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1、武汉华英艺考 第 1 页 共 7 页 荆门市 2011-2012 学年度期末质量检测考试 高 一 英 语 多项选择（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）21.China is developing at such an astonishing _ that it takes on a new look every day.A.altitude B.achievement C.rate D.direction 22.Mr.Black had a stomachache for a long time,so he decided to _ his doctor and find out the p
2、roblem.A.admire B.encourage C.greet D.consult 23.After years of careful observation in the wild,Jane Goodall was finally able to _ the social system of chimps.A.carry out B.pick out C.look out D.work out 24.The father has been struggling for many years in order that his only son can be _ with higher
3、 education.A.served B.equipped C.offered D.received 25.Doing volunteer work in your spare time will definitely _ you a lot,as it can help you get to know society better.A.starve B.balance C.limit D.benefit 26.When asked why he is so successful in his life,RongYiren said honesty is the _ cause of his
4、 success.A.fundamental B.unbelievable C.obvious D.genuine 27.“Thanks”is an expression _ used to express ones gratitude to someone for something he has done for you.A.commonly B.ordinarily C.regularly D.occasionally 28.-How did he _ the punishment he was given for his cruel conduct?-He knew it served
5、 him right.(罪有应得)A.rid of B.remind of C.refer to D.react to 29.This is a new _ to language teaching,which can stimulate(激发)students interest to learn the language.A.approach B.means C.method D.way 30.Learning that their only son was sound and safe after 72 hours of search put the family _.A in a mes
6、s B.in order C.at home D.at ease 武汉华英艺考 第 2 页 共 7 页 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）A well-known speaker started off his speech by holding up a$20 bill.In the room of 202,he asked,“Who would 31 this$20 bill?”Hands started 32 up.He said,“I am going to 33 this$20 bill to one of you,but first,let me do this.”He
7、 crumpled(压皱)the 20-dollar 34 .He then asked,“Who still wants it?”Still the hands were up in the air.“Well,”he replied,“what if I do this?”He dropped it on the 35 and started to grind(磨碎)it into the floor with his 36 .He picked it up,now crumpled and 37 .“Now,who still wants it?”38 the hands went in
8、to the air.“My friends,you have all 39 a very valuable lesson.No matter what I did 40 the money,you still 41 it because it did not 42 in value.It was still worth$20.”“Many times in our lives,we are 43 ,crumpled,and ground into the dirt by the decisions we 44 and the circumstances(环境)that come our wa
9、y.We feel as though we are worth 45 ;but no matter what happened or what will happen,you will 46 lose your value(价值).”“Dirty or 47,crumpled or finely folded(折叠),you are still priceless to those who 48 you.The 49 of our lives comes not in what we do or who we know,but by WHO WE ARE.”“You are 50 dont
10、ever forget it.”31 A.admit B.appreciate C.like D.react 32 A.going B.standing C.putting D.raising 33 A.give B.post C.send D.pay 34 A.check B.note C.paper D.notice 35 A.sofa B.chair C.ground D.table 36 A.shoe B.hand C.coat D.trousers 37 A.tidy B.fantastic C.attractive D.dirty 38 A.Thus B.Still C.Even
11、D.Yet 39 A.known B.followed C.studied D.learned 40 A.at B.for C.to D.in 41 A.wanted B.needed C.brought D.took 42 A.raise B.fall C.increase D.miss 43 A.moved B.contacted C.dropped D.fell 44 A.imagine B.consider C.form D.make 45 A.nothing B.anything C.everything D.something 46 A.never B.ever C.often D
12、.possibly 47 A.ugly B.clean C.dry D.bright 48 A.leave B.push C.hate D.love 49 A.enjoyment B.worth C.nature D.luck 50 A.common B.average C.special D.ordinary 武汉华英艺考 第 3 页 共 7 页 第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）阅读下列短文，从每篇短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。A Like many lovers of books,Mary and her h
13、usband,Richard Goldman,seldom walked past a bookstore without stopping to look inside.They often talked of opening their own store one day.When Mary was hospitalized with heart trouble in 1989,they decided it was time to get serious.Richard,who worked for a business company,was eager to work for him
14、self,and Mary needed to slow down from her demanding(很费力的)job.They started by talking to bookstore owners and researching the industry.“We knew it had to be a specialty store because we couldnt match the big chains dollar for dollar,”says Mary.One figure caught her attention:Shed read somewhere that
15、 about 20 percent of books sold were mysteries(推理小说),and many buyers spent more than$300 a year on books.She and Richard were themselves mystery readers.On Halloween 1992,they opened the Mystery Lovers Bookshop and Caf near their home.With three children in college,the couple could not spend all the
16、 familys money to start a shop.To cover the$100,000 cost,they drew some of their savings,borrowed from relatives(亲戚)and from a bank.The store merely broke even in its first year,with only$120,000 in sales.But Mary was always coming up with new ways to attract customers.The shop had a coffee bar and
17、it offered gifts to mystery lovers and served dinners for book clubs that met in the store.She also invited dozens of writers to discuss their stories.Today Mystery Lovers makes sales of about$420,000 a year.After paying taxes,business costs and the six part-time sales clerks,Richard and Mary togeth
18、er earn about$34,000.“The job you love may not go hand in hand with a million-dollar income,”says Richard.“This has always been about an enjoyable life for ourselves,not about making a lot of money.”51.When Mary was in hospital,the couple realized that .A.they had to put their plan into practice B.h
19、ealth was more important than wealth C.heart trouble was a serious illness D.they both needed to stop working 52.After Mary got well from her illness,they began .A.to study industrial management B.to buy and read more mystery books C.to do market research on book business D.to work harder to save mo
20、ney for the bookstore 53.How did their bookstore do in the first year?A.They had to borrow money to keep it going.B.They made just enough to cover all the costs.C.They succeeded in earning a lot of money.D.They failed though they worked hard.54.According to Richard,the main purpose of running the bo
21、okstore is .A.to pay for their childrens education B.to get to know more writers C.to set up more bookstores D.to do what they like to do B Why do men die earlier than women?The latest research makes it known that the reason could be that mens hearts go into rapid decline when they reach middle age.
22、The largest study of the effects of ageing on the heart has found that womens longevity may be linked to the fact that their hearts do not lose their pumping power with age.“We have found that the power of the male heart falls by 20-25 percent between 18 and 70 years of age,”said the head of the stu
23、dy,David Goldspink of Liverpool John Moores University in the UK.“Within the heart there are millions of cells that enable it to beat.Between the age of 20 and 70,one-third of those cells die and are not replaced in men,”said Goldspink.“This is part of the ageing process.”What surprises scientists i
24、s that the female heart sees very little loss of these cells.A healthy 70-year-old womans heart could perform almost as well as a 20-year-old ones.“This gender difference might just explain why women live longer than men,”said Goldspink.They studied more than 250 healthy men and women between the ag
25、es of 18 and 80,focusing on healthy persons to remove the confusing influence of disease.“The team has yet to 武汉华英艺考 第 4 页 共 7 页 find why ageing takes a greater loss on the male heart,”said Goldspink.The good news is that men can improve the health of their heart with regular exercise.Goldspink stre
26、ssed that women also need regular exercise to prevent their leg muscles becoming smaller and weaker as they age.55.The underlined word“longevity”in the second paragraph probably refers to“_”.A.health B.long life C.ageing D.effect 56.The text mainly talks about _.A.mens heart cells B.womens ageing pr
27、ocess C.the gender difference D.hearts and long life 57.According to the text,the UK scientists have known that _.A.women have more cells than men when they are born B.women can replace the cells that enable the heart to beat C.the female heart loses few of the cells with age D.women never lose thei
28、r pumping power with age 58.We can know from the passage that _.A.the reason why ageing takes a greater loss on the male heart has been found out B.scientists are on the way to finding out why the male heart loses more of the cells C.the team has done something to prevent the male from suffering the
29、 greater loss D.women over 70 could lose more heart cells than those at the age of 20 C As the pace of life continues to increase,we are fast losing the art of relaxation Once you are in the habit of rushing through life,being on the go from morning till night,it is hard to slow downBut relaxation i
30、s important for a healthy mind and body Stress is a natural part of everyday life and there is no way to avoid it In fact,it is not the bad thing it is often supposed to beA certain amount of stress is important to provide motivation and give purpose to lifeIt is only when the stress gets out of con
31、trol that it can lead to poor performance and ill health The amount of stress a person can bear depends very much on the individualSome people are not afraid of stress,and such characters are obviously important for managerial responsibilities Others lose heart at the first sight of unusual difficul
32、ties When exposed to stress,in whatever form,we react both chemically and physicallyIn fact we make choice between fight or flight and in more primitive(远古的)days the choice made the difference between life or deathThe problems we meet today are unlikely to be so extreme,but however little the stress
33、 is,it needs the same responseIt is when such a reaction lasts long,through continued exposure to stress,that health becomes endangeredSuch serious conditions as high blood pressure and heart disease have established links with stress Since we cannot remove stress from our lives（it would be unwise t
34、o do so even if we could）,we need to find ways to deal with it 59People are finding less and less time for relaxing themselves because_ Athey do not know how to enjoy themselves Bthey do not believe that relaxation is important for health Cthey are travelling fast all the time Dthey are becoming bus
35、ier with their work 60According to the writer,the most important character for a good manager is his _ Anot fearing stress Bknowing the art of relaxation Chigh sense of responsibility Dhaving control over performance 61Which of the following statements is true?AWe can find some ways to avoid stress
36、BStress is always harmful to people CIt is easy to change the habit of keeping oneself busy with work DDifferent people can bear different amounts of stress 62In the last sentence of the passage,do so refers to _ Aexpose ourselves to stress Bfind ways to deal with stress Cremove stress from our live
37、s Destablished links between diseases and stress 武汉华英艺考 第 5 页 共 7 页 D The home of the future wont be completely different and we will be living in houses and flats just as we do today But people will want to shape their homes to match their dreams No two homes will be the same People will be able to
38、 buy“house kits”containing a basic house structure,with movable walls,doors and windowsThey will put together the different parts to create the home they want Many jobs that we do today will disappear,others will still exist but will change and new jobs will be createdSkilled workers such as builder
39、s,gardeners and electricians wont disappear because machines cant replace themTeachers will still exist because students need human contactBut they will be using modern technology in class more and students will be working more from homeThe medical technology revolution and space travel will create
40、new jobs which we can only imagine today Space holidays will develop in the future,but these holidays wont be for everyone because they wont be cheapShort space trips will develop first,then space hotels will orbit the earth where it will be possible to have a longer vacationBy the end of the next c
41、entury,there will be holiday centres on the moon with leisure facilities for families Paper wont exist in the future Instead,there will be e-paper which people will be able to use over and over againThis will develop in order to save natural resourcesE-newspapers and e-magazines will replace traditi
42、onal newspapers and magazines and we will download information and news articles from the Internet every day onto our reusable paper The laws of physics tell us that the earth is going to disappear some time in the futureThis isnt going to happen tomorrow but scientists predict that it will happen i
43、n five billion years when our sun explodesWe will have to explore the universe and find another homeAt some point in the distant future,either we stay on the earth and die with it,or we leave and move to another planetThere wont be any other choice 63Homes of the future will _ Abe completely differe
44、nt from those of today Bbe very similar to our homes Call be different from one another Dbe movable as you want 64Space trips and staying in space hotels will _ Abecome a very common way to spend a holiday Bbe the cheapest holiday option for families Cattract a lot of people Dstill only be for very
45、rich people 65E-paper will replace traditional paper because _ Awe will use it again Bit wont waste natural resource Cit will be cheaper to produce Dit will be convenient to carry 66We will have to move to another planet _ Aif we want to save the human race Bwhen the sun explodes Cwhen the earth dis
46、appears Dwhen the earth is too crowded to fill people on E I had an experience once which taught me something about the ways people make a bad situation worse by blaming themselves.One January,I officiated(主持)at two funerals for two elderly women.Both died a natural death.At the first home,the son o
47、f the deceased(已故的)woman said,“If only I had sent my mother to Florida and gotten her out of this cold and snow,she would be alive today.Its my fault that she died.”At the second home,the son said,“If only I hadnt insisted on her going to Florida,she would be alive today.That long airplane ride was
48、more than she could take.Its my fault.”When things dont turn out as we would like them to,we tend to think that had we done things differently,the story would have had a happier ending.Any time there is a death,the survivors will feel guilty.Because the course of action they took turned out bad,they
49、 believed that the opposite course,for example,keeping mother at home,would have turned out better.After all,how could it have turned out any worse?There seems to be two elements involved in our readiness to feel guilty.The first lies in our 武汉华英艺考 第 6 页 共 7 页 belief that the world makes sense and t
50、hat there is a reason for everything that happens.The second is the thought that we are the cause of what happens,especially the bad things that happens.The roots of this feeling may lie in our childhood.A baby comes to think that the world exists to meet his needs,and that he makes everything happe