高中英语试题

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该选项的标号涂黑。
It may help you to know that there is no such thing as a perfect speech. At some point in every speech, every speaker says something that is not understood exactly as he has planned. Fortunately, the moments are usually not obvious to the listeners. Why? Because the listeners do not know what the speaker plans to say. They hear only what the speaker does say. If you lose your place for a moment, wrongly change the order of a couple of sentences, or forget to pause at a certain point, no one will be any the wiser. When such moments occur, don’t worry about them. Just continue as if nothing happened.
Even if you do make an obvious mistake during a speech, that doesn’t really matter. If you have ever listened to Martin Luther King’s famous speech—“I Have a dream”, you may notice that he stumbles(结巴) over his words twice during the speech. Most likely, however, you don’t remember. Why? Because you were fixing your attention on his message rather than on his way of speech-making.
People care a lot about making a mistake in a speech because they regard speechmaking as a kind of performance rather than as an act of communication. They feel the listeners are like judges in an ice-skating competition. But, in fact, the listeners are not looking for a perfect performance. They are looking for a well-thought-out speech that expresses the speaker’s ideas clearly and directly. Sometimes a mistake or two can actually increase a speaker’s attractiveness by making him more human.
As you work on your speech, don’t worry about being perfect. Once you free your mind of this, you will find it much easier to give your speech freely.
The underlined part in the first paragraph means that no one will ______.

A．be smarter than you	B．notice your mistakes
C．do better than you	D．know what you are talking about

You don’t remember obvious mistakes in a speech because________.

A．your attention is on the content

B．you don’t fully understand the speech

C．you don’t know what the speaker plans to say

D．you find the way of speech-making more important

It can be inferred from the passage that________.

A．giving a speech is like giving a performance

B．one or two mistakes in a speech may not be bad

C．the listeners should pay more attention to how a speech is made

D．the more mistakes a speaker makes, the more attractive he will be

What would be the best title for the passage?

A．How to Be a Perfect Speaker

B．How to Make a Perfect Speech

C．Don’ t Expect a Perfect Speech

D．Don’t Expect Mistakes in a Speech

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该选项的标号涂黑。
The literal meaning of philosophy is “love of wisdom”. But this meaning does not tell us very much. Unlike the other disciplines(学科)，philosophy cannot be defined by what you study, because it is actually unlimited. Anything can be the subject matter of philosophy: art, history, law, language, literature, mathematics, medicine, psychology, religion, science, and values. Philosophy is one of the world’s oldest subjects of study, and in fact, the other academic disciplines are directly related to philosophy. For this reason you get a Doctorate(博士学位) of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in biochemistry, or computer science, or psychology.
Two broad sub-fields of philosophy are logic and the history of philosophy. Logic is the science of argument and critical thinking. It provides sound methods for distinguishing good from bad reasoning. The history of philosophy involves the study of major philosophers and periods in the development of philosophy.
Of what use is philosophy? First it is useful in educational advancement. It is necessary for understanding other disciplines.  Only philosophy questions the nature of the concepts used in a discipline, and its relation to other disciplines. And through the study of philosophy, one develops sound methods of research and analysis that can be applied to any field.
There are a number of general uses of philosophy. It strengthens one’s ability to solve problems, to communicate, to organize ideas and issues, to persuade, and to take what is the most important from a large quantity of data.These general uses are of great benefit in the career field, not necessarily for obtaining one’s first job after graduation, but for preparing for positions of responsibility, management and leadership later on. It is very short-sighted after all, to take a course of studies only for the purpose of getting one’s first job. The useful skills developed through the study of philosophy have significant long-term benefits in career advancement. No other discipline systematically follows the ideals of wisdom, leadership, and capacity to resolve human conflict.
According to Paragraph 1, philosophy can best be described as the study of______.

A．social sciences

B．natural sciences

C．both social and natural sciences

D．the subject matter of politics

With the study of philosophy, you can_______.

A．become a great leader

B．succeed in everything

C．find a good job soon after graduation

D．make progress in your career development

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

A．Philosophy is an independent discipline.

B．Logic helps you to become a better thinker.

C．The study of philosophy brings you immediate benefits.

D．The meaning of philosophy is too limited to define.

From the passage, we can conclude______.
A．not all the subjects have to do with philosophy
B．a person will get a Ph.D. if he/she studies philosophy
C．philosophy can be helpful for the study of any other subjects
D．philosophy is the only solution to all the problems to the world

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该选项的标号涂黑。

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The best title of the 3rd advertisement would be             .

A．Training at Home	B．Learning at Home
C．Recording Work	D．Working at Home

According to the information above, if your child has hearing problems, you can turn to________.

A．At-Home Profession Corp.	B．Globe Insurance Company
C．Bradford Publications	D．American Inventors Corp.

From the advertisements above, we can learn that           .

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阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该选项的标号涂黑。
I entered high school having read hundreds of books. But I was not a good reader. Merely bookish, I lacked a point of view when I read. Rather, I read in order to get a point of view. I searched books for good expressions and sayings, pieces of information, ideas, themes—anything to enrich my thought and make me feel educated. When one of my teachers suggested to his sleepy tenth-grade English class that a person could not have a "complicated idea" until he had read at least two thousand books, I heard the words without recognizing either its irony (嘲讽) or its very complicated truth. I merely determined to make a list of all the books I had ever read. Strict with myself, I included only once a title I might have read several times. (How, after all, could one read a book more than once?) And I included only those books over a hundred pages in length. (Could anything shorter be a book?)
There was yet another high school list I made. One day I came across a newspaper article about an English professor at a nearby state college. The article had a list of the "hundred most important books of Western Civilization." "More than anything else in my life," the professor told the reporter with finality," these books have made me all that I am." That was the kind of words I couldn’t ignore. I kept the list for the several months it took me to read all of the titles. Most books, of course, I hardly understood. While reading Plato's The Republic, for example, I needed to keep looking at the introduction of the book to remind myself what the text was about. However, with the special patience and superstition (迷信) of a schoolboy, I looked at every word of the text. And by me time I reached the last word, pleased, I persuaded myself that I had read The Republic, and seriously crossed Plato off my list.
On hearing the teacher's suggestion of reading, the writer thought________.

A．one must read as many books as possible

B．a student should not have a complicated idea

C．it was impossible for one to read two thousand books

D．students ought to make a list of the books they had read

The underlined phrase "with finality" probably means_________.

A．firmly	B．clearly
C．proudly	D．pleasantly

The writer's purpose in mentioning The Republic is to________.

A．explain why it was included in the list

B．describe why he seriously crossed it off the list

C．show that he read the books blindly though they were hard to understand

D．prove that he understood most of it because he had looked at every word

The writer provides two book lists to ________.

A．show how he developed his point of view

B．tell his reading experience at high school

C．introduce the two persons' reading methods

D．explain that he read many books at high school

假设你是李华，最近在英语学习上遇到了困难，请你根据以下提示给已回到美国的前外籍教师Jenny写一封求助信。 1. 表达对她的思念；2. 说明你在英语学习上遇到的困难；3. 请她给出建议并邀请她在方便时再来中国。注意：1. 词数100左右；2. 信的开头和结尾已给出，但不计入总词数。
Dear Jenny,How are you doing?     ____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
Best wishes!
Yours,

A: Sir, are you free now? I want ____ (talk) with you.
B: Sure, go ahead. What is ____?
A: I ___ (real) want to change my neighbor.
B: Oh, but why? __ you had a quarrel?
A: No, we haven’t.
B: Well, as I know, since you became neighbors, you ___ (be) friendly to each other.
A: Yes. But … but you don’t know that he’s a chatter-box. He talks in and out of class all the time, ___ affects my studies a lot!
B: I’m sorry I ___ (know) that. I think I should have a word ____ him. And let’s see if he will change.
A: All right. I’ll wait a few days. If he still talks like that, I ____ (change)  my seat.
B: Okay. Anyway, having a good neighbor is __ (importance) thing.

I will never forget the year I was about twelve years old. My mother told us that we would not be      Christmas gifts because there was not enough money. I felt sad and thought, “What would I say when the other kids asked what I’d       ?” Just when I started to     that there would not be a Christmas that year, three women    at our house with gifts for all of us. For me they brought a doll. I felt such a sense of       that I would no longer have to be embarrassed when I returned to school. I wasn’t       . Somebody had thought      of me to bring me a gift.
Years later, when I stood in the kitchen of my new house, thinking how I wanted to make my     Christmas there special and memorable, I        remembered the women’s visit. I decided that I wanted to create that same feeling of        for as many children as I could possibly reach.
So I    a plan and gathered forty people from my company to help. We gathered about 125 orphans (孤儿) at the Christmas party. For every child, we wrapped colorful packages filled with toys, clothes, and school supplies,        with a child’s name. We wanted all of them to know they were    . Before I called out their names and handed them their gifts, I       them that they couldn’t open their presents    every child had come forward. Finally the    they had been waiting for came as I called out, “One, two, three. Open your presents!” As the children opened their packages, their faces beamed and their bright smiles      up the room. The    in the room was obvious, and    wasn’t just about toys. It was a feeling – the feeling I knew    that Christmas so long ago when the women came to visit. I wasn’t forgotten. Somebody thought of me. I matter.

A．sending B．making C．receiving D．exchanging

A．got B．prepared C．found D．expected

A．doubt B．hope C．accept D．suggest

A．broke in B．turned up C．settled down D．showed off

A．achievement B．loss C．relief D．justice

A．blamed B．forgotten C．loved

A．enough B．little C．poorly D．highly

A．present B．recent C．first D．previous

A．hardly B．occasionally C．regularly D．instantly

A．importance B．independence C．strength D．safety

A．kept up with B．came up with C．caught up with D．put up with

A．none B．few C．each D．some

A．fine B．normal C．helpful D．special

A．convinced B．guaranteed C．reminded D．promised

A．until B．after C．when D．since

A．chance B．gift C．reward D．moment

A．took B．lit C．burned D．cheered

A．atmosphere B．sympathy C．joy D．calmness

A．such B．it C．something D．everybody

A．from B．till C．for D．by

Hillary Diane Clinton arrived at the White House after
serving as First Lady of Arkansas （阿肯色州）for twelve years. During that time she worked as a full-time partner of a
law firm, chaired an education committee that set public school standards in Arkansas, managed a home, and cared
for her husband and child.
Hillary Diane Rodham, daughter of Hugh and Dorothy Rodham, was born in Chicago, Illinois, on October 26, 1947. She and her younger two brothers grew up in Park Ridge, Illinois, as a close-knit family. As an excellent student, she was also a Girl Scout and a member of the local Methodist youth group. Hillary also enjoyed sports and was always interested in politics. She entered Wellesley College in 1965. Graduating with high honors, she moved on to Yale Law School, where she served on the Board of Editors of the Yale Review of Law and Social Action. While at Yale, she developed her special concern for protecting the best interests of children and their families. It was there that she met Bill Clinton, a fellow student.
In 1973, Hillary became a lawyer for the Children’s Defense Fund. In 1975 Hillary left Washington and followed her heart to Arkansas, marrying Bill Clinton. The couple taught together in the University of Arkansas. Their daughter, Chelsea, was born in 1980.
As First Lady of Arkansas, Hillary continued to work tirelessly on behalf of children and families. In addition to chairing the Arkansas Education Standards Committee, she founded the Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families. She introduced a pioneering program called Arkansas Home Instruction for Preschool Youth, which trained parents to work with their children in preschool preparedness and literacy. Hillary also served on the board of the Arkansas Children's Hospital. In recognition of her professional and personal accomplishments, Hillary was named Arkansas Woman of the Year in 1983 and Arkansas Mother of the Year in 1984.
Women’s International Center proudly presents the Living Legacy Award to Hillary Rodham Clinton for her vast contributions in so many fields, especially honoring her work for women and children.

Hillary did all the following things before going to college EXCEPT

A．joining the local Methodist youth group

B．taking an active part in sports

C．showing great interest in politics

D．beginning to care for the interests of children

The topic sentence of the fourth paragraph is           .

A．sentence 1	B．sentence 2
C．sentence 4	D．sentence 5

What is the main reason why Hillary won the Living Legacy Award?

A．Her being Arkansas Woman of the Year in 1983.

B．Her tireless work for woman and children.

C．Graduating with high honors from Yale.

D．Being a perfect wife and caring for her child

What do we know about Hillary from this passage?

A．She and Bill Clinton were schoolmates at Yale.

B．She was in her thirties when she married Bill Clinton.

C．She has been a full-time lawyer for more than 20 years.

D．She once worked as a doctor in the Arkansas Children’s Hospital.

Happy birthday
The China National Opera (CNO) will give a concert to celebrate its 50th birthday.
Different generations of CNO vocalists, like Li Guangxi , Yao Hong and Ma Mei, will present the concert which will feature both songs from famous Chinese operas like “The White-haired Girl” and “The Hundredth Bride”, as well as, arias (咏叹调) of such Western opera classics as “Madame Butterfly”, “La Traviata” and “Rigoletto”.
Time/ date : 7:30 pm , September 7, 8
Location : Tianqiao Theatre
Tel : [phone]
Tickets : 60—500 yuan (US $7.2— 60.2)
Folk music
A concert will be held to feature some recently composed traditional Chinese music works.
The concert, given by the Folk Orchestra of the China Opera and Ballet Theatre, will include such pieces as “Memory of Childhood ”, “Memorial Ceremony for God ”and “Wine Song”.
Time/date: 7:30pm, September 13
Location: Concert hall at the National Library of China
Tel: [phone]
Tickets: 30-200 yuan (US$3.6-24.1)
Moon music
A concert of traditional Chinese music will be given on the eve of the Moon Festival which falls on September 21st this year.
The concert will feature a number of famous pieces centered on the theme of the moon, such as “Moonlight”,“Spring night on a Moonlit River” and “Lofty Mountain and Flowing River.”
A number of established traditional Chinese music performers like Zhou Yaokun and Fan Weiqing, will play solos as well as collaborate (合作) with the folk music orchestra.
Time / date: 7:30 pm, September 21st
Location: Grand Theatre of the Cultural Palace of Nationalities
Tel: 6606—8888, 6606—9999
If interested, please book the tickets as soon as possible.
If you want to buy tickets for listening to the music “Memory of Childhood”,
you will dial ______.

A．6551—4787	B．6848—5462
C．8315—6170	D．6606—9999

From this passage, we can learn the purpose of the writer is ______.

A．to praise the musicians

B．to celebrate its 50th birthday

C．to advertise for the three concerts

D．to express his interests

In which column of a newspaper can we find this article?

A．Entertainment.	B．People.
C．Culture.	D．Sports.

The Carnival of Brazil is an annual festival held 46 days before Easter, especially famous for the Carnival in Rio de Janeiro. Carnival celebrations are believed to have roots in the festival of Saturnalia, which, adapted to Christianity, became a farewell to bad things in a season of religious discipline to regret and prepare for Christ’s death and coming back to life.       Modern Brazilian Carnival dates back to Rio de Janeiro in 1641. It originally copied the European form of the festival, later taking in elements of Native American and African cultures.    In the late 19th century, the strings (弦乐器) were introduced in Rio de Janeiro. These were pageant (游行) groups that paraded through city avenues performing on instruments and dancing. Today they are known as blocks, consisting of a group of people who dress in costumes or special T-shirts with themes or logos. Blocks are generally connected with particular neighborhoods; they include both a music group and a lot of revelers(狂欢者).     Block parades have become an expressive feature of Rio’s Carnival. Today, they number more than 100 and the groups increase each year. Blocks can be formed by small or large groups of revelers with a clear title. Before the show, they gather in a square, then parade in sections of the city, often near the beach. Carnival time in Rio is very interesting, but is also the most expensive time to visit Rio. Hotel rooms and other lodgings (住宿) can be up to four times more expensive than the regular rates. There are big crowds at some locations and life is far from ordinary in many parts of town.
What can we infer from the first paragraph?

A．The Carnival of Brazil is often held after Easter.

B．The Carnival of Brazil comes from Easter and Saturnalia.

C．The Carnival of Brazil is mainly to celebrate the birth of Christ.

D．The Carnival of Brazil is a festival to regret and begin a new life.

How long is the history of the people’s celebrating modern Brazilian Carnival? 

A．About 100 years.	B．Less than two centuries.
C．Over five centuries.	D．About 370 years.

We can infer from the fourth paragraph that_______

A．block parades become bigger and bigger.

B．block parades can only be formed by big groups of revelers.

C．the theme of blocks must be serious.

D．blocks always parade only on the beach

What is the passage mainly about?

A．The famous carnivals in the world.

B．How the carnival was introduced in Brazil.

C．The happy life of the people in Rio de Janeiro.

D．The carnival in Rio de Janeiro.

I fell in love with England because it was quaint(古雅)—all those little houses, looking terribly oldfashioned but nice, like doll's houses. I loved the countryside and the pubs, and I loved London. I've slightly changed my mind after seventeen years because I think it's an ugly town now.
Things have changed. For everybody, England meant gentlemen, fair play, and good manners. The fair play is going, unfortunately, and so are the gentlemanly attitudes and good manners—people shut doors heavily in your face and politeness is disappearing.
I regret that there are few comfortable meeting places. You're forced to live indoors. In Pairs I go out much more, to restaurants and nightclubs. To meet friends here it usually has to be in a pub, and it can be difficult to go there alone as a woman. The cafes are not terribly nice.
As a woman, I feel unsafe here. I spend a lot on taxis because I will not take public transport after 10 p．m. I used to use it, but now I'm afraid.
The idea of family seems to be more or less nonexistent in England. My family is well united and that's typically French. In Middlesex I had a neighbour who is 82 now. His family only lived two miles away, but I took him to France for Christmas once because he was always alone.
The writer doesn't like London because she________.

A．is not used to the life there now

B．has lived there for seventeen years

C．prefers to live in an oldfashioned house

D．has to be polite to everyone she meets there

Where do people usually meet their friends in England?

A．In a cafe.	B．In a restaurant.
C．In a nightclub.	D．In a pub.

The underlined part “it” (in Para. 4)refers to________.

A．a taxi	B．In a restaurant
C．a bomb	D．public transport

The writer took her neighbour to France for Christmas because he________.

A．felt lonely in England

B．had never been to France

C．was from a typical French family

D．didn't like the British idea of family

近年来，随着私家车的增加，城市交通越来越拥挤。在中、小学生上学或放学时，校门口以及学校附近拥挤问题更加严重。这给学生、教师、家长和其他市民带来许多不便。尤其值得注意的是，学校附近的交通堵塞也存在不可忽略的隐患。为此，这引起了不少民众的担忧。你作为一名在校学生，署名张小明，根据以下要点写一封英语信，向本校英语报投稿。
1．为什么要写这封英语信。
2．你们学校门口及附近交通拥挤的原因。
3．提出二至三条建议。
注意：词数120字左右
Dear Editor,
_____________________________________________________________________
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假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(\ )划掉。
修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
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)不计分。
Dear Li Hua,
I’m familiar to your situation. As computers become more and more popular, some students cannot help but playing online games and chat. It is not only a problem of wasting time, but serious problem for their future！What you should do at first is to find out what make her addicted to computer games. Lack of love from parents? Poor score? Then having a heart-to-heart talk with her. Secondly, you should help herself with her study to build up her confidence and make her interesting in it. Thirdly, find something else for her to do instead computer games. Your efforts will surely help change her life.
Yours,
Jack

The air we breathe is freely available, without    we could not survive more than a few minutes. For the most part, air is available to everyone, and everyone needs it. Some people use the air to sustain them while       (sit) around and feel sorry for themselves.      breathe in the air and use the energy it provides to make      magnificent life.
Opportunity is in the same way; it is everywhere. It is so freely available that we take it        granted. Yet opportunity alone is not enough to create success; it must      (seize) and acted upon in order to have value. So many people are so        (anxiety) to “get in” on a “ground floor opportunity”, as if the opportunity will do all the work. That’s       (possible).
Just as you need air to breathe, you need opportunity to succeed.     , it takes more than just breathing in the fresh air of opportunity. You must make use of it. That’s not up to the opportunity; that’s up to you. It doesn’t matter what “floor” the opportunity is on, but        matters is what you do with it.

A businesswoman got into a taxi in midtown. As it was the rush hour and she was in a        to catch a train, she     a quick way to reach it. “ I have been a taxi driver for 15 years ! ” the driver said       . “ You don’t think I know the best way to go?”
The woman tried to explain that she hadn’t     to annoy him, but the driver kept     . She finally realized that he was too annoyed to be     , so she changed her       .“ You know, you are right,” she told him. “ It must seem        for me not to think you know the best way       the city.”
      , the driver glanced at his        in the rearview mirror, turned down the street she wanted and got her to the train on time. “ He didn’t say another word the rest of the ride,” she said, “          I got out and paid him. Then he thanked me.”
When you find yourself         with people like the taxi driver, you will always try to     your idea. It can lead to longer arguments, lose job chances or     marriage. I have discovered one simple       extremely unlikely method that can prevent the disagreement or other difficult situations from       in a disaster.
The       is to put yourself in the other person’s shoes and look for the     in what that person is saying. Find a way to     , and the result may surprise you.

A．hurry B．rush C．moment D．way

A．chose B．made C．found D．suggested

A．jokingly B．angrily C．anxiously D．curiously

A．supposed B．expected C．meant D．decided

A．apologizing B．driving C．asking D．shouting

A．reasonable B．thoughtful C．normal D．practical

A．road B．mind C．direction D．manner

A．strange B．wrong C．terrible D．stupid

A．across B．in C．through D．along

A．Surprised B．Worried C．Annoyed D．Disappointed

A．rider B．speaker C．helper D．comer

A．until B．after C．because D．since

A．satisfied B．concerned C．crowded D．faced

A．give up B．turn down C．stick to D．point to

A．combine B．destroy C．suffer D．divide

A．and B．that C．but D．though

A．lying B．resulting C．setting D．leading

A．problem B．importance C．key D．reply

A．fact B．meaning C．expression D．truth

A．agree B．argue C．explain D．escape