广东省龙山中学2010-2011学年度第一学期期末考试高二英语试题

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　　龙山中学2010-2011学年度第一学期期末考试
　　高二英语
　　本试卷满分135分。考试用时120分钟。
　　一．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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
　　It`s fourteen years since I left the Philippines to live with my family in the USA. A month ago, while on summer vacation back in my motherland, I learned a lesson from mosquito bites. Right before __1__ Kennedy Airport in New York, my grandmother __2__ me of the behaviour of the native mosquitoes around the __3__ like me. She said. “There`s an old saying---the __4__ you stay away from the motherland, the sweeter your blood __5__ to the mosquitoes.” Not __6__ it, I replied, “ Grandma, that`s just an old wives` tale!”
　　Well, less than a week after my arrival in Manila, I was already carpeted with a ___7__ of mosquito bites. I took many measures to keep myself from being __8__, but they all proved useless.
　　Late one night in my cousin`s home, I couldn`t bear the __9__ of the bites. Hoping to find some comfort, I __10__ my cousin, who was sleeping peacefully in the bed next to mine. Unhappy for being __11__, she said, “ There is nothing you can do. Go back to sleep.” With a few turns, she slept again. Enviously(嫉妒地) watching her sleep, I hoped a big mosquito would __12__ on her face. However, the mosquitoes would just lightly danced around her forehead and fly away quickly, never biting her. Amazed, I ran to others` rooms, only to find they were all sleeping __13__ as the same thing occurred again and again.
　　From those bites, I came to __14__ my grandma`s silly tale. From then on, I`ve always tried to keep a(an) __15__ mind about those strange old wives` tales because they do have truth to them.
　　1. A. leaving      B. passing        C. visiting        D. finding
　　2. A. persuaded    B. reminded      C. warned        D. informed
　　3. A. students      B. friends       C. passengers      D. visitors
　　4. A. earlier       B. longer        C. sooner          D. later
　　5. A. grows       B. goes          C. flows          D. remains
　　6. A. expecting    B. understanding   C. recognizing    D. believing
　　7. A. shade       B. pile           C. cloud          D. blanket
　　8. A. touched     B. bitten         C. defeated         D. discovered
　　9. A. noise       B. hit           C. pain            D. effect
　　10.A. wop    B. shouted at     C. looked at        D. dropped on
　　11. A. blamed    B. interrupted     C.moved          D. frightened
　　12. A. land       B. fly            C. fall           D. wait