[江苏]2011-2012学年江苏省扬州市邗江区高二下学期期中考试英语试卷

Much to the disappointment of the neighboring countries, the Japanese government refuses to admit ____ crime they committed in ______ World War II in the history.

Jack could have avoided that terrible car accident, but he ________ careful enough.

If you _________ the magazine, you will get an extra newspaper.

The real threat of fraud(欺诈) on the Internet has highlighted the fact ________ consumers fear shopping on line.

Compared with her sisiter, Jerry is even more _______ to, and more easily troubled by, emotional and relationship problems.

The traffic problems have severely affected economic development. ________, we must spare no efforts to solve them.

If your car isn’t insured, you may ________ losing everything when it hits something solid.

The teacher stressed again that the students shouldn’t __________ any important details while retelling the story.

The suggestion of the meeting __________was not adopted by the chairman, so the meeting would be held on time.

Never before ______ such a wonderful place ______ Qingdao.

Until we have discussed all the details, no decision _______ about any new operations.

The project is based on an agreement, one of ________ purposes is to ensure that the project can be accomplished before the deadline.

In April, thousands of holidaymakers remained ________ abroad due to the volcanic ash cloud.

---- I have taken someone else’s T-shirt by mistake. Is it Jane’s?
---- It _______ be hers. She seldom wears red.

---- If I don’t get some money from my parents by Friday, could I borrow some from you?
---- ________. But can I know why?

Butterfly’s wings
One day a small opening appeared on a cocoon（茧）, a man sat and watched for the butterfly for several hours as it was struggling to __36__ its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten __37__ it could and it could go no further. So the man decided to __38__ the butterfly: he took a pair of scissors and __39__ the remaining part of the cocoon. The butterfly then __40__ easily.
But it has a swollen（肿胀的）body and __41__ wings. The man continued to __42__ the butterfly because he expected that, at any moment, the __43__ would enlarge and expand to be able to support the body, which would __44__ the time span(跨度). Neither happened! __45__, the butterfly spent the rest of its life  __46__ around with a swollen body and small, shriveled（褶皱的）wings. It __47__ was able to fly. What the man did in his __48__ and haste（匆忙）did no good to the butterfly. He didn’t know the __49__ cocoon and the struggle __50__ for the butterfly to get through the tiny __51__ were the natural way of forcing fluid from the body of the butterfly into its wings __52__ it would be ready for flight once it achieved its __53__ from the cocoon.
Sometimes the __54__ is exactly what we need in our life. If we are allowed to go through our life without any __55__, it would not be a good thing to us. We would not be as strong as what we could have been.

A．build B．force C．form D．destroy

A．as far as B．as long as C．as soon as D．as quick as

A．seize B．leave C．bring D．help

A．took off B．made up C．cut off D．picked up

A．spread over B．came out C．stayed in D．flew away

A．hard B．strong C．small D．large

A．watch B．look for C．look after D．follow

A．butterfly B．wings C．cocoon D．scissors

A．disappear B．enlarge C．lose D．shorten

A．Luckily B．Probably C．In all D．In fact

A．crawling B．approaching C．running D．wandering

A．ever B．seldom C．always D．never

A．fear B．kindness C．evil D．confidence

A．restricting B．loose C．soft D．little

A．prepared B．wanted C．allowed D．required

A．place B．room C．opening D．space

A．even if B．otherwise C．when D．so that

A．life B．course C．progress D．freedom

A．courage B．struggle C．wisdom D．strength

A．fun B．friends C．difficulty D．achievement

“REMOVE from friends.”
This is no ordinary button. One click and I have the power to erase a person from my life.
In late fall, I had around 400 friends on Facebook. Today, I have 134.
Click. Make that 133.
When Facebook first entered my life in 2005, I panicked（恐慌、担心） that my friend count was too low. If I wasn’t properly connected, how would anyone see my clever quote(引语)? Who would wish me a happy birthday? I accepted and sent out friend requests without a second thought and soon accumulated 391 friends.
There is an appeal to being able to communicate with someone or just “thumbs(拨动手指) up” a photo rather than make real conversation.
“It’s comforting and it’s easy,” said Larry Rosen, a psychology professor at California State University, who studies the way people communicate online.” There’s a sense of belonging in it. It’s a sense of community in a generation where community has sort of (有点)disappeared.”
However, I don’t talk to half of these people in the online community. There are some I would avoid if I met them on the street.
Click. 132.
I decided to rid my account of any “friend” that…well, wasn’t. Sound easy? You try it.
Look at who you’re dealing with: family, friends, classmates, crushes(爱恋的对象), acquaintances…
With every click of the “Remove from friends” button, you risk burning a bridge, losing a contact and missing an opportunity. So every time I go to click the button, my heart hurts.
However, I’m not the only one who has experienced a Faceboook friend refreshing. The New Oxford American Dictionary announces its “Word of the Year” each year, and last year, “unfriend” made the cut (入围) (though I’ll still stick with “defriend”).
When I started my mission(任务), a few friends joined. Most were surprised by how easily they could cut hundreds of connections without thinking twice.
“Oh my God, I defriended like 600 people today. I feel so good!” my friend Sarah messaged.
Dana, a close friend from high school, and I battled it out to see who could get our counts lower. She wins at 123.
To some, it’s poor “netiquette(网络礼仪)” to defriend. But to me, it’s the stage of life when we hold onto the people who count, the people who impact you.
According to the article, what happens when you click the “Remove form friends” button?

The writer worried about her friend count in 2005 because ______.

What is Larry Rosen’s opinion?

Which of the following is the best description of the underlined sentence?

Among various programs, TV talk shows have covered every inch of space on daytime television. And anyone who watches them regularly knows that each one is different in style(风格). But no two shows are more opposite in content, while at the same time standing out above the rest, than the Jerry Springer and the Oprah Winfrey shows.
Jerry Springer could easily be considered the king of “rubbish talk”. The contents on his show are as surprising as can be. For example, the show takes the ever-common talk show titles of love, sex, cheating, and hate, to a different level. Clearly, the Jerry Springer show is about the dark side of society, yet people are willing to eat up the troubles of other people’s lives.
Like Jerry Springer, Oprah Winfrey takes TV talk show to its top. But Oprah goes in the opposite direction. The show is mainly about the improvement of society and different quality(质量) of life. Contents are from teaching your children lessons, managing your work week, to getting to know your neighbors.
Compared to Oprah, the Jerry Springer show looks like poisonous waste being poured into society. Jerry ends every show with a “final word”. He makes a small speech about the entire idea of the show. Hopefully, this is the part where most people will learn something very valuable.
Clean as it is, the Oprah show is not for everyone. The show’s main viewers are middleclass Americans. Most of these people have the time, money, and ability to deal with life’s tough problems. Jerry Springer, on the other hand, has more of a connection with the young adults of society. These are 18-to-21-year-olds whose main troubles in life include love, relationship, sex, money and drug. They are the ones who see some value and lessons to be learned through the show’s exploitation.
Compared with other TV talk shows, both the Jerry Springer and the Oprah Winfrey are ______.

Though the social problems Jerry Springer talks about appear unpleasant, people who watch the shows ______.

Which of the following is likely to be a topic of the Oprah Winfrey show?

We can learn from the passage that the two talk shows ______.

This is a time of year when we think about giving and receiving presents. Can you find a little extra to give? On this page we suggest a few organizations you might like to help.
Littleton Children’s Home
We DON’T want your money, but children’s toys, books and clothes IN GOOD CONDITION would be very welcome.
Also, we are looking for friendly families who would take our children into their homes for a few hours or days as guests. You have so much─will you share it?
Phone Sister Thomas on 55671
Children’s Hospice
We look after a small number of very sick children. This important work needs skill and love. We cannot continue without gifts or money to pay for more nursing staff. We also need storybooks and toys suitable for quiet games.
Please contact the Secretary, Little Children’s Hospice, Newby Road.
Street Food
In the winter weather, it’s no fun being homeless. It’s even worse if you’re hungry. We give hot food to at least fifty people every night. It’s hard work, but necessary. Can you come and help? If not, can you offer a little money? We use a very old kitchen, and we need some new saucepans(平底锅). Money for new ones would be most welcome indeed.
Contact Street Food, c/o Mary’s House, Elming Way. Littleton Phone 27713
Littleton Youth Club
Have you got an unwanted chair? ─ a record-player? ─ a pot of paint ? Because we can use them!
We want to get to work on our meeting room!
Please phone 66231 and we’ll be happy to collect anything you can give us.
Thank you!
The Night Shelter
We offer a warm bed for the night to anyone who has nowhere to go. We rent the former Commercial Hotel on Green Street. Although it is not expensive, we never seem to have quite enough money. Can you let us have a few pounds? Any amount, however small, will be such a help.
Send it to us at 15, Green St, Littleton. Please make check payable to Night Shelter.
What kind of people are these organizations designed for?

If you like children and you could offer a happy family to a homeless child, you may contact ______.

What can be concluded from the passage?

What kind of things would Littleton Youth Club like to collect?

George, when your big brother and your little dog and I walked you up to school today, you had no idea how I was feeling.
You were so excited. You had packed and unpacked your pencils and safety scissors in your backpack a dozen times. I am really going to miss those lazy mornings when we waved your brother and sister off to school.
Because you are my youngest, I had learned a few things by the time you came along. I found out that the seemingly endless days of babyhood are gone like lightning. I blinked（眨眼）, and your siblings（兄弟姐妹） were setting off for school as eagerly as you did this morning, I was one of the lucky ones; I could choose whether to work or not. By the time it was your turn, the shining prizes of career advancement and a double income had lost their brightness. A splash（溅水）in the pool with you in your bright red boots or "just one more" rereading of your favorite book, Frog and Toad Are Friends, meant more. You didn't go to preschool and I hope that doesn't hold you back. You learned numbers by helping me count the soda cans we returned to the store.
I have to admit that in my mind’s eye, an image of myself while you're in school has developed, I see myself updating all the photo albums and starting that novel I always wanted to write. As the summer wound down and more frequent quarrels erupted（爆发） between you and your siblings, I was looking forward to today. And then this morning, I walked you up the steep hill to your classroom and you gave me one of your characteristically fierce, too-tight hugs. This time you were ready to let go before I was.
Maybe someday you will deliver a kindergartner to the first day of school. When you turn at the door to wave good-bye, he or she will be too deep in conversation with a new friend to notice. Even as you smile, you'll feel something warm on your cheek.
What does the author mean by the underlined sentence in the 3rd paragraph?

Which statement is NOT TRUE about George's family according to the letter?

The passage tries to show us ________.

请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入最恰当的单词。注意：每空格1个单词。
Anger is a natural reaction which comes out when we feel that we have not been given a fair treatment. The positive side of this negative emotion is that it has helped us to evolve（逐步形成）as humans and cope in a better manner with our surroundings. However, it tends to become a problem when we fail to control it. Many a time it happens that your anger has hurt others or has spoiled one of your relationships for which you regret later. It has some bad effects on the health, too.
We should control anger so that it does not cause harm to us or to those around us whom we love. One of the best ways to control anger is to get help from others. If you feel that you are unable to manage your anger, it can make you more upset. So tell someone that is close to you, a friend or your father and mother, about your problem. When you discuss a matter with others, there is a better chance of finding a solution to your problem. Besides, there are no better stress relievers than humor. When you feel that it is because of stress that your anger is becoming unmanageable, you can use humor. It can help you look at difficult things in a lighter way and you will feel better about the things around you.
Anger tends to make us have a lot of negative thoughts. Therefore, we have to change the negative thoughts into positive ones. For this you have to first turn all the negative thoughts down that are in your mind one by one. This can be done with a lot of practice. Once you are successful in that, you have to maintain your focus only on the positive things of life.
Meditation (冥想) is an excellent anger management technique. In addition, what we do is disconnect ourselves from the outer world and focus all our attention into the inner world. This helps us develop a sense of controlling our thoughts that tend to cause anger.

The new airport is built close to the freeway, and it is __ by Bus No. 2.（可以到达的）
We must all be aware of the ____ causes of traffic accidents and act to prevent them （潜在的）
We cannot ___ the punctual arrival of trains in foggy weather.（保证）
People who don’t get their sufficient sleep are actually sending an __ to severe problems in their life.（诱因，邀请）
Jim went to answer the phone; __, Harry started to prepare lunch.（与此同时）
Both aspirin and penicillin have saved millions of people’s lives and proved ___ ___ mankind since they were invented.（对……有益）
The number of road accidents and the deaths ___ ___ those accidents has increased greatly over the past year.（由……引起）
One of the greatest benefits of Internet friendships is that they are based on common interests, ___ __ appearance or age.（而不是）

你班最近就“中学生课余时间上网的利弊”召开了一次主题班会，同学们各抒己见，畅所欲言，作为班长，请你根据下列信息，作总结性发言。

注意：1. 发言的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数;
2. 词数：120 左右。
Attention, please! I’m going to give you a summary of today’s discussion about whether we should go online in our spare time.