甘肃省白银五中2013-2014学年高一下学期期末考试英语试题（无答案）

白银五中2013-2014学年第二学期高一期末英语试题 第Ⅰ卷 第一部分：完形填空(共20小题；每小题1. 5分，满分30分) 阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 I will never forget the year I was about twelve years old. My mother told us that we would not be 21 Christmas gifts because there was not enough money. I felt sad and thought, "What would I say when the other kids asked what I'd 22 ?" Just when I started to 23 that there would not be a Christmas that year, three women 24 at our house with gifts for all of us. For me they brought a doll. I felt such a sense of 25 that I would no longer have to be embarrassed when I returned to school. I wasn't 26 .Somebody had thought 27 of me to bring me a gift. Years later, when I stood in the kitchen of my new house, thinking how I wanted to make my 28 Christmas there special and memorable, I 29 remembered the women's visit. I decided that I wanted to create that same feeling of 30 for as many children as I could possibly reach. So I 31 a plan and gathered forty people from my company to help. We gathered about 125 orphans (孤儿) at the Christmas party. For every child, we wrapped colorful packages filled with toys, clothes, and school supplies, 32 with a child's name. We wanted all of them to know they were. 33 .Before I called out their names and handed them their gifts, I 34 them that they couldn't open their presents 35 every child had come forward. Finally the 36 they had been waiting for came as I called out, "One, two, three. Open your presents!" As the children opened their packages, their faces beamed and their bright smiles 37 up the room. The 38 in the room was obvious, and 39 wasn't just about toys. It was a feeling — the feeling I knew 40 that Christmas so long ago when the women came to visit. I wasn't forgotten. Somebody thought of me. I matter. 21. A. sending B. receiving C. making D. exchanging 22. A. found B. prepared C. got D. expected 23. A. doubt B. hope C. suggest D. accept 24. A. broke in B. settled down C. turned up D. showed off 25. A. relief B. loss C. achievement D. justice 26. A. blamed B. loved C. forgotten D. affected 27. A. highly B. little C. poorly D. enough 28. A. present B. first C.. recent D. previous 29. A. hardly B. instantly C. regularly D. occasionally 30. A. strength B. independence C. importance D. safety 31. A. kept up with B. caught up with C. came up with D. put up with 32. A. none B. few C. some D. each 33. A. fine B. special C. helpful D. normal 34. A. reminded B. guaranteed C. convinced D. promised 35. A. after B. until C. when 。 D. since 36. A. chance B. gift C. moment D. reward 37. A. lit B. took C. burned D. cheered 38. A. atmosphere B. sympathy C. calmness D. joy 39. A. it B. such C. something D. everybody 40. A. by B. till C. for D. from 第二部分：阅读理解（满分40分） 第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。 A How Americans Be ... ...