广东省汕头市潮阳一中2011届高三第二学期4月月考英语试卷

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　　广东省汕头市潮阳一中2011届高三第二学期4月月考试卷（英语）
　　第一部分：语言知识及运用（共两小节，满分45分）
　　第一节：完形填空（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
　　It was Valentine's Day and the previous months had been like a frightening dream. Just at that time, our father  1       us, which made me sad for quite a long time. What was  2      , a fire brot in our house then,  3       everything inside. We had nothing  4       , no clothes, no money and no place to stay, nothing.
　　After the fire, we went to live with my grandma in her one-bedroom apartment, and  5       on her living room floor. Practically  6      , we had only the clothes on our backs.
　　Immediately after remembering what day it was, I  7        that I didn't have anything to give my mother for Valentine's Day. We had always given each other something, even if it was just a cookie heart she baked or a paper card I had made.
　　I stayed on the balcony of the second floor apartment, feeling sad, for I       8         not being able to give my mother anything, especially now. She needed cheering up; she was every bit as  9         as me. Then I saw it. The most beautiful  10         I could have ever imagined. The brightly colored sun rested lightly on top of some clouds  11         unbelievable blues, browns, and reds. The colors combined in delicious ways. Something clicked in my head—that was the perfect  12         for my mother.
　　I ran inside, too excited to talk, and pulled my mother out onto the balcony. The colors had  13         the entire sky.
　　Mother was  14        but then happy. She told me in a breathless voice that no one had ever given her anything as  15       , or as beautiful. She said she would take the light and colors of that sunset and keep them in her heart forever...
　　1  A. beat         B. visited       C. missed       D. left
　　A. more         B. worse     C. wrong           D. better
　　A. carrying      B. burying        C. breaking        D. destroying
　　A. on the minute   B. at any moment   C. on the whole     D. for a while
　　A. played      B. slept         C. lived          D. stayed
　　A. penniless    B. useless         C. hopeful          D. embarrassed
　　A. noticed       B. expected      C. thought        D. realized
　　A. imagined      B. continued     C. disliked        D. considered
　　A. ashamed     B.disappointed     C. lucky           D. unhappy
　　A. clouds        B. sunset        C. scene           D. day
　　A. filled with   B. covered with    C. made of         D. divided into
　　A. plan        B. gift            C. excuse         D. dream
　　A. filled         B. taken          C. surrounded       D. seized
　　A. satisfied    B. puzzled       C. scared         D. amazed
　　A. expensive     B. common     C. special        D. funny
　　第二节：语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
　　(A)
　　I received a hard blow to my self-confidence in the first interview of my high school years. I applied to be a host in our Student Acting Group and felt confident that I would be accepted. But one of the judges told me: “You seem 16_________(suit) because you are not tall enough.” My life has never been the same since. I used bigger heels to make 17_________ my height and try to hide my lack of confidence. 18_________ president of English Club, I organized the rehearsal of Snow White for an English party. 19_________(pity), we could not find an actor to be the last dwarf. It had to be the one 20_________ was humorous by nature and fluent 21_________ English. To my great delight, once on stage, I was totally absorbed in the performance and my humorous nature 22_________(put) to full use. As the dwarf, I was 23_________ great success. Yes, each of us is only one among millions of others, but each of us is an individual and each of us is unique. 24_________(give) a choice, I’d rather be a genuine dwarf 25_________(accompany) a Snow White than be a Snow white. I would rather be myself. I would contribute my individual and unique colors to create a more diverse universe. Please, be yourself.
　　(B)
　　One of the world’s 26          (great) detectives turns 120 this month! Sir Arthur Conan Doyle introduced Sherlock Holmes to the reading public in 1887 in his novel A Study in Scarlet. Three years later, a British magazine ran short stories that featured the brilliant detective 27          his pipe, magnifying glass and hat. Sherlock Holmes immediately became popular, especially among those 28________        enjoyed mysteries. In addition to his 29            (appear), Holmes had 30____     unique method of using careful observation and “deductive reasoning”(演绎推理) when 31________ (solve) crimes, which made him famous.
　　Before finding worldwide fame 32        a writer, Doyle attended medical school. There, he met Professor John Bell, who was well-known 33_______           using deductive reasoning to judge diseases. Doyle was so 34_______            (impress) with the method that he later made 35        Holmes’s signature method.
　　第三部分  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）
　　阅读下面短文，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涂黑。
　　A
　　All her life, my mother wanted busy children. It was very important that her house should remain at all times clean and tidy.