广州市中大附中下学期期末考试一、语法选择（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）Grow ing up is not always easy. When facing difficulties, courage and a spirit of in depe ndence can be more usefulthan crying for help. That's what ' s the story I ' ve heard recently tells me..The young man was born in 1982 in a ___ 1 ___ family in a small tow n. When he was only 11, his father becamemen tally ill and one day came back with an aba ndoned baby girl. A year later, his __ 2 ___ left home with his youn gerbrother because she couldn ' t ____ 3 ___ hard liferessdipe from her mad husband. The 12-year-old boy began to___ 4 ___ his whole family: he took care of not only his sick father, but also the little girl. ____ 5____ , he did n't give up studying. Later the went to college. To care for the little girl, he rented a room near his college and_____ 6____ hereducation by doing part-time jobs.After the young man ' s story went public, people were deeply impressed by his behavior. ________ 7 ___ his life was hard, he didn ' abandon his father and his sister because _____ 8 ____ needed his help very much. And he _______ 9 __don ati ons from others. He said he felt ___ 10 ___ because of kind offers, but he could depe nd on his own work. Withhis hard-w on mon ey, he __ 11 ___ helped other stude nts in trouble.Today whe n many young pe ople worry more about their own happ in ess, this young man ' s behavior remindswhat we usually ____ 12 ___ : love and care for others. Nobody could con ti nue to live __ 13 ___ these.Through his hard life, the young man is regarded as a ____ 14 ___ . So whe n facing difficulties, don't ___ 15 __bad luck. Con sider what more you could do for your family and society and you'll find the world smili ng back.1. A. rich2. A. father3. A. un dersta nd4. A. support5. A. At times6. A. pla nted7. A. Since8. A. they9. A. received10. A. sorry11. A. even B.happyB. motherB. sta ndB. orga nizeB. SometimesB. affordedB. Un lessB. heB. expectedB. worriedB. hardlyC. poorC. sisterC. believeC. hateC. At the same timeC.endedC. IfC. sheC. refusedC. en couragedC. stillD. sadD. brotherD. thi nkD. likeD. For the first timeD. wentD. AlthoughD. youD. gotD. sadD. too二、 完形填空(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)Differe nt people have differe nt ideas about time. People in the USA thi nk that it is _ 16 ___ to know the time. In cities in America, there are ___ 17 ___ in stati ons, factories and other build in gs. Radio announcers give you the correct time duri ng the day. Most America ns also have watches with them ___ 18 ___ t hey go. They want to do certa in things ___ 19 ___ certa in time. They don't like to be late. They thi nk every one is supposed to do ___ 20 ___ on time.But time is not ____ 21 ___ importa nt to everybody in the world. When you visit a country in South America, you will ____ 22 ___ that people there don't like to rush. If you had an appo in tme nt with somebody, he could probably be late ___ 23 ___ he may not want to arrive on time.In South America, even the radio programs may not begin on time. The men on the radio may not think it is importa nt to tell the exact ___________________ 24 ___ . People in South America thi nk that clocks or watches are just mach in es. They think that you will ____ 25 ___ a clock or a watch control your life if you do everything on time.16. A. quiet B. useless C. importa nt D. easy 17. A. clocks B. cars C. books D. watches 18. A. whe never B. however C. whatever D. wherever 19. A. at B. on C. for D. i n 20. A. noth ing B. everyth ing C. someth ing D. somethings 21. A. such B. as C. so D. only 22. A. un dersta nd B. find C. forget D. remember 23. A. while B. but C. though D. because 24. A. time B. place C. weather D. n ews 25. A. putB. wa ntC. letD. expect三、 阅读理解第一节：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题 2分，满分40分）(A)Singles Day falls on November 11th . No one is quite sure exactly who first thought it up, and the most widely-accepted story isemerged from the dorms of Nanjing University in 1993 when four single male students got together to discuss how to break free of Ion12. A. get used to B. worry about C. pay atte nti on to D. look forward to 13. A. with 14. A. fool 15. A. kn ock intoB. without B. volun teer B. dream aboutC. by C. hero C. talk aboutD. for D. boy D. compla in abouteli ness of sin gle life. One suggested that because of the ones in the date, November 11 would be a good day to orga nize activities for sin gles. Sin gles ' Day, started by a small grou gradually grew into something like the anti- Valentine ' s Day, a day China ' s single young people could use as an excuseget together and have fun together.Origi nally about being with friends and havi ng fun, now Sin gles ' Day riscablouortilTOpphogpp ing. —How did this happen? It ' s a long story, but the short answer is Alibaba.By the late 2000s, most of China ' s Internet users wer^amiliar with Singles Thereymight have been someshops online and offline suffering sales on that day earlier , but no major company until Alibaba launched its first Singles Day online sale in 2009.In that first year, Alibaba was only major ecommerce company to offer a sale, and it featured just 27 brands offering disco unts via its T-mall marketplace. The sale w as defi nitely successful, but it was n ' t eno ugh to redefi ne the holidaits own. In the following year, Alibaba went bigger, offering more brands and deeper discounts. But other companies had noticed the potential of the 2009 sales bonanza and decided to follow suit. E-commerce platforms like JD had their first major Sin gles ' Day sales in 2010, and overni ght Sin gles ' -m a yl walet tfocunnaeih ing that was beg inningto look like Cyber Mon day in some western coun tries.Over the n ext few years, Alibaba, JD, and other Chin ese e-commerce players all expa nded their on e-day disco un ts, and sales grew exponentially （以指数方式）.On Singles ' Day in 2012, Alibaba ' s marketplaces-m a obaidand Tabout $ 3 billion in sales. In 2013 that number nearly doubl ed, and Chinese shoppers had obliterated America ' s CMon day spe nding records in just the first few hours of the sale. And it ' s only gett ing bigger.26. We can know that Sin gles ' Day was first set ________ .A. by a large e-commerce compa ny called Alibaba.B. for the young people who want to have fun togetherC. to orga nize activities for sin gles to get rid of their Ion eli nessD. to express something against Valentine ' s Day27. Before 2009 on Sin gles ' Day, sin gle young people were most likely to __. _____A. just spe nd the day aloneB. have fun with friendsC. do some on li ne shopp ingD. go back home to visit pare nts28. Which of the followi ng stateme nts is TRUE accord ing to the passage?A. By 2009, Sin gles ' Day have already became a famous-shnbippsi ng day.B. Cyber Mon day in some wester n coun tries is to celebrate Sin gles ' Day.C. In 2013, Alibaba ' s marketplaces did about nearly $4 billion in sales.D. Alibaba was the first major e- commerce company to offer a sale on Singles ' Day.29. Accord ing to the last two paragraphs, we can know that ______ .A. Alibaba played an importa nt part in the new defi niti on of Sin gles ' DayB. Other Chin ese e-commerce compa ny like JD followed Cyber MondyC. Alibaba offered more brands and deeper disco unt to make it biggerD. Alibaba, Taobao, T-mall and JD are differe nt e-commerce dompa nies30. What is the passage mainly about?A. The origi n of Sin gles ' Day.B. The life of moder n young sin gle people.C. The e-commerce compa ny Alibaba.D. How Sin gles ' Day become a shopp ing day(B)Dear Lan Lan,I ' m now writing to you at Hartsop, a village in the Lake District, a place to have most beautiful scenery in English couple here to spend Christmas with them. This was planned for overseas students to know British way of life by living with British families.We came two days before Christmas and duri ng our stay, we have had everyth ing we expected. Christmas turkey, Christmas cake, Christmas puddings, Christmas parties and Christmas gifts under the Christmas tree. All are exciting and amusing, but above all these, we are deeply touched by the hospitality of the family, Roger and Anne Marie.Anne Marie was a nurse and all these days, she had been busy cooking meals, washing dishes and showing us around. Roger, who was a doctor, knows a lot about China and still wants to know more. He plays us Chinese music and it seems to me he does better in that than we do. In the evenings, we all sit around the fireplace with Tim, a lovely dog, by our side. Like Ion g-time-no-see frien ds, we talk about all the things that have happe ned or we hope to happe n in our lives. There is always so much to tell and to know.After three mon ths away from home, we are aga in feeli ng how sweet a home can be. Roger and Anne Marrie areno t like most of the other people we have met who always make us feel we are foreig ners in a foreig n coun try. Theyshow such kindn ess to us that they bring us a pers on-to-pers on feeli ng, in stead of a British-to-Ch in ese feeli ng. They make us believe that though there are differences of Ianguages and cultures, one may always expect to find in every corner of the world the feeling of love and being loved.How I wish Mum and Dad could meet them! How I wish you were here with me! How stra nge it is that the more I feel at home here, the more I miss my real home and all of you. We always talk aboutwhe n we go back home n year …” and soon we will turn this into whe n we go back home THIS yearfor the New Year ' s Dyou.LoveCao Wen31. The writer is _______ n ow in En gla nd . A. a Chinese visitor to an English family C. a Chin ese teacher worki ng32. In Hartsop, Cao Wen felt ______ . A. quite at homeB. the En glish home better tha n her homeC. she was a foreigner in a foreign countryD. she was one member of the family 33. It seems that Roger ______ . A. can speak Chin ese very wellB. knows someth ing about Chin ese for a long timeC. once lived in China for a long timeD. can do everyth ing better tha n the Chin eseB. a Chin ese stude nt study ingD. a Chin ese stude nt livi ng34. When you are away from home, it is good for you to have the feeli ng _______ A. of being aloneB. of going home soon 35. In the writer 's opinion, the best home is .B. the home that you left beh indC. Chin ese home C. of love and being lovedD. as a foreig nerA. the home they stayed in En gla nd(C )Super Typho on Megi crashed into the Philipp ines on Mon day, leav ing a trail of destruct ion in its path. Thousa nds of reside nts fled to safety as heavy rains and strong winds caused flood ing, collapsed trees and cut off power. It was the stron gest storm to hit the isla nd n ati on in four years.At least seven people died in the storm, and at least six others were injured by falling trees, broken rooftops and glass, officials said. More than 4 , 150 residents were forced to take shelter in schools, town halls, churches and relatives' homes.A typhoon is a tropical cyclone, or hurricane, that occurs in the western Pacific or Indian Oceans. The storm is named a“ supetyphoon "when winds exceed 150 mph. Megi crashed ashore in the Isabela provinee of the northern Philippines with whipping winds that reached 162 mph. The storm created big waves in Palanan Bay. All ships and fishing boats were advised to stay in ports. Several airline flights were canceled.Luckily, the wi nds blew high from the ground, sparing many rice fields from damage, says Alvaro Anton io, the gover nor of Cagaya n prov in ce. The regi on also took a hard hit from the storm.Thousa nds of military reserve officers and volun teers stood by to help with relief efforts. Evacuati ons and emerge ncy preparati ons for the storm were made days in adva nee. Retired army Major Gen eral Ben ito Ramos heads the Philippi nes' disaster- preparedness agency. He said readying for the typhoon was like“ preparing for war.Notes:① tropical cyclone 热带气旋 ② evacuation n.疏散 ③ collapsed adj.倒塌的36. How many people were homeless in this n atural disaster? A . At least six. B . At least seven. C. About 13.D . More than 4,150.37. Which of the followi ng description about typhoon is RIGHT? A. It is a tropical cyclone occurs in the eastern Pacific. B. It is a hurricane occurs in the Atlantic Ocean. C. When winds exceed 100 mph, the storm is n amed a “ super typho onD. It can bring a great destruct ion. 38. What does the underlined word mean? A . Avoiding.B . Loosing.C . Taking.D. ones own homeD. Protecti ng.39. Which of the follow ing did n't get in volved in this disaster?A . Military reserve officers.B . Volunteers.C. ArmyD. Disaster-preparedness agency.40. What can we infer from the major Gen eral's words?A . The preparing work is all done by soldiers.B . The prepari ng work is a hard andresp on sible task.C . The army should get into the relief efforts.D . They did the same thing with soldiers.(D)No one is sure how the ancient Egyptians built the pyramids near Cairo . But a new study suggests they used a little rock‘ n' . rolbng-ago builders could have attached wooden pole s to the stones and rolled then across the sand , the scie ntists say .“ Technically I think what they ' re proposing is p,os”ibphysicist Daniel Bonn saidPeople have long puzzled over how the Egyptians moved such huge rocks . And there ' s no obvious answOn average, each of the two milli on big stones weighed about as much as a large pickup truck . The Egyptia ns somehow moved the stone blocks to the pyramid site from about one kilometer away .The most popular view is that Egyptian workers slid the blocks along smooth paths . Many scientists suspect workers first would have put the blocks on sleds (滑板).Then they would have dragged them along paths . To make the work easier, workers may have lubricated the paths either with wet clay or with the fat from cattle . Bonn has now tested this idea by building small sleds and dragging heavy objects over sand .Evidenee from the sand supports this idea . Researchers found small amounts of fat , as well as a large amount of stone and the rema ins of paths .However, physicist Joseph West think there might have been a simpler way , led the new study . West said, "I wasin spired while watch ing a televisi on program show ing how sleds might have helped with pyramid con structi on . I thought,‘ Why don ' t they just try rolling the things' ” A square could be turned into a rough sort of wheel by attaching wooden poles to its sides , he realized . That, he notes, should make a block of stone “ a lot easier to roll than a square So he tried it .He and his students tied some poles to each of four sides of a 30-kilogram stone block . That action turned the block into somewhat a wheel . Then they placed the block on the ground .They wrapped one end of a rope around the block and pulled . The researchers found they could easily roll the block along different kinds of paths . They calculated that rolling the block required about as much force as moving it along a slippery （滑的）path.West hasn ' t tested his idea on larger block, but he thinks rolling has clear advantages over sliding . At least,workers wouldn ' t have needed to carry cattle fat or water to smooth the paths41. It ' s widely believed that the stone blocks were moved to the pyramid site by _A. rolli ng them on roadsB. push ing them over the sandC. slidi ng them on smooth pathsD. draggi ng them on some poles42. The underlined part "lubricated the paths ” in Paragraph 4means _______A. made the path wetB. made the path hardC. made the path wideD. made the path slippery43. What does the underlined word " it ” in Paragraph57refer toA. Rolling the blocks with poles attached .B. Rolling the blocks on wooden wheels .C. Rolli ng poles to move the blocks .D. rolling the blocks with fat .44. Why is rolling better than sliding according to West ?A. Because more force is needed for sliding .B. Because rolling work can be done by fewer cattle .C. Because sliding on smooth road is more dangerous .D. Because less preparation on path is needed for rolling .45. What is the text mainly aboutA. An experime nt on ways of moving blocks to the pyramid site .B. An application of the method of moving blocks to the pyramid site .C. An argume nt about differe nt methods of moving blocks to the pyramid site .D. An introduction to a possible new way of moving blocks to the pyramid site .第二节阅读填空Tak ing good no tes is a time-savi ng skill that will help you to become a better stude nt in several ways. _ 46 ___Second, your notes are excellent materials to refer to when you are studying for a test. Third, note-taking offers variety to your study time and helps you to hold your in terest.You will want to take no tes duri ng classroom discussi ons and while readi ng textbook or doing research for a report. 47 When ever or however you take to tell and to know no tes, keep in mind that no te-tak ing is a selective process. 48 The followi ng methods may work best for you.• Read the text quickly to find the main facts and ideas in it.• Carefully read the text and watch for words that can show main points and support ing facts.• Write your no tes in your own words.• ___ 49 ___• Note any questi ons or ideas you may have about what was said or writte n.As you take notes, you may want to use your own shorthand （ 速记）.When you do, be sure that you understand your symbols and that you use them all the time. _______________ 50 ___A. Use words, not complete senten ces.B. Otherwise, you may not be able to read your no tes later.C. You will also want to develop your own method for tak ing no tes.D. That means you must first decide what is importa nt eno ugh to in clude in your no tes.E. First, the simple act of writing something down makes it easier for you to understand and remember it.51. When meet ing someth ing difficult or dan gerous, he showed great c _____ .52. When she came in, she didn ' t s _______ o ur hands or raise your hand.53. The police asked the shopkeeper to d _______ t he thief so that they could know more about the theft.54. That ' s great! We have s ________ another goal!55. Some of the stones w _______ twen ty-six tons.56. I prefer the quiet coun tryside to the n _______ c ities.五、写作（共三节，满分第一节单词拼写35分）第二节完成句子57•妈妈正在为圣诞晚餐做准备。