江西省南昌市第二中学2014-2015学年高二上学期期中考试 英语试题
第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分35分）
第一节：单项填空（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5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。
21. More and more high-rise buildings have been built in big cities ______ space.
A. in search of B. in place of C. for lack of D. for fear of
22. My tutor offered a lot of suggestions and comments on my paper and ______ every page of
my draft.
A. approved B. quoted C. polished D. folded
23. It is said that they were accused______ taking money from the factories.
A. of B. with C. by D. into
24. The Harry Potter books are quite popular; they are in great ______ in this city.
A. quantity B. progress C. production D. demand
25. The secretary arranged a(n) ______ time and space for the applicants to have an interview.
A. important B. convenient C. public D. Spare
第二节 完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
Even people who don’t have much talent for acting or singing still dream of being discovered by a talent scout (星探). It seems just like 26 the lottery (彩票), but better 27 you get both fame and money.
For me, the dream seemed likely to stay a dream. But everything 28 last week in Beijing.
I was eating dinner with some friends. As I was getting ready to pay, a young Chinese woman came running up to me. I was 29 that I must have done something horrible to offend(冒犯) her without 30 it.
“You are a white man,” she said 31 when she got to our table.
“Yes.”
“Can you speak 32 ?” she asked.
“Yes.”
“Oh good. Come with me now, please.”
I walked outside and saw that a movie was being shot in front of one of the street’s largest 33 .
