文来中学2013学年第二学期高一英语5月考测试（90分钟，100分）
I. Listening Comprehension (20分) Section A (10分)
1. A. In room 301. B. Next door to room 301. C. On another floor. D. In another building. 2. A. It was sad. B. It was believable. C. It was boring. D. It was funny. 3. A. The woman feels sorry for the man. B. The man is a member of the staff. C. The area is for passengers only. D. The woman is asking the man to leave. 4. A. The rent is too high. B. He can’t afford the high taxes. C. He doesn’t want to live in the suburbs. D. It is too far away from his office. 5. A. Nothing B. Ice-cream. C. Pie and ice-cream. D. Chocolate cake. 6. A. Collect papers for the man. B. Do the typing once again. C. Check the paper for typing errors. D. Read the whole newspaper. 7. A. Pay with his credit card. B. Go home to get his money. C. Get some money from his wife. D. Pay for his purchase by check. 8. A. She didn’t like sitting beside Jim Smith. B. She didn’t like sitting beside the host. C. She didn’t like the dinner. D. She didn’t like parties. 9. A. He doesn’t like either of them. B. John copied from Jim.
C. Jim wrote the composition himself. D. One of them must have copied from the other. 10. A. 50 minutes. B. One hour. C. One hour and ten minutes D. One hour and fifty minutes Section B (6分)
Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage. 11. A. Reading and writing in English. B. Talking freely in public.
C. Smoothly and clearly expressing themselves in English. D. Successfully handling job interviews. 12. A. Because they lack practice.
B. Because they lack the government concern for this matter.
C. Because they are reluctant to use English. D. Because they lack formal occasions. 13. A. To encourage the young people to model themselves on popular figures.
B. To stimulate the young people to follow his example. C. To give the young people an example of good English. D. To convince the young people of the use of English. Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage. 14. A. To get a little exercise. B. To take in some fresh air.
C. To get something to eat. D. To visit the rich owner. 15. A. He was not expecting Frank at this early hour. B. He didn’t like the poor Irishman at all.
C. He knew Frank was coming for shooting. D. Frank had not told him he would come. 16. A. Frank’s funny looks. B. Frank’s interesting remarks.
C. Frank’s quick and witty response. D. Frank’s promise to leave right away.
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Section C (4分)
Blanks 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation. Moving to a new place The new place How far it is from Mexico City Parents’ reason for moving A beautiful little town in __17____________ in Mexico. It is about __18__________miles northwest of Mexico city. a) Dad wants to live in a smaller town. b) Mom’s __19________ and tired of the fast pace and taking care of the home. c) They always wanted to live abroad and now they are retired. d) Dad likes Mexico. When to move In a __20 _________ of months. Complete the form. Write ONE WORD for each answer.
II. Grammar and Vocabulary Section A Grammar
(A)
Breaks between classes had never seemed so short for 16-year-old Su Wu until the new semester began. Now, in only ten minutes, Su has to rush to his locker(储物柜)in his home classroom, get his books out and head to his next class, sometimes（21）_________the hallway(走廊), pushing his way through a crowd of students（22）________(do)the same.
（23）__________ _________ a new provincial education policy, the Senior1 student from the Affiliated High School of Hangzhou Normal University now actively travels around the teaching building during breaks. Under the new system, high school subjects are divided into different levels or focuses. Students are allowed to choose their favorite teachers and courses（24）________(base) on their abilities and interests.
Su’s school is one of about 10 high schools in his province（25）_______are following the new system this semester. According to the school’s principal Ren Xuebao, under the old system, teachers（26）__________ hardly meet the demands of students of different levels and students didn’t have enough opportunities to experience different teachers’ teaching style. The new Multi-classroom model is supposed to fix those problems.
In fact, the model was first adopted for selected courses in high schools across the province a couple of years ago. Many schools have already applied （27）_______to some required courses. A student, Jin Zijin said, “I’m happy with the change. I may make （28）________(big) progress by taking a tailor-made courses.”
(B)
The Dragon Boat festival is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month according to the Chinese calendar. For thousands of years,（29）_______ festival is marked by eating zongzi and racing dragon boats in honor of Qu Yuan, who is said（30）___________(commit) suicide by drowning himself.
Qu was a minister of the State of Chu （31）_________(locate) in present-day Hunan and Hubei provinces, during the Warring States period(战国时期). He was upright, loyal and highly respected. However, he（32）________(dismiss) from office. Realizing the country was in the hands of evil officials, but not knowing（33）_________he could do made Qu leap into River
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Miluo on the fifth day of the fifth month. Nearby fishermen rushed over to save him but were unable to recover his body.
The people of Chu who mourned Qu’s death threw rice into the river（34）_______they hoped to feed his ghost every year on the day of his death. But one year, the spirit of Qu appeared and told the mourners that a huge reptile(爬行动物) in the river（35）___________(steal) the rice. The spirit then advised them to wrap the rice and bind it（36）________throwing it into the river.
During the Duanwu Festival, zongzi is eaten to symbolize the rice offerings to Qu. And the dragon-boat races symbolize the many attempts to rescue Qu’s body.
Section B Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need. A. involves B. complicated C. substance D. chemicals AB. Currently AC. previous AD. removed BC. Apparently BD. process CD. handle WE use paper everywhere. We write on it; we print newspapers, magazines and books with it; we even use toilet paper in the bathroom.
We know that paper is made from trees. But as simple as that may sound, the paper manufacturing process is actually very __37___, and it causes pollution. That’s why scientists have been trying to modify the___38_____ to reduce the harmful effects that it brings to the environment.
Now, a research team at the University of British Columbia, Canada, may have found a way. They managed to change the genes of trees so that they can be made into paper more easily, reported Xinhua News Agency.
To understand the study, you need to know about a __39____ called lignin (木质素), which is found in most plants. It is what glues plant cells together and gives them the support they need to stand upright.
__40______, lignin must be removed for the production of pulp (纸浆).
However, it’s never easy to remove this tough substance. According to Nature World News, lignin composes 20 to 25 percent of a tree and removing it ____41____heating the plant to 170 degrees Celsius and using about 200 different ____42________.
To deal with this problem, ____43______ researchers had tried to reduce the quantity of lignin in trees by suppressing (抑制) their genes. However, this often resulted in trees that are unable to grow big or were vulnerable to wind, snow, pests or diseases.
But in the latest study, which was published on April 3 in the journal Science, researchers managed to __44_____ the genes just the right way, making lignin easier to break down without affecting the trees’ strength while growing.
“We’re designing trees to be processed with less energy and fewer chemicals,” Professor Shawn Mansfield told Science Daily. With the new technology, lignin can be ___45____ with a simple chemical treatment at 100 degrees Celsius.
In addition, the broken-down lignin does not go to waste: it can be used to make other products, including adhesives (黏合剂), carbon fibers (纤维) and paint additives (添加剂).
According to researchers, genetically modified trees could one day be planted like crops instead of in native forests. That could create a greener future that causes less damage to the environment.
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III. Reading Comprehension (15+11+8=34) Section A (15分)
Some personal characteristics play an important role in the development of one’s intelligence. But people fail to realize the importance of training these factors in young people.
The so-called “non-intelligence factors” include one’s feelings, will, motivation, interests and habits. After a 30-year follow up study of 8,000 males, American psychologists ___46__ that the main cause of disparities in intelligence is not intelligence___47 , but non-intelligence factors including the desire to learn, will power and self-confidence.
___48__ people all know that one should have definite objectives, a strong will and good learning habits, quite a number of teachers and parents don’t pay much attention to 49 these factors.
Some parents are greatly worried when their children fail to do well in their studies. They blame either genetic factors, malnutrition（营养不良）or laziness, but they never take ___50__consideration these non-intelligence factors. At the same time, some teachers don’t inquire into these, as reasons ____51__ students do poorly. They simply give them more courses and exercises, or ___52_ criticize or laugh at the. After all, these students lose self-confidence. Some of them just feel defeated and____53____themselves up as hopeless. Others may go astray（堕落）because they are sick of learning. An investigation of more than 1,000 middle school students in Shanghai showed that 46. 5 percent of them were____54__ of learning, because of examinations, 36. 4 percent lacked persistence, initiative and consciousness and 10.3 percent were sick of learning.
It is clear that the lack of cultivation of non-intelligence factors has been a main __ 55___to intelligence development in teenagers. It even causes an imbalance between physiological and __56__ development among a few students.
If we don’t start now to ___57___ the cultivation of non-intelligence factors, it will not only affect the development of the intelligence of teenagers, but also affect the quality of a whole generation. Some experts have put forward ____58____ about how to cultivate students’ non-intelligence factors.
First, parents and teachers should___59____ understand teenage psychology. On this basis, they can help them to pursue the objectives of learning， 60__ their interests and toughening their willpower. 46. A. came out B. found out C. made out D. worked out 47. A. in itself B. by itself C. itself D. on its own 48. A. Though B. Nevertheless C. However D. Moreover 49. A. believing B. studying C. cultivating D. developing 50. A. for B. in C. into D. over 51. A. why B. that C. when D. how 52. A. ever B. even C. still D. more 53. A. put B. get C. handle D. give 54. A. afraid B. ahead C. aware D. ashamed 55. A. difficulty B. question C. threat D. obstacle 56. A. intelligent B. characteristic C. psychological D. physical 57. A. practice B. thrust C. strengthen D. urge 58. A. projects B. warnings C. suggestions D. decision 59. A. fully B. greatly C. very D. highly 60. A. insuring B. going C. encouraging D. exciting
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Section B （22分，每题2分）
(A)
My elder brother Steve, in the absence of my father who died when I was six, gave me important lessons in values that helped me grow into an adult.
For instance, Steve taught me to face the results of my behavior. Once when I returned in tears from a Saturday baseball game, it was Steve who took the time to ask me what happened. When I explained that my baseball had soared through Mrs. Holt’s basement window, breaking the glass with a crash, Steve encouraged me to confess to her. After all, I should have been playing in the park down Fifth Street and not in the path between buildings. Although my knees knocked as I explained to Mrs. Holt, I offered to pay for the window from my pocket money if she would return my ball.
I also learned from Steve that personal property is a sacred thing. After I found a shiny silver pen in my fifth-grade classroom, I wanted to keep it, but Steve explained that it might be important to someone else in spite of the fact that it had little value. He reminded me of how much I’d hate to lose to someone else the small dog my father carved from a piece of cheap wood. I returned the pen to my teacher, Mrs. Davids, and still remembered the smell of her perfume as she patted me on my shoulder.
Yet of all the instructions Steve gave me, his respect for life is the most vivid in my mind. When I was twelve, I killed an old brown sparrow in the yard with a BB gun. Excited with my accuracy, I screamed to Steve to come from the house to take a look. I shall never forget the way he stood for a long moment and stared at the bird on the ground. Then in a dead, quiet voice, he asked, “Did it hurt you first, Mark?” I didn’t know what to answer. He continued with his eyes firm, “The only time you should even think of hurting a living thing is whether it hurts you first. And then you think a long, long time. “I really felt terrible then, but that moment stands out as the most important lesson my brother taught me.
61. What is the main subject of the passage?
A. The relationship between Mark and Steve. B. The important lesson Mark learned in school.
C. Steve’s important role in Mark’s growing process. D. Mark and Steve’s respect for living things.
62. In the story about the pen, which of the following lessons did Steve teach his brother? A. Respect for personal property. B. Respect for life.
C. Sympathy for people with problems. D. The value of honesty.
63. The underlined word “knocked” in the second paragraph means____________. A. tapped B. beat C. struck D. trembled
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