[湖北]2013-2014学年湖北部分市级示范高中教学协作体高一上期末考英语卷

A sense of __________ is the basic requirement for people working in the service industry,     such as education and health care.

Not having a good ________ of English can be a serious disadvantage to achieving your goals.

We have made up our minds that we’ll go to Wales for our summer vacation, but we still have not ___________________ when we’re going.

While intelligent people can often ______ the complex, a fool is more likely to make the simple more difficult.

In order to improve your English, you’d better ____________ the important points in your notebook in class.

We should know that we can only reach the top if we are ready to _________ and learn from failure.

While there are some differences in the education systems in many countries in the world, education is __________.

After a month of training, he became __________ to the work as a high-speed train driver.

Many people spoke highly of the plan at the meeting, but _______ I don’t think it is of much practical use.

These people with different personalities could frequently have quarreled, but actually, they spent the year together_______.

A high school history teacher once told us, “If you make one close friend in school, you will be most fortunate. A true friend is someone who stays with you for life.”       teaches that he is right. Good friendship is just not easily    .
It is possible that we simply do not stay in one place long enough for a true friendship to     . However, there can be       disagreement in the need for each of us to think carefully about what kind of friendship we want.
To most of us,      are considered very important, but we need to make it clear in our minds what kind of friendship we want. Are they to be close or       at arm’s length? Do we want to      ourselves or do we want to walk on surface(表面)? For some people, many friendships on the surface are       enough and that’s all right. But at some point we need to make sure that our       are the same as our friends’ expectations. The sharing of      experiences including our tears as well as our dark dreams is the surest way to        friendships. But it must be done slowly and      only if there are signs of interest and action      .
What are some of the     of friendship? The greatest is the attraction to expect too much too soon. Deep relationships      time. Another “main difficulty” is the selfishness to think one “       ” the other, including his time and attention.    , friendships require actions in return. In other words, you must give as       as you take. Finally, there is a question of taking care of. Unless you spend       time together, talking on the phone, writing letters, doing things together, friendships will die      .

A．Knowledge B．Books C．Teachers D．Experience

A．understood B．formed C．realized D．made

A．design B．intend C．develop D．appear

A．no B．any C．not D．some

A．lives B．relationships C．friendships D．classmates

A．taken B．left C．given D．kept

A．own B．share C．think D．suffer

A．that B．very C．quite D．so

A．expectations B．attractions C．choices D．ideas

A．good B．ordinary C．social D．personal

A．prove B．produce C．weaken D．deepen

A．carried through B．carried out C．carried on D．carried away

A．in surprise B．in return C．in turn D．in answer

A．difficulties B．differences C．disadvantages D．advantages

A．cost B．spend C．take D．waste

A．loves B．hates C．plays D．holds

A．differently B．Fortunately C．Similarly D．Regretfully

A．many B．much C．little D．possible

A．reasonable B．comfortable C．spare D．valuable

A．of B．from C．out D．away

Nick Petrels is a doctor in Montreal. He works 60 hours a week. He takes care of 159 patients a week in the hospital and at his office. He’s been a doctor for ten years.
Dr. Petrels gives his patients good medical advice. But he doesn’t just tell his patients what to do. He also sings to them on television! Dr. Petrels has his own TV show. The show is in Italian, English and French. The doctor starts the show with a song and then gives medical advice. He explains a medical problem or disease in simple language. After that, he sings another song.
Dr. Petrels produces and performs in his own show every week. The program is very popular with his patients and with people who enjoy his singing. His dream is to perform in Las Vegas. His favorite songs are love songs, and he has a compact disk of love songs that he wrote. Dr. Petrels says, “I always loved to sing. All my problems are gone when I sing.” But when Dr. Petrels was young, his father didn’t want him to be a singer, so he went to medical school.
Some people tell Dr. Petrels he can help people more as a doctor. But Dr. Petrels says he helps people when he sings, too. “I like to make people smile. Sometimes it’s difficult to make a sick person smile. Medicine and pleasure both try to do the same thing. They try to make people feel good.”
Dr. Petrels works 60 hours a week, because he _______.

Dr. Petrels _______, so he is called a singing doctor.

In his TV show, Dr. Petrel _______.

Dr. Petrels says he likes to _______.

Living in a modern society has its advantages and disadvantages. One disadvantage is that you often have to live closer to other people than you would like to. Sometimes, your neighbors make a  noise that you are not comfortable with.
The best way to solve this problem is to talk with your neighbor first. You should be very polite and ask your neighbor if he knows how thin the walls of your homes are. This way doesn’t criticize (批评) his behavior（行为）; it simply points out that he may not realize how far his sound travels. Tell him that you know that sometimes you make noise as well, but that you do your best to keep it down. Often this will solve the problem right away, but sometimes the neighbor may become angry.
If your neighbor becomes angry with you, there are some more steps you can take. You might write a letter to the neighborhood committee. Make sure you write down the source of the noise and the time in the letter. They will review the situation and decide whether your neighbor is out of line. Some noise is considered to be reasonable, even if it bothers you. So you may prepare a good pair of earplugs (耳塞).
Even if your neighbor makes too much noise, you don’t have to live your life in discomfort. It’s always a good idea to be friendly with your neighbors. You may clean the rubbish in front of his door. He’s sure to appreciate behavior like this and be more open to your suggestions about noise level.
What is the first step to deal with the noisy neighbor?

The underlined word “reasonable” in the third paragraph probably means “____”.

What does the last paragraph mainly talk about?

The author wrote this passage to tell us ____ .

If you do not use your arm or your legs for some time, they become weak; when you start using them again, they slowly become strong again. Everybody knows that. Yet many people do not seem to know that memory works in the same way. When someone says that he has a good memory, he really means that he keeps his memory in practice by using it. When someone else says that his memory is poor, he really means that he does not give it enough chance to become strong. If a friend says that his arms and legs are weak, we know that it is his own fault(过错). But if he tells us that he has a poor memory, many of us think that his parents are to blame(受责备), and few of us know that it is just his own fault. Have you ever found that some people can’t read or write but usually they have better memories? This is because they cannot read or write and they have to remember things; they cannot write down in a little notebook. They have to remember days, names, songs and stories; so their memory is the whole time being exercised. So if you want to have a good memory, learn from the people: Practice remembering.
The main reason for one’s poor memory is that _______.

If you do not use your arms or legs for some time _______.

Some people can’t read or write, but they usually have better memories, because _______.

Which is the best title for this passage?

Britons Learn to Forgive
LEEDS, England—A Leeds University psychology(心理学) professor is teaching a course to help dozens of Britons forgive their enemies.
“The hatred (仇恨) we hold within us is a cancer,” Professor Ken Hart said, adding that holding in anger can lead to problems such as high blood pressure and heart disease.
More than 70 people have become members in Hart’s first 20-week workshop in London—a course he says is the first of its kind in the world.
These are people who are sick and tired of living with a memory. They realize their bitterness is a poison they think they can pour out, but they end up drinking it themselves, said Canadian-born Hart.
The students meet in groups of eight to ten for a two-hour workshop with an adviser every fortnight.
The course ending in July, is expected to get rid of the cancer of hate in these people. “People have lots of negative attitudes towards forgiveness,” he said. “People confuse（混淆） forgiveness with forgetting. Forgiveness means changing from a negative attitude to a positive one.” Hart and his team have created instructions to provide the training needed.
“The main idea is to give you guidelines on how to look at various kinds of angers and how they affect you, and how to change your attitudes towards the person you are angry with, ”said Norman Claringbull, a senior expert on the forgiveness project.
Hart said he believes forgiveness is a skill that can be taught, as these people “want to get free of the past”.
From this passage we know that      .

In Hart’s first 20-week workshop, people there can      .

If you are a member in Hart’s workshop, you’ll      .

The author wrote this passage in order to      .

Chinese parents are very generous when it comes to educating their children. Not caring about the money, parents often send their children to the best schools or even abroad to England, the United States or Australia. They also want their children to take extra-course activities where they will either learn a musical instrument or ballet, or other classes that will give them a head start in life. The Chinese believe that the more expensive an education is, the better it is. So parents will spend an unreasonable amount of money on education. Even poor couples will buy a computer for their son or daughter.
However, what most parents fail to see is that the best early education they can give their children is usually very cheap.
Parents can see that their children’s skills vary, skilled in some areas while poor in others. What most parents fail to realize, though, is that today’s children lack self-respect and self-confidence.
The problem is that parents are only educating their children on how to take multiple-choice tests and how to study well, but parents are not teaching them the most important skills they need to be confident, happy and clever.
Parents can achieve this by teaching practical skills like cooking, sewing and doing other housework.
Teaching a child to cook will improve many of the skills that he will need later in life. Cooking demands patience and time. It is an enjoyable but difficult experience. A good cook always tries to improve his cooking, so he will learn to work hard and gradually finish his job successfully. His result, a well-cooked dinner, will give him much satisfaction and a lot of self-confidence.
Some old machines, such as a broken radio or TV set that you give your child to play with will make him curious and arouse his interest. He will spend hours looking at them,tying to fix them ,your child might become an engineer when he grows up. These activities are not only teaching a child to read a book, but rather to think, to use his mind. And that is more important.
Parents in China according to this passage    .

The writer of the passage does not seem to be satisfied with    .

Doing some cooking at home helps children    .

According to the last paragraph we can conclude that    .

阅读下列各小题，根据汉语提示，用句末括号内的英语单词完成句子，并将答案写在答题卡上的相应题号后。
_________________ most was that there were so many kinds of rare species. （amaze）
最让我惊叹的是有这么多种珍稀物种。
It was the first time that I ___________ the movie, and I fell in love with it at once. (watch)
那是我第一次看这部电影，我一下子就爱上了它。
Animals rights fighters demand that animals_______________ in the same way as human beings.(treat)
动物权利斗士们要求，动物要像人一样被对待。
Jack went to school on foot this morning, because his bike ______________.  (repair)
杰克今天早上步行到校，因为他的自行车在被修理。
This is ___________________that nobody can move it. (so)
这是如此沉重的箱子没人能挪动它。
What’s the name of the tall man ____________?(come)
刚才进来的高个男人叫什么名字？
It was my sister ____________________ to cycle along the Mekong River. (idea)
是我的姐姐最先有沿着湄公河骑行的想法。
To be honest, a lot of people _____________________being rich and famous.(attach)
老实说，许多人认为成名变富很重要。
Only then ______________________ answer violence with violence. (decide)
仅仅那时我们才决定以暴制暴。
Later, they gave performances in pubs or clubs, for ______________ in cash.(pay)
后来，他们到酒馆或俱乐部去表演，这样他们获得了现金收入。

请根据以下提示，并结合事例，用英语写一篇短文。
Failure is the mother of success. What failure to us is what sunshine to the trees.
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②除诗歌外，文体不限；
③文中不得透露个人姓名和学校名称；
④词数为120左右。