南召一高英语教师王卷

南召一高英语教师王卷
第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
A
I hate nosy (爱管闲事的) neighbors and it’s very unlucky that I had one for myself. They moved in a couple of months back and although I never felt that t hey were a strange family, I’ve always hated the way they get “t oo close” to me, my house, my garden, and even my garbage can s.
One day, my neighbors were mowing their lawn (草坪). My garbage cans were near their lawn. For some strange reaso n, I found the wife looking through my garbage cans. I felt angry b ut since they were from a different culture, I thought that maybe it was “normal” from their ideas.
That afternoon, the couple knocked on my front door. When I opened, they gave me a plastic bag. Inside were my old daily bills, credit cards and bank statements, and an old birthday card that my old uncle sent. They said that they were returning them to me bec
ause these documents contained very private information that may be used by others.
I’ve heard it before. I asked them how those documents can be used by others and they started telling me their very own experi ence, which forced them to leave their home and move next door t o us. The wife told me that she never destroyed the bills. They also had a “nosy neighbor” who looked through their garbage cans w hich they actually thought was pretty strange. Little did they know that this “nosy neighbor” was collecting their personal informati on from their rubbish. Then all their money was taken out from the bank by their neighbor.
It was a very painful experience for all of them and they wante d to leave them all behind so they left. I was very thankful. They we re not nosy neighbors. They simply didn’t want us to experience t he same thing that they did.
1. What made the author angry?
A. His neighbor’s wife was looking through his rubbish.
B. His neighbors were mowing their lawn one morning.
C. His neighbors got too close to his own home.
D. His neighbors came to knock at his door at night.
2. Why did the couple come to the author’s home?
A. To introduce themselves to the author.
B. To get to know each other better.
C. To return the documents to the author.
D. To borrow some money from the author.
3. The neighbors came to live next door to the author because .
A. they no longer had money to live in their former home
B. they didn’t want to live in such a noisy home as before
C. their personal documents were used by their former neighb or
D. they thought the author was much better than their former neighbor
4. Which of the following can we infer from the last paragraph?
A. The author was kind and helpful to the neighbors.
B. The neighbors had to move from place to place.
C. The neighbors didn’t have enough money.
D. The author changed his idea about his neighbors.
B
People have always been wondering about what our future will look like. Go on reading this text, and you will know what will hap pen in the next fifty years.
How can we know what the future will look like? To be able to understand the future, you must know the past. What has taken us to where we are today and what has changed along the way? The world has changed a lot in the last 150 years, but we humans are d riven by the same basic needs as we were 150 years ago. Will this c hange in the next 150 years? No.
What inventions have really made a difference in the last 150 y ears? In the past years, the inventions that have affected most peo ple around the world for everyday living are the telephone, electrici ty, radio, television, computer, the car and the ability to communic ate through the Internet. Then we of course have a lot of invention s that have made life easier, like new medicine, faster transports et c. In general, human beings have been working hard in the last 150 years to make the inventions so that they will be able to get contr ol of the time and the world. Since there is still much to do in this a
rea, this will be the focus at least for the next 150 years.
Why do we need to predict the future? Predicting the future is important for two reasons: first we need to start to think about wh at kind of future we would like for ourselves and to pass on to the next generation, and then we need to know what decisions we nee
d to mak
e today that will give the best result in the future.
5. What does the author try to tell us in the second paragraph?
A. Our basic needs will not change in the future.
B. The world is quite different from what it was.
C. Humans will no longer enjoy food in the future.
D. The world will be completely changed tomorrow.
6. Our past inventions have made .
A. our daily life more stressful
B. it easy for us to live
C. our work easily done
D. us work less time
7. What will humans do in order to keep the world under contr ol?
A. To produce more cars for transportation.
B. To spend more time working on the Internet.
C. To work much harder to achieve their goals.
D. To focus on making more inventions.
8. What is the main idea of the last paragraph?
A. What result we’ll receive in the future.
B. The two reasons of predicting the future.
C. The importance of predicting the future.
D. The decisions we make for our future.
C
Pasta is the world’s favorite food. A survey taken in 17 countr ies confirmed that pasta is what people like to eat most. Not only i s pasta the number one food in its home country — Italy, but is als o enjoyed in faraway places like the Philippines, Mexico and South Africa.
Pasta has become popular, for one thing, because it is cheap a nd easy to prepare. Just cook noodles or other forms of pasta, mak
e a sauce to go with it and you’re finished. Many different types o
f meals can be created with pasta. It tastes good and fills your sto mach. It produces energy in the form of carbohydrates (碳水化合物), which is why athletes eat pasta regularly. Pasta can also be kep t for a longer time. You don’t have to use it up at once.
Pasta has also become popular because it stands for the Italian way of life. People all over the world like it because it’s so simple. It has two basic ingredients (成分), wheat and water, just like bread.
Legend has it that Marco Polo brought pasta back to Italy with him but this is not true. Arabs probably brought a noodle-
like dish to Sicily in the 8th century. Farmers have been growing w heat, the main ingredient of pasta, there for ages.
The worldwide sales of pasta have risen sharply over the past d ecade. Italy leads the pasta-
eating community of the world. The Italians are the number one co nsumers followed by Venezuela and Tunisia.
9. In which country do people eat pasta most?
A. Mexico.
B. Venezuela.
C. The Philippines.
D. South Africa.
10. Sports people often have pasta because .
A. it costs less money
B. it can be kept longer
C. it provides proper energy
D. it contains no carbohydrates
11. One reason why pasta is favored is that .
A. it is rich in nutrition
B. it smells just like bread
C. people like a simple lifestyle
D. Italian food stands for fashio
n
12. What would be the best title for the text?
A. The origin of pasta
B. Italians’ love for pasta
C. Pasta — the world’s favorite food
D. Pasta is changing people’s way of life
D
Gold has exercised power for ages. People have been looking f or gold since the beginning of mankind. Whole empires (帝国) have been built on gold. The Spanish conquered all of Central a nd South America in order to bring gold back to their home countr y. Inca and Maya civilizations worshipped gold and thought it cam e from the sun. Explorers traveled for thousands of miles in search of the precious metal.
Gold is, once again, in demand. People want to have gold as a kind of security in unstable times. They invest in (投资于) gold instead of saving their money in banks. Many people argu e that since 9/11 the world has become a more dangerous place. When in 2008 the financial markets collapsed (崩溃), the major currencies of the world became weaker. Investors we
re no longer sure how safe their money was. They bought more an d more gold which made the price of the yellow metal rise.
One of the reasons why gold is so valuable is that it practically cannot be destroyed. It always stays the same and never changes. I t can be recycled and afterwards be used for many things. In Iraq p oor people collect gold dust and bring it back to jewellery shops to be recycled. Recycling gold is also a big business in Japan, where gold is collected from old mobile phones and other industrial wast e.
The demand for the metal and increased production leads to a number of environmental problems. A single ounce of gold produ ces over 30 tons of waste, more than any other metal on earth. Poi sonous substances can leak into rivers and contaminate (污染) the water. In Peru and Brazil wide areas of the Amazon rainfore st are cut down by the illegal mining of gold.
13. Spain made war on Central America .
A. to expand the empire
B. to defend their beliefs
C. to get a precious metal
D. to enslave people there
14. Investors are more fond of gold because .
A. its price has never gone down
B. its production is becoming less
C. it can ensure the value for long
D. it is the best material for jewelries
15. It can be inferred from the text that .
A. gold has very stable (稳定的) physical character
B. collecting gold dust is a career in Japan
C. around 30 tons of gold is made each year
D. new-style mobile phones begin to use gold
第二节 (共5小题; 每小题2分, 满分10分)
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。

选项中有两项为多余选项。

Once there was a very poor villager. He found it difficult even t o support his family. 16 He walked about in the streets, but h e did not get a job. One day, he met a rich businessman, who gave him the job of cleaning the office. The villager began his work and he even started reading and writing in his spare time.
One day, the businessman saw that the villager was writing so mething. He said, “You can also read and write! Your handwriting
is very good.” 17 The villager began to do this job as best as he could.
Later, the businessman learnt that the villager was good at acc ounting, and he made him his shop accountant. The other account ants were very jealous of the villager’s abilities. They told the busi nessman that the villager had a small room where he hid the mone y stolen from him. 18
One day, they had their chance. They saw the villager going int o ‘that’ room. 19 When they came back and opened the d oor, there was nothing in that room except an ordinary box.
The villager was ordered to open the box with his own hands. And there was only a pair of dirty shoes and some old clothes. 20 At the same time, he was so angry with the jealous accountants that he fired them at once. The villager was made the only account ant for his office.
A. He came to a big city hoping to find a job.
B. They closed the door behind him and ran to the businessma n.
C. So the businessman decided to give the villager a good less
on.
D. Seeing this, the businessman was moved by what he had se en.
E. So the villager was given the work of writing business letters for him.
F. The villager wished that some kind people might give him a good job.
G. But the businessman refused to believe them unless he had seen it with his own eyes.
第三部分英语知识运用(共两节，满分45分)
第一节完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Bobby Buns was a very amusing and lively waiter who had his own cafe. He was also very 21 , because during a visit to a 22 he discovered one of the young cows there was pretty 23 . Inst ead of producing milk, this cow produced milk coffee.
24 to become rich, Bobby took the cow straight to the city. When he arrived, his wife told him that he should first reorganize t
he cafe so they had a place to 25 the cow. However, Bobby was so 26 and impatient that he 27 this advice, and took the co w straight to the 28 .
At first the result was quite 29 . The cow was featured in the newspapers and on TV. Customers came from far to taste the delic ious fresh milk coffee.
However, after the 30 , it turned out that having a cow in th e middle of a cafe was not at all 31 . Every day the cow broke tw enty or thirty cups simply by wagging (摇摆) its tail. The cafe smelt terrible. The hay the cow ate got spread a ll over the place. The cow left so little room in the cafe that there w ould be fewer customers 32 .
33 , the authorities came to do an inspection. They gave him such a heavy fine that Bobby almost had to 34 the cafe. Bobby Buns realized that he had to be more patient and 35 . He should 36 until everything was ready before 37 his fresh milk coffe e.
38 , Bobby was a lucky guy. When the cafe was being reorgan ized, he took the cow back to the village. There he discovered that
one of the hens laid chocolate eggs. This time he knew he had to b e patient, and wait until everything was 39 . When everything w as all 40 , his cafe became the most famous and successful in th
e whole city.
21. A. sensitive B. curious C. careful D. fortunate
22. A. town B. city C. village D. cottage
23. A. special B. healthy C. heavy D. clever
24. A. Intending B. Learning C. Continuing D. Failing
25. A. hide B. kill C. sell D. put
26. A. confused B. excited C. ashamed D. angry
27. A. followed B. ignored C. considered D. valued
28. A. yard B. home C. garden D. cafe
29. A. impressive B. horrible C. upsetting D. important
30. A. anxiety B. disappointment C. excitement D. shock
31. A. strange B. interesting C. natural D. proper
32. A. joining in B. cutting in C. giving in D. stepping in
33. A. Unfortunately B. Probably C. Gradually D. Generally
34. A. forget B. decorate C. close D. discover
35. A. organized B. eager C. different D. friendly
36. A. relax B. wait C. predict D. dream
37. A. dropping B. purchasing C. inventing D. serving
38. A. Therefore B. Otherwise C. However D. Instead
39. A. prepared B. tried C. remembered D. changed
40. A. in need B. in place C. in turn D. in peace
第二节 (共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Li Hua: Hi, Li Lei. Long time no see. What did you do during yo ur winter holiday?
Li Lei: Hi, Li Hua. I found a part-time job in a real estate (房地产) company as 41 salesman for twenty days.
Li Hua: Really? That must be 42 (extreme) interesting.
Li Lei: Yes, interesting 43 tiring. I stood for ten hours a day and introduced the houses to customers that I met. Sometimes I w as laughed at, but most of the time, I 44 (praise) for my wonder ful work by many people.
Li Hua: I guess you 45 have gained a lot from this part-time job.
Li Lei: Yes, I really have learnt a lot about how to express my o pinion, how to communicate 46 different people and how to w ork in a team.
Li Hua: I also took part in a great many social activities, some o f 47 were really impressive. Through these activities, I not only gained a lot of social experience but also improved my practical ski lls, such as interpersonal skills and organizing ability. As far as I’m 48 , acquiring practical skills is of great 49 (important) to us students. Besides, the experience 50 (gain) may pave the way f
or our future career development.
41. 42. 43. 44. 45.
46. 47. 48. 49. 50.
第四部分写作 (共两节，满分35分)
第一节短文改错 (共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
请修改下面的短文。

短文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。

每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在此符号下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线( \ )划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

Boys and girls, attention, please! I have anything to say. It’s a good news that our school is going to hold a party on Saturday ev ening, when is to welcome our Canadian friends. The party will be i nterested. You can dance, listen to music, sing songs and playing g ames. Would you like to bring a small gift with you? Then you can send to your new foreign friend. Please write a few word which can express your best wishes. Anyone who want to attend the party ca n go to the great hall in the second floor. Everyone is welcome.
I hope everyone will have a wonderfully time. That’s all. Than k you!
第二节书面表达
假设你是李华，你在美国夏令营认识的朋友Mike给你来信说他最近沉迷于电脑难以控制。

请你给他回一封信，告诉他网瘾可能会导致成绩下降、健康状况恶化、损害家庭关系等问题，并提出一些建议。

参考词汇：沉溺于be/become addicted to 网瘾：Internet addiction。