普宁二中2012-2013高二下学期第一次月考
英 语
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）
We all have dreams. Yet so few of us realize them. Often, a dream dies as quickly as it is born we lack the confidence to keep it. When I was old enough, I realized that society puts a high ___2____ on youth, beauty and intellectual achievement. This discovery gave me some idea to develop my dream although I was ___3___.
My dream was 4 . I dreamed of becoming a ___5___. The employment field was a highly place. It gave not only fierce competition to a disabled job – seeker but also the unfriendly treatment from the ___7___ strong and healthy. They see the disabled as the back row of society.
However, I ___8___ to sit in the back row. I decided to take a course. When I handed over the application form to the interviewer, she looked at me and advised me to __9___ my choice from typing. But I was ___10____ to stay with it. She accepted me.
On the fifth month of the six-month course, five students were chosen to do some copy typing. I was one of them. I was very ___11___ and finished half of the work given to us all.
More work came to me after this test. I could see quite clearly the way to __12___ my dream. I became a typist in one of the offices immediately after my graduation. I did not ___13___ starting at the bottom of the ladder. Being a typist was just the beginning. Having achieved one dream, I set out to achieve others. There was no easy task. But the sacrifice proved ___14____ . Dreamers should keep reaching out for their dreams, whatever the __15___ is, until they get what they want in life. 1. A. even if 2. A. standard 3. A. disabled 4. A. fantastic 5. A. teacher 6. A. competitive 7. A. originally 8. A．had 9. A．change 10. A．willing
B. because B. view B. talented B. complicated B. typist B. valuable B. extremely B．continued B．ignore B．reluctant
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C. although C. value C. excited C. acceptable C. scientist C. mysterious C. physically C．meant C．confirm C．determined
D. unless D. measure D. measure D. simple D. doctor D. adventurous D. fortunately D．refused D．prevent D．glad
11. A．happy
12. A．achieving
13. A．avoid
14.A．disappointing
15. A．happiness B．efficient B．changing B．risk B．rewarding B．pain C．developing C．turning C．consider C．encouraging C．sorrow D．excited D．enjoying D．mind D．satisfying D．excitement
第二节 语法填空（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）
Dr Isaac Asimov was an American author and biochemist who ____16____(bear)in Russia in 1920. Asimov went to the United States with his family at the age of three. He grew up in New York, ___17_____(graduate)from Columbia University in 1939. In 1948, he earned a PhD ___18____. He began to write stories ___19___ science-fiction magazines in 1939. He was a very successful writer who produced ___20___ amazing number of books: he wrote over 400 volumes. Asimov is ___21____(well) known for his science fiction and popular science book, of ___22__ the Foundation series, the Galactic Empire series and the Robot series are the most popular. Asimov?s books cover ____23____(vary)topics in science, and he developed a set of ethics for robots and machine intelligence which influence many ___24___ writers. ____25____(have) a further knowledge, you can surf the related information on the website www.Isaacasimov.com
II 阅读理解（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）
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Do dogs understand us?
Be careful what you say around your dog. It might understand more than you think.
A border collie named Rico recognizes the names of about 200 objects, say researchers in Germany. The dog also appears to be able to learn new words as easily as a 3-year-old child. Its word-learning skills are as good as those of a parrot or chimpanzee(黑猩猩).
In one experiment, the researchers took all 200 items that Rico is supposed to know and divided them into 20 groups of 10 objects. Then the owner told the dog to go and fetch one of the items and bring it back. In four tests, Rico got 37 out of 40 commands right. As the dog couldn't see anyone to get clues, the scientists believe Rico must understand the meanings of certain words.
In another experiment, the scientists took one toy that Rico had never seen before and put it in a room with seven toys whose names the dog already knew. The owner then told Rico to fetch the object, using a word the dog had never heard before.
The correct object was chosen in seven out of l0 tests, suggesting that the dog had worked out the answer by process of elimination(排除法). A month later, Rico remembered half of the 2
new names, which is even more impressive.
Rico is thought to be smarter than the average dog. For one thing, Rico is a border collie, a breed (品种)known for its mental abilities. In addition, the 9-year-old dog has been trained to fetch toys by their names since the age of nine months.
It's hard to know if all dogs understand at least some of the words we say. Even if they do, they can't talk back. Still, it wouldn't hurt to sweet-talk your dog every now and then. You might just get a big, wet kiss in return!
26. Which of the following best explains the underlined word “A border collie”?
A. a parrot which is better B. a dog which is foolish
C. a dog which is smarter D. a dog which is better
27. From paragraph 2 we know that __ .
A. animals are as clever as human beings
B. dogs are smarter than parrots and chimpanzees
C. dogs have similar 'learning abilities as 3-year-old children
D. chimpanzees have very good word-learning skills
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A. Rico is smart enough to get all commands right
B. Rico can recognize different things including toys
C. Rico has developed the ability of learning mathematics
D. Rico won't forget the names of objects once recognizing them
29. Which of the following statements is true?
A. The purpose of the experiments is to show the border collie's mental abilities.
B. The border collie is world-famous for recognizing objects.
C. Rico has a better memory partly because of its proper early training.
D. Rico is born to understand its owner's commands.
30. What does the writer want to tell us?
A. To be friendly to your dog. B. To train your dog.
C. To talk to your dog. D. To be careful with your dog.
B
In the United States, when one becomes rich, he wants people to know it. And even if he does not become very rich, he wants people to think that he is. That is what ?keeping up with the Joneses? is about, It is the story of someone who tried to look as rich as his neighbors.
The expression was first used in 1913 by a young American called Arthur Momand. He told this story about himself. He began earning $ 125 a week at the age of 23. That was a lot of money 3
in those days. He got married and moved with his wife to a very wealthy New York City. When he saw that rich people rode horses, Momand went horseback riding every day. When he saw that rich people had servants, Momand and his wife also hired a servant and gave big parties for their new neighbours.
It was like a race, but one could never finish this race because one was always trying to keep up. The race ended for Momand and his wife when they could no longer pay for their new way of life. They moved back to an apartment in New York City.
Momand looked around him and noticed that many people do things just to keep up with rich life--style of their neighbours. He saw the funny side of it and started to write a series of short stories, He called it ?Keeping up with the Joneses? because ?Jones? is a very common name in the United States.? Keeping up with the Joneses? came to mean keeping up with rich lifestyle of the people around you. Momand?s series appeared in different newspapers across the country for over 28 years.
People never seem to get tired of keeping up with the Joneses. And there are ?Jonses? in every city of the world. But one must get tired of trying to keep up with the Joneses because no matter what one does, Mr. Jones always seems to be ahead.
31. Some people want to keep up with the Joneses because they ______.
A. want others to know or to think that they are rich
B. want to be as rich as their neighbours
C. don?t want others to know they are rich
D. want to be happy
32. It can be inferred from the story that rich people like to ________.
A. live outside New York City B. live in New York City
C. live in apartments D. have many neighbours
33. The underlined word “neighbourhood” in the second paragraph means ________.
A. a person who lives near another B. people living in an area
C. an area in another town or city D. an area near the place referred to
34. Arthur Momand used the name ?Jones? in his series of short stories because? Jones? is ________.
A. an important name B. a popular name in the United States
C. his neighbour?s name D. not a good name
35. According to the writer, it is A. correct B. impossible C. interesting D. good
C
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The way people hold to the belief that a fun-filled, pain free life equals happiness actually reduces their chances of ever attaining real happiness. If fun and pleasure are equal to happiness then pain must be equal to unhappiness. But in fact, the opposite is true: more often than not things that lead to happiness involve some pain.
As a result, many people avoid the very attempts that are the source of true happiness. They fear the pain inevitably brought by such things as marriage, raising children, professional achievement, religious commitment , self - improvement.
Ask a bachelor(单身汉) why he resists marriage even though he finds dating to be less and less satisfying. If he is honest he will tell you that he is afraid of making a commitment. For commitment is in fact quite painful. The single life is filled with fun, adventure, excitement. Marriage has such moments, but they are not its most distinguishing features.
Couples with infant children are lucky to get a whole night?s sleep or a three - day vacation. I don?t know any parent who would choose the word fun to describe raising children. But couples who decide not to have children never know the joys of watching a child grow up or of playing with a grandchild.
Understanding and accepting that true happiness has nothing to do with fun is one of the most liberating realizations. It liberates time: now we can devote more hours to activities that can genuinely increase our happiness. It liberates money: buying that new car or those fancy clothes that will do nothing to increase our happiness now seems pointless. And it liberates us from envy: we now understand that all those who are always having so much fun actually may not be happy at all.
36．According to the author, a bachelor resists marriage chiefly because _______ .
A. he believes that life will be more cheerful if he remains single
B. he finds more fun in dating than in marriage
C. he fears it will put an end to all his fun adventure and excitement
D. he is unwilling to take on family responsibilities
37．Raising children, in the author?s opinion is ____________ .
A. a moral duty
B. a rewarding task
C. a thankless job
D. a source of inevitable pain
38. From the last paragraph, we learn that envy sometimes stems from __________ .
A. hatred
B. prejudice
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C. misunderstanding
D. ignorance
39．To understand what true happiness is one must ____________ .
A. have as much fun as possible during one?s lifetime
B. be able to distinguish happiness from fun
C. make every effort to liberate oneself from pain
D. put up with pain under all circumstances
40．What is the author trying to tell us?
A. attaining happiness is necessary for everyone.
B. It is important to make commitments.
C. Happiness often goes hand in hand with pain．
D. It is pain that leads to happiness.
D
Boys? schools are the perfect place to teach young men to express their emotions and involve them in activities such as art, dance and music.
Far from the traditional image of a culture of aggressive masculinity (男子气概), the absence of girls gives boys the chance to develop without pressure to be consistent to a stereotype, a US study says.
Boys at single-sex schools were said to be more likely to get involved in cultural and artistic activities that helped develop their abilities to express their emotions, rather than feeling they had to obey to the “boy code” of hiding their emotions to be a “real man”.
The findings of the study are against the received wisdom that boys do better when taught alongside girls.
Tony Little, headmaster of Eton, warned that boys were being ignored by the British education system because it had become too focused on girls. He criticized teachers for failing to recognize that boys are actually more emotional than girls.
The research argued that boys often perform badly in mixed schools because they become discouraged when their female peers do better earlier in speaking and reading skills.
“But in single-sex schools teachers can adjust lessons to boys? learning style, letting them move around the classroom and getting them to compete in teams to prevent boredom”, wrote the study?s author, Abigail James of the University of Virginia.
Teachers could encourage boys to enjoy reading and writing with “boy-focused” approaches such as themes and characters that appeal to them. Because boys generally have sharper vision, learn best through touch, and are physically more active, they need to be given “hands-on” lessons 6
where they are allowed to walk around. “Boys in mixed schools view classical music as feminine (女性的) and prefer the modern type in which violence and sexism are major themes,” James wrote.
Single-sex education also made it less likely that boys would feel they had to give in to a stereotype(陈词滥调) that men should be “masterful and in charge” in relationships. “In mixed schools boys feel pressed to act like men before they understand themselves well enough to know what that means,” the study reported.
41. The author believes that a single-sex school would ____ .
A. encourage boys to express their emotions more freely
B. force boys to hide their emotions to be “real men”
C. help to form masculine aggressiveness in boys
D. naturally place emphasis on the traditional image of a man to boys
42. What does Tony Little say about the British education system?
A. It fails more boys than girls academically.
B. It focuses more on mixed school education.
C. It places more pressure on boys than on girls.
D. It fails to give boys the attention they need.
43. It is commonly believed that in a mixed school boys _____ .
A. grow up more healthily
B. perform relatively better
C. behave more responsibly
D. receive a better education
44. According to Abigail James, one of the advantages of single-sex schools is _____.
A. boys can focus on their lessons without being absent-minded
B. boys can choose to learn whatever they are interested in
C. teaching can be designed to promote boys? team spirit
D. teaching can be adapted to suit the characteristics of boys
45. Which of the following is the characteristic of boys according to Abigail James? report?
A. They have sharper vision.
B. They enjoy being in charge.
C. They act the same to stereotypes.
D. They are violent and sexist.
第二节 信息匹配（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
请根据下面需要志愿帮助的信息，找出能够为他们提供帮助的援助者。
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A. Suppose World Cup will be held in Beijing and many people from other countries will come to visit China. The taxi drivers in Dongfeng Taxi Company think the way to show kindness is to be able to greet the foreigners in their languages. They need someone who can teach them languages and the best time is at night when they are not so busy.
B. Tim is so addicted to on-line games that he cannot concentrate on his study like before. Now he often misses school in order to play games, thus telling lies to his teachers and parents again and again, though he realizes what he does is wrong, he just can?t stop it. How badly he needs someone?s help.
C. Marie, a 44-year-old single mother of three, has to walk two miles to the nearest supermarket twice a week because she doesn?t know which bus to take. What?s worse, since she does not know words, she can not write out a shopping list. Also, she can only recognize items by sight, so if the product has a different label, she will not recognize it as the product she wants.
D. “ Help hand” organization will hold an event to help the starving children in Africa. The even starts in August and those taking part in will go without food for 30 hours. In this way, it is expected that money will be raised for the poor children.
E. “ Green Earth” cares a lot for the animals in danger. Still many people in the world don?t know much about the importance of animal protecting. This summer vacation a lot of events will be organized to call on people to live in harmony with our earth.
F. A group of young children in a remote village in southwest China are in great need of teachers. Because of the low salary, any teachers came and then went. The villagers hope to have a teacher who can stay for at least a year, because they know knowledge can make a different to the children?s future.
请阅读下列五个援助者的基本情况， 然后匹配相关信息：
【46】 Susan: I am a girl from England and has studied French for years. I am here in Beijing University studying Chinese. I hope the voluntary work will help me to get in touch with Chinese people and get to know about China. Although my study is busy, I can be free at night and at the weekends.
【47】 Tom: Since I myself have overcome a lot of difficulties in my life, I understand young people?s problems and I know how to listen patiently to others and offer some advice. I am working now in the daytime so I can only spend two to three hours a day at night to help others.
【48】 Ben: After graduation, I don?t want to apply a job at once. I plan to spare one year to help those who need help most and try my best to improve their lives.
【49】Liza: I burst into tears when I saw the programme. What a bad sight! They are only bone and skin left. They are dying. I realized how lucky I am with enough food and a good chance to 8
get education. The summer vacation is coming and I hope I can do something for them.
【50】 Stephen: Last summer I went through a training program and became a literacy volunteer. When I began to discover what other people?s lives were like because they could not read, I realized the true importance of reading.
III 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节基础写作（满分15分）
假如你叫李明，你的美国朋友布鲁斯开始学习中国文学，来信询问鲁迅其人及作品。你回信介绍鲁迅，内容如下
（1）鲁迅，原名周树人，浙江绍兴人
（2）为了国家，弃医从文。
（3）著名的作家，思想家，而且还是中国现代文学的开创者。
（4）小说被译成多种文字，并被制成电影，如《阿Q正传》、《祝福》这两部影片。
（5）一些作品还被选入了中学和大学课本。
参考词汇：《阿Q正传》：The True Story of AH Q
《祝福》：The New Year?s Sacrifice
注意：介绍必须包括所有内容要点，但不要逐条译成英语。
[写作要求]
只能使用5个句子表达全部内容。文章首尾已给出，不算字数。
[评分标准] 句子结构的准确性，信息内容的完整性。
Dear Bruce,
I was glad to know you began to study Chinese literature. Now let me tell you something about LuXun.
Since you are learning Chinese literatures, I think reading Lu Xun’s novels will help you to know more about it.
Yours,
Li Ming
第二节 读写任务（共1小题，满分25分）
阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。
Teenagers? secrets should be kept to themselves and no one else, their parents included, has the right to stick their nose into their private life. As we know, teenagers are going through a special period of development both physically and psychologically. They are curious about and puzzled by the unexpected changes in their body and mind. What?s more, exposed to a world of 9
adults, it is only too natural for them to begin imitating adults? behaviors in secret. Boys begin to smoke and girls begin to spend time doing their hair and care more about what to wear. Some even begin to date with a girlfriend or boyfriend without letting their parents know. They are doing all this in secret because they are still unsure whether it is right to do so and afraid that, if found out by their parent, they will get misunderstood and even punished. In fact, in many cases, parents can not deal with such matters well but hurt their children?s feelings badly, making children unwilling to communicate with them any more. When this happens, it hurts terribly feelings of the family as well. Therefore, it sounds reasonable and acceptable that teenagers should keep their secrets to themselves instead of sharing them with their parents, who should give them the freedom in dealing with secrets.【写作内容】
1. 以约30个词概括上面文章的要点；
2． 然后以约120个词就“青少年的秘密该不该与父母分享”这一话题发表你的看法，至少包含以下内容：
1）你是支持还是反对与父母分享秘密？
2）你支持或反对的理由是什么？
3）结合你的实际, 谈谈你是具体怎么做的？
【写作要求】
1. 在作文中可以使用自己亲身的经历或虚构的故事，也可以参照阅读材料 的内容, 但不得直接引用原文中的句子；
2. 作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。
3. 题目自拟。
【评分标准】 概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，篇章连贯。
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参考答案
friend. In return they appreciate my attitude so much that they are always ready to offer me valuable advice, which benefits me a lot in this special time of development.
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