The wheelchair-bound young man, a patient of mine, was pushed to the lectern(演講臺) at the high school to deliver his commencement address. His face still partially paralyzed(癱瘓), he spoke in a soft voice. But Mark Orsini delivered a powerful speech and received a thunderous applause from his fellow students, who had wondered if he’d live to graduate.

The 18-year-old had developed Guillain-Barre syndrome(綜合病癥)，which can cause paralysis. Soon he was almost completely paralyzed.

His parents insisted that he was a fighter. He’d get through this and go on to attend Dartmouth. But meanwhile, immobile and on a ventilator(呼吸器), how was he going to ask questions or be involved in his care?

The solution was remarkable: The Orsinis would sit at Mark’s side and recite the alphabet. When they got to a letter Mark needed to spell a word, he’d nod “yes”. They’d write it down, then start over and wait for him to nod again. They never lost patience and Mark was involved wit every decision. Standard treatment hadn’t helped, so I proposed a risky procedure to filter(過濾)his blood.

After treatment he showed improvement and soon he could move his toes, his legs and then his arms.

Mark has graduated from Dartmouth. I saw him in my office some time ago, and he was feeling great. But there was a lot left unsaid. I wanted to say I was in awe of him, and that his parents were some of the most amazing people I’d ever met, sitting by his bed for hours, patiently listening to their child speak letter by letter. I wanted to tell him of my shame when my children tried to talk to me and I brushed them off because I didn’t have time to listen. I wanted to say I’d never forget him or his parents. But words failed me.

1．The underlined word “commencement” in Paragraph 1 means           .

       A．graduation           B．promise               C．birthday              D．ceremony

2．What did Mark’s parents do for him when he was learning in class?

       A．They did everything for Mark.

       B．They assisted Mark in learning.

       C．They lost patience sometimes.

       D．They made decisions for him.

3．We can learn from the passage that           .

       A．the standard treatment Mark received was a great success

       B．the doctor was not satisfied with Mark’s treatment and felt ashamed

       C．the doctor told Mark’s parents that they were impressive and unforgettable

       D．the doctor would like to have shared more of his true feelings with Mark

4．According to the last paragraph, how did the writer feel about the way he treated his children?

       A．He felt proud of it.                               B．He felt confident of it.

       C．He felt guilty of it.    D．He felt doubtful about it.

1.A  2.B   3.D   4.C

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科目：高中英語 來源：2011-2012學年江蘇省淮安中學高二上學期期中考試英語試卷（帶解析） 題型：完型填空


I finished my last work of the week and could hardly wait to get home, take off my nursing shoes, and relax.
As I approached(走近) my   36 , I saw one of my   37  standing by the bus stop. I thought it would only take a couple of extra minutes to give her a ride home, and besides, it was   38  cold to be standing outside on the coldest   39  in January. I didn’t know where she lived, but I was   40  I would be able to find my way back.
We   41  about our work as I drove and before we knew it, we arrived at   42  house. I started driving back.   43  looked familiar, but at first that didn’t bother me. But soon I   44  something wrong. I   45  nothing. But I told myself to stay   46 .
I was beyond neighborhoods, streets and   47  streetlights. I no longer knew where I was now. How could I be so stupid! I looked down at my   48 . It was now 2:30 a.m. My gas was slowly running out. I   49  the car and turned off the engine. In total defeat, I put my head down on the wheel,   50 . Then I raised my head and   51  a shadow down the road in front of me. I turned my headlights on. A car! I drove a little   52 , got out of my car and knocked on the window of that car. An elderly man   53  rolled his window down.
I said that I didn’t know how to get back into town. In silence, he started driving. I ran back to my car and drove   54  him. Finally I recognized a(n)   55  street. As I turned to head home, the car disappeared. Then I pulled into my driveway (車道) when the warning light for my gas tank (汽油箱) turned on.
Though so many years have passed, I still thank the old man from my deepest heart.

【小題1】
A．carB．bikeC．busD．train
【小題2】
A．classmatesB．patients C．workmatesD．students
【小題3】
A．notB．exactlyC．tooD．hardly
【小題4】
A．morningB．nightC．noonD．a(chǎn)fternoon
【小題5】
A．happyB．a(chǎn)fraidC．sorryD．sure
【小題6】
A．caredB．worriedC．exploredD．talked
【小題7】
A．myB．herC．yourD．his
【小題8】
A．NothingB．EverythingC．SomethingD．Anything
【小題9】
A．existedB．escapedC．realizedD．imagined
【小題10】
A．mistookB．cameC．missedD．recognized
【小題11】
A．calmB．quietC．braveD．silent
【小題12】
A．a(chǎn)ccuratelyB．brieflyC．evenD．illegally
【小題13】
A．engineB．wheelC．seatD．watch
【小題14】
A．desertedB．droveC．stoppedD．washed
【小題15】
A．excitedB．helplessC．delightedD．satisfied
【小題16】
A．beggedB．sawC．impressedD．a(chǎn)dopted
【小題17】
A．nervouslyB．fasterC．backD．closer
【小題18】
A．slowlyB．unlikelyC．equallyD．carefully
【小題19】
A．underB．beforeC．a(chǎn)boveD．behind
【小題20】
A．cautiousB．particularC．ordinaryD．familiar

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Just Help the Next Person
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I was struggling to get the 45 out when this man in the pickup pulled in behind me. He got out to introduce himself and 46 to help me. When he got the spare out we discovered that the spare is also 47 . He told me he would take the tire and have it 48 and call my husband.
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I will never forget his words, " your thanks is 54 enough pay and I just hope if this ever happens to my wife or daughter someone will be so 55 as to help them."

【小題1】
A．busyB．narrowC．fearfulD．unsafe
【小題2】
A．schoolB．cityC．workD．shop
【小題3】
A．satisfiedB．involvedC．identifiedD．familiar
【小題4】
A．whereB．whatC．whenD．which
【小題5】
A．placedB．rodeC．pulledD．managed
【小題6】
A．failedB．a(chǎn)bandonedC．passedD．dropped
【小題7】
A．catch upB．get in touchC．have to doD．put up
【小題8】
A．truckB．pickupC．carD．bike
【小題9】
A．excitedB．relievedC．determinedD．nervous
【小題10】
A．carB．wheelC．spareD．trunk
【小題11】
A．refusedB．offeredC．pretendedD．promised
【小題12】
A．flatB．damagedC．invisibleD．lost
【小題13】
A．soldB．paintedC．packedD．fixed
【小題14】
A．butB．soC．a(chǎn)ndD．though
【小題15】
A．listening toB．worrying aboutC．waiting onD．searching for
【小題16】
A．breakB．changeC．cleanD．repair
【小題17】
A．bothB．a(chǎn)llC．neitherD．everyone
【小題18】
A．imaginationB．troubleC．diligenceD．patience
【小題19】
A．more thanB．less thanC．rather thanD．better than
【小題20】
A．politeB．a(chǎn)ctiveC．kindD．wise

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Andrew Ritchie, inventor of the Brompton folding bicycle, once said that the perfect portable bike would be “l(fā)ike a magic carpet…You could fold it up and put it into your pocket or handbag”. Then he paused: “But you’ll always be limited by the size of the wheels. And so far no one has invented a folding wheel.”
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So, in a 21st-century context, is the idea of the folding wheel dead? It is not. A British design engineer, Duncan Fitzsimons, has developed a wheel that can be squashed into something like a slender ellipse （橢圓）. Throughout, the tyre remains inflated.
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Folding wheels would make all manner of things possible. Have we yet got the magic carpet of Andrew Ritchie’s imagination? No. But it’s progress.
【小題1】We can infer from Paragraph 1 that the Brompton folding bike        .

A．was portable
B．had a folding wheel
C．could be put in a pocket
D．looked like a magic carpet
【小題2】We can learn from the text that the wheels of the Grout Portable        .
A．were difficult to separate
B．could be split into 6 pieces
C．were fitted with solid tyres
D．were hard to carry on a train
【小題3】We can learn from the text that Fitzsimons’s invention        .
A．kept the tyre as a whole piece
B．was made into production soon
C．left little room for improvement
D．changed our views on bag design
【小題4】Which of the following would be the best title for the text?
A．Three folding bike inventors
B．The making of a folding bike
C．Progress in folding bike design
D．Ways of separating a bike wheel

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Just Help the Next Person
The only highway to go to work that we had to drive was closed down due to an accident on the bridge. A truck had hit the bridge and made it1for any traffic to go over it. So in order to get to2I had to go a number of miles out of my way.
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There I sat out in the country and no way to7with anybody. Just then, I looked in my rear view mirror and a8was pulling out of a pasture behind me. I was9and scared at the same time.
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I will never forget his words, " your thanks is19enough pay and I just hope if this ever happens to my wife or daughter someone will be so20as to help them."

  1. 1.
    1. A.
      busy
    2. B.
      narrow
    3. C.
      fearful
    4. D.
      unsafe
  2. 2.
    1. A.
      school
    2. B.
      city
    3. C.
      work
    4. D.
      shop
  3. 3.
    1. A.
      satisfied
    2. B.
      involved
    3. C.
      identified
    4. D.
      familiar
  4. 4.
    1. A.
      where
    2. B.
      what
    3. C.
      when
    4. D.
      which
  5. 5.
    1. A.
      placed
    2. B.
      rode
    3. C.
      pulled
    4. D.
      managed
  6. 6.
    1. A.
      failed
    2. B.
      abandoned
    3. C.
      passed
    4. D.
      dropped
  7. 7.
    1. A.
      catch up
    2. B.
      get in touch
    3. C.
      have to do
    4. D.
      put up
  8. 8.
    1. A.
      truck
    2. B.
      pickup
    3. C.
      car
    4. D.
      bike
  9. 9.
    1. A.
      excited
    2. B.
      relieved
    3. C.
      determined
    4. D.
      nervous
  10. 10.
    1. A.
      car
    2. B.
      wheel
    3. C.
      spare
    4. D.
      trunk
  11. 11.
    1. A.
      refused
    2. B.
      offered
    3. C.
      pretended
    4. D.
      promised
  12. 12.
    1. A.
      flat
    2. B.
      damaged
    3. C.
      invisible
    4. D.
      lost
  13. 13.
    1. A.
      sold
    2. B.
      painted
    3. C.
      packed
    4. D.
      fixed
  14. 14.
    1. A.
      but
    2. B.
      so
    3. C.
      and
    4. D.
      though
  15. 15.
    1. A.
      listening to
    2. B.
      worrying about
    3. C.
      waiting on
    4. D.
      searching for
  16. 16.
    1. A.
      break
    2. B.
      change
    3. C.
      clean
    4. D.
      repair
  17. 17.
    1. A.
      both
    2. B.
      all
    3. C.
      neither
    4. D.
      everyone
  18. 18.
    1. A.
      imagination
    2. B.
      trouble
    3. C.
      diligence
    4. D.
      patience
  19. 19.
    1. A.
      more than
    2. B.
      less than
    3. C.
      rather than
    4. D.
      better than
  20. 20.
    1. A.
      polite
    2. B.
      active
    3. C.
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    4. D.
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　 I finished my last work of the week and could hardly wait to get home, take off my nursing shoes, and relax.

　 As I approached(走近) my 　36 , I saw one of my 　37 standing by the bus stop. I thought it would only take a couple of extra minutes to give her a ride home, and besides, it was 　38 cold to be standing outside on the coldest 　39 in January. I didn’t know where she lived, but I was 40 I would be able to find my way back.

　 We 　41 about our work as I drove and before we knew it, we arrived at 　42 house. I started driving back. 　43 looked familiar, but at first that didn’t bother me. But soon I 　44 something wrong. I 　45 nothing. But I told myself to stay 　46 .

　 I was beyond neighborhoods, streets and 　47 streetlights. I no longer knew where I was now. How could I be so stupid! I looked down at my 　48 . It was now 2:30 a.m. My gas was slowly running out. I 　49 the car and turned off the engine. In total defeat, I put my head down on the wheel, 　50 . Then I raised my head and 51 a shadow down the road in front of me. I turned my headlights on. A car! I drove a little 52 .got out of my car and knocked on the window of that car. An elderly man 　53 rolled his window down.

　 I said that I didn’t know how to get back into town. In silence, he started driving. I ran back to my car and drove 　54 him. Finally I recognized a(n) 　55 street. As I turned to head home, the car disappeared. Then I pulled into my driveway (車道) when the warning light for my gas tank (汽油箱) turned on.

　 Though so many years have passed, I still thank the old man from my deepest heart.

36.

A. car

B. bike

C. bus

D. train

37.

A. classmates

B. patients

C. workmates

D. students

38.

A. not

B. exactly

C. too

D. hardly

39.

A. morning

B. night

C. noon

D. afternoon

40.

A. happy

B. afraid

C. sorry

D. sure

41.

A. cared

B. worried

C. explored

D. talked

42.

A. my

B. her

C. your

D. his

43.

A. Nothing

B. Everything

C. Something

D. Anything

44.

A. existed

B. escaped

C. realized

D. imagined

45.

A. mistook

B. came

C. missed

D. recognized

46.

A. calm

B. quiet

C. brave

D. silent

47.

A. accurately

B. briefly

C. even

D. illegally

48.

A. engine

B. wheel

C. seat

D. watch

49.

A. deserted

B. drove

C. stopped

D. washed

50.

A. excited

B. helpless

C. delighted

D. satisfied

51.

A. begged

B. saw

C. impressed

D. adopted

52.

A. nervously

B. faster

C. back

D. closer

53.

A. slowly

B. unlikely

C. equally

D. carefully

54.

A. under

B. before

C. above

D. behind

55.

A. cautious

B. particular

C. ordinary

D. familiar

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