1山西省太原五中 2013-2014 学年高一下学期期中考试 英语试题第一卷（共三部分， 共计 75 分）第一部分：英语知识运用 （共三节， 满分 25 分）I. 根据句意和首字母，写出所缺的单词。 （共 5 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 5 分）1. Sir, you cant come in, for the building is in the p_of being restored.2. Only a few villagers in this region s_ after the earthquake.3. The hotel offers a friendly a_ and personal service. 4. Nothing will shake her b_ in God.5. Can you spare me just a few minutes? I have something u_ to say.II. 根据汉语意思填入适当的短语以完成句子。 （共 10 小题；每空 0.5 分，满分 10 分）6. I didnt stop drinking, but at least I tried to _ it _. （减少）7. We were _ _ a shower on the way home. (遭遇到)8. I _ _ with birds singing this morning. （醒来）9. Students were _ _ leaflets to everyone on the street.（分发）10. On hearing the news, he couldnt help _ _. (忍不住哭了)11. The salesmen have _ _ the old people and made them buy their poor quality goods. （欺骗）12. This is a matter _ great _. （重要）13. We were _ _ to respect the old. （教育）14. Jane is very _ _ her new car. （以为骄傲）15. His careless remark did _ _ his reputation. （造成损害）III. 阅读下列材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于 3 个单词）或括号内单词的正确 形式。 (共 10 个小题，每空 1 分，满分 10 分)Last month, the whole world _16_(strike) by a piece of shocking news. _17_Malaysian airplane with 239 passengers just disappeared after its departure from the airport. Almost two hours later, the plane just vanished into the air, as if it had never existed before. Rumors about its _18_(disappear) have spread fast around the world. Some said that the plane was kidnapped by the space aliens, _19_has never been proved or confirmed true. _20_ claimed that the aircraft exploded in the midair before landing. This might be true to some extent，_21_we still need more confirmative proof. The people who care most about the passengers are the family members. They have been _22_(anxious) expecting and even getting 2desperate after _23_(wait) hopelessly for days. This has been driving them into craziness one day _24_ another. We hope those people on the plane will soon be found well and safe, and _25_their family members they could get together and reunited. 第二部分：完形填空（共 20 小题，每小题 1 分，满分 20 分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从 2645 各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中，选出最佳选项。 Many years ago, one afternoon, I went to pick up my mother from work. I got there a bit early so I 26 the car by the roadside and waited for her.As I looked 27 the car window, there was a small park where I saw a little boy, around one and a half to two years old, 28 freely on the grass as his mother watched from a short 29 . The boy had a big smile on his face 30 he had just been set free from some sort of 31 . The boy would then fall to the grass, 32 , and without hesitation or without looking back at his mother, run as fast as he could, again, still with a 33 on his face.Kids, when they fall down, dont view their falling down as failure, but 34 ,they treat it as a learning experience. They try and try again until they 35 . Not only was I touched by the boys persistence, but I was 36 touched by the manner in which he ran. With each attempt, he looked so 37 and so naturalno signs of fear, nervousness, or of being discouraged. His only 38 was to run freely and to do it as effectively as he could. He was just being a 39 just being himselfbeing completely in the moment. He was not looking for 40 or was not worrying about whether 41 was watching. He wasnt concerned about being judged. He didnt seem to be bothered by the fact that maybe someone would see him 42 and that it would be 43 if he did fall. No, all that 44 to him was to accomplish the task, to feel the experience of running fully and freely. I learned a lot from that 45 and experience, and have successfully brought that lesson with me in my many pursuits in life.26ArodeBstartedCbroke Dparked27AdownBoutsideCtowardDover28AplayingBsmilingCrollingDrunning29AwayBlengthCtimeDdistance30Aeven ifBso long asCeven thoughDas if31AparkBcaveCprisonDcastle32Atake upBget upCbreak downDlie in33AtearBsmileCpleasureDsurprise34AhoweverBinsteadCthereforeDanyhow35AstopBwinCachieveDsucceed36AluckilyBobviously CactuallyDequally37AjoyfulBconfidentCquietDproud38AworryBdreamCaimDconclusion39AboyBchildCplayerDwinner340AapprovalBfortuneCchance Dtrouble41AsomeoneBanyoneCeveryoneDone42AfailBrunCfallDcry43AembarrassingBdisappointingCfrighteningDamusing44AhappenedBcaredCmatteredDrelated45AdiscoveryBobservationCstoryDincident第三部分：阅读理解 （共 15 小题，每小题 2 分，满分 30 分）第一节：阅读下列短文，从每题所给的选项中选出最佳选项。AMany people believe Henry Ford invented the automobile (汽车). But Henry Ford did not start to build his first car until 1896. That was eleven years after two Germans developed the worlds first automobile. Many people believe Henry F