黄浦区2012学年度第一学期高二年级期终考试 英 语 试 卷 2013年1月17日 II. Grammar Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence. 13．He raised his arm to protect his face _____ the blow. A. from B. on C. to D. by 14．-- Have you got _____ ready for the party? -- Not yet. I still need some paper cups and more balloons. A. anything B. nothing C. everything D. something 15．He caught the last train from town, yet his wife came home _____ that night. A. much late B. even later C. so later D. the latest 16．Life is a long journey. Don't waste your time ____ for people who are no longer willing to walk with you. A. waiting B. wait C. to wait D. waited 17．Please remind me of my appointment with the dentist tomorrow again _____ I forget. A. though B. unless C. so that D. in case 18．After graduating from college, Mary spent a year in New York, _____ at a homeless shelter. A. to volunteer B. volunteering C. volunteer D. volunteered 19．The students, _____ are from the north, are not used to the winter in Shanghai. A. some of that B. many of whom C. most of them D. few of which 20．A couple of decades ago, he _____America and lives there now. A. had moved to B. had gone to C. was to visit D. left for 21．They promote communication and interaction in the classroom _____ confidence and fluency. A. building B. build C. to build D. to be built 22．When you arise in the morning, think of _____ a precious honor it is to be alive —to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love. A. that B. where C. how D. what III. Reading Comprehension Section A Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Filling in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context. Sisters are often alike but are never exactly the same. In many families, one sister is often called “the pretty one” and the other “the __23__ one” when they are still babies. Even young children think __24__ is more important than brains. “I envied my sister’s looks. She had long fair hair and nice clothes and the most __25__. I hated her so much that I decided to __26__ her. One day when the roof of the house was being repaired, I dropped a brick out of a window where she was underneath. Thank god it __27__!” says one ashamed near-murderer. “I must have been about ten at the time, and she was eight years old. Now she tells me that she always felt __28__ beside me in school because I was a good student and she was __29__ at school work. But when you’re fourteen or fifteen, you want attention and praise and you need boyfriends; good exam results don’t __30__ a fair exchange.” Life is particularly hard for someone who wants to follow in the footsteps of a famous sister. Dee Dee Pfeiffer wants to be a film star like her sister, Michelle. “When we were children, Michelle was the beautiful one and I was the __31__ one,” says Dee Dee. “I h ... ...
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