C

Have you ever been afraid to talk back when you were treated unfairly? Have you ever bought something just be¬cause the salesman talked you into it? Many people are afraid to support themselves. Dr Robert Albert, author of Stand Up, Speak Out, and Talk Back thinks it' s because their self-respect is low. "There's always a' superior' around--- parent, a teacher, a boss---ho knows better."

But Albert and other scientists are doing something to help people help themselves. They offer "assertiveness training" courses A.T. for short. In the A.T. Course people learn that they have a right to be themselves. They learn to speak out and feel good about doing so. They learn to be aggressive without hurting other people.

In one way, learning to speak out is to get rid of fear. A group taking an A.T. Course will help the timid person to lose his fear. But A.T. uses an even stronger motive--- he need to share. The timid person speaks out in the group because he wants to tell how he feels. Whether or not you speak up for yourself depends on your self-respect. If someone you face is more "important" than you, you may feel less of a person. You start to doubt your answers to problems. You can get to feel good about your¬self. And once you do you can learn to speak out.

64. The problem the writer talks about is that __________.

A. some people buy things they don't want

B. some people are afraid to speak out for their rights

C. there are too many superiors

D. some people don't think enough of themselves

65. The cause of the problem talked about in this pas¬sage is that _________.

A. some people have a low self-respect

B. there is always someone around who "knows better"

C. salesmen talk people into buying things they don't want

D. people don t share enough

66. One thing the A.T. Course don't do is to __________.

A. share the need of people

B. show they have a right to be themselves

C. help people overcome fear

D. help people to help themselves even if others suffer

67. A good title for this passage could be "__________".

A. The Need to Share

B. Talk Back When Necessary

C. One Way to Build Self-Respect

D. One Way to Train Speaking Ability

(D)

Frank Woolworth was born in Rodman, New York., in 1852. His family were very poor farmers, and there was never enough to eat. Frank decided he did not want to be farmer. He took a short business course, and went to work as a salesman in a large city.

Woolworth realized he had a natural skill for showing goods to attract people’s interest, but he soon learned something more important. One day his boss told him to sell some odds and ends (小商品 ) for as much as he could get. Frank put all these things on one table with a sign which said FIVE CENTS EACH. People fought and pushed to buy the things and the table was soon cleared.

Soon afterwards, Woolworth opened his own store., selling goods at five and ten cents. But he had another lesson to learn before he became successful. That is, if you want to make money by selling low-price goods, you have to buy them in large quantities directly form the factories. Once, for example, Woolworth went to Germany and placed an order for knives. The order was so large that the factory had to keep running 24 hours a day for a whole year. In this way, the price of the knives was cut down by half.

By 1919, Woolworth had over 1000 stores in the US and Canada, and opened his first store in London. He made many millions and his name became famous throughout the world. He always run his business according to strict rules, of which the most important was: “ THE CUSTOMER IS ALWAYS RIGHT.”

68. Frank took a short business course in order to ____________.

A. earn more money for his family B. learn something from a salesman

C. get away from the farm    D. get enough to eat.

69. Frank sold the odds and ends quickly because _____________.

A. he knew how to get people to buy his goods.

B. he cut down the price by half

C. he had put the goods on a table in a very nice way.

D. the sign he put on the table was well designed.

70. _____________ make Woolworth a world-famous man.

A. His business skills and his wealth.

B. The low price of the goods he sold.

C. His trip to Germany and his huge order of knives.

D. His natural skill for showing things.

71. The belief that : “ The customer is always right” suggests that _______________.

A. whenever there is a quarrel between the customer and shop assistant, the customers are always right.

B. If you want to succeed, the rule is the only way.

C. stores must always follow the customer’s orders if they want to make more money.

D. stores should do their best to meet the customer’s needs if they want to be successful.

( E )

About ten men in every hundred suffer from color blindness in some way. Women are luckier; only about one in two hundred is affected in this matter. Perhaps, after all, it is safer to be driven by a woman!

There are different forms of color blindness. In some cases a man may not be able to see deep red. He may think that red, orange and yellow are all shadows of green. Sometimes a person cannot tell the difference between blue and green. In rare cases an unlucky man may see everything in shades of green - a strange world indeed.

Color blindness in human beings is a strange thing to explain. In a single eye there are millions of very small things called “cones”. These help us to see in a bright light and to tell difference between colors. There are also millions of “rods”, but these are used for seeing when it is near dark. They show us shape but no color.

Some insects have favorite colors. Mosquitoes prefer blue to yellow. A red light will not attract insects, but a blue lamp will. In a similar way human beings also have favorite colors. Yet we are lucky. With the aid of the cones in our eyes we can see many beautiful colors by day, and with the aid of the rods we can see shapes at night. One day we may even learn more about the invisible colors around us.

72. The passage is mainly about _____________.

A. color and its surprising effects.

B. women being luckier than men

C. danger caused by color blindness

D. color blindness

73. According to the passage, with the help of the “cones”, we can_______________.

A. tell different shapes                    B. see in a weak light

C. kill mosquitoes                       D. tell orange from yellow

74. Why do some people say it is safer to be driven by women?

A. Women are more careful.

B. There are fewer color-blind women

C. Women are fonder of driving than men.

D. Women are weaker but quicker in thinking.

75. We can attract and kill mosquitoes by using a _____________.

A. red light                              B. yellow light

C. blue light                             D. green light

五、写作(共两节)第一节： 单词拼写(共10小题;每小题1分，满分10分)

根据首字母或汉语注释写出单词的正确形式，并将答案填写到题中的相应位置。

76. On hearing that her son died in Iraq, the woman __________  __________ tears.

听到她儿子在伊拉克死亡的消息，她突然大哭了起来。

77. __________  __________ the first time in a year and a half __________ I’d seen the night face to face.

这是我一年半来第一次目睹夜晚。

78.After                          college(大学毕业后) , we finally got the chance to take a bike trip.

79. What is your father’s _____________(态度) towards your plan?

80.Two years ago she bought an expensive mountain bike and then she          me

buy one .(说服)

81.Once she has                   her mind , nothing can change it . (下决心)

82.She gave me a              (坚定的) look-- the kind that said she would not change her mind .

83….tell your friend that you are                    (关心)him/her and you will meet after class and talk then .

84.。。。I stayed awake                 (故意)until half past eleven in order to have a good look at the moon by myself .

85. “I’ve                         (厌烦)looking at nature through dirty curtains and dusty windows ,” Anne said to her father .

第二节：书面表达(25分)

假如你是李晓华，住在惠州。你的加拿大笔友Bob来信谈到了他所居住的城市，并希望了解你家乡惠东的情况。请你用英语写一封回信。回信须包括下表中的内容:

自然情况 ①位于西枝江边、风景优美、适合居住

成就 ②经济发展迅速

③新建了不少工厂、住房、道路等

存在问题 ④水、空气污染

⑤交通拥挤

对惠州发展的看法 ⑥(内容由考生自己拟定)

注意:

1.回信中不能使用“惠州”以外的地名。

2.词数100左右。信的开头与结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数。

参考词汇:    经济economy (n.)

Dear Bob，

It’s very kind of you to write to me and let me know about your beautiful city. Now I’d like to tell you something about my hometown Hui Zhou.

高中是人生中的关键阶段，大家一定要好好把握高中，编辑老师为大家整理的高一年级英语第一学期期中检测卷，希望大家喜欢。

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