广东省东莞市南开实验学校2013届高三上学期期初考试（英语）
I. 语言知识与应用（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。
Using All Your Strength
A young boy was walking with his father along a country road. When they came across a large tree branch 1 the pathway, the boy asked, “Do you think I could 2 it?”
His father answered, “If you use all your strength, I am sure you can.”
The boy tried 3 to lift, pull and push the branch, but it wouldn’t budge. 4 , he said, “Dad, you were wrong. I can’t do it alone.”
“Try again,” his dad said.
This time, as the boy struggled, his father 5 him. Together they pushed the 6 aside.
“Son, the first time you didn’t use all your strength,” his father said. “You didn’t ask me to help.”
This is a valuable 7 . There are many things we can’t do alone, but that doesn’t mean we can’t get them done. We are 8 by resources that can be mobilized (调动) to help us 9 our goals including family, friends and faith.
Sometimes we 10 to ask for help because of 11 or stubbornness. Sometimes we think it is a sign of 12 to admit we need a hand. Sometimes we don’t even 13 asking for help. Whatever the reason is, it is a waste.
