高中英语试题

Some of the world's most famous musicians recently gathered in Paris and New Orleans to celebrate the first annual International Jazz Day. UNESCO( United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) recently set April 30 as a day to raise awareness of jazz music, its significance, and its potential as a unifying(联合) voice across cultures.

Despite the celebrations, though, in the U.S. the jazz audience continues to shrink and grow older, and the music has failed to connect with younger generations.

It's Jason Moran's job to help change that. As the Kennedy Center's artistic adviser for jazz, Moran hopes to widen the audience for jazz, make the music more accessible, and preserve its history and culture.

"Jazz seems like it's not really a part of the American appetite," Moran tells National Public Radio's reporter Neal Conan. "What I'm hoping to accomplish is that my generation and younger start to reconsider and understand that jazz is not black and write anymore. It's actually color, and it's actually digital."

Moran says one of the problems with jazz today is that the entertainment aspect of the music has been lost. "The music can't be presented today the way it was in 1908 or 1958. It has to continue to move, because the way the world works is not the same," says Moran.

Last year, Moran worked on a project that arranged Fats Waller's music for a dance party, "Just to kind of put it back in the mind that Waller is dance music as much as it is concert music," says Moran. "For me, it's the recontextualization. In music, where does the emotion(情感) lie? Are we, as humans, gaining any insight(感悟) on how talk about ourselves and how something as abstract as a Charlie Parker record gets us into a dialogue about our emotions and our thoughts? Sometimes we lose sight that the music has a wider context," says Moran, "so I want to continue those dialogues. Those are the things I want to foster."

28．Why did UNESCO set April 30 as International Jazz Day?

A．	To remember the birth of jazz.
B．	To protect cultural diversity.
C．	To encourage people to study music.
D．	To recognize the value of jazz.

29．What does the underlined word "that" in paragraph 3 refer to?

A．	Jazz becoming more accessible.
B．	The production of jazz growing faster.
C．	Jazz being less popular with the young.
D．	The jazz audience becoming larger.

30．What can we infer about Moran's opinion on jazz?

A．	It will disappear gradually.
B．	It remains black and white.
C．	It should keep up with the times.
D．	It changes every 50 years.

31．Which of the following can be the best title for the text?

A．	Exploring the Future of Jazz.
B．	The Rise and Fall of Jazz.
C．	The Story of a Jazz Musician.
D．	Celebrating the Jazz Day.

I work with Volunteers for Wildlife, a rescue and education organization at Bailey Arboretum in Locust Valley. Trying to help injured, displaced or sick creatures can be heartbreaking; survival is never certain. However, when it works, it is simply beautiful.

I got a rescue call from a woman in Muttontown. She had found a young owl(猫头鹰) on the ground. When I arrived, I saw a 2-to 3-week-old owl. It had already been placed in a carrier for safety.

I examined the chick(雏鸟) and it seemed fine. If I could locate the nest, I might have been able to put it back, but no luck. My next work was to construct a nest and anchor it in a tree.

The homeowner was very helpful. A wire basket was found. I put some pine branches into the basket to make this nest safe and comfortable. I placed the chick in the nest, and it quickly calmed down.

Now all that was needed were the parents, but they were absent. I gave the homeowner a recording of the hunger screams of owl chicks. These advertise the presence of chicks to adults; they might also encourage our chick to start calling as well. I gave the owner as much information as possible and headed home to see what news the night might bring.

A nervous night to be sure, but sometimes the spirits of nature smile on us all! The homeowner called to say that the parents had responded to the recordings. I drove over and saw the chick in the nest looking healthy and active. And it was accompanied in the nest by the greatest sight of all - LUNCH! The parents had done their duty and would probably continue to do so.

24. What is unavoidable in the author's rescue work according to paragraph 1?

A．	Efforts made in vain.
B．	Getting injured in his work.
C．	Feeling uncertain about his future.
D．	Creatures forced out of their homes.

25. Why was the author called to Muttontown?

A．	To rescue a woman.
B．	To take care of a woman.
C．	To look at a baby owl.
D．	To cure a young owl.

26. What made the chick calm down?

A．	A new nest.
B．	Some food.
C．	A recording.
D．	Its parents.

27. How would the author feel about the outcome of the event?

A．	It's unexpected.
B．	It's beautiful.
C．	It's humorous.
D．	It's discouraging.

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Our exhibits will feed your mind but what about your body? Our café offers a complete menu of lunch and snack options, in addition to seasonal specials. The café is located upstairs in Building 1 and is open daily until one hour before Pacific Science Center closes.

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Since 1962 Pacific Science Center has been inspiring a passion(热情) for discovery and lifelong learning in science, math and technology. Today Pacific Science Center serves more than 1.3 million people a year and beings inquiry-based science education to classrooms and community events all over Washington State. It's an amazing accomplishment and one we cannot achieve without generous support from individuals, corporations, and other social organizations. Wish pacificorganzier.org to find various ways you can support Pacific Science Center.

21. Where can you buy a souvenir at Pacific Science Center?

A．	In Building 1.
B．	In Building 3.
C．	At the last Dome.
D．	At the Denny Way entrance.

22. What does Pacific Science Center do for schools?

A．	Train Science teachers.
B．	Distribute science books.
C．	Distribute scientific research.
D．	Take science to the classroom.

23. What is the purpose of the last part of the text?

A．	To encourage donations.
B．	To advertise coming events.
C．	To introduce special exhibits.
D．	To tell about the Center's history.

假定你是李华，与留学生朋友Bob约好一起去书店，因故不能赴约。请给他写封邮件，内容包括：

1.表示歉意；

2.说明原因；

3.另约时间。

注意：

1.词数100左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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。

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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。

The teenage year from 13 to 19 were the most difficult time for me . They were also the best and worse years in my life . At the first, I thought I knew everything and could make decisions by yourself. However, my parents didn ^'t seem to think such. They always tell me what to do and how to do it. At one time , I even felt my parents couldn't understand me so I hoped I could be freely from them. I showed them I was independent by wear strange clothes. Now I am leaving home to college. At last, I will be on my own, but I still want to have my parents to turn to whenever need help.

In much of Asia,especially the so-called＂rice bowl＂ cultures of China,Japan,Korea, 41Vietnam,food is usually eaten with chopsticks.

Chopsticks are usually two long,thin pieces of wood or bamboo.They can also be made of plastic,animal bone or metal.Sometimes chopsticks are quite artistic.Truly elegant chopsticks might 42 (make)of gold and silver with Chinese characters.Skilled workers also combine various hardwoods and metal 43 (create)special designs.

The Chinese have used chopsticks for five thousand years.People probably cooked their f ood in large pots, 44 (use)twigs( 树枝 )to remove it.Over time, 45 thepopulation grew,people began cutting food into small pieces so it would cook more quickly.

Food in small pieces could be eaten easily with twigs which 46(gradual)turned into chopsticks.

Some people think that the great Chinese scholar Confucius, 47 lived from roughly 551 to 479 B.C.,influenced the 48 (develop)of chopsticks.Confucius believed knives would remind people of killings and 49 (be)too violent for use at the table.

Chopsticks are not used everywhere in Asia.In India,for example,most people traditionally eat 50their hands.

When I was13 my only purpose was to become the star on our football team.That meant 21 Miller King,who was the best 22 at our school.

Football season started in September and all summer long I worked out.I carried my football everywhere for 2 3 .

Just before September,Miller was struck by a car and lost his right arm.I went to see him after he came back from 24 .He looked very 25 ,but he didn ^'t cry.

That season,I 26 all of Miller`srecords while he 27the home games from the bench.We went 10-1 and I was named most valuable player, 28 I often had crazy dreams in which I was to blame for Miller's 29 .

One afternoon,I was crossing the field to go home and saw Miller 30 going over a fence-which wasn't 31 to climb if you had both arms.I'm sure I was the last person in the world he wanted to accept 32 from.But even that cha l lenge he accepted.I 33 him move slowly over the fence.When we were finally 34 on the other side,he said to me, ＂ You know,I didn't tell you this during the season,but you did 35 .Thank you for filling in for 36 . ＂

His words freed me from my bad 37.I thought to myself,how even without an arm he was more of a leader.Damaged but not defeated,he was 38ahead of me. I was right to have 39him.From that day on，I grew 40and a little more real.

21.

A．

cheering for

B．

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staying with

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coach

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student

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teacher

D．

player

23.

A．

practice

B．

show

C．

comfort

D．

pleasure

24.

A．

school

B．

vacation

C．

hospital

D．

training

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A．

pale

B．

calm

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relaxed

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ashamed

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A．

held

B．

broke

C．

set

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tried

27.

A．

reported

B．

judged

C．

organized

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watched

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decision

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mistake

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accident

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sacrifice

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stuck

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lost

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steady

B．

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fun

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fit

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praise

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advice

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apology

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let

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dropped

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trapped

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A．

fine

B．

wrong

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quickly

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normally

36.

A．

us

B．

yourself

C．

me

D．

them

37.

A．

memories

B．

ideas

C．

attitudes

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dreams

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A．

healthier

B．

bigger

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cleverer

D．

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Everyone knows that fish is good for health. 16But it seems that many people don't cook fish at home. Americans eat only about fifteen pounds of fish per person per year, but we eat twice as much fish in restaurants as at home. Buying, storing, and cooking fish isn't difficult. 17 This text is about how to buy and cook fish in an easy way.

18 Fresh fish should smell sweet: you should feel that you're standing at the ocean's edge. Any fishy or strong smell means the fish isn't fresh. 19 When you have bought a fish and arrive home, you'd better store the fish in the refrigerator if you don't cook it immediately, but fresh fish should be stored in your fridge for only a day or two. Frozen fish isn't as tasty as the fresh one.

There are many common methods used to cook fish. 20First, lean it and season it with your choice of spices(调料). Put the whole fish on a plate and steam it in a steam pot for 8 to 10 minutes if it weighs about one pound. (A larger one will take more time.) Then, it's ready to serve.

A．	Do not buy it.
B．	The easiest is to steam it.
C．	This is how you can do it.
D．	It just requires a little knowledge.
E．	The fish will go bad within hours.
F．	When buying fish, you should first smell it.
G．	The fats in fish are thought to help prevent heart disease.

Bad news sells. If it bleeds, it leads. No news is good news, and good news is no news. Those are the classic rules for the evening broadcasts and the morning papers.But now that information is being spread and monitored(监控) in different ways, researchers are discovering new rules. By tracking people's e-mails and online posts, scientists have found that good news can spread faster and farther than disasters and sob stories.

"The 'if it bleeds' rule works for mass media," says Jonah Berger, a scholar at the University of Pennsylvania. "They want your eyeballs and don't care how you're feeling. But when you share a story with your friends, you care a lot more how they react. You don't want them to think of you as a Debbie Downer."

Researchers analyzing word-of-mouth communication-e-mails, Web posts and reviews, face-to-face conversations-found that it tended to be more positive than negative(消极的), but that didn't necessarily mean people preferred positive news. Was positive news shared more often simply because people experienced more good things than bad things? To test for that possibility, Dr. Berger looked at how people spread a particular set of news stories: thousands of articles on The New York Times' website. He and a Penn colleague analyzed the "most e-mailed" list for six months. One of his first findings was that articles in the science section were much more likely to make the list than non-science articles. He found that science amazed Times' readers and made them want to share this positive feeling with others.

Readers also tended to share articles that were exciting or funny, or that inspired negative feelings like anger or anxiety, but not articles that left them merely sad. They needed to be aroused(激发) one way or the other, and they preferred good news to bad. The more positive an article, the more likely it was to be shared, as Dr. Berger explains in his new book, "Contagious: Why Things Catch On."

12 .What do the classic rules mentioned in the text apply to?

A．	News reports.	B．	Research papers.
C．	Private e-mails.	D．	Daily conversations．

13.What can we infer about people like Debbie Downer?

A．	They're socially inactive.
B．	They're good at telling stories.
C．	They're inconsiderate of others.
D．	They're careful with their words.

14.Which tended to be the most e-mailed according to Dr. Berger's research?

A．	A . Sports new.	B．	Science articles.
C．	Personal accounts.	D．	Financial reviews.

15 .What can be a suitable title for the text?

A．	Sad Stories Travel Far and Wide
B．	B .Online News Attracts More People
C．	Reading Habits Change with the Times
D．	Good News Beats Bad on Social Networks

If you are a fruit grower-or would like to become one-take advantage of Apple Day to see what's around.

It's called Apple Day but in practice it's more like Apple Month. The day itself is on October 21, but sinceit has

caught on, events now spread out over most of October around Britain.

Visiting an apple event is a good chance to see, and often taste, a wide variety of apples. To people who are used to the limited choice of apples such as Golden Delicious and Royal Gala in supermarkets, it can be quite an eye opener to see the range of classical apples still in existence, such as Decio which was grown by the Romans. Although it doesn't taste of anything special, it's still worth a try, as is the knobbly(多疙瘩的) Cat's Head which is more of a curiosity than anything else.

There are also varieties developed to suit specific local conditions. One of the very best varieties for eating quality is Orleans Reinette, but you'll need a warm, sheltered place with perfect soil to grow it, so it's a pipe dreamfor most apple lovers who fall for it.

At the events, you can meet expert growers and discuss which ones will best suit your conditions, and because these are family affairs, children are well catered for with apple-themed fun and games.

Apple Days are being held at all sorts of places with an interest in fruit, including stately gardens and commercial orchards(果园).If you want to have a real orchard experience, try visiting the National Fruit Collection at Brogdale, near Faversham in Kent.

8.What can people do at the apple events?

A．	Attend experts' lectures.	B．	Visit fruit-loving families.
C．	Plant fruit trees in an orchard.	D．	Taste many kinds of apples.

9.What can we learn about Decio?

A．	It is a new variety.	B．	It has a strange look.
C．	It is rarely seen now.	D．	It has a special taste.

10.What does the underlined phrase "a pipe dream" in Paragraph 3mean?

A．	A practical idea.	B．	A vain hope.
C．	A brilliant plan.	D．	A selfish desire.

11.What is the author's purpose in writing the text?

A．	To show how to grow apples.
B．	B .To introduce an apple festival.
C．	To help people select apples.
D．	To promote apple research.

On one of her trips to New York several years ago, Eudora Welty decided to take a couple of New York friends out to dinner. They settled in at a comfortable East Side cafe and within minutes, another customer was approaching their table.

"Hey, aren't you from Mississippi?" the elegant, white-haired writer remembered being asked by the stranger. "I'm from Mississippi too."

Without a second thought, the woman joined the Welty party. When her dinner partner showed up, she also pulled up a chair.

"They began telling me all the news of Mississippi," Welty said. "I didn't know what my New York friends were thinking."

Taxis on a rainy New York night are rarer than sunshine. By the time the group got up to leave, it was pouring outside. Welty's new friends immediately sent a waiter to find a cab. Heading back downtown toward her hotel, her big-city friends were amazed at the turn of events that had changed their Big Apple dinner into a Mississippi.

"My friends said: 'Now we believe your stories,'" Welty added. "And I said: 'Now you know. These are the people that make me write them.'"

Sitting on a sofa in her room, Welty, a slim figure in a simple gray dress, looked pleased with this explanation.

"I don't make them up," she said of the characters in her fiction these last 50 or so years. "I don't have to."

Beauticians, bartenders, piano players and people with purple hats, Welty's people come from afternoons spent visiting with old friends, from walks through the streets of her native Jackson, Miss., from conversations overheard on a bus. It annoys Welty that, at 78, her left ear has now given out. Sometimes, sitting on a bus or a train, she hears only a fragment(片段) of a particularly interesting story.

5.What happened when Welty was with her friends at the cafe?

A．	Two strangers joined her.
B．	Her childhood friends came in.
C．	A heavy rain ruined the dinner.
D．	Some people held a party there.

6.The underlined word "them" in Paragraph 6 refers to Welty's＿＿＿＿.

A．

readers

B．

parties

C．

friends

D．

stories

7.What can we learn about the characters in Welty's fiction?

A．	They live in big cities.
B．	They are mostly women.
C．	They come from real life.
D．	They are pleasure seekers.

Music

Opera at Music Hall:1243 Elm Street. The season runs June through August, with additional performances in March and September. The Opera honors Enjoy the Artsmembership discounts. Phone: [phone]. http://www.cityopera.com.

Chamber Orchestra:The Orchestra plays at Memorial Hall at 1406 Elm Street, which offers several concerts from March through June. Call 723-1182 for more information. http://www.chamberorch.com.

Symphony Orchestra:At Music Hall and Riverbend. For ticket sales, call 381-3300. Regular season runs September through May at Music Hall in summer at Riverbend. http://www.symphony.org/home.asp.

College Conservatory of Music (CCM):Performances are on the main campus(校园) of the university, usually at Patricia Cobbett Theater. CCM organizes a variety of events, including performances by the well-known LaSalle Quartet, CCM's Philharmonic Orchestra, and various groups of musicians presenting Baroque through modern music. Students with I.D. cards can attend the events for free. A free schedule of events for each term is available by calling the box office at 556-4183. http://www.ccm.uc.edu/events/calendar.

Riverbend Music Theater:6295 Kellogg Ave. Large outdoor theater with the closest seats under cover (price difference).Big name shows all summer long! Phone:[phone]. http://www.riverbendmusic.com.

1.Which number should you call if you want to see an opera?

A．	241-2742.	B．	723-1182.
C．	381-3300.	D．	232-6220.

2.When can you go to a concert by Chamber Orchestra?

A．

February.

B．

May.

C．

August.

D．

November.

3.Where can students go for free performances with their I.D. cards?

A．	Music Hall.	B．	Memorial Hall.
C．	Patricia Cobbett Theater.	D．	Riverbend Music Theater.

4.How is Riverbend Music Theater different from the other places?

A．	It has seats in the open air.
B．	It gives shows all year round.
C．	It offers membership discounts.
D．	It presents famous musical works.

On a bright, warm July afternoon, MacHollan, a primary school teacher, was cycling from his home to Alaska with his friends. One of his friends had stopped to make a bicyclerepair, but they had encouraged Mac to carry on, and they would catch up with him soon. As Mac pedaled( 骑行)

along alone, he thought fondly of his wife and two young daughters at home. He hoped to show them this beautiful place someday.

Then Mac heard quick and loud breathing behind him. "Man, that's a big dog!" he thought. But when he looked to the side, he saw instantly that it wasn't a dog at all,but a wolf:, quickly catching up with him.

Mac's heart jumped. He found out his can of hear spray. With one hand on the bars, he fired the spray at the wolf. A bright red cloud enveloped the animal, and to Mac's relief, it fell back, shaking its head. But a minute later, it was by his side again. Then it attacked the back of Mac's

bike, tearing open his tent hag. He fired at the wolf a second time, and again, it fell back only to quickly restart the chase（追赶）。

Mac was pedaling hard now. He waved and yelled at passing carsbut was careful not to show down. He was a steep uphill climbbefore him. He knew that once he hit the hill, he'd be easy caught up and the wolf's teeth would be tearing into his flesh.

At this moment, Pauland Beeky were driving their car on their way to Alaska. They didn't think much of it when they saw two cyclists repairing their bike on the side of the road. A bit later, they spotted what they, too, assumed was a dog running alongside a man on a bike. As they got closer, they realized that the dog was a wolf. Mac heard a large vehicle behind him. He pulled in front of it as the wolf was catching up fast, just a dozen yards away now.

注意：

1. 所续写短文的词数应为150左右；

2. 应使用5个以上短文中标有下划线的关键词语；

3. 续写部分分为两段，每段开头语已为你写好；

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1.参加者；

2.时间、地点；

3.活动：登山、野餐等。

注意：

1.词数80左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Last October ,while tending her garden in Mora ,Sweden ,Lena Pahlsson pulled out a handful of small 56 (carrot) and was about to throw them away .But something made her look closer ,and she noticed a 57 (shine) object .Yes ,there beneath the leafy top of one tiny carrot was her long-lost wedding ring.

Pahlsson screamed 58 loudly that her daughter came running from the house ."she thought I had hurt 59 (I),"says Pahlsson Sixteen years 60 (early),Pahlsson had removed the diamond ring 61 (cook) a meal. When she

wanted to put the ring back on later, it was gone. She

supected that one of her three daughters-then ten. eight, and six- had picked it up, but the girls said they hadn't. Pahlsson and her husband 62 (seareh) the kitchen, checking every corner. but turned up nothing. "I gave up hope of finding my ring again," she says. She never replaced it.

Pahlsson and her husband now think the ring probably got 63 (sweep) into a pile of kitchen rubbish and was spread over the garden, 64 it remained until the carrot's leafy top accidentally sprouted (生长) through it. For Pahlsson, its return was 65 wonder.