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普宁二中2013-2014学年度第一学期期中考试 高二级英语科试卷 时间120分钟 总分135分 命题人：林鸿华 洪妍 I.语言知识及应用 （共两节，满分45分） 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。 I fell in love with Yosemite National Park the first time I saw it, when I was 13. My parents took us there for camping. On the way out, I asked them to wait while I ran up to E1 Capitan, a ___1__ rock of 3,300 feet straight up. I touched that giant rock and knew ___2___ I wanted to climb it. That has been my lifes passion ever since -- ___3___ the rocks and mountains of Yosemite. Ive long made Yosemite my home. About 15 years ago I started seeing a lot of ___4___, like toilet paper, beer cans, and empty boxes, around the area. Its beyond me why visitors started ____5____ the place less and treated such a beautiful home-like place this way. I tried ___6__ up trash myself, but the job was too big. I would spend an hour or two on the job, only to___7___ the area trashed all over again weeks later. Finally, I got so tired of it that I decided something had to ___8____. As a rock-climbing guide, I knew nothing about ____9___ any big event. But in 2004, together with some climbers, I set a date for a ___10___. On that day, more than 300 people ___11__ up. Over three days we collected about 6,000 pounds of trash. It was amazing how much we were able to accomplish. I couldnt believe the ___12___ we made -- the park looked clean! Each year volunteers come for the cleanup from everywhere. In 2007 alone, 2,945 people picked up 42,330 pounds of ___13___ and covered 132 miles of roadway. I often hear people complain about their surroundings. If you are one of them, I would say the only way to change things is by doing rather than ____14____. We need to teach by ___15___. You cant blame others unless you start with yourself. 1 A distant B huge C narrow D loose 2 A immediately B finally C gradually D recently 3 A imagining B painting C describing D climbing 4 A material B resources C waste D