沈阳市四校协作体2012年高二上学期期中考试英语试题答案(4)

5. Format your essay－Neatly type your essay on white paper. Choose an attractive cover for submission. The computer lab will be open after school from 3:15 to 4:45 p.m. each day this month so that students can use the computers.
Prizes
Winning essays will be published in the Centerville Times. Everyone who takes part in it will also receive a free pass to enter one school activity this year.
First Prize:      $ 50 savings bond
Second Prize:    Dictionary and reference book
Third Prize:      Pen set and journal
48. Which of the following rules is set for the essay contest?
A. Students can write something exactly as it is written in other books.
B. Students’ personal information should be listed on another piece of paper.
C. Essays must be brought to Mr. Markham in the computer lab on November 30.
D. The students winning second prize will be awarded a dictionary and a book.
49. Which of the following writing tips is given in the passage?
A. Drawing a picture to go with the essay.
B. Trying to communicate an important idea to readers.
C. Asking a teacher to find the mistakes you haven’t found.
D. Making the essay short enough to hold the readers’ interest.
50. The article is written to ____. 
A. convince the students of the prizes available
B. explain how to write a good essay
C. inform the students of the essay contest
D. show how to organize an essay contest
四、七选五
___51____ Maybe you thought that they were just happy. After all, you probably sing or whistle when you are happy.
  However, they sing most of the time for a very different reason. ____52___ Some scientists believe that birds do sing some of the time just because they are happy.
  Do you know what a “territory” is? A territory is an area that an animal, usually the male, claims(声称)as its own. ____53___ No other families of the same species are welcome. Your yard and house are your territory where only your family and friends are welcome. If a stranger should enter your territory and threaten you, you might shout. Probably this would be enough to frighten him away. If so, you have actually scared the stranger away without having to fight him. A bird does the same thing. But he expects an outsider almost any time, especially at nesting(筑巢)season. So he is screaming all the time, whether he can see an outsider or not.__54__.
Birds sing loudest in the spring when they are trying to attract a mate and warn others not to enter the territory of theirs.You can see that birds have a language all their own. ___55__
A. Only he and his family are welcome there. 
B. Most of it has to do with attracting mates and setting up territories.
C. Have you ever wondered why birds sing?
D. Their singing is actually a warning to other birds to stay out of their territory.
E. Have you ever wondered why birds sing?
F. Most of the language is widely used.
G. This screaming is what we call a bird’s song, and it is usually enough to keep an outsider away.

五． 根据所给汉语，写出单词的正确形式
56. It is said that the first ___________(定居者) of this country are prisoners.
57. This is the ________(标准) textbook on the subject.
58. He gave a ________(生动的) account of his life as a fighter pilot.
59. The _______(焦点) of the news is earthquake happening in Sichuan.
60. If the fire-alarm goes, ________ (全体员工) should assemble outside the building.
六． 从方框中选出适当的短语，并用其正确形式填空。
have… in common     have connection with     be concerned about 
on the increase        in response to
61. She open the door ___________ the knock.
62. The number of people asking to go there is ____________.
63. The little boy ____________ little ____________ with his father.
64. Where is Jane? All of us ___________ her safety.
65. The police found that his escape from prison ___________the murder.
五、书面表达：
假如你是柳芳，想到一家中外合资企业工作。请依据下面表中内容，给外方经理Mr. Green写一封求职信。

姓名	柳芳	性别	女	年龄	23	婚否	否
住址	北京市东单大街路268号			文化程度	高中毕业	健康状况	良好
个人简历	中学毕业后当过工人，后来到一家书店工作至今。
爱好与特长	在中学学过六年英语，曾参加过英语口语培训班，在此基础上努力学习提高，现在口语和打字都很熟练。喜欢唱歌跳舞，2011年获是业余歌手比赛一等奖。

注意：
1. 要写成一篇通顺连贯的短文，要包括表中各要点，不要逐项翻译。
2. 开头部分已给出（不计入要求的字数），请接着往下写。词数100-120词左右。
参考词汇：competition 比赛 look forward to 盼望
Dear Mr. Green,
It gives me much pleasure to learn that waitresses are wanted in you enterprise. I’d like to be a waitress of yours. Could you let me have a position?
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