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　　湛江第一中学2013-2014高二下学期中段考
　　英语试题
　　考试时间：120分钟 满分：150分
　　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各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
　　All the latest mobile phones today include phone tracking. This technology is really helpful in many ways.
　　You can be lill-time detective because you can   1   your partner’s movements at any time. Especially when you suspect something is wrong, it’s of great   2  . You will also be free of   3   wondering where your son or daughter might be when they are away from you. If you are not   4   with a city and you want to eat at a nearby restaurant, phone tracking can help you find one. If you have lost your mobile phone and it contains   5   information, you can track the location of the phone through this technology.
　　Most of all, this technology could be crucial (重要的) during an emergency like the 9/11 attack. Every day many unexpected   6   are likely to occur. This technology is very   7   when you are in trouble. If you call 911 on a GPS cellphone, the emergency services can respond much   8  . Thus, more lives can be   9   by the use of phone tracking.
　　Despite the countless   10   the phone tracking provides, there are still many privacy concerns. We always tar mobile phone and wallet or other   11   things with us whenever we go out. So our movements can   12   be known by someone with bad intentions. To our   13  , there are new types of phone tracking. With these you have to have the cellphone owner’s agreement if you want to track someone. In court, if there is not enough other evidence, information obtained from phone tracking is not   14  .
　　Phone tracking has more advantages than disadvantages when you   15   them; the advantages easily cancel out the disadvantages.
　　1. A. notice B. decide C. check D. test
　　2. A. quality B. achievement C. patience D. use
　　3. A. anxiety B. excitement C. puzzlement D. disappointment
　　4. A. concerned B. popular C. familiar D. satisfied
　　5. A. small B. interesting C. common D. important
　　6. A. accidents B. stories C. deaths D. diseases
　　7. A. bright B. comfortable C. different D. convenient
　　8. A. better B. faster C. louder D. earlier
　　9. A. found B. saved C. collected D. inspired
　　10. A. services B. facts C. answers D. benefits
　　11. A. powerful B. necessary C. useless D. strange
　　12. A. hardly B. partly C. easily D. gradually
　　13. A. delight B. disappointment C. regret D. embarrassment
　　14. A. offered B. required C. canceled D. allowed
　　15. A. weigh B. take C. drop D. repair
　　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词或使用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。
　　It was already the middle of May but there was not a raindrop in sight. Danny stood in his back yard alone   16   (look) at the dry landscape in front of him. He could see nothing but sand and clear blue skies. “Even the cactus (仙人掌) is starting to die,” said Danny to   17   as he bent down to take a good look.
　　Suddenly, when he    18    (walk) back to his house, he heard the sound of thunder. He stopped and loop again. He was very happy to see   19   the spring rain had finally come. He quickly ran to cabin next to his house,   20   he stored his rain barrels (桶). He wanted to capture every single drop of rain to grow   21   vegetable garden in his back yard. In the desert, rain is as precio