(word)16中2014学年第二学期期中检测高二英语测试-陈晓清.docxVIP

16中2014学年第二学期期中检测高二英语测试I 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1～15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。I was a ten-year old girl living with my parents and four-year-old brother in Madrid, Spain. We had 1 our country Cuba just a few months before. The Christmas season arrived.The Corte Ingles department store had a shiny red 2 that circled the town,sounding its horn(喇叭)at every turn. My younger brother, Santiago, had never seen it. However, 3 were considered a luxury(奢侈) then for my family and were very hard to get. My brother fell in love with it. Every day he would push his nose 4 the glass in the window. My parents’ pain was obvious as they looked at their son’s 5 face. But I didn’t want to 6 the innocence(天真无邪) of a four-year-old. So the next time, I pulled him aside.“Santiago, you know that we left our country and we are in a strange land,” I said. “ 7 we are only here in Madrid for a little while, Santa probably doesn’t have our 8 .”I also told him that once we 9 in the United States, Santa would find us once again. Much to my surprise, he accepted my explanation without question. A year later, we lived in Union City, New Jersey. Both my parents were working in factories to make ends meet. Santiago and I were 10 a new school and quickly learning English.That Christmas was 11 , but my parents bought a silver-colored Christmas tree. On Christmas Day, I woke up early, and to my surprise and delight, I found several presents under the tree. My brother 12 a square box. Inside was a shiny, brand-new train! It 13 the one that had so attracted my brother a year before. Santiago’s face 14 like the Christmas tree. He looked at my parents and me, happy and surprised. “You were 15 !”my brother told me eagerly. “Santa found our address.”1. A. reachedB. visitedC. leftD. missed2. A. lightB. carC. bikeD. train3. A.clothesB. decorations C.mealsD. toys4. A.beneathB. againstC. aboveD.under5. A. fearfulB. hopeful