江苏省无锡江阴市高二下学期期中考试英语试卷

She had wanted to go to the west part of China in search of         better view. But she turned         ___voluntary teacher there.

—Daddy, which of these smart kids do you like best in last night’s TV show?
— ________ . They are all proud and selfish.

— Tom seems not so enthusiastic as he was two years ago.
— Yes. He’s really reached a point in his career ______ he has to decide what to do next.

The Chinese abacus(算盘), officially ______ as a cultural heritage at the 8th Annual UNESCO World Heritage Congress, is another symbol of Chinese wisdom.

This nationwide smog should serve as a reminder to all, indicating a high time that we ______ on what we've done to the environment.

“Only two centimeters higher, _______break the world record,” encouraged the coach.

Measures have been taken to fight ________recurring food safety problems, but there is still a long way to go before China can rid itself ________ these issues.

Not until he went through real hardship ________the love we have for our families is important.

He was a bit nervous. He _________his spare breath with a soft sound that was almost heard by the audience.

They__________on the program for almost one week before I joined them, and now we ________on it as no good results have come out so far.

________is it ________has made Peter ________he is today?

________at the cafeteria before, Tina didn’t want to eat there again.

— 2013 was a successful year for us China.
— ___________, and ________.

Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 ___________ course and turned back toward Kuala Lumpur -- but there were no indications from the pilot that he was doing so.

—Why are you crying? Today is your birthday!
—____________. I am so excited with so many friends surrounding me.

English was always my favorite subject. In my freshman year of high school, I could write a killer composition. In my second year, my teacher         me to give spelling tests to the class. I had a       time of my junior year. Mrs Alexander         me to sit at her desk and take over the class when she had to leave the room. Only my senior English class was        , as we had a teacher right out of college who expected        work. Every student received a "C" or "D" grade the first quarter. But English was still my favorite subject.
I graduated from high school,       early and had children.        about my English, I often helped my kids with their English homework. And I wrote long articles and beautiful poetry as a columnist for a newspaper. Fifteen years later, I went to college, and because I had been an "A" student, I remained an "A" student. I        up to my own expectations.
Yesterday, I         my high school report cards when I was reading old papers. That bundle of report cards         back the old days. I remembered sitting in my advisor's office, explaining that I had always be        at  English, and recommending that I did not deserve a '"D" from that inexperienced teacher of my senior year. The  advisor was         but unable to change a （an）        . Reading through my old report cards revealed something  else too. I wanted to        them or hide them. I was not an "A" student in high school English! Somehow, I had          myself of this, when the grades clearly reflected an average student with an         "A" or "B" but mostly "C” _S.
Had I lived up to those grades and        myself according to those letters, I would have never confidently sought my writing career. Had I        my early grades instead of myself, I would have allowed my fear of failure to        enthusiasm and damage my creativity. Instead, I        my younger self as an "A" English student, except for that undeserved "D".

A．scolded B．allowed C．ordered D．reminded

A．bad B．complex C．terrible D．wonderful

A．approve B．appointed C．expected D．urged

A．flexible B．creative C．disappointing D．controversial

A．college-level B．based C．difficult D．easy

A．married B．worked C．succeeded D．progressed

A．Sad B．Confident C．Anxious D．Curious

A．added B．lived C．grew D．went

A．counted B．remembered C．approached D．discovered

A．brought B．turned C．held D．kept

A．nervous B．excelled C．poor D．terrible

A．impolite B．impatient C．inexperienced D．sympathetic

A．grade B．figure C．paper D．entry

A．tear B．fire C．cry D．escape

A．warned B．reminded C．informed D．convinced

A．average B．enthusiastic C．outstanding D．occasional

A．considered B．defined C．reflected D．described

A．abandoned B．given C．believed in D．doubted

A．change B．risk C．defeat D．reminded

A．looked B．viewed C．sang D．criticized

In the Caucasus region of Russia, nearly 50 out of every 100,000 people live to celebrate their 100th birthday, and many don’t stop at 100! By comparison, in America only 3 people in 100,000 reach 100. But these Russian old people aren’t alone. The Pakistanis, who live high in the Himalaya Mountains, and the Ecuadorans of the Andes Mountains seem to share the secret of long life, too.
These people remain healthy in body and spirit despite the passage of time. While many older persons in industrial societies become weak and ill in their 60s and 70s, some Caucasians aged 100 to 140, work in the fields beside their great-great-grandchildren. Even the idea of aging is foreign to them. When asked “at what age does youth end?”most of these old people had no answer. Several replied, “Well, perhaps at age 80.”
What accounts for this ability to survive to such old age, and to survive so well？First of all, hard physical work is a way of life for all of these long-lived people. They begin their long days of physical labor as children and never seem to stop. For example, Mr . Rustam Mamedov is 142 years of age. His wife is 116 years old. They have been married for 90 years. Mr. Mamedov has no intention of retiring from his life as a farmer. “Why？What else would I do？”he asks. All these people get healthful rewards from the environment in which they work. They all come from mountainous regions. They live and work at elevations of 1,660 to 1,000 meters above sea level. The air has less oxygen and is pollution-free. This reduced-oxygen environment makes the heart and blood vessel(血管) system stronger.
Another factor that may contribute to the good health of these people is their isolation. To a great extent, they are separated from the pressures and worries of industrial society. Inherited factors also play some role. Most of the longest-lived people had parents and grandparents who also reached very old ages. Good family genes may, therefore, be one factor in living longer.
The example of Mr. and Mrs. Mamedov implies that some Caucasians aged 100 to 140 ____.

What is the main way of life for all of these long-lived people?

Which of the following factors isn’t helpful to people’s health and long life?

How do you design a pay plan that motivates people to do their best work? A new study by three Harvard researchers suggests a novel answer: Shortly after you hire new workers, give them a raise.
"Previous research has shown that paying people more than they expect may elicit reciprocity(相互作用) in the form of greater productivity," notes Deepak Malhotra, a Harvard business-administration professor who worked on the study. What he and his colleagues found, however, was that the connection between more pay and extra effort depends on presenting the increase "as a gift—that is, as something you've chosen to do purely as a nice gesture, with no strings attached."
Malhotra and his team studied 267 people hired by oDesk, a global online network of freelancers, to do a one-time data-entry project for four hours. All of the new hires were people in developing countries, for whom hourly wages of $3 and $4 were higher than what they had been making in previous jobs.
The researchers split the group up into three equal parts. One group was told they would earn $3 an hour. A second group was initially hired at $3 an hour but, before they started working, they got a surprise: The budget for the project had expanded unexpectedly, they were told, and they would now be paid $4 an hour. The third group was offered $4 an hour from the start and given no increase.
Even though the second and third groups were eventually paid the same amount, the second group worked harder and produced more—about 20% more—than either of the other two. People in the second group also showed the most stamina, maintaining their focus all the way through the assigned task and performing especially well toward the end of the four hours. Interestingly, the more experienced employees in the high-performing group were the most productive of all, apparently because their previous work experience led them to appreciate the rarity of an unexpected raise.
Contrary to conventional wisdom, Malhotra points out that higher pay, in and of itself, didn't promote productivity: People who made $4 an hour from the beginning worked no harder than those who were hired at $3 and were then paid $3.
To get the most impact from their pay plans, he adds, companies might consider not only what to pay new hires, but when to pay it.
"The key thing is how you present [the reason for an increase]," he says. Doling out extra money could promote productivity most "if you make it clear that the pay raise is something you're choosing to do just because you can. Our theory is that people will reciprocate. If you do something nice, they'll do something nice back."   
What does the underlined word “stamina” most probably mean?

Why did the second group produce more than the other two groups?

What can we infer from this passage?

As we drove along, my spirits went up again, and I turned, with pleasure, to the thought of the new life which I was entering. But though it was not far past the middle of September, the heavy clouds and strong north-easterly wind combined to make the day extremely cold; and the journey seemed a very long one, so that it was nearly one o’clock before we reached the place of our destination. Yet when we entered the gateway, my heart failed me, and I wished it were a mile or two farther off. For the first time in my life I must stand alone: there was no retreating now. I must enter that house, and introduce myself among its strange people. But how was it to be done? True, I was near nineteen; but, thanks to the protecting care of my mother and sister, I well knew that many a girl of fifteen, or under, was gifted with a more womanly address, and greater ease and self-possession, than I was. Yet, anyway, I would do very well, after all; and the children, of course, I should soon be at ease with them.
“Be calm, be calm, whatever happens,” I said within myself; and truly I was so fully absorbed in steadying my nerves and keeping down the rebellious beat of my heart that when I was admitted into the hall and into the presence of Mrs. Bloomfield, I almost forgot to answer her polite greeting; and it afterwards struck me that the little I did say was spoken in the tone of one half-dead or half-asleep.
With due politeness, however, she showed me my bedroom, and left me there to take a little refreshment for a little while and led me into the dining-room. Some beefsteaks and potatoes were set before me; and while I dined upon these, she sat opposite, watching me (as I thought) and trying to keep something like a conversation— consisting chiefly of commonplace remarks. In fact, my attention was almost wholly absorbed in my dinner: not from appetite, but from the toughness of the beefsteaks, and the numbness of my hands.
“I have had so little time to attend to their education myself, but I think they are clever children, and very willing to learn, especially the little boy; he is, I think, the flower of the flock— a generous, noble-spirited boy, one to be led, but not driven, and remarkable for always speaking the truth.” “His sister Mary Ann will require watching,” continued she, “but she is a very good girl on the whole, though I wish her to be kept out of the nursery as much as possible, as she is now almost six years old, and might acquire bad habits from the nurses. I have ordered her bed to be placed in your room, and if you will be so kind as to look after her washing and dressing, and take charge of her clothes, she needs to have nothing further to do with the nursery maid.”
I replied I was quite willing to do so; and at that moment the children entered the room. Tom Bloomfield was a well-grown boy of seven. Mary was a tall girl, for her age of six, somewhat dark like her mother. The second sister was Fanny, a very pretty little girl, looking little younger than Mary. The remaining one was Harriet, a little broad, fat, merry, playful thing of scarcely two, whom I had more desire for than all the rest — but with her I had nothing to do.
Which of the following statements best describes how the writer felt when she entered Mrs. Bloomfield’s home?

What job would the writer take in Mrs Bloomfield’s home?

Which of the following was TRUE according to the passage?

From the passage, we can infer that _______.

It often seems that people have a hard time in speaking a seemingly familiar name. Did you ever have someone's name on the tip of your tongue and yet you were not able to recall it? When this happened，what did you do? Next time this happens again，what should you do?
You should not try to recall it. Instead, just do something else for a couple of minutes and then the name may come into your head. Why? The name is just there, since you have met this person and learned his name. It, waiting there, only has to be dug out. The initial(最初的) effort to recall prepares the mind for operation, but it is the subconscious (下意识的) activities that go to work to dig up a dim（模糊的）memory. Forcing yourself to recall almost never helps because it doesn't loosen your memory; it only tightens it.
That’s why students find the preparatory method greatly helpful in examinations. They read over the questions before trying to answer any of them. Then they answer first the ones of which they are most confident. At the same time, deeper mental activities in the subconscious mind are taking place; work is being done on the more difficult questions. By the time the easier questions are answered, answers to the more difficult ones will usually begin to come into consciousness. It is often just a question of waiting for recall to come to the memory.
You see, forcing ourselves to think hard to recall something usually doesn’t help. Chances are that the harder we think, the more difficulty we face in thinking of what we want to. Offering our mind time to work is what we are expected to do.

Problem	People ______ to recall what they are sure they know.
Solution	They are ______ not to try to recall it immediately. They can do something else for a while _____ of thinking hard about it.
______	It takes time for the subconscious activities to go to work to dig up a dim memory, in which case forcing oneself to recall can make the memory _____.
Example	Students find the preparatory method of great ______ in examinations. They, having read over the questions, first answer easy ones. _____, the subconscious activities are _____ to deal with harder ones.
______	People should offer their mind time to work so that a dim memory can be _____ up.

单词拼写 （满分5分）
One of the main d_________to their products is that they tend to waste electricity.
This monument was built in honor of those who s________their lives for the country’s independence.
Peter stood out among the job hunters because of his c________of English, so the company employed him as a translator.
I tried to c________in my speech how grateful we all were for his help.
I believed Mary will turn up at night. I know she is always very ________(准时) for appointments.
I’m going to show you just a few examples of how common these _________(现象) are.
I know that if I start watching a soap opera I immediately become hopelessly ________（上瘾）
There is ___________(大量的) evidence that a person’s character is reflected in their handwriting.
After her father died, the girl ________(不与人交往) from others and often stayed alone。
I have been __________(订阅) to this magazine for years.

动词填空 （满分5分）
Technology _______(see) some amazing developments in the last few decades.
With the great weight _______(take) off her mind, she passed the text successfully.
I’m sorry, by then my lecture will have ended and I _______(meet) my guests.
If penicillin had not been available, many people _________(die) from sickness or even small wounds.
Sarah, hurry up, I’m afraid you won’t have time to get________(change).
The bell _________ (indicate) the end of the period rang, interrupting our heated discussion
_________ (not complete) the program, they have to stay there for another two weeks.
Wherever you go, you can see the product ___________ (advertise).
The project is so designed that once _______ (begin) nothing can be done to change it.
The suggestion that the plan _________(delay) will be discussed tomorrow.

句子转换和完成句子 （满分10分）
Many people consider acupuncture to be a good treatment for a lot of medical problems.
Acupuncture __________ _________ by many people ________a good treatment for a lot of medical problems.
Every student in the school has access to the school library.
The school library is ___________ __________ every student in the school.
Generally speaking, it’s quite necessary to check the source of information you find on the Internet.
As ______ _______ ______, it’s quite necessary to check the source of information you find on the Internet.
You have the right to make a decision. It’s ______ _____you to make a decision.
有了移动电话， 无论在哪里， 我们都可以与别人保持联系。
With mobile phones, we can _______ _______ _______ _______others wherever we are.
直到她摘下墨镜， 我才认出她是一位著名的影星。
________ _______ ________ ________she took off her dark glassed that I realized she
was a famous film star.
因缺乏交流而引发的家庭问题越来越多。
There are more and more family problems _______ _______ lack of communication.

中央号召创建节约型社会，可是许多校园内部浪费现象严重。请你在班会课上发表演讲，号召同学们从我做起，杜绝浪费。
注意：1．词数150左右；演讲的开头和结尾已写好，不记人总词数。
2．不要逐字逐条翻译，要组成一篇通顺连贯的短文。

Dear friends,
May I have your attention, please? Now I’d like to make a speech here.
With the improvement of living standard, there are a lot of waste on campus. For example the students
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That’s all. Thank you!