Where we live, on the eastern shore of Maryland, the gentle waters run in and out like fingers slimming at the tips.

The Canada geese know this place, as do the white swans and ducks. In the autumn, they come home for the winter. Once or twice each year, snow and frozen rain move into the area. When this happens, if the river is at its narrowest, there is a freeze which hardens the water to the ice.

One morning, a friend of mine set the breakfast table beside the huge window, which overlooked the Tred Avon River. Suddenly she leaned forward and cried out, “There is a goose out

there.”

We saw the figure of a large Canada goose, very iii, its wings folded tight to its sides, its feet frozen to the ice.

Then from the dark sky, she saw a line of swans. They floated from the top of the sky downward and at last landed on the ice. My friend was on her feet now, with one unbelieving hand against her mouth. As the swans surrounded the frozen goose, she feared what life it still had might be pecked（啄）out by those great swan beaks.

Instead, those beaks began to work on the ice. The long necks were lifted and curved down, again and again. It went on for a long time. At last, the goose’s head lifted. Its body pulled. Then the goose was free and standing on the ice. And the swans stood in the air watching. Then, as if it had cried, “I cannot fly,” four of the swans came down around it. Their powerful beaks chipped off the ice and held in the feathers. Slowly, the goose spread its wings as far as they could go, and moved slowly into the sky.

This is a true story. I just think of it in the bad moments, and from it comes only one hopeful question:“ If so for birds, why not for man?”

1.What happened to the Canada goose?

A. It was deserted by other geese.        B. It was stuck in the ice.

    C. It was wounded and couldn’t fly.       D. It was lost in the water.

2. At first the author’s friend was worried that ________.

    A. the swans would not help the Canada goose

    B. the swans would have the same fate with the Canada goose

    C. the Canada goose wouldn’t identify with the swans

    D. the swans would peck the Canada goose to death

3.What did the swans do when they saw the Canada goose couldn’t fly?

    A. They chipped off the ice held in its feathers.

    B. They waited patiently for the ice held in its feathers to melt.

    C. They came down and lifted it up to the sky together.

    D. They stayed with it and protected it.

4.What would probably happen to the author’s friend in the end?

    A. She stood there, watching attentively, still feeling a bit worried.

    B. She was on her feet, laughing at the swans and the Canada goose.

    C. She was embarrassed and went on with her breakfast silently.

    D. She stood there quietly, not realizing tears had come down her cheeks.

 

【答案】

 

1.B

2.D

3.A

4.D

【解析】略

 

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Our boat floated on between walls of forest. It was too thick for us to get a view of the land we were passing through, though we knew from the map that our river must be passing through chains of hills from time to time. Nowhere did we find a place where we could have landed: although the jungle did not actually spread right down into the river, banks of soft mud prevented us from going ashore. In any case, what would we have gained by landing? The country was full of snakes and other dangerous creatures and the jungle was so thick that one would be able to advance slowly, cutting one's way with knives the whole way. So we stayed in the boat, hoping that when we reached the sea, a friendly fisherman would pick us up and take us to civilization.

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C. they could not find the mark on the map D. the forest was too thick to go through

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A. I he Problem of Landing                B. Escape in the Jungle

C. An Entirely New Experience            D. Exploration of a River

【答案】5.C6.A7.D8.B

【解析】略

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【標(biāo)題】2011屆江西省吉安市高三上學(xué)期期末教學(xué)質(zhì)量評價英語試卷

【關(guān)鍵字標(biāo)簽】江西省吉安市，高三英語，期末

【結(jié)束】

 

 

18【題文】If you travel to a new exhibition at the San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers, you will have chances to see some meat-eating plants. Take bladderworts, a kind of such plant, for example. They appear so small and grow in a quiet pond. "But these are the fastest known killers of the plant kingdom, able to capture a small insect in 1/50 of a second using a trap door!"

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Meat-eating plants grow mostly in wet areas with soil that doesn't offer much food nutrition. In such conditions, these amazing plants have developed insect traps to get their nutritional needs over thousands of years. North America has more such plants than any other continents.

Generally speaking, the traps may have attractive appearance to fool the eye, like pitcher plants, which get their name because they look like beautiful pitchers full of nectar (花蜜).

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Some of these pitchers are large enough to hold 7.5 liters. Meat-eating plants only eat people in science fiction movies, but sometimes a bird or other small animals will discover that a pitcher plant isn't a good place to get a drink.

9.From Paragraph 1，we learn that bladderworts can__ .

A. kill an insect in a second         B. digest a fly in a few hours

C. be found floating on a quiet lake  D. capture an insect in 1/50 of a second

10.If the trap door of a meat-eating plant is closed, the plant is

A. fooling insects into taking a sip  B. producing nectar

C. tempting insects to come close     D. enjoying a dinner

11.Meat-eating plants can grow in wet and poor soil because they    .

A. can get nutrition from animals     B. don't need much food nutrition

C. can make the most of such conditions    D. have developed digestive enzymes

12.What can be captured by meat-eating plants for food?

A. A child. B. A dog.   C. A little bird.   D. A little fish.

 【答案】13.D14.D15.A16.C

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【標(biāo)題】2011屆江西省吉安市高三上學(xué)期期末教學(xué)質(zhì)量評價英語試卷

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19【題文】You know Australia is a big country, but you may not know how easy it is to get around. The untouched beaches that go for miles and deserts that touch the horizon are just there, waiting to be reached and explored. The following are the different ways you can explore our vast country.

Getting around Australia

Air

Flying is the best way to cover large distances in a short time. You can spend more time on the Australia's can't-miss landscapes and relaxing lifestyle. Moreover, competition among airlines makes great flying fees available for you.

Drive

Australia has a vast network of well-maintained roads and some of the most beautiful touring routes in the world. You have no difficulty finding car rental companies at major airports, central city locations, suburbs and attractions.

Bus

Bus travel in Australia is comfortable , easy and economical. Buses generally have air conditioning, reading lights, adjustable seats and videos. Services are frequent, affordable and efficient.

Rail

Train travel is the cheapest and gives you an insight into Australia's size and variety, all from the comfort of your carriage. Scheduled services are a great way to get quickly between our cities and regional centers.

Ferry (輪渡）

The Spirit of Tasmania runs a passenger and vehicle ferry service between Melbourne and Tasmania nightly. Extra sen ices are running during summer rush hours. Sea-link ferries connect South Australia and Kangaroo Island several times a day. Ferries connect suburbs in our capital cities.

Walk

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Besides all the above, you can also experience some of the longest: tracks and trails in the world in central Australia——impressive journeys of a thousand kilometers or more that can take several weeks to complete.

17.The underlined word "untouched" in Paragraph 1 means__ .

A. secure         B. special          C. natural          D. artificial

18.Which of the following is true about travelling in Australia?

A.   You can easily rent a car to explore its beautiful touring routes.

B.  More travellers make the flying fees among airlines higher than before.

C.  Taking a bus tour is the most comfortable, economical and efficient way.

D.  Train services can offer you more comfort than any other means of transport,

19.Ferry service between Melbourne and Tasmania usually runs_ •

A. several times a day                B. only at night hours

C. between different cities           D. only during rush hours

20.From the passage, we know that_____ .

E.   travelling in central Australia is time-consuming

F.   central Australia has the world's shortest railway line

G.  pedestrian walking is a great way to travel between cities

H.  you have no choice but to walk over 1,000 kilometers in central Australia

【答案】21.C22.A23.B24.A

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【標(biāo)題】2011屆江西省吉安市高三上學(xué)期期末教學(xué)質(zhì)量評價英語試卷

【關(guān)鍵字標(biāo)簽】江西省吉安市，高三英語，期末

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20【題文】BUKHANNON, West Virginia~~Two rescue teams slowly moved along a two—mile path on Monday night to the site of a coal mine explosion that trapped 13 miners, who had not been heard from since the early morning accident.

Meanwhile, at a nearby church, more than 250 family members and friends gathered, waiting for updates on the rescuers' progress.

The miners were trapped at about .6:30 and many families weren't informed of the accident until about 10 a.m.~~more than three hours after it happened. "It's very upsetting, but you've got to be patient, I guess," said John Helms, whose brother, Terry, was trapped in the mine.

The trapped miners were about 260 fee underground and about 10,000 feet from the Sago Mine's entrance, said Roger Nicholson, a lawyer from International Coal Group.

At a late night news conference, Nicholson said one team had advanced about 4, 800 feet in the four hours since entering the mine just before 6 p.m. Another team entered the mine about 30 minutes later.

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The teams test the air about every 500 feet, and have to disconnect the power to the phones they use to communicate with the surface before doing that. "We don't want to be electrifying anything if it's in an atmospfiere with hurnahle gases," Kips said.

The cause of the explosion was not immediately known. High levels of carbon monoxide ( 一氧化物) were discovered shortly after the explosion, which delayed rescue efforts, but those levels have weakened since then, authorities said.

25.According to the passage, we ran infer that_ .

I.     communication with the trapped miners was cut off

J.    the rescue started as soon as the accident happened

K.  the two rescue teams entered the mine at the same time

L.   all the miners who were trapped underground were still alive

26.If the first team advanced at an average speed, they could dig about______per hour.

A. 1,000 feet         B. 1,200 feet       C. 2,400 feet       D. 4,800 feet

27.Where ran the passage he seen?

A. Iii a magazine.    B. In a science hook. C. On an advertisement. D. In a newspaper.

【答案】28.A29.B30.D

【解析】略

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【標(biāo)題】2011屆江西省吉安市高三上學(xué)期期末教學(xué)質(zhì)量評價英語試卷

【關(guān)鍵字標(biāo)簽】江西省吉安市，高三英語，期末

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21【題文】

You wake up in the morning, the day is beautiful and the plans for the day are what you have been looking forward to for a long time. Then the telephone rings, you say hello, and the drama starts. The person on tbe other end has a depressing tone in his voice as he starts to tell you how terrible his morning is and that there is nothing to look forward to. Are you still in a wonderful mood? Impossible!

Communieating with negative people can wash out your happiness. It may not change what you think, but communicating long enough with them will make you feel depressed for a moment or a long time.

Life brings ups and downs, but some people are stuck in the wrong idea that life has no happiness to offer. They only feel glad when they make others feel bad. No wonder they can hardly win others' pity or respect.

When you communicate with positive people, your spirit stays happy and therefore more positive things are attracted. When the knife of a negative person is put in you, you have the heavy feeling that, all in all, brings you down.

Sometimes we have no choice but to communicate with negative people. This could be a co-worker, or a relative. In this case, say what needs to be said as little as possible. Sometimes it feels good to let out your anger back to the negative person, but this is to lower you to that same negative level and they won't feel ashamed of themselves about that.

Negativity often affects happiness without even being realized. The negative words of others at the start of the day can be attached to you throughout the rest of your day, which makes you feel bad and steals your happiness. Life is too short to feel negative. Stay positive and avoid negativity as much as possible.

31. Which of the following shows the position where the miners were trapped? (E: entrance P: position where the miners were trapped)

32.The purpose of Paragraph 1 is to____ .

A. make a comparison                  B. introduce a topic

C. offer an instructive story         D. tell a true story

33.How can negative people have effect on us?

A. By influencing our emotion.        B. By telling us the nature of life.

C. By changing our way of thinking.   D. By comparing their attitude to life with ours.

34.Some negative people base their happiness on —.

A. their pity for other people        B. their respect for others '

C. building up a positive attitude    D. making other people unhappy 35.According to the passage, to reduce negative people's influence on us, we are advised.

A.  to change negative people's attitude to life

B.  to show our dissatisfaction to negative people

C.  to make negative people feel as hamed of themselves

D.  to communicate with negative people as little as possible

    . 【答案】36.A37.B38.A39.D40.D

【解析】略

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【標(biāo)題】2011屆江西省吉安市高三上學(xué)期期末教學(xué)質(zhì)量評價英語試卷

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I was walking down a darkly lit street late one evening when I heard ambiguous screams coming from behind bushes．Alarmed,I  36  to listen, and panicked  37  I realized that what l was hearing were the definite sounds of  a  38   ：heavy noise, and tearing of cloth．

       A woman was being attacked．Should I get  39 ?I was frightened for my own   40 , and blamed myself for having  41  decided to take a new route home that night．Shouldn't I just run to the nearest phone and call the  42  ?

       Although it seemed an eternity（漫長）,the deliberations(that’s, careful consideration) in my head had  43  only seconds, but already the girl's cries were growing   44 . I knew I had to act fast． How  45  I  walk away from this? No, I finally determined. I  could not turn my back on the  46  of  this unknown woman, even if it meant  47   my own life．

       I am not a brave man, nor am I athletic．I don't know where I found the moral  48     and physical strength- but once I had finally determined to help the girl, I became strangely    49 . I ran behind the bushes and pulled the attacker  50   the woman． Grasping, we fell to the ground, where we wrestled for a few minutes until the man jumped up and escaped．

       Breathing hard, I stood upright and   51  the  girl, who stayed down behind a tree, sobbing．In the darkness, I could barely see her outline, but I could certainly  52  her trembling shock．Not wanting to frighten her further, I  53  spoke to her from a distance． "The man ran away． You're safe now．’’There was a long pause and then I heard the words, said in wonder, in  54  ．"Dad, is that you?" And then, from behind the tree, out  55  my  youngest daughter, Katherine．

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37．A．when         B．until      C．before             D．though

38．A．quarrel         B．conversation   C．struggle       D．dispute

39．A．involved       B．informed      C．conquered          D．deserted

40．A．property       B．safety           C．a(chǎn)ppearance        D．presence

41．A．quickly         B．bravely      C．suddenly           D．cleverly

42．A．friend          B．neighbour    C．folk           D．police

43．A．a(chǎn)bandoned           B．covered        C．held          D．taken

44．A．louder          B．clearer          C．weaker         D．heavier

45．A．should          B．could    C．would           D．must

46．A．fate       B．face       C．moment        D．spot

47．A．saving          B．risking          C．losing           D．devoting

48．A．lesson           B．spirit     C．story        D．courage

49．A．behaved        B．performed    C．transformed       D．Expressed

50．A．off        B．down          C．from        D．over

51．A．a(chǎn)ttended       B．a(chǎn)ppreciated    C．negotiated         D．a(chǎn)pproached

52．A．sense    B．feel       C．observe                 D．hear

53．A．a(chǎn)fter all        B．a(chǎn)t first          C．a(chǎn)s well          D．a(chǎn)s a result

54．A．surprise        B．disappointment C．sorrow          D．a(chǎn)mazement

55．A．cried    B．looked          C．stepped         D．showed

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