河南省许昌市西校高三第一次联考英语卷

阅读下面的短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。  
In the early 1800’s, a boy named John lived in an orphanage (孤儿院) with several other children．Every day was   36   working and Christmas was the one day of the year   37   the children did not work and received a gift — an orange．The children   38   it so much that they kept it for weeks, and even   39  — smelling it,   40   it and loving it．Usually they tried to preserve it for so   41  that it often went bad before they ate it.
This year John knew he would soon be   42   enough to leave．He would save the orange until his birthday in July．If he preserved it   43  , he might be able to eat it on his birthday．
Christmas day finally came．The children were so   44   as they entered the dining hall．In his excitement, John knocked over something, causing a big    45 ．Immediately the master shouted, “John, leave the hall and there will be no orange for you.” John's heart   46  ．He turned and ran back to the   47   room so that the children wouldn’t see his tears．
Then he heard the door open and the children entered．Little Elizabeth with a  48    on her face held out her small hands．“Here John,” she said, “this is for you.” As John   49   his head, he saw a big juicy   50   all peeled and quartered … Each child had sacrificed(舍弃) their own orange by   51  a quarter and had created a big, beautiful orange for him．
John never forgot the sharing, love and personal   52   his friends had shown him that Christmas day．  53   that day, after he became rich, every year he   54  send oranges all over the world to children everywhere．His   55  was that no child would ever spend Christmas without a special Christmas fruit! 

A．forced B．wasted C．taken D．spent

A．that B．when C．while D．which

A．needed B．wanted C．valued D．liked

A．months B．days C．years D．seasons

A．tasting B．watching C．pressing D．touching

A．much B．soon C．long D．far

A．old B．strong C．tall D．experienced

A．seriously B．carefully C．secretly D．softly

A．nervous B．excited C．pleasant D．eager

A．cry B．disappointment C．surprise D．noise

A．jumped B．stopped C．broke D．settled

A．cold B．small C．old D．lonely

A．look B．tear C．surprise D．smile

A．shook B．lifted C．put D．turned

A．gift B．surprise C．orange D．wonder

A．sharing B．breaking C．eating D．taking

A．feelings B．affairs C．relation D．sacrifice

A．In return for B．In case of C．In memory of D．In search of

A．must B．would C．might D．should

A．desire B．idea C．care D．thought

----I am sorry to have been so rude to you.
----____________.

----I heard that as many as 24 people were killed in the big fire.
----Yes,        news came as          surprise to us.

There are         few problems left         I believe you can deal with them yourself．

Why don’t you bring ______ to his attention that you are too busy to do it?

----How long can I keep the book?
----A week．You _____to return it by Monday．

The second half of his voyage was __________ dangerous part, during which he sailed round the Cape Horn.

---- How long do you suppose it is ________he arrived here?
-----No more than half a week.

Although the old lady has a daughter and two sons ,______ live with her．

As days go on, I think that Beijing will become ______ the whole world pay close attention to.

The bank could        us with $100,000 for the house．Why don’t we buy it?

It is difficult for us to           conversation with all this noise around us.

．QQ,       you can chat with your friends, makes communication easy.

----We need a person very much to think up such an idea．
----_________ the new manger have a try?

--- When did you come back?
---- An hour ago．You     the computer games.

This is the only way we can imagine           him out of his foolish plan.

American magician David Blaine left the glass box in which he had lived for 44 days without food on October 19．2003．Hundreds of people came to watch the end of his starvation experiment, which has become one of London’s main tourist attractions.
Looking thinner and darker, 30-year-old Blaine was taken out of his box over the River Thames and immediately went to hospital．He was then slowly reintroduced to food, a process doctors say could be life threatening．He had been drinking only water since September 5.
A native of Brooklyn, New York, Blaine first became known as a street magician in the early 1990s．He soon found himself doing magic tricks in bars for the likes of American actor Leonardo DiCaprio and his super model friends.
Over the last decade Blaine has become famous with a combination of breathtaking magic and clever tricks aimed at getting a lot of attention.
In 1999, he was buried in a coffin(棺材) for one week and, in 2000, he spent 62 hours in a giant block of ice．Last year he stood on top of a 25-meter pillar(柱子) in the center of New York for 35 hours before jumping into a pile of boxes.
“I think a lot of people are unable to accept that they’re able to do what they can do,” he said．“They don’t realize we can survive．The human being is an amazing creation.” But he seems to have suffered from spending so long in the glass box．He said that at times he was unable to see, had serious back pains and lost his sense of taste.
It is __________ for David Blaine to eat food after such a long starvation.

Having spent such a long time in the glass box, he suffered the following EXCEPT that __________.

Which of the following can best describe David Blaine?

Which of the following is NOT true of David Blaine?

It is well known that the Japanese people’s love of fish is almost as a bee’s interest in honey．As fish populations were decreasing, fishing companies were forced to fish further and further away from the shore．Then they had a big challenge－how to keep the fish fresh for longer．So they decided to keep the fish stored in freezers on the boats．But the public did not like frozen fish．So again the fishing companies had a new bigger challenge．What they decided to do was to have fish tanks on their boats．After catching fishes, they would put them in the tanks and keep them living there until they got back to shore．But in this protected environment, lacking predators (掠食者)，the fish stopped moving around．The Japanese public felt these dull fish did not taste fresh, which had an unpleasant effect upon sales．Once again the fishing companies had an even bigger challenge
Stop for a minute! Before we go any further, I would like to ask “What are your challenges? How do you handle an unexpected challenge?” May I think it this way that you should try to attack your challenges? Conquer（战胜） them with a Swiss army knife．Take the most proper and simple tool that you can adopt to deal with your situation.
Now back to our story．How did the Japanese finally figure out the fresh fish problem？Sharks! You might think the same．Sharks were caught and put into the tanks with other fishes．Don’t sharks eat fish? Well, they do eat a few fish, but they did also keep more fish active and alert (警觉的)．The fish stay fresh because they are challenged.
Now, try to keep yourself fresh by finding your own shark to offer yourself a challenge in your own business and career.
The main reason for the fishing company to fish in the far sea was that         .

From the text we can learn that           .

The underlined part of the last paragraph means “            .”

The purpose for the author to write the passage is to        .

On April 24^th, another natural disaster—the oil spill(泄露) in the Gulf of Mexico, happened．Millions of dollars have been used to help stop the spill and to clean up the animals, beaches, and land spoiled by the oil．Unfortunately, when many of these chemicals are used, more damage is caused to the environment, especially to lives in the sea．
But governments seem to accept the risk of transporting millions of tons of oil by ship every day so that we can fill up our cars and drive around and cause even more environmental damage．Interestingly, the biggest companies in the world produce cars, and the next biggest supply the gasoline to make them run.
Of all of today's environmental disasters, an oil spill may actually be one of the least serious．Although oil is poisonous, it is a natural material．In the end, it breaks down naturally．In 1967 the tanker Torrey Canyon sank off the Scilly Isles near the coast of England and spilled 120,000 tons of oil into the ocean．If you go there today, you will find it hard to see any sign that it ever happened．      
However, we should be thinking more about reducing our dependency on oil．Governments should be encouraging research into new technologies, such as cars run by solar power（太阳能）, electricity, hydrogen, and so on．Much of this research, in the past, was stopped by the oil, gas, and coal．
If the world's millions of cars were 10% more efficient（高效的）,we would need many fewer tankers crossing the oceans each year．If this happened, the risks of oil spills would be reduced, and the air we breathe would be cleaner and fresher, too．
What is the passage mainly talking about?

How does the author support the idea that oil spills are not as serious as people believe?

Which suggestion is made for reducing oil tank accidents according to the passage?

Where can you read this article?

A new study has found no evidence that sunscreen, commonly used to reduce the risk of skin cancer, actually increases the risk.
Researchers from the University of Iowa based their findings on a review of 18 earlier studies that looked at the association between sunscreen use and melanoma (黑素瘤)．They said that they found faults in studies that had reported associations between sunscreen use and higher risk of melanoma.
Most health experts believe that by protecting the skin from the harmful effects of the sun, sunscreen helps prevent skin cancer, which is increasing in incidence (发生率) faster than any other cancer in the United States.
But questions has been raised about sunscreen and whether it may has opposite effect, perhaps by allowing people to remain exposed to the sun longer without burning.
The researchers said that among the problems with some earlier studies is that they often failed to take into account that those people most at risk for skin cancer--- people with fair skin and freckles (雀斑), for example--- are more likely to use sunscreen．As a result, it may appear that sunscreen users get cancer more often.
The studies, which generally relied on volunteers to recall their sunscreen use, were also unable to prove how well the products had been applied, said the new study.
People with fair skin and freckles         .

We can learn from the passage that         .

Which of the following can be the best title for this passage?

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。  
       
Home can be a great place for children to study．It’s important to provide a workspace of their own where they can read books or just write a letter to their friends．  
●  Location （位置）  
    Kitchen and dining room are not so well suite for regular study, since books and pens get in the way of the day-to-day uses of those areas．Set up a place where a child can settle in and leave papers and pens at hand without having to clear everything away each night．For a child that likes being alone, set aside a corner of his bedroom, but keep it separate from things like games, music and other hobbies not related to studying．  
●   Keeping Things in Order  
Parents should encourage their child to spread out, but to leave it neat and orderly when he isn’t using his workspace．Ownership is very important for self-respect      The workplace should be personal, but not another part of the playroom．  
●  ___  
Encourage the whole family to help build a supportive environment that children need for success in school．Give them a good example of how to deal with problems, how to manage time and get things done in the right way．   Study will be more enjoyable and effective when supported by the whole family． 

E．Hold a can-do attitude and your child will follow your example.
F．Setting up a space in a common area of your home can be a good idea for children．
G．A child who learns to organize his space will carry organization into every corner of his life．  

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。  
增加：在缺词处加一个漏子符号（/\），并在其下面写出该加的词。  
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。  
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。  
注意：
1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；  
2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。  
Walter's goa1 in life was become a successfully doctor．He knew he had to finish high school first, so he put his heart into his study—in particular, biology, chemistry, and maths．Because he worked hard at these subjects, Walter became good at it．However, Walter forgot that he needed to master some other subjects besides those he had been chosen．As a result, Walter fails both English and Latin in the end of the second school year．But he had to repeat these subjects and he was almost unable to graduate as planning．Walter learned good lesson.