南京外国语学校2012-2013学年第一学期期中考试高一英语试卷第二部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第一节单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

21. George, as well as his children________ fond of the peaceful lifestyle in the countryside.A. isB. areC. have beenD. has been22. Tom_______ in the library every night over the last three months.A. worksB. workedC. has been workingD. had been working23. Ladies and gentlemen, please fasten your seat beat. the plane ________. A takes off B is taking offA. takes offB. is taking offC. has taken offD. took off24. New media, including blogs and social networking sites, are increasing their reach to people________traditional media like newspapers are becoming less popular.A. whileB. howeverC. whenD. before25. The face of our famous American presidents on Mount Rushmore can be seen from a ________of 60 mulesA. lengthB. wayC. distanceD. space26. we have to get our classroom_______before others come back as it is now in such a mess.A. clean upB. cleaning upC.to clean upD. cleaned up27. Yi Siling’s hometown boiled_______the news came that she was the first to win a gold medal in London Olympic Games.A. at the momentB. for a momentC. the momentD. in a moment28.-Lu cy doesn’t mind lending you her dictionary.- She________.I’ve already borrowed one.A. can’tB. mustn’tC. needn’tD. shouldn’t29. After hearing that their favorite singer will come, the fans are_______ to meet him.A. keenB. confidentC.helpfulD. calm30.I couldn’t do my homework with all the noise_______A. going onB. goes onC. went onD. to go on31. The villagers have already known_______we’ll do is to rebuild the bridge.A. thisB. thatC.whatD. which32. _______impressive the record is, it fades next to the story of Armstrong’s struggle against disease.A. forB.fromC.toD. against33. Jack wasn’t saying anything, but the teacher smiled at him _______he had done something very cleverA. even ifB.as ifC. in caseD. so that34. His comments brought great________to the artist’s reputation, which made the public angry.A. injuryB. woundC. hurtD.harm35. —I’m going to get married, David.—oh,good________.A. That’s brilliant! When’s the big day?B. Well don’t!It’s brilliantC. You lucky thing!D. I am sorry to hear that.第二节完形填空（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36~55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

As my train was delayed for two hours, I had plenty of time to spare. After buying some magazines to read on the journey, I gave my wife a long-distance call, then I made my way to the___36____ office to collect my heavy suitcase. I had ___37____it there three days before. There were only a few people___38____, and I took out my wallet to find the receipt for my case. The receipt seemed not where I had left it. I ___39____ the contents, and railway ticket,money,piece of paper and photo fell out of it ;but no matter how ___40____ I searched, the receipt was nowhere to be found.When my turn came. I ___41____the situation sorrowfully to the assistant. The man looked at me ___42____as if to say that he had___43___this kind of story many times and asked me to ___44___ the case. I told him it was an old brown looking___45____no different from the many cases I could see on the shelves . The assistant then gave me a___46____ and told me to___47___ the chief contends of the case. If they were___48____, he said, I could take the case away. I tried to ___49____all the articles I had ___50___packed into the case and wrote them down as they came to me.After I had done this, I went to___51____among the shelves. There were hundreds of cases there. For one terrible moment, it ___52___to my mind that if someone had___53____the receipt up he could have easily claimed the case already. This had n’t happened ___54____, for after a time I found the case lying in the corner. After examining the articles inside, the assistant was ___55___ and told me I could take the case away.36. A. posting B. working C. luggage D. manager’s37. A. left B. forgotten C. found D.bought38. A. standing B. crowding C. talking D. waiting39. A. threw B. put C. looked D. emptied40. A. often B.much C. hard D. soon41. A. said B. searched C. spoke D. explained42. A. now and then B.up and down C. here and there D. back and forth43. A. knew B.realized C.heard D. seen44. A. describe B. draw C. take out D. show45. A. object B. matter C. subject D. wallet46. A. paper B. note C. message D. form47. A. sign names B. make a list of C. write down D. draw a picture48. A. everything B. wrong C. correct D. ready49. A. draw B. remember C. read D. remind50. A. carefully B. suddenly C. hurriedly D.immediately51. A. see B. watch C. find D. look52. A. happen B. occurred C. appeared D. seemed53. A. picked B. corrected C. taken D. stolen54. A.fortunately B. unluckily C. by chance D. presently55. A. disappointed B. surprised C. satisfied D. worried第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题，每题2分，满分40分）阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。