云南省腾冲第八中学2014-2015学年高二上学期期中考试英语试卷（解析版）.docVIP

云南省腾冲第八中学2014-2015学年高二上学期期中考试英语试卷（解析版） 第I卷（选择题） 一、完形填空 完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分） 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从所给的A、B、C、D中四个选项，选出最佳选项。 After 22 years of marriage, I have discovered the secret to keep love alive in my relationship with my wife, Peggy. I started dating another woman. One day Peggy said to me, “Life is too ______, you need to spend time with the people you love. You probably wont believe me, but I know you love her and I think that if the two of you spend more time together, it will make us ________. The “other” woman my wife was encouraging me to _______is my mother, a 72-year-old widow who has lived alone since my father _______20 years ago. Right after his death, I ___ 2,500 miles away to California and started my own life and career. When I moved back near my hometown six years ago, I promised myself that I would spend more time with mom. But with the _______of my job and three kids, I never got around to seeing her much _______family get-togethers and holidays. Mom was _________ and suspicious when I called and suggested the two of us go out to dinner and a movie. We didnt go anywhere _______, just a neighborhood place where we could talk. _______her eyes now see only large shapes and shadows, I had to read the menu for both of us. “I used to be the _______ when you were little,” she said. “Then it is time for you to relax and let me _________the favor,” I said. We had a nice talk_______dinner, just catching up on each others lives. We talked for so long that we _______ the movie. “_______was your date?” my wife asked when I got home that evening. Nice...nicer than I thought it would be, I said. Mom and I get out for________a couple of times a month. Sometimes we take in a movie, but ________we talk. Through the talks ,I know what it was like for her to work in a factory during the Second World War. I know how she met my father there, and know how they ________the difficult times. I cant get enough of these stories. They are _______ to me, a part of my his