2014 广州高二英语水平测试

2014年高二水平测试题

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There were once two doors in the same house. One was a beautiful living-room door, and the other was just a/an 16 bathroom door.

What they had in 17 was that they both led awful lives. The house was full of 18 children who were always slamming and kicking the doors. Each night, when everyone was asleep, the doors would talk about their poor 19 . The living –room door was always ready to 20 with anger, but the bathroom door would calm him down, saying, “ Don’t worry. They’re children. They’ll soon learn . Be patient and things will 21 .

And so the living-room door would calm down for a while. But one day, after a big party and much slamming and kicking of the doors, the living room door 22 lost his temper, saying, “That’s enough! The next time someone slams me, I’m going to 23 , and they’ll learn a thing or two.”

The next day, the first time he was slammed, the living-room door broke. This caused great

24 in the house, and the children were punished. The living-room door was filled with 25 . However, after a few day, the house owners got tired of the 26 of having a broken door. Instead of mending the door, they decided to

27 it. The old door was thrown into the rubbish.

There lay the beautiful living-room door, 28 what he had done. For not being 29 enough, he now found himself abandoned, waiting to be turned into firewood. Meanwhile, his friend, the ordinary bathroom door, remained in his place, and the children were treating him with greater 30 .

16. A new B heavy C ordinary D silent

17. A time B common C turn D short

18 A naughty B curious C nervous D polite

19 A dream B appearance C quality D luck

20 A attack B explode C repeat D retire

21 A improve B matter C return D suffer

22 A frequently B fortunately C happily D finally

23 A break B teach C work D shout

24 A joy B benefit C trouble D doubt

25 A surprise B satisfactio C pity D disappointment

26 A inconvenience B inexperience

C inactivity

D injustice

27 A sell B paint C replace D forget

28 A enjoying B regretting

C expecting D. describing

29 A patient B careful

C beautiful D. friendly

30. A force B anger C peace D care

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Would you give up your smart phone for free food? Seating on Monday, family-friendly Italian restaurant Salvatore’s will offer customers two meals for the price of one, 31 they put away their smart phone before their seats. According to he owner Sal Lupoli, “ Every diner at the table must agree 32 (hand) in their phone before eating. The phones will be stored safely and returned to 33 when their meals are finished.

Mr Lupoli, thought of 34 idea after noticing that customers “were not speaking to each other while 35 (have) dinner”.

At first look, this seems like just another restaurant promotion. But it might also be a way to encourage people to focus 36 each other and their surrounding instead of putting pictures of their latest meal online. Perhaps it 37 (make) kids actually eat and talk instead of watching another video on You Tube.

According to a recent Boston Globe article 38 examined the effects of screen time on children’s brains, as little as 45 minutes of screen time per day can be 39