[河南]2013届河南六市高三第二次联考英语试卷

— No words are strong enough to express our thanks for your help.
— _____.

Realizing the great renewal of the Chinese nation is just _____ we call “China dream”. 

— Come on! Let’s go to the net bar.
— What? _____ you ever want to do is going online.

— Did you watch the sunrise of Mount Tai last weekend?
— Yes. Luckily enough, when we climbed to the top of it, the thick fog began to _____ .

Difficult _____ in practice, this new technique hasn’t been applied.

_____ for the young man to spit in the subway!

— What has _____ my dictionary? I can’t find it.
— Don’t you forget you’ve lent it to Lucy?

Many Chinese like watching People Who Moved China, which honors those _____ contributions should be remembered and learned from.

A girl calling herself Mary is waiting outside; _____ she come in now?

A(n) _____ of achievement clearly has an influence on children’s early education.

— The “No.1 Document” is designed to help the rural population increase their incomes.
— I believe that peasants’ life _____ better and better.

Oh, my God! Is this your room? The furniture here remains _____ with such thick dust!

— How do you find his new novel?    
— His previous ones are great, and I think this one is _____ worth reading.

— Let’s have an outing tomorrow.
— Sorry. The final exam is drawing near and I am in a race _____ time.

— May I take your order now, sir?
—_____ .

One morning, my son, Chilly, found a carpenterworm(毛毛虫) unexpectedly and put it in a jar. Each day he couldn’t   36   to visit the little guest. Few weeks later we discovered it   37   in a cocoon (茧).
Chilly surely knew a moth (蛾) or butterfly was about to be   38  . He was   39   to know what gift nature was about to give him. Gradually we found it half transparent and we could   40   the wings of the unborn. Soon, a moth broke free, and then   41   eggs, completing its life cycle.
The next day, I   42   Chilly it was time to set it free. He took it   43   and opened the jar. It circled the yard twice, came back, and   44   on Chilly’s arm. He picked it up and threw it in the air. The moth repeated its    45   pattern. He tried over and over, but each time it would   46   to his arm so that Chilly had to give up.
The next day he attempted to set it free again, and after a few repetitions the moth finally  47   into the grass.
Like a   48  , I believe the moth was afraid to   49   what it was comfortable with. It wanted to stay with something    50  , scared to move on and experience something unknown.
I was once that little moth. My cocoon was my mother’s   51  , in which I was comfortable, and hated to fly too far away from it. I was   52   when my first job required me to move to a new city. Humans are creatures of   53  . We resist change. However, if I hadn’t moved, I would not have experienced many   54   and wonderful things or met many of my friends. So each move gave me the   55   to learn and experience, but best of all, I met friends.

A．help B．leave C．stop D．wait

A．stuck B．wrapped C．developed D．protected

A．born B．changed C．raised D．created

A．upset B．content C．lucky D．curious

A．count B．feel C．identify D．imagine

A．laid B．lay C．put D．placed

A．confirmed B．convinced C．concluded D．contacted

A．back B．down C．aside D．outside

A．kept B．dropped C．landed D．lived

A．game B．flight C．adventure D．communication

A．return B．cater C．turn D．stick

A．walkedaway B．ran out C．fell down D．flew off

A．moth B．butterfly C．human D．pet

A．leave B．stay C．move D．forget

A．friendly B．similar C．pleasant D．familiar

A．instruction B．love C．requirement D．expectation

A．excited B．crazy C．afraid D．annoyed

A．community B．habit C．conscience D．ambition

A．odd B．funny C．new D．vital

A．courage B．pleasure C．ability D．purpose

DEAR AMY: Last year I got a full-time job as a baby-sitter for a wonderful family with two amazing kids. They have come to treat me as one of their own. But my boyfriend and I are attempting to save much more money for the life we want to build, including marriage, a house and kids. Much as I love my “babies,” I’m looking forward to beginning a challenging career in a big company. Should I tell the family that I am looking for a new job? I don’t want to find one that requires me to begin work immediately, leaving them without child care, but I also don’t want them to assume that I’m leaving right away.              
Up-in-the-Air Au Pair
DEAR AU PAIR: Whatever your arrangement, it is reasonable for them to expect you to be honest and to keep them in the loop. They see that you are making changes in your life, and surely they will also understand your desire to advance in a career. Tell them frankly and they should be happy to employ you as long as you are available.
Amy
DEAR AMY: I am a freshman in a high school. Last summer my best friend was diagnosed with skin cancer. It isn’t very serious, but she seems to be becoming more and more depressed. How can I help her be happy again?
Best Friend
DEAR FRIEND: Your best role is to prop up and encourage your friend when she seems down, and to be supportive and kind to her. You're doing a great job with that, and your friend is lucky to have you in her life.
Amy
What is Au Pair’s problem according to the first paragraph?

From the underlined phrase“ to keep them in the loop”, we can infer that Amy advises Au Pair_____.

In which column of a newspaper can we probably find the passage?

When someone says “SHARK” most people think of a big, toothy, underwater animal; basically we are imagining a Great White. In fact sharks come in all shapes, sizes and even colors! Follow me please; I’d like to show you a very special small shark commonly known as horn sharks, only found in the coastal waters of north-west North America.
Look at this shark, and you can easily see the horns on it and you will know the reason why it is called the horn shark is that it has the broad, flattened head and two large horn-like spines(脊椎) found behind its eyes and makes it one of the hardiest of all shark species. What makes it unique is that as its enemy attempts to swallow it, the spines on its back will stick into the enemy’s mouth and give a good chance for it to get away.
The horn shark is brown in color with black spots all over its body. The adults can reach up to a length of 4 feet and weigh up to 10 kg. An interesting fact about the horn shark is that it has five gills(鳃). The horn shark is a clumsy swimmer using its flexible pectoral fins(胸鳍)to push itself along the bottom of the ocean. The maximum distance that has ever been recorded for a horn shark to have traveled out from its habitat is 10 miles.
Today, as so little is known about its population off the Californian coast, they have been listed as being “Data Deficient” in the World Conservation Union. The horn shark is being threatened both by water pollution and commercial fishing in the area. Though they are not among those sea creatures hunted primarily for food, but they often get caught as a by-catch in fishing expeditions.
The horn shark gets its name for______.

How is paragraph 3 mainly developed?

Which factors contribute to the horn shark’s being on the “Data Deficient” list?
①That people like hunting them for pets       ②That people fish them for fun
③Water pollution off the coast               ④Knowing little about them

According to the passage, all of the following are unique to the horn shark EXCEPT that_____.

Sixty-five million years ago, an asteroid (小行星) that crashed on Earth led to the disappearance of the largest animals that have ever walked our planet – the dinosaurs. At least, this is what some scientists believe. But that accident happened so long ago. People have come to believe that we are free of threats from asteroids and everything else from space.
However, what happened on Feb 15 , 2013 was a reminder that we’re just as vulnerable as the dinosaurs once were. Two objects from space – a meteor (陨石) and an asteroid called 2012 DA14 –  visited Earth’s atmosphere on the same day. The former fell in Russia, injuring 1,200 people, while the latter passed by Earth at a record-setting close distance.
Scientists had been expecting the asteroid since last year, but the meteor was a surprise. NASA’s telescope system only detects asteroids at least 50 meters in diameter (直径), which is just about the size of 2012 DA14. But the meteor was much smaller, which made it harder to spot.
But what if we do spot an asteroid that is headed right for Earth? There are several possible ways in which dangerous asteroids could be made to change its orbit. Which method is best depends on several factors and most importantly  –  how much time we have to stop it.
If there is enough time before the hit, we can send off a heavy spacecraft to travel alongside the asteroid. The gravity from the spacecraft would gradually change the rock’s orbit. Besides that, scientists could one day use sun-powered lasers to either make asteroids disappear or change their course. If there’s not enough time, we’ll have to go after the asteroid with a spacecraft and change its orbit with a crash. Finally, if things are truly desperate, there will be only one choice left –  to use a nuclear bomb. That could turn the asteroid into a meteor shower, which would be even more dangerous.
The author mentioned the asteroid that led to the dinosaurs’ dying out to ______.

The underlined word “vulnerable” in the second paragraph probably means ______.

Which of the following statements is TRUE about the meteor that fell to the Earth in Russia?

What is the main idea of the article?

On Jan 23, 2012, I was aboard a ship on the Yangtze River, listening to the sound of fireworks and eating plate after plate of dumplings.
On Sunday Feb 10, 2013, I was preparing to celebrate Chinese New Year again – in London’s Chinatown.
It was raining. It was cold. But ever since I left Beijing in August, I had promised myself I would celebrate Chinese New Year – if only to help with my Beijing “homesickness”.
Central London was dressed up for the occasion. There was a stage for a big fireworks display for the evening. Even so, it wasn’t like my real Beijing chunjie.
Even buying a baozi didn’t cheer me up. It cost about 10 times as much as the real thing does in Beijing and got stuck to its rain-ruined paper bag.
Cold, wet and depressed, I ran into a shop for shelter. Suddenly, there it was. Between the packets of dried meat and fish, the bags of rice and the smell of dried noodles in this little Chinese supermarket, I had found home.
An hour later, I hurried into my house with bags of frozen jiaozi, packets of sauce and a large bottle of vinegar. I boiled water, tore open the packets, grabbed my chopsticks and settled down to a feast. This, I thought, is a Happy Chinese New Year.
I even watched the fireworks on TV. After all, why face the British weather when I can bring China home in one bite?
We can conclude from the first three paragraphs that the author ______.

How did the author feel when she found some Chinese foods in a supermarket?

Why did the author watch the fireworks on TV?

What is the best title of the passage?

Doctors Say Most Heart Disease Preventable
Heart disease is the number one killer, worldwide, of men and women over the age of 60. But people of all ages die of heart attacks each year. And while death rates have declined in the U.S. and many western European countries, they are on the rise in the developing world.     .
No one would have guessed that Barbara Teng would have a heart attack. She was not overweight. She did not smoke or exercise.“In 2004, the week after I turned 49, when I was on a business trip in Chicago, I had a major heart attack," she said.     . She now exercises daily, and monitors her heart health.
Dr. Patrice Nickens, who is with the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, thinks that heart disease is 82 percent preventable. “    ,” she said, “Men are also facing the same problem, and the key to staying healthy is knowing your numbers”.
“Your weight, your blood cholesterol, blood sugar and your blood pressure are important numbers that can help you take action and reduce your risk,” she said.
    .
“And the steps to take are simple: don’t smoke, maintain a healthy weight, exercise, know your numbers and talk to your physician and control these risks,” she said.
African-Americans are at higher-than-average risk for heart disease and stroke; people don't even know they have it, which increases the risk. Medstar Washington Hospital Center is trying to reach this population.     . For example, helping the people monitor their blood pressure. If people realize they are at risk for heart disease, they'll make lifestyle changes: lose weight, exercise, eat the right foods and keep in touch with a doctor 

E. And that changed her life
F. Lack of exercise causes heart attacks
G. Yet most heart disease is preventable.

It’s reported that many people died of traffic accidents each year. Road safety has aroused the widely attention of the public. Many rules have made to reduce the traffic crashes, especially for the ones involved in the pedestrians. In my opinion, we should make road safety seriously in our daily life. While used the road, we must walk on the pavement and learn to protect us. Besides, car drivers should obey the traffic rules, that is both good for themselves and others.
In the word, obeying the traffic rules are what all of us should pay attention to particularly. After all, life is not a small matter.

假如你是李华，上周在英国参加了你校组织的“中学生文化交流周”活动，并住在Kelly家里。请你给在英国期间认识的新朋友Kelly写封感谢信，内容包括：
交流活动中的收获;
难忘在Kelly家的美好日子;
感谢她送你的英文词典。
注意：1. 词数100左右;
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯;
3. 开头语和结束语已为你写好（不计入总词数）。
提示词汇：文化交流周 Cultural Exchange Week
Dear Kelly,
I’ve been back home safely from England.                                                
                                                                                    
                                                                                    
                                                                                    
Welcome to China when it’s convenient for you!
Yours,
Li Hua