江苏省江阴市第一中学2012-2013学年度第二学期期中考试英语试卷

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　　2012-2013学年度第二学期期中考试英语试卷
　　2013年4月 
　　注意事项：1、答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考试号和班级写在答题卡和答题卷上。
　　2、本试卷满分90分，考试时间100分钟。
　　第I卷  客观题（共50分）
　　一、单项填空  （本大题共14小题，每小题1分，共14分）
　　在A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
　　1. ---Which of the twin brothers is more suitable for the post? 
　　---_______ younger one. He is quite _______ interesting man.
　　A. A; an B. A; the C. The; an D. The; /
　　2. ---Life _______ be very hard for people living in the north of Canada as it is very cold there in winter. 
　　---Yes, the weather there _______ be as low as 60℃ below zero.
　　A. must; can B. may; must C. can; should D. should; can
　　3. Your room is in such a mess. Please _______ all the things _______ before lunch, will you?
　　A. put; away B. put; out C. put; off D. put; up
　　4. The cartoons made by the artist sell best, but several years ago, no one could have imagined what a great role he _______ in this field.           
　　A. had to play B. was to play C. had played D. was played
　　5. _______ we deal with our problems, we can easily become unhappy.
　　A. When B. Unless C. Until D. Whether
　　6. There is just _______ juice at home. Would you go to the supermarket and get _______?                 
　　A. a few; some B. few; any
　　C. a little; some D. little; any
　　7. I went to college in _______ and began to work in _______.
　　A. the 1990s; twenty B. the 1990s; my twenties
　　C.1990; my twenty D. 1990s; my twentieth
　　8. All animals _______ men feed on plants or other animals.
　　A. among B. except C. including D. with
　　9. If our government _______ food safety now, our health _______ in danger. 
　　A. won’t control; is B. doesn’t control; is
　　C. won’t control; will be D. doesn’t control; will be
　　10. He planned to _______ the number of workers in his factory, but failed.
　　A. reduce B. require
　　C. create D. produce
　　11. ---What do you think of the speech? 
　　---I think it’s _______, but someone thinks it’s much too _______.
　　A. wonderful enough; bored B. enough wonderful; boring
　　C. wonderful enough; boring D. enough wonderful; bored
　　12. Could you tell me _______?  
　　A. what she had done with the newspaper
　　B. how we can call this lady
　　C. what’s wrong with the little boy
　　D. which gate I should go
　　13. Mr. Li prefers staying at home to _______ outside. This makes his wife _______ worried. 
　　A. walk; feel B. walk; to feel C. walking; to feel D. walking; feel                                                                       
　　14. ---Mum, what are friends for? 
　　---Friends are always there for you when you’re feeling down. 
　　---_______.
　　A. No problem B. Got it C. All right D. Good idea                                                                       
　　二、完形填空  （本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分）
　　先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
　　“I’m too old and it’s too late,” which played over and over in my mind. I was sad after ending my marriage and my law career at the same time. My dream was to become a writer, but I   15   my ability to succeed as one. Had I wasted years going  16   the wrong goals?
　　I was at a low point   17   the voice on the radio began   18   the story of Grandma Moses. Ann Mary worked hard to raise the five who   19  . Struggling to make a living on poor farms, she began to   20   a bit of beauty for herself by embroidering (绣花) on cloth.
　　At seventy-eight, her fingers weren’t suitable to embroider. Rather than give in to aging, she went out to an empty room and began to   21  . For the first two years, these paintings were either given away or sold for a little money. But at the age of seventy-nine, she was “discovered” by the art world — and the rest is   22  . She went on to produce more than two thousand paintings,   23  her boostrations (插图) for It was the Nig