2014-2015 下学期期中英语考试题 （共120分钟，满分150分）本次试卷分两部分第一卷：选择题。第二卷：非选择题第一卷：选择题：第一部分：、完形填空:（每小题一分，满分20分） It was my birthday last Thursday and I decided to 1 by inviting a few friends out to supper. I 2 a restaurant in a quiet part of town. It is one of my favorite restaurants because the food is good and the waiters are friendly. It is hardly ever crowded, because 3 people know about it, so it is not usually necessary to book a table. In any case, Thursday is not a busy evening 4 . When we entered the restaurant, I was surprised to find it completely 5 I looked around but not a 6 table was free. One of the waiters recognized me. He came across and explained the situation. “A party of tourists came in about 7 ago.” he said. “It was like an invasion! 8 the place was full! We can hardly manage.” The waiter then 9 a table in the corner. “The people there 10 ” he said, “Just hold on and you will 11 a place there.” He was right. Fifteen minutes later, the people 12 the corner table paid their bill, got up and left. I led my friends across and we all sat down. Unfortunately our table was almost out of sight. We tried to attract the attention of the waiter who sent us there, but he, like 13 waiters, 14 the party of tourists. They ordered lots of food. But at last, an hour later, the tourists were finishing their meal and looking very 15 with life. The waiter now very tired, appeared at our table. I advised（建议）my friends about the best dishes and finally the waiter went off with our 16 . A few moments later he 17 to our table. We could tell from his face that he had 18 for us. 19 a little embarrassed(尴尬的) he informed us that there was 20 left. “All we can offer you” he said, “is an omelet!(煎蛋卷)”1. A. remember B. Celebrate C. memorize D. congratulate2 A. chose B. Selected C. picked up D. elected3 A. a few B. a little C. Few D. little4.A. as a rule B. as a matter of fact C. as usual D. as is known to all5 A. empty B. full C. Free D. quiet6. A. on B. any C. single D. other7. A. a half hour B. half a hour C. half an hour D. an hour half8. A. suddenly B. soon C. quickly D. certainly9. A. pointed out B. pointed over C. pointed on D. pointed to10 A. will leave B. are about to leave C. are to leave D. will be leaving11 A. find B. find out C. looked for D. searched12. A. by B. beside C. at D. Near13. A. all the other B. all an other C. all the others D. all other14. A. were kept busy B. was busy with C. kept busy with D. were busy with15 A. excited B. tired C. pleased D. disappointed(失望)16. A. dishes B. food C. menu D. order17 .A. went B. came C. was D. returned18. A. a good news .B. good news C. bad news D. a bad news19 A. Looking B. Look C. Looked D. Looks20 A. meat of fish B. no meat and fish C. meat and fish D. no meat or fish第二部分：阅读理解：每小题2分，满分40分） AEarly one morning, more than a hundred years ago, an American inventor called Elias Howe finally fell asleep. He had been working all night on the design of a sewing machine but he had run into a very difficult problem: It seemed impossible to get the thread to run smoothly around the needle.Though he was tired, Howe slept badly. He turned and turned. Then he had a dream. He dreamt that he had been caught by terrible savages whose king wanted to kill him and eat him unless he could build a perfect sewing machine. When he tried to do so, Howe ran into the same problem as before. The thread kept getting caught around the needle. The king flew into the cage and ordered his soldiers to kill Howe. They came up towards him with their spears raised. But suddenly the inventor noticed something. There was a hole in the tip of each spear. The inventor awoke from the dream, realizing that he had just found the answer to the problem. Instead of trying to get the thread to run around the needle, he should make it run through a small hole in the center of the needle. This was the simple idea that finally made Howe design and build the first really practised sewing machine.Elias Howe was not the only one in finding the answer to his problem in this way.Thomas Edison, the inventor of the electric light, said his best ideas came into him in dreams. So did the great physicist Albert Einstein. Charlotte Bronte also drew in her dreams in writing Jane Eyre.To know the value of dreams, you have to understand what happens when you are asleep. Even then, a part of your mind is still working. This unconscious(无意识的), but still active part understands your experiences and goes to work on the problems you have had during the day. It stores all sorts of information that you may have forgotten or never have really noticed. It is only when you fall asleep that this part of t