高二年级英语第二学期诊断性检测（一）
英 语 试 题
(Book 7 Units 3～5） 2008.03

第Ⅰ卷
第一部分：听力

第二部分：英语知识运用 (共两节)
第一节：语法和词汇知识(共 15 小题)
从 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
21. The two sisters decided to hold a family party to ______ their parents’ silver wedding.
A. memorize B. congratulate C. celebrate D. welcome
22. The moment the 2008th Olympic Games ______ open, the whole world cheered.
A. declared B. have declared C. have been declared D. were declared
23. It’s strongly recommended that your car ______ every year.
A. be checked B. should check C. is checked D. check
24. I would be grateful if you would ______ receipt of this letter.
A. accept B. acknowledge C. inform D. admit
25. Nowadays most young people can easily ______ the new life of abroad.
A. prefer B. refer to C. adjust to D. adapt themselves
26. ______ you were born?
A. Where was it that B. Where it was that
C. Was it where that D. It was where that
27. ______ I am concerned, everything will go smoothly.
A. As long as B. As much as C. As well as D. As far as
28. I did not know she was in trouble, at that time, ______ I would have given her a hand.
A. therefore B. otherwise C. however D. though
29. Three years later, her boyfriend disappeared, never to be ______ again.
A. heard from B. heard of C. hearing about D. heard
30. At last nothing but some trees remained, with some branches ______ the wall.
A. to stick out of B. stick out of C. sticking out of D. stuck out of
31. Not that I am unwilling to lend you a hand, ______ I am too busy for the moment.
A. because B. but that C. but D. although
32. As you ______ new words in the English story, it is a good method for you to guess their meanings.
A. come about B. come out C. come up D. come across
33. —Is this the small town you often refer to?
—Right, just the one ______ you know I used to work for years.
A. where B. that C. which D. what
34. Little Tom had to ______ his journey because of his mother’s illness.
A. quit B. leave C. abandon D. desert
35. —Catherine, I have cleaned the room for you.
—Many thanks. You ______.
A. needn’t do B. needn’t have done C. shouldn’t have done C. mustn’t do
第二节：完形填空(共 20 小题)
阅读下面短文、掌握其大意、然后从 36~55 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。
My life story
Sometimes, when I look at the pile of school books and my reflection in the mirror, I sigh.
No, it’s not 36 unhappiness, just the realization that everything’s going so 37 . It seemed like yesterday I was still a little girl in 7th Grade. 38 being a freshman looks 39 enough to touch, if I reach out my hand? I can almost feel the responsibilities, the burdens of 40 , pressing against my shoulders.
Yes, I’m still a 41 in many ways. I do not want to grow up and actually I’m fighting against it. But I know it is a losing 42 . And as I have realized that, I come to the 43 where I have to 44 what I want to do with my life.
What I never told anyone was that I want the 45 life: I want to go to the university only ten-minute walk away, to be 46 my family and friends , to get a job in this city. I want to live with my parents(I can’t remember the 47 time I called them mommy and daddy) and be a little girl 48 .
You see, being ordinary is all very 49 . I like being ordinary most times, but I like being exceptional 50 . What I do not want is to become one of those people whose 51 have been washed away by time. I do not want be someone who lives everyday 52 about the next day’s salary, someone whose highlight is to have a good table for poker, someone who can say 53 when a child asks for a life story. As boring as life stories are, isn’t it 54 to have nothing to tell?
This is my life story 55 , and
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