广东省湛江二中2012-2013年度高一上学期期中考试英语试题.doc

一、完型填空（本题共15小题,满分30分） I used to walk my dog every morning. Later when we got back home, I would give it some food. This usually caught the 1 of a mynah bird. The most 2 feature of this bird was its brightly-coloured 3 mouth, so I found it a bit strange. Later I read a book and found that the colour yellow 4 “communication, optimism and inspiration”. I took the “c” from 5 , “o” from optimism, and “in” from inspiration to form the word “Coin”. This became the bird’s 6 . Every time when my dog finished his 7 , Coin would look at me and sing , “Raack! Raack!” After singing, she would start picking up the food left by the dog. When winter came, Coin 8 . It was the longest winter that we had ever had. When spring 9 came, it was the time for the birds to fly back and I often 10 what had happened to Coin. One day after I had given my 11 its food , a mynah bird flew down. It was then that I heard the 12 “Raack! Raack!” Coin was back! Sometimes, I wondered how Coin knew to come back to the same 13 she had left. Each morning Coin would come with her sweet 14 . Both I and my dog accepted her as a member of our family. Now, I understand that if we have optimism and inspiration in our life, and if we communicate often with others, we are sure to be 15 by everyone. 1.A. realization B. view C. sight D. attention 2. A. special B. common C. central D. possible 3.A. black B. white C. yellow D. sad 4. A. stands for B. achieves C. organizes D. changes 5.A.communication B. festival C. celebration D. custom 6.A. food B. cage C. name D. story 7.A. song B. communication C. meal D. walk 8. A. died B. hid C. disappeared D. escaped 9.A. suddenly B. finally C. happily D. luckily 10. A. complained B. recorded C. wondered D. wished 11. A. door B. bird C. daughter D. dog 12. A. strange B. familiar C. crazy D. terrible 13. A. place B. cat C. person D. sky 14.A. song B. face C. ap