高中英语试题

The meeting was ____________ when the chairman fell ill.

A．cut down

B．cut out

C．cut off

D．cut short

At the invitation of Zhang Yimou, a famous director in China, Zhou Runfa ________ in the film Curse of the Golden Flower.

A．helped

B．led

C．fought

D．Starred

根据下列句子所给单词的首字母或中文,写出各单词的正确形式（每空限填一词）。
He explained the a_________ word to the children with a concrete story.
When a______ herself to getting up early, she stuck to her early- to- bed schedule.
E______ the child will leave home to lead his own life as a fully independent adult.
Food shortages were w_____ in the area after the earthquake hit it.
To have hills______ (转变) into fields is extremely challenging.
Earthquakes happen when _____(压力) in rock are suddenly released as the rocks break.
The students can express a _________ (偏好) for the school they are to attend.
Large numbers of young people have _____(涌入) into the area in search of jobs.

All the students are looking forward to the first________to take the College Entrance Examinations.

A．measure

B．purpose

C．attempt

D．desire

The head office of the bank is in Beijing, but it has ______ all over the country.

A．companies	B．branches
C．organizations	D．businesses

If I can help_______, I don't like working late into the night.

A．so

B．that

C．them

D．it

My computer is ________ in need of repair because it doesn't work at all.

A．well

B．badly

C．very

D．Rather

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，请你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。
I threw my magazines into the waste basket and decide tojoin in Malaysian life. Then everything came alive. I stared at everything as if I were looking at it the first time. The day passed fast . I looked at my watch but wassurprised that it was 3:00 pm. Soon the train pulled up at Butterworth. I looked at the people all around me. They all looked beautifully. When my uncle arrived at with a smile, I threw my arm around him to give him awarm hug. I had never done this ago. He seemed surprising and then his weather-beaten face warmedup with the huge smile .We walked arm in arm to her car.

Most of the educators are ________ providing more freedom to the teenagers, believing that it may make them more creative and independent.

A．in charge of	B．in search of
C．in favor of	D．in place of

Many outside the US continue to see the country as one of opportunities , and despite being in a tough economic position , research shows many young Americans would ________it as well.

A．submit to	B．contribute to
C．object to	D．subscribe to

Built mainly on natural resources , the prosperity of the city was _______ and its economy almost collapsed when coal prices began to fall in 2012.

A．sensitive

B．flexible

C．fragile

D．Subtle

When you come across a new word , you should learn to guess the meaning of the word according to the ________ clues , which may be in the sentence that comes before the word.

A．criterion

B．caption

C．context

D．Category

The spread of Western eating habits around the world is bad for human health and the environment. These findings come from a new report in the journal Nature.
David Tillman, a professor of ecology at the University of Minnesota, America, examined information from 100 countries to identify what people ate and how diet affected health. He noted a movement beginning in the 1960s. He found that as nations industrialized, population increased and earnings rose, more people began to adopt(采纳) what has been called the Western diet.
The Western diet is high in sugar, fat, oil and meat. By eating these foods, people began to get fatter and sicker. David Tillman says overweight people are at greater risk for non-infectious diseases like diabetes（糖尿病）and heart disease.
Unfortunately when people become industrialized, if they adopt this Western diet, they are going to have these health problems, especially in developing countries in Asia. China is an example where the number of diabetes cases has been jumping from less than one percent to 10 percent of the population as they began to industrialize over a 20-year period. And that is happening all across the world, in Mexico, in Nigeria and so on.
And, a diet bad for human beings, is also bad for the environment. As the world's population grows, more forests and tropical（热带的）areas will become farmland for crops or grasslands for cattle. We are likely to have more greenhouse gas in the future from agriculture than that coming out of all forms of transportation right now.
Mr. Tillman calls the link between diet, the environment and human health, "a trilemma": a problem offering a difficult choice. He says one possible settlement is leaving the Western diet behind.
According to the passage, more greenhouse gas might be given off in the future from ____________.

A．transportation	B．developing countries
C．agriculture	D．developed countries

David Tilman believes that__________.

A．diet, the environment and human health are closely connected

B．the Western diet is the only choice as the nation industrializes

C．people in tropical areas are more likely to have heart disease

D．traditional diets are more balanced than the Western diet

We can infer from the passage that ___________.

A．Nigeria has the largest number of diabetes cases

B．overweight people are at higher risk of infectious diseases

C．the examined information comes from developing countries

D．industrialization contributes to the spread of the Western diet

The main purpose of the passage is to___________.

A．call on us to protect the environment

B．warn us of the danger of the Western diet

C．remind us of the importance of health

D．advise us to have a balanced diet

根据短文内容，从下框的A~F选项中选出能概括每一段主题的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。选项中有一项为多余项。

A. When a child should learn to read B. Why it is fun to teach a child reading C. What if a child has reading problems D. How you prepare a young child for reading E. What is the best way to teach a child reading F. Whether reading early promises later achievements

       
Learning to read early has become one of those indicators — in parents' minds at least – that their child is smart. In fact, reading early has very little to do with whether a child is successful academically. Research has shown that difficulty with reading is often due not to inferior intelligence but to differences in the developmental wiring of each individual child. In some cases, there are neurological problems and developmental lags that can be overcome with proper training.
_______________.
Traditionally, American schools teach children at age six, but many schools begin teaching informally in kindergarten and pre-kindergarten. If parents start too early to encourage reading, and a child does not immediately succeed, the parent has a hard time relaxing and letting the child go at his or her own pace.
_____________________
Over the years, research has proved that the use of both the “whole language" method and the "phonic" method works best for a child to master reading. While the whole language approach, which includes reading to children and getting them interested in both the activity of reading and the story they are reading, is helpful, phonics must be taught. Children must be taught that one of the squiggles they see is a "p" and another a "b". Getting the print off the page requires a different ability than being able to understand the meaning of what is written.
___________________
You can start developing the skills needed in reading at a very young age without putting any pressure on children. Besides reading to them, parents can start "ear training" their child by playing thyme games. This develops the child's ability to recognize different sounds. In reading to children, parents also can point to words as they go, teaching the child that the funny lines on the page are the words you are saying. All this should be a fun activity.
____________________
Once a child is in school, the learning of reading is inevitably more serious. For children who have some kind of reading difficulty, you must get a professional diagnosis. While the teacher might say the child is merely disinterested but will get over it, disinterest or poor performance in reading can stem from a number of things, some being very specific learning disabilities that can be identified and worked on. But it is very tricky for parents to deal with their own child's learning disabilities.

News that Microsoft made a $44.6 billion bid to buy Yahoo resulted in heated discussions made by many Internet users. Here are some responses:
Diane Burke of Weeks bury, Kentucky
I think it would definitely be an interesting combination. Everyone recognizes the names Yahoo and Microsoft, but everyone also says, “Did you Google it?” Such a catchphrase (时髦话) is going to be hard to beat.
Shaun Carney of Laurelville, Ohio
I think the merger (合并) will provide more competitions for Google. I don’t think the merger will allow Microsoft to develop faster than Google, though. I believe the increased competition this merger brings will force Google to stay on top of its game by offering more fresh and original Internet tools and expanding on the tools it already offers.
Toni Suarez of Hacienda Heights, California
I view the merger as a necessary element in preventing a monopolization (垄断). Perhaps it would bring better high technology innovations to e-mail and help in researching and developing a better Internet!
Rick R. of Edgewater, Florida
It sounds like a disaster to me. If this were to happen, I would stop using my Yahoo e-mail account because I don’t like the feeling of Microsoft spying upon my business. I will sign up for Google.
Antonio Glosser of Kansas City, Missouri
Right now, Yahoo offers a lot of features and tools at no cost for all different levels of Internet users. Microsoft seeks nothing but profit. Undoubtedly, they’ll do nothing other than find ways to start removing Yahoo’s formerly non-priced features. Microsoft’s greed will ruin the great thing that Yahoo currently is.
How many companies are mentioned in the passage?

A．One.

B．Two.

C．Three.

D．Four.

Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

A．Shaun’s attitude towards Google is passive.

B．Toni believes the Internet will have a promising future.

C．Rick will support Google after the merger.

D．Antonio is afraid that the merger will cost Yahoo’s free features.

The passage is mainly about ______.

A．the future of Yahoo and Microsoft

B．the strengths of Yahoo and Microsoft

C．the strengths and weaknesses of large companies

D．opinions on the merger of Yahoo and Microsoft.