河南洛阳高中2014-2015学年高二上学期12月月考英语试题.doc

河南洛阳高中2014-2015学年高二上学期12月月考英语试题 本试卷满分150分，请同学们把握做题时间。 I卷 第一部分 完形填空（一）（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并写到答题卡上。 Once upon a time, there was a small village. This village had a strange __1__. Each spring, any boy that had reached the age of majority(成年年龄)was given land and money to ___2__ a home. The boy had to __3__ his home before winter. If his home failed to survive the winter weather, the villagers could not help him in any way. One spring, Paul and Marc reached the age of majority. They __4__ their land and money and decided to search nearby villages for __5__ on building their homes. In each village, they found the nicest __6__ and talked to the owners. Each owner gladly offered __7__. After Marc saw several homes, he __8__ the best ideas and went back to his own land. Paul, __9__, continued collecting more ideas. Soon he had so many great ideas that he began to __10__ some of them. But he always believed he could find even better ideas in the next village. Marc began building his home. He had several __11__ starts, but his home gradually rose from his land. By fall, Marc finished his home. It wasn’t __12__, but it was strong and he would improve it later. The first snow came and Paul, realizing he was running out of __13__, rushed back to his land. He built the best home he could in the time he had, but it was __14__. The first winter snowstorm damaged his home and he __15__ to death. The villagers felt pity for his loss. Marc __16__ the winter. He became a leader in the village, raised a family, and lived a ___17__ life. Knowledge is only __18__ power. It becomes __19__ only when it is organized into definite(明确的) plans of __20__ and directed to a definite end. 1. A. festival B. tradition C. atmosphere D. person 2. A. build B. repair C. paint D. visit 3. A. abandon B. complete C. find D. leave 4. A. lost B. hid C. earned D. received 5. A. places B. tools C. ideas D. chances 6. A. park