湖北襄阳市四校高二上期中联考英语试卷

Nowadays many university graduates are facing the __________ about whether they should apply for a job or continue further study.

Hundreds of people, policemen and civilians included, have got injured as a result of the political _______ in Hong Kong.

The well-known actress last night put on a white tight skirt on purpose to _______ that she was not pregnant(怀孕的).

We should learn from various civilizations, ancient and modern, and       benefits from them.

Now, a Chinese couple, whether the husband or the wife is a single child, can have a second child. This used to only _______ couples who were both single children.

After a short break, the teacher       the lesson where she had left off just now.

The recent study has shown that people’s attitudes towards protecting the environment aren’t _________with their behavior in daily life.

Doctors will conduct a(an) _______ examination to determine whether your eyes are suitable for the operation.

Experienced liars can make use of gestures to take you in; for instance, they often ______ look at you straight in the eyes as if they were telling the truth.

Because of the measures the United States has put       , along with the world-class health system, the chances of an Ebola outbreak in the country is extremely low.

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
John, a famous musician, took his priceless old guitar and played it in the crowded subway station. The music was wonderfully streaming throughout the whole      . However, during the one-hour play, only six or seven people were truly      the charming music. A three-year-old kid was fully       in the music that he forget everything around. John       got 52 U.S. dollars for his work that day.
However, in       days, when John is about to hold a      , one ticket can be sold at more than 100 dollars and it is very          to buy a ticket even at such a high price. Therefore, later, many       in the station that day felt deeply regretful for not        the famous musician and missing such a valuable but       music feast.
I have a rich friend whose wife had a       illness. Nevertheless, his wife did not manage to conquer the illness and       soon. He often sighed miserably that due to his past        life, he had missed a lot of beautiful time with his wife. But now, it is impossible to       it.
It is no       crying over spilt milk. We have missed a lot of precious things in our life      knowing to value them. Actually, I also missed something precious before. The        why we would have missed those precious things is less than simple: we had       that we could still own them tomorrow. Nevertheless, tomorrow is       by no means reliable. The result is that they were always too late to cherish (珍惜) what they had before they       it. However, when we reach the condition we have expected, we could no longer realize our wish any more, because we have lost it by then.

A．city B．river C．station D．hall

A．appreciating B．creating C．hearing D．writing

A．caught B．absorbed C．stuck D．trapped

A．hardly B．scarcely C．even D．only

A．normal B．special C．ordinary D．countable

A．play B．show C．concert D．countable

A．easy B．hard C．suitable D．popular

A．staff B．children C．musicians D．passers-by

A．recognizing B．realizing C．meeting D．remembering

A．expensive B．cheap C．dull D．common

A．horrible B．thorough C．heavy D．serious

A．passed over B．died out C．passed away D．died away

A．busy B．hard C．wonderful D．unhappy

A．make up of B．make up for C．make out to D．make out of

A．sense B．point C．use D．pleasure

A．on B．in C．with D．without

A．reason B．fact C．factor D．excuse

A．intended B．thought C．decided D．proved

A．already B．just C．actually D．nearly

A．got B．forgot C．lost D．expected

A soldier who lost both his legs after being blown up in Afghanistan is racing a sports car in his hometown this weekend.
Remarkably David Birrell will not only drive the Mazda MX5 but he does without any specially adapted equipment.
Davie, 28, has battled back from terrible injuries after a bomb blew up directly below him. He gave himself first aid and fired at Taliban(塔利班) fighters until help arrived. Davie was always interested in motor sport and after spending weeks in hospital was introduced by Help the Heroes to Mission Motorsport, which helps the wounded recover. The charity(慈善机构) are organizing a major event, Race of Remembrance, at the Anglesey Circuit near Rhosneigr of North Wales in November, and Davie was at the circuit yesterday for an official launch.
He said,“It’s my first time racing on Anflesey. This means everything to me. I loved it straight away, and it gives you something to focus on, to try and stay in front of others. I was boxing since the age of eight and my whole life has been one-to-one competition. But now everything has changed.”
Davie, a corporal（下士）in the Black Watch, was in Helmand in April 2010 when his interpreter stood on the bomb. He said,“I was confused and went blank（空白） for a couple of seconds. There was dust in the air and I couldn’t see. Both legs were still attached but there were massive injuries to my right leg and my left foot was broken.”As the Taliban began firing he returned fire and waited for help. He added,“A medical team came over. I was taken back to Camp Bastion by helicopter. I was there for two days before being flown to hospital in Birmingham.”
He had lost his right leg and the following year had his left leg amputated below the knee, ending the Army career.
Davie was wounded _____________ according to the passage?

___________can replace the underlined word“ amputated” in the last paragraph?

Davie is most likely to come from ___________.

What we know about Davie is that _____________.

Right now in China, talks on the street have been about the strange weather and it's raising a lot of concerns. A heavy haze(雾霾) has blanketed many cities in the northern and southern parts of the country in part of an unusual weather system that’s descended on the nation.
The haze stretches over a vast area, from Hebei and Shan-dong Provinces in the north all the way to Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangsu, Hunan and Fujian provinces in the south. At its worst, the smog is reducing visibility to less than 200 meters and disrupting traffic, both on the ground and in the air. The weather front has also led many to worry about the possible health impacts.
Many cities are waking up to another day covered by a dense haze. In Beijing, drivers have to keep their lights on even though it’s already past eight o’clock in the morning. Even driving at very slow speeds, the roads can still be very dangerous. In some of the worst hit areas, drivers can’t even tell the colors of traffic signals. Authorities have stepped in to close off many highways across the troubled region. In Shandong Province, the highways that are open are backed up for miles. And traffic police have stepped up their patrols.
In the region’s airports, flights information boards have gone red. A huge number of flights have been delayed or cancelled, nearly three hundred in Beijing alone, leaving thousands of passengers stranded. Some are more frustrated than impatient. Passenger from Jinan airport, Shangdong province, said: “I’ve been waiting for more than five hours. It’s Mother Nature, so there’s really nothing we can do.” The airport is urging passengers to confirm with their carrier whether their flight will still take off as scheduled.
Back on the city streets, people are wearing breathing masks to get free from any ill effects. Fog has cleared a little in Shanghai. But damage has already been done. Shanghai resident said: “I’ve been wearing the mask, but still, my throat feels sour and itchy. I think it’s because of the weather.”
The weather forecast predicts a cold front is about to sweep across central and eastern China tomorrow. Many are hoping that this will clear away the depressive haze as well as the harm it brings.
The harm the smog caused didn’t include     .

Which of the following is true according to the passage?

When the passenger said “It is Mother Nature”, he had a feeling of     .

The passage is developed by     .

Children who are brought up by two parents grow up to be cleverer than those raised by just one person, new research suggests. Being with both parents in the earliest years of life leads to a child developing more brain cells, the scientists believe. Being brought up by both parents causes boys to have better memory and learning functions. By contrast, it causes girls to develop improved co-ordination and sociability.
It is believed that babies with two parents tend to get more attention and more stability(稳定), and that they are less likely to suffer emotional distress(悲伤) in the first years of life. This leads to greater brain cell production ------ for boys it is grey matter brain cells that develop and for girls is white matter brain cells.
The researchers from Canada studied mice and experimented by creating one-parent and two-parent family groups. They then measured the offspring’s(后代的) brain cell development from birth to adulthood. Adult mice with the highest number of brain cells turned out to be those who had been brought up by two parents rather than one. As babies they had received more attention and more nursing as both parents took turns to lick and tend to their youngsters, said Dr Samuel Weiss.
As a result, the babies with two parents are less likely to suffer early life hurt which can have a massive impact on how their brains develop in later life, the research shows. However, what did surprise the researchers is that female babies who grew up with both parents turned out to be good single mothers, as if good parenting was passed on.
The researchers said,“ In the mouse model, parenting and the environment directly impacted adult brain cell production. It is possible that similar effects could be seen in other mammals, such as humans.”
From the first paragraph we can draw a conclusion that ________.

The researchers proved their idea ________.

The underlined word “impacted” means _________.

What does the passage mainly tell us?

A Bite of China, featuring delicious Chinese food, has attracted countless viewers, and moved many to tears.
A Bite of China is a serious documentary providing a unique view of Chinese as well as the relations between people and food and between people and society from the view of food. The touching documentary reminds some people of their mother, and makes some realize that every grain comes from hard and laborious work. Some people see patriotism(爱国精神) in the documentary, and some consider it a great cultural export.
How did this documentary achieve a great influence beyond its subject matter in such a short time?
“It is not empty propaganda(宣传) about China’s splendid food culture. Instead, it shows the techniques used in making food and their production process as well as the lives of ordinary people, thus striking a chord(共鸣) with the audience,” an Internet user said. The success of the documentary should be owed to sincerity and reality. Nowadays, many works of art that have high investment, high technology, and magnificent scenes lack nothing but sincerity and reality.
A Bite of China shows that a commercial documentary promoting patriotism can be full of touching details, that the emotions of ordinary Chinese people should be exhibited even in publicizing(宣传) China overseas, and that even a completely commercial program can achieve both artistic and commercial success.
“We made this documentary with our respect and love for food,” said director Chen Xiaoqing. Being sincere is the most important thing for artists because they cannot move others unless they themselves are first moved, and cannot convince others unless they themselves are first convinced. Sincerity is the “secret” for making this documentary so popular, and every cultural creator should learn from its success.
According to the passage, A Bite of China is _______.

What can you find in A Bite of China?

From the passage, it can be inferred that ________.

The main idea of the last paragraph is that ________.

San Francisco(People's Daily Online)-- Apple Inc. Tuesday introduced its mobile payment service Apple Pay alongside the company's iPhone 6 Plus and Apple Watch at the Flint Center in Cupertino, California.
What apple does is to replace consumers' wallet with its cell phone. Apple said it hopes to speed up the checkout process, make credit-card payments more secure and ultimately, to replace physical wallets.
With the near-field communication technology, Apple's gadgets like iPhone and Apple watch can transmit a radio signal between the device and a receiver when the two are in an inch apart. "To pay, just hold your iPhone near the contactless reader with your finger on Touch ID. You don’t even have to look at the screen to know your payment information was successfully sent," Apple says on its official website.
Apple said that each transaction (交易)would be authorized(授权) with a one-time, unique number, creating a security code that it said is more secure than the one on the back of your credit card because cashiers won’t see your name, card number or security code. The service will work with the three major payment networks — American Express, MasterCard and Visa — and Apple said that there are 220,000 merchant locations that accept these contactless payments.
When some applaud this disrupted service that will compete with Paypal and endanger other online payment companies, some others concern about its safety, especially when another retailer Home Depot confirmed a data opening yesterday and iCloud was reported exposing nude (裸体)pictures of celebrities (名人) a week ago.
Leo Zheng, a technology reporter in Silicon Valley said: "When Apple attracts consumers to put all their cards into one iPhone and promised the security, Jennifer Lawrence should say something."
Which can be the best title for the passage?

After reading the third paragraph, we know   .

The attitude of the writer towards the mobile payment is        .

What could have happened to Jennifer Lawrence?

第一节 完成句子  (共10小题，每小题2分，满分20分)
阅读下列各小题，根据汉语提示，用句末括号内的英语单词完成句子。
                  online games frequently does great harm to young students’ physical and mental health.（expose）
频繁接触网络游戏对青年学生身心健康有很大损害。
I think Happy Camp by Hunan TV station is the only one of the entertainment programs in China ________________ audience of all ages. (appeal)
我认为，湖南电视台的《快乐大本营》是中国唯一一档受各个年龄段观众喜欢的娱乐节目。
They had no time to arrange their own wedding, so they           by a company.（have）
他们没时间安排婚礼，于是就请一家婚庆公司组织了他们的婚礼。
They reached                      a church and saw many people running away in all directions. (look)
他们到达了一个像教堂的地方看到许多人四散逃走。
Nowadays more attention should be paid to the children            at home, who often go through a lot of suffering.(leave)
现在应该多关注留守儿童, 他们经常受苦很多。
The official is proud to tell us that never before              of abusing his power. (accuse)
那位官员很自豪地告诉我们他从未被指控滥用权力。
After working in Shanghai for another 10 years, the couple bought another house, which was __________________ their former one. (size)
在上海又工作了10年后，这对夫妻又买了一套房，是以前房子的两倍大
The public wondered ________________________ made the negotiation between two sides break down. (be)
公众不知道究竟是什么使这次双边谈判破裂了。
____________________ the party, we promise to give him or her a chance to have a photo taken with the movie star.  (attend)
无论是谁将参加聚会，我们都承诺给他/她一个与电影明星照相的机会。
He ___________________, or such a gentle man wouldn’t have got so angry and lost his temper. (misunderstand)
他一定是遭到了误解，否则如此温和的一个人是不会生气地发脾气的。

第二节：短文写作（共1题；满分30分）
请根据以下提示，并结合事例，用英语写一篇短文。
You cannot change the weather, but you can change your mood.
注意：
无须写标题；
除诗歌外，文体不限;
内容必须结合你生活中的一个事例；
文中不得透露个人姓名和学校名称;
词数不少于120，如引用提示语不计入总词数。