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城南中学09-10年度高三级第一次阶段考试 英语科试卷 二、语言知识及应用（共两节，满分35分） 第一节：完形填空（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分） It is commonly believed that school is where people go to get education. 21 , it has been said that today children interrupt their education to go to school. The 22 between schooling and education suggested by this is important. Education is 23 , compared with schooling. Education knows no edges. It can take place 24 , whether in the shower or on the job, whether in a kitchen or on a tractor. It includes both the 25_ learning that takes place in schools and the whole universe of learning out of class. 26 the experience of schooling can be known in advance, education quite often produces surprises. A chance talk with a 27 may lead to a person to discover how 28 he knows of another country. People obtain education from 29 on. Education, then, is a very 30 and unlimited term. It is lifelong experience that starts long before the start of school, and one that should be a necessary part of one’s entire life. 21. A. Then B . However C. Thus D. Therefore（因此） 22. A. difference B. importance C. use D. problem 23. A. unexpected B. endless C. countless D. simple 24. A. anywhere B. anywhere else C. somewhere D. somewhere else
25. A. part-time B. public C . standard D. strict 26. A. If B. Because C. So D. Though 27. A. neighbor B. friend C. foreigner D. teacher 28. A. wonderful B. well C. greatly D. little 29. A. babies B. grown-ups C. women D. men 30. A. long B. broad C. narrow D. short
People _____31___ (live) in different countries made different kinds of words. Today there are about fifteen hundred _____32_____ in the world. Each contains many thousands of words. A very large dictionary, for example, contains four ___33___ five hundred thousand words. But we do not need ____34____ these. To read short stories you need to know only about two thousand words. ____35_____ you leave school, you will learn only one thousand or more. The words you know are called your vocabulary. You should try to make your vocabulary ______36___ (big). Read as many books as we can. There are a lot of books _____37____ (write) in easy English. You will enjoy them. When you meet _____38____ new word, look it ____39_____ in your dictionary. Your dictionary is your _____40_____ (much) useful book.
三、阅读（共两节，满分40分） 第一节：阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
A People have sailed the world in quite small boats. It is not an easy things to do. Sometimes the weather gets bad. That can be the end of everyone in it. Accidents can happen easily and quickly. One family once had an accident with some big fish. The fish swam under their boat and bit holes in it. Sea water came in, of course, and the boat soon sank. However, these people had another smaller boat-a life-boat, and they all got into it. They lived and hoped for many days. They ate and slept, and they always hoped at last a ship found them. How do people live in a very small life-boat? Perhaps for weeks or months? They must be strong in every way. They must have hope—they must want to live. But you cannot eat and drink hope. You cannot drink sea water. If you drink a lot of sea water, you will quickly die. Sailors can drink rain water. They must catch rain water in their boat. They must also catch fish and birds for food. Life-boats do not often carry a cooker, so the sailors cannot cook their food. Raw fish and bird-meat is not very nice. But in a life-boat the sailors must eat raw food, or they will die. What do people think about in a life-boat? They think about land, a warm bed, dry clothes, fresh water and food, food. 41.When sailors’ boat sinks, their life-boat gives them____. A. food B. beds C. rain water D. hope 42. One family once had an accident at sea, because____. A. their boat was caught in bad weather B. the boat knocked against a rock and sea water came in C. some fish bit through the bottom of their boat D. none of them knew how to sail the sea 43. Sailors can catch____ for food and drink at sea in a life-boat. A. rain water B. fish and birds C. both sea water and rain water D. Both A and B 44. Life-boats do not often carry a cooker, which is ____. A. something used for cooking B. food for cooking C. a large basin D. a person who cooks food 45. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE? a) Sailing around the world in quite small boat is not easy. b) All the
