茂名市第十七中学2013—2014学年度第一学期期中考试
高二级 英语试卷
本试卷分I卷和II卷两部分，共 10 页，满分150分，考试用时120分钟。
注意事项：注意事项：
1．答卷前，考生务必用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔将自己的姓名、考号填写在答题卡上。
2．选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑；如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案；不能答在试卷上。
3．非选择题必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在另发的答题卷各题目指定区域内的相应位置上；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案；不准使用铅笔和涂改液.不按以上要求作答的答案无效。
4．考生必须保持答题卡的整洁，考试结束后，将答题卷和答题卡一并收回。
第I卷（共二节，满分 95 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)
One summer evening I was sitting by the open window, reading a good science storybook. I was so 1_ （后院）, unless one of my neighbour’s children had climbed a tree and had not been able to 8_ . the story I was reading that I didn’t 2 that it was getting dark. When I realized that it was too dark for me to read 3 , I put the book down and got up to turn on the light. Just then I heard someone 4 , “Help! Help!” It seemed to come from the trees at the end of the yard. I looked out but it was too dark to 5__ anything clearly. Almost immediately I heard the cry again. It 6_ like a child, but I could not 7 what someone would be doing in our backyard
I decided that I ought to go out and have a look in the yard, just in case someone was ___9 . I got a flashlight（手电筒） and a stick, which I thought might be useful. With these in my hands, I went out into the yard. Once again I heard the cry and this time there was no doubt that it came from the trees at the far end of the yard. “Who is there?” I 10__（树枝） of the trees. There was not anybody or anything. I came to the conclusion that my 12__ 生物) on another 13 which I read about in the story. made fun of me, probably because of the strange creatures ( as I walked across the yard towards the trees. But there was no voice. With the help of my flashlight, I 11 the yard, including the branches
I had to go back into the house and put the stick and flashlight away. I had just sat down to read my book again when I was 14 by the cry of “Help! Help!” This time it was from right behind me! I dropped my book and jumped up. There, sitting on the table was my neighbour’s large green and red 15___
