山东省临沂市第一中学高一下学期2021–2022学年英语考试
I.Dictation (15%)
II.Cloze Test (15%)
Passage 1 (5%)
Even (1)___________ harmless falhoods can have
(2)____________ conquences. Philosopher Sisla Bok
(3)____________ us that they can put us on a
(4)_____________ slope. “After the first lie, others can come more
(5)__________,” she wrote in her book Lying: Moral Choice in Public and Private Life. “Psychological barriers
(6)_____________ down; the ability to make more
(7)____________ can coarn; the liar’s
(8)_____________ of his chances of
(9)___________ caught may
(10)____________.”
Passage 2 (10%)
We all know that a magician does not really depend on "magic" to perform his tricks, but
(1)_____ his ability to act at great speed.
(2)______, this does not prevent us from enjoying watching a magician
(3)______rabbits from a hat.
(4)______ the greatest magician of all time was Harry Houdini who died in 1926. Houdini mastered the art of (5)______. He could free himlf from the tight test knots or t
he most complicated locks in conds.
(6)______ no one really knows how he did this, there is no doubt
(7)______ he had made a clo study of every type of lock ever invented. He liked to carry a small steel needle like tool strapped to his leg and he ud this in
(8)______ of a key.
Houdini once asked the Chicago police to lock him in prison. They
(9)______ him in chains and locked him up, but he freed himlf
(10)______ an instant. The police
(11)______ him of having ud a tool and locked him up again . This time he wore
(12)_____ clothes and there were chains round his neck, waist, wrists, and legs; but he again escaped in a few minutes. Houdini had probably hidden his "needle" in a wax like
(13)______ and dropped it on the floor in the passage.
(14)______ he went past, he stepped on it so that it stuck to the bottom of his foot. His most famous escape, however, was
(15)______ astonishing. He was heavily chained up and enclod in an empty wooden chest, the lid of
(16)______ was nailed down. The
(17)______ was dropped into the a in New York harbor. In one minute Houdini had swum to the surface. When the chest was
(18)______, it was opened and the chains were found inside.
In 1912, Houdini introduced perhaps his most famous
(19)______, the Chine Water Torture Cell, in which he was suspended upside-down in a locked glass-and-steel cabinet overflowing with water. The act required that Houdini
(20)_____ his breath for more than three minutes. Houdini performed the escape for the rest of his career.
III.Paraphra (10%)
1.When others were complimenting him on the new invention, the boss decided to take him down a peg by pointing out that the success was the result of collective effort.
2.It dawned on her that Susan had told the lie to spare her feelings.
3.It will certainly put a damper on your spring festival if you flunk your test this time.
4.The rearchers went out of their way to find information pertinent to this new environmental trend.
5.I finally brought it home to my wife that I have never entertained the notion of spending my holiday in the packed casinos in Macau.
IV.Sentence Rewriting (5%)
1. Though it is an imperfect idea, it is the best we have and it is the work of the reason. (…as…)
2. He has never thought that he would become the leading actor in the play. (occur)
3. It was rather a monologue than an argument.(so much…as)
4. In order that I can get the ammunition I need to make a complaint, I keep a special file for warranty cards and appliance guarantees. (so as to)
5. You have finished your assignment. You may play computer games. (Now that)
V. Translation (20%)
1.从某种意义上来说，产出应该和投入成正比。 (in a n, proportional)
2.高考象征着公平竞争，但它时常不能正确地反映一个学生的天赋和潜能。(embody, justice)
3.有些年轻的白领过于注重时尚，不惜一切代价追随时代潮流。(fetish，go out of one’s way)
4.他极其渴望得到教授的`认可，所以抓住每个机会请他看自己的论文。(crave，pounce on)
5.许多家长时常以爱的名义强加给他们的孩子一种被各种考试支配的生活。(in the name of, ntence sb. to)
VI. Derivation (5%)
1.1. Whether ___________ euthanasia should be made legal is still a controversy. (volunteer)
2.Romance movies often have detailed depictions of emotional __________. (tangle)
3. While the majority of people in China still live in rural areas, rapid ____________ is predicted by many experts. (urban)
