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1、学 海 无 涯湛江一中2011-2012学年度第二学期期中考试高二级英语科试卷考试时间：120分钟 满分： 150分 I语言知识和运用 （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)Having lived in the house for so long, we found our kitchen looked old. We decided it was time to 1 the kitchen, and my husband and I were discussing 2 colors. The children, sitting nearby, su
2、ddenly all spoke together: “Not the measuring stick.”“No,” I 3 them. “Not the measuring stick.”The measuring stick isnt a (an) 4 stick but the kitchen side of the door between our kitchen and dining room. Along the edge weve 5 each childs growth by making a mark showing his or her 6 on every birthda
3、y. Over the years so many colored pens, pencils and markers have been used, that now, this white door is somewhat like an abstract painting.Names and dates show different 7 , and I can tell by the script(手迹) who measured whom. An eight-year-old measured her three-year-old sister, a grandchild measur
4、ed her grandmother, and my husband measured me. At the parties, when this door 8 back and forth frequently, friends stop to 9 the names and dates. When we ask if they would like to be always remembered, they usually smile 10 and go back right up into place, 11 to be measured.Many of those listed on
5、the door are still 12 ; some have stopped. Some remain with us only in 13 . When my mother came to see my eldest daughter graduate from university, we measured her too. It was her last visit to our home.We havent 14 the new kitchen color plan yet, but one thing is certain: whatever color we choose,
6、the back of the kitchen door will always remain 15 , with lots of names and dates in various colors.1 A. restoreB. rebuildC. sellD. repaint2 A. comfortableB. possibleC. availableD. changeable3 A. promisedB. repeatedC. followedD. responded4 A. falseB. wonderfulC. actualD. obvious5 A. keptB. witnessed
7、C. recordedD. accompanied6 A. ageB. weightC. nameD. height7 A. informationB. handwritingC. styleD. characteristic8 A. adjustsB. shutsC. opensD. swings9 A. copyB. readC. appreciateD. remove10A. proudlyB. automaticallyC. shylyD. calmly11A. readyB. voluntaryC. ableD. unwilling12A. growingB. contributin
8、gC. studyingD. working13A. sightB. designC. amazementD. memory14A. concerned aboutB. approved ofC. decided onD. relied on15A. freshB. oldC. whiteD. original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1625的相应位置上。My friend Vernon Davies kept birds.
9、 One day he phoned and told me he was going away for a week. He asked me to feed 16 birds for him and said that he would leave the key 17 his front door in my mailbox. 18 (fortunate), I forgot all about the birds until the night before Vernon was going to return. What was worse, 19 was already dark
10、when I arrived at his house. I soon found that the key Vernon gave me could not unlock either the front door 20 the back door. I was getting desperate. I kept thinking of 21 Vernon would say when he came back.I was just going to give up 22 I noticed that one bedroom window was slightly open. I found
11、 a barrel and pushed in under the window. As the barrel was very heavy, I made a lot of noise. But in the end, I managed to climb 23 and open the window.I actually had one leg inside the bedroom when I suddenly realized that someone 24 (shine) a torch up at me. I looked down and saw a policeman and
12、an old lady, one of Vernons neighbours. “What are you doing up there?” said the policeman. 25 (feel) like a complete fool, I replied, “I was just going to feed Mr Davies birds.”II 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） 阅读下列短文，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。ABack in the fifteenth century, in a
13、tiny village near Nuremberg, lived a family with eighteen childrenIn spite of the hopeless condition, two of the children, Albrecht Durer and Albert, had a dreamThey both wanted to pursue their talent for artAfter many long discussions, the two boys finally worked out an agreementThey would toss a c
14、oinThe loser would go down into the nearby mines and, with his earnings, support his brother who attended the academyThen, when that brother who won the toss completed his studies, in four years, he would support the other brother at the academyTossing a coin, Albrecht Durer won and went off to Nure
15、mbergAlbert went down into the dangerous mines and, for the next four years, supported his brother, whose work at the academy was almost an immediate sensation（轰动）By the time he graduated, he had earned considerable fees for his outstanding worksWhen the young artist returned to his village, the Durer family held a festive dinner to celebrate Albrechts triumphant（胜利的）homecomingAlbrecht drank a toast to his beloved brother for the years of sacr
