第二学期高一期中考试英语试卷

　　62.From the text we can infer that www.intellicast-k is a website .

　　A.where we people can find Smarter Child

　　B.which is specially designed to help Smarter Child

　　C.where weather forecasts are made

　　D.which is about artificial intelligence

　　63.It is probably most difficult for Smarter Child to .

　　A.learn the ability to tell right behaviors from wrong ones.

　　B.tell us how to spell a difficult word

　　C.provide us with a famous poem by Shakespeare

　　D.tell us how the American government is run

　　64.The underlined “it ” in Paragraph 6 refers to ________.

　　A.where to look for the weather B.Smarter Child.

　　C.a much more difficult task D.to read web pages

　　65.Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

　　A.A New Web Child B.Intelligence Development

　　C.Smarter Child D.The Future of Internet

　　D

　　First the ground shook in Haiti, then Chile and Turkey. The earthquakes keep coming hard and fast this year, causing people to wonder if something evil (邪恶的) is happening underfoot. It’s not.

　　While it may seem as if there are more earthquakes occurring, there really aren’t. The problem is what’s happening above ground, not underground, experts say. More people are moving into big cities that happen to be built in quake zones, and they’re rapidly putting up buildings that can’t withstand (经受) earthquakes, scientists believe. And around-the-clock news coverage (报道) and better earthquake monitoring(监测) make it seem as if earthquakes are ever-present.

　　“I can definitely tell you that the world is not coming to an end,” said Bob Holdsworth, an expert in tectonics (筑造学) at Durharn University in the UK.

　　A 7.0 magnitude quake in January killed more than 230,000 people in Haiti. Last month, an 8.8 magnitude quake--- the fifth-strongest since 1900—killed more than 900 people in Chile. And two weeks ago, a 6.0 magnitude quake struck rural eastern Turkey, killing at least 57 people.

　　On average, there are 134 earthquakes a year that have a magnitude between 6.0 and 6.9, according to the US Geological Survey. This year is off to a fast start with 40 so far—more than in most years for that time period.

　　But that’s because the 8.8 quake in Chile generated a large number of strong aftershocks, and so many quakes early this year skews (扭曲) the picture, said Paul Earle, a US seismologist (地震学家).

　　Also, it’s not the number of quakes, but their devastating impacts(破坏性的影响) that gain attention, with the death tolls (死亡人数) largely due to construction standards (building standard) and crowding, Earle added. “The standard mantra (咒语) is earthquakes don’t kill people, buildings do, ” he said.

　　There have been more deaths over the past decades from earthquakes, said University of Colorado geologist Roger Bilham. In an opinion column last month in the journal Nature, Bilham called for better construction standards in the world’s big cities.

　　Of the 130 cities worldwide with populations of more than 1 million, more than half are prone (倾向于) to earthquakes, Bilham said.

　　Developing nations, where populations are growing, don’t pay attention to earthquake preparedness, Bilham said.” If you have a problem feeding yourself, you’re not really going to worry about earthquakes.”

　　Another reason quakes seem worse is that we’re paying attention more. The Haiti earthquake quickly followed by the 8.8 in Chile made everyone start to think.

　　But it won’t last, said US disaster researcher Deniis Mileti. “People are paying attention to the violent planet we’ve always lived on,” Mileti said.” Come back in another six months if there has been no earthquakes, most people will have forgotten it again. ”

　　66. What is the main idea of the article?

　　A. The number of earthquakes is increasing this year.

　　B. The reasons why earthquakes are so devastating.

　　C. The reasons why recent earthquakes have struck large cities.

　　D. Why earthquakes seem to be more serious this year.

　　67. Which of the following is NOT a reason for the seeming increase in earthquakes this year，

　　according to the article?

　　A. Greater underground activity.

　　B. A larger number of buildings prone to damage during earthquakes.

　　C. Around-the-clock news coverage.

　　D. Better earthquake monitoring.

　　68. According to the article, it is safe to say that ______.

　　A. there is an evil force beneath the world’s surface

　　B. large cities are always built in quake zones

　　C. enough attention has been paid to reducing the impact of earthquakes

　　D. the earthquake in Chili caused many aftershocks.

　　69. According to the article, the greater damage of earthquakes this year can be mainly caused by ______.

　　A. the occurrence of larger earthquakes

　　B. not enough warnings about earthquakes

　　C. poor construction standards and overcrowding

　　D. an increase in large cities

　　第二卷(45分)

　　五、选词组填空 从方框内的词组中选择适当的词组并用其正确形式填空，使下列句子意思和结构完整。每一词组只能用一次(共10题，每题1分)

　　take place, as for, keep one’s word, account for, take a chance, in time, now that, have a jpgt for, break out, settle down, after all, rather than

　　70. You can rely on him. He always _____________.

　　71. You are late again. How do you ___________ that this time?

　　72. _______ you are busy, let me do it for you.

　　73. Don’t give up halfway, Andy. You’ll succeed ________ if you keep on working like this.

　　74. We will ___________ with the weather and go for a picnic.

　　75. It was almost midnight that a fire ______in the neighborhood.

　　76. Don’t move any more; in my opinion, you must______________ to live a stable life.

　　77. Why didn’t you ask for help, ______ try to do it on your own?

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