吉林省长春市十一高中高三上学期期中考试英语卷

I think exercise is the ideal way to relieve ______ after a hard day.

Steven’s exam results put him ______ the top ten students in his grade.

—Ring me at six tomorrow morning, will you?
—Why that early? I ______.

You have a big mouth, Tom. You ______ have told everybody the secret.

––Have you seen your aunt lately?
––Yes, in fact I saw her yesterday. I ______ her for several months.

The traffic problems we are looking forward to seeing ______ have attracted the government’s attention.

Christmas Day is usually celebrated on December 25^th_________ the birth of Jesus Christ.

The wet weather will continue tomorrow, when a cold front_____ to arrive.

His disabled legs _______ him to a wheelchair all his life.

Don’t always think you are _______ to the others; in fact, you are just an ordinary person.

I’m really ________ this weather – why can’t it be sunny for a change?

The Wenchuan earthquake in 2008 is believed ______ more than 90,000 people and made thousands homeless, _________ it perhaps the most destroying earthquake in history.

Washing machines made by China have won_______ worldwide attention and Hairer has become__________ popular name.

The best job is _______ which uses your skill in doing something together with your interest in the subject.

--- I’m sorry I can’t go to your party tonight.
--- _________? Haven’t we agreed on it?

When high school started, Becky and I became best friends. We __36__ many interests and quickly became inseparable. When high school ended, we both cried __37__ we would attend different colleges in the fall.
Our first term of university life was __38__. We had a huge telephone bill and our e-mails were incredibly long. In the second term I found some new friends with whom I felt very __39__. These were friends with whom I could be myself and __40__ out my feelings. I was eager to share my new friends with Becky.
When Becky finally visited me at my school, we were excited. She __41__ a toy bear to me as a present and told me about her college life. However, something unexpected happened when I __42__ her to my new friends. Her eyes grew dark and I could see the __43__ within them. My new friends tried to share their friendship, but Becky seemed __44__ to accept it. I didn’t understand __45__ the people I loved most couldn’t love each other.
Becky left. I knew she was not happy. I thought long about what had happened. After many unanswered questions, I understood that she was __46__. She saw me with my new friends and __47__ that we no longer shared the same experiences. She saw all the fun I was having __48__ her and wished she could be a part of it. She wished she could be in their __49__.
I wrote a letter to Becky __50__ she’s always my best friend. I told her everyone had friends from home and friends from school, and all the friends were indeed life’s greatest __51__. Becky wrote me back soon. She was in __52__ and felt sorry about what she had done.
I think Becky and I both learn an important lesson from it. __53__ can influence our friendship and change the experiences we’ve shared. We are now walking on two different paths of __54__. While new friends are special and exciting, old friends are always there, __55__ to share their heart and soul, no matter how far apart.

A．showed B．developed C．protected D．shared

A．because B．unless C．although D．while

A．modern B．peaceful C．hard D．normal

A．anxious B．comfortable C．familiar D．strange

A．figure B．make C．pour D．hold

A．brought B．returned C．donated D．recommended

A．admitted B．introduced C．mentioned D．referred

A．concern B．doubt C．curiosity D．hurt

A．ashamed B．cautious C．unwilling D．calm

A．how B．why C．that D．whether

A．aggressive B．discouraged C．proud D．jealous

A．regretted B．argued C．promised D．proved

A．for B．from C．without D．across

A．expectation B．position C．reception D．relation

A．recognizing B．predicting C．assuming D．explaining

A．gift B．spirit C．achievement D．sign

A．sympathy B．agreement C．surprise D．confusion

A．Nothing B．Anything C．Something D．Everything

A．success B．happiness C．research D．life

A．choosing B．planning C．waiting D．demanding

I made a promise to myself on the way down to the vacation beach cottage. For two weeks I would try to be a loving husband and father. Totally loving. No ifs, ands or buts.
The idea had come to me as I listened to a talk on my car radio. The speaker was quoting a Biblical passage about husbands and their wives. Then he went on to say, “Love is an act of will. A person can choose to love.” To myself, I had to admit that I had been a selfish husband. Well, for two weeks that would change.
And it did. On arriving at the beach cottage, I kissed Evelyn meeting me at the door and said, “That new yellow sweater looks great on you.” “Oh, Tom, you noticed”, she said, surprised and pleased. Maybe a little puzzled. After the long drive, I wanted to sit and read. Evelyn suggested a walk on the beach. I started to refuse, but then I thought, “Evelyn’s been alone here with the kids all week and now she wants to be alone with me.” We walked on the beach while the children flew their kites.
So it went. Two weeks of not calling the Wall Street firm where I am a director; a visit to the shell museum though I usually hate museums. Relaxed and happy, that’s how the whole vacation passed. I made a new promise to keep on remembering to choose love.
There was one thing that went wrong with my experiment, however. Evelyn and I still laugh about it today. On the last night at our cottage, preparing for bed, Evelyn stared at me with the saddest expression.
“What’s the matter?” I asked her.
“Tom,” she said in a voice filled with distress, “I don’t?”
“What do you mean?”
“Well…that checkup I had several weeks ago…our doctor…did he tell you something about me? Tom, you’ve been so good to me…am I dying?”
It took a moment for it all to be understood. Then I burst out laughing.
“No, honey,” I said, wrapping her in my arms. “You’re not dying; I’m just starting to live.”
From the story we may infer that Tom drove to the beach cottage ______.

During the two weeks on the beach, Tom showed more love to his wife because ______.

The author says, “There was one thing that went wrong with my experiment.” What does “one thing” refer to?

By saying “I’m just starting to live,” Tom means that ______.

Can you believe your eyes? A recent experiment suggests that the answer to that question may depend on your age.
Martin Doherty, a psychologist at the University of Stirling in Scotland, led the team of scientists. In this experiment, Doherty and his team tested the perception(观察力) of some people, using pictures of some orange circles. The researchers showed the same pictures to two groups of people. The first group included 151 children aged 4 to 10, and the second group included 24 adults aged 18 to 25.
The first group of pictures showed two circles alone on a white background. One of the circles was larger than the other, and these people were asked to identify the larger one. Four-year-olds identified the correct circle 79 percent of the time. Adults identified the correct circle 95 percent of the time.
Next, both groups were shown a picture where the orange circles, again of different sizes, were surrounded by gray circles. Here’s where the trick lies in. In some of the pictures, the smaller orange circle was surrounded by even smaller gray circles — making the orange circle appear larger than the other orange circle, which was the real larger one. And the larger orange circle was surrounded by even bigger gray circles — so it appeared to be smaller than the real smaller orange circle.
When young children aged 4 to 6 looked at these tricky pictures, they weren’t fooled — they were still able to find the bigger circle with roughly the same accuracy as before. Older children and adults, on the other hand, did not do as well. Older children often identified the smaller circle as the larger one, and adults got it wrong most of the time.
As children get older, Doherty said, their brains may develop the ability to identify visual context. In other words, they will begin to process the whole picture at once: the tricky gray circles, as well as the orange circle in the middle. As a result, they’re more likely to fall for this kind of visual trick.
Doherty and his team of scientists did an experiment to evaluate        .

When asked to find the larger circle,         .

Visual context may work when children get older than        .

Why are younger children not fooled?

The HOPE IS A GAME-CHANGER PROJECT will deliver unbreakable soccer balls to kids who, all too often, see things horrible, broken and not survive the simplest of circumstances. The project started taking form well before anyone knew where it would lead –which is to test the power of like-minded people working together to turn inspiration into action.
Four years ago Bobby was in Rwanda offering help to the people there and taking photos of a child soldier named Moise with his “soccer ball”，which was a pile of rubbish tied together with a string. This “ball” was the only thing Moise could call his own --- no family, no home, no place to go. Forced to fight in the Congo and having killed three people at the unbearably young age of seven, the boy’s spirit was broken. And Bobby knew, as he took one photo after the next, that he’d never forget him. In fact, he returned the following year to tell Moise he had stayed deep within his heart ---but he was gone.
I recently helped Bobby launch his new book The Power of the Invisible Sun which features a photo of Moise, his ball, and kids from war-torn areas around the world. All of his earnings go towards the HOPE IS A GAME-CHANGER PROJECT for the kids he visited over the past decade. They caught the emotional landscape from heartbreak to joy, but share the undeniable longing for recovery and hope.
Bobby and I share the unchangeable belief that delivering hope is really a game-changer, especially to a child. We believe that each indestructible ball will come to represent a lasting symbol of hope. A light no matter how small---The Power of the Invisible Sun.
This holiday season, I ask you to think about whether you are doing enough to help someone else in the world. Or as Bobby likes to put it, consider “taking a concrete baby step”, which added together, can create transformational change. It’s my great hope that the HOPE IS A GAME-CHANGER PROJECT will change the lives of children the world over --- one book, one ball at a time.
In the first sentence of the passage, the writer implies that        .

The purpose of The HOPEIS A GAME-CHANGER PROJECT is to      .

Which of the following about Bobby’s new book is TRUE?

The underlined part in the last paragraph probably means        .

   Winter’s short days are more than cold. For many people, winter depression, the most common type of Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), is as much a part of the season as hats and scarves.
Winter serious SAD sufferers may need medical treatment. Those feeling a little depressed can help themselves by sticking to a healthy lifestyle. Here are some tips:
Pace yourself. Don’t expect to do everything you normally can. Set a realistic schedule. Don’t listen to negative thinking, like blaming yourself or expecting to fail.
Get involved in activities that make you feel good or feel like you’ve achieved something. For example, play table tennis or badminton.
If you are feeling depressed, you may feel like staying away from friends. Yet this is a time when friends’ support can be helpful. Call them regularly. Remember, the more we put off calling or visiting a friend, the harder it is to rebuild a friendship.
Think clearly about what’s wrong or right. Instead of giving in to vague(含糊的) feelings of sadness, look at your problems objectively. Break down problems into specific issues that you can work on.
Regular exercise helps to prevent and ease depression.
Eat well. Studies show that a healthy diet can help to maintain a healthy body and mind. The vitamins, minerals and micro-nutrients found in a balanced diet may help our bodies to produce feel-good hormones. Foods containing chemicals to help produce feel-good hormones include bananas, turkey, nuts and seeds. Eat at least five pieces of fruit and vegetables every day.
P.S. Symptoms of SAD:
No interests or pleasure in things you used to enjoy
Increased need for sleep
A change in eating habits, especially an appetite for sweet or starchy (含淀粉的) foods
Weight gain
A heavy feeling in the arms or legs
A drop in energy level
Difficulty in concentrating
Overly emotional
Avoidance of friends and social situations
Frequent feelings of guilt
Long-term feelings of hopelessness, and physical problems, such as headaches
The writer of the passage agrees that     .

When we pace ourselves, we     .

The passage includes the following EXCEPT     .

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。
The word addiction usually makes you think of alcohol or drugs.          Some people are compulsive (难以自制的) shoppers. Others find it impossible to pull themselves away from their work. Still others spend countless hours watching TV or playing computer games.
       Many people enjoy going to malls or stores more and more every day, but it’s more than a common hobby for some of them. They have turned into shopaholics. They are people who simply enjoy shopping and walking around spending money without being able to stop doing it. They are hooked on shopping and usually buy things that they don’t need. Even though they don’t have enough money, they buy everything they want.
The question is: why do they have this addiction? There isn’t a specific answer. Some people go shopping when they are sad, worried, upset or lonely and they want to feel better. They use this activity as a way to forget their problems. Shopaholics say that they feel more important and better after they buy something.         
Shopaholism seems to be a harmless addiction, but it can bring out problems. Some of them can be psychological. If this is the case, people addicted to shopping should go to a support group to help them break this habit. However, the process, like for most addictions, is long, and they suffer a lot.         They just think about satisfying their feelings, so they spend money they don’t have.       

E. People addicted to computer games consider the games as great ways to amuse themselves.
F. They get deep in debt, and they can even go bankrupt(破产) and get sent to prison.
G. It can also cause financial problems.

在下面的短文中只有10处错误，请找出，多出的（从第11处起）不给分。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧），并在此符号下面写出该加的词
删除：把多余词用（﹨）划掉
修改：在错词下划一横线，并在该词下写出修改后的词
Half a year before I went abroad for further study.   I received a lot of present. All were wrapped in color paper.  Among them were two presents which were really interested me. My sister buy me a book with color pictures about body language and with words about customs of different countries in them. My brother gave me a note, which read, “My present has put in your bedroom.” While I  hurried into my bedroom, I found a box in it. Open  the box, I got a pocket computer. I was very glad. I understood these two presents would help me using body language to communicate people and improve my English.       

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1．对所给要点，逐一陈述，适当发挥，不要简单翻译。
2．词数120左右。开头已经写好，不计入总词数。
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Since the Copenhagen Climate Conference, carrying out low carbon common & living a low carbon life has been a hot topic. Recently