辽宁省抚顺市六校联合体高二下学期期末考试英语卷

Late in the afternoon, they arrived at ______ small village ______ north of the West Hill.

–As you may have found, the Chinese language is ______ in idioms and proverbs.
--Yes, I often get ______.

–I hope to go to Beijing with you.
--If so, your holiday arrangement must ______ mine.

In front of the temple _______ which came here to be in search of the wanted person.

The world considers Japan to be the best prepared to deal with an earthquake emergency. _______, the March 11 earthquake, followed by a strong tsunami minutes later, still left thousands of people dead.

It is Jack as well as his wife that is ______ for their son’s bad performance at school.

–Do you think they have as many books as they’ve described?
--Well, in my opinion, they have few books, if ______.

I should have bought the beautiful vase, but I ____________enough money. 

–I’ll ask the teacher about the noun clause. I’m very puzzled about it.
--That’s just ______ most of us have doubt.

She had no idea how it ______ that her husband met with the same trouble.

Another primary school is reported ______ for children in Wenchuan now.

Harry Potter is such an interesting book ________ all kids like to read.

The old woman ______ her sons and daughter ______ and see her from time to time.

When _______ help, one often says “Thank you” or “It’s kind of you”.  
　 

--John, _________, but your TV is going too loud.
--Oh, I’m sorry. I’ll turn it down right now.

My wife and I had just finished the 150-mile trip home from our daughter’s college. It was the first time in our life that we would __36__ for any length of time. We wondered how other people had __37__ it.
Later in bed, I __38__ the time I started college. My father had driven me, too. My mother had to stay home to keep the __39__ from getting into the crops. I, the fourth in a line of brothers, was the first to __40__ college.
The truck was slow, and I was glad. I didn’t want to get to the city __41__. I shook hands with my father in the truck and he didn’t say a word. But I knew he was going to make a little __42__. He finally said, “I never went to college and __43__ of your brothers did. I can’t say don’t do this or that, because everything is __44__ and I don’t know what is going to come up, but I think things will __45__. When you get a job, be sure to be honest and work hard.” I knew that soon I would be __46__ in the big town and I would be __47__ the life home.
Then my father __48__ the Bible that he had read so often. I knew that he would miss it but I must __49__ it. He just said, “This can help you __50__ you will let it.”
When I finished school I took the Bible __51__ to my father. But he said he wanted me to __52__ it.
Now, too often, I remember. It would have been so __53__ to give it to my daughter when she got out of the car. But I didn’t. My father could give me only a Bible, but now I don’t really believe that I gave her half as __54__ as my father gave me. So the next morning I __55__ up the book and sent it to her. I wrote a note “This can help you.” I said, “if you will let it.”

A．worry B．separate C．stay D．travel

A．left B．stood C．enjoyed D．tried

A．wasted B．spent C．remembered D．killed

A．policemen B．workers C．cattle D．birds

A．graduate from B．go away to C．set out D．set up

A．very late B．far away C．too soon D．once again

A．speech B．living C．promise D．progress

A．some B．one C．none D．all

A．impossible B．different C．difficult D．favorite

A．work out B．die out C．hold out D．break out

A．happy B．alone C．free D．lost

A．losing B．spending C．missing D．living

A．brought about B．brought out C．brought up D．brought down

A．refuse B．mark C．follow D．take

A．if B．unless C．but D．though

A．down B．up C．back D．away

A．keep B．return C．post D．sell

A．popular B．strange C．ready D．nice

A．much B．many C．far D．good

A．set B．turned C．gave D．wrapped

“Life is speeding up. Everyone is getting unwell.”
This may sound like something someone would say today. But in fact, an unknown citizen who lived in Rome in AD 52 wrote it.
We all love new inventions. They are exciting, amazing and can even change our lives.
But have all these developments really improve the quality of our lives?
Picture this: You’re rushing to finish your homework on the computer. Your mobile phone rings, a QQ message from your friend appears on the screen, the noise from the television is getting louder and louder. Suddenly the computer goes blank and you lose all your work. Now you have to stay up all night to get it done. How calm and happy do you feel?
Inventions have speeded up our lives so much that they often leave us feeling stressed and tired. Why do you think people who live far away from noisy cities, who have no telephones, no cars, not even any electricity often seem to be happier? Perhaps because they lead a simpler life.
One family in the UK went “back in time” to see what life was like without all the inventions we have today. The grandparents, with their daughter, and grandsons Benjamin, 10, and Tomas, 7, spent nine weeks in a 1940s house. They had no washing machine, microwave, computer or mobile phones.
The grandmother, Lyn, said, “It was hard physically, but not mentally.” She believed life was less materialistic. “The more things you have, the more difficult life becomes,” She said. The boys said they found less to fight over, such as their computer. Benjamin also noticed that his grandmother had changed from being a “trendy（时髦的）, beer-drinking granny, to one who cooked things.”
Here are some simple ways to beat the stress often caused by our inventions!
Don’t be available all the time. Turn off your mobile phone at certain times of the day. Don’t check your e-mail every day.
Don’t reply to somebody as soon as they leave a text message just because you can. It may be fun at first, but it soon gets annoying.
Don’t worry too much about life—laugh more.
The passage is mainly about     __   .

The writer quoted（引用）what a citizen in ancient Rome said at the beginning of the story in order to      __  .

In the rush to get to school, you drop a piece of toast on the floor. Do you throw it away or decide it’s still OK to eat? If you’re like most people, you eat it. Maybe you follow the “5-second rule”, which claims foods are safe to eat if you pick them up within 5 seconds after dropping them.      
But you might want to think again. Scientists now say that 5 seconds is all it takes for foods to become polluted with enough bacteria（细菌）to make you sick.
Bacteria can cause many kinds of illnesses. Some kinds of bacteria can grow on food. If you eat foods on which these bacteria are growing, you can become sick.
One of these food-borne bacteria is Salmonella. It makes 1.4 million people sick every year. Salmonella is often found in raw eggs and chicken. Cooking kills these bacteria, which is why it is so important to cook eggs, chicken, and other foods thoroughly.
But how long does it take these bacteria to pollute food? A team of scientists in South Carolina did an experiment. First, they placed an amount of Salmonella on three surfaces; wood, tile (瓦片), and carpet. They placed a piece of bread and a piece of bologna（一种大红肠）on each surface for 5, 30, or 60 seconds. After just 5 seconds, both the bread and the bologna picked up enough bacteria to make you sick.
So, forget the 5-second rule. If your toast drops on the floor, throw it away and get another piece of clean toast. And this time, be careful not to drop it!
In which part of a newspaper can you most probably find this passage?

After dropping a piece of toast, a person who follows the “5-second rule” will         .

A．throw away dirty toast immediately and go away

B．pick up the toast as quickly as possible and eat it

C．eat the toast within 5 seconds and feel pleased

D．get another piece of clean toast quickly and eat it

The scientists in South Carolina did the experiment to __________ .

It’s really true what people say about English politeness: it’s everywhere. When squeezing past someone in a narrow aisle, people say “sorry”. When getting off a bus, English passengers say “thank you” rather than the driver. In Germany, people would never dream of doing these things. After all, squeezing past others sometimes can’t be avoided, and the bus driver is merely doing his job. I used to think the same way, without questioning it, until I started travelling to the British Isles and came to appreciate some more polite ways of communicating with people.
People thank each other everywhere in England, all the time. When people buy something in a shop, customer and retail assistant in most cases thank each other twice or more. In Germany, it would be exceptional to hear more than one thank you in such a conversation. British students thank their lecturers when leaving the room. English employers thank their employees for doing their jobs, as opposed to Germans, who would normally think that paying their workers money is already enough.
Another thing I observed during my stay was that English people rarely criticize others. Even when I was working and mistakes were pointed out to me, my employers stressed several times but none of their explanations were intended as criticism. It has been my impression that by avoiding criticism, English people are making an effort to make others feel comfortable. This also is shown in other ways. British men still open doors for women, and British men are more likely to treat women to a meal than German men. However, I do need to point out here that this applies to English men a bit more than it would to Scottish men! Yes, the latter are a bit tightfisted.
What is the author’s attitude towards English politeness?

A．He thinks it is artificial	B．He gives no personal opinion
C．He appreciates it	D．He thinks it goes too far.

What can we learn about customers and retail assistants in Germany?

We can learn from the last paragraph that Scottish men ___________.

The author develops the text through the method of ____________.

Several hundred strangers received “love letters” from a young man on the street. The letter was written and given out by Yang Yang, a student majoring in human resources at Chongqing University of Science and Technology，who hoped to show his disappointment with job hunting.
Yang’s story has caught media attention perhaps because it is similar to those of millions of recent graduates seeking jobs and struggling for survival in the country’s wealthiest cities. They have diplomas, rather than professional skills，and come to big cities in hopes of better lives, only to find low-paying jobs and poor living conditions.
They are China’s “ant tribe(蚁族)”, a term created by sociologist Lian Si from Peking University in his 2009 book, Ant Tribe. “They’re so similar to ants. They share small and narrow living areas. They’re intelligent and hard-working, yet nameless and underpaid.” The term also speaks to their helplessness in a world governed by the law of the jungle -- only the strongest survive.
A survey in Lian’s another book published this year, Ant Tribe II, found nearly 30 percent of “ants” are graduates of famous universities—almost three times last year’s percentage. Most had degrees in popular majors. In addition, 7.2 percent of "ants" have at least a master’s degree compared to 1.6 percent in 2009.
An “ant’s” average monthly salary is l, 904 yuan, with about 64 percent of them earning less than 2,000 yuan a month.
Another survey in the 2010 Annual Report on the Development of Chinese Talent found more than 1 million “ants” live in big cities.
“Most ants are from rural families or small towns, and their experiences in universities didn’t arm them well enough to fight with competitors in big cities’ employment markets.” Professor Zhang Ming at Renmin University of China said.
The “ant tribe’s” embarrassing living situations have become a serious social problem, and the government should develop smaller cities to attract more graduates from big cities, Zhang
believed.
However, “ants” expect more study and training opportunities in big cities, which keeps them positive despite their situations.
Yang’s story is introduced in order to_________.

The “ants” fail to find high-paying jobs mainly because__________.

“Ant tribe” members are similar to ants in the following aspects EXCEPT that_________.

Professor Zhang thought “ants” problems could be solved by__________.

________ Many things can become distractions (分散注意力). Your ability to focus your mind, emotions, and physical movements will directly influence your success. Staying focused on the task at hand can be easier said than done. Here are some powerful techniques that can help you improve your ability to focus.
For physical control, it helps to have a constant exercise schedule. ________ Exercising helps you gain better command of your body, and even goes beyond the body, giving you more flexibility not just physically but also emotionally and mentally. When you feel more comfortable in your body, you increase your self-confidence, which helps you feel more relaxed.
For mental control, meditation (沉思；冥想) does the task. ________ It’s easy to get distracted by things in your background, but in order to perform well you have to maintain a high degree of focus. When you relax your thoughts it trains your mind to deal effectively with outside distractions so you can stay centered on what matters most at that moment.
________ It prevents you from overreaction and also from overacting. When your emotions settle down, you gain greater awareness of the environment you’re in, and feel calm and in control.
________ The good thing is that self-control can be developed. Start exercising frequently, get yourself into meditation, and start to feel positive changes in your career and your life in general.

英语课上,老师要求同桌同学相互修改作文。假设以下小作文为你同桌所写，请你对其进行修改。文中共有10处错误，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：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（^），并在此符号下面写出该加的词。
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。
As a student, I hate the exam system we are now used. This system may be a good way to
test a student’s memory, and it can tell you nothing about a student’s ability. It does not
good to students or teachers. As soon as a child begins the school, he enters a world of
exams that will decide his future. In fact a good exam system should train a student to
think himself, but it now does something like that. So students are encouraged to
remember what is taught. The students who comes out first in the exam often may not be
the best in their studies. It must be some better way to test a student’s true ability except
knowledge. And that is where we should do right now.

当前，“酒后驾车”成了人们热议的话题。请你根据以下提示对“酒后驾车”谈谈个人看法：
1．“酒后驾车”的危害。如：引发交通事故，造成交通阻塞，构成生命危险，造成财产损失等。
2．你的建议。
注意：1．词数100词左右；  
2．开头已为你写好，不计入总词数。
Nowadays, drinking and driving is becoming a heated topic among people in China. Here, I’d like to air my views about it.
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