东山中学2012－2013年度高二年级第二学期第一次月考

英 语

I 语言知识及应用 (共两节，满分45分)

第一节 完形填空 (共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分)

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1—15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

? Born in America, I spoke English, not Chinese, the language of my ancestors . When I was three,? my parents flashed cards with Chinese__1__at my face , but I pushed them___2___?,my mom believed I?would learn?__?3?__???I was ready .But the?__4__?never came.???? On a Chinese New Year's Eve, my uncle spoke to me in Chinese , but all I could do was __5__?at him , confused , scratching my head." Still can't speak Chinese?" He_?6___?me , "You can't even?buy a fish in Chinatown ."????? "Hey, this is America , not Chinese. I'll get some __7__???with or without Chinese." I replied and turned to my mom for permission.??? "Remember to ask for fresh fish, Xin Xian Yu," she said, ,handing over a $20 bill .I?__8__the?words running downstairs into the streets of Chinatown.???? I found the fish stand surrounded in a sea of customers. "I'd like to buy some fresh fish," I said to?the fishman. But he?__9__my English words and turned to serve the next customer .The laugh of the people behind increased?_10__their impatience. The breath of the dragons on my back grew?stronger---my blood boiling-?__11__?me to cry out . "Xian Sheng Yu, please" "Very Xian Sheng," I repeated .The crowd erupted into laughter . My face turned???__12__and I ran back home?__13__, except for the $20 bill I held tightly in my pocket.???? Should I laugh or cry? They 're Chinese. I’m Chinese. I should feel right at home. Instead , I was the joke , a?disgrace (丢脸)to the language.???? Sometimes, I laugh at my fish?__14__?, but , in the end the joke is on me. Every laugh is a culture?__15__; every laugh is my heritage (传统)fading away.

(???? )1.A. custom??????(???? )2.A. ahead????????(???? )3.A. when ????????(???? )4.A. success???????(???? )5.A. aim ????????(???? )6.A. cared about?(???? )7.A. right??now??(???? )8.A. repeated?????(???? )9.A. guessed??????(???? )10.A. by??????????(???? )11.A. forcing????(???? )12.A. bright ????(???? )13.A. open-mouthed?(???? )14.A. trade??????(???? )15.A. thrown??????

B. games????B. around ??B. before ??B. study ????B. joke ????B. laughed at?B. from now??B. reviewed??B. forget????B. as????????B. allowing??B. blank????B. tongue-tiedB. deed ????B. lost??????

C. characters??C. along ????C. unless ????C. time ??????C. nod ??????C. argued withC. at times ??C. spelled????C. doubted????C. with??????C. persuadingC. pale??????C. empty-handedC. challenge??C. divided????

D. language??????D. aside?????????D.until??????????D.attenmpt???????D. stare?????????D. asked after???D. in time???????D. kept??????????D. ignored???????D. from??????????D. leading???????D. red???????????D. broken-heartedD. incident??????D. reflected????



第二节 语法填空 (共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分)

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为16—25的相应位置上。

No one knows what would happen in the future for sure. __16___we often think of the future and wonder what the world would be like __17___ a hundred years' time. Think of space. Perhaps __18___permanent station on the moon will have been set up. Perhaps people will be able to visit the moon __19___tourists. Cheap rockets for space travel will have been developed, __20__ (permit) long journeys throughout the solar system. __21___ that time comes, people will be taking holidays in space __22___ visiting other planets, such as the Mars Colony and the Venus Exploration Outpost. Scientists of the future will almost certainly find other ways to make life last __23__ (long). __24___probably will find cures for most diseases. Hospitals will probably have "body banks" that can give you almost any new part you need to keep on __25___ (live). People of the future may live to be a lot older than 100 years.

II 阅读理解 (共两节，满分50分)

第一节 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑

A

Albert Einstein died long ago. However, a group of researchers have created a robot which looks like the great scientist.

The robotic Einstein is very special because the researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) have taught their realistic robot to smile, frown and make other complex facial expressions.

Scientists believe that babies learn to control their bodies through movements, including learning to speak. “We use the same idea to work out the problem of how a robot could learn to make realistic facial expressions,” said Javier Movellan, director of UCSD’s machine Feeling Lab.

The San Diego researchers directed the Einstein robot’s head to turn in all directions. The robot could see its expressions in a mirror and then use the software to provide data for machine-learning to match facial expressions to the movements of its small motors. Once the robot learned the relationship between facial expressions and the muscle movements, it learned to make facial expressions. Its head has about 30 facial feelings, and each is moved by a tiny motor connected to ht e skin by s sting.

Although we’ve never met Albert Einstein, we have a feeling that the new robot isn’t exactly a fair representation of now of the best minds of the 20th century. The figure does not have the grace of the great man, but it can recognize human expressions and react to them in the right way. In fact, if you smile at it, it will smile right back to you.

“As far as we know, no other research group has used a robot to make realistic facial expressions,” said computer scientist Tingfan Wu, a computer science PhD student who worked on a more exact facial expression robot.

26. This robot is special mainly because it ________.

A. looks just like Albert Einstein B. can make various complex facial expressions

C. can walk and talk to people D. can turn its head in all directions

27. The researchers that developed this robot got the idea from __________

A. human’s facial expressions. B. animal which can smile.

C. the way babies learn to control their bodies D. the use of computer software.

28. How does the robotic Einstein make the muscle movements?.

A. Some software directs tiny motors to do it.

B. It begins to do that after learning how to smile.

C. The researchers move its muscles up and down.

D. It learns to do that only with a mirror.

29. What can we infer from Paragraph 5?

A. The robot isn’t as smart as the researchers thought it could be.

B. There are still differences between the robot and Albert Einstein.

C. The robot reacts to human expressions slowly.

D. The robot always smiles when it sees humans..

30. According to Tingfan Wu, ______

A. other groups will create better robots soon.

B. this kind of robot will soon be improved.

C. it will cost a lot of money to improve the robot

D. this robot can make more facial expressions than humans .

B

Many animals recognize their food because they see it. So do humans. When you see an apple or a piece of chocolate you know that these are things you can eat. You can also use other senses when you choose your food. You may like it because it smells good or because it tastes good. You may dislike some types of food because they do not look, smell or taste very nice. Different animals use different senses to find and choose their food. A few animals depend on only one of their senses, while most animals use more than one sense.??????? Although there are many different types of food, some animals spend their lives eating only one type. The giant panda eats only one particular type of bamboo. Other animals eat only one type of food even when given the choice. A kind of white butterfly will stay on the leaves of a cabbage, even though there are plenty of other vegetables in the garden. However, most animals have a more varied diet. The bear eats fruits and fish. The fox eats small animals, birds and fruits. The diet of these animals will be different depending on the season.???????? Humans have a very varied diet. We often eat food because we like it and not because it is good for us. In countries such as France and Britain, people eat foods with too much sugar. This makes them overweight, which is bad for their health. Eating too much red meat and animal products, such as butter, can also be bad for the health. Choosing the right food, therefore, has become an area of study in modern life.

31. We can infer from the text that humans and animals _________.?? A. depend on one sense in choosing food???? B.? are not satisfied with their food??? C. choose food in similar ways?????????????????????? D. eat entirely different food32. Which of the following eats only one type of food??? A. The white butterfly.?????????????????? B. The small bird.?? C. The bear.?????????????????????????????????D. The fox.?33. Certain animals change their choice of food when ________.?? A. the season changes????????????????????????? B. the food color changes?? C. they move to different places??????????? D. they are attracted by different smells34. We can learn from the last paragraph that ________.??? A. food is chosen for a good reason???????????? ?B. French and British food is good?? C. some people have few choices of food??? ? D. some people care little about healthy diet?

35. What is the text mainly about?

A. How humans and animals choose food.??????????????????B. What food animals like to eat.C. Special animals with special taste.???????????????????????D. What kind of food is good for people.? C

Some people have the feeling that nothing can be done about their poor reading ability. They feel hopeless about it. Can you learn to read better, or must you agree that nothing can be done about it?

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