广东省汕头市聿怀中学2014届高三上学期期中考试(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,D项中,选出最佳选项。
The story goes that some time ago, a man had a very lovely little daughter.One day the man 1 his 3-year-old daughter for 2__ a roll of gold wrapping paper.Money was tight and he became 3 when the child tried to decorate a 4 to put under the Christmas tree. Nevertheless , the little girl brought the gift to her father the next morning and said, "This is for you, Daddy."
The man was 5 by his earlier 6 , but his anger flared again when he found out the box was __7 .He yelled at her, stating, "Don’t you know, when you give someone a present, there is 8 to be something inside?" The little girl looked up at him with tears in her eyes and cried, "Oh, Daddy, it’s not empty at all.I blew kisses into the box.They are all for you, Daddy."
The father was crushed. He 9 his arms around his little girl, and he begged for her 10 .Only a short time later, an 11 took the life of the child. It is also told that her father kept that gold box by his bed for many years and whenever he was discouraged, he would take out a(an) 12 kiss and remember the love of the child who had put it there.In a very real sense, each one of us, as human beings, has been given a gold container 13 unconditional love and kisses...from our children, family members, friends and God. There is simply no other __14 , anyone could hold, more 15 than this.
1.A.asked B.praised C.begged D.punished
2.A.wasting B.stealing C.selling D.holding
3.A.glad B.angry C.sad D.upset
4.A.room B.hall C.box D.ball
5.A.puzzled B.surprised C.scared D.embarrassed
6.A.overwork B.overreaction C.overcoat D.overtime
7.A.empty B.heavy C.full D.wet
8.A.happened B.seemed C supposed D.used
9.A.put B.turned C handed D.gave