1揭阳一中揭阳一中 2012-2013 高二下学期英语科期中考试高二下学期英语科期中考试(全卷满分: 150 分/ 考试时间: 120 分钟)一一 听力听力(15 分分) 听下面一段材料, 根据你所听到的内容回答下面五个问题，每小题 2 分。本段材料读 两遍。 梗概:：五年前，我下决心买下了要倒闭的公司，经过苦心经营，公司状况好了起来。1. Where did the speaker work five years ago? _ 2. What did the landlord suggest they do? _ 3. Why had the company lost a lot of customers? _ 4. When did things begin to improve? _ 5. How many people did they take on last year? _ 听下面一段材料，根据你所听到的内容把下面的复述短文补充完整，每小题 1 分。本 段材料读两遍。 梗概:：一个醉汉连续三次向同一名服务员要酒喝，都遭到了拒绝，而且闹出了大笑 话。 关键词：bar（酒吧） ，drunk（喝醉了的） ，serve（服务）A drunken man goes into a bar through _6_, and orders a drink. The waiter politely tells the man he wont be served because he is already drunk. The man is _7_, and then goes slowly. After a few minutes, he walks into the same bar from the side door and asks for _8_ again. The waiter still refuses to serve him. The drunken man goes away. Three minutes later the same drunken man rushes into the same bar from the back door and orders a drink. The waiter tells him the same thing, and warns the man that he willl call _9_immediately. The surprised drunken man cries out, “Man! _10_ bars do you work at?” 二二 完形填空完形填空 (共共 15 小题；每小题小题；每小题 2 分，满分分，满分 30 分分) Having lived in the house for so long, we found our kitchen looked old. We decided it was time to 11 the kitchen, and my husband and I were discussing 12 colors. The children, sitting nearby, suddenly all spoke together: “Not the measuring stick.” “No,” I 13 them. “Not the measuring stick.” The measuring stick isnt a (an) 14 stick but the kitchen side of the door between our kitchen and dining room. Along the edge weve 15 each childs growth by making a mark showing his or her 16 on every birthday. Over the years so many colored pens, pencils and markers have been used, that now, this white door is somewhat like an abstract painting.2Names and dates show different 17 , and I can tell by the script(手迹) who measured whom. An eight-year-old measured her three-year-old sister, a grandchild measured her grandmother, and my husband measured me. At the parties, when this door 18 back and forth frequently, friends stop to 19 the names and dates. When we ask if they would like to be always remembered, they usually smile 20 and go back right up into place, 21 to be measured. Many of those listed on the door are still 22 ; some have stopped. Some remain with us only in 23 . When my mother came to see my eldest daughter graduate from university, we measured her too. It was her last visit to our home. We havent 24 the new kitchen color plan yet, but one thing is certain: whatever color we choose, the back of the kitchen door will always remain 25 , with lots of names and dates in various colors. 11A. restoreB. rebuildC. sellD. repaint 12A. comfortableB. possibleC. availableD. changeable 13A. promisedB. repeatedC. followedD. responded 14A. falseB. wonderfulC. actualD. obvious 15A. keptB. witnessedC. recordedD. accompanied 16A. ageB. weightC. nameD. height 17A. informationB. handwritingC. styleD. characteristic 18A. adjustsB. shutsC. opensD. swings 19A. copyB. readC. appreciateD. remove 20A. loudlyB. automaticallyC. shylyD. calmly 21A. readyB. voluntaryC. ableD. unwilling 22A. growingB. contributingC. studyingD. working 23A. sightB. designC. amazementD. memory 24A. concerned aboutB. approved ofC. decided onD. relied on25A. freshB. oldC. whiteD. original三三 语法填空语法填空(共共 10 小题，每小题小题，每小题 1.5 分，满分分，满分 15 分分) I met my step-mom for the first time when I moved to America. That night before I went to bed she came to my room, _26_was the first room I had ever had for my own. She told me she was glad to have me and that she _27_(take) good care of me. Because I was never shown affection_28_ a child, I did not know how _ 29_(react）, so I just stared at her. To this day, I have a hard time _30_(let) others be affectionate towards me. She asked me for a hug, but I did not know what _31_ word “hug” meant. So, I just looked at her _32_ a questioning expression on my face. But she didnt give up. She called my father into the room and asked him to explain to me what she meant. When he did I looked at my new step-mom and wondered _33_ she wanted to hug me. She then told me it was because she loved me and you hug people when you love them. So she opened her arms wide and timidly I opened _34_ and we hugged. That was my very first hug and I was eleven years old at that time. Im twenty-three years old now and, _35_(thank) , I have received many hugs 3since then. 四四 阅读理解（阅读理解（50 分）分） 第一节：阅读理解（共第一节：阅读理解（共 20 小题；每小题