深圳外国语学校高二英语会考测试题(附答案)

Test 3 for Senior II (Apr. 5)

I. Cloze test (15’)

When I was about twelve years old, my mother told us that we would not be ___1___ Christmas gifts for lack of money．I felt sad and thought, “What would I say when the other kids asked what I’d ___2___?” Then，three women ___3___ at our house with gifts for all of us．For me they bought a doll．I would no longer have to be ___4___ when I returned to school．Years later, when I stood in the kitchen of my new house, thinking how I wanted to make my ___5___ Christmas special and memorable there, I ___6___ remembered the women’s visit．I decided that I wanted to create the same feeling of ___7___ for as many children as I could possibly ____8__．So I ___9__ a plan and gathered forty people from my company to help．We gathered about 125 orphans （孤儿）at the Christmas party．For every child, we wrapped colorful packages filled with toys, clothes, and school supplies, each with a child’s name．We wanted all of them to know they were ___10__．Before I called out their names and handed them their gifts, I ___11__ them that they couldn’t open their presents until every child had come forward．Finally the __12___ they had been waiting for came as I called out, “One, two, three．Open your presents!” As the children opened their packages, their faces beamed and their bright smiles ___13__ up the room．The __14___ in the room was obvious, and it wasn’t just about toys．It was a feeling---the feeling I knew from that Christmas so long ago when the women came to visit．I wasn’t forgotten．Somebody still remembered me．I know I___15___．1．A．sending B．receiving C．making D．exchanging

2．A．found B．prepared C．got D．expected

3．A．broke in B．settled down C．showed up D．turned off

4．A．puzzled B．embarrassed C．worried D．relieved

5．A．present B．first C．recent D．previous

6．A．hardly B．instantly C．regularly D．occasionally

7．A．strength B．sadness C．importance D．safety

8．A．know B．reach C．remember D．mention

9．A．kept up with B．caught up with C．came up with D．put up with

10．A．fine B．special C．helpful D．normal

11．A．reminded B．waited C．convinced D．promised

12．A．chance B．gift C．moment D．reward

13．A．lit B．took C．burned D．cheered

14．A．atmosphere B．sympathy C．calmness D．joy

15．A．matter B．wonder C．doubt D．suppose

II. Reading Comprehension (40’)

A

A company planning to open the first hotel in space says it is on target to accept its first paying guests in 2012 despite critics questioning the investment and the length of time for the multibillion-dollar project.

The Barcelona-based architects of the Galactic Suite Space Resort say it will cost $4.4 million for a three-night stay at the hotel. This price also includes an eight-week training course on an island. During their stay, guests would see the sunrise 15 times a day and travel around the world every 80 minutes.

Galactic Suite Ltd's CEO Xavier Claramunt says the project will put his company in a leading position of a new industry with a huge future ahead of it, and forecasts space travel will become common in the future. “It's very normal to think that your children, possibly within 15 years, could spend a weekend in space” he told Reuters Television.