高二英语第一学期期中试题
第一卷（三部分，共95分）
第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分35分）
第一节：单项填空（共15小题，满分15分）
从A、B、C及D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
21. ------I’m not good at basketball, you know.
  ------_____ We’re playing for fun. Just try and you’ll see you can do it.
A. Well, it depends. B. Take your time.
C. Come on! D. That’s OK.
22. If you want to meet a person, you should fix a date with him ahead of time. That is a
common ____ in the USA.
A. sense B. practice C. rule D. reality
23. With drink and food ____, the prisoner had to walk out of the cave where he was hiding.
A. run out B. run out of C. use up D. using up
24. It is very difficult to tell how many years ago ________ people made the first ship.
A. it was when B. was it when
C. it was that D. was it that
25. ------There are only 15 minutes left for work. What shall we do?
------My God! There are always not any taxis when you want ______.
A. one B. it C. that D. any
26. They really had a hard time too, designing everything, drawing the blueprints, ____ the angles and so on.
A. looking out B. taking out C. finding out D. figuring out
27. Though _________, climbing does much good to students’ health and character.
A. to be tiring B. tired C. tiring D. to be tired
28. The plane was ________ to arrive at 9:30, but it was an hour late.
A. certain B. likely C. about D. supposed
29. When I reached the farm, my son happened ________ on the grass, ________
the hens________ eggs.
A. lying; watching; laying B. to have lain; watch; laying
C. to lie; and watched; lay D. to be lying; watching; laying
30. ________ their nationalities, we will make friends with anyone who is friendly.
A. Except for B. Regardless of C. Despite of D. In spite
31. ------Did you remember to give Tom the key to his bedroom?
------Yes. I gave it to him ______ I saw him
A. while B. once C. the moment D. suddenly
32. Your plan should be revised ____the suggestions of other group members.
A. based on B. to base on C. basing on D. which based on
33. The student tried several times to climb over the fence after class, ______ each time by the guards in our school.
A. being caught B. only to be caught
C. having been caught D. to be caught
34. Our car broke down suddenly on the country road and the heavy rain _______ our helplessness.
A. resulted from B. made up C. turned out D. added to
35. He is a man of _____ ideas and he often makes a careful plan ____.
A. advanced; before advance B. advancing; in advance
C. advanced; in advance D. advancing; in advance of

第二节 完形填空（共20小题，满分20分）
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。英才苑
It was just getting dark. There was a touch of fog and I was on a lonely stretch of road. 36 I was going along cheerfully, thinking about the dinner I would eat when I got to Salisbury .
I was going along 37 at about thirty-five miles an hour when suddenly I heard a scream, a 38 scream--- “ Help! ” I looked round, but the only 39 of life was a large, black, rather suspicious--looking（可疑的car just 40 a bend in the road about a hundred yards away. That was where the cry had come from. I 41 speed and went after it. I think the driver saw what I was doing, for he did the same and began to draw 42 me. As I drew near, the girl’s voice came again, a lovely voice but trembling with 43 .
“Let me go, you coward; you’re hurting me. Oh ! Oh ! ”
I felt my 44 boil. The fog was coming down 45 now, and the countryside was lonelier. I had no 46 that the murderous guy in the car noticed this. Again came a cry.
“Drop that knife, you fool. Oh ! ” Then a cry and a groan（呻吟）.
If I was to save her, it was now or 47 . Perhaps even now I was too late. But
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