博尔塔拉蒙古自治州第五师高级中学2023学年高二英语上学期期中试题.doc

新疆博尔塔拉蒙古自治州第五师高级中学2023学年高二英语上学期期中试题 一、 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分） Dropping into desperation completely, Jack wandered on the streets, knowing he came to the end of life. In his mid-fifties, Jack had never been 1 , experienced the joy of having children or spent holidays with his family. On this miserable rainy night, he felt as if there was 2 in the entire world who cared whether he lived or died. Meanwhile, I was sitting in my room watching the rain 3 my window. When I heard the doorbell ring, I 4 from my chair and raced out. But my mother was already at the door. Opening it, she found herself face-to-face with a very dirty-looking man with tears streaming down his face. My mother, overcome by 5 ，invited the man inside, and he sat with my parents in our living room． 6 ，I walked secretly downstairs so that I could get a better look. I couldn't understand what they were saying, but the sight of the man, 7 his head in his hands and crying, made my chest ache. I raced back upstairs to my room and 8 my hand into my money jar. Pulling out my only half-dollar coin, I ran back downstairs. When I reached the door of the living room, I walked right in. The three 9 looked at me in 10 as I quickly made my way over the stranger. I put the half-dollar in his hand and told him that I wanted him to have it. Then I gave him a 11 , turned and ran as fast as I could out of the room and back upstairs. I felt excited but happy. Downstairs, Jack sat quietly with his head 12 . Tears streamed down his face as he 13 held that coin. Finally looking up at my parents, he said, “ It’s just that I thought nobody cared. For the last twenty years, I have been so 14 . That is the first hug I have ever got. It’s hard to believe that somebody 15 ”. Jack's life changed that night. When he left our house, he was 16 to live instead of die. Although we never saw Jack again, we received letters from him 17 , letting us know that he was doing fine. My life changed that night, too, as I 18 the hug healing power of giving, even if it’s only a gift of fifty cents. Before Jack left, my parents asked him why he had knocked on our door. Jack said that 19 he'd walked along the streets that rainy night, 20 and ready to die, he had noticed a sticker on the car. It read: SOMEBODY LOVES YOU. 1.A employed B married C managed D understood 2.A nobody B somebody C anyone D everyone 3.A approach B cover C break D beat 4.A looked B ran C jumped D settled 5.A fear B pity C guilty D anxiety 6.A Excited B Annoyed C Curious D Worried 7.A holding B nodding C shaking D resting 8.A adjusted B pushed C presented D reaching 9.A strangers B adults C visitors D neighbors 10.A anger B surprise C fun D delight 11.A kiss B smile C hug D handshake 12.A raised B turned C ignored D bowed 13.A calmly B privately C impatient D tightly 14.A anxious B lonely C stressed D bored 15.A makes B figures C cares D deserves 16.A flexible B likely C disappointed D ready 17.A occasionally B at once C hardly D never 18.A hid B informed C assisted D witnessed 19.A as B before C until D unless 20.A weak B ashamed C helpless D regretful 二、阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分） 第一节（共15题，每小题2分，满分30分） 阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项 A Some time ago, I discovered that one of my chairs had a broken leg. I didn’t think there would be any difficulty in getting it mended, as there are a lot of antique (古董) shops near my home. So I left my home one morning carrying the chair with me. I went into the first shop expecting a friendly reception (接待). I was quite wrong. The man wouldn’t even look at my chair. The second shop, though slightly more polite, was just the same, and the third and the fourth. So I decided that my approach must be wrong. I entered the fifth shop with a plan in my mind. I placed the chair on the floor and said to the shopkeeper, “Would you like to buy a chair?” He looked at it over carefully and said, “Yes, not a bad chair. How much do you want for it?” “Twenty pounds.” I said. “OK,” he said, “I will give you twenty pounds.” “It’s got a slightly broken leg,” I said. “Yes, I saw that, it is nothing,” the shopkeeper answered. Everything was going according to my plan and I was getting excited. “What will you do with it?” I asked. “It will be easy to sell once the repair is done.” “I will buy it.” I said. “What do you mean? You just sold it to me.” “Yes, I know, but I have just changed my mind, I am sorry. I will give you twenty - seven pounds for it.” “You must be crazy.” he said. Suddenly the penny dropped. “I know what you want. You want me to repair your chair.” “You are right” I said, “What would you have done if I had walked in and asked you to mend the chair?” “I would not have agreed to do that. We don’t do repairs, not enough money in it, and too much trouble. But I will mend this for you. Will you pay it for five?”.