广东省汕头市潮南区东山中学2012-2013学年高二上学期期末考试英语试题

东山中学2012－2013年度高二年级第一学期期末考试 英 语 I 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 was 1996. And I was at the end of a two-week __1__ in Malaysia from my teaching job in South Korea. Since my flight back to Seoul wouldn’t take off until 9 pm, I set off from the airport for a glance at the city. As the sun went down I searched for some last-minute___2___ for my friends and I prepared to go back. Then quite __3___the light went out: it was a city-wide blackout (停电). I decided to look for a taxi ___4___. I walked on to find a better position for hailing a taxi, but not a single taxi__5___. I pleaded for help from groups of___6___and was met with I-do-not-knows. I was starting to feel___7___. I found another heavily trafficked crossing and waited, thinking for sure that I would __ __8___my plane and wondering where I would sleep. I began to wave my arms and__9___at the traffic, “Stop! Help! Please” Finally, there was too much traffic so that the cars couldn’t move. A taxi pulled up. I began to __10___loudly on the window, begging the driver to let me in. The driver turned to__11___with his passenger, who then opened the___12__. I got in, laid my head against the window and ___13___. I was no longer concerned about the possibility of missing my flight. I only wanted to place myself in the___14___atmosphere of an international airport. Fortunately when I arrived at the airport, I was told my ___15___was delayed and I had to wait for it. 1. A. holiday B. course C. goal D. plan 2. A.words B. wishes C.changes D. gifts 3. A. suddenly B. usually C. finally D. really 4. A. exactly B. easily C. immediately D. particularly 5. A. gathered B. followed C. admitted D. stopped 6. A. friedns B. passengers C. passers-by D. guides 7. A. puzzled B. surprised C. meaningless D. helpless 8. A. catch B. find C. repair D. miss 9. A. scream B. point C. stare D. laugh 10. A. move B. knock C. draw D. perform 11. A. quarrel B. communicate C. compete D. meet 12. A. mouth B. window C. door D. bag 13. A. relaxed B. apologized C. complained D. agreed 14. A. nervous B. silent C. warm D. active 15. A. requirement B. flight C. dinner D. schedule 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，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为16—25的相应位置上。 In Africa, when the antelope wakes up every morning, the first thing ___16___comes into his minds is, “I must be able to run __17___(fast) than the fastest lion, __18___ I will be killed by a lion.” And at just the same time, the lion __19__ (wake) out of his dream, and the first thing ___20___(flash) into his mind is, “I must be able to catch up with the slowest antelope; otherwise, I will starve to __21___(dead).” So almost at the same moment ___22___the antelope and the l ... ...