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　　雅安中学2013-2014学年高二下期半期试题
　　英  语  试  题
　　本试卷分为第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分。满分150分，考试时间120分钟。考试结束后，将答题卷和机读卡一并收回。
　　第Ⅰ卷（选择题，共 90 分）
　　第一节：单项选择（每小题1分，满分10分）
　　从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
　　1. Sigmatel Inc,______ world’s largest maker of controller chips for MP3 players, is set to establish ______ new R&D center in Hong Kong and open two sales offices on china’s mainland.
　　A. a ,a  B .the, the C. a, the D. the ,a
　　2. ---How did you _____ the old valuable house?
　　---It used to be _____my uncle. He left it to me in his will.
　　A. take possession of ; in possession of    
　　B. take the possession of ; in the possession of
　　C. take possession of ; in the possession of 
　　D. take the possession of; in possession of  
　　3. The newly-discovered star was named _____a Chinese astronomer _____ honor of his contributions to astronomy.
　　A. for; in    B. after; for    C. as; in     D. after; in
　　4. He sat ______against the wall, and listened to the teacher___________.
　　A. close ,close B. closely ,closely C. closely, close D. close, closely
　　5.________in the regulations that you should not tell other people the password of your e-mail account.
　　A. What is required  Ｂ.what requires
　　C. It is required     D. it requires
　　6.Having decided to rent a flat, we ________ contacting all the accommodation agencies in the city.
　　A. set about   B. set down   C. set out   D. set up
　　7.we will accept anyone who wants to join us _______ of his/her bacnd.
　　A. regardless of    B. as a result of  C. in the event of   D. in the course of
　　8.Surely it doesn’t matter where the Student Associations get their money from; What _______ is what they do with it.
　　A. counts  B. applies C. stresses D. functions
　　9.All things _____ into consideration , the planned trip will have to be called off.
　　A . being taken    B. taking C. to take D. taken
　　10. ---Please sit down and have a brea have been working for three hours.
　　---No, than. _____.
　　A. I am not a little tired     B. I am not in the least tired
　　C. You go ahead please     D. I’ll stop and rest together with you
　　第二节：完形填空（每小题1.5分，共30分。）
　　阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
　　This is a story that can teach us a good lesson. One day, a man in rags begged from door to door along the street. With an old wallet in his hand, he was asking for a few coins to buy something to eat. He kept complaining about his bad fortune and kept  11  why those who had so much money were never  12  and were always desiring more.
　　“As far as I’m concerned, if I had only enough to  13  and to wear, I would not want anything more.”
　　Just at that moment Goddess Fortune, who came down the  14  saw the beggar and said to him, “Hi, I have wished to  15  you for a long time. Now, open your  16  and I will pour my gold into it. But I will do that only on this  17  : All that falls into the wallet will be pure gold; but every piece falling upon the  18  shall become dust. Do you understand?
　　“I see,” said