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16中2013学年度第一学期高二年级英语期中考试 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。 There was once a great war between two countries. The war had been going on for some time and the soldiers were starting to feel 16 the long battle. On a hot afternoon, a man was 17 past a small group of soldiers digging a huge pit (坑). The group leader was shouting orders and threatening 18 if the work was not completed within the hour. The man riding the horse 19 and asked，“Sir, why are you only shouting orders? Why cannot you help them yourself?” The group leader looked at him and replied, “What do you ? I’m the leader. The men do as I 20 them to.” He then added, “If you feel so strongly about helping them, you are 21 to do so yourself!” The man got down and started walking up to the soldiers at work. He took up the 22 and worked with them till the job was 23! Before leaving, the man congratulated the soldiers on their work, and 24 the group leader. He said, “Next time your 25 prevents you from supporting your people, you should inform your 26 authorities, and I will provide a more permanent solution.” The group leader was now completely surprised. Only now he looked 27 at the man and realized the man was the army general! The army general exhibited some of the key 28 that are important for a true leader. There are 29 people who are ready to really help get the work done. They 30 the status of the leader but not the state of the leader.
16. A. astonished at B. tired of C. frightened of D. embarrassed at 17. A. walking B. riding C. driving D. running 18. A. illness B. battle C. punishment D. death 19. A. stopped B. waited C. stayed D. doubted 20. A. remind B. tell C. beg D. invite 21. A. sure B. lucky C. ready D. welcome 22. A. tools B. guns C. clothes D. bricks 23. A. improved B. lost C. finished D. allowed 24. A. interviewed B. answered C. tested D. approached 25. A. people B. order C. leader D. status 26. A. richer B. higher C. cleverer D. smaller 27. A. frequently B. closely C. seriously D. firmly 28. A. problems B. courses C. qualities D. speeds 29. A. few B. some C. most D. many 30. A. achieve B. call C. prepare D. collect
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，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为16～25的相应位置上。 One night about nine o'clock, Dr. Eyck, a surgeon, had a phone call from Dr. Haydon at the hospital in Clens Falls. The surgeon was asked to go there at once to operate __31__ a very sick boy who shot ___32___ while playing with a gun. The doctor was soon on his way to Clens Falls, __33____ was 60 miles away. And it was snowing __34__(heavy) in the sky. The surgeon thought he could get there before 12 o'clock. A few minutes later, the doctor ____35_____(stop) by a man in an old black coat. Gun in hand, the man ordered the doctor to get out. Then the man drove the car down the road, ______36___ (leave) the doctor in the falling snow. ___37___ the doctor arrived at the hospital in Clens Falls it was after 2 o'clock in the morning. Dr. Haydon told him that the boy had died __38___ hour before. The two doctors walked by the door of the hospital waiting room. There sat the man in the old black coat _39____ his head in his hands. Mr. Cuninghan, said Dr. Haydon to the man, This is Dr. Eyck. He is the surgeon ____40___ walked all the way from Albany to save your boy. II 阅读 (共两节，满分50分) 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和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A For hundreds of years, Japan has been hit, from time to time, by enormous tsunamis. These awful sudden risings of the sea are caused by earthquakes or underwater volcanic action. The story of the boy Yuuki is the story of such a disaster. Yuuki lived with his family in a sea-side village, below a small mountain. One day, as he played on top of the mountain, he felt an earthquake beneath his feet. It was not strong enough to frighten anybody and passed quickly. Soon after, however, Yuuki noticed the sea darken and begin running away from the shore very fast, leaving behind wide stretches of beach that had never been exposed before. With a gasp, Yuuki remembered reading that just before a terrible tsunami, the sea suddenly and quickly rolls backward. He ran to the beach, warning the villagers who had gather to admire the huge new stretch of beach. “Get back!” shouted the boy. “There is terrible danger!” But no one listened. They laughed at him and continued playing in the new sand and watching the sea roll backward even more. Desperate, Yuuki could think of only one thing to do. He lit a tree branch, raced to the rice fields and began burning the stacks of harvested rice. Then he called out, “Fire! Fire! Everyone run to the mountain! Now!” When everyone reached the mountain-top, a villager cried out, “Yuuki is mad! I saw him set the fire.” Yuuki hung his head in shame, but said nothing as the villagers cursed him. Just then, someone cried, “Look!” In the distance what seemed to
