福建漳州市八校高三12月联考英语试卷

—I’m terribly sorry to have put you through so much trouble.
—____. I know you didn’t mean to.

I don’t like any humor in serious speech because I can’t think of any circumstance _______ this would be beneficial or useful.

Just in front of our house _______ with a history of 1,000 years.

      published fifty years ago, his work still attracts much attention at present.

–Guess what! We’ll have a chance to visit our sister school in Denmark this summer!
--How nice! You ______  a different culture then.

—How do you find Johnson’s last party?
—Well, it couldn’t have been     . In fact, I won’t go to his party next time.

— Shall we put off the match because of the bad weather?
— No. Rain or shine, the match will be held as ______.

What makes online shopping so popular is    it shortens the distance between manufacturers and consumers.

Teaching is not ____ a matter of spreading knowledge----it also calls for the ability to build up the students’ personality.

This new model of car is so expensive that it is _____the reach of those with average
incomes.

A notice was ________ in order to remind the students of the changed lecture time.

— Why do we get up so early?
— If we _______ the flight we would have to stay here for another day.

Tom’s little sister is a girl of great _______. She takes an interest in everything.

— What is the man, actually?
—I don’t know for sure. But I think he can be _______ but a policeman.

      the instructions on the packet when you take the drug and the drug, I think, will work soon.

In 1822 Gregor Mendal was born on a farm in Austria. His father found that Mendal was interested in plants. He knew that his son was clever, and he          Mendal to high school. At that time          people attended high school. However, since his father could not give him enough money, he always went          . Luckily, the other students always gave him food from their     Later, Mendal became a monk(修道士)and         his studies. He took care of the gardens at the      where he and the other monks lived, and he did       with pea plants for eight years. He wanted to prove that parents       features to their children. Around 1860, Mendal      that plants have recessive and dominant(显性的) genes.
He grew a tall pea plant with a short pea plant. Every one of the first generation of four pea plants was tall. This       that tall was the dominate gene.     in the next generation of four pea plants, one plant was very       . The recessive short genes it received from both of its parents had made it short.
From these experiments, he understood that dominant genes       the most often in the       . Recessive genes only appeared       and only when both parents carried the genes for the features.
To       his finding with others, he wrote a paper. But during his lifetime, no one      what he had discovered. At the time of his death, he still felt very sad.
, his important discovery was accepted in 1990. We now know that both plants and animals have genes and that genes play a major role in       we look, how we act, and whether or not we are       to get certain diseases. Today we honor Mendal as Father of hereditizm(遗传学).

A．drove B．sent C．forced D．had

A．few B．a few C．many D．a lot

A．anxious B．crazy C．hungry D．straight

A．plates B．dining-rooms C．dorms D．lunches

A．lasted B．stuck C．started D．continued

A．village B．hometown C．temple D．school

A．researches B．surveys C．observations D．experiments

A．passed B．gave C．offered D．hid

A．noticed B．discovered C．declared D．prove

A．agreed B．meant C．announced D．informed

A．Thus B．Instead C．Despite D．Yet

A．strange B．fine C．short D．cool

A．showed up B．stood out C．set aside D．turned on

A．parents B．students C．children D．monks

A．seldom B．sometimes C．actually D．mainly

A．compare B．share C．satisfy D．cooperate

A．concerned with B．worried about C．trusted in D．cared about

A．However B．Though C．Finally D．Regardless

A．how B．what C．where D．which

A．possible B．obvious C．able D．likely

Once upon a time, there was a lovely vegetable field, on which grew a very thick tree. Both the vegetables and the tree gave the place a wonderful appearance, which was the joy of the garden’s owner. What no one knew was that the vegetables in the field and the tree couldn’t stand each other. The vegetables hated the tree’s shadow, because it left them only just enough light to survive. The tree, on the other hand, hated the vegetables because they drank nearly all the water before it could get to him, leaving him with just enough to survive.
The situation became so extreme that the vegetables got totally fed up and decided to use up all the water in the ground so that the tree would dry up. The tree answered back by refusing to give the vegetables shadow from the hot midday sun, so they both began to dry up. Before long, the vegetables were really thin and the tree’s branches were drying up.
Neither of them thought that the gardener, on seeing his vegetable field becoming worse, would stop watering it. When he did that, both the tree and the vegetables really learned what thirst was. There seemed to be no solution, but one of the vegetables, a small courgette（小胡瓜）, understood what was going on, and decided to deal with it. Despite the little water and the unbearable heat, the little courgette did all he could to grow, grow...He managed to grow so big that the gardener started watering the field again. The gardener wanted to enter that beautiful big courgette in some gardening contest.
And so the vegetables and the tree realized that it was better to help each other than to fight. They should really learn how to live in harmony with those around them, doing the best they could. So they decided to work together, using both the shadow and the water in the best combination to grow good vegetables. Seeing how well they were doing, the gardener now gave the best of care to his vegetable field, watering it better than any other field for miles around.
What is the problem between the tree and the vegetables?

What is the result of the fight between the tree and the vegetables?

The courgette thought of ways to solve the conflict by        .

What can we learn from this passage?

Would it surprise you to learn that, like animals, trees communicate with each other and pass on their wealth to the next generation?
UBC Professor Simard explains how trees are much more complex than most of us ever imagined .Although Charles Darwin thought that trees are competing for survival of the fittest, Simard shows just how wrong he was. In fact, the opposite is true: trees survive through their co-operation and support, passing around necessary nutrition “depending on who needs it”.
Nitrogen（氮） and carbon are shared through miles of underground fungi（真菌） networks, making sure that all trees in the forest ecological system give and receive just the right amount to keep them all healthy. This hidden system works in a very similar way to the networks of neurons（神经元）in our brains, and when one tree is destroyed, it affects all.
Simard talks about “mother trees”, usually the largest and oldest plants on which all other trees depend .She explains how dying trees pass on the wealth to the next generation, transporting important minerals to young trees so they may continue to grow .When humans cut down “mother trees” with no awareness of these highly complex “tree societies” or the networks on which they feed, we are reducing the chances of survival for the entire forest.
“We didn't take any notice of it.” Simard says sadly .“Dying trees move nutrition into the young trees before dying, but we never give them chance.” If we could put across the message to the forestry industry, we could make a huge difference towards our environmental protection efforts for the future.
What would be the best title for the passage?

In Simard's opinion, trees _______

We can learn from the passage that     .

The underlined word “it” in the last paragraph refers to        .

Here is some information about several famous local bakeries(面包烤房) in Indiana, the US. They serve as a social gathering place for locals.
Maple Lane Bakery
At 8260 S. State Rd. Claypool, IN. (574) 566-2917, it offers a variety of cooked pies, cookies, and bread. With 20 years’ experience Maple Lane Bakery has specialized in the making of pies. The menu includes peach pie $7.19, berry pie $7.70, apple pie $7.19 and banana pie $6.99. Feel free to place an order at least 24 hours in advance.
Betty’s Cakes & Candy Shop
At 816 E. Winona Avenue Warsaw, IN. (574) 269-1231, it specializes in cakes and offers cookies and candies. The chocolate cookies are sold at $8.99 a dozen. Betty’s Cakes & Candy Shop, started half a century ago, specializes in wedding cakes and birthday cakes. Buying a cake from Betty’s will not disappoint you as they are always excellent.
Crepes’ Quality Bakery
At 217 S. Cavin Street Ligonier, IN. (260) 894-3024, this third generation bakery is located downtown Ligonier. It offers cookies and cupcakes, and specializes in rolls and bread. If you plan to buy cookies for the office or work area, you had better get there early as the building workers arrive just before 5:00 am waiting for the doors to open.
Olympia Candy Kitchen
At 136 N. Main Street Goshen, IN. (574) 533-5040, it has been welcoming visitors for almost a century in its unchanged location in downtown Goshen, Indiana. Its tradition began in 1912 when Greek Nicholas began making his own chocolates. Today this family-owned operation offers all kinds candies and boxed candies.
If you need an order, you should call ahead of time to see if they can meet your request.
Which of the following pies is the most expensive?

If you want to order a birthday cake, you are advised to call _________.

Which of the following bakeries has the shortest history?

The author wrote this passage mainly to __________.

Have you read " 'To Kill a Mockingbird’ The only novel by Harper Lee offers moral lessons about racial justice and respect．It tells the story of a young girl named Scout and her father, Atticus Finch, a lawyer．He defends a black man ．
Tom Robinson wrongfully accused of raping（强奸）
a white woman．In the end, an all-white- jury （陪审团）sentences Tom Robinson to death． The book is set in the American, South in the 1930s．
But it came out on July11^th, 1960 as the civil rights movement in the United States was gaining strength.
Laws and customs in the South, however, still kept blacks and whites mostly separated．
A mockingbird is a land of gray songbird．The book
gets its title from something Atticus Finch was told in his
childhood when his father gave him a gun. Atticus Finch said, "I remember when my daddy first gave me that gun, he told me that I should never point at anything in the house, and that I could shoot all the blue jays I wanted, if I could hit them．But remember, it was a sin （罪过） to kill a mockingbird, for they don't hurt anyone, they just make music．"
Some people said, " 'To Kill a Mockingbird' treats racism in a way that is simplisite（过分单纯化的）, even offensive to blacks, and out of date in today's America．" Still, it has been translated into more than forty languages and has sold over forty million copies. It is often required reading in high schools. Harper Lee won a Pulitzer Prize in America in 1961 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom of the United States for her contribution to literature in 2007.
The story takes place in a town that Harper Lee called Maycomb. But she based the characters on real people she knew growing up．Since then her hometown Monroeville has changed a lot．A number of African-Americans serve m the local government．The courthouse, made famous by the book, is now a museum．A small shop and a fast-food restaurant called Mel's Dairy Dream have replaced Harper Lee's childhood home．

We can learn from the passage that Harper Lee     __．

According to the passage, __ in the novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” is compared to a Mockingbird．

What is the main idea of the 4th paragraph?

We can infer from the passage that the novel "To Kill Mockingbird" __．

With only a click of the mouse, rumors can be forwarded between microblogs very quickly. As an example, recently, perceptive netizens discovered that some photos displayed on microblogs depicting Beijing’s June rainstorm had actually been fabricated.
Sina. com is one of the major internet portals(门户网站) in China with hundreds and thousands of users, and a majority of celebrities and renowned citizens have their microblog accounts on this portal. As recently as six months ago, the website decided to establish a specialized team to verify rumors and provide accurate information for its users. Tan Chao is in charge of the team.
“Before I took the job, I usually couldn’t identify what information was real and what was fake. But during the rumor verification process, we discovered that a lot of information was false, including fake photos, fake news stories and rumors that had been spread through microblogs.”
It‘s not just website portals which are taking on fact-checking responsibilities, but also a number of civic-minded netizens, who recently set up a Rumor Verification Federation on Sina.com’s microblog system to help netizens identify fake information online.
Dianzizheng is the team leader of the federation. He says they’ve publicized more than 150 pieces which refute rumors, which attracted more than 10 thousand visitors within two months.
“We live in an age of new media, so we can’t use the old methods to verify rumors. We can’t wait for the media to verify the facts with related administrative departments and then release a formal announcement. We can’t allow rumors to run rampant and then deal with it, we need to fight rumors while they’re spreading. I think that this is the best way to deal with rumors nowadays.”
Some experts say this demonstrates the advantages of the internet compared to other traditional media. The open platform allows information to be examined and clarified by netizens. But experts like Ding Wenguo, President of the Journalism and Communication College at the China University of Political Science and Law says this self-correction function of the internet is still quite limited.
“It’s still quite difficult to tell which information is true in such an open environment by just reading a number of different opinions on the same issue. This is something which we need to pay attention to. If society is deluged with too much false information, and it’s allowed to spread in such a fast manner, then people will be suspicious of all kinds of information including important information from authorities. It also exacerbates(恶化) problems relating to social communications and mutual-understanding, which in turn harms society as a whole.”
Experts suggest that the government should react more quickly in the internet age. Once a rumor begins to spread, administrative departments should make announcements as early as possible to dispel rumors before they lead to bad outcomes.
Sina.com decided to found a specialized team to ____.

Which of the following is TRUE according to the text?

The underlined word "fabricated" in the first paragraph can be replaced by "_    _".

The writer cited Ding Wenguo's words in Paragraph 8 to _  _.

短文填词(共10题;每题1分,满分10分)
阅读下面短文，根据以下提示：1）汉语提示，2）首字母提示，3）语境提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词,所填单词要求意义准确，拼写正确。
One day while walking through the woods, an old man found a cocoon(茧) of a butterfly. Heb  it home. A few days later, a small opening appeared, he watched the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to stop  (取得)any progress .It appeared as if it could hardly go further .Then the man decided to h  the butterfly, so he took a p  of scissors to cut the cocoon. The butterfly then came out easily.
But it can never    (飞).The man didn’t understand the struggle required for the butterfly to get through the tiny opening was just the nature's way of forcing fluid (液体) from the body of the butterfly     its wings, which would be ready for flight once it achieved its  (自由)from the cocoon.
Sometimes struggles are exactly    we need in our life. If we were allowed to go through our life  any struggling, it would weaken us seriously .We would not be as   (强壮) as what we could have been.

和睦的家庭有利于孩子的个性发展和家人的身心健康。请你根据表格中的信息和自身的感受，以How we can build up a harmonious family 为题用英语写一篇短文。

注意：1.对所有要点逐一陈述，适当发挥，不要简单翻译。
2．词数120左右，开头已经写好，不计入总词数。
3．作文中不得提及有关考生个人身份的任何信息，如校名、人名等。
How we can build up a harmonious family
A harmonious family is essential to our personal development and our physical and mental health.
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