2012-2013年高二9月考试题及答案.docVIP

2012-2013学年度第一学期高 二 年级考试 英 语 试题 满分150分；考试时间：120分钟 （说明：选择题答案请涂到机读卡上，其余答案写在答题卷上。） 完形填空（共15小题， 30 分；每小题2分） They should write a short 1 , and tell the rest of the class their conclusion. Some talked about dogs, some about horses and some chose fish. But the most 2 discovery was made by little Sophie. “I found that flies are terribly bad-tempered.” She said, very sure of herself. Everyone smiled, waiting for her to 3 . then Sophie explained, “I spent hours in my house, watching flies. When they flew 4 , everything was OK, but when they found a window, they would really start buzzing(嗡嗡叫). I had always 5 they made that noise with their wings, but they don’t. with my daddy’s binoculars(双筒望远镜), I 6 the flies closely, and saw that what they were really doing was shouting. They were so crazy that they couldn’t fly out of the window, and they would 7 their heads against the glass again and again. If only they had seen the butterfly that 8 . they would have seen that the top of the window was open. The butterfly tried to tell them, but it had no 9 at all. The flies just kept on shouting and complaining.” Mr Litmus was 10 , and explained that that form of fly behavior had nothing to do with anger. Instead, it was an example of creatures having different levels of intelligence and 11 . they agreed that the next day they would bring a list of 12 in their order of intelligence. And this was what caused big 13 in the class. Many parents came and complained, because their children had listed their parents among the least intelligent of creatures! This, said the children, was because their parents did nothing but complain, and they never listened to anyone. Although Mr Litmus had to explain and 14 them down, it helped them realize that, although they weren’t 15 , they often behaved not terribly intelligently. 1. A. report B. joke C. book D. story 2. A. practical B. interesting C. useful D. satisfactory 3. A. begin