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共90小题，约3850字。

　　2011-2012学年第一学期高一期末考试
　　英语试卷
　　III. 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36～50各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。 
　　I’ve loved my mother’s desk since I was just tall enough to see above the top of it as mother sat doing letters. Standing by her chair, looking at the ink bottle, pen, and white paper, I decided that the act of ___36___ must be the most ___37___ thing in the world.
　　Years later, during her final illness, mother ___38___ different things for my sister and brother. “But the ___39___”, she said, “is for Elizabeth”.
　　I never saw her angry, and never saw her cry. I knew she ___40___ me, she showed it in action. But as a young girl, I wanted heart-to-heart talks between mother and daughter. They never happened. And a gulf(深渊) opened between us. I was “too emotional（易激动的）”. But she was different from me.
　　As years passed and I graduated from college, I loved my mother and I wrote to her in ___41___ words and asked her to let me know in any way she chose that she did ___42___ me.
　　I posted the letter and waited for her answer. None came. My hope turned to ___43___, then little interest, finally, peace --- it seemed that nothing happened. I couldn’t be sure that the ___44___ had even got to Mother. I only knew that I had written it, and I could __45___ trying to make her into someone she was not.
　　Now the ___46___ of her desk told me, as she’d __47___ been able to, that she was ___48___ that writing was my chosen work. I ___49___ the deslly and found some papers inside---- a photo of my father and a one-page letter, folded and refolded many times.
　　“Give me an answer”, my letter asks, “in any way you chose”. Mother, you always chose the ___50___ that speader than words.
　　36. A. speaking          B. writing           C. looking             D. listening
　　37. A. wonderful        B. tiring             C. funny                D. frightening
　　38. A. bought            B. gave              C. designed            D. kept
　　39. A. pen                B. paper             C. chair                 D. desk
　　40. A. loved             B. disliked           C. appreciated         D. amazed
　　41. A. careful           B. active             C. thankful              D. serious
　　42. A. ignore            B. accept             C. forgive               D. dislike
　　43. A. surprise          B. joy                 C. disappointment     D. happiness
　　44. A. ideas              B. information       C. news                 D. letter
　　45. A. stand             B. stop                C. continue             D. practice
　　46. A. present           B. appearance       C. shape                D. sight
　　47. A. always            B. ever               C. never                D. often
　　48. A. sorry             B. encouraged        C. regretful            D. pleased
　　49. A. moved           B. cleaned            C. fixed                 D. emptied
　　50. A .means           B. method           C. action                 D. way
　　IV. 阅读（共两节，满分40分）
　　第一节  阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
　　阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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