英语---广东省深圳市高级中学2014-2015学年高一下学期期末考试

高级中学2014-2015学年第二学期期终考试

高一英语

命题人：肖石峰 王小全 审题人：郭晶青

本试卷分三个部分，满分150分。考试时间为120分钟。 第一部分：阅读理解（共两节，40分） 第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，共30分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

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The Truth Can Set You Free

I recently got pulled over for speeding not far from my new home in Virginia. I hadn‘t been ―Can I see your license and registration?‖ the police officer asked me. I pulled both out for ―What are you doing here?‖ he asked. ―Are you with the army?‖

―No, I‘m not.‖ I answered. I explained that I had just moved to Virginia, and I hadn‘t had ―So what brings you here?‖

He had asked a direct question. Without thinking very hard, I gave him a direct answer. paying attention, and I had driven a few miles an hour over the speed limit. him, and he saw my Pittsburgh address on my Pennsylvania driver‘s license.

time to re-register yet.

―Well, officer,‖ I said, ―since you‘ve asked, I have cancer. I have just months to live. We‘ve moved down here to be close to my wife‘s family.‖

―So you‘ve got cancer,‖ he said flatly. He was trying to figure me out. Was I really dying? Was I lying? He took a long look at me. ―You know, for a guy who has only a few months to live, you sure look good.‖

He was obviously thinking: ―Either this guy is pulling one big fat line on me, or he‘s telling the truth.‖ He was trying to question my honesty without directly calling me a liar. And so he had forced me to prove that I was being honest.

―Well, officer, I know that I look pretty healthy. I look great on the outside, but the tumors（肿瘤）are on the inside.‖ And then, I don‘t know what possessed（拥有，占据）me, but I just did it. I pulled up my shirt, showing the operational scars.

He looked at my scars. He looked in my eyes. He now knew he was talking to a dying man. Well, he wasn‘t taking this any further. He handed me back my license. ―Do me a favor.‖ he said, ―Slow down from now on.‖

The awful truth had set me free. As he went back to his police car, I had a realization. I had been one of those gorgeous blondes (金发美女) who could bat her eyelashes and get out of tickets.

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I drove home under the speed limit, and I was smiling like a beauty queen. 1. The author was stopped by the police officer because ______. A. he didn‘t have a license C. he was seriously ill

B

A bargain is something offered at a low and advantageous price. A more recent definition（定义）is: a bargain is a dirty trick to force money out of the pockets of silly and innocent（涉世不深的）people.

The cost of producing a new - for example - toothpaste would make 80p the proper price for it, so we will market it at ￡1.20. It is not a bad toothpaste, and as people like to try new things it will sell well to start with; but the attraction of novelty soon fades, so sales will fall. When that happens we will reduce the price to ￡1.15. And we will turn it into a bargain by printing 5p OFF all over it.

Sometimes it is not 5p OFF but 1p OFF. What breathtaking rudeness to advertise 1p OFF your soap or washing powder or whatever! Even the poorest old-age pensioner ought to regard this as an insult (侮辱), but he doesn‘t. A bargain must not be missed. People say one has to have washing powder (or whatever) and one might as well buy it a penny cheaper.

The real danger starts when unnecessary things become ?bargains‘. Many people just cannot resist bargains. Provided they think they are getting a bargain they will buy clothes they will never wear or furniture they have no space for. Once I heard of a man who bought an electric saw as a bargain and cut off two of his fingers the next day. But he had no regrets: the saw had been truly cheap.

Quite a few people actually believe that they make money on such bargains. A lady once told me: ― I‘ve had a lucky day today. I bought a dress for ￡120, reduced from ￡400; and I bought a beautiful Persian carpet for ￡600, reduced from ￡900.‖ It will never occur to her that she has actually wasted ￡720. She feels as though she had made ￡580. She also feels, I am sure, that if she had more time for shopping, she could make a living out of it.

Some people buy in large quantities because it is cheaper. Once a couple bought enough sugar for their lifetime and the lifetime of their children and grandchildren. They thought it a bargain not to be missed. When the sugar arrived they didn‘t know where to store it – until they realized that their toilet was a very spacious one. So that was where they piled up their sugar. Not only did their guests feel rather strange whenever they were offered sugar to put into their coffee, but the toilet became extremely sticky.

B. he drove too fast D. he forgot to re-register B. asked him to show his scars D. doubted his honesty B. adventurous（爱冒险的） D. romantic

2. On hearing about the author‘s cancer, the police officer ______. A. said it was an excuse C. showed sympathy for him A. optimistic C. dishonest

3. It can be inferred from the passage that the author was ______.

To offer bargains is a commercial（商业的）trick to make the poor poorer. When greedy（贪

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婪的）fools fall for this trick, it serves them right.

4. Which word best describes the language style of the passage? A. Polite.

B. Foolish.

C. Humorous. C. Curiosity.

D. Serious. D. Newness

5. What does the underlined word ―novelty‖ in Paragraph 2 probably mean? A. Good quality.

B. Low price.

6. How does the author feel about 1p OFF a product? A. It‘s a gift for poor people. B. It‘s an offence to shoppers. C. It‘s a bargain worth trying. D. It‘s a real reduction in price.

7. Which statement will the author probably agree with? A. Bargains play tricks on people. B. Bargains are often real cheap products. C. Bargains help people make a living. D. Bargains are things people don‘t really need.

C Year of Giving

Yesterday I started the Year of Giving, my first day of a year-long journey into exploring the act of giving and the meaning of charity. I chose December 15 as the starting date, which marked three years since my mother died from heart disease. She was one of the most generous people that I have ever known. She always thought of others first and certainly serves as an inspiration to me.

I had a rather busy day yesterday, ironic (具有讽刺意义的) for someone who is unemployed right now. In the morning I went to the gym, and unsuccessfully got the phone call from the unemployment office for some job searching. Before I knew it, it was noon. I grabbed a quick lunch and rushed down to a meeting. On my way to Connecticut, I wondered if I would see someone that I would feel forced to give my first $ 10 to. I was running late and decided to do it afterwards.

After the meeting I had about half an hour to find the first person of my Year of Giving! I decided to check out DuPont Circle. I had met a guy there named Jerry once and thought he would willing accept my $ 10. He wasn‘t there, but I did see a man sitting by himself who looked really lonely, so I approached him. Now I had to figure out what I was going to say, I think I said something like, ―Hi, can I sit down here?‖ ―I would like to know if I could give you $ 10?‖ He asked me to repeat what I had said, I did, then he looked at me funny, got up and left.

I then started walking south where I spotted a man standing by the bus stop on Connecticut Ave. He appeared to be in his 60s. I don‘t know what drew me to him, but I thought I would make my second attempt. I was a bit nervous and asked him which bus came by that stop. Then I explained that I was starting a year-long project to give $ 10 to someone every day and that I wanted to give my $ 10 for today to him. The gentleman, I later found out that his name was Ed, responded without hesitation that he could not accept my offer and that there were many people

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more deserving the money than him. This was exactly one of the things that I hoped would happen. People would think of others before themselves. 8. The author set the starting date on December 15 to ____. A. help the charity

D

While you may think that being smart and talented would logically make someone successful in running a business, unfortunately, this is often not the case.

This problem starts back in school when the stressful ―group projects‖ are first assigned .The smartest don‘t want to risk their grade in the class by dividing the work equally and hoping that art average student does his part well. They just take over and do the whole project themselves. And thus begins the smart-people work cycle. The smartest people do just about everything better than most everyone else until it comes to running a business. They are not better; they are screwed. A smart person who can‘t stand someone else doing a job badly does everything himself. Then, he is stuck with the one-man band ―job-business‖ and ends up not being able to grow. However, it is quite interesting and strange that some slacken are better suited to be a business leader than the ―smart‖ people. The figured out early on to surround themselves with smart people who would do the work that they themselves don‘t want to do.

Smart and talented people often have a gift for the unusual, complicated（复杂的）or different. They don‘t like to follow the KISS principle (keep it simple, stupid), which is required to make a business succeed. Maybe you think the global presence of McDonald‘s complex, but in reality, in the company, every single task is broken down into easy-to-follow steps and everything has been standardized. These successful companies have just a few smart enough people to run the majority of the tasks in a way that can‘t be screwed up by their average employees. So, being smart or talented isn‘t going to help you unless you can use those smarts to figure out a way to simplify those tasks that will make a business successful.

Another issue with the smart people starting businesses is that they often have the most to lose. The smarter you are, the more options（选择）you have available（可获得的）to you. You will be able to make a lot of money in various fields and have room in your career to become promoted. This means that when you start a business, you have a lot more to risk than those who are not equally smart. This is often referred to as the ―golden handcuffs‖ dilemma.

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B. make an explosion D. fulfill a wish if his mum B. he hesitated for a long time D. he had no time to take action B. he thought more for others D. he wanted to get more money B. his own kindness D. human‘s good nature

C. remember his mother

9. In the author‘s first attempt to give away the money, ____. A. he was considered ridiculous C. he was forced to donate the money A. he didn‘t need other‘s help C. he didn‘t care about money A. true friendship

10. In the author‘s second attempt, the gentleman refused his offer because ____.

11. We can prefer that the author was inspired by ____. C. generous donations