D

Apparently, we are safe neither at home nor in the business office. We use water in both places, but the research shows that chemicals added to our local water supply to kill harmful bacteria can have unwanted side effects. These chemicals can cause potential harm through drinking and in seemingly harmless activities as cleaning one’s house. They are released (set free) from water by daily actions like water running out of tap, spraying from garden pipes, or splashing in dishwashers and washing machines. As the water is moving, these chemicals are released into the air and then breathed in. Once inside our bodies, they start to affect our health.

Does this mean we should stop bathing? No, say the scientists, but we should put all pollution into perspective. Activities at home such as the burning of coal, cooking oil, or even candles release carbon monoxide and particulates such as cigarette ashes which have been proven as harmful to health as working or living near heavy traffic. New rugs, bedding, and even clothing give off that “new smell,” which is a sure sign of chemicals. In the office, newly applied paint, newly purchased telephones and other telecommunications equipment, and computers release polluting chemicals, too. As offices and homes often have inadequate ventilation (通风), these chemicals can build up to become health problems. Their poisonous effects are only now being slowly recognized.

These facts suggest that, at a minimum, proper airing of newly purchased goods with an obvious chemical smell is a wise warning. Home and office windows should be opened during good weather. Even one’s car needs to be ventilated as well while in the garage.

We need further research to understand better other potential health dangers, too. For example, the effects of overcrowding of schools (carbon dioxide build-up), the factory work environment (an endless list of potentially dangerous substances), and even home heating and cooling (the air conditioner may be our enemies, not our friends) have only recently started to come to light. Until we understand the effects of our new technological environment better, we can only hope that “there is no place like home.”

68. What is the main idea of the first paragraph?

A. The air we breathe in is harmful.

B. The water in everyday use is unsafe.

C. Chemicals are added to the drinking water.

D. Chemicals are released in the running water.

69. In Paragraph 2, the underlined sentence means that _______.

A. bathing should be done with caution

B. homes and offices should be aired often

C. we should prevent any pollution from doing harm to us

D. any pollution should be taken into consideration

70. What is the purpose of the passage?

A. To call on us to guard our water.

B. To show us that no place is like home.

C. To make us aware of the pollution around us.

D. To argue that neither homes nor offices are safe.

第二节(共5小题;每小题2分，满分10分)

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并写在第二卷答题区。选项中有两项多余选项。

Everyone knows that the Frenchmen are romantic, the Italians are fashionable and the Germans are serious. Are these just stereotypes or is there really such a thing as national character? And if there is, can it affect how a nation succeed or fail?

At least one group of people believes that it can. A recent survey of the top 500 entrepreneurs (企业家) in the UK found that 70% felt that their efforts were not appreciated by the British public. Britain is hostile (敌意的) to success, they said. It has a culture of jealousy.  71  Jealousy is sometimes known as the “green – eyed monster” and the UK is its home.

Scientists at Warwich University in the UK recently tested this idea. They gathered a group of people together and gave each an imaginary amount of money.  72 . Those given a little were given the chance to destroy the large amount of money given to others – but at the cost of losing their own. Two thirds of the people tested agreed to do this.

73  But there is also conflicting evidence. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development recently reported that the UK is now the world’s fourth largest economy. That is not bad for people who are supposed to hate success. People in the UK also work longer hours than anyone else in Europe. So the British people are not lazy, either.

“It is not really success that the British dislike,” says Carey Cooper, a professor of management at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology. “It’s people using their success in a way that seems proud or unfair or which separates them from their roots.”

_74_ They set out to do things in their way. They work long hours. By their own efforts they become millionaires. _75_ It hardly seems worth following their example. If they were more friendly, people would like them more. And more people want to be like them.

A. This seems to prove that the entrepreneurs were right to complain.

B. The one who owns most money in the end is the winner.

C . As a result, the survey said, entrepreneurs were “unloved, unwanted and misunderstood.”

D. it is not true that British people are born jealous of others’ success.

E. Some were given a little, others a great deal.

F. But instead of being happy they complain that nobody loves them.

G. Perhaps it is the entrepreneurs who are the problem.

郑州市第47中学2010-2011学年上期高三年级期中考试试题

英      语

第二卷

题号 71 72 73 74 75

答案

第四部分写作(共两节，满分35分)

第一节  短文改错(共l0小题;每小题l分，满分l0分)

下面文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号∧，并在此符号下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线划掉。

修改：在错词下面划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1、每处错误及其修改均仅限一词;

2、只允许修改10处，多者从第11处不计分。

Dear Jin Jing,

Your problem is common one among middle school students.Maybe the following advices can help you.First in all, believe in yourself.Your greatest problem is that you lack self-confidence.The first thing you must do it is to smile at your classmates.One smile speaks loud about your wish to make friends than any words.Your smile will show that you are friendly to him.Next, trying talking with a student who is as shy as you or who share the same interest as you.You can discuss your studies with a classmate and you can also talk about your hobbies.Unless anyone is in trouble, you should be ready to help him or her.Once you have confidence, you can make as many friends as possibly.

Yours, Lily

第二节  书面表达(满分25分)

请根据右图写一篇英语短文，描述图中的内容，

并就其反映的现象发表评论和提出方案。

注意：

1.词数：100左右;

2.可适当增添细节，以使行文连贯;

3. 在规定的区域答题;写在答题区

外无效;

4.参考词汇：网吧: cyber center。

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41. C一两宝马停在了街边。call up打电话给……，召集，使想起;break up打碎，解散，(关系等)破裂;pull up(车)停下;speed up加速。

42. C考察穿的区别。wear表示穿的状态，符合题意。

43. A指老人直接地向乞讨的老人走去。

44. A因为沿街乞讨的老人要零钱，所以坐宝马的老人给他许多钱。

45. B因为乞讨的老人就在身边，坐宝马的老人又是很尊重地送给他，所以选hand“递过去”。

46. C一个沿街乞讨的老人收到如此的恩惠，只能是眼睛瞪得大大的，张着嘴，看着对方。

47. D couldn’t help doing意为“禁不住地做某事”。句意为：我情不白禁地想……

48. D  因为鞋和袜子都已经送人了，所以这也许是第一次光(bare)着脚踩汽车的踏板。

49. C因为鞋和袜子都已经送人了，所以只能是光(bare)着脚开宝马。

50. B句意为：面对此情此景，我和乞讨老人都很吃惊(astonishment)。

51. A  由文意：两位老人年龄相同，但生活是明显的不一样。

52. A  开宝马的老人在物质方面是成功的。careful小心;useful有用;helpful有帮助的，均与文意不符。

53. B意为：给的不仅仅是鞋。rather than而不是，宁可也不愿;more than多于，超出，不止，不仅仅;other than除了，不同于，非;better than比……好。

54. C文意为：老人从宝马车里出来，并放下(step down)自己高高在上的身份，帮助需要帮助的人。

55. D当坐宝马的老人主动给与尊重，仁慈和真正的慷慨时，他也放下(step down)自己高高在上的身份并扶起另一个人。

阅读：56—59 ACDA 60—63 BACD 64—67 CBAD 68—70 BDC

71—75 CEAGF

短文改错：Your problem is ∧common one among middle school students.Maybe the

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