[甘肃]2011-2012学年甘肃白银平川中恒学校高一下学期期末考试英语试卷

It is often said that _______famers lead _______very hard but simple life.

--- _______ for the glass.
---It’s OK .I ‘m wearing shoes

It's difficult to ______ the discussion with all this noise around us.

Mr. Wang decided to devote all his time_______ his spoken English before going abroad.

In this factory there are 2,000 workers, two thirds of ______ are women .

We often provide our children with toys, footballs or basketballs, _______ that all children like these things.

—Was the judge ______ with the result?
—I don’t think so. But perhaps no judge is easy _______.

It is so cold in Antarctic that the penguins have to stand _______to each other to keep warm.

If Joe’s wife won’t go to the party, ________.

______hit me suddenly ______ I had forgotten her birthday.

It was foolish of him to _______his note during that important test, and as a result, he got punished.

School children must be taught how to deal with dangerous_________ .

He _____ a carpet on the floor and then _____ on it.

I think all the workers, ________ the leader _____ playing the most important role.

The old man needs _________ .

Tim Becker and his neighbors are doing something to make their neighborhood a trouble-free area.
When Tim Becker gets in his car to go shopping, he doesn’t  36  drive to a store and back home. He always looks  37  up and down the streets of his neighborhood. He looks for anything 38   such as strange cars, loud noises,  39  windows , or people gathering on street corners.
Tim  40   to a neighborhood watch group in Stoneville Indiana, USA. The neighborhood watch group  41  on the third Wednesday of every month. That’s   42  Tim gets together with about ten of his neighbors to discuss community  43  . Members of the neighborhood watch group want to help the police  44  their homes , streets, and families safe.
Tina Stedman , president of  45  neighborhood watch group , agrees with Tim . “People seem to think that crime(犯罪) happens to other people but not  46  them. Well , it’s never happened to me,” she said, “but I don’t think anyone has the 47  to steal from other people or to make them feel  48  sitting in their own homes.
Alex, a member of the group, said that all the neighbors  49   out for one another. “We 50 each other’s homes. We keep watch on the neighborhood at night and on weekends .Usually a 51  of four or five of us goes out together. If something doesn’t look right, then we call the 52  . For example, if we notice a group of teenagers who seem to be looking for 53 ,  or someone destroying property（财产）, we report to the police.”
Alex feels the neighborhood watch groups   54 a lot in keeping crime down. Her husband Jim agrees, “Police are good people, but they don’t do  55  .”

A．yet B．still C．just D．rather

A．carefully B．clearly C．nervously D．coldly

A．curtained B．open C．old D．broken

A．attends B．belongs C．goes D．turns

A．meets B．quarrels C．sings D．searches

A．where B．why C．when D．how

A．politics B．wealth C．health D．safety

A．keep B．hold C．let D．protect

A．its B．his C．their D．your

A．round B．on C．about D．to

A．right B．change C．courage D．mind

A．unlucky B．unsafe C．disappointed D．discouraged

A．set B．let C．hold D．look

A．care B．enter C．watch D．manage

A．group B．set C．number D．crowd

A．judges B．police C．fireman D．doctors

A．work B．burden C．service D．trouble

A．produce B．find C．get D．help

A．anything B．everything C．harm D．wrong

In England a woman fell down a stair. Panic followed—178 persons lost their lives. In Michigan a woman fell ill. There was a call for water. Someone thought it meant fire---71 were killed. In Oklahoma an old man’s hair caught fire---36 died.
What should you do to be out of danger?
1. As you sit in any crowd, pick out an exit(出口) which is not the one where most persons enter and plan to use if necessary.
2. If a rush stairs, do not get into it . Stay still. Let it pass. Then go to the exit you have chosen.
3. Do not cry out. Speak quietly. Act calmly.
4.Do not stop for your hat and coat unless they are at hand.
5. If there is smoke, crouch. The best air is about three feet above the floor.
6. When you are outside the building, stay out. Many dead would be alive if they had not returned for something.
7. When you get out, move far from the door so that others can get out.
The first paragraph tells us that over two hundred people lost their lives because of_________.

If you are in a crowd when panic stars, you should ________.

What should you do once out of a place where there is panic?

When you are safe outside a burning building , stay away from the door so that _______.

Florence Nightingale was born in a rich family. When she was young she took lessons in music and drawing, and read great books. She also traveled a great deal with her mother and father. 
As a child she felt that visiting sick people was both a duty and a pleasure. She enjoyed helping them. 
At last mind was made up. “I’m going to be a nurse,” she decided. 
“Nursing isn’t the right work for a lady,” her father told her. 
“Then I will make it so,” she smiled. And she went to learn nursing in Germany and France. When she returned to England, Florence started a nursing home for home. During the Crimean War in 1854 she went with a group of thirty eight nurses to the front hospitals. What they saw there was terrible. Dirt and death were everywhere to be seen — and smelled. The officer there did not want any woman to tell him how to run a hospital, either. But the brave nurse went to work. 
Florence used her own money and some from friends to buy clothes, beds, medicine and food for the men. Her only pay was in smiles from the lips of dying soldiers. But they were more than enough for this kind woman. 
After she returned to England, she was honored for her services by Queen Victoria. But Florence said that her work had just begun. She raised money to build the Nightingale Home for Nurses in London. She also wrote a book on public health, which was printed in several countries. 
Florence Nightingale died at the age of ninety, still trying to serve others through her work as a nurse. Indeed, it is because of her that we honor nurses today. 
When she was a child, Florence ____ .

What made Florence make up her mind to become a nurse？

During the Crimean War in 1854, Florence served in the front hospital where ____ . 

The passage can best be described as ____ .

Happy April Fool’s Day! In celebration of the day, we have put together a list of some of the greatest hoaxes (恶作剧) in history. They are the lies that have been designed for innocent people who are ready to believe them.
▲INSTANT COLOR TV
In 1962 there was only one TV channel in Sweden, and it broadcast in black and white. The station’s Kjell Stepson, appearing on the news to announce that thanks to a newly developed technology, all viewers could now quickly and easily transform their existing sets to display color reception. All they had to do was pull a nylon (尼龙) stocking over their TV screen, and they would begin to see their favorite shows in color. Reportedly, hundreds of thousands of people, were taken in. Actual color TV transmission only started to appear in Sweden on April 1, 1970.
▲SAN SERRIFFE
In 1977 the British newspaper The Guardian published a special seven –page supplement(增刊) in honor of the tenth anniversary of San Serriffe, a small republic located in the Indian Ocean. A series of articles affectionately asked for more information about the beautiful holiday spot. Few noticed that every thing about the island was made up.
▲NIXON FOR PRESIDENT
In 1992 American National Public Radio’s Talk of the Nation program announced that, Richard Nixon, in a surprise move, was running for President again. His new campaign slogan was, “ I didn’t do anything wrong, and I won’t do it again.” Accompanying this announcement were audio clips(片断) of Nixon delivering his election speech. Listeners responded immediately to the announcement, flooding the show with calls expressing shock and anger. Only during the second half of the show did the host John Huckleberry reveal that the announcement was a practical joke. Nixon’s voice was copied by comedian Rich Little.
Which of the following countries in NOT mentioned in the text?

Who worked as a host on the radio?

When did the small republic San Serriffe come into being?

Where can we probably read this article?

Mr. Scott has worked at a police station since he left army five years ago. He’s brave and has already caught many thieves. He was promoted (提升) to the rank of officer last month. Now he works harder.
It was Mrs. Scott’s birthday yesterday. The woman thought her husband was very busy, and she decided to hold a small party only with her husband. Mr. Scott agreed with her and they didn’t invite any friends of theirs to the party. At noon he didn’t go home for lunch and went to a shop. There he bought an expensive diamond necklace for his wife. He hoped to put it on her neck with his own hands at the party. To his sorrow, a rich woman’s house was broken into and some jewelry was stolen, and at once he was sent there to solve the case (案件)，when he came back to his office, it was late at night. He was tired and hungry. He brought out the necklace and was going to leave when he was asked to answer a telephone. Several minutes later when he came into his office, he found the necklace was gone, and he saw the case (盒子) only on his table. He became very angry and called all the policemen in and told them about it. But nobody admitted having stolen the necklace.
“I’ll give you a chance.” Said Mr. Scott, “ All the lights will be turned off. The man who took the necklace away will be able to put the necklace into the case in the dark.”
A few minutes later, Mr. Scott turned on the lights again. To his surprise, the case was also stolen.
Mr. Scott was promoted because _______.

Having read the story, we can know ______.

At last, _________

根据汉语注释写出单词的正确形式，并将答案填写答题卡中的相应位置。
His great _________(成就) is to have made the players into a united team.
He________（后悔）breaking the school rules
Your argument is too weak to __________(使...相信)me.
They are_________(很可能) to come to your birthday party.
I _________(不知道) if you could help me carry the heavy box.

下面的短文有十处错误。错误涉及一个单词的增加，删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号，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。
Do you often smile? If not, star smiling now. People who like smiling and often smile not only leave a friendly impression to others, but also changing their own mood. As a result, facing with great pressure from my work, I held the view that we should smile happily. A few days ago, while chatted with one of my friends on the internet, I expressed my dissatisfaction with my job. After learning from this, he sent me his picture with big smile. The pictures changed my bad mood immediately. From the above example, we can know whether we smile to life, life can give me a big reward.  

罗温.艾金森（Rowan Atkinson）是著名的喜剧大师， 在英国和其他国家都拥有众多的粉丝。请根据下表提供的信息，写一篇100词左右的英语短文，介绍Rowan Atkinson。

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喜剧演员  comedian    牛津大学   University of Oxford  乐观   optimistic