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1、20122013 年下期高二中考试题英语. 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 115 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。We often talk about ourselves as if we have permanent genetic defects(缺陷)that can never be changed. “Im impatient.” “Im always behind.” “I always put things off！”Youve
2、surely heard them. Maybe youve used them to describe yourself.These comments may come from stories about us that have been _1_ for yearsoften from as far back as childhood. These stories may have no _2_ in fact. But they can set low expectations for us. As a child，my mother said to me， “Marshall，you
3、 have no mechanical skills，and you will never have any mechanical skills for the rest of your life.” How did these expectations _3_ my development？I was never _4_ to work on cars or be around _5_.When I was 18，I took the US Armys Mechanical Aptitude Test. My scores were in the bottom for the entire
4、nation!Six years later, _6_, I was at California University, working on my doctors degree. One of my professors，Dr. Bob Tannbaum，asked me to write down things I did well and things I couldnt do. On the positive side，I _7_ down， “research，writing，analysis，and speaking.” On the _8_ side，I wrote， “I ha
5、ve no mechanical skills.”Bob asked me how I knew I had no mechanical skills. I explained my life _9_ and told him about my _10_ performance on the Army test. Bob then asked， “Why is it that you can solve _11_ mathematical problems，but you cant solve simple mechanical problems？”Suddenly I realized th
6、at I didnt _12_ from some sort of genetic defect. I was just living out expectations that I had chosen to _13_.At that point，it wasnt just my family and friends who had been _14_ my belief that I was mechanically hopeless. And it wasnt just the Army test, either. I was the one who kept telling mysel
7、f, “You cant do this!” I realized that as long as I kept saying that，it was going to remain true. On the contrary，if we dont treat ourselves as if we have incurable genetic defects，we can _15_ well in almost anything we choose.1A. said Bspoken Cspread Drepeated2A. basis Bplot Ccause Dmeaning3A. lead
8、 Bimprove Caffect Dchange4A. encouraged Bdemanded Choped Dagreed5A. means Btools Cfacilities Dhammers6A. therefore Bsomehow Cinstead Dhowever7A. settled Bturned Ctook Dgot8A. passive Bactive Cnegative Dsubjective9A. experiences Btrips Croads Dpaths10A. unexpected Bpoor Cexcellent Daverage11A. comple
9、x Badvanced Ccommon Dprimary12A. arise Bseparate Csuffer Dcome13A. believe Bsuspect Cadopt Dreceive14A. weakening Bstrengthening Cabandoning Daccepting15A. do Bgo Cwork Dget第二节 语法填空(共 10 小题：每小题 l.5 分, 满分 l5 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。We high sc
10、hool students do have some growing pains, but we can get rid of them correctly and wisely. 16 , some of us are upset 17 their body styles and looks. Its unnecessary and its not important at all. We neednt care about it. It is ones inner beauty 18 matters. Second, we sometimes seem to be misunderstoo
11、d 19 our teachers, parents and classmates. 20 (face) with this, we can find a proper time to have a heart-to-heart talk with them, trying to remove the 21 (understand). Some of us have fewer friends. I think being open-minded and friendly will do you good. Third, we may fall behind others, 22 makes
12、us stressed. Actually we can encourage 23 to work efficiently, full of_24_ (determine). At last, some of us dont have much pocket money, so they feel unhappy. Isnt it strange? So long as we have some, thats enough. And we can learn 25 to spend money. 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）A
13、Parents have to do much less for their children today than they used to do，and home has become much less of a workshop. Clothes can be bought ready made; washing can go to the laundry; food can be bought; cooked，canned or preserved; bread is baked and delivered by the baker; milk arrives on the door
14、step; meats can be had at the restaurant，the works canteen，and the school dining-room. ks5uIt is unusual now for father to pursue his trade or other employment at home，and his children rarely，if ever，see him at his place of work. Boys are therefore seldom trained to follow their fathers occupation，a
15、nd in many towns they have a fairly wide choice of employment and so do girls. The young wage-earner often earns good money，and soon acquires a feeling of economic independence. In textile areas it has long been customary for mothers to go out to work，but this practice has become so widespread that the working mother is now a not unusual factor in a childs home life，the number of married women in employment having more than doubled in the last twenty-five
