a,farmer,and,a,snake

篇一:《2013广东省高三英语试卷(含答案)》

2012-2013学年度第二学期高三级英语试卷

(含答案)

（满分135分，时间120分钟）

I. 语言知识及应用 (共两节，满分45分)

第一节 完形填空 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1~15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并将答案填在答题卡标号为1~15的相应位置上。

We are all interested in equality, but while some people try to protect the school and examination system in the name of equality, others, still in the name of equality, want only to destroy it.

Any society which is interested in equality of opportunity and standards of achievement test its pupils. The standards may be changed —— but to have no tests or examinations would mean the end of equality and of standards. There are groups of people who oppose this view and who do not either in examinations or in any since .

Without examinations, employers will look for employees from the respected schools and from families known to them – a form of favoritism will replace equality. At the moment, the bright child from an ill-respected school can show certificates to prove he is for a job, while the lack of a certificate indicates the unsuitability of attending a well-respected school. This defense of excellence and opportunity would disappear if examinations and the bright child from a poor family would be a prisoner of his or her school’s reputation, unable tofor employment with the child from The opponents of the examination system suggest that examinations are an because they show differences between pupils. According to these people, there must be no . The selection would be made by people who themselves are selected by some computer.

1. A. seldom B. regularly C. never D. rarely

2. A. perfect B. interesting C. easy D. difficult

3. A. predict B. explain C. improve D. believe

4. A. equality B. luck C. labor D. examinations

5. A. classmate B. friend C. teacher D. parent

6. A. equally B. slightly C. highly D. interestingly

7. A. suitable B. interested C. generous D. sensitive

8. A. cruel B. dull C. clever D. bright

9. A. handed down B. picked up C. brought in D. taken away

10. A. compete

11. A. ordinary

12. A. necessary

13. A. standard

14. A. selection

15. A. surely B. stand B. favored B. healthy B. normal B. test B. clearly C. argue C. ill-respected C. extraordinary C. different C. discussion C. actually D. protect D. average D. evil D. fair D. arrangement D. probably

第二节 语法填空 （共10小题；每小题1．5分, 满分15分）

阅读下面短文, 按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求, 在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空, 并将答案填写在答题卡标号为16-25的相应位置上。

A baby is in danger and its mother is crazy with worry. This is something anyone can relate to, even though we are talking about a mother elephant that has been separated A video capturing(捕捉) the reunion between the elephant and her 8-month-old baby in Amboseli Trust for Elephants. Despite the best efforts of her desperate mother, the baby

seemed helpless the overprotective mother away first, so that could get close enough to rescue the baby. They (struggle) to pull the baby out with ropes and a vehicle.

followed was (distant), the cries of her mother could be heard as she came running from the opposite (hug) each other with their trunks.

II. 阅读（共两节，满分50分）

第一节 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项填写。

A

A mouse happened to look through a hole in the wall to see the farmer and his wife open a package. ―What food might this contain?‖ The mouse wondered. But he was sad to discover it was a mousetrap.

Back to the farmyard, the mouse announced this warning; ―There is a mousetrap in the house! There is a mouse trap in the house!‖

The hen clucked (咯咯地叫) and scratched, raised her head and said, ―Mr. Mouse, I can tell this is a great concern to you, but it is of no consequence to me. I cannot be bothered by it.‖

Then the mouse turned to the pig. The pig sympathized, but said, ―I am so very sorry, Mr. Mouse, but there is nothing I can do about it but pray. Be assured you are in my prayers.‖

Then the mouse turned to the cow and repeat the same words. The cow said, ―Moo, Mr. Mouse. I’m sorry for you, but it’s no skin off my nose.‖

So, the mouse returned to the house, head down and sadly faced the farmer’s mousetrap alone. That very right a sound was heard throughout the house – the sound of a mousetrap catching its prey (猎物). The farmer’s wife rushed to see what was caught. In the darkness, she did not see it. It was a poisonous snake whose tail was caught in the trap. The snake bit the farmer’s wife. The farmer rushed her to the hospital. When she returned home, she still had a fever.

Everyone knows fresh chicken soup is good to treat a fever. So the farmer took his knife to the farmyard. The hen was killed.

But his wife’s sickness continued. Friends and neighbors came to sit with her around the clock. To feed them, the farmer butchered the pig.

The farmer’s wife did not get well but died. So many people came for her funeral that the farmer had the cow killed to provide enough meat for all of them for the lunch.

The mouse looked upon it all from his hole in the wall with great sadness.

26〃What surprised the mouse when looking through the hole?

A〃The farmer and his wife. B〃A dangerous mousetrap. C〃A package with food in. D〃A poisonous snake.

27〃What did the mouse do when it returned to the farmyard?

A〃It had a warn talk with his friends. B〃It warned its neighbors of the danger.

C〃It argued with its neighbors loudly. D〃It tried hard to cheer its neighbors.

28〃Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the story?

A〃The hen was sure that it needn’t be bothered by it. B〃The pig only expressed its sympathy for the mouse. C〃The farmer’s wife was bitten by the poisonous snake. D〃The farmer’s neighbors came to his home for meat.

29〃What does the underlined sentence ―but it’s no skin off my nose‖ in paragraph 5 mean?

A〃It is none of my business. B〃It is out of the question.

C〃It doesn’t affect my smell. D〃It is not interesting at all.

30〃Which of the following can best express the moral of the story?

A〃Mind works faster in time of danger. B〃Never put your nose into others’ business. C〃We should pull together in time of trouble. D〃Out of sight, out of mind.

B

All of us should keep a kitchen diary, showing how much food are left uneaten as

garbage.

We all waste food, you and me millions of tons of it. In China, enough food is wasted in restaurants every year to feed 200 million people. In the United States, 40 percent of food is wasted from farm to fork. Each year, the amount of food thrown away in rich countries is almost the same as that produced in sub – Saharan Africa. This raises some important questions.

In developing countries, food is lost because farmers do not have appropriate cooling, storage or market access for their crops. Their grains, fruits and vegetables dry up and rot away. In developed countries, the picture is different, and food is wasted in supermarkets, restaurants and at home. China faces both problems, significant losses in farms, as well as at the sale and consumption stages. And the amount of food wasted by Chinese consumers is rapidly increasing.

Consumer culture has filled China and urban residents can get quality food from

anywhere in the country and from across the planet. Chinese consumers are as particular about their food as those in other countries. In supermarkets, they refuse to buy vegetables that don’t look fresh or have an irregular shape, or milk and other products close to their expiry (失败) date.

Besides, Chinese consumers tend to be generous. In restaurants or at home, often too much food is ordered or cooked and served. So while trooping out of a restaurant, full and happy, with colleagues or friends, they never look back at what’s left untouched on the table. Should Chinese consumers take more responsibility for the waste they create?

Everyone deserves to have enough food to eat. Despite China’s impressive success in reducing hunger over the past three decades, the job is not completed yet.

31〃According to paragraph 1, we know that food waste is .

A〃huge worldwide B〃mainly in USA C〃only in rich countries D〃just in African countries

32〃In developing countries, food is lost mainly .{a,farmer,and,a,snake}.

A〃for the lack of cooling and storage B〃because of easy access to markets

C〃because of the wet weather D〃because of the quality of the food

33〃The main reason for food waste in China is .

A〃the effect of consumer culture B〃the convenient food supply C〃the worry about food quality D〃people’s being particular about it

34〃How do Chinese feel when they leave restaurants with much food left behind? A〃Generous. B〃Unconscious. C〃Wealthy. D〃Valuable.

35〃The purpose of the passage is to tell us .

A〃not to waste any food from now on B〃the necessity to improve food quality C〃the fact of food waste in developed countries

D〃the influence of consumer culture on Chinese

C

We’re so well educated – but we’re useless students who have lost the ability to do anything practical. The only thing we’ve mastered is consumption.

Large numbers of students have entered higher education in the past 10 years, but despite being the most educated generation in history, it seems that we’ve grown increasingly ignorant when it comes to basic life skills.

Looking back on my first couple of weeks of living in student halls, I consider myself lucky to still be alive. Unfamiliar to fresher’s, there are many hidden dangers in the dirty corners of students accommodation.

I have survived a couple of serious boiling egg incidents and lots of cases of food – poisoning, probably from dirty kitchen counters. Although some of my clothes have fallen victim to ironing experimentation, I think I have now finally acquired all the domestic (居家的) skills I missed out in my modem education.

In 2006 and 2010, the charming educationist Sir Ken Robinson gave two very amusing talks in which he discussed the importance of creativity in education. Robinson’s main

viewpoint is that our current education system dislocates people from their natural talents. I would like to go a step further and propose that besides our talents, the system takes away what used to be passed from generation to generation – a working knowledge of basic life skills.

Today’s graduates may have earned themselves honor in history, law or economies, but when it comes to simple things like putting up a shelf to hold all their academic books, or fixing a hole in their on – trend clothes, they have to cal for help from a professional handyman or tailor.

篇二:《农夫与蛇 The farmer and the snake》

农夫与蛇The farmer and the snake

农夫与蛇是人们耳熟能详的一个经典寓言故事，这个故事告诉我们做人一定要分清善恶，只能把援助之手伸向善良的人，对恶人千万不能心慈手软。

一个农夫在寒冷的冬天里看见一条正在冬眠的蛇，误以为其是冻僵了，就把它拾起来，小心翼翼地放进怀里，用暖和的身体温暖着它。那蛇受了惊吓，被吵醒了。等到它彻底苏醒过来，用尖利的毒牙狠狠地咬了农夫一口，使农夫受了致命的创伤。农夫临死的时候痛悔地说：“我欲行善积德，但学识浅薄，结果害了自己，遭到这样的报应。”说完就死去了。

在没有知道别人身份，不知道别人心底是否真诚的情况下，不要随意帮助别人，坏人不会因为你的热心而感动。我们应谨慎小心。

善良、勇敢、信任、无私

善良的人们往往不能被人所理解，这个道理在今天这个社会同样适用。对于蛇的本性而言。冬季无论是路边还是洞穴里面因为温度的下降它们只能选择冬眠来暂缓生存的一段时期。农夫却不知道这个道理，所以蛇才咬了农夫，我们且不先理论这条蛇是有毒还是无毒，可以明确的一点就是。农夫本身也要负一半的责任！这个故事已经使很多人曲解了对于蛇的真正了解。其实现在的说法就是，善意不是博爱，需要理解才是王道。假如农夫把蛇放入树洞里面的话，我想这个寓言又将有另一层意义了。

ONE WINTER a Farmer found a Snake stiff and frozen with cold. He had compassion on it, and taking it up, placed it in his bosom. The Snake was quickly revived by the warmth, and resuming its natural instincts, bit its benefactor, inflicting on him a mortal wound. "Oh," cried the Farmer with his last breath, "I am rightly served for pitying a scoundrel."

The greatest kindness will not bind the ungrateful.

The farmer and the snake

The farmer and the snake isa classic tale of people for having heard it many times.It tells a story thatone winter a farmer found a snake stiff and frozen with cold. He had compassion on it, and taking it up, placed it in his bosom.The snake was quickly revived by the warmth, and resuming its natural instincts, bit its benefactor, inflicting on him a mortal wound. "Oh," cried the farmer with his last breath, "I am rightly served for pitying a scoundrel."

However, in the society we can see so many this kinds of things. Recently, a junior student of department of foreign languages, Huainan Normal University, named Miss Yuan who’s amicroblog detonated network.In the microblog, Miss Yuan claiming for because of helped an old woman she was falsely accused as the perpetrator, it is hoped that through the weiboshe could find witnesses to prove her innocence.

Reporters learned that on the morning of September 8, Miss Yuan ride rushed to the school, on the road to see an old woman walking instability, after over the past the old woman she heard the cry of the woman from behind, Miss Yuan, turned to see

the old woman fell to the ground.

"It’s about 7 at that time, the store nextdid not open the door yet, there are no other people on the road." Miss Yuan felt the old man was hurt badly, she stopped the bike on the road;go back to the old woman.

MissYuan saw the old woman looks very painful. "I felt the old woman's legs must be injured, press her leg, let her don't touch. "When the old woman's daughter-in-law arrived, she did not let me go to school, let me call 120, but also let me accompany her to go to the hospital." Miss Yuan said,she hesitated for a moment.

In the hospital, the old woman's daughter-in-law said it was a student ride into the fall.Miss Yuan was shocked at that moment. When need to pay money, the daughter-in-law didn’t have enough money, let Miss Yuan advanced 2000 yuan, Miss Yuan’s school card was also taken away. Miss Yuan thought more and more wrong, gave a call to her counsellor and explained what was going on.

Later, reporters at the scene — Mountain Road northbound fast pay service center door, saw a monitor. However, the police investigation found, may be monitoring the presence of dead, old woman lying on the ground scene has not been photographed. In this real story, Miss Yuan likes the famer in the tale, the old woman likes the snake, Miss Yuan bit by the old woman.

篇三:《The Farmer and the Snake》

The Farmer and the Snake Aesop's Fable（伊索寓言） Time：evening

Place:forest

Character: the farmer(F), the snake(S), the farmer's wife Ailce(A), the farmer's kid Bob (B)

【music(A woodland night班得瑞）】

It is a cold winter, the farmer has done all his work, so he decides to go home.He is poor, but he is very hardworking. His home is not very far from the field, it is left a lot time before dark.He has to walk fast because his wife is waiting for him. ACT 1

The farmer is on the way home.【扛着锄头】

ACT２

A:Dear !dear !……….

There is nobody answering.

A: Bob ! Where are you ?

B: Mom , i am here .what's wrong ?

A:Has your dad come back ?

B：No，i have not seen him,maybe he is on the way home.

A:Um……you can wash your hands now, i have cooked all the dishes.when your father comes back,we will have dinner.

B: Ok.

ACT３

The farmer walks a long time,he is tired.he sees a beautiful forest,so he stops to take a rest. he sits down and looks around.

F:It is so beautiful !.

Suddenly, he sees something on the ground. He walks to it and finds it is a snake. F: Wow ! A snake ! How terrible！It is so cold,he must be not well.he is pitiful（可怜的），but he is a fearing animal.Should i save him？If i do not help him,he would die! If my wife knows i didn't offer my help,she would be unhappy.

The farmer is a kind person.After consideration,the farmer decides to help the snake.

【music(十面埋伏）直到结束】

F:Poor thing ,i will try to save you !

He picks it up and looks for a warm place to put it in. But how can he find one in such cold weather? So he decides to put the snake inside his clothes,close to his heart.A few minutes later,the snake comes back to life and begins to move. When it has become strong enough.it gives the man a deadly bite.

S:How dare you bother me ? I am sleeping !

F:You should not do this to me ! I have saved you !

The farmer is so sad. He kills the snake and goes on.When he gets back,he is very ill and has to lie down. He knows he is dying.

B：Dad！What happened to you ?! Are you ok ?

A:Oh my daring ! …….

Ｆ：Oh! My dear Bob,you should remember that the snake will sleep in the winter，and at that time do not bother it,or it will bite you. And you should study hard to know more knowledge.

B：Ok，dad，i will remember to do it.

A:Oh,dear,don't be afraid, i will ask help from the doctor right now !

The end

篇四:《A Farmer and a little Green Snake 农夫和小青蛇的故事 英语写作 英语记叙文》

A Farmer and a Little Green Snake

Once upon a time, there was a little green snake crouching on the narrow road of the hill. She was dying due to frozen winter. The cold snowflakes were flaunting over her. At the moment she nearly lost her awareness, she heard the footsteps getting nearer and nearer. “Save me!” the little snake gave out all her strength to cry out. A farmer came near by. He heard the voice and found the poor snake. Fearful of him, he walked back for few steps, startled. Knowing that she had died, he put her into the bag.

Few days late