海 淀 区 高 二 年 级 第 一 学 期 期 中 练 习英语 二、单项填空 （共10小题; 每小题1分, 共10分）

2012.11

从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 13. —Have you seen the film Ice Age 4 ?

—No. I regret _______ the fantastic film．

A. to miss B. missing C. missed D. being missed 14. —I‘m sorry, but smoking is not allowed here. —Sorry, I _______ that. I won‘t do it again. A. didn‘t know B. don‘t know C. won‘t know D. haven‘t known 15. Some people feel that their EQ is _______ determines _______ they are going to do in life. A. that; how well B. that; how good C. what; how well D. what; how good 16. —What‘s up, dear?

—Nothing much. I just got my finger _______ in the door.

A. to catch B. catching C. caught D. being caught 17. She took a book with her to the canteen _______ she had to wait long for lunch. A. so that B. as long as C. even though D. in case 18. —What do you think of your new diet?

—Well, I have to admit that I find _______ a real struggle to cut sugar out of my diet. A. that B. it C. this D. one 19. —Has Peter finished his book review on Little Women yet? —I‘m not sure. He _______ on it last week.

A. has worked B. had worked C. would work D. was working

20. It was after she survived on the day _______ the storm hit the city _______ she realized nothing was important compared with one‘s life.

A. when; that B. that; where C. which; that D. that; when 21. —How did you survive the fire?

—The firefighter _______ my screams, as I felt myself being grabbed out of the smoke. A. must have heard B. should hear C. must hear D. should have heard

22. A heavy rain in Beijing this summer destroyed 13,400 homes in Fangshan District, _______ the life of 800,000 people.

A. to affect B. affected C. affecting D. having affected

三、完形填空 （共20小题; 每小题1分，共20分）

The Circus Tickets

Once, when I was a teenager, my father and I were waiting to buy circus tickets. Finally, there was only one family 23 us and the ticket counter.

This family made a big 24 on me. There were eight children, all probably under the age of 12. You could 25 they didn‘t have a lot of money. Their clothes were not expensive, 26 they were clean. The children were in high spirits. They were 27 talking about the clowns, elephants, and other acts they would see that night. One could 28 they had never been to the circus before. It promised to be an unforgettable 29 of their young lives. The father and mother were at the head of the pack, standing proud as could be.

The ticket lady asked the father how many tickets he wanted. The father proudly 30 , ―Eight children‘s tickets and two for 31 , please.‖

The ticket lady quoted(报价) the price. The man‘s wife let go of her husband‘s hand, her head 32 , and her lips began to shake slightly. The father leaned a little closer and asked, ―How much did you say?‖ The ticket lady quoted it again.

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How was he supposed to 33 and tell his eight kids that he didn‘t have enough 34 to take them to the circus? Seeing this, my dad put his hand in his pocket, pulled 35 a $20 bill and dropped it on the ground 36 . Then, he 37 down, picked up the bill, and patted the man on the shoulder saying, ―Excuse me, sir, this 38 out of your pocket.‖

The man knew what was going on. He wasn‘t begging for a handout but certainly 39 the help in a heartbreaking and 40 situation. He looked straight into my dad‘s eyes, 41 my dad‘s hand in both of his and said, ―Thank you, sir. This really 42 a lot to me and my family.‖ Tears were running down his cheeks.

My father and I drove home directly. We didn‘t go to the circus that night, but we didn‘t go without. 23. A. behind B. among C. between D. from 24. A. impression B. influence C. change D. difference 25. A. comment B. tell C. predict D. confirm 26. A. so B. or C. and D. but 27. A. casually B. constantly C. excitedly D. silently 28. A. sense B. claim C. determine D. complain 29. A. honour B. experience C. dream D. surprise 30. A. responded B. reflected C. rewarded D. repeated 31. A. guests B. passengers C. adults D. teenagers 32. A. nodded B. moved C. lifted D. dropped 33. A. walk B. turn C. escape D. return 34. A. money B. time C. tickets D. chances 35. A. out B. up C. over D. in 36. A. accurately B. secretly C. obviously D. anxiously 37. A. looked B. calmed C. slowed D. reached 38. A. flew B. left C. fell D. stuck 39. A. recognized B. offered C. refused D. appreciated 40. A. encouraging B. astonishing C. embarrassing D. annoying 41. A. took B. pulled C. shook D. raised 42. A. serves B. increases C. saves D. means

四、阅读理解 （共两节，共32分）

第一节 (共12小题; 每小题2分, 共24分)

A

It was the afternoon in our new house, and I was in the workshop of the garage. I noticed a piece of carpet sticking out of the ceiling, which was strange. I pulled on it, and suddenly a doorway to the attic(阁楼) appeared. I took a ladder and headed up.

I climbed into a space above the workshop that was walled off from the rest of the attic. As my eyes adjusted to the dark, I saw a metal container that I recognized as something my grandfather used to store tools in on his farm. I opened it and was shocked: several rolls of money tied up in orange lines. My god, like $800!

But there was more than one box of money. I found another seven boxes full to the top, plus two big black trash bags full of cash—about $45,000 in all. My first thought was that this was a gift from God—the means to fix up this run-down house; or just to make life easier for our two young sons. But I knew as soon as I had those dreams that the right thing was to return the money to the former owners. So I called them and asked them to drop by.

They were shocked not only about the money but that I was returning it. They said it must have been their dad who had hidden the money. What made him do it? I thought about the hundreds of times he had gone to his shop, cut off a length of orange line, and tied up a roll of money. I like to think he did it for his children.

There were balls of those orange lines still hanging on the wall of the workshop when we moved in. I used them to tie up Christmas presents last year for my kids. I hope it reminded them of the gift greater than money that my wife and I

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gave them by returning the $45,000. We did the right thing and our children will never forget that. 43. The author found the hidden money in _______.

A. the workshop of the garage B. the attic above the workshop C. the place right outside the attic D. his grandfather‘s metal container 44. Who probably hid the money?

A. The former owners‘ grandfather. B. The former owners‘ father. C. The author‘s grandfather. D. The author‘s father. 45. From the passage, we can learn that _______. A. the $45,000 was found in the eight boxes

B. the author planned to fix up his house with the money C. the former owners moved out without knowing the money

D. the author left the money to his two children to make life easier 46. According to the passage, the author wanted his children to _______. A. give back the hidden money B. fix up the run-down house C. like the gifts from their parents D. know the importance of honesty

B

(CNN)—Randall Stephenson, CEO of AT&T, was watching the Olympics with his daughter when she saw it—an ad featuring a man in a wheelchair suffering from a severe brain injury and holding a sign with the text: ―Where r.‖ ―This is the text message that caused the car accident that changed my life forever,‖ the man said.

According to Stephenson, the ad did its job. ―She said, ?Dad ... that‘s heavy‘,‖ he said. ―I said, it‘s supposed to be heavy. It got your attention and that‘s what we‘re trying to accomplish.‖

The ad, from AT&T, is part of the mobile company‘s ―It Can Wait‖ campaign aiming to limit texting and driving. What the campaign is calling is ―No Text on Board—Pledge Day.‖ AT&T is asking all Americans to visit itcanwait.com on or before that day and take a pledge not to text behind the wheel. According to the Pew Internet & American Life Project, texting while driving increased by 50% in one year (2010). People texting are 23 times more likely to get into an accident than other drivers.

Several AT&T competitors, including Sprint and Verizon, have their own anti-texting-and-driving campaigns in one form or another. ―If it‘s just AT&T owning this issue, it doesn‘t get the power it needs,‖ he said. But with the ads like the one Stephenson watched with his daughter, AT&T‘s campaign has been most visible. Stephenson makes no apologies about the frank nature of the ads, another of which features a woman sharing the one-word text she‘d sent to her sister, who was reading it behind the wheel when she turned over her car and died.

―I don‘t think you‘re going to move the needle without making people uncomfortable,‖ he said. As to the pledge, Stephenson admits that such efforts can be spotty in terms of proved results. But anything that draws attention to the problem is a plus, he said. ―We‘ve all made these pledges, and some stick and some don‘t,‖ said Stephenson. ―But just the act, the effort of going to a website and taking the pledge ... now you‘re aware.‖ 47. Seeing the ad on TV, Stephenson‘s daughter felt it _______.

A. unbelievable B. creative C. attractive D. unpleasant 48. The underlined part ―take a pledge‖ in Para. 3 means _______ .

A. make a promise B. make a protest C. make an apology D. make a change 49. What can be inferred from this article?

A. People complain about the pledge of the campaign. B. The ads are effective in drawing people‘s concern. C. It has been fixed when the campaign will be launched. D. The frank nature of the ads is impossible to understand. 50. Which might be the best title for the passage?

A. Effects of Ads on Car Accident Prevention B. Texting While Driving Causing Serious Injury

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C. Ads Drawing Public Attention to Texting and Driving D. Bad Results of Texting While Driving behind the Wheel

C

A New York Times article described ―Quest to Learn‖, an experimental school that uses a video game format as a primary framework for teaching. Instead of grades, students achieve levels of experience.

On some levels, using a video game approach to learning a subject makes a lot of sense, and might work well with kids. One of the big complaints kids have about school is that they can‘t see how and why what they are learning applies to life. Creating a game task that requires English skills or history knowledge to finish provides context and explains the connection with individual skills. And changing the emphasis from grades to knowledge is far more proper. After all, it‘s not your grades that matter. It‘s the knowledge, skills and understanding you require and retain after the test is over.

But what about adults? Can employers make working for a defense contractor（经销商） a larger-scale version of Star Wars: the old republic? And can a website that offers video game rewards for doing real-world tasks like cleaning the toilets really motivate adults to do unpleasant tasks?

For all the appeal of gaming, I‘m skeptical（怀疑的）. Even if we respond well to silly little rewards or birds smashing against castle walls, video games do not operate like life. For one thing, there is no task that is anywhere near as unpleasant as cleaning the toilet. Video games are, relatively speaking, all fun. Life is not always all fun.

Second, in video games, things happen in a line. Your character proceeds along a task, then a sub-task. But each task requires great focus, and is a fairly straightforward challenge. Real life is multidimensional, multitask, and in most cases, hugely complex.

Third, there is no such thing as sad and hopeless failure in a video game. Educators at ―Quest to Learn‖ are trying to replace the sense of failure in kids with ―I haven‘t succeeded yet.‖ It works in video games—you get killed 20 times, and finally defeat the opponent when you develop better playing skills. But in a job, where you are paid a certain amount to perform a certain task, the ―oh, well, you failed for six months, keep trying‖ approach is not realistic. In the real world, you are expected to perform at a certain level. It‘s not about learning but doing. And both the possibility of real failure, and real consequences for that failure, are, well… real.

51. One of the advantages of the video game approach is that it enables the students to _______. A. recognize knowledge and skills B. get a higher grade in each subject

C. put their knowledge and skills into use D. combine history knowledge and English skills 52. In Para. 3, the author tries to convey that the video game approach _______.

A. won‘t work at all in adult life B. will be adopted by some contractors C. motivates adults to do unpleasant tasks D. helps people adapt to new job tasks well 53. In the last three paragraphs, the author argues that _______.

A. real life is not always all fun indeed B. there is real failure in real life for sure

C. playing video games well doesn‘t help much D. video games and real life are different in several senses 54. The ―I haven‘t succeeded yet‖ sense is meant to _______.

A. encourage the students to keep on trying B. symbolize a common motto in the job fields C. prove that failure in real life can be ignored D. show the students‘ determination to move on 第二节 (共4小题; 每小题2分, 共8分)

How to love

Love is expressed as an action and experienced as a feeling. The question of how you should love is really only a question that you can answer. However, here you can get some ideas on how to love.

55 Love isn‘t simply about the relationship between two lovers––to define it so narrowly is to take the beauty and full extent of love away from you. Love is a feeling, drive or emotion that we experience in association with people, pursuits and nature, and love can be found in many places, situations and relationships.

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