[广东]2011-2012学年广东中山镇区五校高二下期中考试英语卷

Failing doesn’t make a failure. True failures are those who don’t learn from their    1   .
Smart persons not only learn from their own mistakes—they pay  2  to the mistakes of others, equate error with opportunity, and learn valuable  3  as well, as this story illustrates (说明).
A lion, a fox, and a wild pig went   4   for rabbits together. By the end of the day, they had a large pile of rabbits to   5  .
The lion said to the wild pig, “Pig, you divide the rabbits up among the three of us in a   6   that you think is fair.” The pig divided the rabbits up into three   7    piles, and said to the lion, “There we are. One   8  for each of us. How’s that?” The lion   9   sprang at the wild pig and 10 him.  
Then, the lion threw all the rabbits into one big pile again.
He  11  to the fox. “Well now, Mr. Fox, why don’t you  12  the rabbits between the two of us in a way that you think is fair?”
The fox walked over to the pile of rabbits, took the  13  one for himself, and left the rest in a big pile. “This rabbit is for me, Mr. Lion, and that big pile is for you.” said the fox.
At that point, the lion laughed, “Where did you learn to divide so  14 , Mr. Fox?” And Mr. Fox replied, “The wild pig  15  me.”

A．teachers B．mistakes C．failures D．experiences

A．respect B．tribute C．court D．attention

A．experience B．skills C．lessons D．service

A．hunting B．searching C．hiking D．fishing

A．share B．eat C．attack D．enjoy

A．case B．situation C．mood D．way

A．same B．equal C．big D．different

A．rabbit B． animal C．pile D．group

A．gradually B．curiously C．immediately D．seriously

A．killed B．punished C．praised D．sold

A．came B．ran C．returned D．turned

A．part B．divide C．raise D．separate

A．unfairly B．fairly C．hurriedly D．badly

A．informed B．told C．reminded D．taught

A father is very worried about his son, _____acts like a coward. So his father paid a visit to the master and _____(ask) him to train his son.
The master said, “I promise I’ll be able to train your child into a real man in three months.”
Three months later, his father came ______(pick) the child. The master arranged a match _______the child and his coach to show the three-month training result.
At Round One, the child _________ (knock) down and fell to the ground. He stood up to meet the challenge. But he was knocked down again, and once again he stood up to fight... this was repeated six times.
The master asked his father, “Do you think your child’s performance is ____of a man?” The father said, “I feel ashamed for ____! I never expected that he would be so weak after three______ (month) training.” The master said, “I don’t agree with you, and I regret that you only see ___ surface of things. You have not seen the courage and perseverance __ your son. This is the very spirit of a man!”

We live in a dangerous world. The figures for crime go up year by year. If you were attacked in the street, would you be able to defend yourself? Not very well probably, especially if someone was pointing a gun at you. We all see a lot of violence of films, but recently some programs on television showed how people can defend themselves without guns. For example, in one film a woman was attacked from behind. She threw the man, who was heavier and stronger than she was, over her head. Then she held him tightly on the ground. How? She knew Judo.
Jiu-jitsu, as judo is sometimes called, means "muscle science" in Japanese. The student of judo needs to learn a lot about the body, its bones and muscles. Judo uses a number of "falls", "holds" and "throws". Someone who does not know judo cannot defend himself against them. If you know judo you can defend yourself against a person who is stronger than you. You had better not practice judo on your friends unless they can fall without hurting themselves! Being strong is one thing, but using the body wisely is another. In judo, you use the other person's body to help you. You "throw" him to the ground and "hold" him there, so that he cannot move. Of course, it takes time and practice, but knowing judo is useful. In a violent world you ought to be able to defend yourself.
According to passage, in fact "judo" is ______.

Why does the writer say the world is dangerous?

Which of the following statement is true about the woman in the passage?

If a man knows judo, he ______.

What's the best title for this short passage?

Some time ago I discovered that one of my chairs had a broken leg. I didn’t think there would be any difficulty in getting it mended, as there are a whole lot of antique(古董) shops near my home. So I left home one morning carrying the chair with me. I went into the first shop expecting a friendly reception. I was quite wrong. The man wouldn’t even look at my chair.
The second shop, though slightly more polite, was just the same, and the third and the fourth, so I decided that my approach must be wrong, and I should try another way.
I entered the fifth shop with a plan in my mind. I placed the chair on the floor and said to the shopkeeper,” “Would you like to buy a chair?” He looked it over carefully and said, “Yes, not a bad chair. How much do you want for it, sir?” “Twenty pounds,” I said. “OK,” he said, “I’ll give you twenty pounds.” “It’s got a slightly broken leg,” I said. “Yes, I saw that, it’s nothing.”
Everything was going according to plan and I was getting excited. “What will you do with it?” I asked. “Oh, it will be easy to sell once the repair is done.” “I’ll buy it,” I said. “What do you mean? You’ve just sold it to me,” he said. “Yes, I know but I’ve changed my mind. I am sorry. I’ll give you twenty-seven pounds for it.” “ You must be crazy,” he said. Then, suddenly the penny dropped. “I know what you want. You want me to repair your chair.” “You’re right,” I said. “And what would you have done if I had walked in and said, “Would you mend this chair for me?” “I wouldn’t have agreed to do it,” he said. “We don’t do repairs, not enough money in it and too much trouble. But I’ll mend this for you, shall we say for a fiver(五英镑钞票)?” He was a very nice man and was greatly amused by the whole thing.
We can learn from the text that in the first shop the writer _________.

The underlined word “approach” in the second paragraph means _________.

The expression “the penny dropped” in the last paragraph means the shopkeeper _______.

How much did the writer pay?

From the text, we can learn that the writer was _________.

In a mountainous area of Brazil, there is a kind of beautiful butterfly which can kill men. If people meet them, they will come down in great quantities to bite and kill, sucking blood and flesh through the wounds they cause.
In June, 1966, a boy named Marl Andre who went into the mountains in search of butterfly specimens (标本) was killed by these butterflies. A country boy saw him when he was just about to catch a butterfly. Suddenly thousands of butterflies came down upon him, covering him all over. The boy struggled and cried as he tried to free himself from their attack. Finally he fell senseless to the ground. Police examined his body and proved that he had died of bites by butterflies.
In New Guinea, there is a kind of needlefish which also kills men. Needlefish likes light. At night, it will swim near the lights of fishing boats, then suddenly shoot out of water like an arrow to its target, and force its 3-inch sharp mouth into a human body. Of-ten people are thrust in the eye, or through the chest or stomach, resulting in death. Sometimes it will even attack the people in a fishing boat in broad daylight.
About 10 persons in the world are killed by sharks every year, yet more than 240 people are killed by needlefish every year.
From the passage, we know that ______.

Mari Andre was killed when he ______.

Needlefish comes out ______.

According to the story, each year needlefish kills ______.

The best title for the passage is ______.

Prince Roman was a Polish nobleman, a captain in the army of Czar Nicholas of Russia. When his young wife died, the prince left the army and returned in sorrow to his native Poland.
In time, love for his country and its people took the place of his lost love. He joined a Polish rising against the Russians. The rising was crushed, and Prince Roman was taken prisoner. His relatives and friends begged the military court to have mercy on him.
The president of the court received these appeals kindly. He was a good Russian, but he was also a good-natured man. Russian hatred of Poles was not as fierce at that time as it became later; and the Russian felt sympathetic as soon as he saw the prince's thin, tired, sun-burnt face.
The court of three officers sat in a bare room, behind a long black table. Some clerks sat at the two ends, but no one else was there when the guards brought in the prince.
Those four walls shut out from Prince Roman all sights and sounds of freedom, all hopes of the future, all comforting thoughts. How much love for Poland remained in him then? How much love of life? He stood before his judges alone, having refused their permission to sit. He answered their first formal questions — his name and so on — clearly and politely although he felt too weary to talk.
Then the president of the court seemed to suggest how the young man could best help himself. He asked questions in a way that almost put the right answers in the prisoner's mouth.
“Didn't your wife's death drive you to despair? Wasn't your mind unbalanced by that sad event ?”
Prince Roman was silent.
"You were not fully responsible for you conduct, were you?"
Prince Roman was silent.
"You made a sudden blind decision to join the rising. You didn't realize that your actions were dangerous and dishonourable. Isn't that the truth of this unfortunate matter?"
The judges looked at the prisoner hopefully. In silence the prince reached for a pen and some paper. He wrote, "I joined the rising because I believe it was just." He pushed the paper towards the president, who took it and read it in silence.
Prince Roman was sentenced to hard work for life in the Siberian salt mines. It was a sentence of delayed death.
When Czar Nicholas read the report and sentence, he added in his own handwriting, "Make sure that this prisoner walks in chains every step of the way to Siberia."
What does the passage tell us of Poland at the time?

How much love for Poland remained in the prince when he stood trial?

The questions which the president asked show that ______.

In the trial, Prince Roman ______.

According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?

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Blackstone Smith has been laid off recently. He is eager to find a new job to shoulder his responsibility to his family.
William Glaberson is considering to subscribe to an electronic version of newspapers. And the most influential ones such as the Guardian, the Washington News or the New York Times might be good choice.
Michelin Maynard badly needs an updated security system for his personal computer. His PC is so vulnerable to any attack that it has frequently collapsed.
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你参加了学校的旅游兴趣小组，在汇报课上，各小组成员要介绍一个独具魅力的城市，以下是你搜集到的关于香港的信息。

参考词汇：澳门 Macao南丫岛 Lemma Island
[写作内容]
请根据以上表格内容, 介绍香港的有关情况。
[写作要求]
只能使用5个句子表达全部的内容。
[评分标准]
句子结构准确, 信息内容完整,篇章结构连贯。

阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。
I was brought up in the countryside by my grandmother. She was very courageous and inspiring woman and was very beautiful, too. In comparison with her or some of my classmates, I always felt that I was not beautiful or pretty. In fact, when I was studying in middle school, I thought I was not as good as other students and just because of these negative feelings, I was not very confident. One day, I went to the shoe shop to buy a pair of new shoes. When I got there, I noticed a foreign lady talking to a salesgirl. But the salesgirl didn’t understand what the foreigner was saying. They both looked worried. I went up to help them. The lady is an Australian. She wanted to buy a pair of travelling shoes. So I told it to the salesgirl. The lady was very glad when she took them. She spoke high praise for my spoken English and said that I was a pretty girl. Both of them expressed their thanks to me.
As a matter of fact, no one had ever praised me like that before. It was so encouraging. Suddenly I felt confident and happy. It is true that those words turned my life around.
【写作内容】
1．以约30个词概括短文的要点。
2．然后以约120个词写一篇记叙文，描写表扬或称赞给人带来的愉快和鼓舞，并包括以下要点：
a）叙述你或你的朋友被老师或其他人表扬的一次真实或虚构的经历；
b）被表扬后的感觉是怎么样的；
c）这次称赞、表扬带来的影响。
【写作要求】
1. 可以参照阅读材料的篇章结构，组织故事，但不得直接引用原文中的句子。
2. 作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。
3. 作文题目已在答题卷中给出。
[评分标准]概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，篇章连贯。