B

Open a large handkerchief out and show both sides of it to your friends. Point out that there is nothing in it; then show them both sides of your hands, which are also empty. Now ask a member of your audience to give you a match. Ask him to put a mark on it with a pen or a pencil. Fold up the handkerchief with the match in it, and let everyone present see you do this.

Give the handkerchief to anyone in the audience and say: “Here’s the match. Can you feel it? Good! Now I want you to break it into two pieces.” When he or she has broken the match, you say “Would anyone like to feel the broken match in this handkerchief?” several people will probably want to feel it. When they have satisfied themselves that the match really is broken, you say, “Now I’m going to make the match whole again.” Perhaps your friends will say that that is impossible.

Hold the handkerchief in one hand and pass your hand or your wand(magic stick)over it, saying: “Abracadabra, abracadabra.” Open the handkerchief and let the match fall on to the table or floor, saying “Presto” as it does so. When the audience examine the match, they will find that it is quite whole and undamaged. The member of the audience will see his mark on the match. Everyone will be amazed!

The secret of this trick is quite simple, as in all magic tricks. Long before you do the trick you must do one thing --- you must push one of your own matches into the hem(摺边)of the handkerchief. This must be pushed well along the hem so that it cannot fall out or be seen. When you have wrapped up the match provided by a member of the audience you must take care that it is the match in the hem which is broken, and not the other. You should practice the trick in private, of course, before you perform it before an audience.

60.The magician shows both sides of the handkerchief in order to .

A.show the audience what the handkerchief is like

B.push a match into the hem of the handkerchief

C.let the audience put a mark on it with a pencil

D.make the audience believe there is no trick in it

61.How many matches are there wrapped in the handkerchief in fact?

A.0 B.1 C.2 D.3

62.Why does the magician say “abracadabra”?

A.He intends to make the match whole again.

B.He needs to draw the audience’s attention away.

C.He pretends something super-natural will happen.

D.He wants to make himself less nervous

63.This magic is actually a .

A.trick of replacement B.chemical change

C.language cheating D.quick hand movement

C

London has a new magazine. But it is not printed on paper. Everyone who has a television can receive it because it is on TV.

In order to read this magazine you have to have a decoder(解码器). Each page of it is numbered, so you only have to dial the number to choose which subject you want to read about. There is a wide choice—everything is included from cooking to the latest sports news.

If you want to read the news, the first thing you have to do is to turn to the back page which has an easy-to-remember page number, 100 for example. Then you start choosing what you want to read. The news is on page 101 to 109 so you put in the numbers and the news appears written across your screen. Perhaps you want to go out in the afternoon, so you press 181, and a brightly colored weather map appears on the screen. But the weather is terrible so you decide to go shopping and dial 162 for a list of the week’s best bargains. But should you drive or take the train? To answer that question you only have to press 189 for the traffic report. It is very simple to use. But probably the best thing about the service is that it is being updated all the time. Journalists type new material directly onto the screen and the whole pages of the magazine can be replaced in minutes.

London already has three services. One, sent out by TV, is called ORACLE while the other two, on BBC, are called CEEFAX because they let you see facts. Although CEEFAX and ORACLE have been operating for some time, they have not been well publicized. BBC engineers do not think that their idea will ever replace books and newspapers because they can be taken with you everywhere. But many people would agree that is a breakthrough as great as the invention of printing, which could not just change our reading habits but our whole way of life.

64.We can know from the passage that in London .

A.the magazine is available at any local homes

B.most of the postmen will lose their jobs someday

C.everyone can read this magazine if they have a television

D.the readers can get various kinds of information from the magazine

65.In the sentence “Each page of it is numbered,” the word “it” refers to the .

A.decoder B.magazine C.program D.subject

66.According to the passage , the “decoder” is used to help people .

A.receive some special TV programme for entertainment

B.go shopping and have other entertainment

C.read the information sent by TV signals

D.figure out the total of certain numbers

67.The passage is mainly about .

A.a new magazine printed in London

B.an up-to-date way of getting information

C.a popular TV programme about magazines

D.an advanced technology helping people communicate

D

At this busiest gift-giving time of the year, many of us wonder what to do with the unwanted presents we get. Is it all right to re-gift --- to give the unwanted present to someone else?

A gift is a symbol of what a relationship means to us. The best gifts meet the needs or satisfy the desires of the receiver. A gift should be about pleasing the other person, not showing off the taste, wealth or power of the giver.

Still, a friend, colleague or family member who knows us well might now and then buy us something that is the last thing we’d buy for ourselves. People in long-term relationships can be surprised at the choices in clothes, music or gadgets(小玩意)made by their friends or relatives.

Re-gifting creates a dilemma because we don’t want to hurt the feeling of the gift-giver, but we also feel it’s wasteful not to use something that might benefit someone else. After all, some people like orange and red sweaters, or the complete recorded works of Wayne Newton (US singer), or fruitcake (which you don’t like at all).

Re-gifting avoids waste and repays a debt of gratitude we owe to someone else, but it presents the risk that the original giver will be hurt if she or he discovers what we did.

Following are a few guidelines for re-gifting:

•Don’t use the gift.

•Re-gift soon, so you don’t risk re-gifting to the original giver.

•Make sure that the new receiver doesn’t know the original giver or is unlikely to run into him or her.

If there’s a possibility that the original giver could learn about the re-gift or if he or she expects to see you wearing the gift, consider asking for permission. Let him or her know how much you appreciate the thought behind the gift. A person who understands that a gift is intended to be pleasing will understand. As long as the person who gave the unwelcome gift doesn’t mind or won’t find out, you can re-gift with a clear conscience. Besides, you can be sure that at least one of the gifts you’ve received was given originally to someone else.

68.What’s the best title for the passage?

A.What Is Re-gifting B.Dilemmas of Re-gifting

C.Re-gifting Only with Care D.Do You Know Re-gifting

69.According to the author, the gift that you want to buy for your friend had better be the one .

A.that can benefit someone else B.that you want to buy for yourself

C.that is a necessity for your friend D.that will surprise your friend

70.What can we infer from the last sentence of the passage?

A.The gift you get is the one you bought for someone.

B.You’ll receive more than one re-gifted presents each year.

C.You should re-gift at least two gifts each year.

D.Re-gifting is a very common practice today.

第二节 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。(注意：涂卡时，如答题卡上没有E、F、G选项，请按如下方式填涂：选E涂AB;选F涂BC;选G涂CD。共5小题，每小题2分，共10分)

What is your favourite colour? Do you like yellow, orange, red? ___71___. Do you prefer greys and blues? Then you are probably quiet, shy, and you would rather follow than lead. You tend to be pessimist. At least, this is what psychologists tell us, and they should know, because they have been seriously studying the meaning of colour preference, as well as the effect that colours have on human beings. ___72___ . If you happen to love brown, you did so, as soon as you opened your eyes, or at least as soon as you could see clearly.

___73___. A yellow room makes most people feel more cheerful and more relaxed than a dark green one; and a red dress brings warmth and cheer to the saddest winter day. ___74___ . A black bridge over the Thames River, near London, used to be the scene of more suicides(自杀) than any other bridge in the area---until it was repainted green. The number of suicide attempts immediately fell sharply. Perhaps it would have fallen even more if the bridge had been done in pink or baby blue.

___75___. It is an established fact that factory workers work better, harder, and have fewer accidents when their machines are painted orange rather than black or grey.

A. On the other hand, black is depressing.

B. They tell us, among other facts, that we do not choose our favourite colour as we grow up --- we are born with our preference.

C. The rooms are painted in different colours as you like.

D. If you do, you must be an optimist, a leader, an active person who enjoys life, people and excitement.

E. Light and bright colours make people not only happier but more active.

F. Life is like a picture or a poem, full of different colours.

G. Colours do influence our moods --- there is no doubt about it.

卷Ⅱ(非选择题 共45分)

第一节：单词拼写(共10小题;每题1分，共10分)

根据下列句子及所给汉语注释，在答题纸的相应位置上写出空缺处各单词的正确形式。(每空只写一词)

1. She smiled, _________ (露出) her white teeth.

2. One of his _______(特性) is honesty.

3.The photographer is getting his photos _______(处理) at the moment .

4. Gradually we _________ (获得) experience in how to do the work.

5. Your article still needs _____________(润色).

6. His injuries were _________(严重的) and he was sent to hospital .

7. They had ___________ (挑战) and beaten the best team in the world.

8. The young man often _________(榨出) money out of the pupil.

9. Your _________(勇敢) in the struggle against the thief shocked all of us .

10.His grandmother used to make a living by _________(纺线) thread.

唐山一中2011—2012学年度第一学期期中考试高二年级英语试题答案

听力 CABBB ABCAC BCBBB CCBCA

单选CABCB DCCDD BCDCB

完形 BDCDB CABDB CBDAC DCABC

阅读 CDBA DCCA DBCB CCD DBGAE

单词拼写1. exposing 2. characteristics 3. processed 4. acquired 5. polishing 6. severe 7. challenged 8. squeezes 9. bravery 10. spinning

短文改错

My friend Nick told me story∧ about his experience back in the US, which was very

a

interested. One day he was having a yard sale and the old man living next door come by to

interesting came

help. As the old man looked over the things on the yard that were to be sold, he stopped at

in 或 ground

a box of golden ball for Christmas trees. On the box was a card say: “25 cents each.”

balls saying

“You will never sell these for that much,” he told Nick. Convinced, Nick has (删掉has)brought the price up to 10 cents a piece. Without a moment’s delay, my neighbor

down his

picked up the box but announced, “I’ll take them.”

and

书面表达

Dear Manager,

My name is Li Hua, a high school student. I read your company’s recruitment advertisement in a newspaper. It says you need several part-time mobile phone salesmen to work at the weekend. In my opinion, the job would be very suitable for me. For one reason, my oral English is fluent and I like talking with others, and for another, I have a lot of free time, and therefore I would like to make full use of it . In addition, I am not only fond of your products, but I also have a good, professional knowledge of them. In short, I think I am qualified for the job . I hope you can give me a chance.

Looking forward to your reply.

Yours sincerely

Li Hua

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