广东省惠州市实验中学2012-2013学年高一下学期期中考试英语试题.pdf

考试时间：120分钟 满分：150分

一、完型填空（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1～15各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I worked hard for a whole week. So I decided to relax and went out of town with my son for the 1 . When we were walking on the street, we felt a little 2 . So we found a café and 3 to have lunch there. After we sat down at our table, I 4 an elderly couple having lunch at a table across the room. I must have looked over at them a few times because my son asked me if I 5 them. I shook my head and said no. But I told him that they 6 me of my own grandparents.

When the waitress came over, I asked her if she knew them. She said she did. She said it was the elderly man’s birthday today. On hearing this, I wanted to do something for them, so I told the 7

that I wanted to buy them the lunch and gave her the money. Some time later, the elderly couple came over to 8 us. They were so excited that someone had bought them lunch. It was really a big 9 for them. They said that they had been a little 10 because their own son and daughter seemed to have

11 the old man’s birthday. But they were really cheered up by my 12 .

My son was surprised that I had paid for this couple who we didn’t know. He asked me why I did it.

I smiled at him and replied that my grandparents used to go out for lunch to celebrate their birthdays

in the same way and it just felt like the 13 thing to do to make this couple smile, 14 on their birthdays. Hearing my 15 , my son smiled.

1. A. weekB. hourC. monthD. weekend

2. A. hungryB. thirstyC. hotD. bored

3.A. continuedB. decidedC. refusedD. begged

4. A. noticedB. visitedC. recognizedD. attracted

5.A.interruptedB. invitedC. knewD. needed

6.A.introducedB. remindedC. broughtD. sent

7. A. managerB. manC. coupleD. waitress

8. A. supportB. comfortC. impressD. thank

9. A. activityB. surpriseC. chanceD. change10. A. movedB. tiredC. shockedD.

sad11. A. ruinedB. delayedC. forgottenD. celebrated12. A. actionB. adviceC. opinionD. wish13. A. rightB. normalC.unnecessaryD. useful14. A. alwaysB. onlyC. especiallyD. even15. A. excusesB. newsC. questionsD. words

二、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。

Dinosaurs now are far away from us. Dinosaurs were real animals that once lived on the earth, but they _16_ (die) out about 65 million years ago. The _17_(disappear) of the dinosaurs is _18_ some way a great mystery. Some scientists think that the climate changed suddenly. Fossils of trees tell us that the temperature dropped a lot and that the level of the sea dropped as well. This means that it got suddenly much _19_ (cold). Perhaps the dinosaurs were too slow __20__(change) with the climate. A new idea is _21_ a meteor(流星) crashed into the earth. Scientists discovered a place in Mexico __ they

think the meteor crashed. They think that there was a lot of dust from the meteor. The dust landed on the plants. Also the dust blocked(阻挡)the sun’s light for as long as five years. Many animals, __ (include) dinosaurs, were plant eaters, and perhaps the dust killed __24___. This means there was nothing left for meat eating dinosaurs to eat, and so they died out. But, as many animals from that time did not die, we are not 100% sure what ___25___ (real) happened.

三、阅读 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、D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

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I have been using the Internet since I was five years old, when my dad first sat me down in front of

a computer and connected me to the World Wide Web.

I've always felt like a master of the Internet world. AOL Instant Messaging, MSN, Gmail, Facebook, Myspace － I've got it all under control. I thought there was nothing more to it besides checking my e-mail and wasting my time, until I was introduced to electronic commerce (e-commerce): business on the Internet.

Some online businesses are run from one-room home offices. Others have hundreds of employees spread