四川省成都市五校高一下学期期中联考英语卷

– I’m sorry for being late. I should have phoned you earlier.
– _____. I’ve just arrived.

The fire was finally brought under control, but extensive damage _________.

When and where to build the new factory _____not decided yet .

_________ we have been classmates for three years, she hasn’t left me much impression, so I can’t remember her after graduation.

Beautifully ________ in a quiet spot near the river, the hotel attracts a lot of people to stay.

For many cities in the world, there is no room to spread out farther, _____New York is an example.

Only when I left home to go to college ___ how much my mother had done for me.

At night, plants _________carbon dioxide and at the same time _________oxygen. So, we may put some in our bedrooms to purify the air.

He was seriously injured in the traffic accident. _______ is now no possibility _____ he will make a full recovery.

I didn’t like the color of the coat my mother bought me, so she went back to _______ it for another one.

The power of encouragement is great. You may draw some inspiration from the following story.
Dante Gabriel Rossetti, a famous 19th-century poet and artist, was once ______ by an elderly man. The old man had some sketches (素描) and drawings that he______  Rossetti to look at and tell him if they were any good, or if they at least showed ______ talent.
Rossetti looked them ______  carefully. After the first few, he knew that they were worthless, showing not the least______ of artistic talent. But Rossetti was a _____  man, and he told the elderly man as gently as possible that the pictures were of little _____  and showed little talent. He was sorry, but he could not _____ to the man.
The visitor was _____ , but seemed to expect Rossetti’s _____. He then apologized for  _____ Rossetti’s time, but would he just _____ a few more drawings—these done by a(n) _____art student? Rossetti looked over the _____batch (一批) of sketches and immediately became enthusiastic over the talent they _____. “These,” he said, “oh, these are good. This young student has great talent. He should be given every _____ and encouragement in his career as an artist. He has a _____ future if he will work and stick to it.” 
Rossetti could see that the old man was _____moved. “Who is this fine young artist?” he asked. “Your son?” “No.” said the old man sadly. “It was I who painted the pictures 40 years ago. _____I had heard your praise then! For you see, I got discouraged and_____drawing—too soon.”

A．helped B．visited C．respected D．requested

A．hoped B．made C．had D．wanted

A．potential B．commercial C．official D．spiritual

A．up B．on C．over D．down

A．sign B．mark C．chance D．view

A．rude B．kind C．talented D．creative

A．help B．price C．value D．quality

A．speak B．apologize C．listen D．lie

A．disappointed B．annoyed C．delighted D．puzzled

A．achievement B．development C．statement D．judgment

A．taking up B．turning up C．making up D．looking up

A．aim at B．glare at C．look at D．stare at

A．old B．young C．famous D．talented

A．first B．second C．third D．last

A．reviewed B．exposed C．showed D．rejected

A．help B．time C．chance D．work

A．charming B．surprising C．promising D．touching

A．slightly B．smoothly C．simply D．deeply

A．If only B．Only if C．Now that D．As long as

A．insisted on B．gave up C．headed to D．led to

Long ago in a small town, there was a place known as the House of 1,000 Mirrors. A small, happy little dog learned of this place and decided to visit.
When he arrived, he bounced(跳) happily up the stairs to the doorway of the house. He looked through the doorway with his ears lifted high and his tail wagging as fast as it could. To his great surprise, he found himself staring at 1,000 other happy little dogs with their tails wagging just as his. He smiled a great smile, and was answered with 1,000 great smiles just as warm and friendly. As he left the house, he thought to himself, “ This is a wonderful place. I will come back and visit often.”
In this same village, another little dog, who was not quite as happy as the first one, decided to visit the house. He slowly climbed the stairs and hung his head low as he looked into the door. When he saw the 1,000 unfriendly looking dogs staring back at him, he growled at them and was horrified to see 1,000 little dogs growling back at him. As he left, he thought to himself, “This is a horrible place, and I will never go back there again.”
All the faces in the world are mirrors. What kind of reflections do you see on the faces of the people you meet? 
Why was the first dog surprised when he entered the house?

Why did the first dog like the house?

The underlined word “ growled” probably means ______.

Which of the following is the most suitable title for the passage?

Recently I spoke to some of my students about what they wanted to do after they graduated, and what kind of job prospects they thought they had.
Given that I teach students who are training to be doctors, I was surprised to find that most thought that they would not be able to get the jobs they wanted without “outside help”. “What kind of help is that?” I asked, expecting them to tell me that they would need a relative or family friend to help them out.
“Surgery(外科手术)”, one replied. I was pretty alarmed by that response. It seems that the graduates of today are increasingly willing to go under the knife to get ahead of others when it comes to getting a job. One girl told me that she was considering surgery to increase her height. “They break your legs, put in special extending screws, and slowly expand the gap between the two ends of the bone as it regrows, you can get at least 5cm taller!”
At that point, I was shocked. I am short, I can’t deny that, but I don’t think I would put myself through months of agony(痛苦) just to be a few centimeters taller. I don’t even bother to wear shoes with thick soles, as I’m not trying to hide the fact that I am just not tall!
It seems to me that there is a trend toward wanting “perfection”, and that is an ideal that just does not exist in reality.
No one is born perfect, yet magazines, TV shows and movies present images of thin, tall, beautiful people as being the norm. Advertisements for slimming aids, beauty treatments and cosmetic surgery clinics fill the pages of newspapers, further creating an idea that “perfection” is a requirement, and that it must be purchased, no matter what the cost. In my opinion, skills, rather than appearance, should determine how successful a person is in his chosen career.
We can know from the passage that the author works as ______.

Many graduates today turn to cosmetic surgery to______.

According to the passage, the author believes that ______.

What does the author think of his height?

If you don’t know how to use a computer, you had better ask for the position of _______.

From the passage we can learn that _______.

As a graduate from university this year, you can probably get a job as _______.

Today just as technology changed the face of industry, farms have undergone an “agricultural revolution”. On the farm of today, machines provide almost all the power.
One of the most important benefits will be the farm computer. A few forward-looking farmers are already using computers to help them run their farms more efficiently. The computers help them keep more accurate records so they can make better decisions on what crops to plant, how much livestock to buy, when to sell their products, and how much profit they can expect. Many computer companies have been developing special computer programs just for farmers. Programs are being written for hog producers, grain farmers, potato farmers, and dairy farmers. In the future, farmers will be able to purchase computer programs made to their needs. Because of the growing importance of computers on the farm, students at agricultural colleges are required to take computer classes in addition to their normal agricultural courses. There can be no doubt that farmers will rely on computers even more in the future. While the old-time farm depended on horse power, and modern farms depend on machine power, farms of the future will depend on computer power.
Another technological advance which is still in the experimental stage is the robot, a real “mechanized hired hand” that will be able to move and, in some ways, think like a human being. Agricultural engineers believe that computer-aided robots will make startling changes in farming before the end of the century. Unlike farmers of the present, farmers of the future will find that many day-to-day tasks will be done for them. Scientists are now developing robots that will be able to shear sheep, drive tractors, and harvest fruit. Even complex jobs will be done by robots. For example, in order to milk their cows, farmers must first drive them into the barn, then connect them to the milking machines, watch the machines, and disconnect them when they are finished. In the future, this will all be done by robots. In addition, when the milking is completed, the robots will automatically check to make sure that the milk is pure. The complete mobilization of the farm is far in the future, but engineers expect that some robots will be used before long.
According to the passage, computers can NOT help farmers decide _______.

Which of the following statements is true?

According to the engineers, _______will be done by robots in the near future.

What is the best title for the whole passage?

阅读下面短文，并按照题目要求用英语回答问题（请注意问题后词数要求）。
Poverty today is a major global issue. Although there are all kinds of definitions used to explain it, in simple words, it means the inability of a person to even get his basic needs of food, shelter, clothing, safe drinking water, health and education. Poverty can be found in each and every corner of the world, although the causes may differ from country to country. Given below are the main causes of poverty in the world today.
Overpopulation is one of the main causes behind the threatening of poverty on an individual level as well as a social level. This is simple math: If there are more mouths to feed and less income, definitely much will remain poor.
Another theory which is used as an explanation for poverty is lack of education. If you look at any of the underdeveloped countries, you will find that the level of education there is very low. Lack of education means lack of employment opportunities, thus leading to unemployment coupled with poverty in the future.
Moving away from one’s own homeland to another city or country in search of employment leads to poverty too. It may take these people a lot of time to find jobs. Meanwhile, they live in bad conditions. The cost of living in the city or country is most of the time too high for them.
There may be other causes of poverty like the change in business. For example, in America, a couple of decades ago, heavy industry flourished ,which employed a lot of African-American people. But now, the focus is more on information technology and health care, both of which employ only skilled and trained people. This has led to unemployment among African-Americans.
Poverty has many ill effects on society. That’s why steps should be taken to get rid of it!
What’s the meaning of the underlined word “flourished” in Paragraph 5?(No more than 5words)
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Why is overpopulation a cause of poverty today?(No more than 12 words)
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What’s the situation of education in underdeveloped countries?(No more than 8 words)
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What does the passage mainly talk about?(No more than 10 words)
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In your opinion, what’s the most significant cause of poverty today? Please give your reason.(Open)
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下面短文中有10处语言错误。请在有错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。
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。
注意：1. 每句不超过两个错误；
2. 每处错误及其修改均只限一词；
3. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
It is bad manners in the classroom to look for what our neighbor had written, or try to see what mark he has received without being permitted. It is good manners for them to help each other if we have the same desire and the teacher allows to it. In examinations and in certain kinds of written works, it is dishonest and foolishly to help or to ask help from others. When one student does so, much larger values are destroying. One may not agree to examination system, but at present it is basically the only measure that the teacher and the rest of the world can depend to decide if or not each of us meets the requirement.

你刚从电视上获悉，2014年4月5日清晨，云南永善县发生了5.3级地震。地震造成25人受伤，6.86万人受灾，22239间房受损，1651间倒塌，很多人无家可归。地震过后，交通被堵塞，水电供应也中断了。重建家园迫在眉睫。消息播出以后, 人们纷纷伸出了援助之手。作为班长，你也想号召你们班的同学奉献爱心。请以班委会的名义用英语写一封倡议书。词数120左右（开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数）。
要点如下：
1. 地震造成的重大损失;
2. 大家纷纷献出爱心;
3. 作为学生我们该做些什么？
Dear classmates,
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Class Committee