2014高二英语周测试题.doc

高二英语周测试题 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) Pearls(珍珠) are 1 white gems (宝物) which come from the 2 . Actually they are produced by oysters, small shell fish that live on the bottom of the ocean. 3 oysters（牡蛎，蚝） will make pearls; not all oysters produce them. Oysters produce pearls only when they are 4 by sand. If a grain of sand enters the oysters shell , the oyster becomes 5 because the rough grain of sand irritates(使……不适，刺激) the smooth, soft skin of the oyster. The oyster tries to protect itself by 6 a white 7 that looks like milk. The oyster covers the sand with a milky fluid. The fluid protects the oyster. Later the white liquid become 8 . This hardened liquid forms a shell, or bead, around the sand. At this time a pearl is beginning to 9 . The 10 pearl grows 11 inside the oysters shell. Usually , it takes about six or seven 12 for the oyster to produce a pearl. Not all oysters produce pearls even though most oysters sometimes take sand into their 13 . Only sand which the oyster cannot get rid of will irritate it. In other words, if an oyster swallows some sand, it will 14 to spit it out. If the oyster cannot get rid of the sand , then it will produce the white fluid to 15 itself. Actually, only about one in a thousand oysters will produce a pearl; that is, less than one percent. 1. A. honorable B. reasonable C. valuable D. notable 2. A. land B. mountain C.soil D. ocean 3. A. Only some B. Only few C. All of D. A lot of4. A. harmed B. covered C. destroyed D. injured5. A. happy B. excited C. numb D. hurt 6. A. preventing B. defending C. producing D. guarding7. A. water B. matter C. liquid D. object 8. A. bright B. hard C. strong D. pure 9. A. make B. produce C. do D. form 10. A. black B. red C. white D. yellow 11. A. slowly B. fast C. safely D. quickly 12. A. months B. years C. d