赣州市十二县高二上期中英语试卷

I was late, as usual. A friend of mine had invited me to a conference, and I had been in the parking lot for a good fifteen minutes. My mind was       .Was my husband able to find the        I laid out for the kids? Did the kids eat breakfast? More importantly, would he have enough           to look for a parking spot in this jungle of cars in order to meet me here with the       later on?
As I was       the plan in my mind, I saw a parking space. Since there was not much       , I decided to back up my giant truck between the two white lines so that leaving would be         after the conference ended.
As I adjusted the         of my truck and started reversing(倒车),another car came out of nowhere and         to take my parking spot. I signaled to the         that I was about to back up into the space, but she squeezed by me and        her SUV in my spot! I couldn’t believe how rude she was! It made me so         that I got out of my car and stared at the lady. By the way she was dressed, I could         she was on her way to the conference.
I        at her, “That was not very angelic behavior!”
Much to my surprise, she completely       me, and I stormed off.
After a few minutes, I found      parking space...behind a smelly dustbin and about a mile away from the conference. Once I        myself down and tried to view the matter from a(n)     angle, the possibility entered my mind that the woman may have needed the spot         I did.
Later, I noticed she was actually one of the vendors(小贩) at the conference. She must have been        to get there quickly in order to set up her booth and display her merchandise.

A．suffering B．struggling C．racing D．beating

A．passports B．clothes C．jewels D．cars

A．mind B．principle C．humour D．patience

A．directors B．kids C．managers D．headmasters

A．going through B．pulling through C．breaking through D．getting through

A．wonder B．energy C．room D．material

A．easier B．happier C．harder D．lower

A．circumstance B．attitude C．weight D．direction

A．attempted B．managed C．afforded D．pretended

A．assistant B．driver C．passenger D．actor

A．raised B．lifted C．parked D．pushed

A．fixed B．touched C．reliable D．angry

A．adapt B．tell C．adopt D．receive

A．greeted B．encouraged C．cheered D．shouted

A．persuaded B．presented C．ignored D．followed

A．another B．that C．other D．others

A．turned B．calmed C．broke D．brought

A．necessary B．proper C．attractive D．different

A．other than B．rather than C．more than D．less than

A．desperate B．surprised C．slight D．proud

There was once a professor of medicine, who was very strict with the students. Whenever he took the chair on the exam committee, the students would be in fear, because he was seldom pleased with the answers they gave. A student would be lucky enough if he or she could receive a good mark from him. At the end of the term, the students of medicine would take their exam again. Now a student entered the exam room and got seated before the committee. This student was a little nervous as he knew it would not be so easy to get through the exam at all.
The professor began to ask. The student was required to describe a certain illness, his description of which turned out to be OK.
Then the professor asked about the cure  for illness, and the student, too, answered just as right.
“Good,” said the professor, “and how much will you give the patient?”
“A full spoon”, answered the student.
“Now you may go out and wait for what you can get.”, said the professor. At the same time, the committee discussed carefully the answers the student had given. Suddenly the student noticed that there was something wrong with his last answer. “ A full spoon is too much,” he thought to himself. Anxiously he opened the door of the room and cried, “Mr Professor, I’ve make a mistake! A full spoon is too much for a patient. He can take only five drops.”
“I’m sorry, sir.” Said the professor coldly, “But it’s too late. Your patient has died.
The students were afraid of the professor because_________.

The student’s description of the illness was _____.

Before he left the room the student was almost sure that ______.

Which of the following is Not true?

Which guess is the most reasonable from the passage?

Higher hotel prices, airline capacity（容量） cuts and rising travel demand mean travelers will have to work harder to find a good deal in 2013. But there are plenty of online tools to help keep your vacation expenses in check. Here are some websites to help you save money on air tickets this year.
Looking for sales on a specific routs, or just want to go somewhere cheap? AirfareWatchdog. com searches for deals computers tend to miss, like promotion codes airlines include in e-mail advertisements. It also finds sales from Allegiant and Southwest, which typically aren’t listed on major airfare（机票）search engines. You can sign up for specific fare notifications（通告）or a list of all the cheap round-trip fares from your local airport.
Where can you go for $500 or less? Kayak.com/explore will show you where you can go for a vacation for a particular price .You can narrow your search by month, region, flight length, weather or activity.  Clicking on a price reveals dates the fare is available.
If you already know where you want to go, use itasoftware.com to find the cheapest dates to fly. To purchase, you must go to the airline’s website or online agencies like Travelocity.
To figure out whether to buy that plan ticket now or wait, go to Bing.com/travel. Its Price Predictor can determine how likely a fare is to rise or fall during the next seven says from more than 250 cities in the Unites States to top domestic destinations and major airports in Europe. The site claims that its predictions are about75 percent accurate and save customers more than $50 on average for a round trip.
After you’ve booked your tickets at an airline site, enter your flight information at Yapta.com  to track the price so you don’t miss out on savings if the price drops.
The underlined phrase “in check” in Paragraph 1 can be best replaced by“______”。

We can infer from the passage that Allegiant is probably__________.

If you’ve chosen a vacation destination, which website should you visit to choose the cheapest dates for air tickets?

Who are the intended readers of the passage?

What can we know about the website Bing.com/travel from the passage?

On Monday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention predicted that 42% of Americans could be overweight by 2030.Our expanding waistlines lead to not only a medical problem, but according to a recent article in The New York Times, it could also endanger personal safety in some situations-in an airplane crash, for example.
The New York Times’ Christine Negroni reports that engineers and scientists are questioning whether airplane seats are adequately constructed to protect overweight travelers. Government standards for airplane seat strength（强度）-first set more than 60 years ago---require that the seats be made for a passenger weighing 170 pounds(77kg).Today, the average American man weighs nearly 194 pounds(88kg) and the average woman 165 pounds(75kg).Negroni reports:
“If a heavier person completely fills a seat ,the seat is not likely to behave as intended during a crash,”Robert Salzar,the leading scientist at the Center for Applied Biomechanics at the University of Virginia. “The energy absorption(专注，合并) that is built into the aircraft seat is likely to be overpowered and the passengers will not be protected properly”.
“Nor would the injury be limited to that passenger only,” Dr. Salzar said. “If a seat or a seat belt fails,”he said, “those people who are seated nearby could be endangered from the uncontrolled movements of the passenger.”
Most complaints about airplane seats focus on their lack of comfort and high ticket price, and whether overweight passengers should be made to buy two seats. But The New York Times’ article bring up another reason to feel anxious about flying. Investigators of the issue got in touch with the airplane seat and seat belt makers, but they refused to comment on the problem.Experts agreed that crash testing should be done with overweight dummies（人体模型）.Both airplane seats and seat belts should be tested, they said.
Fortunately, however, according to Nora Marshall, a senior adviser at the National Transportation Safety Board, the board’s investigators have never seen an accident involving a commercial plane in which the weight of a passenger was a problem.
What is the article in The New York Times mainly conceerned with?

Robert Salzar would probably agree that_________.

What does the underlined word “they” in Paragraph 5 refer to?

We can learn from the text that_________

what is the best best title for the text?

Ever since the global economic recession( 萧条) began in 2008,many Americans have changed their lifestyles by downsizing what they buy and what they possess.
Tammy Strobel and her husband used to own a two-bedroom apartment,two cars and had good incomes. But Tammy wasn’t happy.Inspired by a web site,they began donating some of their belongings to charity, and eventually got rid of their cars.Some thought they were crazy,but now they feel much happier.Without debt and working fewer hours,now they have more time to be outdoors and to volunteer.
“The idea that you need to go bigger to be happy is false,”Ms. Strobel says. “I really believe that the acquisition of material goods doesn’t bring about happiness.”
Despite the fact that the economy is not as booming as it was,studies have shown that many are feeling happier as they save more and spend less.This mainly happens when they spend money on experiences instead of material objects and when they relish（喜爱）what they plan to buy long before they buy it.
It is true that extra cash always makes life a little easier because it lets people meet basic needs.But scholars have found that types of purchases,their size and frequency,and even the timing of the spending all affect long-term happiness.One major finding is that spending money for an experience---concert tickets,French lessons, sushi-rolling classes---produces longer-lasting satisfaction.
At the height of the recession in 2008,consumers were doing something different---vacationing in their yards, eating more dinners at home,organizing family game nights .As a result, these leisure activities appeared to make them less lonely and increased their interactions with others.
“I think people are realizing they don’t need what they had.They’re more interested in creating memories,”says a scholar.
To stop purchasing things using credit cards at any time brings happiness,too;in other words,waiting for something and working hard to get it makes it feel more valuable and more stimulating. In fact,scholar have found that anticipation increases happiness. Considering buying an i-Pad?You might want to think about it as long as possible before taking one home.
Ms.Strobel is now an advocate（拥护者） of simple living.”My lifestyle now would not be possible if I still had a huge two-bedroom apartment filled to the gills(完全满了）with stuff,two cars,and 30 grand（一千美元） in debt,”she says. “Give away some of your stuff,” she advises. “See how it feels.”
What did Ms Strobel and her husband do to change their life?
a. Donated their things to charity.
b. Changed their jobs.
c .Got rid of their cars.
d. Spent more time outdoors.

Which of the following is not a purchase of experience?

It is true that money_____________________

Purchase of experience can make people feel happier because_____________

Why does stopping using a credit card to buy anything at any time bring happiness?

If you visit London, you     (see) lots of cars, buses and bikes. It      (be) very cheap and quick to use a bike. When you take a bus, you have to wait    half an hour or so. What’s more, the bus moves  (slow). The underground is quick but very expensive and often    (crowd). I used to travel to work by bus. I often arrived at work late     tired. Then a friend of mine suggested we   (go) to work together by bike. I followed him. Although we went slowly, yet we always arrived on time. Taking a bus took fifty minutes while    (ride) a bike took only half an hour. Now I love riding a bike to work. I’ve got    little more money now, so I feel much    (good).

If you wish to become a better reader, here are four important points to remember about rate, or speed of reading:
【1】 Knowing why you are reading and what you are reading to find out will often help you to know whether to read rapidly or slowly.
【2】Some things should be read slowly throughout. Examples are directions for making or doing something, arithmetic problems, science and history books, which are full of important information. You must read such things slowly to remember each important step and understand each important idea.
【3】Some things should be read rapidly throughout. Examples are simple stories meant for enjoyment, news, and letters from friends, items, or bits of news from local, or hometown, paper, telling what is happening to friends and neighbors.
【4】In some of your readings, you must change your speed from fast to slow to fast, as you go along. You need to read certain pages rapidly and then slow down and do more careful readings when you come to important ideas which must be remembered.
According to the passage, what does your reading speed depend on ?( no more than 15 words)
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What should you read slowly and carefully?（no more than 12 words）
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If you want to be relaxed by reading, what should you take up ?( no more than 4 words)
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When should you change your speed from fast to slow?(no more than 10 words)   _____________________________________________________________________________
What is the main idea of the text?( no more than 8 words)   _____________________________________________________________________________

假如你叫李华，今年18岁，是光明中学的一名高二学生。你所在的城市明年要举办国际旅游节，现向全市招募志愿者，请你根据以下要点向组委会写一封申请信，应征旅游节志愿者的工作。
1.你的个人信息；
2.你的兴趣爱好与特长等；
3.你的相关经历或经验；
4.你的承诺。
注意：
1.词数120左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
3.信的开头、结尾已经给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Committee,
Thank you for taking your time to read my letter. I really hope to be a volunteer for the International Tourism Festival in our city.
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Yours,
Lihua