[河北]2013届河北石家庄高三二模英语卷

—Oh, let’s go to that restaurant right now for lunch!
—______ They serve food 24 hours a day.

He didn’t make ______ at all in yesterday’s negotiation. What happened to him?

You’d better ______ your flight reservation at the latest 3 days in advance.

—How do you like ______ movie Finding Mr. Right?
—Fantastic! I haven’t seen ______ better one recently.

We are so tired. ______ we could take the day off tomorrow!

All we have is 24 precious hours a day and therefore we shall waste ______

The doctor’s dilemma was _____ he should tell the patient the truth.

He ______ it on schedule, but somehow he fell behind.

I ______ for Shanghai this Saturday, so I want to know when the earliest plane ______.

I’m very grateful to my high school teachers, without ______ help I wouldn’t be so excellent.

It is the bus driver who should ______ the safety of the passengers.

This kind of gel pen which ______ smoothly is quite popular with students.

These diagrams are especially helpful when we have a concrete problem ______ at hand.

一"Peter, have you got your new flat furnished?
—Yes. I ______ some used furniture and it was a real bargain.

They are determined to go into the dark cave, ______ my warning of danger.

It was the summer of my freshman year of college. Instead of heading home for a nice long   1  , my friends and I had decided to   2   and take some extra courses. We had   3   the top floor of an old house to live in. My bed was   4    into a stuffy (愁闷的)former laundry room and each night was a new   5   in humidity. Still, it felt   6   to be in my own place for the first time. After the first few weeks,   7   , the thrill faded and   8   set in. I found myself sitting alone each night   9   my home and my parents.
My summer holidays had always been a   10   time. I spent hours playing basketball and swimming. I talked to my Mom while she tended her flowers. I   11   helping my Dad drag firewood for the winter. And every night I sat at a dinner table full of delicious food   12   with love while my family filled the room with the sound of sweet   13  . Now I found myself missing them   14   than ever.
Finally when my   15   were at their lowest, I heard a   16   at the door. I opened it and was   17   to see my parents standing there with big smiles to fill my   18   heart and a box full of food to feed my hungry friends. We spent the afternoon eating   19   , and just being together. It felt so good, and I felt so loved.
Victor Hugo wrote that, “The supreme happiness of life is the   20   that one is loved; loved for oneself, or better yet, loved despite oneself.” It was that gift of happiness that my parents gave me that afternoon and every day of my life.

A．journey B．term C．break D．way

A．leave B．stay C．relax D．travel

A．rented B．bought C．painted D．repaired

A．made B．changed C．jammed D．hidden

A．wish B．pleasure C．experiment D．adventure

A．exciting B．boring C．astonishing D．moving

A．anyway B．though C．therefore D．instead

A．headache B．loneliness C．satisfaction D．homesickness

A．forgetting about B．relying on C．thinking of D．referring to

A．special B．terrible C．specific D．difficult

A．gave up B．had trouble in C．put off D．took pride in

A．frozen B．prepared C．tasted D．kept

A．laughter B．scream C．whistle D．sigh

A．less B．more C．worse D．better

A．minds B．dreams C．spirits D．thoughts

A．kick B．hit C．crash D．knock

A．disappointed B．surprised C．puzzled D．encouraged

A．hungry B．open C．sick D．gentle

A．making up B．getting up C．catching up D．taking up

A．sign B．chance C．secret D．belief

One day I walked down to get to my car, thinking about what I had to accomplish and scolding myself for being late for work, but surprisingly the car was nowhere to be found.
This was at 8 a.m. in the morning. I made trips to all the towing places and police stations, all the time thinking that it was towed (拖走）by cops (巡警).By around 10 a.m., the cops decided that it was actually stolen. After filing a report with them, I finally got to work thinking how my day was completely messed up.
Later in the day I went to pick up a rental car at Enterprise only to realize that my license was missing, too, along with my car. I told the enterprise guy the whole story and he offered to take me to the closest DMV and get a duplicate (副本) license. 1 was totally shocked. I did not know why this complete stranger would want to take some time off his day to help me. He actually took me to DMV, got a duplicate and then rented me a car. I was upset the whole day because of the events happening to me but somehow this simple act of kindness from a complete stranger made it all worth it. It cheered me up and made me forget all the troubles of the day. I was so moved by this kind act that the next day I made sure someone else got a similar surprise. I took some smiley shaped chocolates and left them on some of my colleagues’ desks.
There is still a lot of goodness out there in the world. We just need to take the time to notice it. I hope that this story would inspire many others like me to do more acts of kindness.
The moment the author found the car missing, he thought ______.

We can infer that DMV is ______.

Why did the author put some chocolates on his colleagues’ desks?

The author writes about his experience ______.

Legends about the development of coffee are varied and interesting, involving chance occurrences, political tricks, and the pursuit of wealth and power.
According to one story, a sheepherder named Kaldi, as he tended his sheep, noticed the effect of coffee beans. He noticed that the sheep became excited after eating the red “cherries" from a certain plant when they changed pastures (牧场). He tried it himself, and was soon as overactive as his sheep. Another story relates that a monk happened to discover that this fruit from the shiny green plant could help him stay awake.
Another legend gives us the name for coffee, “mocha”. Omar, an Arabian was thrown to the desert with his followers to die of starvation. In desperation, Omar had his friends boil and eat the fruit from an unknown plant. Not only did the soup save the group, but the residents of the nearest town, Mocha, took their survival as a religious sign. The plant and its beverage (饮料) were named Mocha to honor this event.
Coffee was introduced much later to countries beyond Arabia, whose inhabitants believed it to be a tasty thing and guarded its secret as if they were top secret military plans. The government forbade transportation of the plant out of the Moslem nations. The actual spread of coffee was started illegally. One Arab named Baba Budan smuggled (走私) beans to some mountains near Mysore, India, and started a farm there. Early in this century, some of those original plants were found still growing fruitfully in the region.
Coffee today is grown and enjoyed worldwide, and is one of the few crops that small farmers in third-world countries can profitably export.
What does the second paragraph mainly talk about?

Which of the following involves political tricks?

Mocha is originally the name of ______.

What can be the best title for the text?

Dieters' who eat meals high in protein might lose a bit more weight than those who get less protein and more carbohydrates (碳水化合物)一all other things being equal, a new analysis of past studies suggests. Researchers found that over an average of 12 weeks, people having a high一protein diet lost about 1.8 extra pounds, and more body fat, than those having a standard-protein diet.
Wycherley from the University of South" Australia in Adelaide, the lead author on the study says it’s possible that the body may spend more energy and bum more calories while dealing with protein, compared to carbohydrates. Another explanation for the link his team observed is that eating protein helps preserve muscle mass and muscle mass bums more calories, even when the body is resting, than other types of mass. He says people in the studies tend to get protein from a variety of animal and vegetable sources. Vegetable sources of protein include beans.
It is not obvious why a higher protein-to-carbohydrate ratio might help people lose more pounds——and one obesity researcher not involved in the new analysis questioned whether the trials were strong enough to make that conclusion. “The studies are generally far too short to tell effect,” Dr. James Levine from the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Arizona, told Reuters Health in an e-mail. But given the limitations of the present evidence, Levine said, “It makes no real difference which of the weight-loss ways one chooses.”
According to Wycherley’s analysis, dieters should take in more ______.

What can we learn from the studies?

What is Levine’s attitude towards the conclusion of the studies?

In many African countries, the care of orphans has been mainly led by foreign donor organizations. However, Sister Florence has changed all that. Using her own resources, Sister Florence is leading the work of raising orphans from different backgrounds. Sister Florence Wanjala’s biggest motivation to start the orphan program was when she saw a little boy whose parents had died. The boy was living with a cruel grandparent and he would visit the grave of his mother, crying for support. Sister Wanjala wanted to give a helping hand and give him hope. From that time, she started feeling the call to help a larger number of orphans.
She opened an office with a few friends and coordinated (协调)a program to help the orphans. All the registrations were done in the office and the program so far has 8000 children. Sister Wanjala said, “My dream is to help the orphan to live a holistic (完整)life and be a good Kenyan citizen to help this country. Many people think that the way to support orphans is to put them in an institution. Others support them up to the age of eighteen, but here, we do it very differently.” For Sister Wanjala, putting a child in an institution is normally her last choice. She prefers the orphans to live in a foster home.
She said, “I’m so encouraged and happy to see the orphans succeeding. When they come first or second in class, it shows how the program has helped them, and that’s encouraging to me as I continue to coordinate the program.” Through her charity work, more than 1000 orphans have been able to find a home. Sister Wanjala, as a mother, takes care of her own family.
What inspired Sister Wanjala to start the orphan program?

Sister Wanjala opened an office mainly to ______.

What does the underlined sentence probably mean?

What can we learn from the text?

I always reflect on what happened in my life. I think this is important—to appreciate our wins, losses, new passions, insights, etc.             Here are some tips for you on reflection.
1. Focus on the process and not the outcome.
This thought was beautifully summed up by Srikumar Rao. He explains how we fail because
we focus our energies on the outcome rather than the- process itself. When a child learns to walk, she never focuses on the outcome but on the process.
2. Failure is a lead not a stop sign.
When you hit a wall and things don’t turn up the way they are intended, no one is saying to you, “This is where you stop because you failed”. If you do, you are reading the wrong information. Failure tells us, “             Try another method.”
3. Happiness is not the destination but the journey.
We think that happiness is a result that comes after having acquired or achieved something we don’t have. This is not quite right.             It’s about stepping back and enjoying the ride rather than expecting it at your destination point.
4. Wisdom comes from the balance between your knowledge and your heart.
Let your heart talk more; it’s wiser than you think. You can be as knowledgeable and clever as one can be.            Wisdom is really having reached a stage where you balance all your knowledge with your heart.
5. Gratitude is the energy-drink of the soul.
Say thank you to the universe every morning. Appreciation can lift your soul from anxiety which weighs you down. Try it out.             It will help you appreciate life with more depth and perspective.

E. Not reflecting on our lives and experiences is a wasted chance for growth.
F. Happiness means achieving your goals and getting what you want.
G. But if your mind doesn’t go with your heart, you are losing energy in internal conflicts.

Li Yue and Zhang Hua went to︿nursing home and did some voluntary work on May Day. At their arrival, they were warm welcomed. They presented the elderly people with flowers and fruits. Then, they started working at once, cleaning the windows and swept the floor. Everything done, they sit in the yard chatting with the elderly. When it was time for the volunteer to leave, the elderly thanked them for their kindness. Li Yue and Zhang Hua were very happy because of what they did bring joy to others. It also enriched our own experience. They made a promise which they would come again to see the elderly whenever they were free.

假定你是中学生李华，你的美国笔友Paul想了解一下中国的用餐习俗。请写一封英文邮件向他作简要介绍。要点如下：
1. 主人请客人先人座；
2. 使用筷子进餐；
3. 吃饭不出声响;.
4. 客人先动筷子；
5. 餐毕客人向主人致谢。
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Paul,
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
Yours truly,
Li Hua