黄冈20102011学年第一学期期中备考高二年级英语试卷考试时间：60分钟 总分:100分校区：_ 姓名：_ 分 数：_ I 听力 略II语言知识及应用（共两节，满分45分）第一节：完形填空（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分） 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从2135各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。It is commonly believed that school is where people go to get education. 21 , it has been said that today children interrupt their education to go to school. The 22 between schooling and education suggested by this is important.Education is 23 , compared with schooling. Education knows no edges. It can take place 24 , whether in the shower or on the job, whether in a kitchen or on a tractor. It includes both the 25 learning that takes place in schools and the whole universe of learning out of class. 26 the experience of schooling can be known in advance, education quite often produces surprises. A chance talk with a 27 may lead to a person to discover how 28 he knows of another country. People obtain education from 29 on. Education, then, is a very 30 and unlimited term. It is lifelong experience that starts long 31 the start of school, and one that should be a necessary part of ones entire life.Schooling, on the other hand, is a 32 experience, whose style changes 33 from one way to the next. Throughout a country, children arrive at school at the same time, take 34 seats, use similar textbooks, do homework, and 35 , and so on. Schooling has usually been limited by the edges of the subjects being taught.21. A. Then B. However C. ThusD. Therefore22. A. differenceB. importanceC. useD. problem23. A. unexpectedB. endlessC. countlessD. simple24. A. anywhereB. anywhere else C. somewhereD. somewhere else25. A. part-timeB. publicC. standardD. strict26. A. If B. BecauseC. SoD. Though27. A. neighbourB. friendC. foreigner D. teacher28. A. wonderfulB. wellC. greatlyD. little 29. A. babiesB. grown-upsC. womenD. men30. A. longB. broadC. narrowD. short31. A. thatB. whenC. afterD. before32. A. basicB. strictC. finalD. irregular33. A. unusuallyB. differentlyC. littleD. frequently34. A. largeB. newC. fixedD. small35. A. take examsB. hold examsC. mark papersD. read papers第二节：语法填空（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为36-45的相应位置上。A friend of ours was walking down a deserted Mexican beach at sunset when he noticed that a local native kept bending down, 36 (pick) something up and throwing it out into the water. Time and again he kept throwing things out into the ocean.As our friend approached closer, he 37 (notice) that the man was picking up starfish that had been washed up on the beach and , one at 38 time, he threw them back into the water.Our friend 39 (puzzle). He approached the man and said, “Good evening, friend. I was wondering 40 you are doing.”“I m throwing these starfish back into the ocean. You see, its low tide right now and all of these starfish have been washed up onto the shore. If I dont throw them back into the sea, they will die up here from lack 41 oxygen.”“I understand, my friend replied, “but 42 must be thousands of starfish on this beach. You cant possibly get to all of them. There are simply too many. You realize this is 43 (probable) happening on hundreds of beaches all up and down this coast. Dont you see that you cant possibly 44 a difference?”The local native smiled, bent down and picked up yet 45 starfish, and as he threw it back into the sea, he replied, “Made a difference to that one!”III阅读理解（共8小题；每小题2.5分，满分20分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AIt was Thanksgiving morning and in the crowded kitchen of my small home. I was busy preparing the traditional Thanksgiving turkey when the doorbell rang. I opened the front door and saw two small children in rags huddling together inside the storm door on the top step.“Any old papers, lady?” asked one of them.I was busy. I wanted to say “no” until I looked down at their feet. They were wearing thin little sandals, wet with heavy snow.“Come in and Ill make you a cup of hot cocoa.”They walked over and sat down at the table. Their wet sandals left marks upon the floor. I served them cocoa and bread with jam to fight against the cold outside. Then I went back to the kitchen and started again on my household budget.The silence in the front room struck me. I looked in. The girl held the empty cup in her hands, looking at it. The boy asked in a flat voice. “Lady, are you rich?”“Am I rich? Mercy, no!”I looked at my shabby slipcovers (家具套). The girl put her cup back in its saucer carefully and said, “Your cups match your saucers.” Her voice was hungry with a need that no amount of food could supply. They left after that, holding their bundles of papers against the wind. They hadnt said “Thank you.” They didnt need to. They had