广东省普宁侨中高一下学期期中考试试题（英语）

第二部分：英语知识及运用（共两节，满分35分)
第一节：完形填空（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分)       
阅读下面短文， 从短文后所给各题的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。
San Francisco is a big city which lies in the west of the United States very near the Pacific, where two earth’s plates (板块)often meet and jump. So earthquake is a  21         word to hear there. It is recorded that at least  22        big earthquakes have happened in San Francisco since the beginning of the _23         century. One happened in 1906, the other in 1989.
The second worst earthquake _24       _ San Francisco on the evening of October 17, 1989, when people were traveling to their   25      . A wide and busy overhead road fell onto the one  _26      _.  Many people were killed in their cars. A few  27      ones were not hurt, but many thousands became   28        . A large number of weak buildings didn’t  _    29      in the quake and the  30       electricity was cut off for several days, too.                 
21. A. terrible              B. sad                   C. usual                D. funny
22. A. two                   B. three                 C. four                  D. five
23. A. 17th                   B.18th                   C. 19th                  D 20th
24. A. shook                B. felt                  C. discovered         D. moved
25. A. offices                B. homes               C. factories            D. schools
26. A. above                B. nearby                     C. below               D. round
27. A. young                B. tall                   C. strong               D. lucky
28. A. homeless             B. jobless                     C. friendless          D. childless
29. A. put up                B. go up                      C. stay up              D. turn up
30. A. company’s          B. school’s             C. country’s           D. city’s

第二节 语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，根据上下文填入适当的词语，或使用括号中的词语的适当
形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡上标号为31~40的相应位置。
Good afternoon, principal, teachers and all students．It is my   31      to be here to give a talk to all of you．I have studied in this school for five years．In these five years, I learned one precious thing important not only to me  32       to all of you here, and it is “reading”．I can always gain knowledge from reading．Reading doesn’t not  33       up a lot of time but I gain a lot．Now I would like to share my reading experiences with you．
I once read a book Rare Air: Michael on Michael  34       by the greatest basketball player in the history, Michael Jordan．While we envy his great achievement in the basketball and business aspects, few of us focus on his spirit of persistence．In the book, he talks about his experience of how he walks on the   35       of success．In order to join the NBA, he put in every effort to strengthen his muscle, to improve his skills  36      training hard．Because of his efforts, he successfully entered the NBA．
However, he did not stop his training．   37         , the training was even stricter,        38          prepared him to deny the statement released by the public, ‘Michael is a weak guy!’ While the criticism against him diminished（减弱；变小）, he worked even harder to achieve his next goal — the championship of the NBA．Finally, he succeeded．
People honor Michael as ‘God of basketball’ not only for his great basketball skills, but mainly for his spirit of persistence．While we admire his spirit, we can follow his spirit as well．Michael should be our example; we ought to learn from him．As long as we work hard,    39        is impossible．Bear in mind that all of you have the same quality．Nobody is born wise．Putting in effort is the only but effective way to advancement．My fellow schoolmates, before I go, I would like to encourage all of you that we should work as hard as we  40      ．When you grow up, you may be the one who is admired by the community．My fellow schoolmates, let’s work hard together! Work for our future! Thank you．

第三部分：阅读（共两节，满分40分)
阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）           
阅读下列短文，每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，
并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
The phone is ringing at the other end of the line and it clicks as it is being answered．A voice says quickly, “Hello, will you hold, please?” then there is another click, followed by silence．It seems like hours before someone comes back on the line — that is, if you don’t hang up first．
Office calls are, perhaps, the most difficult and the most important part of a secretary’s work．The first impression that a client（顾客）receives about a business is often through a telephone contact．A caller who is left hanging on “hold” will get the feeling that he or she has been forgotten or ignored．If a call is answered rudely, the caller may become angry．And if the call is not routed directly to the right person, the caller may feel that he or she is getting the “run-around”．
Laura Needham is a secretary in the executive offices of a large manufacturing company．As a good office secretary, Laura knows that all phone calls must be answered quickly and handled efficiently．She knows that a secretary must be pleasant and helpful, no matter how busy she is or what kind of mood she may be in．she knows she must keep calm if a caller gets impatient or becomes angry; also, of course, she knows she can never allow herself to lose her temper．If she does not have the information the caller asks for, she must know who does have the information．Finally, she knows that one of her most important responsibilities is to “screen” telephone calls and to know which calls to refer to her boss, which calls to refer to other people, and which calls to handle herself．
A well-handled telephone call will give the caller a good impression of the company he or she is dealing with．For this reason, an office secretary who can handle telephone calls cheerfully, tactfully（机敏）, and efficiently is a valuable asset（财富）to any organization．
1．The underlined phrase “run-around” probably means __________________.
A．a strange experience                          B．a flat refusal
C．a not-so-warm welcome                       D．a cold response
2．Laura knows quite well that a secretary must be______________________.
A．quick and busy                       
B．pleasant and helpful  
C．calm and patient                    
D．both B and C
3．The underlined word “screen”  means __________________.
A．give an answer to                      
B．show something on a piece of cloth
C．separate things of one sort from those of another  
D．watch something on the screen
4．According to this passage a secretary can never be a good one unless she ________.
A．knows how to please her clients(委托人)
B．often asks her boss how to deal with telephone calls
C．has the information her clients need   
D．can keep calm and never loses her temper
5．This passage is mainly about __________________.
A．well-handled telephone calls          
B．the importance of handling office calls
C．a good secretary called Laura Needham 
D．a secretary being a valuable asset to her company

Among rich countries, people in the United States work the longest hours.  They work much longer than in Europe. This difference is quite surprising because productivity per hour worked is the same in the United States as it is in France, Spain and Germany, and it is growing at a similar speed.
In most countries and at most times in history, as people have become richer they have chosen to work less. In other words, they have decided to “spend” a part of their extra income on a fuller personal life. Over the last fifty years Europeans have continued this pattern, and hours of  work have fallen sharply. But not in the United States. We do not fully know why this is. One reason may be greatly lower taxes in America, which increase the rewards（回报）to work.
Another may be more satisfying work, or less satisfying personal lives.
Longer hours do of course increase the GDP(国民生产总值). So the United States has produced more per worker than, say, France. The United States also has more of its people at work, while in France many more mothers and older workers have decided to stay at home. The overall result is that American GDP per head is 40% higher than in France, even though productivity per hour worked is the same.
It is not clear which of the two situations is better.  As we have seen, work has to be compared with other values like family life, which often get lost in its interest. It is too early to explain the different trends(趋势) in happiness over time in different countries. But it is a disappointing idea that in the United States happiness has made no progress since 1975, while it has risen in Europe. Could this have anything to do with trends in the work-life balance (平衡)？
1. From the text we know that the author_________.
A. believes that longer working hours is better
B. prefers shorter working hours to longer ones
C. says nothing certain about which pattern is better
D. thinks neither of the patterns is good
2. Which of the following countries has more of its people at work?
A. Spain.                                                        B. France.       
C. Germany.                                                    D. America.
3. In the last paragraph, the underlined word “which” refers to ________.
A. family life                                            B. situations      
C. other values                                                 D. trends
4. What message can we get from the text?
A. The GDP of Europe is higher than that of America.
B. Two possible reasons are given for working longer hours in the US.
C. People all over the world choose to work less when they are richer.
D. Americans are happier than Europeans.
5. Which of the following would be the best title for the text？
A. Americans and Europeans                      B. Staying at Home 
C. Work and Productivity                                  D. Work and Happiness

So much to do, so little time．So much information, so little time to read．In this age, there is more information than ever before．There is not enough time to read everything we want to read．However, you can take in and understand more information in shorter time through speed-reading．This article will not make you read 3,000 words per minute, but it will show you how to increase your speed greatly．You will also learn the basic techniques of speed reading, along with the dos and don'ts of speed-reading．
When you first learned to read, you would say the word out loud and sound it out．Then you might whisper the word because people can become annoyed when you read aloud．The stage you are now at is saying the word in your head．Most people tend to read this way．Saying the word in your head will cut your reading speed tremendously (极大的)．
How do you calculate your reading speed? The speed is measured by how many words per minute you can read．Get some reading material, preferably （最好；尽可能地）a book．Find out how many words are on the page．Time yourself one minute．Start your timer and start reading．When the timer sounds, stop at once．If you counted 500 words on the page and you read half of the page, then you are probably reading at 250 words per minute．
The first thing about speed-reading is looking at the word and recognizing （辨认）it．Don't say the word in your mind, just look at it and recognize its appearance．Later you will recognize groups of four words or more to increase your speed．This is the first and most important step in speed-reading．
The next step is technique．As with any other skill, speed-reading requires technique．You should first be sitting up straight with your book on a horizontal (水平的) surface, such as a table or desk．Next, you should be able to see the entire page．This is necessary if you want to recognize clumps（结群） of words．Lastly, you should be focused．It's hard to read a lot of noise．Find a quiet place to read．This will help you understand the text．You need something to guide your eyes while reading．Then right, you should use your hand, Remember when you were little, you would read using your finger．That is a great technique, only now you're using your hand to underline each line．Move your finger smoothly across the page．No need  to go rush , start our slow．Keep your eyes focused on words as you recognize them while using your hand as a guide．This will increase your speed．
The third step is practice．Practice makes perfect．Set time intervals(间歇)．Read using different techniques, but make sure you understand what you're reading．
1．Which of the following statements is true according to the text?
A．Now there is limited information than ever before．
B．Now conditions ask people to use less time to know more information．
C．Now people can read what they like．
D．The less you read, the more time you will spend．
2．What is the subject discussed in the text?
A．What speed-reading is．                                                                              
B．Why we need speed-reading．
C．Now it is much information time．
D．People should practice speed-reading in different kinds of ways．
3．Which of the following shows the right way for the speed-reading from the text?
a．Ask for some techniques．
b．Look at many words and recognize them．
c．Practice more．
A.  c, a, b                   B.  c, b, a                   C.  b, a, c                           D.  a, c, b
4．The underlined sentence “you should be focused” in the fifth paragraph means that _________________________．
A．a person should devote his attention to it while reading
B．your feelings will be hurt while reading
C．a person should smooth away difficulties while he reads
D．you should pay attention to your faults while you are reading
5．To speed up your reading, you should_______________________．
A．sit up straight with your book flat and use something to guide your eyes
B．say every word out loud and sound it out
C．know it is necessary to read quickly
D．underline some important words while you say them

第二节: 信息匹配 (共5小题; 每小题2分，满分10分）
阅读下面一篇文章，文章后有七个选项，从A、B、C、D、E、F、G的七个选项中选出五个符合每一段文章主旨大意的选项。
To be a good teacher, you need some of the gifts of a good actor: you must be able to hold the attention and interest of your audience; you must be a clear speaker, with a good strong, pleasing voice which is fully under your control; and you must be able to act what you are teaching, in order to make its meaning clear． (56)__________．
Watch a good teacher, and you will see that he does not sit motionless before his class: he stands the whole time he is teaching; he walks about, using his arms, hands and fingers to help him in his explanations, and his face to express feelings．Listen to him, and you will hear the loudness, the quality and the musical note of his voice always changing according to what he is talking about． (57) _______________．
The fact that a good teacher has some of the gifts of a actor doesn’t mean that he will indeed be able to act well on the stage, for there are very important differences between the teacher’s work and the actor’s．The actor has to speak words which he has learnt by heart; he has to repeat exactly the same words each time he plays a certain part, even his movements and the ways in which he uses his voice are usually fixed beforehand．What he has to do is to make all these carefully learnt words and actions seem natural on the stage． (58)_________________．
A good teacher works in quite a different way．His audience takes an active part in his play: they ask and answer questions, they obey orders, and if they don’t understand something, they say so．The teacher therefore has to suit his act to the needs of his audience, which is his class．He cannot learn his part by heart, but must invent it as he goes along． (59)_________________．
I have known many teachers who were fine actors in class but were unable to take part in a stage play because their brains wouldn’t keep discipline: they could not keep strictly to what another had written． (60)_______________．
A．Characteristics of a good teacher
B．Qualities of a good actor
C．What makes up a good teacher
D．What makes a teacher famous
E．It is not easy for a good teacher to become a good actor．
F．The image（印象）of a good teacher 
G．Duties of a good teacher

第四部分      写作（满分40分）
第一节          基础写作（共1小题；满分15分）
【写作内容】   
请根据以下的情景说明，使用5个规范的英语句子描述全部所给的信息内容。
张华昨晚做了一个梦，梦见自己为北京奥运会做一名志愿者。他充当来自世界各地的运动员及官员的向导兼服务员，给他们指路，为他们递送毛巾（towel）、笔、纸等日常用品，必要时还帮助运动员搬行李；张华同来自世界各国的外国朋友亲切交谈。在交谈中, 张华让外国朋友更多地了解北京和中国。外国朋友感谢他，并且称赞张华的英语说得很好。尽管志愿者工作辛苦，但张华认为很有意义。
【写作要求】   
1. 短文的标题为：张华的一个梦；
2. 短文必须使用5个句子介绍包括以上要点的全部内容，可以适当增减细节。
【评分标准】 
句子结构准确，信息内容完整，篇章结构连贯。

第二节   读写任务（共1小题；满分25分）
阅读下面的短文，然后根据以下的任务和写作要求，写一篇150词以上的
英语短文。
【写作内容】本篇文章叙述的是 “假如我又回到了童年，我就会有各种各样的设想” 这样一个主题。请阅读下面这篇文章后，以约30个词简单扼要地复述这篇文章的基本内容以及本篇文章的主旨大意；然后根据这篇文章所叙述的各种各样的，结合现实生活，以约120词就If I were a boy again, …为标题，谈谈假如你又回到了童年，你的设想又是什么呢？
If I were a boy again, I would practise my perseverance（毅力） more often, and never give up a thing because it was hard or inconvenient. If we want light, we must conquer(战胜)darkness. Perseverance can sometimes equal genius（天赋）in its results. If I were a boy again, I would school myself into a habit of attention; I would let nothing come between me and the subject in hand. I would remember that a good skater never tries to skate in two directions at once. The habit of attention would become part of our life if we began early enough. If I were to live my life over again, I would pay more attention to the cultivation（培养）of the memory. I would strengthen that skill by every possible way, and on every possible occasion. It takes a little hard work at first to remember things accurately; But memory soon helps itself, and gives very little trouble. It only needs early cultivation to become a power.
【写作要求】    
1．作文中可使用自己的亲身经历或虚构的故事，也可以参照阅读材料的内容但不得直接引用原文中的句子； 
2．文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。
【评分标准】  概括准确、语言规范、内容合适，篇章连贯。