[福建]2013届福建福州市八县（市）协作校高三第一学期半期联考英语卷

There is ___ new moon in the sky. It is a pleasure to get close to ___ nature outdoors now.

_____ all the seats full, he had no choice but to stand up.

The Internet and the effect       brought about did a lot of good to our daily life and work. That is to say, the Internet has made a great difference in many aspects.

While ______ himself in the newspaper in a cafe , he got his pocket picked.    

President Hu Jintao urged every effort ________ to rescue and treat the injured German tourists in a traffic accident in Tianjin on the morning of Oct1, 2012.

After _________ all the difficulties, he has developed a habit of facing everything bravely, and is now living a simple but full life.

________ of you figures out the answer will be given a pack of candies weighting 2 pounds as a gift.

— Can you explain ____ you have been late for school several times this term?
— Sorry, but it is the first time that I have been late this week.

I am sorry you’ve been waiting so long, but it will still be some time __________ Brain gets back from his holiday.

The money collected should be made good use __________ the people who suffered a lot in the terrible flood in Beijing on the night of July 21, 2012, which caused great losses．

Nowadays it seems to some of us that it is feeling, not just money, that is what really ________.

_______ to sunlight for too much time will do harm to one’s skin, so you should make it a rule to get your skin creamed before going out in summer.

—Your colleague is speaking English with fluency.    
—It's no wonder．She ____ in the UK for a year as a visiting professor．

You are always making noises! Why must you be so annoying while the latest sports news ____ on the radio!

The Chinese government has been in close contact with the authorities of HKSAR in dealing with the accident________ more than thirty people were killed .

Who is setting your standards for you ?
A true story has it that one elder man  36  to jog around the local high school football field. As he huffed and puffed(气喘吁吁) along, the team was  37 . The players soon started running sprints up and down the field. The man told himself “I will 38  keep running until they quit.”
So he ran. And they ran. And he ran some more. And they kept running. And he kept running until he 39  finally run no more. He stopped in  40 . One of the players, equally out of breath, approached him and said in a crying voice, “Boy, I am so glad that you finally stopped. 41  told us we had to keep running  42 the old guy who was jogging !” He was watching them. They were watching him. He was letting them set his 43  , on the contrary, they allow him to set 44 .
My question is this: Are you keeping  45  with somebody else in your daily life? Are you 46   people to set your standards for you? What about your standards, or  47 , for moral behavior or even your way of building up your own characteristics ? Or guidelines for what kind of life  48  you want? Negative or positive? Do you keep pace with those  49  you, or do you decided yourself just 50  you will live your life? The true is that only you are  51  to determine what your standards will be.
Set your standards too low, and you will know only  52 . But set high standards and you can live an immeasurably full and  53 life. For only when you  54  the best that is within yourself, will you experience great living. Just as an old saying goes: “Think big 55 , and win big success.”
Who is setting your standards?

A．planned B．decided C．hoped D．begged

A．in practice B．in order C．in place D．in danger

A．just B．simple C．hardly D．nearly

A．would B．should C．could D．must

A．delight B．despair C．astonishment D．exhaustion

A．Headmaster B．Teacher C．Coach D．Monitor

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

A．example B．timetable C．standards D．tricks

A．his B．him C．them D．theirs

A．touch B．pace C．contact D．promise

A．making B．encouraging C．having D．allowing

A．principals B．theories C．principles D．rules

A．way B．method C．technique D．attitude

A．around B．along C．against D．across

A．why B．how C．where D．whether

A．admitted B．educated C．qualified D．demanded

A．dishonest B．discontent C．uncomfortable D．unforgettable

A．selfless B．valueless C．worthwhile D．worthless

A．work for B．long for C．reach for D．run for

A．target B．score C．deal D．goal

Why would an animal kill itself? It seems a strange question, and yet it is one that has made some scientists curious for a long time. For there is a kind of animal called lemming（旅鼠）, that periodically killed themselves together, and no one knows just why!
The small creatures which live in the Scandinavian mountains, feed on a diet of roots and special insects and live in nests they dig underground. When their food supply is large, the lemmings live a normal and undisturbed life. 
However, when the lemmings’ food supply becomes too low to support the population, a singular migration（迁徙）begins. The lemmings leave their nests in groups. Great numbers of them begin to travel across the Scandinavian plains, a journey that may last weeks. The lemmings eat everything in their path, continuing their long march until they reach the sea. 
The reason for what follows remains unbelievable to naturalists. Upon reaching the coast, the lemmings do not stop but swim by the thousands into the sea. Most stay afloat only a short time before they tire, sink and drown. 
A common theory for this mass self-killing is that the lemmings do not realize that the ocean is such a huge body of water in their cross-country journey, the animals must cross many smaller bodies of water, such as rivers and small lakes. They may think that the sea is just another such swimmable path to go through. But no final answer has been found to the strange happening. 
The passage is mainly about______. 

A reason for the lemmings’ self-killing might be that they______. 

Why are scientists curious about the lemmings’ behavior?

The underlined word “singular” means______.

Shoppers throughout the West, wary(警惕的) of a double-dip recession（经济衰退）, are still pinching their pennies. However, Chinese consumers are opening their wallets—big time. According to McKinsey, shop sales in China have grown by 25 percent annually from 2007 to 2009. Consumer confidence is now at its highest point since 2007 and female shoppers are leading the way.
Chinese women saved just 24 percent of their income, compared with 55 percent in 2006, according to a recent study in Women of China Magazine. What’s more, three quarters of Chinese women say that they’re the ones who control the family purse strings .That means the nation’s 650 million women are an “emerging powerhouse within the powerhouse” of China.
In the 1950s women contributed just 20 percent of household income. That rose to about 40 percent in the 1990s and then reached 50 percent last year.
In a recent study of Chinese consumer behavior, McKinsey found that women tend to shop more frequently than men, and spend more on personal-care products and food. Men, by contrast, tend to spend more of their income on gadgets(小玩意) , drinks and alcohol, dining out, and socializing. They also tend to save for the bigger-ticket items, like cars and houses.
Chinese women make up an ever-growing small part of the market—up from 20 percent a decade ago to 50 percent last year. It’s estimated that in the next five years women will account for 55 percent of the $9 billion market. “The future is female,” concludes a January HSBC(汇丰银行) report on luxury goods(奢侈品) in China.
The Chinese Market Research Group recently found that women younger than 35 are the most optimistic segment(群体) in China. A very large 80 percent of the 3,500 women surveyed saying they’ll spend more in the second half of 2010 than they did in the first half. With trends like these, Chinese women may bring new meaning to the term “the power of the purse.”
According to the passage, Chinese women _________.

The fourth paragraph mainly tells us that _________.

The underlined phrase in the first paragraph probably means_________.

Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?

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We can learn from the passage that _________.

Linda, a mother with seven-year-old twins, wants to enter the competition. She must _________.

To enter the competition, photos must __________.

The purpose of the passage is __________.

A mother isdevastated, crying, yelling all she can in that dark corner. There was nobody tohear her yell and not a soul to calm her, because outside her house is a long winding lonely road.The wind was at rest and the leaves didn't rustle, silence filling the air. Loneliness was alreadykilling her, but no one knows what made her cry?
Losing something you love with all your heart isn't really the pain you can ever overcome.Radha lost her baby, her only means to live. She saw her child getting killed and the accidentwas terrible. One lonely night, she was walking down the street to get a breath of fresh air withher child hugged tight in her arms.
The whole time she walked with her child in her arms, the only thing that worried her wasAryan's future. She was imagining and feeling every day of the child's growthand figuringwhat she would have in store for him. But who knows what's in store for us tomorrow, life canchange in a second.
On that deserted road, were a few streetlights barely enough? It was this one light that couldbe seen from a distance,but as it came closer it got brighter and brighter. That light changedRadha's life into darkness forever. A speeding car came down that road. The driver came with a full speed throwing beer bottles out of his half open window. He was definitely drunk,and the speed took, everything in its path. Just then, there was a loud cry, and silence set in again.
But the mother wasn't hurt. She opened her eyes, unable to focus her eyes, and didn't seeAryan. After a few minutes when her sight cleared up she looked all over in a panic for her baby,but alas! ... The child hadn't even seen life.
Simple, don't drink and drive.You could take a life, but kill a number of people.
The word "devastated" in Paragraph 1 would probably mean      .

Which of the following statements is TRUE of Radha?

The last sentence underlined implies that            .

What would be the best title for the passage?

“Image is everything．” An entire industry has been built upon the assumption that image is everything, but when it comes down to it, an appealing image is not enough．If there is no substance（事实） behind the image, the product, service or person will fail eventually．
First of all, one should consider how important image is in the selling of products and services．Advertising agencies have raised the art of creating an image to a state of near perfection．Public concept of that product or service is certainly managed by the images created by the advertising agencies．But if the product or service does not live up to the image that was created, the customer will be very dissatisfied and possibly ask for their money back．For example, the Arthur Andersen accounting firm had spent decades building up an image of trustworthiness．But the recent scandal(丑闻) showed that behind that image, it cheated in business practices．Despite the previous positive image, the firm is being accused of criminal actions and it will probably not survive as a business unit．Although the image had been nearly perfect, the reality behind the image has led to the downfall of the world famous accounting firm．
Similarly, personal advisers can build up a public image for politicians and movie stars．Putting out positive news releases, making sure that only the best photographs are published, and ensuring that the person is seen in all the right places can build up a very positive image in the view of the general commons．But once again, history is filled with examples of both politicians and movie stars that fell from grace like the story of the Hollywood actor giving in to the pressures of fame and fortune．With people, just as with products and services, image is certainly important, but without positive substance behind the image, failure is close．
To summarize, it is clear that an appealing image is extremely important to success, whether that image is related to selling a product or service or to the “selling” of a person．But image is only half of the equation．What lies behind that image is every bit as important as the image itself —— the person or product must deliver on that image or there is little chance for long-term success．
The downfall of the Arthour Andersen accounting firm is due to ________．

Why did some famous people fall from grace?

The structure of the passage is ________．
A: Argument   P: Point   C: Conclusion

The author tries to argue that _________．

第一节：短文填词（共10小题, 每小题1分,满分10分）
My good friend Liu Hua, _____ always worked hard, won the first place          
in the college entrance exam in our city. She will be a     into Beijing               
University. _____ wonderful! When she was in senior middle school, her               
dream was to go to Beijing University and she had ____(信心) in herself.                             
She always had a good plan and knew ______ to do everyday. She kept a              
good habit in studying. Besides, she often finished her work as _____(快)              
as possible and never stayed up in the evening. What i      me most is              
that she not just worked hard but also was r      to help others, so it is          
natural that the teachers and classmates all loved her          (深深) .               
From her story, I learned “ Chance _____ (偏爱) the prepared minds.”               
and that “No victory comes out without price.”

请先阅读下面的电子邮件
Dear Li Hua,
I feel very happy to read your e-mail and I really appreciate your English. Congratulations to you. Your English has really improved a lot.
Oh, I have some good news to tell you. I’ve got a good chance to practice my Chinese as an exchange student to China. So, here I’d like to ask you for help—which school is the best one for me to attend in China. Tell me, and then I can tell my school to make contact with it.
Looking forward to your early reply and hope to meet you in China soon.
Yours friendly,
Mary
假设你是李华,请你根据下列要点,用英文给玛丽回一封电子邮件,建议她来你所在的学校。理由是：
你校每年都接纳交换生；
学校条件好,各种设施好, 有图书馆,电子阅览室……；
课外活动丰富多彩；
你校学生英语水平好,易于交流；
特别是老师好,教法生动有趣。
注意：可根据要求加以必要发挥,但不要逐字翻译；词数为120左右；开头已写好（不计入词数）,但不得抄入答题卡。
参考词汇：设施：facility 电子阅览室： electro-reading-room
Hi Mary,
Nice to read your e-mail today. It’s very kind of you to give me encouragement. I owe a lot to you for your help.
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Li Hua