辽宁省本溪市普通高中高二下学期期末考试英语卷

--- How would you like your Cappuccino coffee?
--- ______.

--- What do you think about        Chinese knot in the shop window?
--- Oh, it’s so beautiful. You may give it to Debbie as        gift for the Dragon Boat Festival.

The possibility of a way out of the difficulty never _____ to the captain and his crew.

The Expo park should be ______ from anywhere in the city of Shanghai within 90 minutes by bus, subways and special taxis.

 We ______ such great success without your efforts. Thanks a lot.

  --- Does the idea of staying over night to watch the 2010 World Cup ______ to you?
--- Well, it depends.

Be careful. Don’t turn the room _______, as I have just tidied it up.

--- I will come to your lecture at 10:00 am tomorrow.
--- I’m sorry. By then my lecture will have ended and I ______ my guests in my office.

 Where to hold the 2012 Olympic Games was a subject ______ the Olympic Committee argued for a long time, and finally they voted for London.

  ______ vegetable oils are better than animal oils.

______ the new life in Paris, I live happily with my daughter’s family.

--- Tommy has just won the first prize in the oral English competition.
--- ______ he was so excited this afternoon.

  --- How to end the conflict in Israel?
--- In my view, each side needs to ______ their differences and continues the peace talks.

The speech given by Primer Wen Jiabao showed ______ broad knowledge he has.

Don’t be upset. _______ things as they are and you will enjoy every minute of your life.

阅读下面短文,从短文后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出一个可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。
My son was badly hurt in a fire. After he   36   from a series of treatments, the doctors told him they would not do any operation for six months   37   it took long for the skin to stop shrinking(萎缩), he had to return to college with a visible 10-inch   38    on his face.
I said to my son, “Keaton,   39    will pay any more attention to your scar  40   you do. If it does not bother you, it will not bother others,   41  .” He took my advice to heart and returned to school with his head  42   high — glad he was alive.
  43   , everyone has scars and shortcomings. Some of you may spend much time thinking that people   44   like you better, if you looked different, or dressed differently, or could have a different and newer  45 .
But you see, like Keaton’s scar, people will only judge you by your looks, or your  46   , or your car, if you are judging yourself by these same false  47 .
One of my friends in college was very  48  . At first, when people met him, they noticed his  49   for about 10 seconds. But this man felt good about himself and spent most of his time  50   about other people’s comfort and welfare.  51  , people ignored his looks. w*w^w.k&s#5@u.c~o*mWhat people  52  was his kindness and his concern for them. He didn’t act in an ugly way so people didn’t  53   him an ugly man.
Therefore, concentrate on   54   you value with yourself, because if you can see that beautiful person, everyone you are in contact with will see the same  55  .

A．cured B．recovered C．improved D．returned

A．because B．though C．until D．unless

A．cut B．wound C．injure D．scar

A．none B．anyone C．everyone D．no one

A．then B．like C．than D．when

A．yet B．still C．too D．either

A．put B．held C．taken D．hung

A．After all B．In conclusion C．In fact D．Above all

A．will B．would C．can D．may

A．flower B．telephone C．job D．car

A．clothes B．hairstyle C．figure D．salary

A．deadline B．standards C．custom D．rules

A．smart B．optimistic C．rude D．ugly

A．manners B．gesture C．looks D．actions

A．needing B．asking C．knowing D．caring

A．Completely B．Gradually C．Obviously D．Suddenly

A．wanted B．understood C．brought D．saw

A．regard B．look C．consider D．treat

A．what B．that C．which D．how

A．friend B．development C．beauty D．perfection

When I lived in Spain, some Spanish friends of mine decided to visit England by car. Before they left, they asked me for advice about how to find accommodation (住所). I suggested that they should stay at ‘bed and breakfast’ houses, because this kind of accommodation gives a foreign visitor a good chance to speak English with the family. My friends listened to my advice, but they came back with some funny stories.
“We didn’t stay at bed and breakfast houses,” they said, “because we found that most families were away on holiday.”
I thought this was strange. Finally I understood what had happened. My friends spoke little English, and they thought ‘VACANCIES’ meant ‘holidays’, because the Spanish word for ‘holidays’ is ‘vacaciones’. So they did not go to house where the sign outside said ‘VACANCLES’, which in English means there are free rooms. Then my friends went to house where the sign said ‘NO VACANCLES’, because they thought this meant the people who owned the house were not away on holiday. But they found that these houses were all full. As a result, they stayed at hotels!
We laughed about this and about mistakes my friends made in reading other signs. In Spanish, the word ‘DIVERSION’ means fun. In English, it means that workmen are repairing the road, and that you must take a different road. When my friends saw the word ‘DIVERSION’ on a road sign, they thought they were going to have fun. Instead, the road ended in a large hold.
English people have problems too when they learn foreign languages. Once in Paris, when someone offered me some more coffee, I said “Thank you” in French. I meant that I would like some more. However, to my surprise, the coffee pot was taken away! Later I found out that “Thank you” in French means “No, thank you.”
My Spanish friends wanted advice about ______.

‘NO VACANCIES’ in English means ______.

When someone offered me more coffee and I said “Thank you” in French, I ______.
A didn’t really want any more coffee           B. wanted them to take the coffee pot away
C. really wanted some more coffee             D. wanted to express my politeness
I was surprised when the coffee pot was taken away because I ______.

Robert is nine years old and Joanna is seven. They live at Mount Ebenezer. Their father has a big property. In Australia they call a farm a property.
Robert and Joanna like school very much. At school they can talk to their friends but Robert and Joanna cannot see their friends. They live 100, perhaps 300, miles away and like Robert and Joanna, they all go to school by radio.
Mount Ebenezer is in the center of Australia. Not many people live in “The Center”. There are no schools with desks and blackboards and no teachers in “The Center”. School is a room at home with a two-way radio. The teacher also has a two-way radio. Every morning she calls each student on the radio. When all students answer, lessons begin… Think of your teacher 300 miles away!
The children in “The Center” do not go to a school because ______.

In order to send their children to school, parents in “The Center” of Australia must have ______.

Teachers in “The Center” of Australia teach ______.

A “property” in Australia is a ______.

People living in the UK take quite a few holidays abroad and in the country each year. Choices made about where to go, how to get there and what to do can either benefit or harm the environment.
While on holiday
Many of the things you can do to the greener on holiday will be the same things you can do at home—but there are also some extra things too, like avoiding gifts made from endangered plants and animals. Here are some suggestions:
●Making the most of locally produced food and drink, and local activities and attractions will support people in the area you are visiting and reduce the need for further environmental influence from transport.
●Switching off any air conditioning, heating and lights will help reduce climate change effect.
●Save water—some countries suffer from water shortages and saving water can help avoid damage to our natural habitats（栖息地）.
Endangered species(物种)
Some gifts and foods available in some countries can be made from endangered plants or animals. Check before you buy, but if you doubt, avoid animal and plant gifts. More details of the types of products to avoid any illegal trade hotspots can be found on the Souvenir Alert webpage.
Making a positive contribution to the place you are visiting.
There are ways in which your holiday can help support local people and the environment.
●There are many opportunities to volunteer and help with projects that conserve and improve natural habitats.
●When you are away, or if you are looking for somewhere to visit, you can support projects or attractions which protect wildlife, such as nature reserves and conservation projects.
According to the passage, we can        to help reduce climate change effect.

We should check the gifts and foods before buying because ______.

We can infer from the passage that ______.

The passage is mainly about ______.

                               The Touchstone
When the great library of Alexandria burned, the story goes, one book was saved. But it was not a valuable book, and so a poor man, who could read little, bought it for very little money.
The book wasn’t very interesting, but between its pages there was something very interesting indeed. It was a thin strip of vellum on which was written the secret of the “Touchstone”! The touchstone was a small pebble that could turn any common metal into pure gold.
The writing explained that it was lying among thousands and thousands of other pebbles that looked exactly like it. But the secret was this: The real stone would feel warm, while ordinary pebbles are cold.
So the man sold his few belongings, bought some simple supplies, camped on the seashore, and began testing pebbles. He knew that if he picked up ordinary pebbles and threw them down again because they were cold, he might pick up the same pebble hundreds of times. So, when he felt one that was cold, he threw it into the sea. He spent a whole day doing this but none of them was the touchstone. Yet he went on and on this way. Pick up a pebble. Cold, throw it into the sea. Pick up another. Throw it into the sea. Pick up another. Throw it into the sea. The days continued over a long period of time.
One day, however, about mid-afternoon, he picked up a pebble and it was warm. He threw it into the sea before he realized what he had done. He had formed such a strong habit of throwing each pebble into the sea that when the one he wanted came along he still threw it away.
So it is with opportunity. Unless we are careful, it’s easy to fail to recognize an opportunity when it is in hand and it’s just as easy to throw it away.
The man bought the book because ______.

We can learn from the passage that the touchstone is ______.

What does the author want to tell us in the passage?

根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Most drinks stating that they are fruit-flavored（水果味道的）contain no fruit at all, while most of the rest contain only a small quantity of fruit, according to a study carried by the British Food Commission.
“Shoppers need to check the labels（标签）before buying drinks, though sometimes the actual content can be non-existent,” said Food Commission spokesperson Lan Tokelove. “Food production is highly competitive.      It will increase profits, and consumers won’t always realize they are being tricked.”
Flavorings are focused on the flavors of natural food products such as fruits, meats and vegetables, or creating flavor for food products that do not have the desired flavors. Researchers analyzed the contents of 28 strawberry-flavored products sold in stores.   Of the 11 products that did contain strawberries, five of them contained less than one percent real fruit. In addition, each juice box contained nearly eight teaspoons of sugar.
  Let’s take jam as an example. Some strawberry-flavored jam was labeled as containing no artificial colors, flavors, or sweeteners, but it contained absolutely no strawberries at all.
 Consumers have the rights to know clearly about what they have bought. Under current UK law, Food packages do no not have to distinguish between natural and artificial flavoring. “Describing a product as strawberry flavor and covering the surface of the packed with pictures of strawberries is misleading.   Unfortunately, it is also legal and widespread,” Tokelove said.

E. It is important and necessary to demand a small amount of flavoring in the products.
F. Actually the product contains just a tiny percentage of strawberry or even no fruit at all.
G. The Food Commission suggested all flavors used in a product should be listed on the packaging.

短文改错(共10小题；每小题1分,满分10分)
下面短文中共有10处错误,每句最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧）,并在此符号下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线,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。
Last week, I met a stranger who seemed to be losing. I offered to guide him to a
place where he wanted to go, but to my surprise, he refused my offer to helping. I asked
him why not. He told me that he was afraid I would ask him money if I helped him in
this way. Then I fell into deep thought: Was it money that came between us? I agreed
that money is become more and more important in our society, and it should not be
everything. We should try my best to help others and trust each other. If everyone
does this, our society will be good and better.

最近外出旅行越来越流行，有人选择自驾游，有人选择跟团旅行。他们的理由如下：

请根据以上信息做出个人选择，以 “Self-driving Tour or Package Tour”为题，写一篇短文，词数120左右。可以适当添加自己的观点。
参考词汇：self-driving tour 自驾游   package tour 跟团旅行    flexible 灵活的
Self-driving Tour or Package Tour