题目内容

阅读理解。
     Lillian Hanson, a college student, expects to graduate in about two years. What makes Mrs. Hanson
different from her classmates is her age-----73 years. She has been studying at college, a few courses at
a time, for 27 years.
     When Lillian Hanson graduated from high school, she went to the bank to borrow money for further
education. The banker gave her no encouragement. He didn't think that a country girl should borrow
money to go to college. He thought she should be at home doing work in the house or around the farm.
So Lillian Hanson went home and raised a family of nine children instead of going to college. Mrs. Hanson never forgot her dream of getting a higher education. When her children were grown, she tried again.
     She finds that it is the hardest part of going back to school at her age to sit in class for long periods of
time. Because she is not as quick as she used to be, Mrs. Hanson often gets up and walks around classes
to keep from getting stiff(不灵活). At the beginning of a course in using the computer, the other students
all stood up to give her a warm welcome when she introduced herself and explained why she was there
and what her aims were.
1.Mrs. Hanson couldn't go to college immediately after she graduated from high school because _____.
A. she hadn't got enough money
B. she was a country girl
C. the banker ordered her not to borrow any money
D. the banker thought she should raise a family of nine children
2. The computer students welcomed Mrs. Hanson warmly because ________.
A. she had got an excellent result in the exam
B. she was good at telling funny stories
C. they wanted to get her help in their studies
D. they were deeply moved by her spirit
3. In which order did Mrs. Hanson do the following things?
a. she began her studies at college.
b. She finished high school.
c. She got married and gave birth to nine children.
d. She had her 73rd birthday.
e. She went to the bank to borrow money.
A. a c b e d        
B. b e c a d        
C. b c e d a        
D. e d a c b
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阅读理解

  As I travel across China, I hope to learn as much as I can about the Chinese people, your history, and your dreams for the future and I hope to help the Chinese people understand more of America's history, the lessons the American people have drawn from it, and the dreams we hold for the 21st century.

  I believe both Chinese and Americans aspire(立志,有愿望) to many of the same things--to provide for our families, to teach our children, to build our communities, to protect our earth, to shape our own futures, and pass brighter possibilities on to our children.

  There may be those here and back in America who wonder whether closer ties and deeper friendship between America and China are good. Clearly, the answer is yes. We have a powerful ability to help each other grow. We can learn much from each other. And as two great nations, we have a special responsibility to the future of the world. The steps we take over the next week can lead to far greater strides for our people in the years ahead.

  Here in this city of your magnificent history, we must always remember that we, too, are ancestors(祖先). Someday our children and their children will ask if we did all we could to build just societies and a more peaceful world. Let our monument be their judgment that we did that. Let our progress include all people, with all their differences, moving toward a common destiny.

  Let us give new meaning to the words written in the ancient Book of Rites, what you call the Li Shi: When the great way is followed, all under heaven will be equal.

1.It becomes clear from the passage that _____.

[  ]

A.both China and America are the most powerful countries in the world

B.both China and America should do something for the future of the world

C.both China and America are great countries with a long history

D.both China and America can provide their children with good education

2.Which of the following statements is NOT mentioned in the passage?

[  ]

A.America will encourage their children to learn the Chinese history.

B.The speaker is in the city with the magnificent Chinese history.

C.Both Chinese and Americans share some desires and interests.

D.The speaker wants Chinese to understand more of American history.

3.The underlined word“here”used in Paragraph 3 refers to“_____”.

[  ]

A.in the city       B.on the platform

C.at the ceremony(仪式)  D.in China

4.It can be inferred that the person who made the speech is a _____.

[  ]

A.scientist    B.statesman

C.businessman  D.professor

阅读理解

  The Chongyang Festival falls on the ninth day of the ninth month of the Chinese lunar calendar, so it is also known as the Double Ninth Festival.

  The festival is held in the golden season of autumn, at harvest-time.The bright clear weather and the joy of bringing in the harvest make for a festival happy atmosphere.The Chongyang Festival is usually perfect for outdoor activities.Climbing a mountain, carrying a spray of dogwood(茱萸)and drinking chrysanthemum(菊花)wine have become the traditional activities of the festival.

  The dogwood is a plant with a strong fragrance(香气),and is often used as a Chinese herbal medicine.People in ancient times believed it could drive away evil spirits and prevent one from getting a chill(寒意)in late autumn.So its history as a medicine goes back many centuries.But the custom of carrying a spray of dogwood during the Double Ninth Festival is slowly dying out and many people in the cities, do not even know what a dogwood spray looks like.

  Early in Han Dynasty, about 2000 years ago, people used to climb a high platform outside the capital city of Chang’an on the occasion of the Chongyang Festival.For many, it was the last outing of the year before the onset of winter.The custom evolved(发展成)into present form, when people go climbing to get some exercises as well as enjoy the autumn scenery.

  But what about those people who live in plains far from any mountain?The problem is solved by going for a picnic and eating cakes.The Chinese word for“cake”is“Gao”, a homony of the Chinese word for“high”.Mountains are high, so eating cakes can, by a stretch of the imagination, take the place of going for a climb.

(1)

Why do people carry a spray of dogwood on Chongyang Festival?

[  ]

A.

Because the dogwood is a plant with a strong fragrance.

B.

Because the dogwood can be used as a Chinese herbal medicine.

C.

Because the dogwood has a long history as a medicine.

D.

Because people believed the dogwood could drive away evil spirits and prevent one from chill.

(2)

In one of ________ poets, we can know the traditions of climbing mountains and carrying dogwood on the Chongyang Festival.

[  ]

A.

Wang Wei’s

B.

Li Bai’s

C.

Du Fu’s

D.

Bai Juyi’s

(3)

People now climb mountains on the Chongyang Festival ________.

[  ]

A.

to have a last outing of the year before the onset of winter

B.

to get some exercises

C.

to enjoy beautiful autumn scenery

D.

both B and C

(4)

People living in plains far from mountains eat cakes because ________.

[  ]

A.

the Chinese word for“cake”is“Gao”

B.

the Chinese“Gao”for cake sounds like the Chinese“Gao”for high

C.

they often take cakes to go for a picnic on the festival

D.

they like eating cakes

(5)

Which of the following is true?

[  ]

A.

The Double Ninth Festival is on September 9th.

B.

People climbed mountains to celebrate the Chongyang Festival in Han Dynasty.

C.

People often celebrate the Chongyang Festival in the open air.

D.

Eating cakes is just like climbing mountains.


III.阅读(共两节,满分40分)
第一节 阅读理解(共15小题;每小题2分,满分30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。
Now in his senior year in Bowdoin College, a small, elite liberal-arts(文科)college in Masine, Chen Yongfang has become such a devotee of the liberal-arts approach that he’s made it his mission to spread the word throughout China. He has coauthored a book called A True Liberal Arts Education, which essentially explains the little-known concept to Chinese students and their parents. Though there have been many books about how to get into Ivy League universities, “there was not a single book in China about the smaller liberal-arts colleges,” he says.
The book, which Chen wrote with friends Ye Lin and Wan Li, who also attend small U. S. colleges, touts(兜售)such benefits as intimate classes (the student-to-faculty ratio at Bowdoin is 9:1) and professors who focus on teaching rather than research. Chen, 23, explains that he was won over by Bowdoin’s commitment to nurturing skills for life, rather than simply for the workplace. “Liberal arts is abut fostering your identity,” he says. “They want to cultivate your mind.” He admits that liberal arts may be a hard sell in a country with an increasingly competitive job market. The book states bluntly that in the short term, a liberal-arts education won’t improve job prospects. “In China, employers are looking for someone who can come in and start working immediately when they graduate, not someone who still needs to be trained in practical skills,” Chen says.
The book, which received wide media coverage in China and now has a waiting list for its second print run, is certainly timely: it plays into a growing debate in China about what national universities should be teaching. The country needs a workforce with the skills and creativity to help move away from low-cost manufacturing and, in economic terms, move up the value chain. And some educators believe liberal-arts training is vital to help China deal with its increasingly complex new realities. Yet the well-known intellectual historian Xu Jilin believes that China’s rapid expansion of higher education has had a detrimental effect on curriculum as the country’s universities race to compete globally. “Education these days in like factory-farming chickens,” he says. “Universities all wan to get into international rakings—and most of these depend on research. They’re not interested in providing a unique education for our kids.”
1.According to Chen Yongfang, the benefits of attending liberal-arts colleges are the following EXCEPT        .
A.closer relationship with tutors
B.teachers more devoted to teaching
C.practical skills for getting a job in China
D.development in mind and life-long ability
2.It can be inferred from the passage that        .
A.the teaching quality in big research universities not as good as small colleges
B.it is more difficult for liberal-arts graduates to find a job because employers don’t believe that they can perform well
C.literal-arts education is of little help to China’s economic development
D.research universities received more Chinese applicants than smaller liberal-arts colleges
3.The word “detrimental” in Para.3 probably means “_________.”
A.instant      B.rewarding C.damaging  D.obvious
4.According to Xu Jilin,___________.
A.the expansion of higher education has improved the competitive strength of China’s universities
B.Chinese universities are providing the same courses as foreign universities
C.many universities are not paying enough attention to teaching
D.research should gain more attention in order to improve China’s universities’ rankings
5.This passage is most probably adapted from_________.
A.an article introducing liberal arts
B.an article introducing the book A True Liberal Arts Education
C.an article criticizing China’s higher education
D.an advertisement for Bowdoin College

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

【题型】完型填空

【适用】一般

【标题】2011届山东省宁阳一中高三上学期期中考试英语卷

【关键字标签】故事类阅读

【结束】

17【题文】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(登记员) 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(彻底的) 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 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

【题型】阅读理解

【适用】一般

【标题】2011届山东省宁阳一中高三上学期期中考试英语卷

【关键字标签】社会现象类

【结束】

18【题文】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(女权运动). 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(苏菲教派). 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

【题型】阅读理解

【适用】一般

【标题】2011届山东省宁阳一中高三上学期期中考试英语卷

【关键字标签】人物传记类

【结束】

19【题文】将下列句子翻译为英语,必须用所提示的英语单词或提示单词的派生形式。

57.病人被交给专科医生治疗。(refer)

_______________________________________________________________________

58.我们的老师从来不允许考试作弊。(tolerate)

_______________________________________________________________________

59.我把成功归功于我所受到的教育。(owe)

_______________________________________________________________________

60.他的言行不一致。(correspond)

_______________________________________________________________________

61.外出忘记带伞是他的特点。(typical)

_______________________________________________________________________

62.你对这部电影感兴趣吗?(appeal)

_______________________________________________________________________

63.他被禁止驾车六个月。(ban)

_______________________________________________________________________

64.他最近被任命为委员会成员。(appoint)

_______________________________________________________________________

65.他对我们总是坦诚相待,他从不灰心丧气。(give way to)

_______________________________________________________________________

66.另一方面,经常处于广告的包围之中,我们的想法有可能随着时间的流逝而发生变化。(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

【题型】其他

【适用】一般

【标题】2011届山东省宁阳一中高三上学期期中考试英语卷

【关键字标签】汉译英

【结束】

20【题文】你的英国朋友Jack想了解北京奥运会的情况。假如你是李华,请你给他写一封电子邮件,就本届奥运会作一简单介绍。内容要点如下:

1. 从2008年8月8日至24日历时17天,二百多个国家和地区参赛。

2. 本届奥运会打破43项世界记录、132项奥运会记录,美国运动员Michael Phelps创一次奥运会金牌最多的记录。

3. 中国队表现突出,获100枚奖牌、50枚金牌,金牌总数第一,创历史之最。

4. 北京奥运会的成功举办获得全球赞誉。

注意:字数: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

【题型】书面表达

【适用】一般

【标题】2011届山东省宁阳一中高三上学期期中考试英语卷

【关键字标签】提纲作文

【结束】

 

阅读理解。
     Li Daiyu and her cousin Liu Qian were on a trip to Canada to visit their cousins on the Atlantic coast.
Rather than take the aeroplane all the way, they decided to fly from China to Vancouver and to take the
train from west to east across Canada in September.The idea that they would cross the whole continent
was exciting.
     Their friend, Danny Lin,was waiting for them at the airport. He was going to take them to catch 'The
True North', the cross-Canada train.On the way to the station, he told them, 'You're going to see great
scenery on your trip. Canada is bigger than the United States. It is second biggest country in the world
and as you go eastward, you will see mountains and pass thousands of lakes,forests and wide rivers as
well as cities.The idea that you can cross Canada in less than five days is just wrong. It is 5,500
kilometres from coast to coast.Here in Vancouver,you are in the warmest part of Canada.Many people
think it is the most beautiful city in Canada,as it is surrounded by mountains on the north and east and the
Pacific Ocean on the west.Its population is increasing very rapidly, because the mountain-and-sea city is
a very popular place to live in.Even people from Japan come to settle down here.
     That afternoon on the train the cousins settled down in their seats. They crossed the Rocky Mountains
earlier that day and looked out of the windows at the wild scencry.They saw mountain goats and even a
grizzly bear.Their next stop would be Calgary.The Calgary Stampede is a famous Western festival,
Cowboys come from all over North America to compete in riding wild horses.Many of them have a gift
for working with animals and they can win thousands of dollars in prizes.
     That night,they slept as the train rushed through the night across the top of Lake Superior.through the
great forests and southward towards Toronto.
1. How did Li Daiyu and Liu Qian arrive in Canada?
A. They sailed across the Pacific Ocean.        
B. They flew to Vancouver.
C. They took a train to Vancouver.              
D.  They flew to the Atlantic coast.
2. Witch order is right of their train trip?
A. Vancouver  Calgary   Lake Superior  Toronto
B. Toronto   Vancouver  Calgary   Lvake Superior
C. Vancouver  Lake Superior   Calgary   Toronto
D. Lake Superior    Vancouver   Cvalgary   Tvoronto