湖北武汉两校联考高一上期中英语试卷

While chatting online, some young men tend to expose their ______ to the unknown people as if they were trustworthy friends.

These days, the local government has come under ______ due to its failure to bring the prices down.

Consumers especially the elderly find it hard to break the habit of buying goods that are sold ______, not in bags.

Drunk driving, which was once a ______ occurrence, is now under control with the new traffic rules reinforced.

Despite their ______ different backgrounds, immigrants in this community have no difficulty getting along well.

Some parents are so overprotective that they try to ______ their kids from every kind of danger, real or imagined.

If you are stubborn and insist on carrying out your plan, you’ll ______ your bright future sooner or later．

We finally decided to drive all the way home instead of ______ at a hotel for the night in the small town.

In our journey through life, we’ll ______ ups and downs. The most important thing is to keep a good state of mind.

Bless your heart. I know you didn’t break the vase ______. Anyway, it’s simply a fake.

The tourist bus winded its way into a mountainous area. When it was       to make a turn, two passengers－a       of young lovers－were so attracted by the beautiful scenery that they     a stop to get down. They were left behind and the bus went           . Suddenly they heard a loud boom       of the road. It was a huge rock rolling down in the landslide that hit the bus and fell with it into a deep valley. The lovers were greatly       by the news that no passengers on board       . When they calmed down they       and expressed their feelings in a few words.
The above story was told by a guide when we were riding a tourist       to a scenic mountain. He asked us to guess what the lovers said       after the disaster that they had narrowly escaped.
Often we read reports about traffic accidents, among which there were       ones who missed the bus and       the disaster. Those people usually said with a sigh of       “Fortunately I was not on board.” On our bus the passengers’       to the guide were various.
But the answer was quite out of our expectation. “If we hadn’t got down and       the bus, it would have       the dangerous spot and all the passengers would have survived.”
The story passed from person to person as a sort of wit (智慧) test, but I think       . It actually serves as a(n)       of a person’s mind. I pay my heart-felt respect to the couple who, instead of feeling lucky,       themselves for causing the loss of lives. People all have heart for        , but it is often a flashing thought across one’s mind that decides whether it is good or evil (邪恶的).

A．rapid B．due C．eager D．about

A．couple B．group C．party D．row

A．got to B．called for C．set up D．looked for

A．away B．in C．on D．by

A．along B．ahead C．across D．opposite

A．shocked B．scared C．moved D．confused

A．died B．saved C．survived D．witnessed

A．shouted B．screamed C．fought D．sighed

A．car B．bike C．road D．bus

A．immediately B．even C．only D．ever

A．lazy B．selfish C．lucky D．strange

A．missed B．avoided C．caused D．trapped

A．injury B．concern C．relief D．regret

A．emotions B．expressions C．replies D．attitudes

A．caught B．delayed C．missed D．took

A．seen B．passed C．jumped D．landed

A．differently B．actually C．exactly D．sincerely

A．examination B．change C．quality D．state

A．thought B．blamed C．enjoyed D．helped

A．happiness B．excuse C．honor D．mercy

A food additive (添加剂) is any substance that is added to food. Many people are put off by the idea of “chemicals in food.” The truth is that all food is made up of chemicals. Natural substances like milk, as well as man-made ones like drinks on sale in the market, can be described by chemical formulas. Some chemical substances are indeed harmful, but a person who refused to consume any chemicals would find nothing to eat.
The things we eat can be divided into natural and man-made substances. Some people feel that only natural foods are healthy and that all man-made ingredients are to be avoided. But many natural chemicals, found in plants and animals, are harmful when eaten, and some laboratory-made substances increase the nutritional value of food. Other chemicals have natural and man-made forms that are exactly alike: vitamin C is vitamin C, whether it comes from a test tube or from an orange. Like “chemical”, “man-made” doesn’t necessarily mean “not fit to eat”.
Food additives are used for many reasons. We add sugar and salt and other things to foods we prepare at home to make them taste better. Food producers have developed a range of additives that stabilize, thicken, harden, keep wet, keep firm, or improve the appearance of their products. Additives can make food more convenient or nutritious, give it a longer shelf life, and make it more attractive to the consumer, thus increasing the sales and profits of the producers.
Food additives are presently the centre of a storm of serious argument. Food producers have been known to use additives that have not been proved safe; some substances in common use have been proved unsafe and have been taken off the market. Many people feel there’s a risk of eating food to which anything has been added. But food additives are now regulated by the FDA of the federal government, and new additives will go through strict testing before they can be placed on the market. For most people, the chances of developing serious side effects (副作用) from the long-term use of presently approved (批准) food additives are very small.
From the passage we can learn that        .

Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

We can infer from the regulation to the food additives by the FDA that        .

According to the writer, the food additive is        .

Huttopia
Created in Europe, but tailored to perfection in Quebec, Huttopia tents provide convenient, comfortable accommodation in 16 of Quebec’s 23 national parks. Built atop a 4 by 7 meters wooden platform, the walls and roof enclose a roomy space that can sleep up to 5 people. Beds, lighting, heating, a small fridge, dishes, and an outdoor twoburner stove provide comforts. Open summer through fall, Huttopia tents can be booked for as little as $ 99 per night.
Tree Sphere
This creative option takes wilderness camping to a whole new level. Setting up camp in a Free Spirit Sphere you can sleep among the trees and stretch your wings in Qualicum Bay, Vancouver Island. Part tree house, part space capsule, founder Tom Chudleigh’s handcrafted wooden spheres gently dangle in the breeze thanks to a series of ropes tied to the forest’s cover. Suspended at 3.1, 4.3 and 4.6 meters off the ground, each of the three spheres offers comfortable and unique lodging for adults age 16 and over.
Four-Season Tents
Gatineau Park’s Philippe Lake has the perfect winter accommodation for you. Standing above the freezing ground on wooden platforms, two four-season tents are attractive with amenities (便利设施) that will keep you comfortable. With sleeping space for up to four people, the park’s four-season tents feature double-sized beds, a fridge and a stove for cooking meals.
Houseboats
Why limit your camping adventures to dry land? Lakeway Houseboat Vacations in New Brunswick offers grand accommodation in their “cottages on the water”. Choose from three luxurious floating vacation homes with full kitchens, full bathrooms, multiple bedrooms ( one boat sleeps 14!) , TVs, hot tubs, fireplaces and even waterslides. Sail along the St. John River, sunbathe on the upper deck, or stop at picturesque Mactaquac Provincial Park for a round of golf. Do as little or as much as you desire.
Which of the following is the most popular in the Province of Quebec?

Which statement is correct about the houseboat?

The underlined word “dangle” in the second paragraph probably means        .

Which of the following is not the advantage of the Four-Season Tents?

LONDON－Scientists have found an unusual way to prevent our planet from overheating: move it to a cooler spot. All you have to do is send a few comets (彗星) in the direction of Earth, and its orbit will be changed too. Our world will then be sent spinning into a safer, colder part of the solar system.
This idea for improving our climate comes from a group of U. S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) engineers and American astronomers. They say their plan could add another six billion years to the useful lifetime of our planet－effectively doubling its working life.
The plan put forward by Dr. Laughlin, and his colleagues Don Korycansky and Fred Adams, needs carefully directing a comet or asteroid so that it passes close by our planet and sends some of its gravitational energy to Earth.
“Earth’s orbital speed would increase as a result and we would move to a higher orbit away from the Sun,” Laughlin said.
Engineers would then direct their comet so that it passed close to Jupiter or Saturn. The comet would pick up energy from one of these giant planets. Later its orbit would bring it back to Earth, and the process would be repeated.
In the short term, the plan provides an ideal way to global warming, although the team was actually concerned with a much greater danger. The Sun is certain to heat up in about a billion years and so “seriously compromise” our biosphere (生物圈) －by cooking us.
That’s why the group decided to try to save Earth.
The plan has one or two worrying aspects, however. For a start, space engineers would have to be very careful about how they directed their asteroid or comet towards Earth. The smallest miscalculation (误算) in orbit could fire it straight at Earth--with deadly consequences.
There is also the question of the Moon. As the current issue of Scientific American magazine points out, if Earth was pushed out of its current position, it is “most likely the Moon would be stripped away from Earth”. This would greatly change our planet’s climate.

What makes the scientists plan to move Earth?

If the plan is successful, Earth will have a working life of         years.

What serious problems might the plan cause according to the passage?

What does the underlined word “compromise” mean?

Don’t be surprised if you see a group of people dancing or shouting on the square. They are a flash mob (快闪族). Confused by their name? Actually, a flash mob, organized with the help of the Internet or other digital communications networks, is a group of people who gather suddenly in a public place, do something unusual for a period of time, such as exchanging books, coming together to look at the sky, waving their hands and shouting something at the top of their lungs for 30 seconds, and then quickly disappear before the police can arrive.
Bill Wasik, senior editor of Harper’s Magazine, organized the first flash mob in Manhattan in May 2003 and the first successful flash mob gathered on June 3, 2003 at Macy’s department store involving 100 people gathering on Macy’s Department Store. Following this, about 200 people flooded the lobby of the Hyatt hotel, applauding in one voice for fifteen seconds, and next participants pretending to be tourists on a trip invaded a shoe shop in Soho. A later mob saw hundreds of people in Central Park making bird noises.
Wasik claimed that he created flash mobs as a social experiment designed to tease hipsters (追逐时尚的人), and highlight the cultural atmosphere of agreement and of being part of “the next big thing”. Many web logs, chat rooms and Web groups are devoted to the craze. Though flash mobs were originally regarded as useless, the concept has already developed for the benefit of political and social events. Flash mobbing takes advantage of the efficiency of communicating information on Websites and by email, and protesters can similarly use the “on and off” concept to be involved in political events. Such flash mob gatherings can sometimes shock or frighten people who are not aware of what is taking place. They also have enormous economic potential, such as using flash mobs to advertise a product.
The flash mob is now becoming more and more popular. People use it to do many things. For example, in 2009, hundreds of Michael Jackson’s fans took part in a flash mob to remember him, gathering outside the railway station in Liverpool, singing and dancing Michael’s famous song Beat It together. In another example, some people took part in a flash mob to warn people against negative words. Flash mobs give people from all walks of life an opportunity to come together to create a memory.
The writer indicates that the flash mob        .

A flash mob is most likely to        .

According to the passage, what contribute(s) most to the popularity of the flash mob?

The purpose of the writing is        .

When a tornado touched down in a small town nearby, many families were left completely destroyed. Afterward all the local newspapers carried many human-interest stories featuring some of the families who suffered the hardest.
One Sunday, a particular picture especially touched me. A young woman stood in front of an entirely shattered mobile home, a depressed expression twisting her features. A young boy, seven or eight years old, stood at her side, eyes downcast. Clutching (紧握) at her skirt was a tiny girl who stared into the camera, eyes wide with confusion and fear.
The article that went with the picture gave the clothing sizes of each family member. With growing interest, I noticed that their sizes closely matched ours. This would be a good opportunity to teach my children to help those less fortunate than themselves. I taped the picture of the young family to our refrigerator, explaining their difficulty to my seven-year-old twins, Brad and Brett, and to three-year-old Meghan.
“We have so much. And these poor people now have nothing,” I said. “We’ll share what we have with them.”
I brought three large boxes down from the room upstairs and placed them on the living room floor. Meghan watched seriously, as the boys and I filled one of the boxes with canned goods and foods.
While I sorted through our clothes, I encouraged the boys to go through their toys and donate some of their less favorite things. Meghan watched quietly as the boys piled up discarded toys and games.
“I’ll help you find something for the little girl when I’m done with this,” I said.
The boys placed the toys they had chosen to donate into one of the boxes while I filled the third box with clothes. Meghan walked up with Lucy, her worn, faded, much-loved rag doll hugged tightly to her chest. She paused in front of the box that held the toys, pressed her round little face into Lucy’s flat, painted-on-face, gave her a final kiss, then laid her gently on the top of other toys.
“Oh, Honey,” I said. “You don’t have to give Lucy. You love her so much. “
Meghan nodded seriously, eyes glistening with held-back tears. “Lucy makes me happy, Mommy. Maybe she’ll make that other little girl happy, too. “
Swallowing hard, I stared at Meghan for a long moment, wondering how I could teach the boys the lesson she had just taught me. For I suddenly realized that anyone can give their cast-offs away. True generosity is giving what you value most.
Honest benevolence (善行) is a three-year-old offering a valuable, though shabby, doll to a little
girl she doesn’t know with the hope that it will bring this child as much pleasure as it brought her. I, who had wanted to teach, had been taught.
The boys had watched, open-mouthed, as their baby sister placed her favorite doll in the box. Without a word, Brad rose and went to his room. He came back carrying one of his favorite action figures. He hesitated briefly, clutching the toy, then looked over at Meghan and placed it in the box next to Lucy.
A slow smile spread across Brett’s face. Then he jumped up, eyes twinkling as he ran to fetch some of his prized Matchbox cars.
Astonished, I realized that the boys had also recognized what little Meghan’s gesture meant. Swallowing back tears, I pulled all three of them into my arms.
Taking the cue from my little one, I removed my old jacket from the box of clothes. I replaced it with the new hunter green jacket that I had found on sale last week. I hoped the young woman in the picture would love it as much as I did.
It’s easy to give what we don’t want any more, but harder to let go of things we cherish, isn’t it? However, the true spirit of giving is to give with your heart.
Why does the author give a detailed description of a particular picture in the Sunday newspaper?

Why did Brad and Brett also donate their favorite things finally?

By “swallowing hard”, the writer means that        .

What’s the best title for this passage?

第一节:完成句子（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）
Ladies and gentlemen, please fasten your seat belt. Our plane ______________________ in five minutes. (take)
女生们，先生们，我们的飞机五分钟后就要起飞了，请系好安全带。
I’m terribly sorry for that mess. I ______________________ you the truth the other day. (tell)
非常抱歉弄得一团糟，几天前我就应该告诉你真相的。
The doctor insisted that the seriously injured patient ______________________ without any delay. (operate)
医生要求重伤患者得立即进行手术。
They prefer solving problems by themselves ______________________ others. (depend)
他们宁愿自己解决问题，也不愿依靠别人。
It was the second time that the old scientist ______________________ to give a speech in our school. (invite)
这是老科学家第二次应邀来学校做报告了。
They finally made it to the mountain, ______________________ a temple. (stand)
他们最终爬上了山，山顶上有座寺庙。
He was told that it would be at least three months ______________________ and return to work. (recover)
他被告知至少要过三个月他才能康复回去上班。
It was only then ______________________ to answer violence with violence. (decide)
直到那时我们才决定以暴制暴。
With the murderer ______________________, villagers felt relieved and everything returned to normal. (sentence)
凶手被判死刑，村民们终于舒了一口气。一切回归平静。
–Look at your hair, it’s too long.
–Don’t worry, mum. I’ll go to the barber’s and ______________________. (cut)
–看看你的头发，太长了
–别急，妈妈。我要去理发店找人剪的。

请你根据下面提示并结合生活中的一个事例，用英语写一篇短文。
Dreams can’t be achieved easily. Just dreaming all day long without any action will bring about a sad ending. Dreams are only directions of our life, so achieving them requires concrete action. To achieve them, we should make progress step by step by putting what we think into practice.