浙江宁波市八校联考高一下学期期末考试英语卷

It was reported that a 63-year-old man from Hunan Province had won _____ LCD television for being _______ 100,000th visitor to the Taiwan Pavilion.

Everyone present at the party was given a nice little gift with a suitable poem ________ to it.

In a way I can see what you mean, even though I don’t _______ your point of view.

Mr. Wang gave the whole class a vivid _________ of his trip to Shanghai Expo Park.

--- What’s up with Maria? She looks upset.
-- A call from her mother ________ the attack of homesickness.

She has a slim chance of getting the job, for _________ people have applied for it.

All the people around the world have the same simple dream _____ they will always live in peace.

-- How do you find the movie Avatar？
--- Fascinating. It is ____________ again.

--- Roy and Samantha got married last week. Did you go to their wedding?
--- No, I ________ an important meeting in another city. 

Only that factory we visited yesterday __________ this kind of machines.

When he came to life, he found himself ______ to a tree.

The old lady was so pleased with all ______ we had done for her ______ she wrote us a thank-you letter.

The majority of the people surveyed are _______ bringing down the housing price, which is terribly high for the general public.

--- What else do you want to know about the cell phone?
-- _______ it can be used as a digital camera. You know, I’m into photography.

---Where are you going for your weekend?
--- I haven’t decided yet. I ______ go to the Hemudu Site Museum.

--- It worries me a lot that my 5-year-old son has started telling lies.
--- I think you shouldn’t let him _______ it.

---It has been ages ________ I last saw you.
--- Yes. And it will be long ______ we meet again.

The house rent in Shanghai is pretty high. I’ve got about half the space I had at home and I’m paying ________ here.

---Who is your favourite basketball player in China?
--- Yao Ming, of course. No one plays ________.

--- Excuse me, may I have a doggie bag?
--- ________, Madam. I’ll wrap it up for you.

完形填空（共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。
A young man was getting ready to graduate from college. For many months he had admired a beautiful sports car in a dealer’s showroom, and knowing his father could well  41 it, he told him that was all he wanted.
As Graduation Day approached, the young man awaited signs  42  his father had bought the car. Finally, on the morning of his graduation, his father called him into his private   43 . His father told him how   44  he was to have such a fine son, and told him how much he loved him. He   45  his son a beautiful wrapped gift box. Curious, but   46  disappointed, the young man opened the box and found a lovely, leather-bound Bible, with the young man’s   47  embossed (压印浮凸)in gold.
Angrily, he   48  his voice to his father and said, "With all your money you give me a Bible（圣经）?" He then stormed out of the house,   49 the Bible.
Many years  50  and the young man was very   51 in business. He had a beautiful home and a wonderful family, but realizing his father was very   52 , he thought perhaps he should go to see him. He had not seen him since that graduation day.   53 he could make the arrangements, he received a telegram telling him his father had   54 , and willed all of his possessions to his  55 . He needed to come home immediately and take care of things.
When he arrived at his father’s house, sudden sadness and   56  filled his heart. He began to search through his father’s important papers and saw the   57  new Bible, just as he had left it years ago.
With   58 , he opened the Bible and began to turn the pages. As he was reading, a car key dropped from the back of the Bible. It had a tag with the dealer’s name, the   59 dealer who had the sports car he had desired. On the tag was the date of his graduation, and the word “PAID IN FULL”.
How many times do we miss blessings   60  they are not packaged as we expected? What may appear as bad fortune may in fact be the door that is just waiting to be opened.
41. A. buy                    B. afford                      C. make                       D. pay
42. A. that                    B. which                    C. what                      D. where
43. A. house                 B. office                    C. study                   D. car
44. A. proud                 B. hopeful                 C. eager                    D. anxious
45. A. showed           B. handed                C. brought                    D. provided
46. A. anyway               B. somewhat                 C. somehow             D. somewhere
47. A. number               B. hand                   C. hair                      D. name
48. A. risen                   B. rose                      C. arose                   D. raised
49. A. leaving               B. left                          C. leave                       D. to leave
50. A. past                B. passed                  C. went                    D. flied
51. A. satisfied                     B. busy                    C. successful                D. lucky
52. A. old                            B. selfish                      C. mean                       D. lonely
53. A. After             B. When                   C. Before                        D. Since
54. A. passed by            B. passed away          C. passed down             D. passed out
55. A. daughter       B. son                          C. grandson                  D. wife
56. A. regret                 B. anger                   C. disappointment         D. annoyance
57. A. even                   B. also                         C. still                    D. yet
58. A. smiles                 B. tears                     C. hearts                  D. glasses
59. A. same                  B. different                   C. familiar                    D. similar
60. A. before             B. if                             C. though                        D. because

Blue is the most attractive eye colour according to a new research.
Blue eyes like those belonging to sexy star Angelina Jolie are the most appealing colour according to a poll of 3,000 18-24 year olds by Fresh Look One Day Colour. Angelina, her partner Brad Pitt and his ex-wife Jennifer Aniston all have blue eyes and have all been named in a top twenty of the world’s most desirable eyes.
The survey found that young folk with blue eyes are generally seen as being more sexy and kind.
And when asked if they would change the colour of their eyes if they could, only one in ten blue-eyed people wanted to, significantly less than people with other colour eyes.
One in three people who didn’t have blue eyes wanted a change.
One quarter of respondents have considered wearing coloured contact lenses(隐形眼镜) to change their eye colour temporarily --- and blue is most wanted colour.
Green was the second most popular colour for those wanting a new look, with respondents saying green-eyed people were usually mysterious and creative.
People with brown or hazel eyes were perceived to be more trustworthy than people with other eye colours.
People with grey eyes were generally thought to be more intelligent than other people, and they were also described as usually being shy.
Blue was the most common eye colour among respondents, with 41 per cent of those who answered the survey having baby blue peepers and 39 per cent having brown or hazel eyes.
The survey also found that 18 per cent of people don’t know what colour eyes their partner has!
Which of the following stars doesn’t have blue eyes?

According to the study result, if you were a manager and wanted to find a most reliable person, you’d better hire one who has _________ eyes.

According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?

The underlined word “peepers” in the passage could be replaced by ______.

Which of the following is the best title of the passage?

On December 8, Xinhua News Agency published a list of news keywords that it believes sum up the year 2009.
The phrase “low-carbon life” had been heard in China before 2009, but in 2009, it has become popular among young Chinese who are concerned about the environment. It comes as world leaders are talking about fighting global warming in Copenhagen, Denmark. Greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide, are the main cause of global warming, which leads to extreme weather and other conditions.
Living a low carbon life means trying to cut carbon dioxide emissions(排放) in one’s daily life. For example, burning less coal and oil, which produce CO₂. It means walking, biking or taking buses, rather than using a private car.
“A(H1N1) flu” is also on Xinhua’s list. Since April, 2009 the virus has made over 100,000 people ill on the Chinese mainland and 325 people had died of it as of December 9. But as US magazine Newsweek pointed out recently, the best evidence suggests it is no more dangerous than a bad seasonal flu.
The year 2009 saw the growing impact of the Internet on society, with the word “duomaomao”, meaning hide-and-seek, becoming a hit on the web. On February 12, Li Qiaoming died of brain injuries several days after being detained(拘留) by police in Jinning county, Yunnan Province. Police said it was an accident sustained(遭受)while he was playing hide-and-seek with his fellow prisoners. Netizens cast doubt on this explanation and called for an investigation. It turned out that Li had been beaten to death by other prisoners.
Another phrase connected with the Internet on the list is “Net Addiction Camps”. Many parents send children obsessed(沉迷) with the web to “Net Addiction Camps” for treatment. But some camps use physical punishment or electrical shocks. In 2009, some young people died as a result of the extreme methods, which led to a nationwide discussion. In November, the Ministry of Health banned the use of physical punishment to keep children off the net and dropped the term “net addiction(网瘾)”. It did not say that excessive(过度的) net use is a mental illness either.
The purpose of the passage is to ___________.

The underlined word “Netizens” in the fifth paragraph refer to_________.

What can be inferred from the incident of “duomaomao”?

Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

Which of the following doesn’t mean a low-carbon life ?

Prison Break（《越狱》）is a huge hit thanks to its handsome star, Wentworth Miller. His character, Michael Scofield, is the engine that drives the show．
Having committed a crime to get into prison and broke out his innocent elder brother, Michael Scofield is one of the most interesting personalities on television today. But what about the man behind the character?
Miller, 35, is a hard guy to figure out. He does not come from a normal background and has never lived his life in a typical way．
Miller didn’t take a direct path to fame and fortune. He graduated from Princeton University in 1995, not with a degree in theatre or film, but in English．He didn’t even act when he was in college. His only performance experience was in his university’s singing group. Yet, at graduation Miller still decided to make the move to Hollywood．
Miller has always been different. Although he is American, he was born in Britain when his father was studying there. His family background is also a special mix of cultures．“My father is black and my mother is white. That means I have always been caught in the middle．I could be either one, which can make you feel out of place，”Miller says．
Following his unusual path, Miller did not start trying out for films and TV shows when he first got to Hollywood．Instead, he worked as a lowly production assistant, not what you would expect from a Princeton graduate. However, it all paid off for Miller in the end．
In 2002, Miller played a role in the drama Dinotopia．He starred as a thoughtful and shy man．Producers remembered his performance when they were casting Prison Break two years later. With a golden globe nomination(提名) and another season of Prison Break on his resume(履历), Miller seems ready to take over all of Hollywood．                                               
What do you think the text is mainly about?

The author thinks “Miller is a hard guy to figure out” because          ．

Which of the following can best explain “pay off” in the underlined sentence?

Which of the following statements is TRUE?

It is very likely that Miller will ____________.

Ship tourism to Antarctica is on the rise: More than 35,000 tourists are expected to visit Antarctic this summer. In 1992-1993, 6,750 visited Antarctica, according to the Antarctica Treaty. All of this tourism, however, is putting both tourists and the environment in great danger.
Among the tourist ships that visit the continent, the Explorer, a Canadian ship, was one of the first. Put to use in 1969, it was built to carry tourists to Antarctica. Last week, however, it became the first commercial passenger ship to sink beneath the waters. Fortunately, all of the passengers and crew members were rescued from the ship. However, the sunken ship endangered the Antarctic’s fragile(脆弱的) environment. The ship was estimated to be holding 48,000 gallons of fuel.
The accident was not unexpected. Both the US and UK had warned a conference of the Antarctic Treaty member countries in May that the tourism situation in this area was a potential disaster. The US said in a paper, people “should take a hard look at tourism issues now, especially those related to ship safety.” Although the Antarctic seas are relatively(相对地) calm, floating ice causes a potential threat to ships. The owner of the Explorer blamed the sinking on a fist-like hole in the ship created by ice.
Many of the other large ships now visiting Antarctica are not designed especially against thick ice. Such ships generally can only come to the continent in summer. But the tourist rush is pushing ships into dangerous situations. “The increasing number of ships operating in Antarctic means that the ship are under great pressure to get there in time for the key visiting sites,” the British government wrote in a paper at the meeting of member countries.
As a natural frontier, Antarctica is in a messy legal situation. There are no obvious answers as to who is responsible for dealing with the threat that tourist may cause to human life and the environment.
There is no coast guard for Antarctica. Do we want it to become Disneyland, or do we need some controls?
Which of the following is true according to this passage?

The sinking of the Explorer____________.

It can be inferred from the passage that_________.

In this passage, the writer suggests that___________.

What attitude does the writer hold towards Antarctic tourism?

短文填空（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）
阅读下面的短文，在标有序号的空白处填入一个适当的词，或填入括号中单词的正确形式，并将答案填写在标号为1-10的相应位置上。
A survey of young people from 16 to 24 has found that 75% of them feel they couldn’t live 1. ________ the Internet.
The report, 2.___________ (publish) by online charity YouthNet, also found that four out of five young people used the web to look 3. ___________ advice.
About one third added that they felt no need to talk to a person face to face about their problems 4. ___________of the resources available online.
Despite many examples of Internet security breaches (安全漏洞), 76% of the survey group thought the Internet was a safe place as 5. ____________as they know what they’re doing.
“Probably the middle-aged 6. _________ （be） the most vulnerable（易受伤的）,” said Open University psychologist Graham Jones.
“I think children, teenagers and people under their mid-20s have 7. _________（grow）up with technology and they understand it deeply,”he said.
Mr. Jones thinks it is the parents 8. __________ need to become more sophisticated.
“One of the biggest problems for children is not that they are vulnerable 9.________ that their parents don’t know what they’re doing,” he said.
“It’s important that parents have full 10.___________ (understand) of the Internet and its risks--younger people need parental direction,” he said.

短文改错(满分10分)
下面短文中有10处语言错误。请在有错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号(∧)，并在其下面写上该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写上修改后的词。
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）不给分。
例如：
It was very nice to get your invitation to spend ∧ weekend with you. Luckily I was
the                         am
completely free then, so I’ll t\o say “yes”. I’ll arrive in Bristol at around 8p.m. in Friday evening.
on
I live in a very old town which is surrounding by beautiful woods. It is a famous beauty spot. In Sundays, hundreds of people come from the city to see our town and to walk through the woods. Visitors have asked to keep the woods clean and tidy. Litter baskets have been placed under the trees, and people still throw their rubbish everywhere. Last Wednesday, I go for a walk in the woods. That I saw made me very sad. I counted seven old cars and three old refrigerators. The litter basket were empty and the ground was covered with pieces of paper, cigarette ends, old tyres, empty bottles or rusty tins. Among the rubbish, I found a sign which was said, “Anyone who leave litter in these woods will be prosecuted(依法处置)!”

书面表达（满分30分）
假如你是班长，根据下面的内容和提示，写一篇100字左右的口头通知，以便向同学们宣布。
事由：欢迎澳大利亚学生来校参观。
参观时间：7月2日上午9:00-12:00.
参观人数：约60人。
活动安排：1. 8:30在校门口迎接来访学生, 带客人到学校礼堂开联欢会。
2. 10:20带领客人参观植物园（botanical garden）、校办工厂。
3. 11:00在体育馆（gym）进行篮球友谊赛。
4. 客人12:00离校。
注意事项：1. 要有礼貌。2. 要尽量用英语交谈。
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