汕头市金山中学2010-2011学年第一学期期中考试

英  语

注意：听说合考另行安排考试。本试卷共三大题，满分135分；考试用时120分钟。

Ⅰ  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各题所给出的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Maureen stood by the lake. Suddenly the children came running through the trees with sharp cries of ___1___. They rushed up to the lake, leaning over the clear water, watching the crowds of tiny fish. Some children demanded loudly to go to the boats, but ___2__ those who had been left behind at the ice-cream stall(小摊) came running up to make some announcement or other, and they all ___3___ the water and dashed back the ___4___ they had come. With growing excitement, Maureen ___5___ them.

When she saw what had been running for, she stopped running. They were ___6___ things again. The toy stall was open and they were crowded around it. Behind the ___7___ a calm middle-aged woman was selling a great variety of small rubbish. She took ___8___ from the forest of small hands in exchanging for little boats, plastic dolls, yellow pencils, anything. Maureen leaned against a ___9___, looking on. The idea of ___10___ washed against her face like a strong current, trying to draw her in.