2012—2013年下期高二中考试题
英语
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)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意．然后从1—15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
We often talk about ourselves as if we have permanent genetic defects(缺陷)that can never be changed. “I’m impatient.” “I’m always behind.” “I always put things off！”You’ve surely heard them. Maybe you’ve used them to describe yourself.
These comments may come from stories about us that have been __1__ for years—often from as far back as childhood. These stories may have no __2__ in fact. But they can set low expectations for us. As a child，my mother said to me，“Marshall，you have no mechanical skills，and you will never have any mechanical skills for the rest of your life.” How did these expectations __3__ my development？I was never __4__ to work on cars or be around __5__.When I was 18，I took the US Army’s Mechanical Aptitude Test. My scores were in the bottom
