广东省汕头市潮南新发中英文学校2020学年高二下学期期中考试英语试题（无答案）（时间：120分钟,满分：135分）. 语言知识及应用(共两节满分5分) 第一节 完形填空(共15小题；每小题2分满分30分)Fiona Famous was a very popular girl at school. She felt 1 as no other girl had so many friends at school and in the neighborhood.But everything 2 on National Friendship Day. On that day in class everyone had to make three presents to give to their three best friends. Fiona 3 the task of choosing three from all the dozens of her friends. However, she was the only one in her class who did not 4 a present! She felt terrible, and spent hours 5 . Everyone came and comforted her for a while.But each one only stayed for a short time before leaving.This was 6 what Fiona had done so many times to others.She 7 that she was a good companion and acquaintance (泛泛之交), but she had not been a true friend to anyone. She had tried to be close to everyone, but now she found that was not enough to create 8 friendships.When she got home that night, Fiona told her mother about the whole thing. Her mother said, You cant be a close friend to everybody.Its only 9 to have a few true friends.The others will just be playmates or acquaintances.”Hearing this, Fiona decided to change her way so that she could finally have some true friends. That night, in 10 , she thought about what she could do to get them. She thought about her mother. Her mother was always willing to 11 her, she put up with all of Fionas dislikes and 12 , she always forgave her, she loved her a great deal . That was what makes a 13 ！And Fiona realizing that she already had the best friend that anyone could 15 .She fell asleep and had a good dream.1.A.tiredB.luckyC.strangeD.surprised2.A.mattered B.developed C.changed D.appeared3.A.enjoyed B.improvedC.failed D.ruined4.A.receive B.showC.complete D.make5.A.remaking B.thinkingC.crying D.checking6.A.especially B.graduallyC.briefly D.exactly7.A.forgot B.realizedC.doubted D.complained8.A.new B.trueC.long D.smart9.A.possible B.fairC.important D.natural10.A.chair B.bedC.school D.table11.A.correct B.followC.help D.find12.A.dreams B.ideasC.stories D.problems13.A.playmate B.parentC.friend D.mother14.A.smiled B.sufferedC.screamed D.hesitated(犹豫)15.A.compare B.protectC.remember D.want第二节 语法填空(共10小题；每小题1.5分满分15分)I enjoy doing physical training in my free time. Yesterday, when I was working out at a gym on my lunch hour, I saw elderly lady there riding on a bike. She couldnt walk very well, 17 she had a cane (手杖) near her, but she was still there (work) hard.After I finished my exercising, I told her that I was going to wait for her 19 she got done and that I would walk her out to her car. It was a little far to her car and it was a 20 (fog) day yesterday in Missouri. I walked her to the car and opened the car door for her, 21 won me her big smile and gratitude.I know 22 is a small thing, but I felt so good inside for helping her. 23 my help, she could have fallen so 24 (easy) out in the wet parking lot, and no one would have known she had fallen. I 25 (know) she needed my help, and her smile was enough to make my day. 阅读 (共两节, 满分50分)第一节 阅读理解(共2小题；每小题2分，满分0分)Arthur Miller was born on October 17th, 1915 and died on February 10th, 2020.Over the course of seven decades(十年) of literature career(文学生涯), Arthur Miller created some of the most memorable stage plays(舞台剧) in American Literature. He is the author of Death of a Salesman and The Crucible. Born and raised in Manhattan, Miller went through the best and the worst of American society.Arthur Millers childhood：His father was a productive shopkeeper and clothing manufacturer(制造商) until the Great Depression dried up nearly all business opportunities.Yet, despite being faced with poverty, Miller made the best of his childhood. He was a very active young man, in love with such sports as football and baseball. When he wasnt playing outside, he enjoyed reading adventure stories. He was also kept busy by his many boyhood jobs. He often worked alongside his father. During other times in his life, he delivered bakery goods and worked as a clerk in a car parts warehouse.College life: In 1934, Miller left the east coast to attend the University of Michigan. He was accepted into their school of journalism. His experiences during the Depression made him skeptical (怀疑的) about religion. Politically, he began leaning towards the Left”.And since the theater was the cutting edge way for socioeconomic liberals (自由主义者) to express their views, he decided to enter the Hopwood Drama competition. His first play, No Villain, received an award from the university.It was an impressive beginning for the young playwright; he had never studied plays or playwriting, and he had written his play in just five days!Millers later years: In 1987, his aut