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Count Me Out

　　Call me old-fashioned．Call me old．Call me what you want, but I refuse to become part of this new Internet world．

　　I do not possess a computer at home or at the office．Actually, I stopped going to an office 35 years ago, when all communications were done with a pen, a typewriter, or, if the matter was of world-shaking importance, over the telephone．Likewise, if you like something advertised in a newspaper or magazine, you visited the shop selling it at the given address, or you phoned the number shown．Then you spoke to the fellow and asked for further details．

　　Tell me what you think of the following ad that appeared the other day in the newspaper．It was for a cure for cancer and this is what it said：“Awareness is the key．Visit spfulford．com at the awareness site．” There was no address or telephone number for the site．So what do unfortunate people without a computer do if they are seeking a cure for their illness?

　　There are, I am told, certain advantages in having access to the Internet．You can, for example, send love messages across the world or even get married to someone that you meet online．This bit doesn’t interest me; I have been happily married for 60 years．There are, of course, other activities for Internet users besides finding love．They can pay bills, order groceries, or discuss with their doctors．

　　And this is by no means all．More amazing things are yet to come in the near future．I read a newspaper report recently that quoted Stephen Hawking, an important British scientist．“The complexity of a computer as it exists today is probably less than the brain of an earthworm,” he said．“But, as technology advances, computers will become more complex, and a time may come when the Internet may develop ‘consciousness．’ In other words, the Internet will be able to think, have feelings, and may well be able to act on its own．”

　　If Professor Hawking is right, I may change my attitude to computers．As I grow older each day, I would like one of those that not only thinks for me but also accepts responsibilities for all my mistakes．

(1)

What’s the meaning of the title “Count Me Out”?

[　　]

A．

Get me out of the Internet world．

B．

Computers are trying to take control of life．

C．

Modern technology pushes old people away．

D．

Do not expect me to be a supporter of the Internet．

(2)

According to Paragraph 2, the author thinks computers are _________．

[　　]

A．

unnecessary

B．

convenient

C．

expensive

D．

advanced

(3)

What might the author like about the future computer?

[　　]

A．

Taking blames．

B．

Curing illnesses．

C．

Delivering messages．

D．

Responding to emotions．

答案：1．D;2．A;3．A;
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科目：高中英語 來源：設(shè)計(jì)必修一英語譯林 題型：050

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　　Do you know something about tree rings?Do you know they can tell us what the weather was like, sometimes even hundreds of years ago?

　　A tree will grow well in a climate with lots of sunshine and rainfall．And little sunshine or rainfall will limit(限制)the growth of climate by studying the tree rings．For example, to find out the weather of ten years ago, count the rings of a tree from the outside to the inside．If the tenth ring is far from the eleventh ring, then we’re sure that it was sunny and rainy most of that year．If it is near to the eleventh ring, then the climate that year was bad．

　　Tree rings are important not only for studying the history of weather but also for studying the history of man．Many centuries ago there lived a lot of people at a place in New Mexico．But now you can find only sand there－no trees and no people．What happened?

　　A scientist studied the rings of dead trees there．He found that the people had to leave because they had cut down all the trees to make fires and buildings．As all the trees had gone, the people there had to move．

(1)

________ in good climate．

[　　]

A．

Tree rings grow far from each other

B．

Tree rings become thinner

C．

Trees don’t need sunshine or rainfall

D．

People can cut down most of the trees

(2)

The scientists are interested in studying tree rings because tree rings can tell ________．

[　　]

A．

whether a tree was strong or not

B．

whether people took good care of the trees or not

C．

whether the climate was good or not

D．

how old the trees were

(3)

If you want to find out the weather of twenty years ago,you should study ________．

[　　]

A．

the twentieth ring

B．

the tenth ring

C．

the nineteenth ring

D．

the twenty first ring

(4)

Why did people usually live in places with lots of trees?

[　　]

A．

Trees could tell the change of the weather．

B．

Trees brought lots of sunshine and rain．

C．

Trees could make weather not too hot or too cold．

D．

Trees could be used for burning and for building house．

(5)

The people had to leave the place in New Mexico because ________．

[　　]

A．

bad weather stopped the growth of trees

B．

they no longer had water and the land became sand

C．

they didn’t have enough trees for burning

D．

there was too much rain there

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第三部分：閱讀理解(共20小題；每小題2分，滿分40分)
閱讀下列短文，扶每小題所給的四個選項(xiàng)(A、B、C和D)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。
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Be sure to book a table if the restaurant you choose is all expensive or a popular one．You will feel embarrassed to show up without booking and having to wait for a table, leaving very bad impression on your friend，especially your girl friend．Also，be sure to check to see if you need to be properly dressed and tell your fi4end ahead of time what to wear.
When your food arrives，proper dining manners make you eat at a right pace so that you have time to talk．A good measure of how fast you should eat is to count 10 seconds between each mouthful and it’s bad manners if you eat too fast and then spend the rest of the time watching your friend eat．
Don’t make noise when having soup and chewing，or chew with your mouth open．
Your napkin(餐巾)should be placed on your lap at ail times．Don’t put it in any other place；It you have to get up，place it nearly on your seat.
When eating，put your fork straight in your mouth．Don’t place your fork in the side of your mouth as it increases the chances of dropping your food，which could be very embarrassing．If you get food stuck in your mouth，don’t pick it out with your fingers or fork at the table．Excuse yourself and go to the restroom and get it out with a toothpick．
When dining，keep your eyes on your friend at all times and try to smile between mouthfuls. Some-times，you should make an effort to show some interest and ask questions like，“How do you like the beef?”If she needs, you are the one who is supposed to flag down the waiter fly a gentle wave of the hand until someone notices you．
56．If you want to eat in a popular restaurant，the author of the passage suggests that     .
A．you book a table beforehand
B．you book a table beforehand and check to be properly dressed
C．you go with a friend
D．you just show up any time you want
57．Good eating manners do NOT include          ．
A．eating at a proper pace
B．making sounds to show how much you enjoy food
C．showing some interest to your friend when dining
D．placing a napkin on your lap
58．We can infer from the passage for sure that           ．
A．the writer of the passage favors those dinning manners．
B．the writer of the passage is not a Chinese
C．toothpick is available in the restroom
D．toothpick is not to be found on a dinner table
59．The passage is mainly about          ．
A．dining manners                        B．a(chǎn)n expensive restaurant
C．what to dress                        D．what to eat

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It is time for students to sell such things as chocolate bars and greeting cards to raise money for their school, class or club. It is inevitable that they will knock on your door and you will easily hand ever your cash for overpriced items that you really do not want. That is okay, though, because there are many reasons why children should be allowed to raise money for their schools and clubs.
Fundraising(自籌資金) is a great way to help children learn social skills. It is not easy to go up to a complete stranger and ask them for their money. They have to nicely ask for help, show the interested buyer what they have to offer and explain how it will help them in school. If someone refuses to buy an item, that child has to take the failure in stride（從容處理）, and that is a learning lesson as well.
Students can learn how to deal with money by fundraising. Of course, it might seem safer for us to take charge of our children’s earnings from their fundraising before it is turned in to the school. However, by making them keep track of it, count it, and make sure everyone pays the right amount, they are learning an important lesson. Dealing with money is important to know about when they are older.
Fundraising helps improve their schools. It is the child’s school. They have to learn there and grow there. Why not let them help in making it a better place? When one of our local schools lacked funding for sports, the students and parents joined hands to raise that money needed. When they succeeded, they felt they accomplished something important.
Fundraising allows for more life experiences for the child. Most fundraising is done for individual classes and clubs. The raised money is used towards things like parties, trips. The children receive the rewards for their hard work at raising the money. Without fundraising, these field trips and special school memories would be missed.
In a word, fundraising helps children a lot in many ways.
1. We can infer that the author is probably a       .
A. manager   B. student   C. parent    D. officer
2. What is the main idea of this passage?
A. Children should be allowed to fundraise.
B. Fundraising is good for both families and children.
C. Children should learn to deal with money.
D. Children should be taught how to fundraise.
3. Which of the following is not the benefits of fundraising by students?
A. It’s a good way to gain social skills for students.
B. Students can master the skills in financing through it.
C. It can help students get high mark at school.
D. It gives students many valuable life experiences.
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A. adds to the family’s burden        B. wastes the learning time
C. cultivates the children’s character   D. builds up the children’s bodies
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I prefer the stories about the swimmers at the Beijing Olympics，one of which is about Zakia Nassar. She's a 21-year-old Palestinian __21__ Bethlehem studying dentistry in Jenin. Having had neither a __22__ nor a chance to an Olympic-sized pool in the past year, she had no choice but to __23__ on her own at a 12m public pool.

There is a 50-meter __24__ in nearby Nazareth, but the Israeli government did not __25__ her to use it.

Nassar was __26__ to training only when she returned to her parents' home in Bethlehem, __27__ she did so only about every two months for two days or so. __28__ the pool is only 12 meters long.

“My parents and friends always __29__ me, reminding me that I had to keep training if I __30  wanted to go to the Olympics,” she said.

It was only when Nassar __31__ China a month ago that she finally got the opportunity to swim in a 50m pool and enjoyed the __32__ of having a coach.

When she at last took part in the Games, she swam the 50m in 31.97 seconds, a(n) __33__ of seven seconds on her personal __34__. Nassar said it was the most beautiful moment of her life.

She will not __35__ on the cover of Time magazine or __36__ millions of dollars in endorsements（捐款）, but she can always say she won a race at the Olympics. For her, it wasn’t about __37__ the other swimmers or winning a prize, but about __38__ her own goal, __39__ difficult. When I think things are too difficult or I get those “I-just-can’t-do-it,” I think of her. Then I realize how __40__ the task before me really is.

1.

A．

to

B．

from

C．

through

D．

in

2.

A．

employer

B．

captain

C．

coach

D．

master

3.

A．

drill

B．

educate

C．

row

D．

train

4.

A．

pool

B．

reservoir

C．

lake

D．

river

5.

A．

admit

B．

permit

C．

forbid

D．

restrict

6.

A．

accustomed

B．

controlled

C．

limited

D．

organized

7.

A．

but

B．

therefore

C．

so

D．

and

8.

A．

Besides

B．

Especially

C．

Hopefully

D．

Particularly

9.

A．

discourage

B．

encouraged

C．

scolded

D．

blamed

10.

A．

extremely

B．

merely

C．

really

D．

slightly

11.

A．

reached for

B．

attached to

C．

departed from

D．

arrived in

12.

A．

advantages

B．

honor

C．

faults

D．

trouble

13.

A．

development

B．

improvement

C．

disappointment

D．

movement

14.

A．

worst

B．

ordinary

C．

best

D．

average

15.

A．

publish

B．

broadcast

C．

contain

D．

appear

16.

A．

receive

B．

accept

C．

take

D．

earn

17.

A．

following

B．

exciting

C．

inspiring

D．

beating

18.

A．

achieving

B．

realizing

C．

starting

D．

winning

19.

A．

wherever

B．

whatever

C．

whenever

D．

however

20.

A．

difficult

B．

interesting

C．

easy

D．

hopeful

【答案】

21.B

22.C

23.D

24.A

25.B

26.C

27.A

28.A

29.B

30.C

31.D

32.A

33.B

34.C

35.D

36.A

37.D

38.A

39.D

40.C

【解析】略

【題型】完型填空

【適用】一般

【標(biāo)題】2011屆山東省寧陽一中高三上學(xué)期期中考試英語卷

【關(guān)鍵字標(biāo)簽】故事類閱讀

【結(jié)束】

17【題文】You're busy filling out the application form for a position you really need. Let's assume you once actually completed a couple of years of college work or even that you completed your degree. Isn't it appealing to lie just a little, to claim on the form that your diploma represents a Harvard degree? Or that you finished an extra couple of years back at State University? More and more people are turning to cheat like this to land their job or to move ahead in their careers, for personnel officers, like most Americans, value degrees from famous schools. A job applicant may have a good education anyway, but he or she assumes that chances of being hired are better with a diploma from a well-known university.

Registrars（登記員） at most well-known colleges say they deal with deceitful claims like these at the rate of about one per week. Personnel officers do check up on degrees listed on application forms, then. If it turns out that an applicant is lying, most colleges are unwilling to accuse the applicant directly. One Ivy League school calls them "cheats"; another refers to them as "special cases". One well-known West Coast school, in perhaps the most delicate phrase of all, says that these claims are made by "no such people". To avoid outright(徹底的) lies, some job-seekers claim that they "attending" means being dismissed after one semester. It may be that "being associated with" a college means that the job-seeker visited his younger brother for a football weekend. One school that keeps records of false claims says that the practice dates back at least to the turn of the century—that's when they began keeping records, anyhow. If you don't want to lie or even stretch the truth, there are companies that will sell you a false diploma.

　　One company, with offices in New York and on the West Coast, will put your name on a diploma from any number of nonexistent colleges. The price begins at around twenty dollars for a diploma from "Smoot State University". The prices increase rapidly for a degree from the "University of Purdue". As there is no Smoot State and the real school in Indiana is properly called Purdue University, the prices seem rather high for one sheet of paper.

41.The main idea of this passage is that ______.

A．employers are checking more closely on applicants now

B．lying about college degrees has become a widespread problem

C．college degrees can now be purchased easily

D．employers are no longer interested in college degrees

42.According to the passage, "special cases" refers to cases that ______.

A．students attend a school only part-time

B．students never attended a school they listed on their application

C．students purchase false degrees from commercial firms

D．students attended a famous school

43.We can infer from the passage that _______.

A．performance is a better judge of ability than a college degree

B．experience is the best teacher

C．past work histories influence personnel officers more than degrees do

D．a(chǎn) degree from a famous school enables an applicant to gain advantage over others in job competition

44.This passage implies that ______.

A．buying a false degree is not moral

B．personnel officers only consider applicants from famous schools

C．most people lie on applications because they were dismissed from school

D．society should be greatly responsible for lying on applications

【答案】

45.B

46.B

47.D

48.D

【解析】略

【題型】閱讀理解

【適用】一般

【標(biāo)題】2011屆山東省寧陽一中高三上學(xué)期期中考試英語卷

【關(guān)鍵字標(biāo)簽】社會現(xiàn)象類

【結(jié)束】

18【題文】Doris Lessing was born in 1919 in Persia, moving as a child with her family to southern Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, where she stayed in school only to the age of 14.

A year after moving to London, she published her first novel in 1950. The Grass is Singing examines unbridgeable racial conflict in colonial Africa through the eyes of a white farmer's wife and her black servant.

Her literary breakthrough came in 1962 with publication of The Golden Notebook, seen by many, though not necessarily Lessing, as a pioneering work of modern feminism（女權(quán)運(yùn)動）. A disjointed study of the mind of the main character, Anna Wulf, the novel explores her thoughts about Africa, politics, relationships with men and sex, and Jungian analysis and dream interpretation.

Lessing's themes changed to psychology in her works from the 1960s, and by the 1970s she was interested in the Islamic mystic tradition of Sufism（蘇菲教派）. Her turn toward science fiction with the Canopus series in the early 1980s was not warmly received by traditional critics, but she has continued to be popular with new readers and numerous literary awards, including the David Cohen British Literary Prize and the Companion of Honour from the Royal Society of Literature, both in 2001.

Following the announcement, the Horace Engdahl told VOA why he was personally so pleased with Lessing's selection.

“She is one of the truly great writers -- of novels, short stories, fiction and non-fiction,” Engdahl said. “She is one of the few writers who have had the courage to uphold the principle of equality between the male and female experience, and she has given the impulse to numbers of other women writers. And she is really the mother of a school that is one of the most important in our contemporary literature.”

At 87, Doris Lessing is the oldest Nobel Literature winner since the first prizes were awarded in 1901.

49. What would be the best title of the passage?

A．Doris Lessing’s Great Writings.

B．Doris Lessing’s Concern about Africa.

C．A Great Writer of Novel and a Pioneer of Modern Feminism.

D．A Nobel Prize Winner for Literature.

50.It can be inferred from the passage that _______.

A．there are only two characters in The Grass is Singing

B．The Golden Notebook is regarded as Lessing’s masterpiece by herself

C．life in Africa in her early age lays solid foundation for her writing

D．Doris Lessing is strongly against traditional culture in Africa

51.According to the fourth paragraph, _______.

A．Lessing began to believe in Christ in the 1970s

B．Lessing’s science fiction won readers

C．Lessing had won two literary medals for her writings

D．Lessing changed her themes to meet the needs of traditional critics

52.The underlined word “impulse” in the 6th passage is closest in meaning to _______.

A．pressure

B．inspiration

C．energy

D．desire

【答案】

53.C

54.C

55.B

56.D

【解析】略

【題型】閱讀理解

【適用】一般

【標(biāo)題】2011屆山東省寧陽一中高三上學(xué)期期中考試英語卷

【關(guān)鍵字標(biāo)簽】人物傳記類

【結(jié)束】

19【題文】將下列句子翻譯為英語，必須用所提示的英語單詞或提示單詞的派生形式。

57.病人被交給�？漆t(yī)生治療。(refer)

_______________________________________________________________________

58.我們的老師從來不允許考試作弊。(tolerate)

_______________________________________________________________________

59.我把成功歸功于我所受到的教育。(owe)

_______________________________________________________________________

60.他的言行不一致。(correspond)

_______________________________________________________________________

61.外出忘記帶傘是他的特點(diǎn)。(typical)

_______________________________________________________________________

62.你對這部電影感興趣嗎？(appeal)

_______________________________________________________________________

63.他被禁止駕車六個月。(ban)

_______________________________________________________________________

64.他最近被任命為委員會成員。(appoint)

_______________________________________________________________________

65.他對我們總是坦誠相待，他從不灰心喪氣。(give way to)

_______________________________________________________________________

66.另一方面，經(jīng)常處于廣告的包圍之中，我們的想法有可能隨著時間的流逝而發(fā)生變化。(be exposed to)

_______________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________

【答案】

67.The patient was referred to a specialist for treatment.

68.Our teacher never tolerates cheating in exams.

Our teacher has no tolerance to cheating in exams.

Out teacher is never tolerant of cheating in exams.

69.I owe my success to my education.

70.His actions don’t correspond with his words.

71.It’s typical of him to forget his umbrella when he goes out.

72.Does the film appeal to you?

73.He was banned from driving for six months.

74.She has recently been appointed to the committee.

75.He was always honest with us and never gave way to disappointment.

76.On the other hand, being constantly exposed to advertisements can help to change our opinions over time.

【解析】略

【題型】其他

【適用】一般

【標(biāo)題】2011屆山東省寧陽一中高三上學(xué)期期中考試英語卷

【關(guān)鍵字標(biāo)簽】漢譯英

【結(jié)束】

20【題文】你的英國朋友Jack想了解北京奧運(yùn)會的情況。假如你是李華，請你給他寫一封電子郵件，就本屆奧運(yùn)會作一簡單介紹。內(nèi)容要點(diǎn)如下：

1. 從2008年8月8日至24日歷時17天，二百多個國家和地區(qū)參賽。

2. 本屆奧運(yùn)會打破43項(xiàng)世界記錄、132項(xiàng)奧運(yùn)會記錄，美國運(yùn)動員Michael Phelps創(chuàng)一次奧運(yùn)會金牌最多的記錄。

3. 中國隊(duì)表現(xiàn)突出，獲100枚獎牌、50枚金牌，金牌總數(shù)第一，創(chuàng)歷史之最。

4. 北京奧運(yùn)會的成功舉辦獲得全球贊譽(yù)。

注意：字?jǐn)?shù)：120左右

Dear Jack,

I’m very glad to tell you something about the Beijing Olympic Games.

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

With best wishes.

Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

【答案】

Dear Jack,

I’m very glad to tell you something about the Beijing Olympic Games. The 2008 Summer Olympic Games lasted 17 days, which were held in Beijing on August 8th and dropped their curtain on Aug. 24. More than 10,000 athletes from over 200 countries and areas took part. The Games saw 43 new world records and 132 new Olympic records. The American athlete, Michael Phelps broke the record for most gold medals in one Olympics. China performed so wonderfully that it won a total of 100 medals, including 51 gold medals, leading the gold medal count for the first time in history.

Beijing’s successful hosting of the Games has earned global praise and the organizing work has been considered perfect. I hope the 2012 London Olympic Games will also be a perfect one.

With best wishes.

Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

【解析】略

【題型】書面表達(dá)

【適用】一般

【標(biāo)題】2011屆山東省寧陽一中高三上學(xué)期期中考試英語卷

【關(guān)鍵字標(biāo)簽】提綱作文

【結(jié)束】

 

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