江西省赣州十一县（市）高二下学期期中联考（英语）

The government has taken some measures to solve the shortage of electricity, but it may be some time ______ the situation improves.

My MP4 has disappeared. Who _______ have taken it away?

---Hello, Golden Bay Resort,Can I help you ?
--- Do you have a room _______ for this weekend?

Big businesses enjoy certain _________ that smaller ones don’t have.

_____ the students in our class have in common is _____ they are all working hard to pursue their dreams.

Every possible means __to prevent the air pollution, but the sky is still not clear.

—How did you find the film Curse of the Golden Flower?
—__________. I can’t think too highly of it.

The problem was raised ________ we should get all the machines________.

It was in this new hall _________ was just set up last month ________ we held an important meeting yesterday.

Is this school ______you have studied in for four years?

.According to the test disciplines it is_______ that any student takes a mobile phone into thee may examination room.

Li Ming was often late for school, ______made our head teacher feel very angry.

You have taken a hell of a risk and suffered a great deal, but you should believe it will ____sooner or later.

At present there is a fierce debate over the question_______ human cloning should be allowed.

This problem is said_____ three times at the meeting. However, they haven’t arrived at a conclusion now.

第二节    完形填空（共20小题，每题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36-55各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上涂黑。
The sun was shining when I got on No.151 Bus. We passengers sat jammed together in heavy clothes. No one spoke. That’s one of the   36       rules.  37      we see the same faces every day, we prefer to 38      behind our newspapers. People who sit so close together are using those thin sheets of newsprint to keep their  39   .
As the bus came near the Mile, a  40     suddenly rang out “ 41   ! This is your driver speaking.” We looked at the back of the driver’s head. “Put your papers down. All of you.” The  42     came down. “Now, turn and face the person next to you. Go  43     .”
Surprisingly we all did it. Still no one smiled. I faced an older woman, her head wrapped in a red scarf(围巾).I saw her  44     every day. Our eyes met 。We waited for the next  45    from the driver. “Now repeat after me. Good morning neighbor!”
Our voice were  46    .For many of us, these were the  47      words we had spoken that day. But we said them together, like  48    , to the strangers beside us. We couldn’t help 49     .There was the feeling of relief, that we were not being held up（抢劫）. But more, there was the sense of ice being  50     . “Good morning, neighbor.” It was not so   51      after all. Some of us repeated it, others shook hands, many laughed. The bus driver said nothing more. He didn’t   52     to. Not a single newspaper went back up. I heard laughter, a warm sound I had never heard before in  53     .
When I reached my stop, I said   54       to my seatmate, and then jumped off the bus. That day was  55       off better than most.
36. A. unwritten            B.  strict              C.  bus                 D. city
37. A. As                   B.  Because          C.  When             D. Although
38. A. read             B.  sit               C.  talk               D. hide
39. A. ways             B. methods          C.  respect                 D. distance
40. A. message        B. warning           C.  suggestion           D. voice
41. A. Attention            B. Minding     C.  Help             D. Listen
42. A. papers          B. passengers        C.  driver           D. tears
43. A. on                 B. round                C.   ahead          D. down
44. A. still               B.  nearly         C.  even              D. hardly
45. A. turn               B.  talk           C.  order            D. remark
46. A. loud              B.  neat                C.  slow                   D. weak
47. A. first               B.  last             C.  best                    D. only
48. A. passengers          B.  citizens           C.  patients               D. schoolchildren
49. A. shouting        B.  crying               C.  smiling           D. wondering
50. A. formed          B.  heated            C.  broken                 D. frozen
51. A. sad                B.  hard               C.  ordinary       D. shy
52. A. need              B.  want             C.  like              D. begin
53. A. my life          B.  Bus 151         C.  public             D. other words
54. A. good morning B.  good-bye    C.  hello             D. thanks
55. A. starting       B.  seeing         C.  taking           D. turning

第三部分：阅读理解，共两节，共40分。
第一节，阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 
After her parents separated, things at Tami’s house changed. Her mom, was busy working, and Tami became responsible for the house and making meals for herself and her younger sister. Though money was tight, they never went without. They had a nice home in a modest neighborhood. What Tami missed most of all, though, was family.
Tami spent the summer during her ninth grade year working at a park to earn exam spending money. Her job was to organize activities for the kids who spent their summer days at the park. The kids absolutely loved Tami. She was constantly going out of her way to do things for them. She would plan picnics, organize field trips and even buy ice cream for all of them, using her own money. She always did more than the job required, even if it did mean using her own money.
She got to know one little boy who lived in an apartment across the street from the park. His parents both worked at fast – food restaurants, and she knew that they didn’t have much money. The boy talked about his upcoming birthday and the fire truck he wanted so badly. He said he was going to be a fireman some day and needed the truck to practice. He told Tami more details about the truck than she knew a boy truck could have.
The boy’s birthday came and went. The next day when Tami saw the boy, she expected to see a shiny red truck in his arms. When he arrived empty – handed, she asked whether he had got the truck. The boy said no. His parents were going to get it for him later, when things were better. He seemed a little sad.
That week, Tami eased her paycheck and headed for the toy stores. She found the truck easily – after all, from his descriptions, she felt she knew it inside out. She used the money from her paycheck to buy the truck, and then had it wrapped in birthday paper.
56. What can we learn from the first paragraph?
A. They didn’t need worry too much about their living.
B. Tami’s sister became more responsible.
C. Tami began to earn money.  
D. Her mother changed her job.
57. Why did Tami buy the birthday present for the boy using her own money?
A. Because he was poorer than she.  
B. Because he was her best friend.
C. Because she wanted him to be a fireman.
D. because she wanted him to feel love around him.
58. What can we learn from the underlined sentence?
A. She knew how much money she would pay.
B. She knew she should check the toy truck inside out.
C. She was fully aware which toy truck the boy wanted.
D. She walked inside and then out of the toy store several times.
59. Which of the following could be the opening sentence of the next paragraph?
A. The next morning, Tami rode to the boy’s house and left the truck at the door.
B. When the boy showed up at the park that day, he was more excited than ever.
C. He showed off his new truck to Tami, and then played with it all day long.
D. That afternoon, the boy’s mom came to the park and walked over to Tami.

A new research has uncovered that culture is a determining factor when interpreting facial emotions．The study reveals that in cultures where emotional control is the standard，such as Japan，focus is placed on the eyes to interpret emotions．Whereas in cultures where emotion is openly expressed，such as the United States，the focus is on the mouth to interpret emotion．
“These findings go against the popular theory that the facial expressions of basic emotions can be universally recognized，”said University of Alberta researcher Dr．Takahiko Masuda．“A person's culture plays a very strong role in determining how they will read emotions and needs to be considered when interpreting facial expression．"
These cultural differences are even noticeable in computer emoticons (情感符号)，which are used to convey a writer’s emotions over email and text messaging．The Japanese emoticons for happiness and sadness vary in terms of how the eyes are drawn，while American emoticons vary with the direction of the mouth．In the United States the emoticons ：) and ：--) show a happy face，whereas the emoticons ：(  or ：--( show a sad face．However，Japanese tend to use the symbol (＾-＾) to indicate a happy face，and ( ；_；) to indicate a sad face．
“We think it is quite interesting and appropriate that a culture tends to mask its emotions． The Japanese would focus on a person's eyes when determining emotion，as eyes tend to be quite subtle (微妙的)，”said Masuda．“In the United States, where open emotion is quite common，it makes sense to focus on the mouth, which is the most expressive feature on a person's face．”
60．The text mainly tells us that______．
A. cultural differences are expressed in emotions
B. culture is the key to interpreting facial emotions
C. different emoticons are preferred in different cultures，
D．people from different cultures express emotions differently
61．If a Japanese wants to detect whether a smile is, true or false，he will probably______．
A. read the whole face                    B. focus on the mouth
C. look into the eyes                        D. judge by the voice
62．People used to believe that___________．
A．some facial expressions of emotions were too complex to be recognized
B．people in the world interpreted basic emotions in different ways
C．people could only recognize the facial expressions of basic emotions；
D．people all’ over the world understood basic emotions in the same way
63．The computer emoticons used by the Americans show that_____________．
A．they express their feelings openly
B．they tend to control their emotions
C．they are good at conveying their emotions
D．they use simpler emoticons to show their feelings

The Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake at 5:46 a. rn. on January 17, 1995,Kobe (神户) and its surrounding areas suffered a killer earthquake. Only two other events in this century, the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923 and World War II caused more deaths in Japan than this earthquake. The epicenter was at the northern tip of Awaji Island. The quake registered 7.2 on the Richter scale (里氏震级). The greatest amount of damage was seen in the Japanese port city of Kobe, and at final count 6 348 people had lost their lives.
The people of the area were quite unprepared for such a big earthquake. Experts had said that most modern buildings would be quite safe even from an earthquake as strong as the Great Kanto Earthquake. This was clearly not true. Television cameras showed the many buildings that had fallen down. The highway that ran through the city had fallen over on its side looking as if it had been pushed over by a giant.
Thousands of people were homeless, However, some of the finest human qualities were seen in the time of crises (moment of great danger). People formed long lines for water and other supplies. They shared what they had with one another. People from young to old stopped to talk to each other and give a few encouraging words. The people living in the area knew that their old life had been destroyed. They believe they can rebuild their life, and a better one,
64. Only two other events caused more deaths in Japan. They are _____.
A. the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake and the Second World War
B. the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923 and World War II
C. the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923 and the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake of 1995
D. the First World War and the Second World War
65. Which of the following is true?
A. The Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake was the greatest in the world history. 
B. The earthquake broke out in summer.
C. The center of the earthquake was in the northern end of the port city.
D. More than six thousand people lost their lives in the earthquake.
66. The passage seems to suggest that _____.
A. a giant was able to start an earthquake
B. modem buildings were strong enough to be safe from any earthquake
C. less people would have died if they had been prepared for it
D. experts always tell lies

Audrey Hepburn (奥黛丽·赫本) was born on May 4, 1929 in Brussels, Belgium. She really was blue-blood from the beginning with her father, a wealthy English banker, and her mother, a Dutch noblewoman. After her parents divorced, Audrey went to London with her mother where she went to a private girl school. Later, when her mother moved back to the Holland, she attended private schools as well. While taking a vacation with her mother in Arnhem, Holland, Hitler's army took over the town. It was here that she fell on hard times during the Nazi occupation. Audrey suffered from depression and poor nutrition.
After the liberation, Audrey went to a ballet school in London on a scholarship and later began a modeling career. As a model, she was graceful and, it seemed, she had found her job suitable for her in life - until the film producers came calling. After being spotted modeling by a producer, she was signed to a bit part in the European film Nederlands in 7 lessen in 1948. Later, she had a speaking role in the 1951 film, Young Wives' Tale (1951) as Eve Lester. The part still wasn't much, so she headed to America to try her luck there. Audrey gained immediate prominence in the US with her role in Roman Holiday in 1953. This film turned out to be a splendid success as she won an Oscar as Best Actress. This gained her enormous popularity and more plum roles. One of the reasons for her popularity was the fact that she was so elf-like and had class, unlike the sex-goddesses of the time. Roman Holiday was followed by another similarly wonderful performance in the 1957 classic Funny Face.In 1988, Audrey became a special ambassador to the United Nations fund helping children in Latin America and Africa, a position she retained until 1993.Her elegance and style will always be remembered in film history as evidenced by her being named in Empire magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time."
67.The underlined words “fell on hard times” in the second paragraph refer to______
A. the producers always let her act a lit role in a film.
B. parents’ being divorced brought her serious pain
C. depression and no nutrition brought her serious pain
D no good jobs were suitable to her
68. Audrey went to America to look for a new chance because_______
A. in the European films there were only little roles for her to act
B. in the Americana there were many important film roles waiting for her to act
C. in the American there were many different jobs suitable to her
D. in the European films there were all roles she didn’t like
69 Which one of the following films made Audrey win an Oscar Best Actress Award?_______
A. Nederlands in 7 lessen           B. Young Wives' Tale as Eve Lester
C.  Roman Holiday                D. the 1957 classic Funny Face
70.This passage mainly tells us about______
A. Audrey’s struggle in the film fields and public admiration
B. Audrey’s family and her career
C Audrey’s childhood and her films won great awards 
D. Audrey’s hard times and her achievement

第二节，阅读下列应用文及相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。请在答题卡上将对应题号的相应选项字母涂黑。注意：如果选E，则将A和B同时涂黑；如果选F，则将C和D同时涂黑。
请阅读下列某书店各书架的相关信息：
Section A: Do-It-Yourself Section -- On these shelves customers can find the latest manuals on how to do everything from building a computer to constructing your own home.
Section B: Sports & Leisure Section -- Stocks a large range of the latest books on your favourite sporting teams and events. Pick up the perfect Father's Day present here.
Section C: Humour Section -- A great selection of joke books, funny stories and wonderful real life adventures that are sure to keep the reader laughing for days.
Section D: Business & Finance - Students, business people or anyone interested in the world of commerce are certain to find the book they are after here. We have special subsection for international trade and e-commerce.
Section E: Biography - Find out about the lives of your favourite sports stars, singers, actors and other famous people from today and the past. Learn what they had to go through to become successful and the effect it had on their lives.
Section F: Education - Has a huge range of textbooks and supplementary material covering all the major high school and university subjects. Buyers showing their student cards receive a 15% discount on all purchases from this section.
阅读下列关于各书籍的信息，匹配书籍与其所应放置的书架：
71. The Delighted Eye - by Prof. John Nash - The 1994 Nobel Prize Winner for Economics, whose ideas have influenced a generation of the world's greatest economic minds, tells his life story: growing up in a small town in America, becoming one of America's most influential mathematicians and his battles with mental illness.
72. Mother Tongue: The English Language - by Bill Bryson - Bryson's book is a journey through the history and different aspects of the English language , one that is both informative and hugely entertaining. As with most of Bryson's books, fun comes before facts and readers will be left with a smile on their faces.
73. Into Thin Air - by John Krakauer - is a riveting first-hand account of a disastrous race to the top of Mount Everest. In March 1996, `Outside' magazine sent veteran journalist and experienced climber John Krakauer to join the team led by the famous Everest guide Rob Hall. Despite the expertise of Hall and the other leaders, by the end of the race eight people were dead.
74. ReadyMade: How to Make (Almost) Everything - by Shoshana Berger and Grace Hawthorne - beautifully written with great factual information. The theme behind this book is re-use, re-claim, re-cycle and there are many detailed easy-to-do projects for the reader to try such as making a photo frame from a book cover or a pot for your plants from plastic shopping bags.
75. The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron - by Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind - As the title suggests the authors cover the rise of the American electricity company to become one of the 10 richest companies in the world and its spectacular fall into dishonor and bankruptcy. A perfect guide on what not to do in business.

第四部分：写作，共两节，35分。
第一节 单词拼写（共10题，每小题1分；满分10分）
根据下列句子及所给汉语注释或单词首字母，在句子右边的横线上，写出空缺处各单词的正确形式。（每空只写一词）
76. Only a few of them thought highly of the plan , the m________ were against it .
77. My father p_____ a new house for me with a private loan of 100,000 Yuan last summer.
78. You should have common sense that smoking is f_____ in the public places.
79. Those sharing not only joys but also s_______are true friends .
80. Last year my father d_______ $1,000 to the Red Cross in favor of cancer research.
81.I’d like to come, too, if you have no _____(反对).
82.We held a party to c____ (祝贺)him on having passed the university entrance exams last night.
83. He loosened his belt for __________（舒服）after such a long journey
84.Broadcast and Television are both important ________(媒体) of communication
85.The inventor was rewarded by the government for his scientific ______ (成就).

第二节、书面表达（共25分）
假如你们学校“英语爱好者俱乐部”将对“良好饮食习惯”这一话题进行讨论。
请根据下列提示，用英语写一篇发言稿。内容要点应包括：

注意：
1.发言稿必须包括所有内容要点，可以适当发挥；
2.发言稿开头与结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数；
3. 词数100左右。
4.参考词汇：偏食 be particular about food 零食snack。
Dear fiends,
As we all know, we are what we eat. Therefore, it’s very important for us to form healthy eating habits.                                                                           
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________                                                                                                 That’s all . Thank you !