湖北省鄂三校联考高二上期中英语试卷

While I admit that English words keep escaping from our memory, constant ______ to them not only increases our understanding of them, but likely plants them into our mind.

To make contributions to the protection of the environment, the company encourages its workforce to make the _______ to alternative means of transportation such as carpooling or biking to reduce air pollution.

Compared with the generation of our grandparents, who grew up in an age when people were _____ in almost every kind of materials, we should be content with the abundant supply.

Though they may know their parents are right, teenagers sometimes tend to _____ act against their parents’ wishes because they hope to get away from the control of them.

. “Will this little girl about half my age solve my problem?” I looked at her _______, but finally decided to have a try.

In order to enrich people’s life, the local government has _________ the construction of another stadium.

The students in our school are encouraged to _______ their own opinions about any school rules and require the authority to give them reasonable explanation, which is helpful to develop their critical thinking.

Every time I take part in a friend’s big party I always go to talk to those who just sit alone so that they don’t feel ________.

Mrs. Jones, who let out a cry of pain from time to time, had to ________ an operation on her right ankle to relieve the pain.

Tom has agreed to let me use his computer to surf the Internet, and _______ I’m treating him to a good dinner at the newly-built restaurant just around the corner.

After the classmates reunion, some graduates decided to visit their old university professor.
The conversation soon turned into      about stress in work and life.      his guests with coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and       with a large pot of coffee and a variety of cups—porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some       , some expensive, some exquisite—       them to help themselves to the coffee.
When all the students had a cup of coffee     , the professor said, “         you have noticed, all the nice-looking expensive cups have been taken up,          the plain and cheap ones. While it is       for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the       of your problems and stress. "
"Be assured that the cup itself adds no       to the coffee. In most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases even       what we drink. "
"What all of you really want is coffee, not the cup, but you       went for the best cups... and then you began       each other’s cups.”
“Now consider this: life is the      ; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain life, and the type of cup we have does not      , nor change the quality of life we live. Sometimes, by concentrating only       the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee.       the coffee, not the cups! Don’t let the cups       you ... enjoy the coffee   50  .”

A．compliments B．conflicts C．challenges D．complaints

A．Showing B．Offering C．Providing D．Handing

A．turned B．returned C．replaced D．placed

A．ever-lasting B．plain-looking C．easy-going D．best-selling

A．demanding B．saying C．ordering D．asking

A．in order B．in place C．in hand D．in number

A．Since B．For C．But D．As

A．leaving out B．leaving behind C．leaving aside D．leaving off

A．normal B．convenient C．guilty D．unbearable

A．key B．source C．resource D．symptom

A．cost B．charm C．quality D．credit

A．hides B．pollutes C．changes D．rejects

A．constantly B．mildly C．positively D．consciously

A．looking B．eyeing C．pouring D．stabbing

A．coffee B．pot C．cup D．race

A．limit B．defend C．define D．deny

A．in B．at C．on D．by

A．Take B．Buy C．Tell D．Taste

A．treat B．defeat C．delight D．drive

A．yet B．instead C．meanwhile D．anyway

James knew the decision was not going to be an easy one to make as he sat on the hill near the small town that he lived in. There was no one he could turn to for advice. His only sister lived away and he hardly ever saw her and when his sister came over, they always ended up in an argument.
It had been a hot day and James’s clothes seemed to stick to his body. He had felt terrible for weeks and he was just tired of feeling sick. He had started vomiting（呕吐）after he would eat anything and he knew that something would have to be done.
After going to the doctor, he was told to come back in a few days. The next three days had gone by slowly and it was time for his visit to the doctor. He had been shown into the doctor’s office and James knew it was bad news. The end result was he had stomach cancer.
James sat on the hill looking down at the town and wonder what he would do. Taking out his phone, he dialed his sister’s number and told her the bad news. She started to cry and said, “If anything happens to you, I will be alone in this world.”
Marie, his sister said, “You are moving up here and you will live with me until you get back on your feet, so go home, pack up and I will be there to get you in two days.”
He smiled and said, “It sounds wonderful, but I still haven’t decided if I am going to have the surgery or not?” Hearing this, she softly whispered, “Of course you are having the surgery. I will pick you up in two days. I love you.”
James knew the final word was still up to him and he would think about it because this was a decision that wouldn’t come easy to him.
From the very beginning, we know that James ________________.

James decided to go to his doctor when _____________.

The underlined word “it” in the passage refers to _____________.

What is the message expressed in the passage?

I think people everywhere dream about having lots of money. You could win a large amount of money in the United States through lotteries. People pay money for tickets with numbers. If your combination of numbers is chosen, you win a huge amount of money --- often in the millions.
A few years ago, my friend Al won the lottery. It changed his life. He did not have a rich family. He was not born with a silver spoon in his mouth. Instead, my friend was always hard up for cash. And the money he did earn was chicken feed --- very little.
Sometimes Al even had to accept gifts from his family and friends. But do not get me wrong. My friend was not a deadbeat. He was not the kind of person who never paid the money he owed. He was always very careful with the money he spent. In fact, he was often a cheapskate（守财奴）. He did not like to spend money.
One day, Al got together a few dollars for a lottery ticket. He thought he would never strike it rich or gain lots of money unexpectedly. But his combination of numbers was chosen and he won the lottery and won a great deal of money.
Al was so excited. The first thing he did was to buy a costly new car. Then he started spending money on unnecessary things. He started to waste it. It was like he had money to burn. He had more money than he needed and it was burning a hole in his pocket so he spent it quickly.
When we got together for a meal at a restaurant, Al paid every time. He told me the money made him feel like a million dollars. He was very happy.
But, Al spent too much money. Soon my friend was down and out again. He had no money left. He had spent his bottom dollar, his very last amount. He did not even build up a nest egg. He had not saved any of the money. Some might say he was penny wise and pound foolish. He was wise about small things, but not about important things.
The role of the first paragraph is to __________.

Before winning the lottery, Al ____________.

The underlined word “deadbeat” in Para. 3 probably refers to a person who _______.

What was to become of Al, according to the passage?

A Scottish university is considering allowing students to use their own computers in exams. Edinburgh University already has the equipment to allow a small number of students to use computers during exams. Senior officials at Edinburgh University say that it is unfair to expect students to use pens and paper in exams when the majority of their coursework is done on computers. Undergraduates at the School of Divinity have the choice of using computers with their final answers being collected on a USB stick, but the take-up stands at less than 10 per cent.
Dai Hounsell, professor of higher education at the university, said, “We’ve got to look at alternatives to the handwritten exam. Looking ahead ten years from now, I’m sure there will not be handwritten answers any longer in the exam of certain subjects, but how we get there from here isn’t easy. The plan doesn’t apply so much to science and engineering subjects where students have to use charts and mathematical formulae（公式）. There isn’t technology at the moment to allow them to do that on a computer.” He adds that the approval of students is the key before anything is carried out. He also said, “We don’t want to put students’ future at risk by experimenting as there are technical things which can go wrong. There could be a power failure.”
Nora Mogey, head of Media and Learning Technology Service at the university, said, “A lot of students are not assured enough to make that step in such an important situation. They don’t feel they’ve had enough practice in typing on a computer with a time limit in a high-pressure environment. They think they do better with a pen in their hand than on a keyboard.”
Jennifer Cadiz, president at the National Union of Students in the UK, said, “It’s great to see universities recognizing that times have changed. Exams can be a really stressful time for students and it’s helpful to offer them a flexible（灵活的）way to complete exams.”
No other major Scottish universities have plans to follow in Edinburgh University’s footsteps and the Scottish Qualifications Authority says it has decided not to carry out the plan in its universities.
According to Para. 1, we know that in Edinburgh University _________.

What’s Dai Hounsell’s attitude towards Edinburgh University’s new plan?

The underlined word “assured” in Para. 3 probably means “___________”.

We can infer from the passage that ____________.

The Hunan Satellite TV(HNTV) show “Where are we going, Dad?” is a big hit. Many famous stars brought their children to a strange village alone, and they had to spend 72 hours with their children there. The program fully showed us a modern version of the “how to be a good father”. As the young parents today are too busy to take care of their children, this new form of “Lost on the way” played by nanny Daddy and cute kids triggered（触发）a lot of people’s emotional resonance（共鸣）. Both the kids and their parents will find that their hearts are being drawn closer. But this kind of feeling has just proved that there is a big spiritual barrier between the modern parents and children.
The TV shows like “Children are hard to support!”, “Where are we going, Dad?”, “hot mom” and “cute kids” are becoming more and more popular. All of these show the new parents’ confusion in children’s education and the appeal for the balance between career and family.
In real life, on the one hand the young parents feel helpless because they are too busy to accompany their children under the pressures of work and life; on the other hand they continue to do so. The data collected by HNTV shows that nearly two-thirds of their audience are female, among whom 36% are aged from 25 to 34. We can imagine such a scene that one evening a young mother is watching the show with her young children, while her husband is still at work or trapped in socializing, or maybe is just playing computer games in the bedroom. The story of a child without the company of father is still going on. In fact, it is sometimes the same to mothers. In a modern family, it is often the old who take the responsibility of raising a child. The participation of mother in the children’s education is also very low.
It is just this kind of confusion where the parents have gone in the modern family education, and where the parents will guide their children to go that “Where are we going，Dad?” shows us. If a child wants to grow up healthily and safely into a modern citizen with independent personality and free spirit, it is very important for him or her to follow the parents who serve as their first teacher. Maybe this is the real reason why such kind of TV programs could get hot. The truth is that children will go where their parents go; and society will go where the children go.
The program is wildly welcomed mainly because_________.

In raising a child in modern society, parents should ________.

Which of the following can be inferred in the passage?

Which one is the best title of the passage?

What do you do when you need to look something up? Go to the library? Open an encyclopedia（百科全书）? Click onto the Internet? These days, most people go straight to Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia. But how reliable is it?
There is no denying the popularity and usefulness of Wikipedia. It attracts as many as 78 million visitors every month, and the site is available in more than 270 different languages. It’s one of the most comprehensive resources available, which includes almost all details, facts and information that maybe concerned. It's got much more information than an ordinary encyclopedia. The site is updated on a daily basis by thousands of people around the world. Anyone with an Internet connection can log on and edit the contents or add a new page. And you don't need any formal training.
Of course, there are some controls. Wikipedia has a team of more than 1,500 administrators who check for false information. And main targets for harmful comments(such as politicians) are off-limits to public editing. But with more than 16 million articles to keep an eye on, it isn't easy. So, while Wikipedia benefits from being constantly updated with information from all over the world, it's also open to “vandals” (破坏他人财产者).
Some of the damage is easy to notice. One person drew devil horns and a moustache on Microsoft chairman Bill Gates’ photo, while another edited Greek philosopher Plato’s biography to say he was a “Hawaiian weather man who is wildly believed to have been a student of‘Barney the purple Dinosaur’ and to have been deeply influenced by his dog, Cutie”.
But other things are harder to spot. The most common form of vandalism involves adding tiny items of false information into the biography of a famous person. Unbelievably, some of this misinformation has appeared in newspapers, with The Daily Mail, The Guardian and The Independent all having fallen victim to the dirty tricks. For example, in an article about British comedian Sir Norman Wisdom, one newspaper claimed that he co-wrote Dame Vera Lynn’s wartime hit There’ll be bluebirds over the White Cliffs of Dover. He did no such thing. And in another article, it was reported that TV Theme tune composer Ronnie Hazlehurst had written the S Club 7’s hit Reach. Once again, not true.
So, if you are going to use any information from Wikipedia, make sure you double-check it first.
Which of the following would the author most probably agree with?

We can learn from the passage that _______________ .

What does the underlined part “off-limits” in paragraph 3 mean?

What’s the writer’s attitude to Wikipedia?

阅读下列各小题，根据括号内的汉语提示，用句末括号内的英语单词完成句子，并将答案写在答题卡上的相应题号后。
It is a pity that the industrial cities ______________ do not attract visitors. (build)
很遗憾，这些建于19世纪的工业城市对游客并没有吸引力。
Ever since the Big Bang happened 13.8 billion years ago, the universe _________ _________.   (get)
自138亿年前宇宙大爆炸以来，宇宙一直都在变大。
That more highways have been built in China ______________________ for people to travel from one place to another.   (make)
中国又建了很多公路，使得人们出行变得更加容易了。
He lives with his grandpa in a big house, _________________ a tall tree.  (stand)
他和爷爷住在一所大房子里，房前有一棵大树。
___________________________ many times in history, the city is now on the World Heritage list, offering a series of tourist sites.   (destroy)
这座城市在历史上多次遭受破坏，目前被列入世界遗产名录，为游客提供一系列的旅游景点。
I’m proud of what I did. But I was just helping to do________________.   (do)
我对我所做的感到骄傲。但我只是在帮做他本该做的事。
The instant the class was over, the headmaster left. I’d rather he ______________ my lessons.   (comment)
一下课校长就走了，我倒愿意他给我的课来些点评。
Your application and resume must be sent out right now ____________________ ____________.   (before)
你的申请和简历现在就要寄出去了，不然就太迟了。
. Occasions are quite rare_________________ to have dinner with my parents after going to university.  (have)
上大学后我有时间陪我的父母吃饭的机会很少。
They don’t know _______________ in front of the religious leader that the bride and groom stand together to be married.  (be)
他们不知道新郎、新娘是不是一起站在宗教头领面前举行结婚仪式。

短文写作（共1题；满分30分）
请你根据以下提示，结合生活中的一个事例，用英语写一篇短文。
Making changes can be hard, but it may benefit you a lot. Never underestimate（低估） your power to change yourself!
注意：
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内容必须结合生活中的事例。
词数为120左右。
除诗歌外，文体不限。
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