C

Prince Charles yesterday pledged to reduce the royal impact on the environment through sweeping changes to his personal lifestyle and official schedule. The prince will replace carbon-heavy private jets and helicopters with scheduled flights and train services.

The move came as Prince Charles urged business leaders to publish the environmental pact of their activities.

He said, “Few accountants and business decision-makers ask, ‘How much of our critical natural resource is left? How many miles of polar ice cap has our business helped melt this year? By how many inches have we raised sea levels? How many species have we put at risk? How many homes will be flooded, how many people will die of thirst or starvation because of our activities? ’ These are not comfortable questions, but, by God, they need to be asked.”

He added, “At the moment these costs do not appear in anyone’s books… Yet they are real, they are incurred now and in a relatively short time, the damage being caused may be beyond remedy.” He said the world was “running up the biggest global credit card debt in history, but with little or no thought for how the bill will ever be paid”.

Flanked by the prime minister and business and community leaders at St James’s Palace, the prince said his new “accounting for sustainability” project would give consumers the power to choose products that caused less damage to the planet.

Duchy Originals, the prince’s food company, is taking steps to work out how much carbon dioxide and other green-house gas are emitted in growing, processing and distributing its products. The changes to the prince’s travel arrangements announced yesterday are part of a wider review of the carbon footprint associated with activities at all three of his residences. Clarence House in London, Highgrove and Birkhall on the Balmorals estate, as well as the activities of his 21 personal and 105 full-time staff. Measures include a review of electricity use, commuter and other staff travel and are intended to identify further reductions in carbon dioxide emissions. The review will report in June , when Clarence House will announce annual targets to reduce carbon emission.

47. One of the moves Prince Charles will take to reduce the royal impact on the environment is ______.

A. taking private jets that are not carbon-heavy

B. taking helicopters instead of private jets

C. taking trains instead of scheduled flights

D. taking scheduled flights instead of helicopters

48. How does Prince Charles feel about business leaders in terms of environmental protection?

A. Dissatisfied.       B. Disappointed.            C. Doubtful.         D. Impatient.

49. In response to Prince Charles’ calls, Duchy Originals will ______.

A. make as much green food as possible                    B. cut down its cost.

C. figure out its greenhouse gas emission            D. continue its greenhouse gas emission.

50. The underlined phrase “the biggest global credit card debt” in paragraph 3 probably refers to ______.

A. the great amount of waste produced by industry

B. the great damage caused to the environment

C. the great amount of debts of the royal family

D. the high cost of industry in their producing process

51. What would be the best title for the passage?

A. Prince Charles Pledges Greener Royal Lifestyle

B. Better Late than Never

C. Prince Charles and His Concern for Environment

D. The Royal Family Has a Role to Play in Environment Protection

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科目:高中英語 來源:山東省淄博市重點(diǎn)中學(xué)2011屆高三上學(xué)期期中考試英語試題 題型:001

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第一節(jié)(共5小題;每小題1.5分,滿分7.5分)

聽下面5段對話。每段對話后有一個(gè)小題,從題中所給的A、B、C三個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出最佳選項(xiàng)。聽完每段對話后,你都有10秒鐘的時(shí)間來回答有關(guān)小題和閱讀下一小題。每段對話僅讀一遍。

1.Where does the conversation take place?

A.a(chǎn)t a hotel

B.a(chǎn)t a restaurant

C.a(chǎn)t a market

2.What does the man mean?

A.He doesn't really like cycling.

B.He never cycles.

C.He goes to school by cycle every day.

3.What are they talking about?

A.a(chǎn) bank card

B.a(chǎn) credit card

D.a(chǎn) fitness card

4.What most probably happened to the woman?

A.She was caught in a rain

B.She took a bath.

C.She washed her hair.

5.Where does the woman probably go for her holiday?

A.the countryside

B.a(chǎn) forest

C.a(chǎn) beach

第二節(jié)(共15小題;每題1.5分,滿分22.5分)

聽下面5段對話或獨(dú)白。每段對話或獨(dú)白后有幾個(gè)小題,從題中所給的A,B,C三個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出最佳選項(xiàng)。聽每段對話或獨(dú)白前,你將有時(shí)間閱讀各個(gè)小題,每小題5秒鐘;聽完后,每小題5秒鐘。每段對話或獨(dú)白讀兩遍。

聽第6段材料,回答第6至8小題。

6.Where does Lisa work?

A.in a hospital

B.in a bank

C.in a university

7.What is James?

A.a(chǎn)n actor

B.a(chǎn) college student

C.a(chǎn)n art teacher

8.How does James know Roy?

A.They work in the same university

B.They play tennis together.

C.They know each other at the party.

聽第7段材料,回答第9至11小題。

9.What is the Tencent?

A.It's a beer bar.

B.It's meeting room.

C.It's a website.

10.How many Chinese cities has the American been to?

A.three

B.four

C.five

11.What is the American's QQ number?

A.52884376

B.52884736

C.52887436

聽第8段材料,回答第12至14小題。

12.Where did the money spent on the new hat come from?

A.From he pocket money.

B.From the money her parents gave her.

C.From the money she got for her work in the vacation.

13.What does the woman think of the prices given by the store where she bought her new hat?

A.Reasonable.

B.Too high

C.Quite low.

14.When will the man and the woman go shopping in that store?

A.a(chǎn)fter seeing a film

B.on their way to see a film

C.a(chǎn)fter supper

聽第9段材料,回答第15至17小題。

15.How old is the woman speaker?

A.98

B.99

C.100

16.Who bought her the beautiful skirt?

A.Her mother

B.Her grandmother

C.She herself

17.Where is the woman speaker's mother?

A.She had died, and was buried in another village.

B.She went to another village to see her grandmother.

C.She was ill and being taken care of in hospital.

聽第10段材料,回答第18至20小題。

18.When was the first beer festival be held?

A.More than 200 years ago.

B.Less than 200 years ago

C.On October 17, 1910.

19.What can you see in the festival?

A.Lots of people

B.Beautiful lights

C.Prince and Princess

20.What is the speaker likely to be?

A.The organizer of the festival

B.A beer salesman.

C.A store owner

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二,完形填空(共15小題;每小題1.5分,滿分22.5分)
閱讀下面短文,掌握其大意,然后從每題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)(A、B、C和D)中,選出最佳選項(xiàng)。
Prince was a dog. My husband found him   21   at the corner of the street, shaking in the cold and   22 dead, so he rescued him and   23   him home. He gave him the name Prince. I soon liked this little dog;   24    , I was not satisfied with his name. "Prince" sounded too formal. It was more like the   25   of a German shepherd dog (牧羊犬). I tried to   26   a name more fitting, but I seemed to be stuck with (無法擺脫) "Prince". Before long Prince   27  some of his princely attributes (品性,品質(zhì)) to our family. It started when our young son Luck was   28   in bed. Prince didn’t usually go upstairs where the boys’ rooms were. He usually   29   me wherever I went like glue, since I was the one who fed him, but on that __30___ day, when I went upstairs to check Luck’s fever, I found that Prince was __31____beside my sick boy. He didn’t leave Luck’s side until Luck began to feel better. The same thing happened repeatedly. Whenever anyone in our family was sick, Prince would be right by that person’s side __32___ it was his job to take care of them until they __33__ . It was incredible to see this little dog set aside his active nature to show his care for a sick family member. Our little Prince lived for nearly sixteen years. He remained___34___to our family the whole time. Even in his final days, when he was in pain,  I___35__he would sacrifice his life for any of us. By then I had realized that his name was proper after all —he truly was a Prince among dogs.
21. A. lying       B. running         C. walking      D. screaming
22. A. completely   B. suddenly       C. unfortunatelyD. nearly
23. A. made       B. supplied        C. arranged     D. brought
24. A. otherwise     B. instead              C. however     D. therefore
25. A. name       B. head         C. body      D. character
26. A. put up with  B. come up with     C. look up to  D. pay attention to
27. A. analyzed      B. described       C. created       D. showed
28. A. asleep      B. playing         C. sick       D. staying
29. A. served     B. grasped         C. searched     D. Followed
30. A. particular     B. warm         C. meaningful D. Relative
31. A. smiling     B. quarreling     C. fighting      D. resting
32. A. even though B. now that        C. as if       D. ever since
33. A. disagreed     B. returned        C. recovered   D. cheered
34. A. tender      B. common        C. loyal      D. sensitive
35. A. doubted          B. observed       C. noticed       D. knew

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Prince Charles yesterday pledged to reduce the royal impact on the environment through sweeping changes to his personal lifestyle and official schedule. The prince will replace carbon-heavy private jets and helicopters with scheduled flights and train services.
The move came as Prince Charles urged business leaders to publish the environmental pact of their activities.
He said, “Few accountants and business decision-makers ask, ‘How much of our critical natural resource is left? How many miles of polar ice cap has our business helped melt this year? By how many inches have we raised sea levels? How many species have we put at risk? How many homes will be flooded, how many people will die of thirst or starvation because of our activities? ’ These are not comfortable questions, but, by God, they need to be asked.”
He added, “At the moment these costs do not appear in anyone’s books… Yet they are real, they are incurred now and in a relatively short time, the damage being caused may be beyond remedy.” He said the world was “running up the biggest global credit card debt in history, but with little or no thought for how the bill will ever be paid”.
Flanked by the prime minister and business and community leaders at St James’s Palace, the prince said his new “accounting for sustainability” project would give consumers the power to choose products that caused less damage to the planet.
Duchy Originals, the prince’s food company, is taking steps to work out how much carbon dioxide and other green-house gas are emitted in growing, processing and distributing its products. The changes to the prince’s travel arrangements announced yesterday are part of a wider review of the carbon footprint associated with activities at all three of his residences. Clarence House in London, Highgrove and Birkhall on the Balmorals estate, as well as the activities of his 21 personal and 105 full-time staff. Measures include a review of electricity use, commuter and other staff travel and are intended to identify further reductions in carbon dioxide emissions. The review will report in June , when Clarence House will announce annual targets to reduce carbon emission.
47. One of the moves Prince Charles will take to reduce the royal impact on the environment is ______.
A. taking private jets that are not carbon-heavy
B. taking helicopters instead of private jets
C. taking trains instead of scheduled flights
D. taking scheduled flights instead of helicopters
48. How does Prince Charles feel about business leaders in terms of environmental protection?
A. Dissatisfied.       B. Disappointed.            C. Doubtful.         D. Impatient.
49. In response to Prince Charles’ calls, Duchy Originals will ______.
A. make as much green food as possible                    B. cut down its cost.
C. figure out its greenhouse gas emission            D. continue its greenhouse gas emission.
50. The underlined phrase “the biggest global credit card debt” in paragraph 3 probably refers to ______.
A. the great amount of waste produced by industry
B. the great damage caused to the environment
C. the great amount of debts of the royal family
D. the high cost of industry in their producing process
51. What would be the best title for the passage?
A. Prince Charles Pledges Greener Royal Lifestyle
B. Better Late than Never
C. Prince Charles and His Concern for Environment
D. The Royal Family Has a Role to Play in Environment Protection

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On June 21, 1982, Prince (王子) William, the future King of England, was born. Since then, he has won all the hearts of the public.
When he was very small, he got a number of nicknames (綽號(hào)):King Tot, Willys, Billy, and William the Terrible!He was often found climbing into wastebaskets, trying to flush (沖刷) Dad’s shoes down the toilet (廁所) and pressing buttons, which often made alarm ring!
Prince William has a lot of rules to follow:no drinking in public, no smoking or taking drugs, no kissing girls in public. William was especially close to Diana. However, he has been brave beyond his years since his mother’s sudden death because of the car accident.
Prince William’s fans are growing in number every day. He got more than 12, 000 fan letters a week. When he made a trip to Canada, thousands of girls went frenetic and screamed, “William, will you marry me?” His favorite drink is coke and his favorite foods are burgers, fries, pizza, and chocolate. William also loves to search the World Wide Web. So next time when you’re online, you might be chatting with the future King of England.
Want to write to him? Here it is:
HRH Prince William             
Kensington Palace  Kensington, London W8 4PN  Great Britain
【小題1】William’s mother died when he was_____.     .
A. 13                   B. 20                C. 19                  D. 15
【小題2】What does the underlined word “frenetic” mean?  
A. Angry.               B.Excited.           C. Stupid.                D. Comfortable.
【小題3】Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage?
A. Prince William loves his mother very much.   
B. Prince William likes western food.
C. Prince William has two brothers.    
D. Prince William loves to use the computer.
【小題4】Where can you probably see the article?
A. In a magazine       B. In a textbook      C. In a sports report   D. On TV

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Prince Charles yesterday pledged to reduce the royal impact on the environment through sweeping changes to his personal lifestyle and official schedule. The prince will replace carbon-heavy private jets and helicopters with scheduled flights and train services.

The move came as Prince Charles urged business leaders to publish the environmental pact of their activities.

He said, “Few accountants and business decision-makers ask, ‘How much of our critical natural resource is left? How many miles of polar ice cap has our business helped melt this year? By how many inches have we raised sea levels? How many species have we put at risk? How many homes will be flooded, how many people will die of thirst or starvation because of our activities? ’ These are not comfortable questions, but, by God, they need to be asked.”

He added, “At the moment these costs do not appear in anyone’s books… Yet they are real, they are incurred now and in a relatively short time, the damage being caused may be beyond remedy.” He said the world was “running up the biggest global credit card debt in history, but with little or no thought for how the bill will ever be paid”.

Flanked by the prime minister and business and community leaders at St James’s Palace, the prince said his new “accounting for sustainability” project would give consumers the power to choose products that caused less damage to the planet.

Duchy Originals, the prince’s food company, is taking steps to work out how much carbon dioxide and other green-house gas are emitted in growing, processing and distributing its products. The changes to the prince’s travel arrangements announced yesterday are part of a wider review of the carbon footprint associated with activities at all three of his residences. Clarence House in London, Highgrove and Birkhall on the Balmorals estate, as well as the activities of his 21 personal and 105 full-time staff. Measures include a review of electricity use, commuter and other staff travel and are intended to identify further reductions in carbon dioxide emissions. The review will report in June , 高☆考♂資♀源?網(wǎng)when Clarence House will announce annual targets to reduce carbon emission.

47. One of the moves Prince Charles will take to reduce the royal impact on the environment is ______.

A. taking private jets that are not carbon-heavy

B. taking helicopters instead of private jets

C. taking trains instead of scheduled flights

D. taking scheduled flights instead of helicopters

48. How does Prince Charles feel about business leaders in terms of environmental protection?

A. Dissatisfied.       B. Disappointed.                 C. Doubtful.         D. Impatient.

49. In response to Prince Charles’ calls, Duchy Originals will ______.

A. make as much green food as possible                            B. cut down its cost.

C. figure out its greenhouse gas emission                D. continue its greenhouse gas emission.

50. The underlined phrase “the biggest global credit card debt” in paragraph 3 probably refers to ______.

A. the great amount of waste produced by industry

B. the great damage caused to the environment

C. the great amount of debts of the royal family

D. the high cost of industry in their producing process

51. What would be the best title for the passage?

A. Prince Charles Pledges Greener Royal Lifestyle

B. Better Late than Never

C. Prince Charles and His Concern for Environment

D. The Royal Family Has a Role to Play in Environment Protection

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