高二(下)英语期末考试题
第一部分 听说（15分）略
第二部分：语言知识及应用 (共两节，满分45分)
第一节 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, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
On the first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know a new classmate. I ___1___to look around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder. I turned around to find a wrinkled, little ____2____ lady looking up at me with a smile.
She said, “Hi. My name is Rose. I’m eighty-seven years old. Can I give you a hug?” I laughed and ____3___ responded, “Of course you may!” and she gave me a giant squeeze.
“Why are you in college at such a young, innocent age?” I asked. “I always___4__having a college education and now I’m getting___5 ___!” she told me.
Later, we became close friends. Every day we would leave class together and she ____6____ her wisdom and experience with me. Over the course of the year, Rose became a campus icon（偶像） and she ____7____made friends wherever she went.
At the ____8____of the semester we invited Rose to speak at our football banquet（宴会）. I’ll never forget what she taught us. When she was___9____, frustrated and a little embarrassed, she cleared her throat and said, “We do not stop playing because we are old; we___10___old because we stop playing. There are only two secrets to staying ____11____, being happy, and ac...