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1、2014-2015 学年吉林省吉林市第五十五中学高一下学期期中考试英语评卷人 得分一、完形填空It was my birthday last Thursday and I decided to 1by inviting a few friends out to supper. I 2a restaurant in a quiet part of town. It is one of my favorite restaurants because the food is good and the waiters are friendly. It is hardly ever crowded, b
2、ecause 3people know about it, so it is not usually necessary to book a table. In any case, Thursday is not a busy evening 4.When we entered the restaurant, I was surprised to find it completely 5I looked around but not a 6table was free. One of the waiters recognized me. He came across and explained
3、 the situation. “A party of tourists came in about 7 ago.” he said. “It was like an invasion! 8the place was full! We can hardly manage.”The waiter then 9a table in the corner. “The people there 10” he said, “Just hold on and you will 11a place there.” He was right. Fifteen minutes later, the people
4、 12the corner table paid their bill, got up and left. I led my friends across and we all sat down.Unfortunately our table was almost out of sight. We tried to attract the attention of the waiter who sent us there, but he, like 13 waiters, 14 the party of tourists. They ordered lots of food. But at l
5、ast, an hour later, the tourists were finishing their meal and looking very 15with life. The waiter now very tired, appeared at our table. I advised(建议)my friends about the best dishes and finally the waiter went off with our 16 .A few moments later he 17to our table. We could tell from his face tha
6、t he had 18for us. 19a little embarrassed(尴尬的) he informed us that there was 20left. “All we can offer you” he said, “is an omelet!(煎蛋卷)”1 A.remember B.celebrate C.memorize D.congratulate2 A.chose B.selected C.picked up D.elected3 A.a few B.a little C.few D.little4 A.as a rule B.as a matter of factC
7、.as usual D.as is known to all5 A.empty B.full C.free D.quiet6 A.on B.any C.single D.other7 A.a half hour B.half an hour C.half an hour D.an hour half8 A.suddenly B.soon C.quickly D.certainly9 A.pointed out B.pointed over C.pointed on D.pointed to10 A.will leave B.are about to leaveC.are to leave D.
8、will be leaving11 A.find B.find out C.looked for D.searched12 A.by B.beside C.at D.Near13 A.all the other B.all an other C.all the others D.all other14 A.were kept busy B.was busy with C.kept busy with D.were busy with15 A.excited B.tiredC.pleased D.disappointed(失望)16 A.dishes B.food C.menu D.order1
9、7 A.went B.came C.was D.returned18 A.a good news B.good news C.bad news D.a bad news19 A.Looking B.Look C.Looked D.Looks20 A.meat of fish B.no meat and fish C.meat and fish D.no meat or fish评卷人 得分二、阅读理解Early one morning, more than a hundred years ago, an American inventor called Elias Howe finally f
10、ell asleep. He had been working all night on the design of a sewing machine but he had run into a very difficult problem: It seemed impossible to get the thread to run smoothly around the needle.Though he was tired, Howe slept badly. He turned and turned. Then he had a dream. He dreamt that he had b
11、een caught by terrible savages whose king wanted to kill him and eat him unless he could build a perfect sewing machine. When he tried to do so, Howe ran into the same problem as before. The thread kept getting caught around the needle. The king flew into the cage and ordered his soldiers to kill Ho
12、we. They came up towards him with their spears raised. But suddenly the inventor noticed something. There was a hole in the tip of each spear. The inventor awoke from the dream, realizing that he had just found the answer to the problem. Instead of trying to get the thread to run around the needle,
13、he should make it run through a small hole in the center of the needle. This was the simple idea that finally made Howe design and build the first really practiced sewing machine.Elias Howe was not the only one in finding the answer to his problem in this way.Thomas Edison, the inventor of the elect
14、ric light, said his best ideas came into him in dreams. So did the great physicist Albert Einstein. Charlotte Bronte also drew in her dreams in writing Jane Eyre.To know the value of dreams, you have to understand what happens when you are asleep. Even then, a part of your mind is still working. Thi
15、s unconscious(无意识的), but still active part understands your experiences and goes to work on the problems you have had during the day. It stores all sorts of information that you may have forgotten or never have really noticed. It is only when you fall asleep that this part of the brain can send mess
16、ages to the part you use when you are awake. However, the unconscious part acts in a special way. It uses strange images which the conscious part may not understand at first. This is why dreams are sometimes called “secret messages to ourselves”.21According to the passage, Elias Howe was_.A.the first person we know of who solved problems in his sleepB.much more hard-working than other inventorsC
