河南省郑州盛同学校高二下学期期末考试英语卷

—Happy birthday to you!
　    — ______.

She will have to find some other work for she can’t ________ this loud noise any more.

—Growing population resulted in growing rubbish.
—There is ______that rubbish will become the major threat to human beings in future.

—Did you have trouble with your car this morning?
— Yes, but I finally managed _______.

The last time I _______ Jack, he _______ football with classmates.

___ by the beauty of nature, the girl from London decided to spend another two days on the farm.          

It isn’t so much whether he works hard; the question is whether he works _____.

Jack is good, kind, hard-working and intelligent. _____, I can’t speak too highly of him.

—______ you got to know my telephone number?
—Through a friend of yours.

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

—Did you look up the time of trains to Shanghai?
—Yes, the early train is ________ to leave at 5:00 am.

—How are you getting on with your business?
—I'm glad to say it is ________.

Maybe you have been to many countries, but nowhere else ___ such a beautiful palace.

— Have you read this book?
— Yes. But that one is ________ worth reading.

The judge ordered that the stranger______all the loss of the damage.

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
My sister and I grew up in a little village in England．Our father was a struggling   36   , but I always knew he was   37    . He never criticized us, but used   38    to bring out our best. He'd say,“If you pour water on flowers, they  flourish. If you don't give them water, they die.” I   39   as a child I said something   40   about somebody, and my father said, “  41   time you say something unpleasant about somebody else, it's a reflection of yourself.” He explained that if I looked for the best   42    people, I would get the best   43  . From then on I've always tried to   44  the principle in my life and later in running my company.
Dad's also always been very    45    . At 15, I started a magazine. It was   46  a great deal of my time, and the headmaster of my school gave me a    47   stay in school or leave to work on my magazine.
I decided to leave, and Dad tried to sway me from my decision,    48    any good father would．When he realized I had made up my mind, he said, “Richard, when I was 23, my dad   49   me to go into law. And I've   50    regretted it. I wanted to be a biologist,    51     I didn't pursue my    52   . You know what you want. Go fulfill it.”
As   53   turned out, my little publication went on to become Student, a national    54    for young people in the U.K. My wife and I have two children, and I'd like to think we are bringing them up in the same way Dad   55   me.

A．biologist B．manager C．lawyer D．gardener

A．strict B．honest C．special D．learned

A．praise B．courage C．power D．warmth

A．think B．imagine C．remember D．guess

A．unnecessary B．unkind C．unimportant D．unusual

A．Another B．Some C．Any D．Other

A．on B．in C．at D．about

A．in case B．by turns C．by chance D．in return

A．revise B．set C．review D．follow

A．understanding B．experienced C．serious D．demanding

A．suggestion B．decision C．notice D．choice

A．and B．as C．even if D．as if

A．helped B．allowed C．persuaded D．suggested

A．always B．never C．seldom D．almost

A．rather B．but C．for D．therefore

A．promise B．task C．belief D．dream

A．which B．he C．it D．that

A．newspaper B．magazine C．program D．project

A．controlled B．comforted C．reminded D．raised

It doesn't matter when or how much a person sleeps, but everyone needs some rest to stay alive. That's what all doctors thought, until they heard about Al Herpin.
　　Al Herpin, it was said, never slept. He was 90 years old when doctors came to his home in New Jersey. They expected to find out that he needed sleep of some kind. But they were surprised. Though they watched him every hour of the day, they never saw Herpin sleeping. He did not even own a bed. He never needed one.
　　The closest that Herpin came to resting was to sit in a rocking chair(摇椅) and read some news papers. The doctors were puzzled by this strange continuous sleeplessness. Herpin offered the only probable explanation of his condition. He remembered some talk about his mother having been injured several days before he was born.
The point of this story is that _______.

After watching him closely, the doctors believed that Al Herpin _______.

One suggested explanation of Herpin's sleeplessness was _______.

The writer of the story obviously thinks that Al Herpin's sleeplessness ___.

Hong Kong, major commercial center for Asia, and with a population which has grown at an alarming rate to over 5 million, is a city highly dependent on mass (大量的, 大规模的) transit of all sorts, both local and long distance. An ordinary Hong Kong worker or businessman, going about his daily activities, simply must use transportation at one time or another.    
Because Hong Kong is in two parts, Kowloon, on the mainland side, and Hong Kong, the island, with Hong Kong's harbor in between Hong Kong's mass transit systems, in addition to going over land they must also cross water.    
Going from home to work, or going shopping from one side of the harbor to the other, the Hong Kong resident has three choices. One way is to take a bus which will cross the harbor through an under water traffic tunnel moving slowly through bumper- to-bumper (一辆接一辆) traffic．Another way is by ferry boat , a pleasant ride which crosses the harbor in from seven to fifteen  minutes.    
But by far the fastest way of crossing the harbor is the newly built underground electric railway, the Hong Kong Metro(地铁). If one gets on the train in the Central District,the commercial area of Hong Kong on the island side, he can speed across the harbor in an astonishing three minutes. On the other side of the harbor the railway continues, snaking back and forth through the outlying districts of Kowloon, allowing one to get off a short distance from his destination.    
The story of the Metro is an encouraging one for supporters of mass transit. Although building the system was certainly a challenging task, the Japanese firm hired to construct it did so in record time. Construction got underway in 1979 and it was completed in 1980.    
For the average commuter (一般持月票往返两地的乘客) the system has only one disadvantage; it is more expensive than by bus or ferry. One can ride the bus across the harbor for half as much or he can ride the ferry across for less than one-fifth as much.
Hong Kong public transportation extends ________.

Crossing the harbor by train is ________. 

The business area on the island side of Hong Kong is referred to as ________.  

The underground railway ________.   

James Joyce was an Irish novelist who revolutionized the methods of depicting characters and developing a plot in modern fiction. his astonishing way of constructing a novel, his frank portrayal（描画, 描写）of human nature in his books, and his complete command of English have made him one of the outstanding influences on literature in the 20th century. Many critics judge that he is second only to Shakespeare in his mastery of the English language. Joyce was deeply influenced by Ireland and wrote all his books about Dublin.
When he was in Dublin College, he studied languages and spent his spare time reading books. He refused to take part in the nationalist movement like his fellow students, but he became passionately（热情地, 热烈地）interested in literature. He wrote outspoken articles of literary criticism that shocked his teachers and even taught himself norwegian（挪威语）so that he could read Ibsen’s（挪威剧作家及诗人）works in the original.
When he graduated in 1902, he knew he would become a writer and an exile（流犯, 被放逐者）, because he felt he could not be one without the other. In order to preserve his ideal of writing truthfully, fully, and as objectively as he knew how, about the people and places he knew best, he had to escape from all temptations to become involved in popular opinion or public life. He went to France, Italy and Switzerland, where he lived in poverty and obscurity for the first 20 years, only returning to Ireland when his mother was dying. Except for a couple of brief trips, he stayed abroad all his life.
James Joyce was famous for many reasons except _______.

“he is second only to Shakespeare” is a comment on his ________.

How many examples are used to show his passion in literature?

Why did James Joyce stay abroad almost all his life?

During the summer holidays there will be a revised (修改过的) schedule (时刻表) of services for the students. Changes for dining-room and library service hours and for bus schedules will be posted  on the wall outside of the dining-hall . Weekly film and concert schedules, which are being arranged(安排)，will be posted each Wednesday outside of the student club.
In the summer holidays, buses going to the town center will leave the main hall every half hour during the day. The dinning-room will serve three meals a day from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. during the week and two meals from noon  to 7:00 p.m. on weekends. The library will continue its usual hours during the week, but have shorter hours on Saturdays and Sundays. The weekend hours are from noon to 5:00 p.m.
All students who want to use the library borrowing services must have a new summer card. This announcement will also appear in the next week’s student newspaper.
The main purpose of this announcement is to______.

At which of the following times will the bus leave the main hall?

Times for films and concerts are not listed in this announcement because______.

In the summer holidays, the library will have______.

To Whom It May Concern:
My husband and I got married in 1965 and for the first ten years of our marriage I was very happy to stay home and raise our three children. Then four years ago, our youngest child went to school and I thought I might go back to work.
My husband was very supportive and helped me to make my decision. He emphasized all of the things I can do around the house, and said he thought I could be a great success in business.
After several weeks of job-hunting I found my present job, which is working for a small public relations firm. At first, my husband was very proud of me and would tell his friends , "My clever little wife can run that company she's working for."
But as his joking remark approached reality, my husband stopped talking to me about my job．I have received several promotions and pay increases , and I am now making more money than he is. I can buy my own clothes and a new car. Because of our combined incomes, my husband and I can do many things that we had always dreamed of doing , but we don't do these things because he is very unhappy.
We fight about little things and my husband is very critical of me in front of our friends. For the first time in our marriage, I think there is a possibility that our marriage may come to an end．
I love my husband very much, and I don't want him to feel inferior, but I also love my job．I think I can be a good wife and a working woman, but I don't know how .Can you give me some advice? Will I have to choose one or the other or can I keep both my husband and my new career?
Please help.
"Distressed"
The letter was most probable written ________.

Her husband ________ when she first found her present job．

What does the underlined word "promotion" mean?

As her income increased, ________.

短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断;如无错误，在该行右边横线上画一个勾（√）;如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：
此行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。
此行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧）,在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。
此行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。
注意：原行没有错的不要改。
When our six children were young，suppertime is always             76.          
being interrupted by neighborhood children ring the bell.            77.          
They wanted one child or another to come out and played.             78.          
Finally we had∧ good idea. We hung a sign on the front                79.          
door that was read：“We’re having dinner. Come back                80.          
later.” That night，we sat down to what they thought would          81.          
be a pleasant，uninterrupted meals. But as soon as we                82.          
began dinner，the doorbell rang. On the front door stood a           83.          
five-year-old boy from across the street. He looked up               84.          
at us and said，“I just want to know what the sign say.”           85.         

假如你发现同学们每遇到重要考试，都会出现乏力、睡眠和食欲不好等精神紧张的情况。请你用英语写一篇关于如何正确对待考试及如何克服考试紧张情绪的短文。
短文内容要包括下列要点：
1．平时努力学习，正确对待考试；
2．考试期间适当运动，正常作息；
3．睡前洗个热水澡、喝杯热牛奶有助于快速入睡。
注意：1．开头已给出；
2．词数100左右
 
 
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