文档介绍：考号姓名班级试室号座位号:
XX中学2010——2011学年度第一学期期中考试
高二年级英语试卷
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Ⅰ. 语言知识及应用(共两节,满分75分)
完形填空(共10小题;每小题2分,满分20分)
Adults are often surprised by how well they remember something they learned as children but have never practised in the meantime. A man who has not had an opportunity to go swimming for years can 1 swim as well as ever when he gets back in the water. He can get on a bicycle after several decades and still 2 away. A mother who has not 3 the words for years can teach her daughter the poem that begins “ Twinkle, twinkle, little star” or recite the story of Cinderella or Snow White.
One explanation is the law of over learning, which can be stated as following: 4 we have learned something, additional learning increases the 5 of time we will remember it.
In childhood, we usually continue to practise such skills as swimming, bicycle riding long after we have learned them. We continue to listen to and 6 ourselves of poems such as “Twinkle, twinkle, little star” and childhood tales such as Cinderella or Snow White. We not only learn but 7 .
The law of over learning explains why cramming (突击学习) for an examination, 8 it may result in a passing grade, is not a 9 way to learn a school course. By cramming, a student may learn the subject well enough to get by on the examination, but he is likely soon to forget almost everything he learned. A little over learning; 10 , is usually a good investment toward the future.
1. A. only B. hardly C. still D. even
2. A. more B. drive C. travel D. ride
3. A. thought about B. cared for C. showed up D. brought up
4. A. Before B. Once C. Until D. Unless
5. A. accuracy B. unit C. limit D. length
6. A. remind B. inform C. warn D. recall
7. A. recite B. overlearn C. research D. improve
8. A. though B. so C. if D. after
9. A. convenient B. demanding C. satisfactory D. swift
10. A. at most B. by the way C. on the other hand D. in the end
第二节语法填空。(共10小题,, 满分15分)
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