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　　广东省佛山一中2012-2013学年高二下学期期末英语试题
　　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。
　　Once, long ago, there was a man who traveled from Persia to India on foot. He had  1   been to India before. When he arrived at a village, he happened upon a fruit stand. In that village, fruit was quite expensive because of the lack of water. The man was looking around at the fruits when he __2__ a big basket of some very red, very long fruit. It was the cheapest fruit in the shop, not expensive at all.  __3__ the man walp to the counter and asked: “How __4__ per kilo?” And the shopkeeper said: “Two rupees.” Two rupees in India is __5__. The man thought to himself: “What a __6__ !” So he bought a whole kilogram of the fruit and began to eat it. But after he tried a few pieces, he screamed: “Oh, my God!” His eyes watered, his mouth burned, and his face turned __7__ . He coughed and choked and gasped for breath. But despite his __8__, he continued to stuff the fruits into his mouth! Onlookers __9__ their heads and laughed. One man yelled: “You’re crazy, man! Those are chilies! People use them as a condiment (佐料). You don’t just eat them by the handful like that; they’re not fruit!” But the man replied: “No, I can’t __10__ ! I paid money for them, and now I’ll eat them. It’s my money!”.
　　You probably think this man was pretty __11__ , right? Nevertheless, I bet you or someone you know makes the same mistake on a daily basis. People invest money, time and effort into a relationship, business or job. Even when experience tells them that it’s not __12__, and they know there’s little hope of improvement, they still __13__ because they don’t want to waste the initial investment. But this is illogical. It is no different than being the man who continued eating chilies because he didn’t want to waste the money he’d paid for them.
　　Losing something is difficult, but it is important to __14__ the loss and move on. __15__ you’ll just rning your mouth on hot chilies. 
　　1. A. often    B. never     C. sometimes    D. seldom
　　2. A. noticed    B. watched    C. recognized   D. selected
　　3. A. Yet     B. So     C. Still     D. Besides
　　4. A. large    B. long     C. many     D. much
　　5. A. something   B. nothing    C. anything    D. everything
　　6. A. bargain    B. trade     C. business    D. regret
　　7. A. pale    B. red     C. purple    D. yellow
　　8. A. fear    B. warning    C. confusion    D. pain
　　9. A. shook    B. raised    C. lowered    D. nodded
　　10. A. believe   B. stop     C. agree     D. confuse
　　11. A. impolite   B. humorous   C. awkward    D. stupid
　　12. A. changing   B. working    C. leaving    D. helping
　　13. A. refuse    B. worry    C. ignore    D. continue
　　14. A. remember   B. improve    C. recognize    D. protect
　　15. A. Also    B. However    C. Thus     D. Otherwise
　　第二节 语法填空(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)
　　阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的
　　或者括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为16~25的相应位置上。
　　Who helped you?
　　Charles Plumb was a jet pilot on an aircraft carrier. One day when he was carrying out a mission, he was shot down. The only thing __16__ could save him was his parachute. He landed on the ground __17__ (live), but he was captured and spent 6 years __18__ a prisoner of war.
　　Many years later, he ran into a sailor __19__ was working on the same aircraft carrier. Plumb learned that __20__ was he who had packed his parachute at that time. This meeting made Plumb __21__ (sleep) that night. Though he might have seen the man many times, he never even said “good morning” to him. Plumb, now __22__ (realize) that he had ignored that sailor, felt sorry for himself and for __23__ he had done. Actually, in our lives, many people have helped us go __24__ the hard times and helped us get __25__ we are today.
　　II 阅读 (共两节；满分50分)
　　第一节 阅读理解 (共20小题；每小题2分，满分40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。
　　A
　　A woman renewing her driver’s license at the County Clerk’s office was asked to state her occupation. She hesitated, uncertain how to classify herself.