福建普通高中毕业班4月质量检查英语试卷

—It isn’t very nice if someone is yelling in public.
—________. It’s annoying.

Obviously, the ability to talk is ______ that marks humans off from animals.

句意：Jack Ma is ambitious about his firm’s future, ______ that Alibaba’s achievements will one day top Walmart.

Treat the flowers right and your garden will be the ______ of the neighborhood.

I needn’t have been in that hurry. The flight to Chongqing ______ due to the foggy weather.

O. Henry, _____short story the Gift of the Magi is a good example of true love, is a pen name.

University majors should not be ________ market demand and the government should give more support for “unpopular” majors such as literature, history and philosophy.

Life is always full of hardships. _______ a better life, we need positive energy.

Success is not final, and failure is not deadly. It is, you know, the courage to continue ______ counts in life.

The farmers’ living conditions have improved _______ ever since the policy of supporting agriculture was introduced.

—I think Tom is no longer a child and _______ enough.
—Yes, it’s time he made his own decisions.

—Peter is always careless.
—Don't  ________others; there is no perfect person.

In Davos, Premier Li delivered a speech in which he ______ that peace must be treasured just like we treasure our eyes.

Difficulties strengthen the mind, ______labor does the body.

_______the strong winds continue, part of the highway would still be temporarily closed.

读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和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。
Shortly after I started out as a professional baseball player in the Tri-State League, I was fired. “Frank,” the manager said      , “whatever you do after you leave here, put some       and enthusiasm into your work!” Well, that was the        thing I expected him to say.
A week later,      , I was introduced to the New Haven. My first day here will always       in my memory as a great event in my life. No one knew me in the league, so I was        to make myself the most enthusiastic ball player they’d ever seen. From the minute I       on the field, I acted like a man electrified. And I acted as if I were alive with a million      .
My biggest thrill came the following morning       I read in the New Haven newspaper: “This   45   player, Frank, has a barrel (桶) of enthusiasm. He        our boys. They looked better than at any time this season.” The newspapers began        me the life of the team.
Within two weeks, enthusiasm took me from $250 a month to $1850 a month—it       my income by 700 percent! Two years after that, I was       third base for the St. Louis and multiplied my income by thirty times. Enthusiasm       did it; nothing but enthusiasm.
Enthusiasm is by far the highest paid           on earth. It helps you become more successful, and       a healthier, richer and happier life. “To become enthusiastic—act enthusiastically.” Put this rule into       for thirty days and be prepared to see astonishing      . It may easily change your entire life. Can you acquire enthusiasm—or must you be born       it? Certainly you can acquire it!

A．carefully B．casually C．quickly D．firmly

A．curiosity B．life C．experience D．pleasure

A．proper B．other C．last D．only

A．meanwhile B．therefore C．otherwise D．however

A．give out B．keep up C．stand out D．look up

A．determined B．delighted C．excited D．moved

A．glanced B．appeared C．queued D．cheered

A．batteries B．machines C．players D．balls

A．till B．before C．when D．though

A．healthy B．popular C．familiar D．new

A．inspired B．satisfied C．upset D．disappointed

A．showing B．calling C．giving D．bringing

A．included B．made C．took D．increased

A．introducing B．leaving C．playing D．starting

A．alone B．once C．also D．indeed

A．reputation B．quality C．theme D．profession

A．change B．enjoy C．spoil D．admire

A．field B．memory C．action D．idea

A．efforts B．events C．factors D．results

A．with B．in C．without D．at

In 1992, when Xi Jinping worked in Fuzhou, he came across a newspaper report about “My Guling,” written by a Chinese student studying in the United States.
The report described an American couple who tried in vain to revisit a southern Chinese town called Guling, where the husband, Milton Gardner, had spent 10 years of his childhood before moving back to the United States in 1911.
Gardner, who later became a professor of physics at the University of California, had been longing to revisit Guling since 1979 when the diplomatic ties between China and the US were set up. But he had never made the trip due to his failing health.
According to the newspaper, Gardner kept uttering（叨念） “Kuling, Kuling” in the final hours of his life.
After he passed away, his wife Elizabeth Gardner decided to carry out the dying wish of her husband and since then made several trips to China in an attempt to find the small town that her husband had so much affection about. Her efforts ended in vain as she had few clues（线索）about the exact spot of the town. But a Chinese student lodging（寄宿）at the Gardners’ recognized the small town as Guling near Fuzhou City from postmarks on some old mails of late Mr. Gardner. The student wrote an article about Gardners’ story and sent it to the People’s Daily, one of the major newspapers in China.
“After I read the story, I immediately contacted Mrs. Gardner through the departments concerned and invited her to visit Guling,” Xi told the media. Thanks to Xi’s arrangement, Mrs. Gardner finally arrived at Guling in August 1992. She met there with nine childhood friends of her husband, all of whom were over 90 years old at that time.
It was a happy occasion for Mrs. Gardner, who was later awarded the honorary citizenship of Fuzhou City, Xi recalled.
“She said that she would value this bond（纽带）of friendship between her husband and the people of China, because after seeing for herself the beautiful Guling and the warmth and goodwill of the Chinese people, she now understood why her husband had been so deeply attached to China.”
“I believe there are many such touching stories between our two peoples,” said Xi.
What can we infer from the passage?

According to the passage, Mr. Gardner_________.

What played the most important part in making Milton Gardner’s wish come true?

From the passage we can learn that_____.

Although most weddings follow long-held traditions, there’s still room for American individualism. For example, the usual place for a wedding is in a church. But some people get married outdoors in a scenic spot. A few even have the ceremony while skydiving or riding on horseback! The couple may invite hundreds of people or just a few close friends. They choose their own style of colors, decorations and music during the ceremony. But some things rarely change. The bride usually wears a beautiful long white wedding dress. She traditionally wears “something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue.” The groom wears a formal suit.
Several close friends participate in the ceremony as attendants, including the best man and the maid of honor.
As the ceremony begins, the groom and his attendants stand with the minister, facing the audience. Music signals the entrance of the bride’s attendants, followed by the beautiful bride. Nervously, the young couple repeats their vows （誓言）. Traditionally, they promise to love each other “for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health.” But sometimes the couple has composed(编写) their own vows. They give each other a gold ring to symbolize their marriage commitment. Finally the minister announces the big moment, “ I now pronounce you man and wife. You may kiss your bride!”
At the wedding reception, the bride and groom greet their guests. Then they cut the wedding cake and feed each other a bite. Guests talk with each other while enjoying the cake, drinks and other treats. When the reception is over, the newlyweds run to their “decorated” car and speed off. Many couples take a honeymoon, a one- to two-week vacation trip, to celebrate their new marriage.
Which of the following best shows American individualism?

What can be inferred from the passage?

According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?

This is the most exciting kayaking expedition（皮划艇探险）possible for beginner kayakers. You can expect to experience a whole range of different conditions and scenery. This expedition is a total of 8.27 km in distance and it actually enters the streams in the North of Ubin and exits in the South.
Three and a half kilometers of pure mangroves（红树林）, makes this the longest pure mangrove kayaking expedition in Singapore. The distance spent inside the mangrove gives you the maximum opportunity to witness wildlife within the mangrove eco-system. Come experience the challenge of operating your kayak through the labyrinth( 迷宫) of waterways and be amazed at the calm and quiet beauty of the wetlands. This last corner of natural wilderness in Singapore is so inaccessible, that very, very few have ever experience it—which makes this a truly special program.
Most Recent Traveler Reviews
Traveler A: Traveled from bottom to top of Singapore in rush hour traffic in order to get to Ubin for a 9:30 start—only to find no guide there. Although, once he arrived, the guide was lovely—offering a very knowledgeable tour and lots of enthusiasm around a beautiful part of the world—our 6-hour kayaking trip was actually over before 2:30 pm , despite only hitting the water at 12 noon.
Traveler B: The guides were nice, however the biggest disappointment was the timing. We thought we were going for a 4-hour kayak but were back in 2 hours and that included the prekayak safety talk. The mangroves are lovely but we were told that a storm was near. We felt that there had never been any intention of going out for longer.

What is special about the kayaking trip for travelers is that they______.

Which of the following information is TRUE about the kayaking expedition?

Which is the common point referred to by the two travelers?

What can we learn from the passage?

So many of us hold on to little complaints that may have come from an argument, a misunderstanding, the way we were raised, or some other painful event. Stubbornly, we wait for someone else to reach out to us—believing this is the only way we can forgive or rekindle a friendship or family relationship.
A friend of mine, recently told me that she hadn’t spoken to her son in almost three years. She said that she and her son had had a disagreement about his wife and that she wouldn’t speak to him again unless he called first. When I suggested that she be the one to reach out, she said, “I can’t do that. He’s the one who should apologize.” After a little gentle encouragement, however, she did decide to be the first one to reach out. To her amazement, her son was grateful for her willingness to call and offered an apology of his own. As is usually the case when someone takes the chance and reaches out, everyone wins.
Whenever we hold on to our anger, we turn “small stuff（问题）” into really “big stuff” in our minds. We start to believe that our positions are more important than our happiness. They are not. If you want to be a more peaceful person you must understand that being right is almost never more important than allowing yourself to be happy. The way to be happy is to let go, and reach out. Let other people be right. This doesn’t mean that you’re wrong. Everything will be fine. You’ll experience the peace of letting go, as well as the joy of letting others be right.
You’ll also notice that, as you reach out and let others be “right,” they will become less defensive and more loving toward you. They might even reach back. But, if for some reason they don’t, that’s okay too. You’ll have the inner satisfaction of knowing that you have done your part to create a more loving world, and certainly you’ll be more peaceful yourself.
The underlined word “rekindle” in Paragraph 1 probably means “______”.

In the author’s opinion, we hold on to our anger often because we think ______.

The best thing to do after a quarrel is to_________.

What would be the best title for the passage?

The world has a fast growing population and people need more land for houses, factories, highways, and so on. The farmland is decreasing with each passing day. How to meet the need of feeding the growing population? One way is to introduce some high-output gene into a crop to enable it to produce more. Biologists over the years have discovered genes which can raise output of the crops, resist pests, improve taste, etc.
However, in many western countries there is widespread concern over the safety of“Genetically Modified”(GM) (转基因) foods, because they think there may be serious problems of environment, health, safety, morality and so on.
As a scientist I must admit GM foods involve great risks to humans. In fact in Europe they’re called “Frankenstein foods” by many. Frankenstein is a character in a novel. He was a very clever scientist. He created a monster（怪物）, which eventually killed him.
Soybeans can be made into many foods. However, it’s hard to trace them. Therefore, it’s very important we have to make sure the soybean, if genetically modified, is free from any poisonous matter harmful to human beings. For this we need very good testing. We do have some testing on some animals, but no completely satisfactory testing has ever been made so far. They’re entirely new, and their problems are entirely unknown. It takes time to develop persuasive tests to know whether they’re harmful to us or not.
We may not be able to tell what may happen if we take GM foods. Some of them may be resistant to antibiotics (抗生素). Then many of the medicines we have today will have no effect on people eating GM foods.
A more likely case is the GM foods may contain genes some people are allergic to.
GM products have already come into our lives but most people even know nothing about it.
At least we have to be clear about what we are eating. The China Consumers Association is calling for labeling (标注) on GM foods so that consumers will know before they buy them.
The chief purpose of developing GM foods is to_______.

From the passage we can infer that _____.

The underlined phrase “trace them” in Paragraph 4 probably means“      ”.

Which of the following is TRUE about GM foods?

What can we learn from the passage?

阅读下面短文，根据以下提示：1）汉语提示，2）首字母提示，3）语境提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词，所填单词要求意义准确，拼写正确，并将该词完整地写在答题卡中相应的横线上。
Bike riding is a great way to get exercise and fresh air. But before you rush out and start biking, t    is an important thing you need to consider—safety.
Always wear a helmet when riding a bike, no matter ________ you are or how short the ride is. It can protect your brain from g      hurt in a bike accident. Many bike accidents mean brain damage or death for someone who does not wear      while riding. To protect against brain injury, make sure that the belts aref     . What you wear when riding a bike is also very important for safety. Bright-colored clothes will help you be visible on the road.       (除外) that, you have to choose good shoes. You should never ride barefoot!
Stop at all stop signs and o      traffic lights just as cars do. Always stop and check for traffic in both        (方向) when leaving a driveway.
Never wear ear-phones while biking. It’s important to hear everyone    （其他）on the road.
One of the best ways for parents to help kids learn safe bike riding is to set an     by following the rules of the road themselves.

习近平主席最近在一次讲话中提到年轻人不要熬夜。某英语报以Don’t Stay Up Late 为题向中学生征文。请你根据以下内容要求用英语写一篇短文应征。内容包括：1. 熬夜的情况；2. 熬夜的负面影响；3. 你的看法。
注意：
1．根据提示内容可适当展开，使行文连贯；
2．短文开头已给出，不计入总词数；
3．文中不能出现考生的具体信息；
4．词数：120左右。
Don’t Stay Up Late
Our school has regular rest hours for students.
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