[广东]2011-2012学年广东省中山市镇区五校联考高一下中段考试英语试卷

I couldn’t believe my ears when I heard my name called for the leading role in our high school play. Mrs. Dermit, my drama(戏剧) teacher, had been looking for someone to play an energetic boy in a play. Luckily for me, she thought that I could act the   1  .
That afternoon my friend Kevin and I talked   2   about the play. Although Kevin hadn’t been   3    for a role on the stage, his job with helping all the actors was important to the success of the play. I told him I was a little __4   because I had a lot of lines(台词)to memorize. “You can do it.” he said. I knew I could   5   on him: we had been friends since the third grade, and we made a good team.
Preparations for the play moved at a rapid pace. While doing his own work, Kevin also spent hours helping me learn my lines. He often said my lines with me by silently moving his lips. We   6   that he could probably play my part as well as I could.
Three days before the    7   night, everything was ready for the performance. But when I woke up with a high fever on the day of the play, the whole production came to a sudden   __8  . Everyone in the drama department was worried,   9   there was no way I could perform. The play was   10   to open in fewer than six hours, and we had no time to cancel. I tried to think of a way to help. Then it hit me---Kevin knew the   11   as well as I did. I called Mrs. Dermit to give her my   12  . Within a few short hours, Kevin stood on the stage in costume(戏服) and makeup. The amusing lines he had   13   with me so many times made the crowd laugh and cheer. In a strange turn of events, Kevin and I had   14   the day for everyone by working as a team.
Of course, I was terribly disappointed to have missed my chance in the spotlight, but I was extremely   15   to have such a good friend.

A．part B．play C．band D．scene

A．calmly B．sadly C．excitedly D．anxiously

A．had B．chosen C．invited D．trained

A．pleased B．bored C．nervous D．confused

A．rely B．operate C．base D．agree

A．expected B．debated C．agreed D．joked

A．ending B．closing C．opening D．greeting

A．change B．turn C．stop D．close

A．for B．but C．and D．so

A．written B．taken C．said D．scheduled

A．steps B．lines C．point D．case

A．introduction B．instruction C．explanation D．suggestion

A．saw B．read C．practiced D．watched

A．valued B．saved C．left D．kept

A．successful B．thankful C．trustful D．hopeful

The earth is a special planet in the solar system. The explosion of the earth produced carbon, nitrogen, vapor and other gases,       (make) the earth’s atmosphere. What is even more important is _  as the earth cooled, water which is fundamental to the    （develop） of life appeared and stayed on the surface. The continued presence of water allowed the earth to dissolve       (harm) gases into the oceans and this produced a chain reaction which made it possible for life to develop.
Many millions of years later, the _  （arrive） of small plants encouraged the development of early shellfish       all sorts of fish. Then, with the first green plants appearing on land, land animals appeared and dinosaurs developed and existed on the earth for millions of years. Then Dinosaurs’ sudden disappearance made the rise of mammals possible on the earth. They were different from all life forms      ever existed in the past because they produced young from within their bodies. Finally, some small clever animals with hands and legs ______(appear) and spread all over the earth. Thus they, in their turn, have become       most important animals. However, they are putting too much carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. So for millions of years to come,       life will continue on the earth will depend on whether the present problem can be solved.

Plants are very important living things. Life could not go on if there were no plants. This is because plants can make food from air， water and sunlight. Animals and man cannot make food from air， water and sunlight. Animals get their food by eating plants and other animals. Therefore animals and man need plants in order to live. This is why we find that there are so many plants around us. If you look carefully at the plants around you， you will find that there are two kinds of plants： flowering plants and non-flowering plants. Flowering plants can make seeds. The seeds are protected by the fruits. Some fruits have one seed， some have two， three or four， and some have many seeds. But a few fruits have no seeds at all. An example of a fruit without seeds is the banana fruit. Most non-flowering plants do not grow from seeds. They grow from spores（胚芽）。 Spores are very small. Some spores are so small and light that they can float in the air. We may say that spores are quite the same as seeds. When these spores are all on wet and shady places， they usually grow into new plants.
The main idea of the first paragraph is that ______.

Plants can make food from ______.

What can we infer（推断） from the passage ？

This passage may be taken from ________.

The underlined word “protected” in the third paragraph can be replaced by ______.

What will man be like in the future — in 5,000 or even 50,000 years from now? We can only make guesses, of course, but we can be sure that he will be different from what he is today, for man is slowly changing all the time.
Let us take an obvious example. Man, even five hundred years ago, was shorter than he is today. Now, on average, men are about three inches taller. Five hundred years is relatively a short period of time, so we may suppose that man will continue to grow taller. Again, in the modern world we use our brains a great deal. Even so, we still make use of only about 20% of the brain’s capacity(容量). As time goes on, however, we shall have to use our brains more and more, and finally we shall need our brains more and more, and finally we shall need larger ones! This is likely to bring a physical change too: the head, in particular the forehead, will grow larger.
Nowadays our eyes are in constant use. In fact, we use them so much that very often they become weaker and we have to wear glasses. But over long period of time it is likely that man’s eyes will grow stronger.
On the other hand, we tend to make less use of our arms and legs. These, as a result, are likely to grow weaker. At the same time, however, our fingers will grow more sensitive because they are used a great deal in modern life.
But what about hair? This will probably disappear from the body altogether in course of time because it does not serve a useful purpose any longer. In the future, then, both sexes are likely to be bald.
Perhaps all this gives the impression that future man will not be a very attractive creature to look at! This may well be true. All the same, in spite of all these changes, future man will still have a lot in common with us. He will still be a human being, with thoughts and motions similar to our own.
The passage mainly tells us that __________.

What serves as the evidence that man is changing?

The change in man’s size of the forehead is probably because __________.

Which of the following is TRUE about a human being in the future?

It is implied that __________.

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根据所给10个英语单句的意思， 从所给的15个词汇中挑选出10个合适的词或短语填空。

 
She told us an ________________story .
She entered the lab without ______________.
She is____________________ hearing from her boyfriend in Australia.
He ______________________________ music.
They decided to fly to Beijing _________________take a train.
Whether we’ll go for a picnic __________________ the weather.
You must ____________ for not being able to meet her on time.
On the Dragon Boat Festival people usually eat zongzi__________Qu Yuan,a great poet.
What he said ___________ me _________ my father, he once told me like that
Farmers have __________ a lot from the new policy(政策).

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