广东省汕头市潮师高级中学2013-2014学年高二上学期期中考试英语

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，并将答案写在答案卷上。While attending a conference, I returned to my hotel room late one evening. The overhead light outside my door was burned out and I had finding the keyhole. When I 2 to open the door, I 3 around the wall for a light switch. I found a plate where a switch was once installed ...but no switch! Not discouraged（灰心的） easily, I remembered 4 a lamp by the bed when I deposited（寄存） my luggage earlier in the day. I found the bed in the 5 and then the lamp, but when I switched it on, nothing 6 ! I thought that perhaps if I opened the curtains I might be able to use whatever light comes in from the 7 to find another lamp. So I 8 my way slowly across the room to the curtains and ... no drawstring! I finally stumbled（跌跌撞撞地走）around until I found a desk lamp which actually ! That evening I discovered in a whole new way just how dark the world can be and how ____10___ light is! But even more necessary than physical light is the light that shines from people --the light of 11 and faith. Because, for many people, the world is a dark and _____12__ place. For someone today just may be stumbling in discouragement or sadness or fear and in need of some light. So let your light shine. Whatever light you _13___ may be a beacon（信号灯） of hope and encouragement. And if you feel that your light is ___14 a candle in a forest, remember — there isn’t enough darkness in all the world to __15 the light of one small candle. 1. A. confidence B. respect C. admiration D. difficulty 2. A. managed B. failed C. wished D. meant 3. A. listened B. felt C. sensed D. looked 4. A. equipping B. producing C. seeing D. removing 5. A. light B. dark C. room D. corner 6. A. happened B. operated C. fired D. developed 7. A. machine B. street C. room D. car 8. A. wound B. forced C. made D. lost 9. A. helped B. affected C. worked D. inspired 10. A. good B. bad C. important D. necessary 11. A. existence B. love C. delight D. wisdom 12. A. lonely B. colorful C. friendly D. complex 13. A. make B. offer C. take D. contribute 14. A. not more than B. other than C. no more than D. rather than 15. A. put out B. give out C. get over D. set up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,并将答案填写在答案卷上。When I was younger, never once?did I imagine she ____1_____( become )my hero. One day, we had a serious talk,_____17_____ (tell) each other what we felt about our lives. Then, my mom spoke of losing her mother_____18____she was only four years old. She told me how she was abused（虐待） by her stepmother,___________ her father did nothing to stop it. She described days when she went hungry and days when she was forced ____20____(eat) beyond her abilities. At age 15, she married and left the home_____21____she never belonged.When her ____22______(marry) was over, my mom looked on the bright side and realized that she___23_____had her children. We are her support, even to this day.Now when I see my mom____24____a happy mood, I know she is not really as happy as she seems. This makes me wonder how a woman who has gone through so much can still be there for the ones ___25___ loves. How can she still manage to be happy and look to better days? Now I know. She can’t be human. She has to have super strength and power. My mom must be a super hero! She must be my hero.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，并将答案写在答案卷上。AIt is natural that young people are often uncomfortable when they are with their parents. They say that their parents don’t understand them. They often think that their parents are out of touch with modern ways, that they are too serious and too strict with their children, and they seldom give their children a free hand. gkstkIt is true that parents often find it difficult to win their children’s trust and they tend to forget how they themselves felt when young. For example, young people like to act on the spot without much thinking. It is one of their ways to show that they have grown up and they can face any difficult situation. Older people worry more easily. Most of them plan things ahead, at least in the back of their minds, and do not like their plans to be upset by something unexpected. When you want your parents to let you do something, you will have better success if you ask before you really start doing it. gkstkYoung people often make their parents angry with their choice in clothes, in entertainment and in music. But they do not mean to cause any trouble: it is just that they feel cut off from the older people’s world, into which they have not yet been accepted. That’s why young people want to make a new culture of their own, and if their parents do not like their music or entertainment or clothes or their way of speech, this will make the young people extremely happy. gkstkSometimes you are so proud of yourself that you do not want your parents to say, “ Yes” to what you do. All you want is to be felt alone and do what you like. It is natural enough, after being a child for so many years, when you were completely under your parents’ control. If you plan to control your life, you’d better win your parents over and try to get them to understand you. If your parents see that you have a high sense of responsibility, they will certainly give you the right to do what you want to do. gkstk26. ___ are to blame for the quarrels between parents and their children according to this passage. A. Parents gkstk B. Young people gkstkC. Neither parents nor their children ks5D. Both parents and their children gkstk27. According to the passage, young people prefer to ___. gkstkA. ask for advice before they really start to do anything. gkstkB. do things without thinking carefully ahead. gkstkC. think in the same way as their parents do. gkstkD. be very strict with themselves gkstk28. Young people like to have clothes, entertainment and music in their way, because ____. kA. they want to make their parents happy. gkstkB. they try to get their parents to believe them. gkstkC. they want to try on something new and look different from the older. gkstkD. they want to test whether they are cleverer than old people. gkstk29. According to the passage, young people want to make a new culture of their own, because ___. A. they don’t feel they belong to the world of the older people. gkstkB. they do not want to get into trouble. gkstkC. they feel they are as clever as old people. gkstkD. they want to show they have grown up. gkstk30. If a young man intends to control his own life, it’s better for him to ___. gkstkA. do everything according to his own wish. ksB. do everything the way his parents do. C. do everything beyond his parents’ control D. be responsible for everything he does. BOur first winter in Canada was the happiest we have ever experienced. We were living in the countryside then and had just arrived from Hong Kong that autumn. gkstkOne evening in mid December snow began to fall. When we looked out of the window and saw that it was snowing, we all cheered. It was the first snow we had ever seen and we were excited. We could hardly wait for the snow to stop so that we could go out to play. Next morning when we woke up, it was still snowing. We switched on the radio and learned that more than ten inches of snow had fal广东省汕头市潮师高级中学2013-2014学年高二上学期期中考试英语试题
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