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　　广东省湛江二中09-10学年高二上学期期末考试
　　英语试卷
　　（考试时间：120分钟试题满分：150分）
　　I 完型填空：(15×2)
　　In the American family the husband and wife usually share important decision-making. When the children are 1 enough, they take part as well. Foreigners are often surprised by the permissiveness (宽容) of American parents. The old rule that “children should be seen and not heard”is rarely 2 , and children are often allowed to do 3 they wish without strict control of their parents. The father seldom expects his children to listen to him 4 question, and children are encouraged to be 5 at an early age. Some people believe that American parents carry this freedom 6 far. Others think that a strong father image would not 7 the American values of equality and independence. Because Americans emphasize (强调) the importance of independence, young people are expected to 8 their parental families by the time they have 9 their late teens or early twenties. Indeed, not to do so is often regarded as a 10 , a kind of weak dependence.
　　This pattern of independence often results in serious 11 for the aging parents of a small family. The average American is expected to live 12 the age of 70. The job retirement age is 13 65. The children have left home, married, and 14 their won households. At least 20 percent of all people over 65 do not have enough retirement ines. 15 the major problem of many elderly couples is not eic. They feel useless and lonely with neither an occupation nor a close family group.
　　1. A. great B. big C. old D. young
　　2. A. watched B. followed C. understood D. grasped
　　3. A. what B. that C. which D. when
　　4. A. for B. on C. without D. in
　　5. A. dependent B. independent C. sure D. safe
　　6. A. too B. almost C. nearly D. so
　　7. A. gain B. wele C. suit D. change
　　8. A. break up B. break into C. breagh D. break away from
　　9. A. reached B. e C. arrived D. developed
　　10. A. reward B. criti C. failure D. success
　　11. A. events B. problems atters D. affairs
　　12. A. on B. up C. from D. beyond
　　13. A. only B. usually etimes D. seldom
　　14. A. set out B. set aside C. set up D. set down
　　15. A. But B. And C. So D. As
　　II. 语法填空：(10×2)
　　People can call 911 when they need help. The police 1 (e) quickly. This phone number should be used only 2 an emergency. 3 there have been some problems with people using the 911 phone number. More than half of the calls made to it are an accident. These accidental calls are not real emergencies.
　　Calling 911 when you do not need 4 can be very bad. It wastes the time of the people answering the calls. It can even foreone 5 has a real emergency to wait before getting the help they need.
　　Many accidental 911 calls e from cellphones. Sometimes keys on the phones 6 (push) and the call goes through without the owner of the phone 7 (know) that he has called an emergenber. People are trying to find a way to solve this problem.
　　They are testing 8 new program that might help solve the problem of accidental 911 calls. This program will make 9 (call) of 911 push another key on the phone 10 it is a real emergency. People hope that this change will reduce the number of accidental 911 calls going through.
　　III.阅读理解(20×2)
　　( A )
　　When Sir Winston Churchill , the great British prime minister, reached his eightieth birthday in November 1954, he was presented with his portrait by a well-known modern artist, Granham Sutherland. The painting had been ordered and paid by the members of Parliament(国会)，who wanted to honor the Grand Man of World war II.
　　Sir Winston and Lady Churchill were deeply moved by this mark of respect and affection. Neither of them, of course, allowed the donors（捐赠者）to see how much they both disliked the portrait. “It makes me loopid—which I am not !”Churchill protested in private. Publicly, he only said that it was “a fine example of modern art”. His friends smiled: it was well-known that Sir Winston didn’t