高二英语期中试考题.doc

湛江市二中海东中学2013-2014 学年高二第二学期期中考试卷 英语科试卷（考试时间：120分钟 试题满分：150分 命题人及审题人：袁天磊、汪芳、邓海燕） Ⅰ.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1-15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。 Once upon a time, a big monk and a little monk were traveling together. They came to the bank of a river and found the 1 was damaged. There was a pretty lady who was stuck at the damaged bridge and couldn’t cross the river. The big monk 2 to carry the pretty lady across the river on his back. The lady 3 . The little monk was 4 by the move of the big monk, but he kept quiet. The monk carried the lady across the river and the small monk followed 5 . When they crossed the river, the big monk let the lady down and they 6 ways with her. All along the way for several miles, the little monk was still very unhappy with the 7 of the big monk, but he still kept quiet. Finally, at a rest point many hours later, the little monk could not stand it any longer, he burst out 8 at the big monk. “How can you touch a female, especially when she is very pretty? ” The big monk looked 9 and said, “I had put down the pretty lady at the river bank many hours ago, how come you are 10 carrying her along?” This very old Chinese Zen story 11 the thinking of many people today. We 12 many unhappy things in our life, they irritate us and they make us angry. But like the little monk, we are not willing to let them 13 . We keep on carrying the baggage of the “pretty lady” with us. We should let go of the pretty lady immediately after crossing the river, immediately after the 14 event is over. This will immediately 15 all our agonies. There is no need to be further hurt by the unpleasant event after it is over. It is just that simple. 1. A. river B. road C. bridge D. bank 2. A. offered B. persuaded C. chose D. invited 3. A. refused B. ignored C. approved D. believed 4. A. interested B. dissatisfied