百强校学年广东汕头金山中学高一下期末考试英语卷带解析.docx

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百强校学年广东汕头金山中学高一下期末考试英语卷带解析

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【百强校】2015-2016学年广东汕头金山中学高一下期末考试英语卷（带解析）

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GivenAustralia’ssizeandthefactthatearlysettlementswerefarapart,Australiansocietyisremarkablyhomogeneous（同种的）.Thewayoflifeinthemajorcitiesandtownsismuchthesame,howevermanymilesdividethem.Ittakesasharpeartotellthedifferencesbetweenregionalaccents.

However,thereissomedifferenceinlifestylebetweenpeopleinthecityandthoseinthecountryside.Almost90percentofthepopulationlivesinthefast-pacedcitiesalongthecoastandhaslittlemorethanapassingfamiliaritywiththedesert.Themajorcitieskeepsomecolonial（殖民的）heritage,buttheoverallimpressionismodern,withnewbuildingsreflectingthecountry’syouth.Bycomparison,theruralcommunitiestendtobeslow-moving.Formanyyears,Australiawassaidtohave“riddenonthesheep’sback”,areferencetowoolbeingthecountry’smainmoney-earner.However,thewoolindustryisnolongerdominant.MuchofAustralia’seconomyisnowachievedfromnaturalcoalandwheat,andbybeingthelargestdiamondproducerintheworld.Newerindustriessuchastourismandwinemakingarealsoincreasinglyimportant.Australiansaregenerallyfriendlyandrelaxed,withaself-deprecatingsenseofhumor.Onthewhole,Australiaisasocietywithouthierarchies（等级制度）,anattitudegenerallyheldtostemfromitsprisonerbeginnings.

Yet,contrarytopopularbelief,veryfewAustralianshavetrueprisonerorigins.WithinonlyonegenerationofthearrivaloftheFirstFleetin1788,Australiahadbecomeanationofimmigrants.OriginallycomingalmostentirelyfromtheBritishIsles,todayoneinthreeAustralianscomesfromelsewhere.Australia’sliberalpostwarimmigrationpolicies（政策）ledtoagrowingnumberofsurvivorsfromwar-tornEurope,mostnotablyGreeks,Italians,PolesandGermans.

TheemphasishaschangedinrecentyearsandtodaymostofthenewimmigrantsarefromSoutheastAsia.TodayAustraliaisa‘blendofnations’andalthoughsomeracial（种族的）problemsexist,ithasgenerallybeenasuccessfulexperimentandthecountryisproudtohaveoneofthemostharmoniousmulticulturalcommunitiesintheworld.

1、Whatdoesthewritermeanbysaying“Ittakesasharpeartotellthedifferencesbetweenregionalaccents.”inthefirstparagraph?

A．AustraliansspeakStandardEnglishwithnolocalaccentswhatsoever.

B．Youhavetopracticealottolearntounderstandthedifferentaccents.

C．TheAustralianregionalaccentsareverydifficulttounderstandindeed.

D．ThereisnotmuchdifferencebetweentheaccentsindifferentareasofAustralia.

2、WhichofthefollowingstatementsisTRUEaccordingtothepassage?

A．MostAustralianshaveancestorswhowereprisoners.

B．TheAustralianeconomyisdependentonsheepexports.

C．MostpeoplelivinginAustraliacomefromEurope.

D．Thepaceoflifeisdifferentinthecityandinthecountry.

3、Wecaninferfromthepassagethat_____.

A．therearenosignsofAustralia’scolonialpastinitsmoderncities

B．Australia’srecentimmigrationpolicyencouragesimmigrantsfromSoutheastAsia

C．immigrantsfromSoutheastAsiahavebroughtracialproblems

D．“ridingonsheep’sback”resultedinslowdevelopmentinruralcommunities

4、ThispassagemainlyfocusesonAustralia’s______.

A．society                              B．economy                              

C．racialproblems                              D．history                              

TheBrontesisterswerethreesisterswhobecamefamousnovelists．TheirlivesandworksareconnectedwiththelonelymoorsofYorkshire,England,wheretheylived．PatrickBronte,thesisters’father,wasapoorIrishmanwhobecametheparishclergymanofthesmall,isolatedtownofHaworth,Yorkshire．Brontewassomewhatstrangeandtendedtobestrict．Hiswifediedin1821andhersisterbroughtupthefamilyoutofduty,butwithlittleloveorunderstanding．Thesisterswenttoseveralboardingschoolswheretheyreceivedabettereducationthanusualforgirlsatthattime,butinabadatmosphere．

Fewjobswereavailableforwomenatthattime,andtheBrontesisters,exceptforoccasionaljobsasgovernessesorschoolteachers,livedtheirentirelivesathome．Theywereshy,poor,andlonely,andoccupiedthemselveswithmusic,drawing,readingand---aboveall---writing．Theirisolationledtotheearlydevelopmentoftheirimaginations．In1846,underthemalepennamesofCurrer,Ellis,andActonBell,thesisterspublishedajointvolumeofpoems．Althoughonlytwocopiesweresold,allthreesisterssoonhadtheirfirstnovelspublished．

CharlotteBronte’smostfamousnovelJaneEyre（1847）islargelyautobiographical．Throughtheheroine,Charlotterelivedherhatedboardingschoollifeandherexperiencesasagovernessinalargehouse．Rochester,theheroandmasterofthehouse,isfictional．JaneEyrewasenormouslysuccessful,butmanyreaderswereshockedthatRochester,whotriedtomakeJanehismistress,shouldberewardedbymarryingher．SomereaderswerealsoshockedbecauseJanewantedtoberegardedasathinkingandindependentperson,ratherthanasaweakfemale．

CharlotteBrontewrotethreeothernovels．Thefirstone,TheProfessor,wasnotpublisheduntil1857,afterherdeath．Shirley（1849）issetamongthelabourriotsoftheearly1800s．Villette（1853）themostpopularofthethree,isbasedonCharlotte’sunhappyexperiencesasagovernessinBrussels．

5、Theunderlinedword“autobiographical”inparagraph3mostprobablymeans_______．

A．popular

B．likelytocausesympathy

C．relatingtoherownlife

D．concerningfemaleissues

6、Wecaninferfromthepassagethat_______．

A．thethreesisterswerebadlytreatedbytheirstep-mother

B．ThethreeBrontesisterswerebroughtupinIreland

C．HaworthwassufferinghighunemploymentatthetimeofthethreeBrontesisters

D．writingwasnotintendedforwomeninthe19thcenturyinBritain

7、Inmanyreaders’eyes,Rochester,_______．

A．actedtoorudelytowardsJane

B．didnotdeservetobeJane’shusband

C．wastoobadtobetruthful

D．shouldbeJane’smasteraswellasherhusband

8、Whatwillprobablybediscussedinthecomingparagraphsofthispassage?

A．Theothertwosisters’works．

B．CharlotteBronte’slifeinBrussels．

C．Whatistalkedaboutinthenovel,Villette．

D．Whytheirnovelsoutweighed（超过）theirpoems．

Europeisnowthebiggestmarketfororganicfoodintheworld,havinggrownby25 percentayearoverthepast10years.Denmark’sagricultureministerisherselfanorganicfarmer.TheUKmarketfororganicfoodgrewby55percentin2000,whilethefoodmarketasawholegrewbyonlyonepercent.YetonlysevenpercentofBritishshoppersaccountfornearly90percentoforganicsales.Howeverpopulartheideaoforganicfarmingmaybe,itisstillaninterestforonlyafewpeople.

Sowhatmakestheideaoforganicfarmingpopular?

Organicfarmingmeansfarmingwithnaturalmaterials,ratherthanwithman-madefertilizersorpesticides.Organicfarmersrelyonmany methods—suchascroprotation（农作物的轮作）andtheuseofresistantvarieties,becausetheyarenecessaryfororganicfarmerstocompensatefortheshortageofman-madechemicals.

Organicfarmingisoftensupposedtobesaferthantraditionalfarmingfortheenvironment.Yetafteralongresearchonorganicfarmingworldwideforanumberofyears,sciencecontinuestobeagainstthisopinion.TheHouseofCommonscommitteeonagriculturepublicizedthat,evenwithcompleteresearchwork,itwouldfailtofindanyscientificevidencetoprove“thatanyofclaims（宣称）madefororganicfarmingisalwaystrue”.

However,thetalkaboutthebenefitsoforganicfarmingisgoingon.Thisispartlybecausemanypeopledependontheirindividualfarm,thesoil,theweather,andsoon.

9、Thefirstparagraphmainlytellsus_____.

A．organicfarminghasbeenperformedonlyinEuropeoverthepast10years

B．governmentsofEuropeancountrieshavecaredlessaboutorganicfarming

C．organicfarmingisfarfrombeingaspopularasexpected

D．Europeancountriesneedorganicfoodmorethantheothercountriesintheworld

10、Theunderlinedwords“compensatefor”inthesecondparagraphprobablymean“________”.

A．arguefor                              B．carefor                              

C．strugglefor                              D．payfor                              

11、Accordingtothethirdparagraph,_____.

A．organicfarmingissaferthantraditionalfarmingfortheenvironment

B．theideathatorganicfarmingissaferhasnotbeenprovenbyscience

C．organicfarmingisacceptedbytheUK’sHouseofCommonscommittee

D．organicfarmingispreferredtotraditionalfarming

12、WhichofthefollowingisTRUE,accordingtothepassage?

A．TheUK’sagricultureministerisanorganicfarmer.

B．Organicfarmingispopularwithyoungpeople.

C．Farmersmakeuseofmanydifferentkindsofmethodstoimprovetheorganicsalessystem.

D．Ninety-threepercentofBritishshoppersseldombuyorganicproducts.

Therearemanyfun,freeactivitiesthatyoucandoasafamily.Allthatisrequiredisabitofimaginationandsometimesetasideforfun.Andthebestpartisthatthesearethekindofmemoriesachildwillrememberforalifetime.

Familygamenight

Findoutanyofthegamesthatarealreadyaroundthehouse.KidsoftengetcomputergamesforChristmasorbirthdays,andwouldlovetohaveachancetoplaywiththeirfamily.Or,makeupsomegamesofyourown.“Charades”isaf