辽宁省三校高二下学期期末联考英语试卷

My brother Ron joined the US army a few years ago. Most girls, especially those who are my age, are thrilled by anything that has to do with the “army”. It’s a novelty to them to shoot a gun, jump out of a plane, and wear uniform.
Now I know you’re thinking that I must find it really cool to know a solider, who’s my brother. That’s wrong, before I found out that my brother joined the army, I was crazy about the army. Firstly, I wanted to go to college, knew that joining the army was probably the only way I could get it as my parents couldn’t afford it. Additionally there were all the other points of the army that grabbed my heart. I wanted the challenge, I wanted the discipline and I wanted the feeling that I would be doing something beyond the ability of average citizen.
But as soon as my brother joined the army, all those things fell away. All I saw were dead people, guns shooting, tanks turning into a ball of fire, tents burning, and lots of blood. It was so horrible. When Ron went to Iraq, I freaked out whenever I didn’t hear from him for more than a week. I kept up with the news, reading the latest newspaper and listening to the hourly reports. And every time I heard that an American solider was killed, I prayed, it’ wasn’t Ron.
I’m proud of my brother for serving our country, and his willingness to devote his life to something he finds important. It’s great to see how discipline and mature he’s got, and I’m glad he has his college paid for. But although I am proud, I gladly give up the “coolness” of having a brother in the army. I would be perfectly all right if I had never seen that uniform on him, and he was just a plain old “boring” brother.
I love my brother, and I’m proud of him, but I want him back home!
What did the writer think of the army before Ron joined?

After Ron joined the army, the writer          .

What would be the best title for the passage?

The greatest recent social changes have been in the lives of women. During the twentieth century there has been a remarkable shortening of the proportion of a woman's life spent in caring for the children. A woman marrying at the end of the nineteenth century would probably have been in her middle twenties, and would be likely to have seven or eight children, four or five of whom lived till they were five years old. By the time the youngest was fifteen, the mother would have been in her early fifties and would expect to live a further twenty years, during which health made it unusual for her to get paid work. Today women marry younger and have fewer children. Usually a woman's youngest child will be fifteen when she is forty-five years and can be expected to live another thirty-five years and is likely to take paid work until retirement at sixty. Even while she has to take care of children, her work is lightened by modern living conditions.
This important change in women's life-patterns has only recently begun to have its full effect on women's economic position. Even a few years ago most girls took a full-time job after they left school. However, when they married, they usually left work at once and never returned to it. Today the school- leaving age is sixteen; many girls stay at school after that age, and though women usually marry older, more married women stay at work at least until shortly before their first child is born. Many more afterwards return to full-or-part-time work. Such changes have led to a new relationship in marriage, with the husband accepting a greater share of the duties and satisfactions of family life, and with both husband and wife sharing more equally in providing the money, and running the home, according to the abilities and interests of each of them.
At what age did most women marry around the 1890 according to the passage?

Many girls, the passage claims, are now likely to_______.

When she was over fifty, a late nineteenth-century mother ______.

Nowadays, a husband tends to_______.

The best example of something is often called the "gold standard." It sets the standard against which other things are measured. In economics, the term describes how major trading nations once used gold to set currency values and exchange rates. Many nations continued to use the gold standard until the last century.
In the United States, people could exchange paper money for gold from the eighteen seventies until nineteen thirty-three. Then-President Richard Nixon finally disconnected the dollar from the value of gold in nineteen seventy-one. From time to time, some politicians call for a return to the gold standard.
In 1978, the International Monetary Fund ended an official gold price. The IMF also ended the required use of gold in transactions with its member countries. Since that time, gold prices have grown and continued to be high. But people keep buying. Some people are "gold bugs." These are investors who say people should buy gold to protect against inflation(通货膨胀).
People have valued gold for thousands of years. The soft, dense metal polishes to a bright yellow shine and resists most chemical reactions. It makes a good material for money, political power -- and, more recently, electrical power. If you own a device like a mobile phone or a computer, you might own a little gold in the wiring.
The gold standard was the subject of one of the best-known speeches in American political history. William Bryan wanted the country to use both gold and silver as money. The idea was to devalue the dollar and make it easier for farmers to pay their debts. So he delivered a speech, which made him famous. He was a presidential candidate three times. But he never won.
The underlined word “transactions” probably means “          ”

After the IMF ended the official gold price, the gold prices         .

What’s the fourth paragraph mainly about?

We can learn from the last paragraph that William Bryan      .

Edward Wilson is America's, if not the world's, leading naturalist. In The Future of Life, he takes us on a tour of the world's natural resources. How are they used? What has been lost? What remains and is it able to continue with the present speed of use? Wilson also points out the need to understand fully the biodiversity(生物多样性)of our earth.
Wilson begins with an open letter to the pioneer in environment protection, Henry David Thoreau. He compares today's Walden Pond with that of Thoreau's day. Wilson will use such comparisons for the rest of the book. The problem is clear: man has done great damage to his home over the years. Can the earth, with human help, be made to return to biodiversity levels that will be able to support us in the future?
Biodiversity, Wilson argues, is the key to settling many problems the earth faces today. Even our agricultural crops can gain advantages from it. A mere hundred species(物种) are the basis of our food supply, of which but twenty carry the load. Wilson suggests changing this situation by looking into ten thousand species that could be made use of, which will be a way to reduce the clearing of the natural homes of plants and animals to enlarge farming areas.
At the end of the book, Wilson discusses the importance of human values in considering the environment. If you are to continue to live on the earth, you may as well read and act on the ideas in this book.
We learn from the text that Wilson cares most about       .

How many species are most important to our present food supply?

Wilson suggests that one way to keep biodiversity is to        .

We can infer that the text is         

What is the purpose of reading or studying? If you can't remember what you read or study, it will be a waste of time.  One useful aid that does help you remember what you study is to have a specific purpose or reason for reading.
Why does a clerk in a store go away when your reply to her offer to help is, "No, thank you, I'm just looking."? Both you and she know that if you aren't sure what you want, you are not likely to find it. But suppose you say instead, "Yes, thank you. I want a pair of sun glasses." She says, "Right this way, please.” It’s quite the same with your studying. If you choose a book, "just looking" for nothing in particular, you are likely to get just that—nothing.    Your reasons will vary; they will include reading or studying "to find out more about", "to understand the reasons for" and "to find out how"．
____   Before you start to study, you say to yourself something like this, "I want to know why Stephen Vincent Benet happened to write about America"．Because you know why you are reading or studying, you relate the information to your purpose and remember it better．
Reading is not one single activity.     As you read, you take in ideas rapidly and accurately. But at the same time you express your own ideas to yourself as you react to what you read. You have a kind of mental conversation with the author．
This additional process of thinking about what you read includes evaluating it, relating it to what you already know, and using it for your own purposes.      One part of critical reading, as you have discovered, is distinguishing between facts and opinions．Facts can be checked by evidence. Opinions are one's own personal reactions．Another part of critical reading is judging sources. Still another part is drawing accurate inferences.

E. It is important for students to have a positive attitude to their study.
F. But if you do know what you want, you are almost sure to get it.
G. Perhaps you have already discovered some good ways to keep yourself from forgetting．

Once upon a time all feelings and emotions went to a coastal island for a vacation. Suddenly, the _____ ____of a strong storm was announced and everyone was _________to leave the island.
The announcement caused sudden ________. All rushed to their boats. ________damaged boats were quickly repaired for duty.
Yet, Love did not wish to flee quickly. There was so much to do. But as the clouds darkened, Love realized it was time to leave. _________, there were no boats to _________. Love looked around with hope.
Just then Wealth passed by in a beautiful boat. Love shouted, “Wealth, could you please take me in your boat?” “No,” replied Wealth, “My boat is _________of precious possessions, gold and silver. There isn’t any _________ for you.
A moment later Sorrow passed by. Again, Love asked for help. But it was _________. “No, I can’t take you with me. I am so sad. I want to be by myself.”
When Happiness passed by after some time, Love again_________help. But Happiness was so happy that it didn’t look around, _________concerned about anyone.
Love was _________ more restless and disappointed. Just then somebody shouted, “Come, Love, I will take you.” Love did not know who was being so _________, but jumped onto the boat, greatly _________ that she would reach a safe place.
On getting off the boat, Love met Knowledge. Still puzzled, Love asked, “Knowledge, do you know who so generously gave me a lift just when _________ else wished to help?” Knowledge smiled, “Oh, that was Time.”  “And why would time stop to pick me up and take me to safety?” Love _________.
Knowledge smiled with deep wisdom and replied, “Because only _________ knows your true greatness and _________ you are able to do. Only Love can bring peace and great happiness in this world.”
The important _________ is that only with time do we realize the importance of love. Why wait that long? Why not _________ it a part of your life today?

A．warning B．suggestion C．symbol D．promise

A．allowed B．demanded C．persuaded D．advised

A．excitement B．panic C．anger D．delight

A．Ever B．Still C．Even D．Yet

A．Finally B．Hopefully C．Unluckily D．Impossibly

A．spare B．sell C．make D．buy

A．rich B．heavy C．short D．full

A．ticket B．seat C．room D．position

A．in vain B．in danger C．in use D．in ruins

A．called up B．called for C．called in D．called on

A．usually B．hardly C．nearly D．greatly

A．growing B．changing C．remaining D．keeping

A．polite B．honest C．generous D．courageous

A．reminded B．relieved C．approved D．worried

A．everyone B．someone C．anyone D．no one

A．wondered B．confirmed C．declared D．believed

A．Sorrow B．Wealth C．Time D．Happiness

A．which B．why C．that D．what

A．news B．message C．word D．question

A．regard B．put C．turn D．make

Nowadays, it is common that more and more high school students open their own micro blogs on the Internet. For one thing, it can provide a colorful platform to show their talent. For    , it is a useful way to release their      (press). And all these rake it more and more popular with high school students.      many parents and teachers hold a different view .They think that managing one’s micro blog will take a lot of time and energy,     should be used to study.
In my view, I am greatly in favor     this activity. Today the Internet is playing     important and essential role in our life. Therefore as high school students of the Information Age, we need to learn to make use of this     (mean) tool to communicate and display ourselves. What’s more ,opening and organizing micro blogs need various abilities such as writing , designing , being skillful at computer and so on .Only if we master those abilities can we make a successful micro blog. As a result ,we improve ourselves while     (organize) our micro blogs.
In fact, micro blog    (oneself) is of little harm. It is your attitude towards it      matters. We should take the advantages and avoid some bad effects.

短文改错(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请您修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
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：把多余的词用斜钱（\）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. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
On my way to the bookstore, I noticed a group of people surrounded two anxious foreigners. I stopped and found that they were tourist from Canada who careless left a very important wallet in a taxi. I accompanied them to the nearest police station and without their help, we got in touch with the taxi company. We told a moment ago a driver had just turned in a wallet and then a policeman drive us to the company without delay. The two Canadians happily claimed their wallet, that contained their passports, flight tickets, some cash or credit cards. They expressed our thanks to me. I feel it is really a great pleasure to help the others.

假如你叫李华，是一名高三学生，请给某英文报社Heart to Heart栏目的编辑Mary写一封信，内容包括：1. 正在紧张备考，身心压力很大；2. 父母期望很高，不断施压；3. 与父母难沟通，很苦恼；4. 希望Mary就如何与父母沟通提些建议。
要求： 1. 词数100左右（新的开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数）；
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Mary,
I am a Senior 3 student._______________________________________
Looking forward to your reply.