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中山市实验高级中学2010-2011学年度高一上学期期中考试英语试题 第一节：完型填空(2分/题，共30分) 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从11-20各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卷上将该项涂黑。 An eight-year-old child heard her parents talking about her little ___1______ All she knew was that he was very sick and they had no money left. When she heard her daddy say to her 2 mother with whispered desperation(绝望), "Only a miracle(奇迹) can save him now", the little girl went to her bedroom and took out her piggy bank. She poured all the change out on the floor and counted it carefully. Then she 3 her way six blocks to the local drugstore(药店). "And what do you want?" asked the chemist. "It’s for my little brother," the girl answered back. "He’s really, really sick and I want to buy a 4 . His name is Andrew and he has something bad growing inside his head and my 5______says only a miracle can save him." "We don’t sell miracles here, child. I’m sorry," the chemist said, smiling 6 at the little girl. In the shop was a 7 customer. He stooped down and asked the little girl, "What kind of miracle does your brother need?" "I don’t know," she replied. "He’s really sick and mommy says he needs 8 . But my daddy can’t pay for it, so I have brought my 9 ." "How much do you have?" asked the man. "One dollar and eleven cents, _____10 ____I can try and get some more," she answered quietly. "Well, what a coincidence(巧合)," smiled the man. "A dollar and eleven cents? The 11 price of a miracle for little brothers. Take me to where you live. I want to see your brother and meet your parents." That well-dressed man was Dr Carlton Armstrong, a surgeon(外科医生). The operation was completed without 12 and it wasn’t long before __13__________was home again and doing well. The little girl was____14______. She knew exactly how much the miracle cost ... one dollar and eleven cents ... plus the 15 of a little child. 1 A dog B sister C brother. D father 2. A. tearfulB. helpless C. hopeful D. kind 3. A. followed B. made C. took D. found 4 A. favor B. doctor C. hope D. miracle 5 A doctor B mum C family D daddy 6. A. gently B. sadly C. strangely D. coldly 7. A. well-dressed B. kind-hearted C. well-behaved D. good-looking 8. A. a doctor B. a surgeon C. an operation D. a kindness 9. A. suggestions B. wishes C. ideas D. savings 10 A but B when C so D because 11 A. same B. exact C. proper D. necessary 12 . A. difficulty B. delay C. charge D. result 13 A the chemist B the doctor C Andrew D the girl 14 A satisfy B happy C frightened D angry 15 . A. cleverness B. faith C. courage D. devotion 第二节 语法填空 每题1.5分,共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相应位置上。 Chinese proverbs(谚语) are rich and they are still widely used in Chinese people’s daily life. Behind these proverbs there 16 (be) often interesting stories. For example, the proverb, “plucking up (拔高)a crop to help it grow”, is based 17 the following story. It is said that a short-tempered(脾气急躁的) man in the Song Dynasty (960—1279) was very anxious to help 18 ___ rice crop grow up quickly. He was thinking about this day and night. But the crop was growing much _____19 (slow) than he expected. One day, he came up with _20____ idea that he would pluck up all of his crop a few inches. He did so the next day. He was very tired after doing this 21 a whole day, 22 he felt very happy since the crop did “grow”higher. His son 23 (hear) about this and went to see the crop. Unfortunately the leaves of the crop began to wither(枯萎). This proverb 24 we learn through this story is saying we have to let things go in their natural course. Being too anxious to help an event develop often 25 (result) in the contrary to our intention. 第三节：阅读理解 (2分/题，共20分) A A jobless man wanted very much to have the position of “office boy” at Microsoft. The HR manager interviewed him and then watched him cleaning the floor as a test. “You have passed the test,”he said. “Give me your e-mail address and I’ll send you the form to fill in and the date when you may start.”The man replied, “But I don’t have a computer , neither an e-mail.” “I’m sorry,”said the HR manager. “If you don’t have an e-mail, that means you are not living. And anyone who isn’t living cannot have the job.” The man left with no hope at all. He didn’t know what to do with only $10 in his pocket. He thought and thought. Then he went to the supermarket and bought 10 kilos of tomatoes. He sold the tomatoes from door to door. In less than two hours, he had 20 dollars. He repeated the operation three times, and started to go early every day, and returned home late. Shortly, he bought a cart , then a truck, then he had his own fleet of delivery vehicles (运货车队). Five years later, the man was the one of the largest food retailers (零售商)in the US. (责任编辑：admin) |