广东省揭阳市2008-2009第一学期高中阶段会考试题(一)英语科

Six oxen died yesterday and one mule. After butchering them where they fell, we kept going. They‟re too __21__to move and there wasn‟t time to bury them.Tall Joe made an announcement at supper: We must __22__ our loads to make it easier on the tired animals.When we __23__ this morning there was an old assortment __24__ in camp: a washtub, an oval mirror, two trunks filled with brand-new shoes, a piano, and a birdcage.Someone had put several dozen books onto the shelves of a china hutch, __25__ and tidy as a library. Maybe folks coming behind will get to enjoy them, but who has time to read?The trail seems to be uphill. Today it was our __26__ to be in front and I thought, at last, we‟ll have no dust. But the __27__ was at our backs, so we walked in blowing dirt all day long.A boy in one of the other wagons was riding on their sideboard. No one knows what happened, but __28__ he fell and was walked over by the mules behind. There was so much dust that it wasn‟t until three wagons passed did they find him.We all stopped for an hour. They __29__him in the middle of the road so wolves would not dig him up. We could hear the boy‟s mother and sisters crying, even above the __30__ of our moving wagons.21. A. big B. fast C. dirty D. heavy22. A. lighten B. tidy C. pack D. reload23. A. got up B. pulled out C. fell behind D. put off24. A. hidden B. displayed C. left D. listed25. A. neat B. completed C. colorful D. thick26. A. work B. need C. luck D. turn27. A. trail B. wolves C. wind D. boy28. A. actually B. somehow C. outside D. quickly29. A. buried B. hugged C. carried D. comforted30. A. feet B. wheels C. noise D. driversThe reading passages which follow are all of an average level of difficulty for your stage of instruction. They are all about five hundred words in __31__ (long).They are about topics of general interest __32__ do not require a great deal of specialized knowledge . Thus they fall between the kind of reading you might find in your textbooks__33__ the much less demanding kind you will find in a newspaper or light novel. __34__ you read this kind of English, with understanding at four hundred words per minute, you might skim(浏览)through a newspaper at perhaps 650-700, while with a difficult textbook you might drop to two hundred or two hundred and fifty.Perhaps you feel like __35__(know) what reading speeds are common among native English-speaking university students and how those speeds can __36__ (improve). Tests in Minnesota, USA, for example, __37__(show) that students without special training can read English of average difficulty, for example, Tolstoy‟s War and Peace in translation,__38__speeds of between 240 and 250 words per minute with about seventy percent __39__ (comprehensive) in materials. Students in Minnesota claim that after twelve half-hour lessons, once a week, the reading speed can be increased, with no __40__(lose) of understanding, to around five hundred words per minute.AFor 16-year-old Li Miaomiao, sore feet from wearing high heels for hours at a time and an ache jaw from constant smiling are worth the chance of presenting a medal to hang around an athlete's neck during the Beijing Olympics．The willow-thin high school student is one of 34 Chinese girls “training” to be an Olympic medal presenter at the Beijing Foreign Affairs School (BFAS), one of several state-run colleges charged with producing camera-friendly girls for awards ceremonies．When not balancing books on her head to improve posture（体态）during medal presentation rehearsal（预演）sessions, Li and her class-mates study English, receive cultural training and look at pictures of past medal presenters and their uniforms．Most important for Li, though, is the smile．“I practice at home, and smile to the mirror for an hour every day,” Li said, beaming radiantly in a red waistcoat and high heels on the sidelines of a class．“I want to present my smile to the world, and let them know that the Chinese smile is the warmest．”Apart from common-sense communication tips, such as looking directly at someone while talking to them, students are also informed the perfect smile consists of “only showing the eight top teeth”．For Li Miaomiao, the perfect smile comes naturally – after having practiced for hours in the mirror．It no doubt helped Li become one of only seven girls chosen from dozens of applicants to present medals to winning boxers at an Olympic test event．Being 16, Li is technically ineligible to become an Olympic medal presenter, where guidelines call for 18-25 year-old university students．But she rates herself a competitor, anyway．“I'm very confident．I think I have an 80 percent chance,” she said, flashing a winning smile．41．The first paragraph mainly tells us ______．A．what Li is being trained for B．what health problems Li is faced withC．what Li is qualified for D．what lifestyle Li prefers to lead42．From the article we know that BFAS ______．A．is likely to be a high school for girls onlyB．has been founded to train Olympic medal presentersC．trains girls in photographing skillsD．temporarily offers training to the Olympic volunteers43．During the medal presentation rehearsals, Li and her classmates _______．A．have books placed on their headsB．learn English both in the oral and written formC．study the history of the OlympicsD．try to learn from the former medal presenters44．Li‟s smile is particularly mentioned because _______．A．her smile is different from the “perfect smile”B．she doesn‟t seem to agree with the “perfect smile” standardC．she can present the “perfect smile” naturally after hard practiceD．her smile is up to the “perfect smile” standard by nature45．The underlined word “ineligible” in the last paragraph possibly means ______．A．unwilling B．unfit C．anxious D．qualifiedBIt was a tale that scared me to death. It was the story of a wife who cannot resist to open a door she was not supposed to open. A door to a room with the cut-up bodies of former wives. I was 24 when I read it.But, what happens if we hear a scary(令人恐惧的) tale like this when we‟re younger? One UK university student recently did a study of this. The result? It showed that messages in these tales can encourage the girls who read them to become victims of abuse (虐待) in later life. “Beauty and the beast”, for example, is said to promote the idea that love can change the nature of a man. But, it may make people who read it more likely to stay with a violent partner. There‟s the hope that she can change his behavior.Any brief look at childhood stories will reveal examples of submissive (顺从的) women. They are presented as role models during our younger years. There‟s the little mermaid, who sacrifices her home, family and fish tailfor the love of a human. There‟s Cinderella , endlessly sweeping floors with a patient smile on her face until she meets the prince. Ther e‟s Snow White and her home skills used to serve the seven dwarves until she‟s poisoned by her stepmother. Then she has to sleep on a glass coffin until another prince wakes her with a kiss.The idea that fairly tales are harmful to girls is not a new one. Modern ideas are offended by stories that make outer beauty the equal of inner perfection. Or, patient suffering and obedience lead to marriage and riches. Still, remembering the characters and events of these stories does not necessarily mean they influence our lives.Deborah Cameron, professor of language and communications at Oxford University, England, has said that children do more complicated things with what they hear and read than we might think. And, the influence of these stories is weakened as a result. “There is a theory that fairytales help children work through their fears. But, many researchers don‟t agree that the effect lasts into adulthood. That‟s because we‟re always changing our view of the world.”46. By the first paragraph, the author intends to tell us_________.A. that young girls should not read some fairy tales.B. that some fairy tales do no harm to older women.C. that some fairy tales are really scaryD. her own experience of reading fairy tales.47. What message do all the fairy tales mentioned in the passage send to the young girls?A. Be submissive and you will be happy in the end.B. Love can change the nature of a man.C. Suffering and happiness go hand in hand in life.D. You should sacrifice everything for love.48. The author herself would most probably agree that _______.A. fairly tales are harmful to girls.B. patient suffering and obedience lead to marriage and richesC. fairly tales do not necessarily influence our later lives.D. the girls who read some fairy tales will be abused in later life.49. The last paragraph leads you to the belief that ________.A. fairy tales helps in the process of adulthood.B. children will get rid of their fears when they become adults.C. fairy tales will last their effect into adulthood.D. fairy tales will change our view of the world50. What would be the best title for this text?A. Fairy tales and the happiness of the girls.B. Will fairy tales harm girls or not?C. What are the influences of fairy tales.D. Fairy tales and their messages.CNot long ago, we argued in this space that because America has some of the best tap water available, it is time to start thinking twice about drinking commercially bottled water. One big reason is that a lot of petroleum is required to manufacture and transport the plastic bottles, thus adding to global warming and other environmental problems. Of course, in certain circumstances bottled water is necessary. It is essential during emergencies—think Katrin a—and it is certainly a better alternative when the only other drinks come loaded with calories.What the rising use of bottled water leaves us with, however, is a huge recycling problem. Of the mountain of individual plastic water bottles created by Americans each yea r—enough to hold more than seven billiongallons of wate r—less than one-fourth are sent to the recycling industry for a second round. That makes absolutely no sense for the environment or for the economy.The recycling industry sees plastic water bottles as a prime commodity because they can be turned into anything from fleece jackets to a very durable set of luggage. One reason so few water bottles are recycled is that except in a very few states, they cannot be redeemed at the local grocery store.But recycling rates are significantly higher in the 11 states that pay customers a nickel (and in some cases a dime) if they return their bottle. But only three of these state s—California, Hawaii and Main e—include water bottles. Passing new bottle laws or expanding old laws to include plastic bottles should be an easy call for most Legislatures. But the grocery and drink industry have been able to use their power and campaign funds, to keep that from happening. That needs to change.There are other ways to encourage recycling. At many public place s—ballgames or city parks, for exampl e —it is often much easier to buy a bottle of water than to find a recycling bin to throw it away. And in some areas, like parts of Philadelphia, officials are experimenting with ways to pay homeowners by the pound for recycled garbage, a trend definitely worth watching.Of course, for most people, the simplest recycling solution of all might be to wash a plastic bottle out and refill it with fresh water from the tap.51. What is the writer‟s attitude towards bottled water?A. It is completely unnecessary.B. It will cause obesity because it contains warming.C. Producing bottled water will worsen global warmingD. It is less tasty than tapping water. .52. What is a possible cause of low recycling rates of plastic water bottles?A. Plastic water bottles have little recycling value.B. In some public places not enough dustbins are set up to collect bottles.C. The recycling industry will cost much to recycle bottles.D. Consumers of bottled water are not willing to have their bottles recycled.53. The underlined word “redeemed ”in the third Paragraph probably means______.A. returnedB. changed into an amount of money.C. collectedD. recycled54.We can infer from the passage that_______.A. Americans will consume more than seven billion gallons of water each year.B. government should buy recycled garbage from peopleC. new laws have been set up to encourage plastic bottle recycling.D. consumers of bottled water in California will get some money back if they return their bottles togrocery store..55. We can conclude from the passage that the writer______.A. encourages people to wash plastic bottles to better recycle them.B. wants people to drink more tap water than bottled water.C. advocates all social class‟s contribution to collecting and recycling garbage.D. criticizes grocery and drink industry for their irresponsibility to recycle plastic bottles.A.You and Me, BabyB. Ruff! Ruff! Where’s Scruff?C. The Giving TreeD. Where the Wild Things AreE.Goodnight Moon (Board book)F. Guess How Much I Love You (board book)56．Mrs. Green is a nurse in a hospital in London. She has a lovely daughter. She often says to her “Hey, Baby! Look at you, looking at me, looking at you looking at me”. She is going to send her daughter to Grade 1 this September and buy a book with 40 pages for her.57. Joe is eleven years old. He enjoys reading picture books about animals. He often buys some new ones. Last Saturday he bought a new book. There is such a sentence on the first page: “In a heartwarming twist on the …I-can-do anything-you can-do-better‟ theme, Little Nutbrown Hare goes through a series of declarations regarding the breadth of his love for Big Nutbrown Hare”.58．Tong Tong is five years and two months old now. His father bought him a story book for his birthday on July 2. Now he is reading “but as the boy grew older he began to want more from the tree, and tree gave and gave and gave…59．Mr. Smith lives in New York City. He has a two-year-old grandson, who likes to listen to some stories about animals and read picture books with a hide-and-seek adventure and lots of pop-up surprises on every page!60．Susan is a four-year-old girl. Her mother bought her a new book today. In this book, there are many good bedtime activities---a reappearing little mouse is particularly pesky. By the e nd of the little rabbit‟s goodnight poem, the story has quieted to a whisper, and the drawings have darkened with nightfall. As you turn the last page, you can expect a sleepy smile and at least a yawn or two.假设你是李华，有一位美国朋友托你在北京为他找工作，当你看到《中国日报》China Daily上刊登了一则招聘启事的时候，你认为很适合他。