湖南株洲南方中学21-22学度高二上期中考试命题大赛试卷-英语12

湖南株洲南方中学21-22学度高二上期中考试命题大
赛试卷-英语12
时量120分钟，满分150分。

所有试题均须在答题卡上作答。

第一部分：听力技能（共两节，满分30分）
第二部分：知识运用（共两节，满分20分）
第一节单项填空（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）
21. The boy sat there sad, _______ by his friends.
A. feeling betrayed
B. to be betrayed
C. been betrayed
D. having betrayed
22.The girl is _______ to give us some help if asked.
A. possible
B. likely
C. probably
D. possibly
23.The people are ______ about the newly-made discoveries ______ the change of people’s way of life in the future.
A. concerned; concerned
B. concerning; concerning
C. concerning; concerned
D. concerned; concerning
24.—You’ve made great progress in your studies of English, haven’t you?
—Yes, but much ______.
A. remains to improve
B. is remained to improve
C. remains to be improved
D. is remained to be improved
25.Josef, ______ home very late from his job, found his angry wife waiting for him at the breakfast table.
A．returning B．returned C to return D．had returned
26.The Tower of London is ____ the Church tower.
A. twice high than
B. two times as high as
C. twice higher as
D. three times the height of
27.It is you rather than he_______ for this terrible accident.
A. is blamed
B. is to blame
C. are to blame
D. should blame
28.It ________ last night for the ground is wet.
A. must have rained
B. must rain
C. might rain
D. should have rained
29.I rushed to the railway station, only________ the train had gone.
A. finding
B. having found
C. to find
D. to have found
30._______ in the book, she didn’t hear what I said to her at all.
A. Having absorbed
B. Being absorbed
C. Absorbed
D. To absorbed
第二节完形填空（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）
A high school history teacher once told us, “If you make one close friend in school, you will be most fortunate. A true friend is someone who stays with you for life.” 31 teachers that he was right. Good friendship is just not easily 32.
It is possible that we simply do not stay in one place long enough for a 33 friendship to develop. However, there can be no disagreement on the need for each of us to think carefully about the 34
of friendship we want.
To most of us, friendships are 35 very important, but we need to have clear in our minds the kinds of friendship we want. Are they to be close or kept at arm’s length? Do we want to share ourselves or do we want to walk on the 36 ? For some people, many friendships on the surface are quite enough and that’s all right. But at some points, we need to make sure that our expectations are the same as our friends’ expectations. The 37 of personal experience including our tears as well as our dark dreams is the surest way to deepen friendships. But it must be undertaken(进行) slowly and carried on only if there are signs of interest and action in return. What are some of the 38 of friendship? The greatest is the attraction to expect too much time. Another “major difficulty” is the selfishness to take actions too soon. Deep relationships 39 one “possesses” the other, including his time and attention. In other words, you must give as much as you take. Finally there is a question of taking care of them. 40 you spend reasonable time together, talking on the phone, writing letters, doing things together, friendships will die away.
31. A. Knowledge B. Practice C. Experience D. Success
32. A. understood B. formed C. realized D. produced
33. A. true B. common C. short D. whole
34. A. kind B. length C. warmth D. value
35. A. made B. considered C. explained D. reminded
36. A. mud B. surface C. ice D. earth
37. A. spreading B. seeking C. sharing D. showing
38. A. types B. differences C. advantages D. difficulties
39. A. suggest B. request C. depend D. require
40. A. Though B. Since C. Unless D. When
第三部分阅读技能（共三节，满分35分）
A
In a traditional Chinese family, women are expected to do the housekeeping and leave the “other business” to men. However, the appearance of the full-time “househusband” is changing traditional family.
A survey in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen shows that 22 percent, 73 percent,
34 percent and 32 percent of white-collar male workers, aged between 28 and 33, would be prepared to do the housekeeping if the conditions were right.
Yang Wenhui, 32 years ol d, worked at the office of a company prefer to quit the job. “My job was dull and steady. I was not promoted. My wife, in contrast, really likes her job. So, after our baby was born, I chose to stay at home and take care of the family while my wife works full-time outside the home,” said Yang.
Sociologists have found the full-time househusband emerges in three main situations.
Firstly, if the wife is ambitious, well-paid and has good job prospects, while her husband is paid poorly and has no job prospects, it makes economic sense for the woman to become the main income earner for the household. Secondly, if the wife is tired of household chores and
eager to work outside the home, her husband may forfeit his job. Thirdly, if the husband can do his work at home, he may take this choice as it allows him more time to take care of the family.
Influenced by traditional ideas, some families with full-time househusbands prefer others not to know about their arrangement, concerned people would laugh at a husband wit h “no prospects” or wife who is “too strong”.
Zhou Wei said he has become usual to being a full-time househusband although his relatives doubted this when they gathered during the holidays. “A happy life is the most important thing, not other peoples’ opinions,” added Zhou.
41. The reason for Yang Wenhui quitting his job is that ________.
A. it is too difficult for him to do it
B. it is too boring for him to do it
C. he is too old to go on doing it
D. his wife wanted him to quit it
42. In which situation is a man unlikely to become a full-time househusband?
A. He can earn enough money to keep family and has a good job prospects.
B. He can earn much less than his wife and will never get promoted.
C. His wife hates housework and is busy with her work outside.
D. His job can be done at home and he would like stay at home.
43. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. A full-time househusband is a man without prospects in life.
B. A full-time househusband is much weaker than his wife.
C. A full-time househusband is willing to share his experience with his relatives.
D. A full-time househusband can also enjoy happiness from housework.
44. The underlined word “forfeit” probably means ________.
A. appreciate
B. quit
C. continue
D. escape
(B)
Why you may wonder, should spiders be our friends? Because they destroy so many insects, including some of the greatest enemies of the human race. Insects would make it impossible for us to live in the world; they would devour (吞食) all our crops and kill our cattle, if it were not for the protection we get from insect-eating animals. We owe a lot to the birds and beast who eat insects, but all of them put together kill only a very small amount of the number destroyed by spiders. Moreover, unlike some of the insect eaters, spiders never do the least harm to us or our belongings.
Spiders are not insects, as many people think, nor even nearly related to them. One can tell the difference almost at a glance, for a spider always has eight legs and an insect never more than six.
How many spiders are engaged in the work on our behalf (利益)? One authority（权威人士）on spiders made a research on spiders and found that there were more than 2,250,000 in one acre (英亩); that is something like 6,000,000 spiders of different kinds on a football field. Spiders
are busy for at least half the year in killing insects. It is impossible to make more than the wildest guess at how many they kill, but they are hungry creatures, not content with only three meals a day. It has been estimated that the weight of all the insects destroyed by the spiders in Britain in one year would be greater than the total weight of all human beings in the country.
45. Spiders should be our friends, because __________.
A. they only eat harmful insects
B. they are great insect-eating animals
C. they destroy large numbers of insects which do harm to the human race
D. their harmfulness is the least
46. One authority on spiders estimated ________.
A. that there were more than 2,250,000 insects in a grass field in the south of England
B. that every football field in England had 6,000,000 spiders.
C. the quantity of different spiders in England was very big
D. that there were 6,000,000 kinds of spiders on a football field
47. What does the underlined word “content ” mean in the article? It means ________.
A. fed
B. supplied
C. disappointed
D. satisfied
48. Which one of the following statements is the main idea?
A. Spiders, the greatest insects-eating animals, protect us from being destroyed by harmful
insects and they should be our friends
B. Spiders are not insects but in fact animals.
C. There are great numbers of spiders engaged in destroying harmful insects on behalf of the
human race.
D. The weight of the insects eaten by spiders in one year is greater than the weight of all
people in England
C
Several years ago I was 13 years old. I still remember to this day where I was and how it all came down. I was in my social studies classroom, when a teacher came back and told us that the first building of the World Trade Center was hit by a plane. We immediately stopped our work and turned on the TV. Throughout half the day we watched TV until the school was forced to let all us home early. I walked home and I immediately turned on the TV and watched until my bedtime. I remember always seeing the towers walking to my Tae Kwon Do school; to me, a boy of teenage, it was a great thing because at that time I had never seen any other building that caught my eye as much as they did. And walking to my school that day was just a horrifying dream. Crossing the busy road of the Bell Pike was a big cloud of smoke and dust. It was very upsetting. Every day after that horrific(恐惧的) day I looked up to the once-stood Twin Towers just to see nothing there. To my eyes, that day will always be in my mind and in my heart, even though I didn’t lose any loved ones, I still feel the pain as if I did. September 11th, 2001 will never be forgotten.
49. Where was the writer when the tragedy took place>
A. He was in the classroom.
B. He was at home.
C. He was on the way to school.
D. He was on the playground.
50. When did the writer always see the Twin Towers?
A. When he was having classes.
B. When he was watching TV.
C. When he was walking to school.
D. When he was dreaming.
51. What did the underlined word “they” refer to?
A. Other buildings.
B. The Twin Towers
C. Schools.
D. Busy roads.
52. What was the writer’s purpose to write this passage?
A. To report an accident.
B. To warn people of the accident.
C. To teach people a moral lesson.
D. To share one of his life stories with others.
第二节回答问题（共3小题，每小题2分，满分6分）
阅读下面短文，依照第53至55小题的具体要求，简要回答问题，并将答案转写到答题卡上。

When you want to go shopping, decide how much money you can spend on new clothes. Think about the kind of clothes you really need. Then look for clothes on sale.
There are labels(标签) inside all new clothes. The label tells you to take care of your clothes. The label for a shirt may tell you to wash it in warm water. A sweater label may tell you to wash in cold water. The label on a coat may say “Dry clean only”. Washing may ruin this coat. If you do as the directions say on the label, you can keep your clothes looking the best.
Many clothes today must be dry cleaned. Dry cleaning is expensive. When buying new clothes, check to see if they will need to be dry cleaned. You will save money if you buy clothes that can be washed.
You can save money if you buy clothes that are well made. Well-made clothes last longer. They look good even after they have been washed many times. Clothes that cost more are not always better made. They do not always fit better. Sometimes less expensive clothes look and fit better than more expensive clothes.
53. According to the writer, what should you do before going shopping?(回答词数不超过15个)
54. How can you keep your clothes looking the best? (回答词数不超过9个)
55. What suggestions does the writer make on saving money? (回答词数不超过9个)
第三节摘录信息（共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分）
注意：每空不超过3个单词。

Maybe you are an average student. You probably think you will never be a top student. This is not necessary so, however. Anyone can become a better student if he or she wants to. Here’s how.
Plan your time carefully. When you plan your week, you should make a list of things that you have to do. After making this list, you should make a schedule of your time. First your time for eating, sleeping, dressing, etc. Then decide a good, regular time for studying. Don’t forget to set aside enough time for entertainment. A weekly schedule may not solve all your problems, but it will force you to realize what is happening to your time.
Find a good place to study. Look around the house for a good study area. Keep this space, which may be a desk or simply a corner of our room, free of everything but study materials. No games, radios, of television! When you sit down to study, concentrate on the subject.
Make good use of your time in class. Take advantage of class time to listen to everything the teachers says. Really listening in class means less work later. Taking notes will help you remember what the teacher says.
Study regularly. When you get home from school, go over your notes. Review the important points that your teacher mentioned in class. If you know what your teacher is going to discuss the
next day, read that material. This will help you understand the next class. If you do these things regularly, the material will become more meaningful, and you will remember it longer.
Develop a good attitude about tests. The purpose of a test is to show what you have learned about a subject. They help you remember your new knowledge. The world won’t end if you don’t pass a test, so don’t be overly worried.
There are other methods that might help you with your studying. You will probably discover many other s after you have tried these. (340 words)
第四部分写作技能（共两节，满分25分）
第一节完成译文（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分,每空限填一个词）
1.专家们差不多对这条河作了评估，同时正在努力查找解决其中许多问题的方案。

Experts have ________the river and are now trying to _______ out possible solutions to the many problems.
accessed ,work
2. 我征询过周围专门多人的意见，发觉他们当中专门多人情愿花费稍高一些的价格来购买环保产品。

Asking around, I find many people willing to pay slightly higher prices for things that are ____________ __________.
environmentally friendly.
3. 我现在感到专门内疚，因为我也说了一些专门冷酷的话，可我确实是无法容忍我们队输球。

I feel really guilty because I said some really cruel things too, but I____ ______ seeing our team lose.
can’t stand
4. 当问及他什么缘故如此做时，他只是说：“因为我喜爱。

”
_____ _____ why he did it, he simply said, “Because I love it.”
When asked
5. 老师的话对学生往往有专门大的阻碍。

What a teacher says usually has a great ____ _____ his or her students.
effect/influence on/upon
第二节情形作文（共1小题，满分25分）
假如你是Amy，今年寒假的时候，你想请你的父母去外地旅行，参照下表，给你父母写一封信，讲述两个旅行地各自的利弊，并请他们做出选择。

词数：许多于100.
第五部分能力提升（共40分）
Section 1 (共12分)
Directions: Complete the following passage by using ONE word that best fits the context.
Dear Editor,
I read your article about mankind cloning with great anxiety. I heard 1._______ cloning animals from 2______ single cell when I went to a seminar about Dolly the sheep, 3_____ was successfully cloned in 1996 I Britain. At the time, I figured that the whole concept of cloning was totally immoral. Why do some people think they have the right to go 4______ nature? Who will be 5______ for the possible negative consequences? If we interfere with nature, we might spell disasters in the following decades. 6______ seems that I was correct—your article says that Dolly died at a much faster rate than a non-cloned sheep did.
Also, the practice of cloning humans can’t be acceptable to me. We have no right to experiment with 7_____ life.
I believe that strict laws should be put in place and governments should conduct more to prohibit human cloning. For example, the medical work of the Italian doctor, Severino Antinori, must be stopped. If I were the President of Italy, I would urge public relations agency to take 8______ his license.
1. of
2. a
3. which
4. against
5. responsible
6. It
7. human
8. away
Section 2 Reading comprehension(共28分)
A
People from East Asia tend to have more difficulty than those from Europe in distinguishing facial expressions —and a new report published online in Current Biology explains why.
Rachael Jack, University of Glasgow researcher, said that rather than scanning evenly(平均的) across a face as Westerners do, Easterners fix their attention on the eyes.
"We show that Easterners and Westerners look at different face features to read facial expressions," Jack said. "Westerners look at the eyes and the mouth in equal measure, whereas Easterners favor the eyes and neglect (忽略) the mouth. "
According to Jack and her colleagues, the discovery shows that human communication of emotion is more complex than previously believed. As a result, facial expressions that had been considered universally recognizable cannot be used to reliably convey emotion in cross-cultural situations.
The researchers studied cultural differences in the recognition of facial expressions by recording the eye movements of 13 Western Caucasian and 13 East Asian people while they observed pictures of. expressive faces and put them into categories: happy, sad, surprised, fearful, disgusted, angry, or neutral. They compared how accurately participants read those facial expressions using their particular eye movement strategies.
It turned out that Easterners focused much greater attention on the eyes and made significantly more errors than did Westerners. "The cultural difference in eye movements that they show is probably a reflection of cultural difference in facial expressions," Jack said. "Our data suggest that whereas Westerners use the whole face to convey emotion, Easterners use the eyes more and mouth less. "
In short, the data show that facial expressions are not universal signals of human emotion. From here on, examining how cultural factors have diversified these basic social skills will help our understanding of human emotion. Otherwise, when it comes to communicating emotions across cultures, Easterners and Westerners will find themselves lost in translation.
9. The discovery shows that Westerners .
A. pay equal attention to the eyes and the mouth
B. consider facial expressions universally reliable
C. observe the eyes and the mouth in different ways
D. have more difficulty in recognizing facial expressions
10. What were the people asked to do in the study?
A. To make a face at each other.
B. To get their faces impressive.
C. To classify some face pictures.
D. To observe the researchers' faces.
11. What does the underlined word "they" in Paragraph 6 refer to?
A. The participants in the study.
B. The researchers of the study.
C. The errors made during the study.
D. The data collected from the study.
12. In comparison with Westerners, Easterners are likely to .
A. do translation more successfully
B. study the mouth more frequently
C. examine the eyes more attentively
D. read facial expressions more correctly
13. What can be the best title for the passage?
A. The Eye as the Window to the Soul
B. Cultural Differences in Reading Emotions
C. Effective Methods to Develop Social Skills
D. How to Increase Cross-cultural
Understanding B
Ask someone what they have done to help the environment recently and they will almost certainly mention recycling. Recycling in the home is very important of course. However, being forced to recycle often means we already have more material than we need. We are dealing with the results of that over-consumption in the greenest way possible, but it would be far better if we did not need to bring so much material home in the first place.
The total amount of packaging increased by 12% between 1999 and 2005. It now makes up a third of a typical household’s waste in the UK. In many supermarkets nowadays food items are packaged twice with plastic and cardboard.
Too much packaging is doing serious damage to the environment. The UK, for example, is running out of it for carrying this unnecessary waste. If such packaging is burnt, it gives off greenhouse gases which go on to cause the greenhouse effect. Recycling helps, but the process itself uses energy. The solution is not to produce such items in the first place. Food waste is a serious problem, too. Too many supermarkets encourage customers to buy more than they need.
However, a few of them are coming round to the idea that this cannot continue , encouraging customers to reuse their plastic bags, for example.
But this is not just about supermarkets. It is about all of us. We have learned to associate packaging with quality. We have learned to think that something unpackaged is of poor quality. This is especially true of food. But is also applies to a wide range of consumer products, which often have far more packaging than necessary.
There are signs of hope. As more of us recycle, we are beginning to realise just how much unnecessary material are collecting. We need to face the wastefulness of our consumer culture, but we have a mountain to climb.
14. What does the underlined phrase “over-consumption” refer to?
A. Using too much packaging.
B. Recycling too many wastes.
C. Making more products than necessary.
D. Having more material than is needed.
15. The author uses figures in Paragraph 2 to show _______.
A. the tendency of cutting household waste
B. the increase of packaging recycling
C. the rapid growth of super markets
D. the fact of packaging overuse
16. What can be inferred from Paragraph 4?
A. Unpackaged products are of bad quality.
B. Supermarkets care more about packaging.
C. It is improper to judge quality by packaging.
D. Other products are better packaged than food.
17. What can we learn from the last paragraph?
A. Fighting wastefulness is difficult.
B. Needless material is mostly recycled.
C. People like collecting recyclable waste.
D. The author is proud of their consumer
culture.
Answers:
听力省略
单选21-30ABDCA DBACD
完形31-40 CBAAB BCDDC
阅读41-52 BADB CCDA ACBD
简答53 Think about the money and the kind of clothes you want to buy
54 Do as the directions say on the label,
55 To buy clothes that are well made
完成译文1.accessed ,work 2.environmentally friendly. 3.can’t stand
4.When asked
5.effect/influence on/upon
摘录信息56. Study regularly 57.Make a schedule
58. taking notes 59. overly worried 60. Advantages
能力提升1. of 2. a 3. which 4. against 5. responsible 6. It 7. human 8. away
9-17 ACACBＤＤＣＡ作文省略。