绝密★启用前 试卷类型：A
2014年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试 (广东卷)
茂名市第一次模拟考试
英 语
本试卷共10页,三大题,满分135分。考试用时120分钟。
注意事项：
1. 答卷前，考生务必用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔将自己的姓名和考生号、试室号、座位号填写在答题卡上。用2B铅笔将试卷类型(B)填涂在答题卡相应位置上。将条形码横贴在答题卡右上角“条形码粘贴处”。 2. 选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目选项的答案信息点涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案，答案不能答在试卷上。 3. 非选择题必须用黑色字迹钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域内相应位置上；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案；不准使用铅笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答的答案无效。 4. 考生必须保持答题卡的整洁。考试结束后，将试卷和答题卡一并交回。
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。
My good friend and neighbor is dying. She has 1 more health problems through the years than anyone should have to tolerate. Now as she approaches her 57th birthday she knows that it will 2 be her last. She has started 3 a lot of her things. She has given all of us around her much more than just her things though. She has also given us her friendship, her kindness, and her 4 smile. She has given us her shining spirit that has made all of our lives so much 5 . When a local dog was 6 killed by a bear, my friend welcomed it into her home and nursed it back to 7 . When any of us needed anything she was there doing all that she could with a 8 full of love and a soul full of goodness.
She did all of this too while her health 9 （天堂）. I am 12 as well that she will fit right in there because she already has a lot of paradise within herself. It is the paradise within her that she has so 13 and beautifully given to us all. to grow worse and worse. My friend, 10 , is not afraid of death. She has told me several times that she believes it will only be like a brief 11 and then she will awaken in Paradise
