周口中英文学校2013-2014学年高一下期第一次月考
英语试题
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）（略）
第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节：语法填空（共10小题；每小题1。5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。
Alice always wanted to be a singer. Music was the __26__important thing in her life but, to tell you the _27__ (true), she took lessons for years and practised every day, __28__ in spite of all this, her voice didn't improve. Honestly, it didn’t get better, it just got __29__ (loud).
Her teacher finally __30__ （give）up and stopped the lessons, but Alice refused to quit(停止), and one day she decided to give a concert and invited her former teacher to attend.
The teacher was very worried about __31__to say after the performance. She knew it __32__be terrible and it was. She didn't want to tell a lie, but she didn’t want to hurt Alice’s feelings __33___ . Finally, she got an idea and went backstage（后台） to greet her former （先前的）pupil.
“Well”, said Alice, “what did you think of __34___performance?”
“My dear,” said the teacher, “you’ll __35__ be better than you were tonight.”
第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并
