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1、高中英语真题 :单元检测 (三). 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。Year after year my brothers，sister and I would lie in bed awake on Christmas morning.We were just _1_ to hear my father s voice saying it was all right to come down.Usually I was the
2、 first one to jump out of bed.I can still _2_ my growing eagerness(渴望) for the season every year.Even now as I _3_ the boxes of Christmas decorations(装饰品) I can see the same familiar ones：the presents with our birth years on them，our five stockings( 长袜)，four for the _4_ ，one for the dog.It used to b
3、e easy for us to _5_ when to put up the decorations.But now since we all have _6_ and social lives，it is usually a hurried activity.As we get older ，the season almost brings a _7_ to a little place in our hearts.The worst was the year after my grandparents had _8_.We couldn t go to their house to ce
4、lebrate the holiday any more.Instead，we just had a gettogether in our house.Now when I _9_ to it，I miss the special gifts my grandfather gave me for Christmas.I even miss him _10_ me “Jessie ”，even though I cant _11_ when people call me that.Things change ，not always for the good ，but not always for
5、 the bad either.And the things that dont _12_ have the most important meaning to us，and I m sure they will be there for the _13_ of our lives.After all，every time I hear my father s _14_，“ All right you guys ，come on down ，nice and slow. ” and we go down the stairs，first my brother ，then me ，then my
6、 sister ，then my elder brother ，I still _15_ the true Christmas spirit.1A.advising Bstarting Cwishing Dforgetting 2A.discover Bunderstand Creceive Dremember 3A.throw away Bset downC look through Dgive up4A.kids Bgirls Cboys Dbabies 5A.wonder Bget Crecord Ddecide 6A.toys Bballs Cjobs Dcandies 7A.surp
7、rise Bpain Cjoy Ddisappointment 8A.died Bfailed Csucceeded Dmarried 9A.move back Bturn backC step back Dthink back10A.bringing Bcalling Ctelling Dintroducing 11A.follow Blisten Cwatch Dstand 12A.change Bgrow Cappear Dhappen 13A.beginning Brest Ctruth Dhappiness 14A.letters Bdreams Cpromises Dwords 1
8、5A.need Bhate Cfeel Ddoubt 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。There are two basic stages to learn English.The first stage of learning this language would be very 16._(interest)Once you have a good command of the alphabets(字母)，17._(gradual) you c
9、an learn many words.It would always be better to follow the method of reading first，then writing.When you feel 18._ you have understood the words ，you can make sentences.This is the most amusing stage to learn.You just think of a sentence in your mother language，and try to set 19._ the same sentence
10、 in English.There could be some mistakes,20._ you should not worry about it.You d better write the same sentence by 21._(make) use of many different words till you are satisfied 22._ your sentence.If you follow this way，very soon you can create sentences of your own.23_ second step is learning the g
11、rammar.Compared with 24._ languages ，English is quite simple and very systematic(系统化的)There are certain rules and regulations for each and every topic in grammar of this language.As long as you follow the rules and regulations,25._ would be a difficult task to make mistakes. 阅读 (共两节，满分 50 分)第一节阅读理解
12、(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。AUnlike most other holidays，the history of April Fools Day，sometimes called All Fools Day，is not totally clear.The only point in time that can be agreed on as the beginning of this tradition was 1582，in France.Before that year，the New Year wa
13、s celebrated for eight days，beginning on March 25.The celebration reached the highest point on April 1.With the reform of the calendar under Charles IX，the Gregorian calendar( 公历，阳历 ) was introduced ，and New Years Day was moved to January 1.However ，because in those days communications were not as d
14、eveloped as they are today ，many people did not receive the news for several years.Some people refused to accept the new calendar and continued to celebrate the New Year on April 1.These backward people were considered “fools ” by other people.They were often sent on “fools ” errands( 徒劳无益的工作 ) or w
15、ere made the targets of jokes.This developed ，over time ，into a tradition of playing a trick on someone on the first day of April.The tradition eventually spread to England and Scotland in the eighteenth century.It was later introduced to the American colonies of both the Britain and France.April Fo
16、ols Day thus developed into an international fun feast，so to speak ，with different nationalities specializing in their own kind of humor at the expense of their friends and families.26According to an earlier calendar，New Years Day in France was _.AMarch 25 BJanuary 1CApril 1 DApril 327Which of the following first had the tradition of celebrating the April Fools Day?A. B.C. D.28What was people s attitude towards the new calendar?AThey accepted it happily.BThey refused it immediately.CSome recogni
