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2012-2013学年度（上）黄冈中学惠州学校期中考试 2012.11 高二年级英语学科试题 说明：1. 本卷总分150分，考试时间 130分钟。 2. 考生必须用黑色钢笔或签字笔在答题卷指定范围内作答。 Ⅰ语言知识及应用 完形填空 （ 15×2ˊ= 30ˊ） 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1-15 各题所给的A、B、C和D 项中， 选出最佳选项。 Once upon a time, there was a bird in a cage who sang for her merchant(商人)owner. He took delight in her 1 . Before he left for a business trip one day, he asked if she had a wish: “I will go through the forest where you were born. what 2 should I take for the birds there?” The bird said, “Tell them I sit full of 3 in a cage singing my captive(被监禁的)song and I’m cut off from all of life’s _4 things. I hope it won’t be long before I can fly 5 through the trees with them again.” When the merchant reached the forest, he stopped and said, “Dear birds! _6 to you all from my pretty bird locked in her cage. She asks for a reply from you. She wants to join you, but I would 7 her beautiful song and cannot let her go.” Suddenly one bird screamed and _8_to the ground. Nothing else could be more 9 .The merchant thought it was dead. He continued on to the city and 10 his goods. On returning home, the merchant said, “I do not know what 11 . I told them your message. Then, one of them fell down dead.” Suddenly the bird let out a terrible scream and fell on her head to the bottom of the cage. The merchant was terrified and wept in 12 . He opened the cage door and took her into his hands carefully. The bird suddenly flew up, then out of the window and landed on the nearest tree. She turned to him and said _13 , “I really appreciate your 14 my message. That bird instructed me how to win my freedom. All I had to do was to 15 to be dead.” A. cry B. poem C. speech D. song A. report B. conversation C. message D. invitation A. sorrow B. sympathy C. silence D. trick A. hard B. sweet C. simple D. boring A. carefully B. proudly C. luckily D. freely A. Thanks B. Rewards C. Greetings D. Congratulations A. avoid B. miss