英语：广东省湛江二中2009-2010学年高二下学期期中考试试题20104.docVIP

湛江市第二中学2009-2010学年下学期高二英语 期中考试试卷 （ 考试时间：120分钟 试题满分：150分 ） I. 第一部分听力 (每空1分，满分10分) 听下面一段独白，请根据题目要求，从所听到的内容中获取必要的信息，填入答题卡标号为1至10 的空格中。听录音前，你将有10秒钟的阅题时间，录音读两遍，每空不超过3个单词。 Welcome to Our Tour The Grange Seen from the window _____1______. One of ____2____building, built for our first mayor___3___years ago; It also has the original furniture; The most interesting thing: watch them how to ____4______in the past. The university building On the ____5____side. Built _____6_____years ago. Bridgeton Castle Built by Sir Henry Pellat for _____7_____; Almost all of the _____8______were bought from England; The windows are made of ____9_____; The Castle was empty since Sir Henry returned to England because of ____10 II. 完形填空 （共15题，每小题2分，共30分） American public education has changed in recent years. One change is that increasing numbers of American parents and teachers are starting independent public school 11 charter schools (特许学校). In 1991, there were no charter schools in the United States. Today, more than2,300 charter schools 12 in 34 states and the District of Columbia. 575,000 students 13 these schools. The students are from 5 years of age through 18 or older. A charter school is 14 by groups of parents, teachers and community (社区) members, It is similar in some ways 15 a traditional public school. It receives tax money to operate just as other public schools do. The 16 it receives depends on the number of students. The charter school must prove to local or state governments that its students are learning. These governments 17 the school with the agreement, or charter that permits it to operate. Unlike a traditional public school, 18 the charter school does not have to obey most laws which govern public schools. Local, state or federal governments cannot tell it what to 19 . Each school can choose its own goals and decide the ways it wants to 20 those goals. Class sizes usually are smaller than those in many tr