I reminded you last night.

This was my grandmother’s first Christmas without grandfather. When we reached her house, it did seem a little 36  without grandfather.
Grandfather had always said the Christmas  37  was the most important. So we set to work assembling（组装）the beautiful  38  tree that was stored in grandfather’s closet（储藏室）. After we finished, we stepped back to  39  our work. It looked wonderful. But something was  40 .
“Where’s the star?” I asked. It was my grandmother’s  41  . As we emptied box after box and found no star, my grandmother’s eyes  42  with tears. Grandfather had given it to Grandmother fifty years ago. Now, on her first Christmas without  43  , the star was gone, too.
“Let’s  44  in the closet where the tree was,” my sister Donna said. We  45  under beds and over shelves, inside and outside  46  we had exhausted every possibility. We could see Grandmother was  47  , although she tried not to show it. By now, it was  48  outside, and time for bed, as Santa would soon be here.
The next morning, my sisters and I  49  early to see what Santa had left under the tree. After breakfast, the family sat together to  50  presents. “The last gift is to Grandmother from Grandfather.” Father said, in a puzzled voice.
“From who?” There was  51   in my grandmother’s voice.
“I found that  52  in the closet when we got the tree down,” Mother explained.
My grandmother opened it. Her face lit up when she pulled out a(n)  53  golden star. There was a note attached. Her voice trembled（颤抖）as she read it:
Don’t be  54  with me, dear. I broke your star while putting away the tree. Thought it was time for a new one, I hope it brings you as much  55  as the first one. Merry Christmas.

A．empty B．cold C．slow D．absent

A．wish B．tree C．spirit D．work

A．unique B．artificial C．widespread D．alive

A．follow B．show C．judge D．admire

A．losing B．happening C．missing D．falling

A．doubt B．reward C．honour D．treasure

A．filled B．covered C．put D．removed

A．them B．it C．her D．him

A．stop B．move C．start D．stay

A．hid B．searched C．lay D．found

A．as B．until C．because D．though

A．disappointed B．amazed C．excited D．shocked

A．snowing B．raining C．blowing D．darkening

A．cheered up B．picked up C．woke up D．took up

A．pack B．open C．pick D．exchange

A．happiness B．fright C．surprise D．hope

A．gift B．book C．note D．letter

A．big B．old C．shining D．broken

A．generous B．angry C．strict D．important

A．sadness B．concern C．peace D．joy

We spent a day in the country, picking wild flowers. With the car full of flowers we were going home. On our way back my wife noticed a cupboard (柜厨) outside a furniture shop. It was tall and narrow. “Buy it,” my wife said at once. “We’ll carry it home on the roof rack (车顶行李架). I’ve always wanted one like that.”
　 What could I do? Ten minutes later I was ￡20 poorer; and the cupboard was tied on the roof rack. It was six feet long and eighteen inches square, quite heavy too.
　 In the gathering darkness I drove slowly. Other drivers seemed unusually polite that evening. The police even stopped traffic to let us through. Carrying furniture was a good idea.
　 After a time my wife said, “There’s a long line of cars behind. Why don’t they overtake, I wonder?” In fact a police car did overtake. The two officers inside looked at us seriously as they passed. But then, with great kindness, they led us through the rush-hour traffic. The police car stopped at our village church. One of the officers came to me.
　“Right, sir,” he said.“Do you need any more help?”
　I was a bit puzzled. “Thanks, officer,” I said. “You have been very kind. I live just on the road.”
　 He was staring at our car, first at the flowers, then at the cupboard. “Well, well,” he said, laughing. “It’s a cupboard you’ve got there! We thought it was something else.”
　 My wife began to laugh. The truth hit me like a stone between the eyes. I smiled at the officer. “ Yes, it’s a cupboard, but thanks again.”I drove home as fast as I could.
In fact the husband _______ the cupboard.

Other drivers thought they were _______.

The police will be more polite to those who are _______.

What did the husband think of this matter?

Poster 1
I am a journalist living in Barcelona and I would like to travel exchanging my apartment. I have an apartment in the city center with 2 bedrooms. You can get to the airport by bus or taxi in 20 minutes. And there is a metro station really close to the apartment. The area has many shops, theatres, bars and restaurants.
Poster 2
I am looking forward to exchanging my apartment in Madrid for yours in a nice location in Beijing. It’s a really nice apartment in the centre of Madrid, within walking distance of the main attractions. You can walk to the Puerta del Sol, Royal Palace, Opera, Plaza Mayor, etc. in a few minutes; everything is so close! The apartment has all the facilities（设备）and it is very modern.
Poster 3
Hello, I am a Canadian IT professional and accounting student looking for a room in Wudaokou or other areas near ShangDi (my office location). I want to pay 1,400 RMB to 2,500RMB depending on the room and location. I can sign a contract for at least three months. My email address: vhjvm3584098242@hous.craigslist.org.
Poster 4
My 21-year-old son Matthew would like to visit China in the spring for three to four weeks. If you can offer him a safe, clean, cost-free place to stay, I will offer you or your family a stay at my second home 28 miles outside of Reno, Nevada, USA. This is a single-story home on the edge of the desert. You have access to 70 acres of land, clean air and clean water. Fishing and golfing are available nearby. I will provide transportation to the home, and pick you up when you have finished. My son Matthew is honest, safe and clean-living.
Reply to: hbxdd-3537187673@hous.craigslist.org.
Poster 1 mainly focuses on the apartment’s ________.

Which of the following is TRUE of the Puerta del Sol?

Where is the house in Poster 4 located?

When talking with young Swedish students, Mo Yan showed respect for Chinese authors that he learned writing from, particularly Shen Congwen, who was twice nominated（提名）for the Nobel Prize.
“Lu Xun, Lao She, Mao Dun and Shen Congwen, they are more qualified（有资格的）for the Nobel Prize than me,” he said,. Among the writers he learned from, he said he especially felt close to Shen Congwen, as they have similar life experiences.
Both of them left school early and did not get formal education. Shen quit after high school and Mo only finished the fifth grade. They both joined the army after school. “ We both learned from the book of life,” said Mo.
The themes of their writing are also similar. Both writers have their hometown as the theme and root of their writings. Shen’works are mostly about his hometown, Xiangxi, and most of Mo’s stories are set in his hometown, Gaomi, in Shandong Province.
Mo said he also learned from Shen how to deal with characters in a fiction. Unlike most Chinese writers, Shen has a humanistic（人文主义的） touch towards all of his characters. Said Mo, “In his works, there are no particularly bad person or good person. Even gangsters（匪徒） and thieves have their humane（仁慈的）side,” he said.
“I try to use the same approach in my writing. It shows the ability of a novelist when he treats all the characters as humans,” he said.
Mo said he also learned Lu Xun’s depth and Lao She’s humor. “They are all my teachers, and I am the student,” he said. “I feel ashamed from my heart that teachers did not get the prize, but the student got it.”
Which of the following is NOT mentioned as the similarity between Mo Yan and Shen Congwen?

By saying “We both learned from the book of life”, what did Mo Yan mean?

According to Mo Yan, Shen Congwen was special in the way _________.

From what Mo Yan said in the last paragraph, we can learn that ________.

America is a mobile society. Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon if situations change. Neither side feels hurt by this. Both may exchange Christmas greetings for a year or two, perhaps a few letters for a while — then no more. If the same two people meet again by chance, even years later, they pick up the friendship. This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand, because friendships between us develop more slowly but then may become lifelong feelings, extending (延伸) sometimes deeply into both families.
Americans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes, share their holidays, and their home life. They will enjoy welcoming us and be pleased if we accept their hospitality (好客) easily.
Another difficult point for us Chinese to understand Americans is that although they treat  us warmly in their personal everyday lives, they don’t show their politeness to us if it requires a great deal of time. This is usually the opposite of the custom in our country where we may be generous with our time. Sometimes, we, as hosts, will appear at airports even in the middle of the night to meet a friend. We may take days off to act as guides to our foreign friends. The Americans, however, express their welcome usually at homes, but truly can not manage the time to do a great deal with a visitor outside their daily routine. They will probably expect us to get ourselves from the airport to our own hotel by bus. And they expect that we will phone them from there. Once we arrive at their homes, the welcome will be full, warm and real. We will find ourselves treated hospitably.
For the Americans, it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to go to restaurants, except for purely business matters. So accept their hospitality at home!
Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

From the last two paragraphs we can learn that when we arrive in America to visit an American friend, we will probably be ______.

The underlined words “generous with our time” in Paragraph 3 probably mean ______.

A suitable title for this passage would probably be “______”.

Tips on Making a Decision
Decision-making never ends. It is an important part of everyday life, and it is how we choose our path.    Sometimes we leave things to luck. Other times we take a more active role. Here are some of the ways we usually make decisions.
◆ Make a list of pros and cons（利与弊）. When you try to make a difficult decision, you can take out a piece of paper, and then list the pros and cons of each choice.    
◆ Ask a friend.   While I don’t think this is always true, I can see how friends can point out certain things that we may be unaware of. By getting a choice from a third party who knows us well, we can get good ideas that we didn’t take into consideration before.
◆  Some decisions require that we know more about the subject we are deciding on. Making a choice without first doing some research can turn things into a nightmare（噩梦）, so don’t hurry. Take your time to search Google or Wikipedia or find a forum（论坛）to ask a couple of questions. Be careful and check your sources.
◆ Go to an expert. Seldom are we the most knowledgeable person on a particular subject. Our friends can sometimes be no better.   Investing（投资）? Talk to a market analyst. Feeling depressed? Go to see a psychologist. Not sure how to write a book? Discuss tips with other authors.

E.This can help provide a bigger picture of what you are working with.
F.In this case it may be better to get advice from an expert in the field.
G.Some studies have shown that others may know us better than ourselves.

短文改错（共10小题； 每小题1分， 满分10分）
Women are playing a much important part in society than before. Now women are working as teachers, scientists but even leaders. Almost all jobs that used to be done by men is done perfectly well by women. Women are no longer looked down in society. As the changes in their social role, women’s position in the family has been improved as well. That is hard to find the wife is busy while the husband is sitting in an armchair, watches TV. Though there are a lot of changes, the great number of men still guard their rights. Sometimes few women are allowing to attend important meetings. This is the problem we should try to solve it now.

近年来中学校园里的早恋现象越来越严重。假如你是李华，打算给当地一家报纸的编辑写一封信，反映这一现象。要点如下：

注意：1. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
2. 词数：100字左右。 3. 开头已经写好，不计入总次数。
参考词汇：早恋：puppy love   不成熟：immature
Dear Editor,
I am writing to raise public concern over puppy love in high school. _______________Yours,
Li Hua