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高邮市第二中学2010--2011学年度第一学期高二年级期中模拟测试
英语学科试题二
本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分，满分120分.考试用时120分钟。第Ⅰ卷答案涂在卡上，第Ⅱ卷答案写在题卷上。
第Ⅰ卷（选择题，共85分）
第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分35分）
第一节:单项填空(共15小题;每小题1分，满分15分)
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
21. All the visitors were attracted by beauty of nature.
A. the...the B. /.../ C. the.../ D. /...the
22. So much of interest that most visitors simply run out of time before seeing it all.
A. offers Beijing B. Beijing offers
C. Beijing does offer D. does Beijing offer
23. Peter is very angry about to the party.
A. not inviting B. not being invited
C. being not invited D. not to be invited
24. The man we followed suddenly stopped and looked as if whether he was going in the right direction.
A. seeing B. having seen C. to have seen D. to see
25. It was creative thinking that I took the course, not to get high marks in examinations.
A. to develop B. developing C. developed D. to have developed
26. When the headmaster spoke out the plan, the of the students in the class
against it.
A. majority...were B. most...were
C. most...did D. majority...did
27. by many well-known experts and film stars, the product was very popular at one time.
A. To advocate B. Having advocated
C. Being advocated D. Advocated
28. I can’t what has happened to the vegetables, for they were freshly picked this morning.
A. draw out B. look out C. figure out D. work out
29. I really don’t like art, I find his work impressive.
A. As B. Since C. If D. While
30. nothing else to do, they went away.
A. Being B. There were C. There was D. there being
31. When I came there, I found him at the back of the hall with his eyes on a book.
A. seating...fixing B. seated...fixed
C. seating...fixed D. seated...fixing
32. Tears filled her eyes with the national flag .
A. raised B. risen C. raising D. being raised
33. In front of the station was a sea of cars. We had great difficulty in ours.
A. picking up B. putting out C. picking out D. putting out
34. Careless driving him his life.
A. ended B. spent C. took D. cost
35. I like in the autumn when the weather is clear and bright.
A. this B. that C. it D. one
第三节：完形填空（共小20题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。
An elderly carpenter was ready to retire. He told his employer of his 36 to leave the house building 37 and live a more leisurely life with his wife, 38 time with his extended family. He would 39 the pay, but he needed to retire. They could 40 .
The employer was 41 to see such a good worker leave and asked if he could build just one more house as a personal 42 . The carpenter said yes, but in time it was 43 to see that his heart was not in work. He built the house 44 and used poor materials. It was an 45 way to end his career.
When the carpenter 46 his work, the employer handed the front-door key to the carpenter. “This is your house,” he said, “my 47 to you.”
What a shock! What a 48 ! If he had only known he was building his 49 house, he would have done it all so 50 . Now he had to live in the home he had built none too well.
51 it is with us. We build our 52 in a distracted (心不在焉的) way, reacting rather than acting, willing to put up less than the best. At 53 points we do not give the job our best effort. Then with a shock we look at the situation we have 54 and find that we are now living in the house we have built. If we had 55 , we would have done it differently.
36. A. retirement B. problem C. purposes D. plans
37. A. business B. site C. teams D. workers
38. A. spending B. dividing C. enjoying D. sparing
39. A. consider B. miss C. raise D. save
40. A. get by B. get along C. get back D. get around
41. A. ashamed B. anxious C. frightened D. sorry
42. A. favor B. bargain C. present D. reply
43. A. frank B. probable C. easy D. content
44. A. sadly B. carelessly C. slowly D. proudly
45. A. unfair B. unhappy C. unfortunate D. unlucky
46. A. checked B. discovered C. prepared D. finished
47. A. gift B. salary C. memory D. punishment
48. A. quality B. prize C. shame D. surprise
49. A. final B. best C. everlasting D. own
50. A. differently B. quickly C. hard D. happily
51. A. Then B. So C. But D. Whatever
52. A. houses B. bodies C. glories D. lives
53. A. difficult B. main C. strong D. important
54. A. created B. faced C. improved D. missed
55. A. recognized B. known C. realized D. previewed
第三部分：阅读理解(共15 小题，每小题2分，共30分)
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Water is necessary for life and good health. We often forget this fact when we think about the other building blocks of life such as vitamins, minerals and proteins（蛋白质）. We can live for many days without eating, but two or three days without water usually leads to death.
    The human body may look solid, but most of it is water. New-born babies are as much as 85% water. Women are about 65% water and men are about 75% water. Women usually have less water than men because women, in general, have more fat cells and fat cells hold less water than other kinds of cells.
    Water does many different things to keep us healthy. It carries hormones（荷尔蒙）, antibodies and foods through the body, and carries away waste materials. This is why different part of the body contains amounts of water. For example, blood is 83% water, muscles are 75% water, the brain is 74%, and bones are 25%.
    Water is necessary for cooling the body on hot days and when we are working hard or exercising. Water carries body heat to the surface of the skin, where the heat is lost through perspiration（出汗）.
    Researchers say cold liquids cool us faster than warm liquids, because cold liquids take up more heat inside the body and carry it away faster. They say, however, that cold sweet drinks do not work well because the sugar slows the liquid from getting into the bloodstream.
    Researchers also note that fat cells block body heat from escaping quickly. Fat cells under the skin act like warm clothing to keep heat inside. This is why overweight people have a more difficulty time staying cool than thin people.
    The body loses water every day through perspiration and urine. If we lose too much, we will become sick. A 10% drop in body water can cause the blood system to fall. A 15-20% drop usually leads to death. To replace what is lost, health experts say grown persons should drink about 2 liters of water each day, and more in hot weather. We say we also can get some of the water we need in the foods we eat. Most fruits and vegetables are more than 80% water. Water may be one of the most simple of all chemical substances（物质）but it is the most important substance that we put Into our bodies.
56. Water is important to human body mainly because ______.
A. it can cool the body on hot days
B. more than two-thirds of the human body is water
C. we have to drink water every day
D. the foods we eat mostly contain water
57. Men usually have more water than women because ______.
A. women usually have more fat cells
B. men usually lose more water through perspiration and urine
C. women’s bodies contain more vitamins, minerals and proteins
D. men’s bodies contain less water than women’s
58. Water does the following things to keep us healthy except that ______.
A. it can carry away waste materials
B. it can help to cool the body on hot days
C. it produces blood in the body
D. it helps the food in the body to be digested
59. The most proper title for the passage should be ______.
A. Water    B. Water Is Important
C. Water and Health    D. Water and Humans
B
When someone has deeply hurt you, it can be extremely difficult to let go of your anger. But forgiveness is possible—and it can be surprisingly helpful to your physical and mental health. Indeed, research has shown that people who forgive report more energy, better appetite（胃口）and better sleep patterns. “People who forgive show less anger and more hopefulness,” says Dr. Frederic Luskin, who wrote the book Forgive for Good.“So it can help save on the wear and tear on our system and allow people to feel more energetic.”
So when someone has hurt you, calm yourself first. Take a couple of breaths and think of something that gives you pleasure：a beautiful scene in nature, someone you love. Don’t wait for an apology. “Many times the person who hurt you may never think of apologizing,” says Dr. Luskin. “They may have wanted to hurt you or they just don’t see things the same way. So if you wait for people to apologize, you could be waiting a very long time.” Keep in mind that forgiveness does not necessarily mean accepting the action of the person who upset you. Mentally going over your hurt gives power to the person who brought you pain. Instead, learn to look for the love, beauty and kindness around you. Finally, try to see things from the other person’s perspective（视角）. You may realize that he or she was acting out of ignorance（无知）,fear-even love. To gain perspective, you may want to write a letter to yourself from that person’s point of view.
1 p1 i: i: H* |5 z4 h7 k6 B: {, b60. The text is mainly written to explain .
A. how to keep yourself from being hurt
B. how to stay mentally healthy
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D. why and how to pardon others
61. According to the writer, what is the right way to calm down after being hurt?
A. Try to figure out why you get hurt.
B. Write a letter to the person who hurt you.
C. Persuade yourself to accept what others have done to you.
D. Think about pleasant things and forget about the hurt.
* S* ~0 ~, x0 g! I3 f, C' o62. Dr. Luskin advises us not to wait for an apology after being hurt because .9 k
A. we are not patient enough
B. we’d feel worse accepting others’ apology
0 T) Z9 K3 J4 r% A0 N: dC. people seldom want to apologize
D. people don’t mean it when they apologize
C
    The 2012 London Olympics had enough problems to worry about. But one more has just been added—a communications blackout caused by solar storms.
    After a period of calm within the Sun, scientists have detected the signs of a flesh cycle of sunspots that could peak in 2012, just in time for the arrival of the Olympic torch in London.
    Now scientists believe that this peak could result in vast solar explosions that could throw billions of tons of charged matter towards the Earth, causing strong solar storms that could jam the telecommunications satellites and interact links sending five Olympic broadcast from London.
    "The Sun's activity has a strong influence on the Earth. The Olympics could be in the middle of the next solar maximum which could affect the functions of communications satellites," said Professor Richard Harrison, head of space physics at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Oxfordshire. 
    At the peak of the cycle, violent outbursts called coronal mass ejections (日冕物质抛射) occur in the Sun's atmosphere, throwing out great quantities of electrically-charged matter. "A coronal mass ejection can carry a billion tons of solar material into space at over a million kilometres per hour. Such events can expose astronauts to a deadly amount, can disable satellites, cause power failures on Earth and disturb communications," Professor Harrison added. The risk is greatest during a solar maximum when there is the greatest number of sunspots.
    Next week in America, NASA is scheduled to launch a satellite for monitoring solar activity called the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), which will take images of the Sun that are 10 times clearer than the most advanced televisions available.
    The Rutherford Appleton Laboratory helped to make the high-tech cameras that will capture images of the solar flares (太阳耀斑) and explosions as they occur.
    Professor Richard Hold away, the lab's director, said that the SDO should be able to provide early warning of a solar flare or explosion big enough to affect satellite communications on Earth "If we have advance warning, we'll be able to reduce the damage. What you don't want is things switching off for a week with no idea of what's caused the problem," he said.
63. The phrase "communications blackout" in paragraph 1 most probably refers to      during the 2012 Olympics.
   A. the extinguishing of the Olympic torch
   B. the collapse of broadcasting systems
   C. the transportation breakdown in London
   D. the destruction of weather satellites
64. What can be inferred about the solar activity described in the passage?
   A. The most fatal matter from the corona falls onto Earth.
   B. The solar storm peak occurs in the middle of each cycle.
   C. It takes several seconds for the charged matter to reach Earth.
   D. The number of sunspots declines after coronal mass ejections.
65. According to the passage, NASA will launch a satellite to _________.
   A. take images of the solar system
B. provide early warning of thunderstorms
   C. keep track of solar activities
D. improve the communications on Earth
66. Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?
   A. Solar Storms: An Invisible Killer
   B. Solar Storms: Earth Environment in Danger
   C. Solar Storms: Threatening the Human Race
   D. Solar Storms: Human Activities to Be Troubled
D
   The term “multitasking” originally referred to a computer’s ability to carry out several tasks at one time. For many people, multitasking has become a way of life and even a key to success. In fact, some excellent mental aerobic exercises (人脑训练) involve engaging the brain in two or more challenging activities at a time. Although checking e-mail while talking on