广东省湛江一中学年高一下学期期末考试英语试题.docx

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广东省湛江一中学年高一下学期期末考试英语试题

广东湛江一中2011—2012学年度第二学期期末考试

高一级英语试卷

考试时间：

120分钟满分：

150分命题老师：

ZLJ

I语言知识及应用（共两节，满分45分）

第一节:

完形填空（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1―15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该题字母涂黑。

Oneofthemostremarkablethingsaboutthehumanmindisourabilitytoimaginethefuture.Inour1wecanseewhathasnotyethappened．Forexample,whilewearelookingforwardtovisitinganewplaceorcountry,we2whatitwillbelike.Wepredictthe3peoplewilleat,dressandact.Ofcourse,wedonotalwayspredictthingscorrectly.Thingsareoftenverydifferentfromthewaywe4themtobe.

Oneofthe5dreamsinhistoryisthedreamoftheGermanscientist,Kekule,whohadbeen6toworkoutaverydifficultprobleminphysics.Hehad7andanalyzedtheproblemfromeveryanglefordays,butthereseemedtobenowayof8outtheanswer.Thenonenighthewenttobedanddreamed．Whenhe9up,herealizedthatheknewtheanswer.Hehadsolvedtheprobleminhis10.

Thehypnotist（催眠者）satinthechairoppositehimandspoke11:

Iwantyoutoconcentrateonmyvoice.Thinkaboutnothing.Youknownothingbutmyvoice.Andasyoupayattentiontomyvoice,your12willgetheavier.Soonyou’llbeasleep.

Youwillhearmyvoiceand13mywords,butyourbodywillbeasleep,youreyesaretooheavy.Youarealmostasleep,andwhenyouwakeupyouwill14nothing.

Youwillforgeteverything.NowIamgoingto15slowlyfromonetofive.One,two,three,four,five.

1．A．brainsB．sensesC．sightsD．minds

2．A．imagineB．knowC．feelD．guess

3．A．customB．wayC．styleD．habit

4．A．requiredB．wishedC．leftD．expected

5．A．famousB．dullC．funnyD．silly

6．A．tryingB．managingC．thinkingD．hoping

7．A．learnedB．studiedC．discussedD．surveyed

8．A．findingB．makingC．turningD．letting

9．A．gaveB．satC．wokeD．got

10．A．lessonB．dreamC．researchD．exercise

11．A．softlyB．loudlyC．slowlyD．firmly

12．A．headB．feetC．eyesD．body

13．A．believeB．understandC．takeD．repeat

14．A．acceptB．receiveC．hearD．remember

15．A．addB．sayC．countD．speak

第二节语法填空（共10小题;每小题1.5分，满分15分）

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卷标号为16-25的相应位置上。

Tomygreatjoy,Ihavebrokenawayfrommybadhabitwhichalmostruinedme.Twoyearsago,IhappenedtocomeacrossTom,16waslostingambling（赌博）.Thingsofonekindcometogether.AsIwasalsonotinterestedinschoolwork,webecamegoodfriends.Thougheveryday,theteacherassignedusagreatdealofhomework,wetooknonoticeofit.Intheclassroom,Icouldn’tfocus17whattheteachertaught.Asaresult,myacademicperformancewasbecomingfrombadto18（bad）.AsIcouldn’tfindanyfuninschool,IplayedpokerwheneverIwasfree.At19beginning,wejustplayedforfun,butnotsoonlate,weplayedforgambling.20reallymademehappyevenexcited.However,IfeltupsetbecauseI21（lose）quitealittlemoneyinthegamble.Ibegantobeworriedallthetime.Myfatherfound22happenedtomeandshoutedatme,sayingthatIwouldendupinprison23Ididn’tattempttoleavethosewhogambled.Hetriedtopersuademetogobacktoschoolandbeggedmyheadteacher24（help）mewithmystudy.25（follow）hisadvice,Itriedtostudyhard.ItseemedasifIneverranoutofmyenergy.Wherethereisawillthereisaway.Ibecameoneofthetopstudentsinmyschool.

Ⅱ阅读（共两节，满分50分）

第一节　阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项字母涂黑。

A

Philipwasanine-year-oldboyinaSundayschoolclassof8-year-oldgirlsandboys.Sometimesthethirdgradersdidn’twelcomePhilipintotheirgroupandusuallytrickedhim.Thiswasnotbecausehewasolder,butbecausehewas“different”.Yousee,PhilipsufferedfromaconditioncalledDowns’sSyndrome.Thismadehim“different”,withhisfacialcharacteristics,slowresponsesandmentalproblems.

OneSundayafterEaster,theSundayschoolteachergatheredsomeplasticeggsthatpulledapartinthemiddle.Theteachergaveonetoeachchild.Onthatbeautifulspringday,thechildrenweretogooutanddiscoverforthemselvessomesymbolof“newlife”andplaceitinsidetheplasticeggs.

Afterthechildrenreturnedtotheclassroom,theteacheropenedtheireggsonebyone,askingeachchildtoexplainthatsymbolof“newlife”.Thefirstopenedeggcontainedaflower.Everyonecheered.Inanotheronewasabutterfly….Whentheteacheropenedthelastegg,itwasempty.“That’sstupid,”saidsomeone.Theteacherfeltapullathisshirt.ItwasPhilip.Lookingup,Philipsaid,“It’smine.Ididit.It’sempty.Ihavenewlife,becausethetombisempty.”Notasoundwasheardinclassatall.Fromthatdayon,Philipbecamearealpartofthegroup.Theywelcomedhim,andwhatevermadehimdifferentwasnevermentionedagain.

Philip’sfamilyknewhewouldn’tlivealonglife,forthereweretoomanythingswrongwithhim.

26.Theunderlinedword“condition”inthefirstparagraphprobablymeans________.

A.gradeB.statusC.diseaseD.health

27.Itcanbeinferredfromthefirstparagraphthat________.

A.The8-year-oldswerefriendlytoPhilip

B.The8-year-oldsweresometimescruel

C.Philipwasreallydifferentinschool

D.Philipwasolderandmoresensitive

28.Theteachergaveeachchildoneplasticeggtoletthem________.

A.putsomesymbolof“newlife”intoit

B.playaroundonthatbeautifulspringday

C.trytopullitapartinthemiddle

D.gooutanddiscoverthemselves

29.AfterPhilipexplainedhisnewlife,________.

A.Theclassthoughthewasclever.B.Hebegantostudyintheclass.

C.Theclassfellsilent.D.Hefeltdying.

30.Welearnfromthepassagethat________.

A.Theteacherusedtohaveclassesoutdoors

B.Philip’snewlifewishwasempty

C.Philipwashealthyasawhole

D.Philipwasacceptedbyhisclassmatesintheend

B

PeoplefromEastAsiatendtohavemoredifficultythanthosefromEuropeintellingfacialexpressionsandanewreportpublishedonlineinCurrentBiologyexplainswhy.

     RachaelJack,UniversityofGlasgowresearcher,saidthatratherthanscanningevenly（均匀的）acrossafaceasWesternersdo,Easternersfixtheirattentionontheeyes.

     "WeshowthatEasternersandWesternerslookatdifferentfacefeaturestoreadfacialexpressions,"Jacksaid."Westernerslookattheeyesandthemouthequally,whileEasternersfavortheeyesandignorethemouth."

     AccordingtoJackandhercolleagues,thefindingshowsthathumancommunicationofemotionismorecomplexthanbelievedbefore.Asaresult,facialexpressionsthathadbeenconsidereduniversallyrecognizablecannotbeusedtoreliablyconvey（传达）emotionincross-culturalsituations.

     Theresearchersstudiedculturaldifferencesintherecognitionoffacialexpressionsbyrecordingtheeyemovementsof13WesternCaucasianand13EastAsianpeoplewhiletheyobservedpicturesofexpressivefacesandputthemintotypes:

happy,sad,surprised,fearful,disgusted,angry,orneutral.Theycomparedhowaccuratelytheparticipants（参与者）readthosefacialexpressionsusingtheirparticulareyemovementstrategies.

     ItturnedoutthatEasternerspaidmuchgreaterattentiontotheeyesandmadesignificantlymoreerrorsthanWesternersdid."Theculturaldifferenceineyemovementsthattheyshowisprobablyareflection（反映）ofculturaldifferenceinfacialexpressions,"Jacksaid."OurdatasuggestthatwhileWesternersusethewholefacetoexpressemotion,Easternersusetheeyesmoreandmouthless."

   Inshort,thedatashowthatfacialexpressionsarenotuniversalsignalsofhumanemotion.Fromhereon,examininghowculturalfactorshavemadethesebasicsocialskillshavegreatervarietywillhelpourunderstandingofhumanemotion.Otherwise,talkingofcommunicatingemotionsacrosscultures,EasternersandWesternerswillfindthemselveslostintranslation.

31.ThediscoveryshowsthatWesterners_______.

   A.observetheeyesandthemouthindifferentways

   B.considerfacialexpressionsuniversallyreliable

   C.payequalattentiontotheeyesandthemouth

   D.havemoredifficultyinrecognizingfacialexpressions

32.Whatwerethepeopleaskedtodointhestudy?

A.Toclassify（分类）somefacepictures.  B.Togettheirfacesimpressive.

C. Tomakeafaceateachother.  D.Toobservetheresearchers'faces.

33.Whatdoestheunderlinedword"they"inParagraph6referto?

A.Thepeopletakingpartinthestudy.B.Theresearchersofthestudy.

C.Theerrorsmadeduringthestudy.D.Thedatacollectedfromthestudy.

34.ComparedwithWesterners,Easternersarelikelyto_______.

A.dotranslationmoresuccessfullyB.studythemouthmorefrequently

C.readfacialexpressionsmorecorrectlyD.examinetheeyesmoreattentively

35.Whatcanbethebesttitleforthepassage?

 A.TheEyeistheWindowtotheSoul

B.CulturalDifferencesinReadingEmotions

C.EffectiveMethodstoDevelopSocialSkills

D.HowtoIncreaseCross-culturalUnderstanding

C

Haveyoueverwonderedaboutpeople’snames?

Wheredotheycomefrom?

Whatdotheymean?

People’sfirstnames,orgivennames,arechosenbytheirparents.Sometimesthenameofagrandparentorothermemberofthefamilyisused.Someparentschoosethenameofawell-knownperson.AboycouldbenamedGeorgeWashingtonSmith;agirlcouldbenamedHelenKellerJones.

Somepeoplegivetheirchildrennamesthatmeangoodthings.Clarameans“bright”;Beatricemeans“onewhogiveshappiness”;Donaldmeans“worldruler”;Leonardmeans“asbraveasalion”.

Theearliestlastnames,orsurnames（姓）,weretakenfromplacenames.AfamilywiththenameBrookorB